1964 American League Stats

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1964 American League Standings

1964 National League <<1963 American League 1965 American League>>
RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1New York Yankees99-63 (0.611)-73057798-64 (0.606)101-61 (0.623)1,305,63853.122.74.925.5
2Chicago White Sox98-64 (0.605)1.064250199-63 (0.612)105-57 (0.648)1,250,05357.014.46.336.3
3Baltimore Orioles97-65 (0.599)2.067956794-68 (0.582)96-66 (0.593)1,116,21548.821.44.323.2
4Detroit Tigers85-77 (0.525)14.069967883-79 (0.514)84-78 (0.519)816,13936.420.03.412.9
5Los Angeles Angels82-80 (0.506)17.054455180-82 (0.494)89-73 (0.549)760,43941.88.46.227.2
6Cleveland Indians79-83 (0.488)20.068969381-81 (0.497)72-90 (0.444)653,29324.116.0-3.011.1
6Minnesota Twins79-83 (0.488)20.073767887-75 (0.538)89-73 (0.549)1,207,51441.527.5-2.816.8
8Boston Red Sox72-90 (0.444)27.068879371-91 (0.435)63-99 (0.389)883,27615.221.8-4.6-2.1
9Washington Senators62-100 (0.383)37.057873364-98 (0.393)61-101 (0.377)600,10613.24.54.93.9
10Kansas City Athletics57-105 (0.352)42.062183659-103 (0.367)51-111 (0.315)642,4783.810.9-0.7-6.4

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Pos Age Batting WAR Shark WAR G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SB CS wRC OBP SLG
1 Mickey Mantle NYA CF 32 8.6 8.0 143 567 141 25 2 35 99 6 3 110.391 0.423 0.591
2 Tony Oliva MIN RF 25 7.6 8.2 161 718 217 43 9 32 34 12 6 116.401 0.359 0.556
3 Bob Allison MIN 1B 29 7.6 6.6 149 594 141 27 4 32 92 10 1 105.501 0.404 0.553
4 Harmon Killebrew MIN LF 28 7.5 6.8 158 682 156 11 1 49 93 0 0 113.857 0.377 0.548
5 Boog Powell BAL LF 22 7.5 7.7 134 506 123 17 0 39 76 0 0 96.113 0.399 0.606
6 Brooks Robinson BAL 3B 27 7.1 8.0 163 685 194 35 3 28 51 1 0 104.379 0.368 0.521
7 Rocky Colavito KC1 RF 30 5.9 6.0 160 681 161 31 2 34 83 3 1 102.799 0.366 0.507
8 Al Kaline DET RF 29 5.3 6.2 146 608 154 31 5 17 75 4 1 88.805 0.383 0.469
9 Jim Fregosi LAA SS 22 5.2 6.3 147 591 140 22 9 18 72 8 3 81.638 0.369 0.463
10 Roger Maris NYA RF 29 5.0 5.2 141 584 144 12 2 26 62 3 0 81.084 0.364 0.464
11 Elston Howard NYA C 35 4.9 6.5 150 607 172 27 3 15 48 1 1 83.479 0.371 0.455
12 Felix Mantilla BOS 2B 29 4.7 4.3 133 470 123 20 1 30 41 0 1 76.231 0.357 0.553
13 Eddie Bressoud BOS SS 32 4.7 3.5 158 644 166 41 3 15 72 1 1 89.080 0.372 0.456
14 Carl Yastrzemski BOS CF 24 4.6 5.6 151 646 164 29 9 15 75 6 5 89.253 0.374 0.452
15 Pete Ward CHA 3B 26 4.5 6.4 144 607 152 28 3 23 56 1 1 80.588 0.348 0.473
16 Floyd Robinson CHA RF 28 4.5 4.5 141 606 158 17 3 11 70 9 5 79.674 0.388 0.408
17 Don Lock WS2 CF 27 4.1 4.7 152 598 127 17 4 28 79 4 2 77.981 0.346 0.461
18 Jim Gentile KC1 1B 30 4.1 2.6 136 533 110 10 0 28 84 0 0 75.834 0.372 0.465
19 Bill Freehan DET C 22 3.9 4.9 144 572 156 14 8 18 36 5 1 74.673 0.350 0.462
20 Dick Stuart BOS 1B 31 3.9 1.4 156 651 168 27 1 33 37 0 0 83.395 0.320 0.491
21 Tony Conigliaro BOS LF 19 3.9 3.8 111 444 117 21 2 24 35 2 4 68.342 0.354 0.530
22 Ron Hansen CHA SS 26 3.9 7.0 158 665 150 25 3 20 73 1 0 78.668 0.347 0.419
23 Jimmie Hall MIN CF 26 3.8 4.5 149 562 144 20 3 25 44 5 2 73.942 0.338 0.480
24 Norm Siebern BAL 1B 30 3.7 2.4 150 596 117 24 2 12 106 2 3 72.578 0.379 0.379
25 Norm Cash DET 1B 30 3.7 5.2 144 559 123 15 5 23 70 2 1 72.383 0.351 0.453
26 Tom Tresh NYA LF 25 3.7 3.7 153 620 131 25 5 16 73 13 0 69.653 0.342 0.402
27 Leon Wagner CLE LF 30 3.6 3.0 163 710 162 19 2 31 56 14 2 78.942 0.316 0.434
28 Wayne Causey KC1 SS 27 3.6 4.0 157 705 170 31 4 8 88 0 1 85.833 0.377 0.386
29 Joe Adcock LAA 1B 36 3.3 3.1 118 415 98 13 0 21 48 0 2 57.170 0.352 0.475
30 Sam Bowens BAL RF 26 3.2 3.6 139 553 132 25 2 22 42 4 3 65.611 0.323 0.453
31 Dick McAuliffe DET SS 24 3.2 3.1 162 645 134 18 7 24 77 8 5 74.945 0.334 0.427
32 Chuck Hinton WS2 LF 30 3.1 3.8 138 575 141 25 7 11 57 17 6 67.095 0.346 0.414
33 Zoilo Versalles MIN SS 24 3.0 1.5 160 718 171 33 10 20 42 14 4 76.606 0.311 0.431
34 Bob Tillman BOS C 27 2.9 2.9 131 479 118 18 1 17 49 0 0 61.074 0.352 0.445
35 John Romano CLE C 29 2.9 2.7 106 415 85 18 1 19 51 2 2 54.169 0.346 0.460
36 Gates Brown DET LF 25 2.7 3.2 123 465 116 22 6 15 31 11 4 56.142 0.326 0.458
37 Luis Aparicio BAL SS 30 2.7 4.7 146 642 154 20 3 10 49 57 17 59.424 0.324 0.363
38 Bill Skowron 2 teams 1B 33 2.6 2.5 146 575 151 21 3 17 30 0 0 63.420 0.322 0.428
39 Rich Rollins MIN 3B 26 2.5 3.0 148 665 161 25 10 12 53 2 5 71.903 0.334 0.406
40 Bob Chance CLE 1B 23 2.5 0.7 120 439 109 16 1 14 40 3 3 53.469 0.346 0.433
41 Don Mincher MIN 1B 26 2.3 1.6 120 320 68 12 4 23 27 0 0 43.245 0.300 0.547
42 Jim King WS2 RF 31 2.3 3.1 134 478 100 15 1 18 55 3 1 54.249 0.335 0.412
43 Lee Thomas 2 teams RF 28 2.2 2.1 154 636 150 27 3 15 52 3 1 65.996 0.324 0.398
44 Earl Battey MIN C 29 2.2 2.2 131 471 110 17 1 12 51 1 1 53.553 0.348 0.407
45 Willie Smith LAA LF 25 2.2 2.6 118 373 108 14 6 11 8 7 5 44.148 0.317 0.465
46 George Thomas DET CF 26 2.1 2.1 105 333 88 15 2 12 18 4 1 41.186 0.329 0.464
47 Woodie Held CLE 2B 32 2.1 2.2 118 415 86 13 0 18 43 1 0 47.232 0.328 0.420
48 Don Demeter DET CF 29 2.0 1.9 134 470 113 22 1 22 17 4 1 50.468 0.290 0.460
49 Max Alvis CLE 3B 26 1.9 1.5 107 419 96 14 3 18 29 5 5 47.638 0.313 0.446
50 Lou Clinton 2 teams RF 26 1.8 1.7 128 474 107 22 3 12 40 4 0 47.453 0.312 0.401

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Age Pitching WAR Shark WAR G GS IP W L CG SV R BB SO Pitch Runs Saved ERA WHIP SOper9
1 Dean Chance LAA 23 13.7 12.1 46 35 278.33 20 9 15 4 56 86 207 99.69 1.65 1.01 6.69
2 Whitey Ford NYA 35 8.5 7.9 39 36 244.67 17 6 12 1 67 57 172 65.38 2.13 1.10 6.33
3 Joe Horlen CHA 26 8.1 7.4 32 28 210.67 13 9 9 0 54 55 138 65.23 1.88 0.94 5.90
4 Gary Peters CHA 27 7.6 7.4 37 36 273.67 20 8 11 0 89 104 205 61.16 2.50 1.17 6.74
5 Juan Pizarro CHA 27 6.8 6.4 33 33 239.00 19 9 11 0 78 55 162 55.06 2.56 1.04 6.10
6 Bob Lee LAA 26 5.7 5.1 64 5 137.00 6 5 0 19 31 58 111 41.55 1.51 1.06 7.29
7 Jim Bouton NYA 25 5.5 4.1 38 37 271.33 18 13 11 0 100 60 125 42.30 3.02 1.06 4.15
8 Mickey Lolich DET 23 5.3 4.9 44 33 232.00 18 9 12 2 88 64 192 38.84 3.26 1.12 7.45
9 Milt Pappas BAL 25 5.3 4.1 37 36 251.67 16 7 13 0 89 48 157 42.34 2.97 1.08 5.61
10 Wally Bunker BAL 19 5.2 4.2 29 29 214.00 19 5 12 0 72 62 96 41.67 2.69 1.04 4.04
11 Dick Radatz BOS 27 5.1 4.7 79 0 157.00 16 9 0 29 44 58 181 45.15 2.29 1.03 10.38
12 Hoyt Wilhelm CHA 41 4.8 4.6 73 0 131.33 12 9 0 27 35 30 95 38.91 1.99 0.94 6.51
13 Jim Kaat MIN 25 4.6 4.4 36 34 243.00 17 11 13 1 100 60 171 37.12 3.22 1.20 6.33
14 Fred Newman LAA 22 4.6 4.2 32 28 190.00 13 10 7 0 68 39 83 33.32 2.75 1.14 3.93
15 Robin Roberts BAL 37 4.4 3.6 31 31 204.00 13 7 8 0 69 52 109 35.08 2.91 1.25 4.81
16 Claude Osteen WS2 24 4.4 3.6 37 36 257.00 15 13 13 0 107 64 133 31.74 3.33 1.25 4.66
17 Sam McDowell CLE 21 4.2 3.7 31 24 173.33 11 6 6 1 60 100 177 33.61 2.70 1.43 9.19
18 Dave Wickersham DET 28 4.2 2.6 40 36 254.00 19 12 11 1 108 81 164 30.17 3.44 1.20 5.81
19 Camilo Pascual MIN 30 3.9 3.4 36 36 267.33 15 12 14 0 121 98 213 31.21 3.30 1.28 7.17
20 Mel Stottlemyre NYA 22 3.6 3.6 13 12 96.00 9 3 5 0 26 35 49 28.10 2.06 1.17 4.59
21 Luis Tiant CLE 23 3.5 2.9 19 16 127.00 10 4 9 1 41 47 105 28.03 2.83 1.11 7.44
22 Wes Stock 2 teams 30 3.5 3.3 64 0 113.67 8 3 0 5 30 42 115 28.00 2.30 1.13 9.11
23 Bo Belinsky LAA 27 3.3 2.7 23 22 135.33 9 8 4 0 45 49 91 24.22 2.86 1.25 6.05
24 John Buzhardt CHA 27 3.3 3.0 31 25 160.00 10 8 8 0 60 35 97 26.29 2.98 1.16 5.46
25 Dick Hall BAL 33 3.2 3.0 45 0 87.67 9 1 0 7 19 16 52 25.32 1.85 0.84 5.34
26 Al Worthington MIN 35 3.1 2.8 41 0 72.33 5 6 0 14 18 28 59 25.07 1.37 1.04 7.34
27 Jack Kralick CLE 29 3.0 2.3 30 29 190.67 12 7 8 0 79 51 119 23.94 3.21 1.30 5.62
28 Don McMahon CLE 34 2.8 2.6 70 0 101.00 6 4 0 16 31 52 92 22.39 2.41 1.18 8.20
29 Harvey Haddix BAL 38 2.7 2.2 49 0 89.67 5 5 0 10 26 23 90 21.25 2.31 1.01 9.03
30 Al Downing NYA 23 2.6 1.9 37 35 244.00 13 8 11 2 104 120 217 20.00 3.47 1.32 8.00
31 Ron Kline WS2 32 2.5 2.5 61 0 81.33 10 7 0 14 29 21 40 18.06 2.32 1.25 4.43
32 Sonny Siebert CLE 27 2.4 2.6 41 14 156.00 7 9 3 3 61 57 144 19.15 3.23 1.28 8.31
33 Eddie Fisher CHA 27 2.3 2.1 59 2 125.00 6 3 0 9 43 32 74 18.84 3.02 0.94 5.33
34 Steve Ridzik WS2 35 1.9 1.8 49 3 112.00 5 5 0 2 46 31 60 13.99 2.89 1.13 4.82
35 Joe Sparma DET 22 1.9 1.8 21 11 84.00 5 6 3 0 33 45 71 13.90 3.00 1.27 7.61
36 Stu Miller BAL 36 1.9 1.8 66 0 97.00 7 7 0 23 37 34 87 14.79 3.06 1.14 8.07
37 John Wyatt KC1 29 1.8 1.5 81 0 128.00 9 8 0 20 53 52 74 14.53 3.59 1.27 5.20
38 Mudcat Grant 2 teams 28 1.7 1.3 39 32 228.00 14 13 11 1 114 61 118 13.38 3.67 1.34 4.66
39 Aubrey Gatewood LAA 25 1.6 1.3 15 7 60.33 3 3 0 0 18 12 25 11.98 2.24 1.18 3.73
40 Fred Gladding DET 28 1.6 1.4 42 0 67.33 7 4 0 7 23 27 59 11.90 3.07 1.25 7.89
41 Bill Monbouquette BOS 27 1.6 0.6 36 35 234.00 13 14 7 1 114 40 120 14.49 4.04 1.27 4.62
42 Johnny Klippstein MIN 36 1.5 1.4 33 0 45.67 0 4 0 2 12 20 39 11.66 1.97 1.40 7.69
43 Bruce Howard CHA 21 1.4 1.2 3 3 22.33 2 1 1 0 2 8 17 11.38 0.81 0.81 6.85
44 Don Lee LAA 30 1.4 1.4 33 8 89.33 5 4 0 2 39 25 73 10.25 2.72 1.39 7.35
45 Bill Stafford NYA 25 1.4 1.2 31 1 60.67 5 0 0 4 19 22 39 10.68 2.67 1.19 5.79
46 Bennie Daniels WS2 32 1.2 0.8 33 24 163.00 8 10 3 0 75 64 73 9.07 3.70 1.29 4.03
47 Ed Rakow DET 29 1.2 0.4 42 13 152.33 8 9 1 3 70 59 96 9.01 3.72 1.40 5.67
48 Hank Aguirre DET 33 1.2 0.1 32 27 161.67 5 10 3 1 76 59 88 8.63 3.79 1.19 4.90
49 Dick Stigman MIN 28 1.1 -0.0 32 29 190.00 6 15 5 0 94 70 159 9.03 4.03 1.21 7.53
50 Rollie Sheldon NYA 27 1.1 0.5 19 12 102.33 5 2 3 1 43 18 57 8.67 3.61 1.07 5.01

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Buck Rodgers LAA 25 2.7 146.0 1255.7 884.0 87.0 13.0 14.0 23.530
2 Elston Howard NYA 35 1.6 146.0 1299.0 939.0 67.0 2.0 9.0 14.198
3 Jerry McNertney CHA 27 1.1 69.0 492.3 360.0 30.0 5.0 5.0 8.114
4 Doc Edwards KC1 27 1.1 79.0 595.0 469.0 31.0 7.0 5.0 9.622
5 Bill Freehan DET 22 1.0 141.0 1222.0 923.0 61.0 7.0 7.0 8.828
6 John Orsino BAL 26 0.5 66.0 537.3 384.0 31.0 10.0 3.0 4.213
7 Jerry Zimmerman MIN 29 0.5 63.0 335.3 264.0 22.0 2.0 1.0 3.638
8 Ken Retzer WS2 30 0.4 13.0 90.0 56.0 10.0 2.0 1.0 3.813
1B 1 Norm Cash DET 30 1.5 137.0 1144.7 1105.0 92.0 4.0 97.0 13.295
2 Vic Power 2 teams 36 0.6 60.0 364.3 368.0 39.0 1.0 30.0 4.870
3 Dick Phillips WS2 32 0.4 61.0 469.0 473.0 39.0 3.0 50.0 3.827
4 Roy Sievers WS2 37 0.2 15.0 97.0 87.0 11.0 0.0 15.0 2.169
5 Jerry Kindall 2 teams 29 0.1 24.0 88.3 81.0 11.0 1.0 7.0 1.125
6 Mike Hegan NYA 21 0.1 2.0 15.0 17.0 4.0 0.0 2.0 1.056
7 Ken Harrelson KC1 22 0.1 15.0 109.3 105.0 13.0 0.0 14.0 1.042
8 Jeoff Long CHA 22 0.1 5.0 27.0 30.0 4.0 0.0 3.0 0.808
2B 1 Bobby Knoop LAA 25 3.4 161.0 1358.7 357.0 522.0 20.0 123.0 30.141
2 Jerry Adair BAL 27 1.9 153.0 1334.7 395.0 422.0 5.0 107.0 14.818
3 Dick Green KC1 23 1.5 120.0 1016.3 262.0 361.0 6.0 69.0 13.213
4 Al Weis CHA 26 0.9 116.0 754.3 199.0 255.0 16.0 64.0 6.658
5 Larry Brown CLE 24 0.6 103.0 797.7 185.0 270.0 9.0 56.0 4.687
6 George Williams KC1 24 0.4 20.0 158.3 40.0 57.0 3.0 18.0 3.645
7 Wayne Causey KC1 27 0.4 17.0 156.0 48.0 58.0 2.0 13.0 3.628
8 Woodie Held CLE 32 0.2 52.0 399.0 96.0 128.0 8.0 35.0 1.903
3B 1 Clete Boyer NYA 27 2.0 123.0 1076.3 118.0 278.0 13.0 28.0 18.138
2 Pete Ward CHA 26 1.9 138.0 1225.7 126.0 309.0 19.0 24.0 14.434
3 John Kennedy WS2 23 0.9 106.0 758.3 97.0 191.0 18.0 14.0 8.389
4 Brooks Robinson BAL 27 0.9 163.0 1456.7 153.0 327.0 14.0 40.0 7.282
5 Phil Linz NYA 25 0.9 41.0 356.3 41.0 99.0 7.0 7.0 7.803
6 Don Wert DET 25 0.8 142.0 1227.0 126.0 283.0 15.0 30.0 7.521
7 Don Buford CHA 27 0.8 37.0 224.0 30.0 63.0 3.0 5.0 6.002
8 Rich Rollins MIN 26 0.5 146.0 1301.3 134.0 297.0 24.0 17.0 3.845
SS 1 Ron Hansen CHA 26 3.1 158.0 1411.7 292.0 514.0 21.0 105.0 23.430
2 Luis Aparicio BAL 30 2.1 145.0 1271.7 260.0 437.0 15.0 98.0 16.486
3 Tony Kubek NYA 28 1.3 99.0 855.0 186.0 307.0 11.0 52.0 11.259
4 Jim Fregosi LAA 22 1.1 137.0 1195.7 225.0 421.0 23.0 89.0 10.025
5 Ed Brinkman WS2 22 1.1 125.0 1061.3 234.0 364.0 19.0 75.0 9.387
6 Phil Linz NYA 25 0.9 55.0 455.7 80.0 176.0 13.0 35.0 7.742
7 Joe Koppe LAA 33 0.7 31.0 246.0 51.0 103.0 9.0 19.0 6.269
8 John Kennedy WS2 23 0.4 49.0 372.0 71.0 130.0 7.0 27.0 3.220
LF 1 Chuck Hinton WS2 30 0.7 131.0 1134.3 256.0 8.0 4.0 3.0 6.264
2 Gates Brown DET 25 0.5 106.0 904.7 204.0 3.0 4.0 0.0 4.697
3 Tom Tresh NYA 25 0.4 108.0 847.3 174.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 3.803
4 Sam Bowens BAL 26 0.3 32.0 158.0 42.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.110
5 Albie Pearson LAA 29 0.2 12.0 74.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.885
6 Gene Stephens CHA 31 0.2 32.0 152.3 38.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.393
7 Jim Piersall LAA 34 0.2 48.0 333.3 68.0 2.0 0.0 2.0 1.437
8 Boog Powell BAL 22 0.2 124.0 961.0 188.0 12.0 5.0 1.0 1.278
CF 1 Jackie Brandt BAL 30 1.1 130.0 1103.7 338.0 13.0 7.0 1.0 9.089
2 Carl Yastrzemski BOS 24 0.9 133.0 1128.0 337.0 14.0 10.0 3.0 7.368
3 Jimmie Hall MIN 26 0.7 137.0 1157.0 324.0 12.0 5.0 0.0 5.505
4 Don Lock WS2 27 0.5 133.0 1085.3 309.0 13.0 5.0 3.0 4.828
5 Vic Davalillo CLE 24 0.5 143.0 1291.3 348.0 10.0 5.0 5.0 4.331
6 Nelson Mathews KC1 22 0.5 154.0 1326.0 381.0 6.0 13.0 2.0 4.305
7 Mike Hershberger CHA 24 0.3 64.0 497.0 139.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 2.238
8 Bob Allison MIN 29 0.2 28.0 241.7 73.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.979
RF 1 Al Kaline DET 29 0.8 136.0 1193.3 278.0 6.0 3.0 3.0 7.369
2 Jim King WS2 31 0.8 121.0 955.0 241.0 10.0 7.0 0.0 7.319
3 Tony Oliva MIN 25 0.5 154.0 1355.7 290.0 4.0 6.0 0.0 3.886
4 Roger Maris NYA 29 0.4 114.0 987.0 206.0 5.0 1.0 0.0 3.481
5 Willie Kirkland 2 teams 30 0.2 63.0 436.3 96.0 6.0 3.0 3.0 1.570
6 Sam Bowens BAL 26 0.1 121.0 1008.3 203.0 8.0 5.0 1.0 0.977
7 Al Smith 2 teams 36 0.1 52.0 313.3 65.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.871
8 Don Lock WS2 27 0.1 27.0 196.0 42.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.907