- 1964 Minnesota Twins season
MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = Minnesota Twins
season = 1964
misc = 79-83, sixth place finish
current league = American League
y1 = 1901
Uniform
ballpark =Metropolitan Stadium
y4 = 1961
city =Bloomington, Minnesota
y5 = 1961
owners =Calvin Griffith
managers =Sam Mele
television = WTCN-TV
radio = 830 WCCO AM
(Herb Carneal ,Halsey Hall , Ray Scott)|After winning 91 games the previous two seasons, the Twins slumped to 79-83, a disappointing sixth in the
American League . 1,207,514 fans attended Twins games, the third highest total in theAmerican League .Five Twins made the All-Star Game: first basemanHarmon Killebrew , outfieldersBob Allison ,Jimmie Hall andTony Oliva and pitcherCamilo Pascual . Tony Oliva became the first black player in the history of the American League to win the AL Rookie of the Year award. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.199, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]Offseason
* December 2, 1963:
Rudy May was drafted from the Twins by theChicago White Sox in the 1963 first-year draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mayru01.shtml Rudy May page at Baseball Reference] ]Regular Season
Offense
Six Twins hit 20 or more home runs:
Harmon Killebrew (49 HR, 111 RBI),Tony Oliva (32 HR, 96 RBI, 109 runs),Bob Allison (32 HR, 86 RBI),Jimmie Hall (25 HR, 75 RBI),Don Mincher (23 HR, 56 RBI), andZoilo Versalles (20 HR, 94 runs).Tony Oliva was named Rookie of the Year.Player stats
Batting
tarters by position
"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In"
Other pitchers
Relief pitchers
References
External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1964.shtml Player stats from www.baseball-reference.com]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1964&t=MIN Team info from www.baseball-almanac.com]
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