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 the American League.Five Twins made the All-Star Game: first baseman Harmon Killebrew, outfielders Bob Allison, Jimmie Hall and Tony Oliva and pitcher Camilo 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 the Chicago 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), and Zoilo 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]