1964 Kansas City Athletics season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = Kansas City Athletics
season = 1964
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Municipal Stadium
y4 = 1955
city = Kansas City, Missouri
y5 = 1955
owners = Charles O. Finley
managers = Ed Lopat and Mel McGaha
television = KCMO
radio = KCMO (AM)
(Monte Moore,George Bryson, Betty Caywood) |The Kansas City Athletics' 1964 season involved the A's finishing 10th in the American League West with a record of 57 wins and 105 losses. In January 1964, Charles O. Finley signed an agreement to move the A’s to Louisville, promising to change the team's name to the "Kentucky Athletics". [Citation |last= |first= |title=Finley Signs Contract to Transfer Athletics to Louisville |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40616F8385C147A93C5A9178AD85F408685F9&scp=2&sq=Kentucky+Athletics+january+7%2C+1964&st=p |publisher="The New York Times" |date=1964-01-06 |accessdate=2008-04-29] (Other names suggested for the team were the "Kentucky Colonels" and the "Louisville Sluggers.") By another 9–1 vote his request was denied. Six weeks later, by the same 9–1 margin, the A.L. owners denied Finley's request to move the team to Oakland.

Offseason

*November 27, 1963: Norm Siebern was traded by the Kansas City Athletics to the Baltimore Orioles for Jim Gentile and $25,000. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/siebeno01.shtml]
*December 2, 1963: John Donaldson was selected by the Athletics from the Minnesota Twins in the rule 5 draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/donaljo01.shtml John Donaldson page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

Blue Moon Odom made his Major League debut on September 5, 1964. Against the New York Yankees, Odom pitched in 2 innings. He gave up 6 hits, had one strikeouts, 2 bases on balls and gave up 6 earned runs. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/odombl01.shtml Blue Moon Odom page at Baseball Reference] ]

eason standings

Transactions

*June 8, 1964: Catfish Hunter was signed by the Athletics as an amateur free agent. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hunteca01.shtml Catfish Hunter page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 13, 1964: Joe Rudi was signed by the Athletics as an amateur free agent. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rudijo01.shtml Joe Rudi page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Starting pitchers

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCA/1964.shtml 1964 Kansas City Athletics team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1964&t=KC1 1964 Kansas City Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]