1964 Washington Senators

62-100 • .383 Win% • 9th in AL

The 1964 Washington Senators went 62-100 (.383) finishing 9th in the AL. The club scored 578 runs, allowed 733, and played home games at R.F.K. Stadium. Team leaders included Don Lock (28 HR, 80 RBI) and Claude Osteen (15-13, 3.33 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

62 Wins
100 Losses
.383 Win %
9th Rank
578 R 733 RA
Diff -155

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578 Runs Scored
733 Runs Allowed
-155 Run Diff
595K Attendance

📈 vs. 1964 AL Average

Batting Avg .230 7% below the 1964 league average (.247)
OBP .299 5% below the 1964 league average (.314)
SLG .347 9% below the 1964 league average (.381)
Team ERA 3.98 10% worse than the 1964 league average (3.63)
Runs Scored 578 13% below the 1964 league average (661 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumR.F.K. Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 595,271
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Avg per Game 7,349

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1964

Batting Avg

1 Chuck Hinton 0.274 2 Bill Skowron 0.271 3 Don Blasingame 0.267 4 Don Lock 0.248 5 Don Zimmer 0.246

Home Runs

1 Don Lock 28 2 Jim King 18 3 Bill Skowron 13 4 Don Zimmer 12 5 Chuck Hinton 11

RBI

1 Don Lock 80 2 Jim King 56 3 Chuck Hinton 53 4 Bill Skowron 41 5 Don Zimmer 38
1964 Washington Senators — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Chuck Hinton 138 514 71 141 25 7 11 53 57 77 17 0.274
Don Lock 152 512 73 127 17 4 28 80 79 137 4 0.248
Don Blasingame 143 506 56 135 17 2 1 34 40 44 8 0.267
John Kennedy 148 482 55 111 16 4 7 35 29 119 3 0.230
Ed Brinkman 132 447 54 100 20 3 8 34 26 99 2 0.224
Mike Brumley 136 426 36 104 19 2 2 35 40 54 1 0.244
Jim King 134 415 46 100 15 1 18 56 55 65 3 0.241
Don Zimmer 121 341 38 84 16 2 12 38 27 94 1 0.246
Bill Skowron 73 262 28 71 10 0 13 41 11 56 0 0.271
Dick Phillips 109 234 17 54 6 1 2 23 27 22 1 0.231
Fred Valentine 102 212 20 48 5 0 4 20 21 44 4 0.226
Chuck Cottier 73 137 16 23 6 2 3 10 19 33 2 0.168
Joe Cunningham 49 126 15 27 4 0 0 7 23 13 0 0.214
Don Leppert 50 122 6 19 3 0 3 12 11 32 0 0.156
Willie Kirkland 32 102 8 22 6 0 5 13 6 30 0 0.216
Ken Hunt 51 96 9 13 4 0 1 4 14 35 0 0.135
Claude Osteen 40 90 8 14 4 0 1 7 3 34 1 0.156
Buster Narum 38 66 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 40 0 0.061
Roy Sievers 33 58 5 10 1 0 4 11 9 14 0 0.172
Bennie Daniels 33 47 4 6 0 0 1 4 4 16 0 0.128
Alan Koch 32 32 1 8 3 0 0 2 0 10 0 0.250
Ken Retzer 17 32 1 3 0 0 0 1 5 4 0 0.094
Steve Ridzik 49 27 3 6 1 0 0 3 1 8 0 0.222
Jim Hannan 49 20 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.150
Dave Stenhouse 26 20 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0.300
Don Rudolph 28 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.067
Tom Cheney 15 12 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0.250
Frank Kreutzer 13 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Jim Duckworth 30 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.222
Carl Bouldin 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.000
Ron Kline 61 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.167
Howie Koplitz 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Don Loun 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Marshall Bridges 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Jim Bronstad 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pete Craig 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ed Roebuck 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1964

ERA

1 Ron Kline 2.32 2 Steve Ridzik 2.89 3 Claude Osteen 3.33 4 Tom Cheney 3.70 5 Bennie Daniels 3.70

Wins

1 Claude Osteen 15 2 Ron Kline 10 3 Buster Narum 9 4 Bennie Daniels 8 5 Steve Ridzik 5

Strikeouts

1 Claude Osteen 133 2 Buster Narum 121 3 Bennie Daniels 73 4 Jim Hannan 67 5 Alan Koch 67
1964 Washington Senators — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Claude Osteen 15 13 3.33 37 36 0 257.0 256 95 64 133
Buster Narum 9 15 4.30 38 32 0 199.0 195 95 73 121
Bennie Daniels 8 10 3.70 33 24 0 163.0 147 67 64 73
Alan Koch 3 10 4.89 32 14 0 114.0 110 62 43 67
Steve Ridzik 5 5 2.89 49 3 2 112.0 96 36 31 60
Jim Hannan 4 7 4.16 49 7 3 106.0 108 49 45 67
Dave Stenhouse 2 7 4.81 26 14 1 88.0 80 47 39 44
Ron Kline 10 7 2.32 61 0 14 81.1 81 21 21 40
Don Rudolph 1 3 4.09 28 8 0 70.1 81 32 12 32
Jim Duckworth 1 6 4.34 30 2 3 56.0 52 27 25 56
Tom Cheney 1 3 3.70 15 6 1 48.2 45 20 13 25
Frank Kreutzer 2 6 4.76 13 9 0 45.1 48 24 23 27
Marshall Bridges 0 3 5.70 17 0 2 30.0 37 19 17 16
Carl Bouldin 0 3 5.40 9 3 0 25.0 30 15 11 12
Howie Koplitz 0 0 4.76 6 1 0 17.0 20 9 13 9
Don Loun 1 1 2.08 2 2 0 13.0 13 3 3 3
Jim Bronstad 0 1 5.14 4 0 0 7.0 10 4 2 9
Pete Craig 0 0 48.60 2 1 0 1.2 8 9 4 0
Ed Roebuck 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 1.0 0 1 2 0

👥 Roster (37)

Don Blasingame Carl Bouldin Marshall Bridges Ed Brinkman Jim Bronstad Mike Brumley Tom Cheney Chuck Cottier Pete Craig Joe Cunningham Bennie Daniels Jim Duckworth +25 more

37 players

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The 1964 Washington Senators in brief

The 1964 Washington Senators won 62 games and lost 100, ending up 9th in the AL. The run column shows 578 for and 733 against. Against a league average of .247, the 1964 Washington Senators batted .230. The staff ERA of 3.98 was 10% worse than the league average of 3.63. Measured against the 661-run league average, the offense was 13% behind. Attendance at R.F.K. Stadium totaled 595,271 for the year.

Don Lock led the club in home runs with 28. Chuck Hinton collected the most hits, 141. The pitching staff's wins leader was Claude Osteen (15). The saves leader was Ron Kline with 14. In all, the roster shows 37 players. Neighboring pages cover the 1963 season and the 1965 season.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1964 Washington Senators

What was the 1964 Washington Senators record?
The 1964 Washington Senators finished 62-100 (.383 win pct).
Who led the 1964 Washington Senators in home runs?
Don Lock led the 1964 Washington Senators with 28 home runs.
What was the 1964 Washington Senators team ERA?
The 1964 Washington Senators posted a team ERA of 3.98.
Did the 1964 Washington Senators win the World Series?
No. The 1964 Washington Senators did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1964 Washington Senators play?
The 1964 Washington Senators played home games at R.F.K. Stadium.
Who led the 1964 Washington Senators in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Don Lock (28 HR, 80 RBI) and Claude Osteen (15-13, 3.33 ERA).
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