1964 Detroit Tigers
Record: 83-79
Finish: 2nd in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 635
Runs Allowed: 609
Exp W-L: 84-78
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,239,762
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 58-79, 10th in the American League
AA: 70-67, 4th in the American League
A: 51-86, 10th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to New York (A) Yankees
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B  Roberto Clemente 29 156 614 83 174 49 5 20 87 22 9 28 60 .283 .313 .477 .790 85.8 16.9 3.6
DH  Orlando Cepeda 26 155 590 81 184 35 2 26 91 0 0 44 78 .312 .366 .510 .877 98.8 22.2 3.2
SS  Harvey Kuenn 33 151 574 83 155 33 5 9 39 6 2 45 95 .270 .323 .392 .715 70.4 12.3 7.2
3B  Dick Groat 33 150 546 60 141 33 4 1 43 1 2 17 36 .258 .280 .339 .619 46.2 5.1 3.5
C  Johnny Romano 29 147 486 64 114 28 1 19 63 0 0 69 121 .235 .331 .414 .745 66.1 11.1 10.5
1B  Roman Mejias 33 150 428 58 91 14 4 21 64 5 0 32 72 .213 .272 .411 .683 50.6 6.4 2.1
CF  Felix Mantilla 29 124 420 38 103 16 2 12 40 2 0 23 73 .245 .284 .379 .663 41.5 4.8 3.4
LF *Bob Skinner 32 133 364 43 100 28 4 5 49 10 9 33 40 .275 .337 .415 .751 47.8 8.9 1.9
2B *Jerry Lumpe 31 92 279 22 64 25 0 1 28 1 2 20 21 .229 .279 .330 .609 22.7 2.1 1.9
DH *Walt Bond 26 52 195 23 52 9 0 4 24 2 1 11 20 .267 .305 .374 .679 20.9 2.8 1.0
3B  Eddie Bressoud 32 89 184 15 39 8 2 4 19 0 0 11 49 .212 .260 .342 .603 16.1 1.5 1.2
1B *Kent Hadley 29 46 150 19 41 4 0 7 23 0 1 8 28 .273 .310 .440 .750 19.2 3.5 0.9
C *Ed Bailey 33 44 112 11 19 3 1 2 7 0 0 8 26 .170 .223 .268 .491 6.5 0.0 2.0
P  Charlie Beamon 29 42 97 4 9 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 41 .093 .109 .093 .202 -2.3 0.0 0.0
P  Russ Kemmerer 32 41 99 3 10 4 0 0 5 0 1 0 42 .101 .100 .141 .241 -2.5 0.0 0.0
P *Danny McDevitt 31 27 58 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 23 .069 .085 .103 .188 -2.2 0.0 0.0
2B  Jim Pyburn 31 50 60 11 11 1 2 0 3 2 0 3 11 .183 .246 .267 .513 4.0 0.0 0.6
P  Bob Friend 33 22 58 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 22 .138 .153 .155 .308 0.0 0.0 0.0
CF *Chuck Tanner 34 55 57 3 9 1 0 0 5 0 1 3 5 .158 .197 .175 .372 1.1 0.0 0.2
RF *Dick Kokos 36 27 43 3 6 1 0 2 6 0 0 4 13 .140 .213 .302 .515 3.0 0.0 0.2
P  Hal Woodeshick 31 24 30 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .133 .133 .167 .300 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Orlando Pena 30 68 24 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Jackie Collum 37 28 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .231 .231 .462 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Billy Muffett 33 77 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Fred Kipp 32 60 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Aker 23 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #John Gabler 33 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.1 2048 5490 635 1344 294 33 133 610 51 28 363 896 .245 .293 .383 .676 593.3 97.9 43.5
  Rank among 10 AL teams 4 7 6 1 5 4 7 9 4 10 5 6 7 6 6 7  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Charlie Beamon 29 18 11 .621 42 42 0 293.7 185 75 1 129 296 2.30 31.9
 Russ Kemmerer 32 16 13 .552 41 41 0 290.0 282 112 29 62 150 3.48 19.7
*Danny McDevitt 31 11 9 .550 27 27 0 181.7 153 69 3 63 138 3.42 12.6
 Bob Friend 33 11 7 .611 22 22 0 163.7 175 58 6 27 58 3.19 14.0
 Orlando Pena 30 11 14 .440 68 9 3 142.3 143 55 10 33 76 3.48 11.9
*Hal Woodeshick 31 5 7 .417 24 14 1 102.7 102 49 8 50 64 4.30 3.8
 Billy Muffett 33 5 8 .385 77 2 21 102.0 118 58 8 36 53 5.12 5.3
*Fred Kipp 32 3 5 .375 60 0 5 77.3 83 35 10 20 40 4.07 5.2
*Jackie Collum 37 3 3 .500 28 5 1 57.7 55 27 4 33 18 4.21 2.8
 Jack Aker 23 0 2 .000 30 0 4 33.7 39 18 5 15 22 4.81 0.0
 John Gabler 33 0 0 .000 6 0 0 4.3 4 2 0 0 1 4.16 0.2
Team Totals 31.3 83 79 .512 425 162 35 1449.0 1339 558 84 468 916 3.47 107.5
Rank among 10 AL teams 4 4 3 4 7 5 1 4 5 7 3  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 36.3
J.Romano 1184.0 131 144 778 75 7 1 .992 50.5
E.Bailey 265.0 31 34 158 11 0 1 1.000 42.1
Team Total 1449.0 162 178 936 86 7 2 .993 49.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.35
R.Clemente 1317.0 147 149 1538 111 13 112 .992 11.27
R.Mejias 72.0 9 9 86 5 1 7 .989 11.38
K.Hadley 54.7 7 7 62 3 0 5 1.000 10.69
B.Skinner 53.0 6 6 75 7 2 7 .976 13.92
O.Cepeda 7.0 0 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 10.29
W.Bond 2.7 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 10.00
Team Total 1506.4 169 176 1772 126 16 131 .992 11.34
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.72
J.Lumpe 652.7 79 80 145 282 4 57 .991 5.89
D.Groat 397.7 45 45 92 146 3 23 .988 5.39
K.Hadley 174.2 21 22 46 74 2 15 .984 6.20
J.Pyburn 32.7 0 18 5 14 0 1 1.000 5.24
E.Bressoud 11.0 0 8 2 8 0 1 1.000 8.18
F.Mantilla 7.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.86
H.Kuenn 5.0 0 2 1 5 0 0 1.000 10.80
B.Skinner 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Gabler 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Tanner 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1284.5 145 179 293 531 9 97 .989 5.77
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.73
D.Groat 891.3 101 105 54 220 13 13 .955 2.77
E.Bressoud 363.7 40 44 30 82 1 1 .991 2.77
F.Mantilla 183.0 21 23 17 49 6 3 .917 3.25
J.Pyburn 11.0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.27
Team Total 1449.0 162 176 102 354 20 17 .958 2.83
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.96
H.Kuenn 1305.7 147 148 191 525 21 89 .972 4.94
J.Pyburn 96.0 11 12 14 33 1 8 .979 4.41
J.Lumpe 42.0 4 5 8 15 1 3 .958 4.93
E.Bressoud 3.3 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 5.41
D.Kokos 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.4 162 168 214 574 23 100 .972 4.90
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.81
O.Cepeda 1312.0 147 147 266 9 0 3 1.000 1.89
W.Bond 199.4 21 23 46 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
R.Mejias 69.0 8 8 13 0 1 0 .929 1.70
B.Skinner 20.0 2 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Tanner 9.3 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.89
D.Kokos 7.4 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.43
J.Pyburn 2.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
R.Clemente 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
E.Bressoud 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1622.8 181 191 332 9 1 3 .997 1.89
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.33
F.Mantilla 871.0 101 102 232 3 1 2 .996 2.43
W.Bond 185.8 20 20 42 0 1 0 .977 2.03
R.Mejias 103.3 9 19 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.53
C.Tanner 34.0 2 13 11 1 0 0 1.000 3.18
Team Total 1194.1 132 154 314 4 2 2 .994 2.40
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.84
R.Mejias 738.7 80 102 145 2 7 2 .955 1.79
B.Skinner 665.3 79 87 144 6 1 2 .993 2.03
K.Hadley 117.6 14 15 26 1 0 1 1.000 2.07
D.Kokos 88.3 17 18 19 1 1 0 .952 2.04
W.Bond 34.5 4 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.57
R.Clemente 7.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Tanner 6.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Pyburn 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
E.Bailey 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1662.4 194 236 342 10 9 5 .975 1.91
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 2.12
C.Beamon 293.7 42 42 4 51 1 3 .982 1.69
R.Kemmerer 290.0 41 41 22 60 1 3 .988 2.54
D.McDevitt 181.7 27 27 5 25 0 4 1.000 1.49
B.Friend 163.7 22 22 13 38 1 1 .981 2.80
O.Pena 142.3 9 68 10 14 0 1 1.000 1.52
H.Woodeshick 102.7 14 24 9 15 1 0 .960 2.10
B.Muffett 102.0 2 77 8 20 2 0 .933 2.47
F.Kipp 77.3 0 60 4 10 1 0 .933 1.63
J.Collum 57.7 5 28 4 15 0 0 1.000 2.97
J.Aker 33.7 0 30 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.14
J.Gabler 4.3 0 6 1 3 0 0 1.000 8.31
Team Total 1449.0 162 425 83 256 7 12 .980 2.11
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cepeda .312
On-Base Pct Cepeda .366
Slugging Pct Cepeda .510
OPS Cepeda .877
XR Cepeda 98.8
Games Clemente 156
At-Bats Clemente 614
Runs Kuenn, Clemente 83
Hits Cepeda 184
Total Bases Cepeda 301
Singles Cepeda 121
Doubles Clemente 49
Triples Clemente, Kuenn 5
Homeruns Cepeda 26
RBIs Cepeda 91
Stolen Bases Clemente 22
Caught Stealing Clemente, Skinner 9
Walks Romano 69
Strikeouts Romano 121
ERA Beamon 2.30
Wins Beamon 18
Losses Pena 14
Winning Pct Beamon .621
Saves Muffett 21
Games Pitched Muffett 77
Games Started Beamon 42
Complete Games Friend 8
Shutouts Beamon 2
Innings Pitched Beamon 293.7
Hits Allowed Kemmerer 282
Homeruns Allowed Kemmerer 29
Strikeouts Beamon 296
Walks Allowed Beamon 129
Walks per 9IP Friend 1.5
Hits per 9IP Beamon 5.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Beamon 9.1
WHiP Beamon 1.07
OAVG Beamon .182
OOBP Beamon .285
OSLG Beamon .247
OOPS Beamon .533
Team All-Stars
Charlie Beamon
Orlando Cepeda
Roberto Clemente
Player Salaries
Orlando Cepeda $ 7,840,000
Bob Friend $ 7,700,000
Russ Kemmerer $ 6,000,000
Roberto Clemente $ 5,780,000
Bob Skinner $ 5,000,250
Johnny Romano $ 4,000,000
Harvey Kuenn $ 4,000,000
Orlando Pena $ 1,817,143
Dick Kokos $ 1,500,000
Bennie Daniels $ 1,291,429
Jerry Lumpe $ 1,290,000
Billy Muffett $ 1,250,000
Dick Groat $ 1,200,000
Kent Hadley $ 1,042,857
Eddie Bressoud $ 1,000,000
Fred Kipp $ 611,429
Jackie Collum $ 500,000
Roman Mejias $ 400,000
Hal Woodeshick $ 350,000
John Gabler $ 350,000
Jim Pyburn $ 350,000
Ed Bailey $ 350,000
Jack Aker $ 300,000
Felix Mantilla $ 300,000
Walt Moryn $ 300,000
Chuck Tanner $ 300,000
Walt Bond $ 300,000
Charlie Beamon $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Bob Skinner
2/21 Traded Wally Post
Bob Grim
Brooklyn Bob Friend
Jerry Lumpe
Orlando Pena
2/21 Traded Nick Willhite Montreal Charlie Beamon
7/31 Traded Jack Warner
Bob Meyer
Worcester Dick Kokos
Kent Hadley
7/31 Traded Danny Mcdevitt San Diego Jack Aker
Walt Bond