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1964 seasonWWikipedia↗WWorld Series↗

20 teams in AL, NL · 1626 regular-season games · 1964-04-13 to 1964-10-04 · attendance 21,280,341

◀ 1963 1965 ▶

World Series champion

St. Louis Cardinals

MVP

Brooks Robinson AL
Ken Boyer NL

Cy Young

Dean Chance

Rookie of the Year

Tony Oliva AL
Dick Allen NL

All-Star Game

1964-07-07 at Shea Stadium

Hall of Fame class of 1964

Burleigh Grimes, Heinie Manush, John Ward, Luke Appling, Miller Huggins, Red Faber, Tim Keefe

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
World Series	St. Louis Cardinals 4–3 New York Yankees	7

Standings

AL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Yankees	99	63	.611	—	577	1,305,638	Yogi Berra	Pennant
2	Chicago White Sox	98	64	.605	1	501	1,250,053	Al Lopez
3	Baltimore Orioles	97	65	.599	2	567	1,116,215	Hank Bauer
4	Detroit Tigers	85	77	.525	14	678	816,139	Chuck Dressen
5	Los Angeles Angels	82	80	.506	17	551	760,439	Bill Rigney
6	Cleveland Indians	79	83	.488	20	693	653,293	George Strickland, Birdie Tebbetts
6	Minnesota Twins	79	83	.488	20	678	1,207,514	Sam Mele
8	Boston Red Sox	72	90	.444	27	793	883,276	Johnny Pesky, Billy Herman
9	Washington Senators	62	100	.383	37	733	600,106	Gil Hodges
10	Kansas City Athletics	57	105	.352	42	836	642,478	Eddie Lopat, Mel McGaha

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	.574	—	652	1,143,294	Johnny Keane	World Series
2	Cincinnati Reds	92	70	.568	1	566	862,466	Fred Hutchinson, Dick Sisler, Fred Hutchinson, Dick Sisler
2	Philadelphia Phillies	92	70	.568	1	632	1,425,891	Gene Mauch
4	San Francisco Giants	90	72	.556	3	587	1,504,364	Al Dark
5	Milwaukee Braves	88	74	.543	5	744	910,911	Bobby Bragan
6	Los Angeles Dodgers	80	82	.494	13	572	2,228,751	Walter Alston
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	80	82	.494	13	636	759,496	Danny Murtaugh
8	Chicago Cubs	76	86	.469	17	724	751,647	Bob Kennedy
9	Houston Colt .45's	66	96	.407	27	628	725,773	Harry Craft, Lum Harris
10	New York Mets	53	109	.327	40	776	1,732,597	Casey Stengel

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Ken Johnson, Houston Colt .45's vs. Cincinnati Reds, 1964-04-23
Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Philadelphia Phillies, 1964-06-04
Jim Bunning, Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Mets, 1964-06-21

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1964 seasonWWikipedia↗WWorld Series↗

Postseason

Standings

AL

NL

Leaders

AL

NL

No-hitters