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The 1964 season of the American League was the sixty-fourth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Yankees	164	99	63	2	.604	-.-	730 (4.45)	577 (3.52)	0.253	0.315	0.387	3.15	0.983
2	Chicago White Sox	162	98	64	0	.605	1.0	642 (3.96)	501 (3.09)	0.247	0.317	0.353	2.72	0.981
3	Baltimore Orioles	163	97	65	1	.595	2.0	679 (4.17)	567 (3.48)	0.248	0.316	0.387	3.16	0.985
4	Detroit Tigers	163	85	77	1	.521	14.0	699 (4.29)	678 (4.16)	0.253	0.317	0.395	3.84	0.982
5	Los Angeles Angels	162	82	80	0	.506	17.0	544 (3.36)	551 (3.40)	0.242	0.303	0.344	2.91	0.978
6	Minnesota Twins	163	79	83	1	.485	20.0	737 (4.52)	678 (4.16)	0.252	0.319	0.427	3.58	0.977
7	Cleveland Indians	164	79	83	2	.482	20.0	689 (4.20)	693 (4.23)	0.247	0.309	0.380	3.75	0.981
8	Boston Red Sox	162	72	90	0	.444	27.0	688 (4.25)	793 (4.90)	0.258	0.321	0.416	4.50	0.977
9	Washington Senators	162	62	100	0	.383	35.0	578 (3.57)	733 (4.52)	0.231	0.298	0.348	3.98	0.979
10	Kansas City Athletics	163	57	105	1	.350	42.0	621 (3.81)	836 (5.13)	0.239	0.308	0.379	4.71	0.975

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Brooks Robinson Leon Wagner	Baltimore Orioles Cleveland Indians	163
At Bats	Bobby Richardson	New York Yankees	679
Runs Scored	Tony Oliva	Minnesota Twins	109
Hits	Tony Oliva	Minnesota Twins	217
Doubles	Tony Oliva	Minnesota Twins	43
Triples	Rich Rollins Zoilo Versalles	Minnesota Twins Minnesota Twins	10
Home Runs	Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota Twins	49
Total Bases	Tony Oliva	Minnesota Twins	374
Runs Batted In	Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	118
Stolen Bases	Luis Aparicio	Baltimore Orioles	57
Caught Stealing	Luis Aparicio	Baltimore Orioles	17
Walks	Norm Siebern	Baltimore Orioles	106
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	18
Hit by Pitch	Bill Freehan Harmon Killebrew Zoilo Versalles	Detroit Tigers Minnesota Twins Minnesota Twins	8
Strikeouts	Nelson Mathews	Kansas City Athletics	143
Sacrifice Hits	Dick Howser Bobby Richardson	Cleveland Indians New York Yankees	16
Sacrifice Flies	Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	10
Grounded into Double Plays	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	30
Batting Average	Tony Oliva	Minnesota Twins	0.323
On-Base Percentage	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	0.423
Slugging Percentage	Boog Powell	Baltimore Orioles	0.606
On-Base plus Slugging	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	1.014
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	177

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Dean Chance Gary Peters	Los Angeles Angels Chicago White Sox	20
Losses	Diego Segui	Kansas City Athletics	17
Win-Loss Percentage	Wally Bunker	Baltimore Orioles	0.792
Appearances	John Wyatt	Kansas City Athletics	81
Games Started	Jim Bouton	New York Yankees	37
Complete Games	Dean Chance	Los Angeles Angels	15
Shutouts	Dean Chance	Los Angeles Angels	11
Games Finished	Dick Radatz	Boston Red Sox	67
Saves	Dick Radatz	Boston Red Sox	29
Innings Pitched	Dean Chance	Los Angeles Angels	278.1
Batters Faced	Camilo Pascual	Minnesota Twins	1136
Hits Allowed	Bill Monbouquette	Boston Red Sox	258
Home Runs Allowed	Orlando Pena	Kansas City Athletics	40
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Al Downing	New York Yankees	120
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Stu Miller	Baltimore Orioles	14
Hit Batsmen	Ken McBride	Los Angeles Angels	16
Strikeouts	Al Downing	New York Yankees	217
Wild Pitches	Gary Peters	Chicago White Sox	15
Balks	Al Downing	New York Yankees	3
Runs Allowed	Orlando Pena	Kansas City Athletics	126
Earned Runs Allowed	Jack Lamabe	Boston Red Sox	116
Earned Run Average	Dean Chance	Los Angeles Angels	1.65
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Joe Horlen	Chicago White Sox	0.935

All-Star Game

The American League lost the thirty-fifth midsummer classic at Shea Stadium in New York, NY on Tuesday, July 7, 1964 by a score of 7 to 4. The league's manager was Al Lopez.

Postseason

In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees were defeated by the National League's St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Brooks Robinson, a third baseman with the Baltimore Orioles. In the award's voting, he had 269 out of a possible 280 points and 18 first place votes.

The winner of the Cy Young Award, given to the best pitcher in Major League Baseball irrespective of league, was Dean Chance of the Los Angeles Angels (AL). In the award's voting, he had 17 out of a possible 20 points and 17 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Tony Oliva, an outfielder with the Minnesota Twins. In the award's voting, he had 19 out of a possible 20 points and 19 first place votes.

Gold Gloves

The following players won the Gold Glove Award, given to the league's best fielders as voted upon by sportswriters, at their respective position.

Position	Player	Team
P	Jim Kaat	Minnesota Twins
C	Elston Howard	New York Yankees
1B	Vic Power	Minnesota Twins/Los Angeles Angels/Philadelphia Phillies
2B	Bobby Richardson	New York Yankees
3B	Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles
SS	Luis Aparicio	Baltimore Orioles
OF	Vic Davalillo	Cleveland Indians
	Jim Landis	Chicago White Sox
	Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers

Hall of Fame Game

The twenty-second annual Hall of Fame Game was played on July 27 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the game, the American League's Washington Senators defeated the New York Mets of the National League by a score of 6 to 4.

Umpires

• Sam Carrigan
• Nestor Chylak
• Lou DiMuro
• Cal Drummond
• Red Flaherty
• Bill Haller
• Jim Honochick
• Eddie Hurley
• Bill Kinnamon
• Bill McKinley
• Larry Napp
• Joe Paparella
• John Rice
• Ed Runge
• Al Salerno
• Al Smith
• Hank Soar
• Johnny Stevens
• Bob Stewart
• Frank Umont
• Bill Valentine