The 1964 New York Yankees season was the 62nd season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 99–63, winning their 29th pennant, finishing 1 game ahead of the Chicago White Sox. New York was managed by Yogi Berra. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they were defeated by the St. Louis Cardinals in 7 games. It would also be their last postseason appearance until 1976.

Yogi Berra, taking over as manager from Ralph Houk, who in turn moved up to general manager, had a difficult early season, with many veterans missing games due to injury. Doubts about his ability to manage his former teammates were brought into the open with the Harmonica Incident in late August, in which he clashed with utility infielder Phil Linz on the team bus following a sweep by the Chicago White Sox that appeared to have removed the Yankees from pennant contention. The team rallied behind Berra afterwards, and won the pennant. However the incident may have convinced the team's executives to replace Berra with Johnny Keane, manager of the victorious Cardinals, after the season.

This season is considered to be the endpoint of the "Old Yankees" dynasty that had begun with the Ruppert–Huston partnership and then continued with the Topping–Webb partnership. The Yankees would soon undergo ownership changes and front office turmoil, and would not be a serious factor in the pennant chase again until the mid-1970s. For television viewers and radio listeners, the sudden removal of Mel Allen following that season marked the end of an era of Yankees television and radio broadcasts.

Offseason November 30, 1963: Marshall Bridges was purchased from the Yankees by the Washington Senators.

Regular season On September 26, Mel Stottlemyre went 5 for 5, drove in two runs, and threw a two-hit shutout.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions September 5, 1964: The Yankees traded players to be named later and $75,000 to the Cleveland Indians for Pedro Ramos. The Yankees completed the trade by sending Ralph Terry to the Indians on October 21 and Bud Daley to the Indians on November 27.

Roster 1964 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader Batting

Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB C 150 55063 172 .313 15 841 1B 160 613 71 154 .251 28 1002 2B 159 679 90181 .267 4 5011 3B 147 51043 111 .218 8 526 SS 106 415 46 95 .229 8 314 LF 153 533 75 131 .246 16 7313 CF 143 465 92 141 .303 35 1116 RF 141 513 86 144 .281 26 713

Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI 112 368 92 .250 5 25 127 285 74 .260 10 34 77 161 41 .255 7 28 80 112 31 .277 0 5 31 23 4 .174 0 1 3 6 1 .167 0 0 1 6 2 .333 0 0 4 5 1 .200 0 0 5 5 0 .000 0 0 11 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching = Indicates league leader Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 38 271.1 18 13 3.02 125 39 244.2 17 6 2.13 172 37 244.0 13 8 3.47 217 13 96.0 9 3 2.06 49

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 27 114.0 7 11 4.54 77 19 102.1 5 2 3.61 57 21 82.0 1 5 3.84 54 13 35.0 3 2 4.63 16

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 50 7 4 12 3.56 63 41 6 4 9 3.12 38 31 5 0 4 2.67 39 30 7 2 3 3.28 49 13 1 0 8 1.25 21 7 0 3 0 4.91 12

1964 World Series

With this 4–3 World Series victory, the Cardinals gained a 3–2 edge in overall Series wins over the Yankees, the first time any team had an overall edge against the Yankees since the 1920s. As of 2022, the Cardinals remain the only one of the "classic eight" National League teams to hold an edge over the Yankees.

+NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (3) Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of game 1 Yankees – 5, Cardinals – 9 October 7 Busch Stadium I 30,805 2:42 2 Yankees – 8, Cardinals – 3 October 8 Busch Stadium I 30,805 2:29 3 Cardinals – 1, Yankees – 2 October 10 Yankee Stadium 67,101 2:16 4 Cardinals – 4, Yankees – 3 October 11 Yankee Stadium 66,312 2:18 5 Cardinals – 5, Yankees – 2 October 12 Yankee Stadium 65,633 2:37 6 Yankees – 8, Cardinals – 3 October 14 Busch Stadium I 30,805 2:37 7 Yankees – 5, Cardinals – 7 October 15 Busch Stadium I 30,346 2:40

Awards and honors Elston Howard, Gold Glove 1964 MLB All-Star Game Whitey Ford, All-Star Game Elston Howard, All-Star Game Mickey Mantle, All-Star Game Joe Pepitone, All-Star Game Bobby Richardson, All-Star Game

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Lauderdale, Johnson CityJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

References 1964 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1964 World Series 1964 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com