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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1964 / 1966)
87-75, Finished 5th in American League
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Scored 663 runs, Allowed 613 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75
Manager: Birdie Tebbetts (87-75)
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 934,786 (5th of 10)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101; one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97
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1964 / 1966 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 5, 1964
Purchased Vicente Romo from Mexico City Tigers (Mexican).
October 21, 1964
Traded Pedro Ramos to the New York Yankees. Received players to be named later and $75,000. The New York Yankees sent Ralph Terry (October 21, 1964) and Bud Daley (November 27, 1964) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
December 1, 1964
Traded Bob Chance and Woodie Held to the Washington Senators. Received Chuck Hinton.
December 15, 1964
Sold Tito Francona to the St. Louis Cardinals.
1965
Signed Gary Boyd as an amateur free agent.
Sold Ron Nischwitz to the Detroit Tigers.
January 20, 1965
As part of a 3-team trade, traded Tommie Agee, Tommy John and Johnny Romano to the Chicago White Sox. Received Cam Carreon from the Chicago White Sox and Rocky Colavito from the Kansas City Athletics. In addition, the Chicago White Sox sent a player to be named later, Mike Hershberger and Jim Landis to the Kansas City Athletics. The Chicago White Sox sent Fred Talbot (February 10, 1965) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade.
January 30, 1965
Signed Oscar Zamora as an amateur free agent.
February 5, 1965
Purchased Bubba Morton from the Milwaukee Braves.
February 15, 1965
Selected Bill Edgerton off waivers from the Kansas City Athletics.
March 30, 1965
Purchased Stan Williams from the New York Yankees.
April 9, 1965 (Standings)
Released Bud Daley.
Bill Edgerton selected by the Kansas City Athletics off waivers as first-year waiver pick.
April 11, 1965 (Standings)
Sold Ted Abernathy to the Chicago Cubs.
May 3, 1965 (Standings)
Joe Rudi selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers as first-year waiver pick.
May 4, 1965 (Standings)
Jim Rittwage selected by the Kansas City Athletics off waivers as first-year waiver pick.
May 10, 1965 (Standings)
Traded Ray Barker to the New York Yankees. Received Pedro Gonzalez.
May 15, 1965 (Standings)
Released Jackie Hernandez.
June 8, 1965 (Standings)
Drafted Ray Fosse in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1965 amateur draft.
Drafted Vic Albury in the 9th round of the 1965 amateur draft.
Drafted Greg Washburn in the 10th round of the 1965 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 14, 1965 (Standings)
Purchased Jack Spring from the California Angels.
June 15, 1965 (Standings)
Released Dick Donovan.
Traded a player to be named later and cash to the California Angels. Received Phil Roof. The Cleveland Indians sent Bubba Morton (September 15, 1965) to the California Angels to complete the trade.
August 11, 1965 (Standings)
Purchased Bobby Tiefenauer from the New York Yankees.
September 9, 1965 (Standings)
Selected Lou Clinton off waivers from the California Angels.
November 29, 1965
Drafted Al Closter from the New York Yankees in the 1965 rule 5 draft.
Drafted Bob Heffner from the Boston Red Sox in the 1965 rule 5 draft.
Sold Al Luplow to the New York Mets.
November 30, 1965
Signed Del Crandall as a free agent.
December 1, 1965
Traded Phil Roof and Joe Rudi to the Kansas City Athletics. Received Jim Landis and Jim Rittwage.
January 14, 1966
Traded Lou Clinton to the New York Yankees. Received Doc Edwards.
January 29, 1966
Drafted Ted Ford in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft (January).
Drafted Phil Hennigan in the 4th round of the 1966 amateur draft (January).
Drafted Joe Niekro in the 7th round of the 1966 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Gary Neibauer in the 8th round of the 1966 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
March 10, 1966
Traded Cam Carreon to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Lou Piniella.
