The 1964 Kansas City Athletics season was the tenth for the franchise in Kansas City and the 64th overall. It involved the A's finishing tenth in the American League with a record of 57 wins and 105 losses, 42 games behind the American League Champion New York Yankees. Offseason In January , owner Charles O. Finley signed an agreement to move the A's to Louisville, promising to change the team's name to the "Kentucky Athletics". (Other names suggested for the team were the "Kentucky Colonels" and the "Louisville Sluggers.") By another 9–1 vote by the league owners, his request was denied. Six weeks later, by the same 9–1 margin, the A.L. owners denied Finley's request to move the team to Oakland, where the team would eventually move after the 1967 season. On February 28, Finley signed a four-year lease to remain in Kansas City. The club would pay no rent at Municipal Stadium but the city would get 5% on admission and 7.5% on concessions. The clause was that if the club could not reach a paid attendance of 575,000 fans, then the club owed nothing. In early April, Finley tried to shorten the rather distant fences at the stadium by creating a Pennant Porch in right field, fronting a tiny bleacher section, to mock the famed short fence in right field at Yankee Stadium, home of the powerful Yankees. The move was quickly vetoed by the league, so Finley rebuilt the fence to the bare legal minimum of , and repainted the fence to say "One-Half Pennant Porch". Later he tried the ruse of putting a canopy over the little bleacher, which just happened to have an extension that reached out over the field. The league, not amused by Finley's sense of humor, again ordered him to cease and desist. Notable transactions October 7, 1963: Sammy Esposito was released by the Athletics. November 27, 1963: Norm Siebern was traded to the Baltimore Orioles for Jim Gentile and $25,000. December 2, 1963: John Donaldson was selected by the Athletics from the Minnesota Twins in the rule 5 draft. Regular season The club set a franchise record by hitting 107 home runs during home games, while the A's pitching staff gave up 132 home runs during home games. At the time, it was a major league record. Eighteen-year-old free agent Catfish Hunter was not able to pitch in 1964. He was