1964 Houston Colt .45s season
Houston, Texas | |
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Record | 66–96 (.407) |
League place | 9th |
Owners | Roy Hofheinz |
General managers | Paul Richards |
Managers | Harry Craft, Lum Harris |
Television | KTRK-TV |
Radio | KPRC (AM) (Gene Elston, Loel Passe) |
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The 1964 " for the '65 season.
Offseason
On April 8, just a few days before Opening Day, Colt .45s pitcher Jim Umbricht died of cancer. Umbricht had come back from cancer in 1963 to pitch in 35 games, but it returned during the offseason. His uniform number 32 would be retired by the Astros the following season.
Notable transactions
- October 10, 1963: Milwaukee Braves in a 1963 special draft.[1]
Regular season
On April 23, Houston
Season standings
National League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | — | 48–33 | 45–36 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | 1 | 46–35 | 46–35 |
Cincinnati Reds | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | 1 | 47–34 | 45–36 |
San Francisco Giants | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | 3 | 44–37 | 46–35 |
Milwaukee Braves | 88 | 74 | 0.543 | 5 | 45–36 | 43–38 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 13 | 42–39 | 38–43 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 13 | 41–40 | 39–42 |
Chicago Cubs | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 17 | 40–41 | 36–45 |
Houston Colt .45s | 66 | 96 | 0.407 | 27 | 41–40 | 25–56 |
New York Mets | 53 | 109 | 0.327 | 40 | 33–48 | 20–61 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | |||||||||||||||
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Team | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SF | STL | |||||
Chicago | — | 6–12 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 6–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–6 | — | 12–6 | 14–4–1 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 7–11 | 10–8 | |||||
Houston | 7–11 | 6–12 | — | 7–11 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 5–13 | 5–13 | 7–11 | 8–10 | |||||
Los Angeles | 8–10 | 4–14–1 | 11–7 | — | 8–10 | 15–3–1 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 6–12 | 10–8 | |||||
Milwaukee | 10–8 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 10–8 | — | 14–4 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 8–10 | |||||
New York | 7–11 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 3–15–1 | 4–14 | — | 3–15 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 7–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 12-6 | 9–9 | 13–5 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 15–3 | — | 10–8 | 10–8 | 5–13 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 9–9 | 10–8 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 12–6 | 8–10 | — | 8–10 | 6–12 | |||||
San Francisco | 9–9 | 11–7 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 10–8 | — | 9–9 | |||||
St. Louis | 12–6 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 12–6 | 9–9 | — |
Opening Day starters
- Bob Aspromonte
- John Bateman
- Walt Bond
- Nellie Fox
- Eddie Kasko
- Jim Owens
- Pete Runnels
- Rusty Staub
- Jimmy Wynn[3]
Notable transactions
- May 26, 1964: Walt Williams was selected off waivers from the Colt .45s by the St. Louis Cardinals.[4]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Positional abbreviations: C = Catcher; 1B = First base; 2B = Second base; 3B = Third base; SS = Shortstop; LF = Left field; CF = Center field; RF = Right field
Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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C | Jerry Grote | 100 | 298 | 26 | 54 | 9 | 3 | .181 | 3 | 24 | 0 |
1B | Walt Bond | 148 | 543 | 63 | 138 | 16 | 7 | .254 | 20 | 85 | 2 |
2B | Nellie Fox | 133 | 442 | 45 | 117 | 12 | 6 | .265 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
3B | Bob Aspromonte | 157 | 553 | 51 | 155 | 20 | 3 | .280 | 12 | 28 | 6 |
SS | Eddie Kasko | 133 | 448 | 45 | 109 | 16 | 1 | .243 | 0 | 22 | 4 |
LF | Al Spangler | 135 | 449 | 51 | 110 | 18 | 5 | .245 | 4 | 38 | 7 |
CF | Mike White | 89 | 280 | 30 | 76 | 11 | 3 | .271 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
RF | Joe Gaines | 89 | 307 | 37 | 78 | 9 | 7 | .254 | 7 | 34 | 8 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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Bob Lillis | 109 | 332 | 31 | 89 | 11 | 2 | .268 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
Rusty Staub | 89 | 292 | 26 | 63 | 10 | 2 | .216 | 8 | 35 | 1 |
Mike White | 89 | 280 | 30 | 76 | 11 | 3 | .271 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
John Bateman | 74 | 221 | 18 | 42 | 8 | 0 | .190 | 5 | 19 | 0 |
Carroll Hardy | 46 | 157 | 13 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .185 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
Dave Roberts | 61 | 125 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 1 | .184 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Jim Beauchamp | 23 | 55 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .164 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Pete Runnels | 22 | 51 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .196 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Joe Morgan | 10 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .189 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sonny Jackson | 9 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .348 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Johnny Weekly | 6 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .133 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
John Hoffman | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .067 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ivan Murrell | 10 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .143 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Dave Adlesh | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Walt Williams | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Steve Hertz | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brock Davis | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | R | ER | BB | K |
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Ken Johnson | 35 | 35 | 218.0 | 11 | 16 | 3.63 | 100 | 88 | 44 | 117 |
Bob Bruce | 35 | 29 | 202.1 | 15 | 9 | 2.76 | 73 | 70 | 62 | 135 |
Turk Farrell | 32 | 27 | 198.1 | 11 | 10 | 3.27 | 80 | 72 | 52 | 117 |
Don Nottebart | 28 | 24 | 157.0 | 6 | 11 | 3.90 | 76 | 68 | 37 | 90 |
Hal Brown | 27 | 21 | 132.0 | 3 | 15 | 3.95 | 68 | 58 | 26 | 53 |
Chris Zachary | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | R | ER | BB | K |
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Jim Owens | 48 | 11 | 118.0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3.28 | 48 | 43 | 32 | 88 |
Don Larsen | 30 | 10 | 103.1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2.26 | 36 | 26 | 20 | 58 |
Larry Dierker | 3 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Don Bradey | 3 | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19.29 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | R | ER | BB | K |
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Hal Woodeshick | 61 | 78.1 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 2.76 | 32 | 24 | 32 | 58 |
Claude Raymond |
38 | 79.2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2.82 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 56 |
Gordon Jones | 34 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.14 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 28 |
Larry Yellen | 13 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.86 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 9 |
Dave Giusti | 8 | 25.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.16 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 16 |
Danny Coombs | 7 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.00 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 |
Joe Hoerner | 7 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Oklahoma City 89ers
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Pacific Coast League | Grady Hatton |
AA | San Antonio Bullets
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Texas League | Lou Fitzgerald |
A
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Modesto Colts
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California League | Chuck Churn |
A
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Durham Bulls | Carolina League | Billy Goodman and Walt Matthews |
A
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Statesville Colts | Western Carolinas League | Dave Philley and Rudy York |
Rookie
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Cocoa Colts | Cocoa Rookie League | Dave Philley |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Antonio
Statesville affiliation shared with Boston Red Sox
References
- ^ Claude Raymond at Baseball Reference
- ^ April 23, 1964 Reds-Colt .45 box score at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b Geisler Young, LLC –. "1964 Houston Colt .45s Roster by Baseball Almanac". Archived from the original on March 23, 2009. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
- ^ Walt Williams at Baseball Reference