1964 Chicago Cubs | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |
City | Chicago | |
Owners | Philip K. Wrigley | |
General managers | John Holland | |
Managers | Bob Kennedy | |
Television |
WGN-TV ( Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd) | |
Radio |
WGN ( Jack Quinlan, Lou Boudreau) | |
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The 1964 Chicago Cubs season was the 93rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 89th in the National League and the 49th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished eighth in the National League with a record of 76–86, 17 games behind the NL and World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals.
On February 13, Ken Hubbs, who had been the Cubs starting second baseman in 1963, was killed in a plane crash. He was replaced by Joey Amalfitano, who was acquired from the San Francisco Giants a few weeks later.
On June 15, the Cubs made one of the most infamous deals in baseball history, remembered today simply as " Brock for Broglio". There were six players involved in all, but the most prominent players involved were pitcher Ernie Broglio, who came to the Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals, and outfielder Lou Brock, who went to the Cardinals from the Cubs. While Broglio was a serviceable starter for the rest of 1964, he would post ERAs over 6 in each of the next two seasons, and was out of baseball altogether by the end of 1967. Brock went on to star for the Cardinals for the next fifteen years, and eventually be elected to the Hall of Fame. It is to this day often held up as an example of a lopsided trade outcome.
National League | W | L | 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 |
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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 | — |
1964 Chicago Cubs | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
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Head coach
Coaches College of Coaches |
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Dick Bertell | 112 | 353 | 84 | .238 | 4 | 35 |
1B | Ernie Banks | 157 | 591 | 156 | .264 | 23 | 95 |
2B | Joey Amalfitano | 100 | 324 | 78 | .241 | 4 | 27 |
3B | Ron Santo | 161 | 592 | 185 | .313 | 30 | 114 |
SS | Andre Rodgers | 129 | 448 | 107 | .239 | 12 | 46 |
LF | Billy Williams | 162 | 645 | 201 | .312 | 33 | 98 |
CF | Billy Cowan | 139 | 497 | 120 | .241 | 19 | 50 |
RF | Len Gabrielson | 89 | 272 | 67 | .246 | 5 | 23 |
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 |
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Jimmy Stewart | 132 | 415 | 105 | .253 | 3 | 33 |
Lou Brock | 52 | 215 | 54 | .251 | 2 | 14 |
Doug Clemens | 54 | 140 | 39 | .279 | 2 | 12 |
Jimmie Schaffer | 54 | 122 | 25 | .205 | 2 | 9 |
Ellis Burton | 42 | 105 | 20 | .190 | 2 | 7 |
Leo Burke | 59 | 103 | 27 | .262 | 1 | 14 |
Ron Campbell | 26 | 92 | 25 | .272 | 1 | 10 |
Vic Roznovsky | 35 | 76 | 15 | .197 | 0 | 2 |
Billy Ott | 20 | 39 | 7 | .179 | 0 | 1 |
Merritt Ranew | 16 | 33 | 3 | .091 | 0 | 1 |
John Boccabella | 9 | 23 | 9 | .391 | 0 | 6 |
Don Kessinger | 4 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Don Landrum | 11 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Popovich | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Larry Jackson | 40 | 297.2 | 24 | 11 | 3.14 | 148 |
Dick Ellsworth | 37 | 256.2 | 14 | 18 | 3.75 | 148 |
Bob Buhl | 36 | 227.2 | 15 | 14 | 3.83 | 107 |
Ernie Broglio | 18 | 100.1 | 4 | 7 | 4.04 | 46 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Lew Burdette | 28 | 131.0 | 9 | 9 | 4.88 | 40 |
Sterling Slaughter | 20 | 51.2 | 2 | 4 | 5.75 | 32 |
Fred Norman | 8 | 31.2 | 0 | 4 | 6.54 | 20 |
Cal Koonce | 6 | 31.0 | 3 | 0 | 2.03 | 17 |
Glen Hobbie | 8 | 27.1 | 0 | 3 | 7.90 | 14 |
Paul Toth | 4 | 10.2 | 0 | 2 | 8.44 | 0 |
John Flavin | 5 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 5 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Lindy McDaniel | 63 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 3.88 | 71 |
Don Elston | 48 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5.30 | 26 |
Wayne Schurr | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.72 | 29 |
Bobby Shantz | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.56 | 12 |
Freddie Burdette | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.15 | 4 |
Lee Gregory | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.50 | 8 |
Jack Warner | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.89 | 6 |
Jack Spring | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 |
Jake Jaeckel | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Dick Scott | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.46 | 1 |
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