1964 Houston Colt .45s | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Colt Stadium |
City | Houston, Texas |
Record | 66β96 (.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) |
The 1964 Houston Colt .45s season was the: team's third season in Major League Baseball. It involved theββHouston Colt .45s finishing in ninth place in the National League with a record of 66β96, 27 games behind the eventual World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals. It was their final season for the team at Colt Stadium before relocating their gamesββto the Astrodome in 1965, along with the accompanying name changeββto the "Astros" for the "'65 season."
Offseasonβ»
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 transactionsβ»
- October 10, 1963: Claude Raymond was drafted by the Colt .45s from the Milwaukee Braves in a 1963 special draft.
Regular seasonβ»
On April 23, Houston pitcher Ken Johnson became the first pitcher in major league history to lose a complete game no-hitter in nine innings when he was beaten 1β0 by the Cincinnati Reds. Cincinnati's Pete Rose scored the only run of the game in the ninth inning, when he reached second base on an error and later scored.
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 93 | 69 | .574 | β | 48β33 | 45β36 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 92 | 70 | .568 | 1 | 46β35 | 46β35 |
Cincinnati Reds | 92 | 70 | .568 | 1 | 47β34 | 45β36 |
San Francisco Giants | 90 | 72 | .556 | 3 | 44β37 | 46β35 |
Milwaukee Braves | 88 | 74 | .543 | 5 | 45β36 | 43β38 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 82 | .494 | 13 | 42β39 | 38β43 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 80 | 82 | .494 | 13 | 41β40 | 39β42 |
Chicago Cubs | 76 | 86 | .469 | 17 | 40β41 | 36β45 |
Houston Colt .45s | 66 | 96 | .407 | 27 | 41β40 | 25β56 |
New York Mets | 53 | 109 | .327 | 40 | 33β48 | 20β61 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||||
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Team | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SF | STL | |||||
Chicago | β | 6β12 | 11β7 | 10β8 | 8β10 | 11β7 | 6β12 | 9β9 | 9β9 | 6β12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12β6 | β | 12β6 | 14β4β1 | 9β9 | 11β7 | 9β9 | 8β10 | 7β11 | 10β8 | |||||
Houston | 7β11 | 6β12 | β | 7β11 | 12β6 | 9β9 | 5β13 | 5β13 | 7β11 | 8β10 | |||||
Los Angeles | 8β10 | 4β14β1 | 11β7 | β | 8β10 | 15β3β1 | 8β10 | 10β8 | 6β12 | 10β8 | |||||
Milwaukee | 10β8 | 9β9 | 6β12 | 10β8 | β | 14β4 | 10β8 | 12β6 | 9β9 | 8β10 | |||||
New York | 7β11 | 7β11 | 9β9 | 3β15β1 | 4β14 | β | 3β15 | 6β12 | 7β11 | 7β11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 12-6 | 9β9 | 13β5 | 10β8 | 8β10 | 15β3 | β | 10β8 | 10β8 | 5β13 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 9β9 | 10β8 | 13β5 | 8β10 | 6β12 | 12β6 | 8β10 | β | 8β10 | 6β12 | |||||
San Francisco | 9β9 | 11β7 | 11β7 | 12β6 | 9β9 | 11β7 | 8β10 | 10β8 | β | 9β9 | |||||
St. Louis | 12β6 | 8β10 | 10β8 | 8β10 | 10β8 | 11β7 | 13β5 | 12β6 | 9β9 | β |
Opening Day startersβ»
- Bob Aspromonte
- John Bateman
- Walt Bond
- Nellie Fox
- Eddie Kasko
- Jim Owens
- Pete Runnels
- Rusty Staub
- Jimmy Wynn
Notable transactionsβ»
- May 26, 1964: Walt Williams was selected off waivers from the Colt .45s by the St. Louis Cardinals.
Rosterβ»
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
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 battersβ»
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 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
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 pitchersβ»
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 pitchersβ»
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 systemβ»
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Antonio
Statesville affiliation shared with Boston Red Sox
Referencesβ»
- ^ Claude Raymond at Baseball Reference
- ^ April 23, "1964 Reds-Colt ."45 box score at Baseball Reference
- ^ Geisler Young, LLC β. "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