1964 Toronto Blue Jays
Record: 47-115
Finish: 5th in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 467
Runs Allowed: 810
Exp W-L: 43-119
 
Ballpark: Exhibition Stadium
Attendance: 1,172,523
Manager: Chuck Glidden

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-71, 6th in the American League
AA: 72-65, 2nd in the American League
A: 67-70, 6th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
SS  Reno Bertoia 29 150 508 47 126 21 4 2 32 3 3 21 123 .248 .284 .317 .601 42.3 6.4 5.1
SS *Ed Kranepool 19 147 488 49 118 24 1 8 36 0 0 30 29 .242 .284 .344 .628 45.5 7.5 2.0
C *Russ Nixon 29 142 479 33 123 29 1 3 46 1 1 16 31 .257 .279 .340 .619 40.6 6.3 5.4
1B  Joe Adcock 36 142 453 41 94 14 1 15 54 2 1 29 105 .208 .255 .342 .597 38.2 4.5 1.9
LF *Boog Powell 22 148 395 52 97 18 3 19 59 1 1 57 60 .246 .338 .451 .789 60.5 14.1 1.5
SS  Bill Mazeroski 27 118 410 26 92 21 1 5 39 1 2 16 32 .224 .253 .317 .570 28.2 1.9 3.4
CF  Jim Busby 37 110 376 26 88 18 4 2 29 4 2 17 58 .234 .266 .319 .585 29.7 3.8 2.1
1B  Randy Jackson 38 106 300 29 65 5 0 4 13 7 1 15 83 .217 .253 .273 .526 17.2 0.0 1.5
SS  George Banks 25 92 262 29 37 9 1 8 28 1 2 32 73 .141 .252 .275 .527 17.2 0.0 1.8
LF  Al Ferrara 24 78 240 21 52 15 1 6 29 0 1 31 53 .217 .315 .363 .678 27.3 5.3 1.1
CF #Ernie Oravetz 32 73 242 12 45 4 1 0 9 0 2 26 31 .186 .268 .211 .478 12.1 0.0 1.2
C *Gary Kolb 24 113 161 26 30 4 1 0 5 15 4 19 31 .186 .272 .224 .496 9.8 0.0 1.3
2B  Nate Oliver 23 96 131 14 22 4 3 0 9 3 3 10 42 .168 .231 .244 .475 6.2 0.0 1.6
1B  Frank Kostro 26 53 134 16 34 5 2 2 14 0 0 9 21 .254 .301 .366 .666 14.7 3.1 1.0
C  Bob Schmidt 31 78 122 8 21 4 0 3 16 0 0 14 14 .172 .255 .279 .534 8.2 0.0 0.9
3B  Lou Skizas 32 94 99 7 16 2 0 1 5 0 0 4 14 .162 .192 .212 .404 1.1 0.0 0.6
P  Don Larsen 34 37 97 6 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 33 .103 .139 .113 .252 -1.6 0.0 0.0
CF  Bobby Wine 25 25 72 3 14 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 21 .194 .253 .208 .461 3.6 0.0 0.8
P  Hal Kolstad 29 32 58 1 5 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 22 .086 .102 .138 .240 -1.7 0.0 0.0
P *Tom Sturdivant 34 35 54 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 .130 .130 .130 .259 -0.7 0.0 0.0
1B *Gordon Goldsberry 36 53 46 5 9 1 0 1 2 0 0 5 13 .196 .275 .283 .557 4.0 0.3 0.0
P #Carl Bouldin 24 37 40 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .075 .098 .100 .198 -1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Hersh Freeman 35 38 41 3 7 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 4 .171 .171 .268 .439 1.5 0.0 0.0
P *Masanori Murakami 20 15 37 2 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 9 .162 .184 .189 .373 0.9 0.0 0.0
CF  Bill Tuttle 34 18 27 4 6 1 2 0 3 0 0 2 4 .222 .276 .407 .683 2.7 0.4 0.1
P  John Miller 23 71 17 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .118 .211 .176 .387 0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Chris Zachary 20 7 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .154 .308 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Ken Hunt 25 5 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.3 0.0 0.0
C  Jim Pagliaroni 26 4 7 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .286 .375 .857 1.232 2.1 0.8 0.0
P  Bill Fischer 33 28 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
C  Bob Uecker 29 4 7 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .571 .571 .714 1.286 2.0 0.9 0.0
P  John Romonosky 34 57 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Humphreys 28 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
CF  Dick Simpson 20 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Sparma 22 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.1 2252 5342 467 1139 208 27 81 450 39 24 367 943 .213 .266 .308 .573 409.3 55.4 33.2
  Rank among 10 AL teams 10 10 10 7 9 10 10 10 3 9 6 9 10 10 10 10  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Don Larsen 34 9 24 .273 37 37 0 292.0 294 128 47 63 208 3.95 11.1
 Hal Kolstad 29 6 13 .316 32 27 0 193.7 182 98 23 91 123 4.55 5.1
 Tom Sturdivant 34 4 17 .190 35 27 0 186.0 177 78 16 81 92 3.77 8.5
 Carl Bouldin 24 8 11 .421 37 20 0 157.7 167 78 17 58 63 4.45 5.6
 Hersh Freeman 35 4 10 .286 38 17 0 138.3 169 71 15 28 55 4.62 4.8
 John Miller 23 4 10 .286 71 8 5 117.7 137 84 19 73 74 6.43 0.0
*Masanori Murakami 20 5 4 .556 15 14 0 97.3 72 32 7 21 102 2.96 9.6
 John Romonosky 34 2 8 .200 57 0 0 66.7 79 58 11 71 36 7.83 0.0
 Chris Zachary 20 0 4 .000 7 7 0 44.0 45 30 5 25 18 6.14 0.0
 Bill Fischer 33 3 3 .500 28 0 8 36.7 48 20 4 11 14 4.91 1.6
 Ken Hunt 25 2 2 .500 5 5 0 33.7 33 11 2 14 19 2.94 3.1
 Bob Humphreys 28 0 3 .000 24 0 1 24.0 31 21 5 13 12 7.88 0.0
 Joe Sparma 22 0 3 .000 17 0 2 22.0 24 15 3 19 19 6.14 0.0
*Billy McCool 19 0 2 .000 13 0 7 15.3 11 4 1 6 14 2.35 3.0
 Jim Dickson 26 0 0 .000 5 0 0 3.7 10 9 1 3 3 22.13 0.0
 Dale Willis 26 0 1 .000 2 0 0 2.0 7 7 3 3 2 31.50 0.0
Team Totals 27.0 47 115 .290 423 162 23 1430.6 1486 744 179 580 854 4.68 52.4
Rank among 10 AL teams 10 10 8 10 10 9 10 10 9 8 10  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 36.3
R.Nixon 1083.7 123 134 684 69 4 2 .995 28.1
B.Schmidt 191.0 20 25 101 17 1 0 .992 55.0
G.Kolb 149.0 18 18 89 15 1 0 .990 36.4
B.Uecker 7.0 1 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1430.7 162 178 881 101 6 2 .994 32.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.35
J.Adcock 924.7 110 123 1087 78 7 93 .994 11.34
R.Jackson 218.0 27 31 286 13 2 26 .993 12.34
E.Kranepool 190.7 23 27 242 23 0 18 1.000 12.51
B.Powell 64.0 0 29 67 5 1 6 .986 10.13
L.Skizas 20.0 1 9 23 1 1 1 .960 10.80
J.Pagliaroni 9.0 1 1 11 0 0 2 1.000 11.00
A.Ferrara 6.4 1 1 6 2 1 2 .889 11.25
B.Tuttle 4.0 0 1 7 0 0 2 1.000 15.75
G.Goldsberry 0.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 27.27
Team Total 1437.1 163 223 1730 122 12 150 .994 11.60
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.72
B.Mazeroski 980.7 114 116 225 433 10 82 .985 6.04
N.Oliver 215.3 23 39 57 102 5 21 .970 6.65
R.Bertoia 211.3 24 24 59 94 4 19 .975 6.52
L.Skizas 23.3 1 6 3 11 0 2 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1430.7 162 185 344 640 19 124 .981 6.19
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.73
G.Banks 658.0 75 82 45 163 15 9 .933 2.84
R.Jackson 478.7 57 65 18 104 5 9 .961 2.29
F.Kostro 232.7 28 35 13 63 4 6 .950 2.94
L.Skizas 58.3 2 24 5 13 0 1 1.000 2.78
N.Oliver 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Mazeroski 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Kolb 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.7 162 209 81 343 24 25 .946 2.67
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.96
R.Bertoia 1048.3 126 126 157 434 20 79 .967 5.07
B.Wine 207.7 25 25 33 79 5 14 .957 4.85
N.Oliver 152.3 11 38 25 64 2 16 .978 5.26
L.Skizas 12.0 0 7 0 3 0 1 1.000 2.25
G.Banks 9.3 0 6 2 3 0 0 1.000 4.82
B.Mazeroski 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.7 162 203 217 583 27 110 .967 5.03
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.81
B.Powell 835.0 95 108 158 4 0 2 1.000 1.75
A.Ferrara 436.0 50 50 94 1 1 0 .990 1.96
G.Kolb 93.3 9 19 18 1 1 1 .950 1.83
F.Kostro 35.0 4 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Adcock 25.0 2 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52
L.Skizas 8.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
B.Tuttle 2.0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
E.Oravetz 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Kranepool 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Busby 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.3 160 198 285 6 3 3 .990 1.82
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.33
J.Busby 848.3 100 106 219 3 3 0 .987 2.36
E.Oravetz 421.3 50 51 99 0 4 0 .961 2.11
L.Skizas 64.3 3 20 20 1 1 0 .955 2.94
B.Tuttle 52.0 6 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
G.Kolb 37.7 2 12 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.63
D.Simpson 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.7 162 201 363 4 8 0 .979 2.31
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.84
E.Kranepool 878.7 108 111 171 9 2 3 .989 1.84
E.Oravetz 194.7 23 24 45 0 2 0 .957 2.08
A.Ferrara 114.4 10 24 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.05
G.Kolb 84.7 9 15 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.23
F.Kostro 43.0 4 8 12 2 0 1 1.000 2.93
J.Adcock 42.0 1 14 15 0 0 0 1.000 3.21
L.Skizas 23.0 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.35
G.Banks 11.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Goldsberry 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Simpson 2.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Bertoia 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1400.0 157 211 295 12 4 4 .987 1.97
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 2.12
D.Larsen 292.0 37 37 18 54 4 1 .947 2.22
H.Kolstad 193.7 27 32 6 33 3 3 .929 1.81
T.Sturdivant 186.0 27 35 14 38 2 3 .963 2.52
C.Bouldin 157.7 20 37 4 26 0 4 1.000 1.71
H.Freeman 138.3 17 38 18 18 1 3 .973 2.34
J.Miller 117.7 8 71 8 15 0 2 1.000 1.76
M.Murakami 97.3 14 15 7 7 1 0 .933 1.29
J.Romonosky 66.7 0 57 3 12 0 2 1.000 2.03
C.Zachary 44.0 7 7 0 12 1 0 .923 2.45
B.Fischer 36.7 0 28 2 7 1 0 .900 2.21
K.Hunt 33.7 5 5 1 9 1 0 .909 2.67
B.Humphreys 24.0 0 24 0 5 0 1 1.000 1.88
J.Sparma 22.0 0 17 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
B.McCool 15.3 0 13 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.76
J.Dickson 3.7 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
D.Willis 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1430.6 162 423 84 241 14 19 .959 2.04
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Nixon .257
On-Base Pct Powell .309
Slugging Pct Powell .405
OPS Powell .714
XR Powell 60.5
Games Bertoia 150
At-Bats Bertoia 508
Runs Powell 52
Hits Bertoia 126
Total Bases Powell 178
Singles Bertoia 99
Doubles Nixon 29
Triples Bertoia, Busby 4
Homeruns Powell 19
RBIs Powell 59
Stolen Bases Kolb 15
Caught Stealing Kolb 4
Walks Powell 57
Strikeouts Bertoia 123
ERA Sturdivant 3.77
Wins Larsen 9
Losses Larsen 24
Winning Pct Bouldin .421
Saves Fischer 8
Games Pitched Miller 71
Games Started Larsen 37
Complete Games Larsen 17
Shutouts Freeman 2
Innings Pitched Larsen 292.0
Hits Allowed Larsen 294
Homeruns Allowed Larsen 47
Strikeouts Larsen 208
Walks Allowed Kolstad 91
Walks per 9IP Larsen 1.9
Hits per 9IP Kolstad 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Larsen 6.4
WHiP Larsen 1.22
OAVG Kolstad .250
OOBP Larsen .302
OSLG Sturdivant .368
OOPS Sturdivant .699
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Joe Adcock $ 18,000,000
Don Larsen $ 7,500,000
Randy Jackson $ 6,500,000
Russ Nixon $ 5,000,000
Bob Schmidt $ 2,000,000
Hersh Freeman $ 800,000
Reno Bertoia $ 650,000
Gordon Goldsberry $ 510,000
Mike Cuellar $ 475,000
Tom Sturdivant $ 420,000
Bob Turley $ 400,000
Jim Pagliaroni $ 350,000
Ernie Oravetz $ 350,000
Jim Busby $ 350,000
Lou Skizas $ 350,000
Hal Kolstad $ 300,000
Paul Brown $ 300,000
Bill Fischer $ 300,000
Carl Bouldin $ 300,000
Jim Dickson $ 300,000
Bob Humphreys $ 300,000
Ken Hunt $ 300,000
George Banks $ 300,000
Gary Kolb $ 300,000
John Gelnar $ 300,000
Boog Powell $ 300,000
Bobby Wine $ 300,000
Dale Willis $ 300,000
Arnold Umbach $ 300,000
Bob Uecker $ 300,000
Bill Tuttle $ 300,000
Joe Sparma $ 300,000
Bill Mazeroski $ 300,000
John Romonosky $ 300,000
Frank Kostro $ 300,000
Nate Oliver $ 300,000
Masanori Murakami $ 300,000
John Miller $ 300,000
Chris Zachary $ 300,000
Billy McCool $ 300,000
Ed Kranepool $ 300,000
Dick Simpson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Hersh Freeman
2/4 Signed     Jim Busby
2/5 Signed     Russ Nixon
2/7 Traded Eddie Fisher New York (N) Howie Bedell
2/9 Signed     Bob Schmidt
2/9 Signed     Don Larsen
2/9 Signed     Bob Turley
2/15 Signed     Bill Tuttle
3/3 Released Jack Shepard    
7/1 Traded Al Ferrara Cleveland (N) Danny Kravitz