1964 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 84-78
Finish: 3rd in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 714
Runs Allowed: 721
Exp W-L: 80-82
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,652,014
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 56-81, 10th in the National League
AA: 71-66, 5th in the National League
A: 72-65, 5th in the National League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
CF #Mickey Mantle 32 154 549 118 163 22 3 42 106 22 9 121 122 .297 .423 .577 1.001 128.9 35.0 3.3
RF  Tony Conigliaro 19 158 586 82 158 40 3 18 81 5 8 51 110 .270 .337 .440 .777 79.6 16.3 2.6
1B  Luis Aparicio 30 149 583 64 149 22 7 2 37 45 16 30 29 .256 .293 .328 .620 55.5 7.2 4.6
3B  Rich Rollins 26 152 544 70 139 14 3 14 80 5 5 42 67 .256 .311 .369 .680 61.9 9.5 4.3
1B *Rusty Staub 20 149 492 70 134 27 5 11 66 5 3 53 62 .272 .344 .415 .759 67.6 13.6 3.2
SS  Rico Petrocelli 21 130 385 40 89 17 3 10 45 3 0 35 90 .231 .296 .369 .664 41.1 5.6 6.0
1B *Joe Pepitone 23 97 365 43 95 12 3 5 32 16 9 23 23 .260 .305 .351 .656 37.2 4.7 1.8
CF  Gino Cimoli 34 131 300 32 84 15 2 5 41 9 4 16 45 .280 .319 .393 .712 34.9 6.5 0.7
C  John Orsino 26 91 290 31 69 15 2 11 36 1 0 12 72 .238 .274 .417 .691 32.0 4.7 3.2
C *Joe Ginsberg 37 109 256 25 70 7 0 0 27 0 0 41 18 .273 .375 .301 .675 31.4 5.8 2.4
CF *Al Pilarcik 33 115 255 32 70 12 0 7 35 1 0 25 20 .275 .339 .404 .743 33.5 6.9 0.8
2B  Johnny Goryl 30 71 216 29 62 10 5 8 37 1 1 22 47 .287 .353 .491 .843 36.2 8.5 3.2
2B  Tom Upton 37 81 152 17 33 5 0 2 19 6 2 8 35 .217 .255 .289 .544 10.7 0.0 1.6
LF  Mike Hershberger 24 94 147 23 45 7 2 0 16 2 3 4 5 .306 .329 .381 .710 15.9 3.1 0.3
P  Joe Horlen 26 43 93 3 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 28 .108 .117 .118 .235 -1.5 0.0 0.0
C  Earl Averill 32 38 81 10 21 4 0 3 16 0 0 12 22 .259 .368 .420 .788 12.5 2.5 0.9
P  Ramon Monzant 31 42 82 3 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 26 .134 .134 .146 .280 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Cecil Butler 26 30 62 2 8 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 25 .129 .129 .145 .274 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Karl Spooner 33 21 51 3 6 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 22 .118 .151 .196 .347 0.8 0.0 0.0
P *Dean Stone 33 51 46 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 19 .065 .065 .130 .196 -1.2 0.0 0.0
RF *Bob Farley 26 38 29 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 .103 .316 .172 .488 2.3 0.0 0.1
C  Jim Campbell 27 15 21 4 10 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 .476 .476 .762 1.238 5.6 2.1 0.1
P  Dave Morehead 21 55 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .083 .000 .083 -0.6 0.0 0.0
2B  Gene Verble 36 24 10 8 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .200 .333 .300 .633 1.2 0.1 0.2
P *Bo Belinsky 27 47 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Sam Jones 38 40 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Taylor 26 31 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Camilo Pascual 30 52 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Billy Pierce 37 54 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Smith 36 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.2 2287 5638 714 1436 238 40 140 692 125 61 510 914 .255 .319 .386 .704 683.0 132.1 39.4
  Rank among 10 NL teams 2 4 5 4 2 7 4 2 10 3 5 7 4 7 6 5  
* - 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
 Joe Horlen 26 13 18 .419 43 43 0 301.7 306 120 18 86 199 3.58 16.8
 Ramon Monzant 31 14 12 .538 42 42 0 262.7 258 105 28 82 229 3.60 15.8
 Cecil Butler 26 8 11 .421 30 27 0 186.7 203 84 21 38 123 4.05 7.4
*Dean Stone 33 9 11 .450 51 21 3 174.0 158 82 25 50 135 4.24 7.6
*Karl Spooner 33 8 6 .571 21 21 0 156.0 111 52 12 50 139 3.00 13.0
 Dave Morehead 21 12 7 .632 55 4 10 99.0 71 40 10 57 95 3.64 10.4
*Billy Pierce 37 6 3 .667 54 1 7 71.7 77 38 8 31 38 4.77 4.0
 Camilo Pascual 30 5 3 .625 52 0 5 63.7 58 31 12 28 42 4.38 4.3
*Bo Belinsky 27 2 4 .333 44 1 4 54.0 58 40 13 41 43 6.67 0.0
 Ron Taylor 26 2 2 .500 31 14 1 44.7 46 25 7 13 19 5.04 0.7
 Sam Jones 38 3 1 .750 40 0 6 42.3 39 24 4 42 31 5.10 0.5
 Frank Smith 36 2 0 1.000 25 0 2 26.3 34 25 6 14 26 8.55 0.0
Team Totals 30.3 84 78 .519 488 174 38 1482.6 1419 666 164 532 1119 4.04 80.4
Rank among 10 NL teams 6 6 2 6 2 7 8 8 10 1 7  
* - 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 .993 34.5
J.Orsino 710.3 85 86 543 44 5 0 .992 38.7
J.Ginsberg 532.7 52 74 429 22 4 0 .991 26.8
E.Averill 206.7 22 29 159 9 1 1 .994 21.4
J.Campbell 33.0 3 8 17 2 0 0 1.000 66.7
Team Total 1482.7 162 197 1148 77 10 1 .992 33.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.34
R.Staub 1135.7 124 135 1277 89 6 96 .996 10.83
J.Pepitone 244.0 30 30 262 18 1 25 .996 10.33
J.Ginsberg 80.3 7 14 83 5 2 7 .978 9.86
B.Farley 15.0 1 4 18 1 0 0 1.000 11.40
M.Mantle 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Goryl 1.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.29
L.Aparicio 1.7 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 21.69
Team Total 1480.4 162 187 1647 113 9 128 .995 10.70
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.61
L.Aparicio 910.7 105 107 173 365 6 66 .989 5.32
T.Upton 196.7 15 37 38 62 2 16 .980 4.58
J.Goryl 157.3 20 22 40 60 3 13 .971 5.72
G.Verble 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1266.6 140 168 252 487 11 95 .985 5.25
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.82
R.Rollins 1258.7 140 148 79 286 13 24 .966 2.61
R.Petrocelli 100.0 11 17 10 17 0 3 1.000 2.43
T.Upton 95.0 10 15 3 29 0 2 1.000 3.03
J.Goryl 32.2 4 5 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.24
G.Cimoli 11.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.82
G.Verble 4.7 0 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 7.73
M.Hershberger 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1502.5 165 188 93 344 13 29 .971 2.62
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.92
R.Petrocelli 911.3 104 110 118 326 13 56 .972 4.38
L.Aparicio 321.3 37 39 39 123 6 17 .964 4.54
J.Goryl 312.2 39 40 51 126 3 26 .983 5.10
T.Upton 90.3 6 25 15 35 3 8 .943 4.98
G.Verble 21.0 1 9 4 6 0 1 1.000 4.29
B.Farley 4.7 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.86
R.Staub 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1661.9 187 225 227 618 25 108 .971 4.58
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.86
J.Pepitone 555.3 57 66 120 3 1 1 .992 1.99
G.Cimoli 544.0 62 76 90 2 5 0 .948 1.52
A.Pilarcik 308.0 37 42 57 3 1 0 .984 1.75
M.Hershberger 60.3 6 14 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.79
B.Belinsky 9.0 0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00
B.Farley 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1482.7 162 204 283 8 8 1 .973 1.77
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.43
M.Mantle 1345.0 147 150 338 10 9 3 .975 2.33
M.Hershberger 70.0 8 9 16 0 3 0 .842 2.06
A.Pilarcik 63.7 7 9 14 1 1 0 .938 2.12
G.Cimoli 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1482.7 162 171 369 11 13 3 .967 2.31
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.90
T.Conigliaro 1321.7 145 151 285 6 6 3 .980 1.98
A.Pilarcik 66.0 8 9 15 1 1 0 .941 2.18
M.Hershberger 60.0 7 10 14 0 1 0 .933 2.10
G.Cimoli 16.7 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.62
R.Staub 10.3 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.48
B.Farley 8.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1482.7 162 176 324 7 8 3 .976 2.01
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.05
J.Horlen 301.7 43 43 17 45 0 2 1.000 1.85
R.Monzant 262.7 42 42 5 30 0 3 1.000 1.20
C.Butler 186.7 27 30 11 28 0 1 1.000 1.88
D.Stone 174.0 21 51 12 35 0 1 1.000 2.43
K.Spooner 156.0 21 21 7 28 0 1 1.000 2.02
D.Morehead 99.0 4 55 5 13 0 0 1.000 1.64
B.Pierce 71.7 1 54 3 19 1 1 .957 2.76
C.Pascual 63.7 0 52 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.28
B.Belinsky 54.0 1 44 4 8 2 0 .857 2.00
R.Taylor 44.7 14 31 4 8 0 0 1.000 2.42
S.Jones 42.3 0 40 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.70
F.Smith 26.3 0 25 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.37
Team Total 1482.6 174 488 72 224 3 10 .990 1.80
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mantle .297
On-Base Pct Mantle .423
Slugging Pct Mantle .577
OPS Mantle 1.001
XR Mantle 128.9
Games Conigliaro 158
At-Bats Conigliaro 586
Runs Mantle 118
Hits Mantle 163
Total Bases Mantle 317
Singles Aparicio 118
Doubles Conigliaro 40
Triples Aparicio 7
Homeruns Mantle 42
RBIs Mantle 106
Stolen Bases Aparicio 45
Caught Stealing Aparicio 16
Walks Mantle 121
Strikeouts Mantle 122
ERA Horlen 3.58
Wins Monzant 14
Losses Horlen 18
Winning Pct Morehead .632
Saves Morehead 10
Games Pitched Morehead 55
Games Started Horlen 43
Complete Games Horlen 6
Shutouts Horlen 1
Innings Pitched Horlen 301.7
Hits Allowed Horlen 306
Homeruns Allowed Monzant 28
Strikeouts Monzant 229
Walks Allowed Horlen 86
Walks per 9IP Butler 1.8
Hits per 9IP Stone 8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Monzant 7.8
WHiP Stone 1.20
OAVG Stone .245
OOBP Stone .301
OSLG Horlen .368
OOPS Horlen .685
Team All-Stars
Mickey Mantle
Player Salaries
Mickey Mantle $ 14,000,000
Ramon Monzant $ 9,500,000
Dean Stone $ 6,750,000
Al Pilarcik $ 6,500,000
Karl Spooner $ 6,000,111
Ted Kluszewski $ 4,320,000
Camilo Pascual $ 4,000,000
Joe Ginsberg $ 3,000,000
Gino Cimoli $ 2,050,000
Luis Aparicio $ 1,800,000
Billy Pierce $ 1,100,000
Sam Jones $ 800,000
Al Smith $ 750,000
Ralph Beard $ 360,000
Earl Averill $ 350,000
Solly Drake $ 350,000
Bill Hall $ 350,000
Ed Sadowski $ 350,000
Tom Upton $ 330,000
Billy O'Dell $ 310,000
Bob Farley $ 300,000
John Orsino $ 300,000
Bo Belinsky $ 300,000
Cecil Butler $ 300,000
Jim Campbell $ 300,000
Rusty Staub $ 300,000
Johnny Goryl $ 300,000
Dave Morehead $ 300,000
Rich Rollins $ 300,000
Gene Verble $ 300,000
Joe Pepitone $ 300,000
Mike Hershberger $ 300,000
Joe Horlen $ 300,000
Rico Petrocelli $ 300,000
Tony Conigliaro $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Willard Hunter Boston (A) Ramon Monzant
2/1 Traded Aaron Pointer Brooklyn Mickey Mantle
2/3 Traded Marcelino Lopez Tampa Bay Dean Stone
2/13 Traded Tony Oliva
Sam Bowens
Ray Washburn
Tampa Bay Luis Aparicio
7/1 Traded Fred Norman Worcester Johnny Goryl
7/1 Traded Ray Culp
Ron Taylor
Bill Kelso
Claude Osteen
Washington Karl Spooner
7/31 Released Frank Smith    
8/18 Released Bob Chakales