1964 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 68-94
Finish: 4th in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 672
Runs Allowed: 773
Exp W-L: 71-91
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 2,197,360
Manager: Alex Baxter

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 7th in the National League
AA: 72-65, 3rd in the National League
A: 60-77, 9th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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  Willie Mays 33 155 587 92 161 25 3 24 69 11 3 78 96 .274 .361 .450 .811 95.7 22.6 2.2
2B  Mike De La Hoz 25 155 557 60 157 32 1 12 59 0 2 36 50 .282 .325 .408 .733 73.0 15.0 4.1
RF  Rocky Colavito 30 137 431 48 113 17 2 13 33 0 1 34 67 .262 .316 .401 .718 49.7 8.3 1.3
2B  Don Demeter 29 101 393 53 102 27 1 19 58 0 1 22 84 .260 .301 .478 .780 53.0 10.7 3.2
1B *Gordy Coleman 29 101 380 46 109 21 0 10 57 1 1 22 51 .287 .325 .421 .746 48.8 9.9 1.9
LF *George Altman 31 135 365 45 98 21 3 10 45 17 10 29 80 .268 .323 .425 .748 46.3 8.7 1.1
SS  Ernie Banks 33 100 333 45 84 15 1 21 64 0 2 29 67 .252 .312 .492 .804 51.8 10.9 2.0
C *Faye Throneberry 33 108 337 47 78 9 5 2 26 6 1 25 69 .231 .288 .306 .594 28.1 2.6 2.4
2B *Joe Caffie 33 126 318 45 105 5 2 3 31 2 6 18 43 .330 .370 .387 .756 41.8 9.1 1.3
CF *Lenny Green 31 76 284 49 78 15 2 5 27 12 3 23 15 .275 .332 .394 .727 37.2 7.6 0.8
LF *Harry Anderson 32 113 269 27 60 12 1 7 37 0 2 15 53 .223 .263 .353 .616 23.8 2.4 0.8
3B  Johnny Schaive 30 97 275 21 67 12 1 3 24 0 1 7 27 .244 .262 .327 .590 19.8 1.2 2.1
C  Elston Howard 35 95 243 29 80 8 0 5 31 1 0 19 57 .329 .377 .424 .801 36.1 8.4 1.7
SS  Jack Littrell 35 77 200 24 41 10 4 2 19 0 0 18 53 .205 .271 .325 .596 16.1 0.9 1.6
C *Jesse Gonder 28 79 159 14 30 1 0 6 20 0 0 6 40 .189 .218 .308 .526 9.2 0.0 1.0
P  Ken Johnson 31 41 108 4 12 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 45 .111 .119 .130 .249 -2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Herbert 34 39 89 2 18 2 1 0 7 0 0 2 26 .202 .220 .247 .467 4.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Gibson 28 29 72 2 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 31 .167 .189 .194 .384 1.7 0.0 0.0
P *Chuck Stobbs 34 26 69 2 9 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 16 .130 .155 .174 .329 0.3 0.0 0.0
2B  George Williams 24 31 68 7 17 7 0 0 5 0 0 2 15 .250 .271 .353 .624 5.4 0.6 0.7
P  Phil Niekro 25 32 59 1 9 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 16 .153 .153 .203 .356 1.0 0.0 0.0
2B  Nelson Mathews 22 21 42 3 10 2 0 1 8 0 0 4 5 .238 .298 .357 .655 5.2 0.8 0.4
RF  Ken Walters 30 10 12 2 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .500 .462 .500 .962 2.8 0.9 0.0
CF  Billy Cowan 25 8 10 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .500 .700 0.8 0.1 0.0
C  Gene Green 31 9 9 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .333 .400 .444 .844 1.5 0.5 0.1
P *Arnold Earley 31 46 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Gibbon 29 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Duliba 29 48 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Heffner 25 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bobby Tiefenauer 34 78 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.0 2103 5682 672 1461 247 28 145 651 50 33 394 1015 .257 .306 .387 .693 650.2 121.1 28.7
  Rank among 10 NL teams 1 8 3 3 8 6 8 6 4 9 9 5 8 6 8 8  
* - 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
 Ken Johnson 31 14 19 .424 41 41 0 317.0 349 160 42 88 123 4.54 7.1
 Ray Herbert 34 7 22 .241 39 39 0 282.3 326 156 37 79 79 4.97 4.1
 Bob Gibson 28 9 17 .346 29 29 0 226.0 208 109 31 91 151 4.34 6.4
*Chuck Stobbs 34 14 6 .700 26 26 0 208.0 183 55 6 23 134 2.38 19.4
 Phil Niekro 25 10 17 .370 32 24 1 183.3 213 119 33 69 110 5.84 0.0
 Bobby Tiefenauer 34 9 5 .643 78 0 9 82.0 97 35 9 12 37 3.84 7.1
*Arnold Earley 31 3 4 .429 46 2 7 63.7 49 33 10 29 44 4.67 3.6
 Bob Duliba 29 0 2 .000 48 0 6 58.7 62 25 5 11 17 3.84 3.9
*Joe Gibbon 29 1 1 .500 23 0 2 31.3 28 11 0 15 11 3.16 2.6
 Bob Heffner 25 1 1 .500 7 1 0 8.7 16 11 0 6 6 11.43 0.0
Team Totals 30.0 68 94 .420 369 162 25 1461.0 1531 714 173 423 712 4.40 54.1
Rank among 10 NL teams 8 8 6 8 6 10 9 9 3 10 9  
* - 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
F.Throneberry 668.7 75 86 354 21 3 0 .992 16.7
E.Howard 521.7 59 68 273 24 3 1 .990 31.5
J.Gonder 269.7 28 45 123 19 1 0 .993 43.5
G.Green 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1461.0 162 200 750 64 7 1 .991 27.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.34
G.Coleman 864.4 94 95 1097 73 10 99 .992 12.18
J.Caffie 476.7 52 60 587 50 3 62 .995 12.03
E.Banks 132.6 14 15 156 9 1 13 .994 11.20
H.Anderson 42.0 4 9 48 6 0 3 1.000 11.57
J.Gonder 35.7 4 6 44 5 0 3 1.000 12.37
F.Throneberry 18.0 2 3 29 2 0 4 1.000 15.50
N.Mathews 10.0 1 2 9 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
M.De La Hoz 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
D.Demeter 1.8 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1583.1 171 192 1975 146 14 185 .993 12.06
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.61
M.De La Hoz 825.3 99 99 182 378 14 92 .976 6.11
J.Littrell 397.0 48 56 79 172 7 33 .973 5.69
G.Williams 67.7 6 13 10 33 0 8 1.000 5.72
J.Schaive 57.0 5 13 9 19 0 6 1.000 4.42
N.Mathews 55.0 3 15 14 32 0 9 1.000 7.53
J.Caffie 51.0 1 22 9 18 1 2 .964 4.76
D.Demeter 17.5 1 5 4 8 0 4 1.000 6.17
B.Cowan 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Walters 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1473.5 163 225 308 660 22 154 .978 5.91
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.82
D.Demeter 783.1 84 84 47 224 17 21 .941 3.11
J.Schaive 556.7 61 67 32 132 5 7 .970 2.65
G.Williams 56.7 6 11 3 22 1 1 .962 3.97
L.Green 11.4 0 3 1 3 1 1 .800 3.16
N.Mathews 10.0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70
G.Green 8.0 0 5 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.38
F.Throneberry 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Gonder 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1429.8 152 174 85 386 24 31 .952 2.96
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.92
E.Banks 626.4 68 71 105 285 10 57 .975 5.60
M.De La Hoz 453.7 52 52 86 184 16 43 .944 5.36
J.Littrell 138.0 13 21 18 54 1 9 .986 4.70
F.Throneberry 59.7 6 11 10 33 2 6 .956 6.49
G.Williams 34.0 3 7 6 15 2 3 .913 5.56
D.Demeter 7.3 0 4 0 2 0 2 1.000 2.47
Team Total 1319.0 142 166 225 573 31 120 .963 5.44
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.86
R.Colavito 867.0 101 107 192 9 1 2 .995 2.09
G.Altman 353.0 37 50 94 1 2 0 .979 2.42
J.Caffie 155.0 18 23 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.22
H.Anderson 46.0 3 13 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.74
L.Green 16.9 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.07
E.Howard 12.0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
F.Throneberry 9.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
B.Cowan 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Mays 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Demeter 2.6 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 10.38
Team Total 1473.5 162 210 329 12 3 2 .991 2.08
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.43
W.Mays 1341.0 149 149 368 2 6 1 .984 2.48
L.Green 232.1 23 25 56 2 1 1 .983 2.25
G.Altman 63.0 7 8 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
H.Anderson 29.0 3 5 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.48
N.Mathews 17.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
F.Throneberry 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
D.Demeter 7.9 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.42
J.Caffie 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1699.0 186 192 453 5 7 2 .985 2.43
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.90
H.Anderson 385.0 47 47 102 3 7 1 .938 2.45
G.Altman 341.0 38 49 80 0 1 0 .988 2.11
L.Green 338.3 34 36 69 3 1 0 .986 1.92
R.Colavito 67.7 5 18 9 2 0 1 1.000 1.46
G.Green 17.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06
D.Demeter 13.1 1 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.81
K.Walters 12.0 1 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
F.Throneberry 12.0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Caffie 9.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
W.Mays 7.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
B.Cowan 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1207.1 130 167 277 8 10 2 .966 2.12
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.05
K.Johnson 317.0 41 41 25 62 3 6 .967 2.47
R.Herbert 282.3 39 39 19 77 0 9 1.000 3.06
B.Gibson 226.0 29 29 13 37 1 2 .980 1.99
C.Stobbs 208.0 26 26 14 23 1 2 .974 1.60
P.Niekro 183.3 24 32 15 36 0 2 1.000 2.50
B.Tiefenauer 82.0 0 78 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.10
A.Earley 63.7 2 46 4 11 0 0 1.000 2.12
B.Duliba 58.7 0 48 7 12 0 3 1.000 2.92
J.Gibbon 31.3 0 23 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.72
B.Heffner 8.7 1 7 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.12
Team Total 1461.0 162 369 101 273 5 26 .987 2.30
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average De La Hoz .282
On-Base Pct Mays .361
Slugging Pct Mays .450
OPS Mays .811
XR Mays 95.7
Games De La Hoz, Mays 155
At-Bats Mays 587
Runs Mays 92
Hits Mays 161
Total Bases Mays 264
Singles De La Hoz 112
Doubles De La Hoz 32
Triples Throneberry 5
Homeruns Mays 24
RBIs Mays 69
Stolen Bases Altman 17
Caught Stealing Altman 10
Walks Mays 78
Strikeouts Mays 96
ERA Stobbs 2.38
Wins Johnson, Stobbs 14
Losses Herbert 22
Winning Pct Stobbs .700
Saves Tiefenauer 9
Games Pitched Tiefenauer 78
Games Started Johnson 41
Complete Games Johnson 16
Shutouts Stobbs 4
Innings Pitched Johnson 317.0
Hits Allowed Johnson 349
Homeruns Allowed Johnson 42
Strikeouts Gibson 151
Walks Allowed Gibson 91
Walks per 9IP Stobbs 1.0
Hits per 9IP Stobbs 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Gibson 6.0
WHiP Stobbs 0.99
OAVG Stobbs .235
OOBP Stobbs .260
OSLG Stobbs .302
OOPS Stobbs .561
Team All-Stars
Ernie Banks
Don Demeter
Chuck Stobbs
Player Salaries
Willie Mays $ 11,080,000
Rocky Colavito $ 7,500,000
Bob Gibson $ 4,507,143
Larry Sherry $ 3,735,714
Bobby Tiefenauer $ 3,500,000
Tex Clevenger $ 3,000,000
Elston Howard $ 2,500,000
Joe Caffie $ 2,250,000
Ray Herbert $ 2,000,000
Ken Johnson $ 1,950,000
Harry Anderson $ 1,700,000
George Altman $ 882,143
Faye Throneberry $ 650,000
Bob Duliba $ 570,000
Bob Wiesler $ 500,000
Joe Gibbon $ 350,000
Gene Green $ 350,000
Jesse Gonder $ 300,000
George Williams $ 300,000
Arnold Earley $ 300,000
Jack Littrell $ 300,000
Mike De La Hoz $ 300,000
Billy Cowan $ 300,000
Nelson Mathews $ 300,000
Phil Niekro $ 300,000
Johnny Schaive $ 300,000
Ken Walters $ 300,000
Bob Heffner $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Harry Anderson
7/1 Traded Lenny Green Cleveland (N) Ron Necciai
7/31 Traded Gordy Coleman
Ernie Banks
Montreal Tony Cloninger
7/31 Traded Zach Monroe
$4,500,000
St. Louis Larry Sherry
Tex Clevenger
7/31 Traded Chuck Stobbs
Don Demeter
St. Louis Nelson Mathews