1964 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 105-57
Finish: 1st in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 777
Runs Allowed: 569
Exp W-L: 103-59
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 2,020,085
Manager: Joel Roltgen

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 2nd in the National League
AA: 81-56, 1st in the National League
A: 78-59, 3rd in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-1 over Cleveland (A) Indians
Won NL League Series 4-3 over Cleveland (N) Spiders
Won Divisional Series 4-1 over San Diego Padres
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
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
LF  Frank Howard 27 155 588 97 165 26 4 23 89 2 2 65 84 .281 .351 .456 .806 88.3 19.5 5.0
LF *Leon Wagner 30 158 595 90 160 20 4 25 83 7 5 47 106 .269 .329 .442 .771 83.0 16.2 4.6
1B *Willie McCovey 26 158 572 95 152 33 3 37 114 3 1 70 101 .266 .344 .528 .872 99.8 22.5 3.2
CF *Tito Francona 30 136 523 68 158 25 1 7 60 13 2 54 44 .302 .368 .394 .762 73.7 16.5 4.1
C  Bill Freehan 22 144 502 84 146 29 3 23 77 4 4 42 52 .291 .353 .498 .851 81.9 19.6 6.4
3B *Tony Gonzalez 27 150 486 62 136 20 4 9 57 13 13 42 63 .280 .343 .393 .736 62.9 12.4 4.7
3B  Jose Pagan 29 145 422 53 121 15 1 8 60 8 8 50 66 .287 .358 .384 .742 58.4 11.7 7.0
LF  Billy Moran 30 134 432 55 112 21 4 6 41 0 1 22 48 .259 .299 .368 .667 45.4 6.9 5.5
RF *Lee Maye 29 115 273 32 75 20 2 9 48 2 5 20 44 .275 .328 .462 .789 38.4 8.2 2.2
C *Sammy Taylor 31 122 264 39 70 9 1 5 33 0 2 29 39 .265 .337 .364 .700 30.8 5.2 2.0
2B  Chuck Schilling 26 114 234 26 74 14 1 1 41 0 0 17 22 .316 .359 .397 .757 30.3 6.2 2.9
P *Billy Hoeft 32 42 120 10 20 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 46 .167 .187 .225 .412 3.6 0.0 0.0
2B  Frank Bolling 32 58 112 16 35 4 1 4 13 0 0 4 18 .313 .333 .473 .807 16.1 3.4 1.1
P  Joe Bonikowski 23 41 107 7 19 1 0 1 10 0 0 1 37 .178 .185 .215 .400 2.9 0.0 0.0
SS  Frank Malzone 34 49 75 8 18 4 0 2 9 0 0 3 1 .240 .269 .373 .643 6.9 0.7 0.6
2B  Don Demeter 29 23 56 8 14 5 0 3 18 0 0 4 8 .250 .300 .500 .800 8.1 1.9 0.6
P *Chuck Stobbs 34 15 50 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .160 .192 .160 .352 0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Dailey 29 38 40 2 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 16 .150 .190 .175 .365 1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Larry Sherry 28 16 38 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .158 .179 .158 .337 0.5 0.0 0.0
3B  Cam Carreon 26 17 30 4 8 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 .267 .371 .333 .705 4.3 1.1 0.3
SS #Pumpsie Green 30 42 29 13 5 1 0 0 2 5 2 2 8 .172 .226 .207 .433 0.7 0.0 0.3
P  Glen Hobbie 28 52 18 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 .167 .167 .278 .444 0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Blaylock 29 66 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Don Lee 30 87 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Archer 32 51 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.9 2128 5598 777 1515 255 31 163 761 59 46 485 835 .271 .330 .415 .745 738.0 151.9 50.3
  Rank among 10 NL teams 4 2 1 2 4 3 2 5 8 4 1 1 1 2 2 2  
* - 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
*Billy Hoeft 32 26 9 .743 42 42 0 345.0 282 94 27 51 273 2.45 32.8
 Joe Bonikowski 23 26 7 .788 41 41 0 305.0 247 86 7 93 151 2.54 29.2
 Bill Dailey 29 4 7 .364 38 38 0 166.3 139 53 6 35 87 2.87 11.7
 Don Lee 30 16 6 .727 87 0 11 132.3 129 52 9 46 58 3.54 12.7
*Chuck Stobbs 34 12 1 .923 15 15 0 132.0 116 36 4 5 87 2.45 13.3
 Bob Blaylock 29 6 8 .429 62 3 7 108.7 78 45 14 64 93 3.73 7.1
 Larry Sherry 28 5 6 .455 16 16 0 103.7 96 58 19 45 77 5.04 1.1
 Glen Hobbie 28 4 9 .308 52 7 6 96.0 110 81 15 78 47 7.59 0.0
*Jim Archer 32 6 4 .600 51 0 6 76.7 93 34 11 15 43 3.99 4.4
 Frank Malzone 34 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.2
 Frank Bolling 32 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.3
Team Totals 30.1 105 57 .648 406 162 31 1467.6 1290 539 112 433 917 3.31 112.7
Rank among 10 NL teams 1 1 5 1 4 2 4 3 4 6 3  
* - 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
B.Freehan 1110.3 121 131 730 53 3 1 .996 35.6
S.Taylor 328.0 38 38 210 12 5 0 .978 30.8
C.Carreon 29.3 3 4 17 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1467.7 162 173 957 65 8 1 .992 34.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.34
W.McCovey 1323.7 147 149 1566 127 10 120 .994 11.51
F.Bolling 65.0 8 9 72 6 1 8 .987 10.80
L.Maye 62.0 7 8 58 8 1 4 .985 9.58
P.Green 10.0 0 5 12 2 0 1 1.000 12.60
L.Wagner 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 6.00
T.Francona 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
C.Schilling 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 18.00
D.Demeter 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1467.9 162 174 1714 143 12 135 .994 11.39
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.61
J.Pagan 1055.3 121 127 239 444 7 75 .990 5.82
C.Schilling 251.3 29 34 51 90 4 17 .972 5.05
F.Bolling 111.7 11 21 23 45 2 9 .971 5.48
L.Maye 20.3 0 11 4 9 0 2 1.000 5.76
P.Green 12.0 0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 5.25
D.Demeter 2.5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.60
F.Malzone 2.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1455.2 161 203 318 597 13 103 .986 5.66
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.82
T.Gonzalez 1164.3 132 135 74 273 6 19 .983 2.68
D.Demeter 111.6 19 19 7 32 2 3 .951 3.15
L.Maye 105.0 11 16 7 25 2 1 .941 2.74
C.Carreon 58.0 6 11 1 17 2 0 .900 2.79
F.Malzone 18.0 2 3 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.50
F.Bolling 17.0 2 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.06
B.Freehan 16.0 0 8 0 1 1 0 .500 0.56
B.Moran 9.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96
J.Pagan 6.0 0 3 0 3 1 0 .750 4.50
P.Green 3.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1508.3 172 205 92 357 14 23 .970 2.68
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.92
B.Moran 1061.0 131 131 153 413 10 70 .983 4.80
C.Schilling 211.0 21 44 41 98 1 15 .993 5.93
F.Bolling 68.3 7 13 10 24 2 4 .944 4.48
F.Malzone 43.0 3 12 7 19 1 2 .963 5.44
J.Pagan 30.0 0 12 8 10 0 3 1.000 5.40
T.Gonzalez 23.0 0 11 8 9 1 2 .944 6.65
L.Maye 16.0 0 9 2 6 1 0 .889 4.50
P.Green 8.0 0 9 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Demeter 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.3 162 242 230 580 16 96 .981 4.99
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.86
L.Wagner 1282.3 143 145 269 9 5 4 .982 1.95
S.Taylor 126.3 14 16 32 0 1 0 .970 2.28
L.Maye 27.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
B.Moran 18.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
W.McCovey 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Howard 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Pagan 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
P.Green 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Demeter 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1468.1 162 174 310 9 6 4 .982 1.96
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.43
F.Howard 1255.3 141 142 287 5 2 3 .993 2.09
L.Maye 121.0 13 17 34 2 1 0 .973 2.68
F.Malzone 63.0 7 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
T.Gonzalez 7.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
P.Green 6.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
T.Francona 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
D.Demeter 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.8 161 177 339 7 3 3 .991 2.13
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.90
T.Francona 1125.0 127 130 242 4 1 0 .996 1.97
L.Maye 217.7 25 28 45 2 0 0 1.000 1.94
F.Howard 48.0 5 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
P.Green 32.7 3 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.20
L.Wagner 29.3 1 10 8 0 1 0 .889 2.45
D.Demeter 1.9 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.74
Team Total 1454.6 161 185 313 6 2 0 .994 1.97
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.05
B.Hoeft 345.0 42 42 20 62 0 4 1.000 2.14
J.Bonikowski 305.0 41 41 20 40 1 5 .984 1.77
B.Dailey 166.3 38 38 11 29 2 1 .952 2.16
D.Lee 132.3 0 87 10 36 1 3 .979 3.13
C.Stobbs 132.0 15 15 9 15 1 1 .960 1.64
B.Blaylock 108.7 3 62 13 26 1 1 .975 3.23
L.Sherry 103.7 16 16 4 13 0 0 1.000 1.48
G.Hobbie 96.0 7 52 9 15 0 2 1.000 2.25
J.Archer 76.7 0 51 7 15 0 1 1.000 2.58
F.Malzone 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Bolling 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1467.6 162 406 103 252 6 18 .983 2.18
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Francona .302
On-Base Pct Francona .368
Slugging Pct McCovey .528
OPS McCovey .872
XR McCovey 99.8
Games Wagner, McCovey 158
At-Bats Wagner 595
Runs Howard 97
Hits Howard 165
Total Bases McCovey 302
Singles Francona 125
Doubles McCovey 33
Triples Gonzalez, Howard, Moran, Wagner 4
Homeruns McCovey 37
RBIs McCovey 114
Stolen Bases Francona, Gonzalez 13
Caught Stealing Gonzalez 13
Walks McCovey 70
Strikeouts Wagner 106
ERA Hoeft 2.45
Wins Bonikowski, Hoeft 26
Losses Hobbie, Hoeft 9
Winning Pct Bonikowski .788
Saves Lee 11
Games Pitched Lee 87
Games Started Hoeft 42
Complete Games Hoeft 20
Shutouts Hoeft 6
Innings Pitched Hoeft 345.0
Hits Allowed Hoeft 282
Homeruns Allowed Hoeft 27
Strikeouts Hoeft 273
Walks Allowed Bonikowski 93
Walks per 9IP Hoeft 1.3
Hits per 9IP Bonikowski 7.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Hoeft 7.1
WHiP Hoeft 0.97
OAVG Hoeft .220
OOBP Hoeft .251
OSLG Bonikowski .290
OOPS Bonikowski .575
Team All-Stars
Jim Archer
Joe Bonikowski
Frank Howard
Player Salaries
Billy Hoeft $ 24,000,100
Chuck Stobbs $ 12,830,000
Don Demeter $ 4,750,000
Frank Howard $ 4,400,000
Tito Francona $ 4,230,000
Leon Wagner $ 3,735,714
Willie McCovey $ 3,135,714
Billy Moran $ 1,459,286
Bob Blaylock $ 1,411,429
Jose Pagan $ 1,207,143
Frank Bolling $ 1,200,000
Sammy Taylor $ 1,192,857
Lee Maye $ 845,000
Glen Hobbie $ 500,000
Don Lee $ 425,000
Larry Jackson $ 350,000
Gair Allie $ 350,000
Ted Bowsfield $ 350,000
Hal Smith $ 350,000
Tony Gonzalez $ 300,000
Bill Freehan $ 300,000
Frank Malzone $ 300,000
Bill Dailey $ 300,000
Cam Carreon $ 300,000
Joe Bonikowski $ 300,000
Chuck Schilling $ 300,000
Jim Archer $ 300,000
Pumpsie Green $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
7/31 Traded Larry Sherry
Tex Clevenger
Pittsburgh Zach Monroe
$4,500,000
7/31 Traded Nelson Mathews Pittsburgh Chuck Stobbs
Don Demeter