1964 Houston Colt .45s season

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1964 Houston Colt .45s
Major League affiliations
  • National League (since 1962)
Location
Results
Record66–96 (.407)
League place9th
Other information
Owner(s)Roy Hofheinz
General manager(s)Paul Richards
Manager(s)Harry Craft, Lum Harris
Local televisionKTRK-TV
Local radioKPRC (AM)
(Gene Elston, Loel Passe)
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The 1964 Houston Colt .45s season was the team's third season in Major League Baseball. It involved the Houston Colt .45s finishing in ninth place in the National League with a record of 66–96, 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 games to the Astrodome in 1965, along with the accompanying name change to the "Astros" for the '65 season.

Offseason[]

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 transactions[]

  • October 10, 1963: Claude Raymond was drafted by the Colt .45s from the Milwaukee Braves in a 1963 special draft.[1]

Regular season[]

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 1–0 by the Cincinnati Reds.[2] 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 standings[]

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National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 93 69 0.574 — 48–33 45–36
Philadelphia Phillies 92 70 0.568 1 46–35 46–35
Cincinnati Reds 92 70 0.568 1 47–34 45–36
San Francisco Giants 90 72 0.556 3 44–37 46–35
Milwaukee Braves 88 74 0.543 5 45–36 43–38
Pittsburgh Pirates 80 82 0.494 13 42–39 38–43
Los Angeles Dodgers 80 82 0.494 13 41–40 39–42
Chicago Cubs 76 86 0.469 17 40–41 36–45
Houston Colt .45s 66 96 0.407 27 41–40 25–56
New York Mets 53 109 0.327 40 33–48 20–61

Record vs. opponents[]

1964 National League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team CHC CIN HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago — 6–12 11–7 10–8 8–10 11–7 6–12 9–9 9–9 6–12
Cincinnati 12–6 — 12–6 14–4–1 9–9 11–7 9–9 8–10 7–11 10–8
Houston 7–11 6–12 — 7–11 12–6 9–9 5–13 5–13 7–11 8–10
Los Angeles 8–10 4–14–1 11–7 — 8–10 15–3–1 8–10 10–8 6–12 10–8
Milwaukee 10–8 9–9 6–12 10–8 — 14–4 10–8 12–6 9–9 8–10
New York 7–11 7–11 9–9 3–15–1 4–14 — 3–15 6–12 7–11 7–11
Philadelphia 12-6 9–9 13–5 10–8 8–10 15–3 — 10–8 10–8 5–13
Pittsburgh 9–9 10–8 13–5 8–10 6–12 12–6 8–10 — 8–10 6–12
San Francisco 9–9 11–7 11–7 12–6 9–9 11–7 8–10 10–8 — 9–9
St. Louis 12–6 8–10 10–8 8–10 10–8 11–7 13–5 12–6 9–9 —


Opening Day starters[]

Notable transactions[]

  • May 26, 1964: Walt Williams was selected off waivers from the Colt .45s by the St. Louis Cardinals.[4]

Roster[]

1964 Houston Colt .45s
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

[3]

Player stats[]

Batting[]

Starters by position[]

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
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 batters[]

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
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

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

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
Ken Johnson 35 35 218 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 6 11 3.90 76 68 37 90
Hal Brown 27 21 132 3 15 3.95 68 58 26 53
Chris Zachary 1 1 4 0 1 9.00 5 4 1 2

Other pitchers[]

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
Jim Owens 48 11 118 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 1 0 2.00 4 2 3 5
Don Bradey 3 1 2.1 0 2 0 19.29 7 5 3 2

Relief pitchers[]

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
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 1 0 4.14 24 23 14 28
Larry Yellen 13 21 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 1 1 0 5.00 10 10 10 14
Joe Hoerner 7 11 0 0 0 4.91 11 6 6 4

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers Pacific Coast League Grady Hatton
AA San Antonio Bullets Texas League Lou Fitzgerald
A Modesto Colts California League Chuck Churn
A Durham Bulls Carolina League Billy Goodman and Walt Matthews
A Statesville Colts Western Carolinas League Dave Philley and Rudy York
Rookie Cocoa Colts Cocoa Rookie League Dave Philley

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Antonio

Statesville affiliation shared with Boston Red Sox

References[]

  1. ^ Claude Raymond at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ April 23, 1964 Reds-Colt .45 box score at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ a b Geisler Young, LLC –. "1964 Houston Colt .45s Roster by Baseball Almanac". Archived from the original on May 4, 2009. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
  4. ^ Walt Williams at Baseball Reference

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