1964 Houston Colt .45s season

1964 Houston Colt .45s
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 66–96 (.407)
League place 9th
Other information
Owner(s) Roy Hofheinz
General manager(s) Paul Richards
Manager(s) Harry Craft, Lum Harris
Local television KTRK-TV
Local radio KPRC (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

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

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9369 0.574 — 48–33 45–36
Philadelphia Phillies 9270 0.568 1 46–35 46–35
Cincinnati Reds 9270 0.568 1 47–34 45–36
San Francisco Giants 9072 0.556 3 44–37 46–35
Milwaukee Braves 8874 0.543 5 45–36 43–38
Pittsburgh Pirates 8082 0.494 13 42–39 38–43
Los Angeles Dodgers 8082 0.494 13 41–40 39–42
Chicago Cubs 7686 0.469 17 40–41 36–45
Houston Colt .45s 6696 0.407 27 41–40 25–56
New York Mets 53109 0.327 40 33–48 20–61

Record vs. opponents

1964 National League Records

Sources:
Team CHC CIN HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago —6–1211–710–88–1011–76–129–99–96–12
Cincinnati 12–6—12–614–4–19–911–79–98–107–1110–8
Houston 7–116–12—7–1112–69–95–135–137–118–10
Los Angeles 8–104–14–111–7—8–1015–3–18–1010–86–1210–8
Milwaukee 10–89–96–1210–8—14–410–812–69–98–10
New York 7–117–119–93–15–14–14—3–156–127–117–11
Philadelphia 12-69–913–510–88–1015–3—10–810–85–13
Pittsburgh 9–910–813–58–106–1212–68–10—8–106–12
San Francisco 9–911–711–712–69–911–78–1010–8—9–9
St. Louis 12–68–1010–88–1010–811–713–512–69–9—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

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
CJerry Grote100298265493.1813240
1BWalt Bond14854363138167.25420852
2BNellie Fox13344245117126.2650280
3BBob Aspromonte15755351155203.28012286
SSEddie Kasko13344845109161.2430224
LFAl Spangler13544951110185.2454387
CFMike White892803076113.2710271
RFJoe Gaines89307377897.2547348

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
John Bateman74221184280.1905190
Dave Roberts6112592341.184170
John Hoffman6151100.067000
Walt Williams1091000.000001

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 Johnson353521811163.631008844117
Bob Bruce3529202.11592.76737062135
Turk Farrell3227198.111103.27807252117
Don Nottebart28241576113.9076683790
Hal Brown27211323153.9568582653

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 Owens48111188763.2848433288
Don Bradey312.102019.297532

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 Woodeshick6178.129232.7632243258
Claude Raymond3879.25502.8228252256
Gordon Jones34500104.1424231428
Danny Coombs7181105.0010101014

Farm system

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. 1 2 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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