1964 Houston Colt .45s season

The 1964 Houston Colt .45s season was the team's 3rd 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.

1964 Houston Colt .45s
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record66–96 (.407)
League place9th
Other information
OwnersRoy Hofheinz
General managersPaul Richards
ManagersHarry Craft, Lum Harris
Local televisionKTRK-TV
Local radioKPRC (AM)
(Gene Elston, Loel Passe)
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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


Sources:
Team CHC CIN HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago 6–1211–710–88–1011–76–129–99–96–12
Cincinnati 12–612–614–4–19–911–79–98–107–1110–8
Houston 7–116–127–1112–69–95–135–137–118–10
Los Angeles 8–104–14–111–78–1015–3–18–1010–86–1210–8
Milwaukee 10–89–96–1210–814–410–812–69–98–10
New York 7–117–119–93–15–14–143–156–127–117–11
Philadelphia 12-69–913–510–88–1015–310–810–85–13
Pittsburgh 9–910–813–58–106–1212–68–108–106–12
San Francisco 9–911–711–712–69–911–78–1010–89–9
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

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
Bob Lillis1093323189112.2680174
Rusty Staub892922663102.2168351
Mike White892803076113.2710271
John Bateman74221184280.1905190
Carroll Hardy46157132911.1852120
Dave Roberts6112592341.184170
Jim Beauchamp23556920.164240
Pete Runnels225131010.196030
Joe Morgan10374700.189000
Sonny Jackson9233810.348011
Johnny Weekly6150200.133030
John Hoffman6151100.067000
Ivan Murrell10141210.143010
Dave Adlesh3100200.200000
Walt Williams1091000.000001
Steve Hertz542000.000000
Brock Davis130000.000000

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 Johnson3535218.011163.631008844117
Bob Bruce3529202.11592.76737062135
Turk Farrell3227198.111103.27807252117
Don Nottebart2824157.06113.9076683790
Hal Brown2721132.03153.9568582653
Chris Zachary114.0019.005412

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 Owens4811118.08763.2848433288
Don Larsen3010103.14812.2636262058
Larry Dierker319.00102.004235
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 Jones3450.00104.1424231428
Larry Yellen1321.00006.861916109
Dave Giusti825.20003.16109816
Danny Coombs718.01105.0010101014
Joe Hoerner711.00004.9111664

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. Geisler Young, LLC –. "1964 Houston Colt .45s Roster by Baseball Almanac". Archived from the original on March 23, 2009. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
  4. Walt Williams at Baseball Reference
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