1964 Chicago Cubs season

The 1964 Chicago Cubs season was the 93rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 89th in the National League and the 49th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished eighth in the National League with a record of 76–86, 17 games behind the NL and World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals.

1964 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Philip K. Wrigley
General manager(s)John Holland
Manager(s)Bob Kennedy
Local televisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
Local radioWGN
(Jack Quinlan, Lou Boudreau)
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Offseason

On February 13, Ken Hubbs, who had been the Cubs starting second baseman in 1963, was killed in a plane crash. He was replaced by Joey Amalfitano, who was acquired from the San Francisco Giants a few weeks later.

Notable transactions

Regular season

On June 15, the Cubs made one of the most infamous deals in baseball history, remembered today simply as "Brock for Broglio". There were six players involved in all, but the most prominent players involved were pitcher Ernie Broglio, who came to the Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals, and outfielder Lou Brock, who went to the Cardinals from the Cubs. While Broglio was a serviceable starter for the rest of 1964, he would post ERAs over 6 in each of the next two seasons, and was out of baseball altogether by the end of 1967. Brock went on to star for the Cardinals for the next fifteen years, and eventually be elected to the Hall of Fame. It is to this day often held up as an example of a lopsided trade outcome.

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—

Notable transactions

Roster
1964 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Head Coach

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CDick Bertell11235384.238435
1BErnie Banks157591156.2642395
2BJoey Amalfitano10032478.241427
3BRon Santo161592185.31330114
SSAndre Rodgers129448107.2391246
LFBilly Williams162645201.3123398
CFBilly Cowan139497120.2411950
RFLen Gabrielson8927267.246523

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jimmy Stewart132415105.253333
Lou Brock5221554.251214
Doug Clemens5414039.279212
Jimmie Schaffer5412225.20529
Ellis Burton4210520.19027
Leo Burke5910327.262114
Ron Campbell269225.272110
Vic Roznovsky357615.19702
Billy Ott20397.17901
Merritt Ranew16333.09101
John Boccabella9239.39106
Don Kessinger4122.16700
Don Landrum11110.00000
Paul Popovich1111.00000

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Larry Jackson40297.224113.14148
Dick Ellsworth37256.214183.75148
Bob Buhl36227.215143.83107
Ernie Broglio18100.1474.0446

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Lew Burdette28131994.8840
Sterling Slaughter2051.2245.7532
Fred Norman831.2046.5420
Cal Koonce631302.0317
Glen Hobbie827.1037.9014
Paul Toth410.2028.440
John Flavin54.20113.505

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Lindy McDaniel6317163.8871
Don Elston482515.3026
Wayne Schurr260003.7229
Bobby Shantz200115.5612
Freddie Burdette181003.154
Lee Gregory110003.508
Jack Warner70002.896
Jack Spring70006.001
Jake Jaeckel41000.002
Dick Scott300012.461

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake City Bees Pacific Coast League Vedie Himsl
AA Fort Worth Cats Texas League Alex Grammas
A St. Cloud Rox Northern League Walt Dixon
A Wenatchee Chiefs Northwest League Joe Macko
Rookie Treasure Valley Cubs Pioneer League George Freese

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Treasure Valley

Notes
  1. Byron Browne page at Baseball Reference
  2. Joey Amalfitano page at Baseball Reference
  3. Lee Gregory page at Baseball Reference
  4. Chuck Hartenstein page at Baseball-Reference
  5. Len Gabrielson page at Baseball-Reference
  6. Jim Qualls page at Baseball-Reference
  7. Ernie Broglio page at Baseball Reference
  8. Don Kessinger page at Baseball Reference

References
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1964 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference
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