1964 Western Carolinas League

1964 > Class A > League History
Overall: 505 games, 8 teams, approx. 126 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1963 / 1965
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1963 / 1965

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1963 / 1965

League Standings

Regular Season

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties	W-L%	GB
Salisbury Dodgers	LAD	77	51	0	.602	--
Rock Hill Cardinals	STL	76	51	0	.598	0.5
Lexington Giants	SFG	71	54	2	.568	4.5
Greenville Braves	MLN	63	63	1	.500	13
Gastonia Pirates	PIT	60	68	0	.469	17
Shelby Yankees	NYY	59	68	0	.465	17.5
Statesville Colts		52	70	1	.426	22
Spartanburg Phillies	PHI	47	80	0	.370	29.5

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Salisbury Dodgers	LAD	20.7	5.11	128	4860	4088	654	975	141	34	98	540	132	55	637	1036	.239	.346	.362	.707	1478	48	57	30	26
Shelby Yankees	NYY	21.0	4.83	127	4799	4030	613	937	139	32	76	491	91	29	668	1111	.233	.345	.339	.685	1368	35	51	15	24
Gastonia Pirates	PIT	20.5	4.34	128	4720	4036	556	898	123	31	57	464	101	29	554	1009	.222	.321	.311	.632	1254	48	46	36	28
Lexington Giants	SFG	20.5	4.34	125	4535	3996	543	958	161	37	39	445	107	22	431	874	.240	.317	.328	.645	1310	36	38	34	32
Statesville Colts		20.4	4.28	122	4498	3834	522	871	121	43	55	430	55	28	562	980	.227	.330	.324	.654	1243	42	31	29	20
Greenville Braves	MLN	20.3	4.01	126	4744	4044	505	926	129	31	33	411	105	42	573	958	.229	.327	.301	.628	1216	30	72	25	24
Rock Hill Cardinals	STL	20.5	3.86	127	4502	3945	490	885	114	37	32	387	84	37	458	902	.224	.308	.296	.604	1169	28	46	25	24
Spartanburg Phillies	PHI	20.1	3.44	127	4613	3931	437	800	108	34	40	355	73	15	565	1075	.204	.306	.279	.585	1096	26	64	27	31
League Totals		20.5	4.28	1010	37271	31904	4320	7250	1036	279	430	3523	748	257	4448	7945	.227	.325	.318	.643	10134	293	405	221	209

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Rock Hill Cardinals	STL	20.5	3.49	76	51	.598	2.72	127	127	83	44	17	1065.0	817	443	322	32	519	20	1067	34	3	81	4569	1.254	6.9	0.3	4.4	9.0	2.06
Lexington Giants	SFG	21.3	3.68	71	54	.568	2.63	125	125	84	41	21	1055.2	728	460	309	28	659	27	1129	35	6	123	4594	1.314	6.2	0.2	5.6	9.6	1.71
Salisbury Dodgers	LAD	21.1	4.00	77	51	.602	3.27	128	128	80	48	14	1097.0	959	512	398	57	517	24	1121	17	4	92	4782	1.345	7.9	0.5	4.2	9.2	2.17
Greenville Braves	MLN	20.0	4.22	63	63	.500	3.29	126	126	88	38	12	1076.1	944	532	394	54	488	33	884	38	8	76	4678	1.330	7.9	0.5	4.1	7.4	1.81
Shelby Yankees	NYY	21.1	4.46	59	68	.465	3.93	127	127	85	42	9	1058.2	937	567	462	75	541	30	1153	43	7	116	4642	1.396	8.0	0.6	4.6	9.8	2.13
Spartanburg Phillies	PHI	19.1	4.46	47	80	.370	3.74	127	127	79	48	6	1063.0	932	566	442	63	574	27	844	44	9	74	4703	1.417	7.9	0.5	4.9	7.1	1.47
Statesville Colts		21.0	4.71	52	70	.426	3.94	122	122	76	46	11	1000.1	917	575	438	55	548	30	892	36	9	61	4483	1.465	8.3	0.5	4.9	8.0	1.63
Gastonia Pirates	PIT	21.0	5.20	60	68	.469	4.12	128	128	67	61	12	1079.2	1016	665	494	66	602	18	855	46	6	121	4834	1.499	8.5	0.6	5.0	7.1	1.42
League Totals		20.6	4.28	505	505	.500	3.45	1010	1010	642	368	102	8495.2	7250	4320	3259	430	4448	209	7945	293	52	744	37285	1.377	7.7	0.5	4.7	8.4	1.79

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	Managers
Salisbury Dodgers	LAD	128	3291	1220	210	75	.956	33	George Scherger
Shelby Yankees	NYY	127	3176	1108	228	80	.949	45	Gary Blaylock
Gastonia Pirates	PIT	128	3239	1253	241	102	.949	40	Ray Hathaway and Bob Clear
Greenville Braves	MLN	126	3229	1287	244	132	.949	21	Jimmy Brown and Bill Steinecke
Rock Hill Cardinals	STL	127	3195	1172	238	92	.948	32	Hal Smith
Spartanburg Phillies	PHI	127	3189	1159	237	79	.948	33	n/a
Statesville Colts		122	3001	1150	253	84	.943	20	Dave Philley and Rudy York
Lexington Giants	SFG	125	3167	1138	274	79	.940	55	Max Lanier
League Totals		1010	25487	9487	1925	723	.948	279

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