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1964 Atlanta Crackers

1964 > Class AAA > 1964 International League
Overall: 55-93
Scored 484 runs, Allowed 672 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 52-96

Affiliation: Minnesota Twins-AL
Manager: Jack McKeon and Pete Appleton
Represented: Atlanta, GA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1963 / 1965

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 George Banks 25 34 142 121 16 26 5 2 6 20 0 0 20 30 .215 .324 .438 .762 53 0 0 1
2 Ray Bellino 31 93 244 219 13 43 4 0 1 8 0 0 19 46 .196 .259 .228 .488 50 0 5 1
3 Bud Bloomfield 28 61 236 221 19 48 6 1 0 10 0 2 10 35 .217 .261 .253 .514 56 3 2 0
4 Charles Boone 25 18 59 59 1 12 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 12 .203 .203 .254 .458 15 0 0 0
5 Pete Cimino 21 39 33 30 1 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 12 .067 .152 .167 .318 5 1 0 0
6 Jim Donohue 25 17 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 0 0 0
7 Jerry Fosnow 23 21 15 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .071 .071 .071 .143 1 0 1 0
8 Randy Hundley 22 113 402 374 40 81 10 1 13 40 4 4 26 92 .217 .269 .353 .622 132 1 1 0
9 Ray Jablonski 37 87 246 208 19 40 10 0 4 25 1 1 34 40 .192 .305 .298 .603 62 1 0 3
10 George Kopacz* 23 72 253 214 19 48 2 2 4 30 2 0 33 32 .224 .324 .308 .632 66 0 3 3 Stats for 2 teams
11 Fred Lasher 22 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
12 Raymond Looney* 27 70 249 216 29 54 7 2 11 26 1 0 30 42 .250 .347 .454 .800 98 2 1 0
13 Marty Martinez# 22 128 451 409 28 82 17 0 1 24 5 4 28 74 .200 .252 .249 .501 102 1 10 3
14 Marvin Mecklenburg* 23 8 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
15 Jim Merritt* 20 41 78 69 6 13 2 0 0 2 0 0 7 32 .188 .263 .217 .481 15 0 2 0
16 Mel Nelson 28 32 56 53 1 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 24 .132 .164 .151 .315 8 1 1 0
17 Chuck Nieson 21 37 58 52 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 22 .096 .145 .096 .242 5 0 3 0
18 Joe Nossek 23 113 459 424 47 101 11 2 8 29 7 9 26 49 .238 .286 .330 .616 140 3 4 2
19 Ed Olivares 25 110 371 324 35 73 10 0 15 45 1 1 42 60 .225 .314 .395 .709 128 1 1 3
20 Bobo Osborne* 28 131 506 401 58 89 18 0 15 47 3 3 96 107 .222 .380 .379 .759 152 6 3 0 Stats for 2 teams
21 Taylor Phillips* 31 24 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
22 Jim Rantz 26 47 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
23 Ted Sadowski 28 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
24 Johnny Schaive 30 17 29 25 1 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .280 .379 .400 .779 10 1 0 0
25 Gordon Seyfried 26 11 25 23 2 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 8 .217 .250 .391 .641 9 0 1 0
26 Dwight Siebler 26 29 55 47 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 10 .170 .235 .170 .406 8 0 4 0
27 Jim Snyder 31 82 327 277 37 73 5 0 1 18 1 1 38 30 .264 .354 .292 .646 81 3 5 4
28 Sandy Valdespino* 25 147 604 531 74 179 27 8 16 73 16 9 56 49 .337 .401 .508 .909 270 4 8 5
29 Luke Vasser* 25 18 50 42 5 7 1 1 1 2 0 1 8 9 .167 .300 .310 .610 13 0 0 0
30 Jay Ward 25 15 64 48 5 7 2 0 1 6 0 0 15 12 .146 .349 .250 .599 12 0 1 0
31 Anthony Washington* 27 128 445 406 43 97 8 7 6 34 3 3 36 65 .239 .300 .337 .638 137 0 2 1 Stats for 2 teams
32 Chuck Weatherspoon 33 106 299 260 27 64 8 1 11 40 2 2 32 73 .246 .334 .412 .746 107 4 0 3
33 Don Williams 28 57 31 27 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 .074 .194 .074 .268 2 0 0 0
33 Players 26.4 149 5301 4706 484 1083 150 25 105 444 42 41 488 924 .230 .305 .340 .644 1598 28 53 26 44
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Joe Bonikowski 23 0 1 .000 7.71 4 1 0 0 7.0 9 7 6 1 5 0 3 3 0 0 2.000 11.6 1.3 6.4 3.9 0.60
2 Pete Cimino 21 3 6 .333 4.50 39 12 3 0 120.0 105 71 60 22 67 2 90 9 1 8 1.433 7.9 1.6 5.0 6.8 1.34
3 Bill Dailey 29 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 4.000 9.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
4 Jim Donohue 25 0 2 .000 5.59 17 2 0 0 37.0 44 26 23 8 28 2 30 2 0 1 1.946 10.7 1.9 6.8 7.3 1.07
5 Jerry Fosnow* 23 5 3 .625 3.23 21 3 1 0 53.0 33 20 19 3 17 2 44 4 1 4 0.943 5.6 0.5 2.9 7.5 2.59
6 Fred Lasher 22 0 0 14.14 6 1 0 0 7.0 9 11 11 1 4 0 7 1 0 0 1.857 11.6 1.3 5.1 9.0 1.75
7 Marvin Mecklenburg* 23 0 2 .000 5.57 8 4 0 0 21.0 23 14 13 3 13 1 6 0 0 3 1.714 9.9 1.3 5.6 2.6 0.46
8 Jim Merritt* 20 13 17 .433 2.74 36 29 12 3 200.0 186 76 61 13 61 3 174 3 2 6 1.235 8.4 0.6 2.7 7.8 2.85
9 Mel Nelson* 28 9 12 .429 2.96 24 23 7 2 158.0 131 63 52 10 50 2 77 2 0 3 1.146 7.5 0.6 2.8 4.4 1.54
10 Chuck Nieson 21 4 17 .190 4.00 36 24 5 1 171.0 169 92 76 15 60 6 85 7 0 11 1.339 8.9 0.8 3.2 4.5 1.42
11 Taylor Phillips* 31 1 2 .333 7.25 24 1 0 0 36.0 49 35 29 4 20 1 17 2 0 3 1.917 12.2 1.0 5.0 4.2 0.85
12 Jim Rantz 26 2 3 .400 4.62 47 0 0 0 74.0 80 42 38 8 34 4 55 1 0 1 1.541 9.7 1.0 4.1 6.7 1.62
13 Ted Sadowski 28 1 4 .200 9.45 6 4 0 0 20.0 32 21 21 6 4 0 10 1 0 0 1.800 14.4 2.7 1.8 4.5 2.50
14 Gordon Seyfried 26 4 6 .400 5.14 11 11 3 2 63.0 71 42 36 11 16 0 29 0 0 1 1.381 10.1 1.6 2.3 4.1 1.81
15 Dwight Siebler 26 7 12 .368 4.10 29 25 4 1 156.0 141 82 71 25 53 5 115 2 2 7 1.244 8.1 1.4 3.1 6.6 2.17
16 Don Williams 28 6 7 .462 3.50 57 9 2 0 131.0 119 69 51 14 65 7 80 5 0 10 1.405 8.2 1.0 4.5 5.5 1.23
16 Players 24.6 55 93 .372 4.07 149 149 112 37 9 1256.0 1202 672 568 144 500 36 822 42 6 59 1.355 8.6 1.0 3.6 5.9 1.64

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Randy Hundley 105 619 50 14 11 .980 6.37 6
Chuck Weatherspoon 36 199 20 4 1 .982 6.08 6
Charles Boone 15 86 11 3 1 .970 6.47 4

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bobo Osborne 93 778 81 3 56 .997 9.24 Stats for 2 teams
Raymond Looney 60 460 37 9 43 .982 8.28
George Kopacz 55 573 41 5 52 .992 11.16 Stats for 2 teams
Ray Jablonski 32 243 12 7 21 .973 7.97
Chuck Weatherspoon 10 78 2 0 9 1.000 8.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jim Snyder 80 178 205 7 48 .982 4.79
Marty Martinez 48 111 120 9 30 .963 4.81
Ray Bellino 22 41 49 4 13 .957 4.09

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ed Olivares 45 31 61 11 4 .893 2.04
Ray Bellino 32 19 52 4 4 .947 2.22
George Banks 30 13 42 8 7 .873 1.83
Ray Jablonski 28 23 26 6 7 .891 1.75
Jay Ward 15 11 41 0 5 1.000 3.47
Bud Bloomfield 10 6 17 1 1 .958 2.30

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Marty Martinez 79 130 216 18 33 .951 4.38
Bud Bloomfield 51 83 151 10 33 .959 4.59
Ray Bellino 31 33 76 4 6 .965 3.52

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Sandy Valdespino 145 279 16 5 0 .983 2.03
Joe Nossek 104 299 13 11 4 .966 3.00
Ed Olivares 50 54 5 1 0 .983 1.18
Chuck Weatherspoon 33 35 2 2 0 .949 1.12

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Don Williams 57 9 25 4 1 .895 0.60
Jim Rantz 47 5 12 0 1 1.000 0.36
Pete Cimino 39 6 15 4 0 .840 0.54
Jim Merritt 36 8 31 3 3 .929 1.08
Chuck Nieson 36 9 26 1 2 .972 0.97
Dwight Siebler 29 11 15 0 0 1.000 0.90
Mel Nelson 24 8 31 0 4 1.000 1.63
Taylor Phillips 24 3 6 2 1 .818 0.38
Jerry Fosnow 21 2 2 2 1 .667 0.19
Jim Donohue 17 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.41
Gordon Seyfried 11 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.18
Marvin Mecklenburg 8 0.00
Fred Lasher 6 0.00
Ted Sadowski 6 0.00
Joe Bonikowski 4 0.00
Bill Dailey 1 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
George Banks 25 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Sep 24, 1938 Pacolet Mills, SC, US
Ray Bellino 31 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Dec 3, 1932 Jersey City, NJ, US
Bud Bloomfield 28 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Jan 5, 1936 Oklahoma City, OK, US
Joe Bonikowski 23 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Jan 16, 1941 Philadelphia, PA, US
Charles Boone 25 R R 6' 2.0" 210 Aug 10, 1938 Covington, VA, US
Pete Cimino 21 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Oct 17, 1942 Philadelphia, PA, US
Bill Dailey 29 R R 6' 3.0" 185 Mar 13, 1935 Arlington, VA, US
Jim Donohue 25 R R 6' 4.0" 190 Oct 31, 1938 St. Louis, MO, US
Jerry Fosnow 23 R L 6' 4.0" 195 Sep 21, 1940 Deshler, OH, US
Randy Hundley 22 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Jun 1, 1942 Martinsville, VA, US
Ray Jablonski 37 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Dec 17, 1926 Chicago, IL, US
George Kopacz 23 L L 6' 1.0" 195 Feb 26, 1941 Chicago, IL, US
Fred Lasher 22 R R 6' 3.0" 190 Aug 19, 1941 Poughkeepsie, NY, US
Raymond Looney 27 L L 6' 0.0" 185 Jan 5, 1937 McKeesport, PA, US
Marty Martinez 22 S R 6' 0.0" 170 Aug 23, 1941 La Habana, La Habana, CU
Marvin Mecklenburg 23 L L 6' 0.0" 185 Sep 6, 1940 Stockton, CA, US
Jim Merritt 20 L L 6' 3.0" 175 Dec 9, 1943 Altadena, CA, US
Mel Nelson 28 R L 6' 0.0" 185 May 30, 1936 San Diego, CA, US
Chuck Nieson 21 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Sep 24, 1942 Hanford, CA, US
Joe Nossek 23 R R 6' 0.0" 178 Nov 8, 1940 Cleveland, OH, US
Ed Olivares 25 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Nov 5, 1938 Mayaguez, PR
Bobo Osborne 28 L R 6' 1.0" 205 Oct 12, 1935 Chattahoochee, GA, US
Taylor Phillips 31 L L 5' 11.0" 185 Jun 18, 1933 Atlanta, GA, US
Jim Rantz 26 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Feb 24, 1938 St. Paul, MN, US
Ted Sadowski 28 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Apr 1, 1936 Pittsburgh, PA, US
Johnny Schaive 30 R R 5' 8.0" 175 Feb 25, 1934 Springfield, IL, US
Gordon Seyfried 26 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Jul 4, 1937 Long Beach, CA, US
Dwight Siebler 26 R R 6' 2.0" 184 Aug 5, 1937 Columbus, NE, US
Jim Snyder 31 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Aug 15, 1932 Dearborn, MI, US
Sandy Valdespino 25 L L 5' 8.0" 170 Jan 24, 1939 San Jose de las Lajas, Mayabeque, CU
Luke Vasser 25 L L 6' 0.0" 170 Nov 24, 1938 Chicago, IL, US
Jay Ward 25 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Sep 9, 1938 Brookfield, MO, US
Anthony Washington 27 L L 6' 2.0" 183 Jan 9, 1937 Chicago, IL, US
Chuck Weatherspoon 33 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Jun 1, 1931 Pineland, TX, US
Don Williams 28 R R 6' 5.0" 218 Sep 2, 1935 Los Angeles, CA, US

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