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1964 Houston Colt .45's

1964 > Class Major League > 1964 National League
Overall: 66-96
Scored 495 runs, Allowed 628 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-98

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Harry Craft and Lum Harris
Represented: Houston, TX
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 Dave Adlesh 20 3 10 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .200 .400 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bob Aspromonte 26 157 608 553 51 155 20 3 12 69 6 7 35 54 .280 .329 .392 .721 217 14 8 6 6 7
3 John Bateman 23 74 241 221 18 42 8 0 5 19 0 1 17 48 .190 .249 .294 .543 65 9 1 0 2 5
4 Jim Beauchamp 24 23 61 55 6 9 2 0 2 4 0 0 5 16 .164 .246 .309 .555 17 1 1 0 0 0
5 Walt Bond* 26 148 597 543 63 138 16 7 20 85 2 2 38 90 .254 .310 .420 .730 228 11 8 4 4 8
6 Hal Brown 39 27 42 39 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .128 .150 .128 .278 5 1 0 2 0 0
7 Bob Bruce 31 37 72 63 1 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 .190 .239 .206 .445 13 0 2 5 0 0
8 Danny Coombs 22 7 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Brock Davis* 20 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Larry Dierker 17 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Turk Farrell 30 32 73 69 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 28 .072 .099 .072 .171 5 0 0 2 0 0
12 Nellie Fox* 36 133 502 442 45 117 12 6 0 28 0 2 27 13 .265 .320 .319 .639 141 8 10 20 3 1
13 Joe Gaines 27 89 342 307 37 78 9 7 7 34 8 2 27 69 .254 .318 .397 .715 122 7 2 5 1 0
14 Dave Giusti 24 8 9 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .286 .444 .286 .730 2 0 0 0 0 0
15 Jerry Grote 21 100 325 298 26 54 9 3 3 24 0 2 20 75 .181 .240 .262 .502 78 6 4 0 3 5
16 Carroll Hardy 31 46 168 157 13 29 1 1 2 12 0 0 8 30 .185 .232 .242 .474 38 5 2 0 1 0
17 Steve Hertz 19 5 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Joe Hoerner 27 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 John Hoffman* 20 6 16 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .067 .125 .067 .192 1 1 0 0 0 0
20 Sonny Jackson* 19 9 25 23 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 .348 .400 .391 .791 9 0 0 0 0 0
21 Ken Johnson 31 35 83 76 4 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 49 .079 .114 .132 .246 10 0 1 4 0 0
22 Gordon Jones 34 34 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 Eddie Kasko 32 133 495 448 45 109 16 1 0 22 4 6 37 52 .243 .302 .283 .585 127 9 1 8 1 8
24 Bob Lillis 34 109 351 332 31 89 11 2 0 17 4 9 11 10 .268 .291 .313 .604 104 8 0 7 1 1
25 Joe Morgan* 20 10 43 37 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 7 .189 .302 .189 .492 7 0 0 0 0 0
26 Ivan Murrell 21 10 15 14 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .143 .133 .214 .348 3 0 0 0 1 0
27 Don Nottebart 28 28 54 47 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 19 .064 .102 .064 .166 3 1 0 5 0 0
28 Jim Owens 30 48 30 29 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .103 .103 .138 .241 4 0 0 1 0 0
29 Claude Raymond 27 41 17 14 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .071 .067 .143 .210 2 0 0 2 1 0
30 Dave Roberts* 31 61 143 125 9 23 4 1 1 7 0 1 14 28 .184 .270 .256 .526 32 2 1 2 1 1
31 Pete Runnels* 36 22 60 51 3 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 8 7 .196 .305 .216 .521 11 3 0 1 0 1
32 Al Spangler* 30 135 505 449 51 110 18 5 4 38 7 8 41 43 .245 .311 .334 .645 150 6 4 6 5 1
33 Rusty Staub* 20 89 320 292 26 63 10 2 8 35 1 1 21 31 .216 .272 .346 .618 101 6 3 0 4 4
34 John Weekly 27 6 18 15 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .133 .167 .133 .300 2 1 0 0 2 0
35 Mike White 25 89 303 280 30 76 11 3 0 27 1 1 20 47 .271 .319 .332 .651 93 9 0 2 1 0
36 Walt Williams 20 10 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
37 Hal Woodeshick 31 61 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 1 0 1 0 0
38 Jim Wynn 22 67 248 219 19 49 7 0 5 18 5 5 24 58 .224 .301 .324 .625 71 4 1 2 2 2
39 Larry Yellen 21 13 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Chris Zachary* 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Players 27.9 162 5859 5303 495 1214 162 41 70 452 40 48 381 872 .229 .285 .315 .599 1668 113 49 87 39 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 Don Bradey 29 0 2 .000 19.29 3 1 1 0 0 0 2.1 6 7 5 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 18 3.857 23.1 0.0 11.6 7.7 0.67
2 Hal Brown 39 3 15 .167 3.95 27 21 3 3 0 1 132.0 154 68 58 18 26 10 53 2 0 3 569 1.364 10.5 1.2 1.8 3.6 2.04
3 Bob Bruce 31 15 9 .625 2.76 35 29 2 9 4 0 202.1 191 70 62 8 33 4 135 3 1 4 830 1.107 8.5 0.4 1.5 6.0 4.09
4 Danny Coombs* 22 1 1 .500 5.00 7 1 3 0 0 0 18.0 21 10 10 1 10 0 14 1 0 0 82 1.722 10.5 0.5 5.0 7.0 1.40
5 Larry Dierker 17 0 1 .000 2.00 3 1 2 0 0 0 9.0 7 4 2 1 3 0 5 0 0 2 36 1.111 7.0 1.0 3.0 5.0 1.67
6 Turk Farrell 30 11 10 .524 3.27 32 27 3 7 0 0 198.1 196 80 72 21 52 4 117 3 0 1 822 1.250 8.9 1.0 2.4 5.3 2.25
7 Dave Giusti 24 0 0 3.16 8 0 1 0 0 0 25.2 24 10 9 1 8 1 16 0 0 1 106 1.247 8.4 0.4 2.8 5.6 2.00
8 Joe Hoerner* 27 0 0 4.91 7 0 2 0 0 0 11.0 13 11 6 3 6 1 4 0 0 0 50 1.727 10.6 2.5 4.9 3.3 0.67
9 Ken Johnson 31 11 16 .407 3.63 35 35 0 7 1 0 218.0 209 100 88 15 44 6 117 7 0 3 909 1.161 8.6 0.6 1.8 4.8 2.66
10 Gordon Jones 34 0 1 .000 4.14 34 0 11 0 0 0 50.0 58 24 23 3 14 2 28 0 0 4 220 1.440 10.4 0.5 2.5 5.0 2.00
11 Don Nottebart 28 6 11 .353 3.90 28 24 4 2 0 0 157.0 165 76 68 12 37 1 90 1 0 1 658 1.287 9.5 0.7 2.1 5.2 2.43
12 Jim Owens 30 8 7 .533 3.28 48 11 23 0 0 6 118.0 115 48 43 7 32 6 88 0 0 5 489 1.246 8.8 0.5 2.4 6.7 2.75
13 Claude Raymond 27 5 5 .500 2.82 38 0 11 0 0 0 79.2 64 28 25 3 22 1 56 3 0 3 314 1.079 7.2 0.3 2.5 6.3 2.55
14 Hal Woodeshick* 31 2 9 .182 2.76 61 0 48 0 0 23 78.1 73 32 24 3 32 11 58 7 0 7 340 1.340 8.4 0.3 3.7 6.7 1.81
15 Larry Yellen 21 0 0 6.86 13 1 7 0 0 0 21.0 27 19 16 4 10 1 9 0 0 3 103 1.762 11.6 1.7 4.3 3.9 0.90
16 Chris Zachary 20 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 5 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 20 1.750 13.5 2.2 2.2 4.5 2.00
16 Players 30.4 66 96 .407 3.41 162 162 132 30 9 31 1428.0 1421 628 541 105 353 53 852 28 1 39 5990 1.242 9.0 0.7 2.2 5.4 2.41

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
Jerry Grote 98 522 52 9 5 .985 5.86 11 51 27 35%
John Bateman 72 400 43 6 4 .987 6.15 10 38 11 22%
John Hoffman 5 18 1 0 0 1.000 3.80 2 4 0 0%
Dave Adlesh 3 11 2 0 0 1.000 4.33 0 2 2 50%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Walt Bond 76 685 40 8 46 .989 9.54
Rusty Staub 49 442 27 4 34 .992 9.57
Dave Roberts 34 263 27 5 18 .983 8.53
Pete Runnels 14 138 5 2 8 .986 10.21
Jim Beauchamp 2 6 1 0 1 1.000 3.50

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Nellie Fox 115 231 317 13 51 .977 4.77
Bob Lillis 52 86 107 1 18 .995 3.71
Joe Morgan 10 31 25 3 4 .949 5.60
Mike White 10 22 32 1 11 .982 5.40

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bob Aspromonte 155 133 261 11 10 .973 2.54
Bob Lillis 12 8 15 1 1 .958 1.92
Mike White 3 2 5 1 0 .875 2.33
Steve Hertz 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
Eddie Kasko 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.50

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Eddie Kasko 128 228 388 14 72 .978 4.81
Bob Lillis 43 75 114 8 21 .959 4.40
Sonny Jackson 7 8 12 3 1 .870 2.86

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Al Spangler 113 0.00
Walt Bond 28 0.00
Jim Wynn 13 0.00
Jim Beauchamp 11 0.00
Mike White 9 0.00
Carroll Hardy 5 0.00
Walt Williams 5 0.00
Ivan Murrell 4 0.00
Dave Roberts 4 0.00
Brock Davis 1 0.00
Joe Gaines 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mike White 55 0.00
Jim Wynn 51 0.00
Carroll Hardy 33 0.00
Al Spangler 18 0.00
Rusty Staub 7 0.00
Jim Beauchamp 4 0.00
Walt Bond 1 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Joe Gaines 81 0.00
Walt Bond 42 0.00
Rusty Staub 31 0.00
Mike White 8 0.00
John Weekly 5 0.00
Carroll Hardy 4 0.00
Ivan Murrell 1 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Al Spangler 127 185 3 7 1 .964 1.48
Joe Gaines 81 130 4 6 1 .957 1.65
Mike White 72 127 4 3 1 .978 1.82
Walt Bond 71 111 1 5 0 .957 1.58
Jim Wynn 64 129 8 6 3 .958 2.14
Carroll Hardy 41 100 3 1 0 .990 2.51
Rusty Staub 38 70 3 5 0 .936 1.92
Jim Beauchamp 15 21 0 2 0 .913 1.40
Ivan Murrell 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.40
John Weekly 5 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
Walt Williams 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.80
Dave Roberts 4 11 0 1 0 .917 2.75
Brock Davis 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Hal Woodeshick 61 5 23 5 0 .848 0.46
Jim Owens 48 2 17 2 0 .905 0.40
Claude Raymond 38 4 20 1 3 .960 0.63
Bob Bruce 35 11 35 1 0 .979 1.31
Ken Johnson 35 9 50 6 4 .908 1.69
Gordon Jones 34 4 7 0 0 1.000 0.32
Turk Farrell 32 5 31 0 2 1.000 1.13
Don Nottebart 28 14 44 3 3 .951 2.07
Hal Brown 27 4 20 0 0 1.000 0.89
Larry Yellen 13 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.31
Dave Giusti 8 6 7 1 0 .929 1.63
Danny Coombs 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.29
Joe Hoerner 7 1 3 1 0 .800 0.57
Don Bradey 3 0 0 0 0 0.00
Larry Dierker 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Chris Zachary 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Dave Adlesh 20 R R 6' 0.0" 187 Jul 15, 1943 Long Beach, CA, US 1964-10-02 1964-10-04
Bob Aspromonte 26 R R 6' 2.0" 170 Jun 19, 1938 Brooklyn, NY, US 1964-04-13 1964-10-03
John Bateman 23 R R 6' 3.0" 210 Jul 21, 1940 Killeen, TX, US 1964-04-13 1964-10-03
Jim Beauchamp 24 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Aug 21, 1939 Vinita, OK, US 1964-04-16 1964-10-04
Walt Bond 26 L R 6' 7.0" 228 Oct 19, 1937 Denmark, TN, US 1964-04-13 1964-10-04
Don Bradey 29 R R 5' 9.0" 180 Oct 4, 1934 Charlotte, NC, US 1964-09-25 1964-10-04
Hal Brown 39 R R 6' 2.0" 180 Dec 11, 1924 Greensboro, NC, US 1964-04-17 1964-09-16
Bob Bruce 31 R R 6' 3.0" 200 May 16, 1933 Detroit, MI, US 1964-04-19 1964-09-27
Danny Coombs 22 R L 6' 4.0" 200 Mar 23, 1942 Lincoln, ME, US 1964-07-30 1964-10-02
Brock Davis 20 L L 5' 10.0" 160 Oct 19, 1943 Oakland, CA, US 1964-10-04 1964-10-04
Larry Dierker 17 R R 6' 4.0" 215 Sep 22, 1946 Hollywood, CA, US 1964-09-22 1964-10-04
Turk Farrell 30 R R 6' 4.0" 215 Apr 8, 1934 Boston, MA, US 1964-04-16 1964-09-30
Nellie Fox 36 L R 5' 10.0" 160 Dec 25, 1927 St. Thomas, PA, US 1964-04-13 1964-10-04
Joe Gaines 27 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Nov 22, 1936 Bryan, TX, US 1964-06-17 1964-10-01
Dave Giusti 24 R R 5' 11.0" 190 Nov 27, 1939 Seneca Falls, NY, US 1964-04-17 1964-10-03
Jerry Grote 21 R R 5' 10.0" 185 Oct 6, 1942 San Antonio, TX, US 1964-04-22 1964-09-30
Carroll Hardy 31 R R 6' 0.0" 185 May 18, 1933 Sturgis, SD, US 1964-07-09 1964-09-18
Steve Hertz 19 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Feb 26, 1945 Wright Patterson AFB, OH, US 1964-04-21 1964-06-07
Joe Hoerner 27 R L 6' 1.0" 200 Nov 12, 1936 Dubuque, IA, US 1964-04-21 1964-05-09
John Hoffman 20 L R 6' 0.0" 190 Oct 31, 1943 Aberdeen, SD, US 1964-07-30 1964-10-04
Sonny Jackson 19 L R 5' 9.0" 150 Jul 9, 1944 Washington, DC, US 1964-09-22 1964-10-04
Ken Johnson 31 R R 6' 4.0" 210 Jun 16, 1933 West Palm Beach, FL, US 1964-04-13 1964-09-29
Gordon Jones 34 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Apr 2, 1930 Portland, OR, US 1964-05-12 1964-10-04
Eddie Kasko 32 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Jun 27, 1932 Linden, NJ, US 1964-04-13 1964-09-30
Don Larsen 34 R R 6' 4.0" 215 Aug 7, 1929 Michigan City, IN, US 1964-05-29 1964-10-03
Bob Lillis 34 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Jun 2, 1930 Altadena, CA, US 1964-04-16 1964-10-04
Joe Morgan 20 L R 5' 7.0" 160 Sep 19, 1943 Bonham, TX, US 1964-09-19 1964-10-01
Ivan Murrell 21 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Apr 24, 1943 Bocas del Toro, PA 1964-08-25 1964-09-14
Don Nottebart 28 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Jan 23, 1936 West Newton, MA, US 1964-04-19 1964-09-16
Jim Owens 30 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Jan 16, 1934 Gifford, PA, US 1964-04-16 1964-10-02
Claude Raymond 27 R R 5' 10.0" 175 May 7, 1937 St. Jean, QC, CA 1964-04-16 1964-09-29
Dave Roberts 31 L L 6' 0.0" 172 Jun 30, 1933 Panama, Panama, PA 1964-05-27 1964-09-15
Pete Runnels 36 L R 6' 0.0" 170 Jan 28, 1928 Lufkin, TX, US 1964-04-13 1964-05-14
Al Spangler 30 L L 6' 0.0" 175 Jul 8, 1933 Philadelphia, PA, US 1964-04-16 1964-10-01
Rusty Staub 20 L R 6' 2.0" 190 Apr 1, 1944 New Orleans, LA, US 1964-04-13 1964-10-04
John Weekly 27 R R 6' 0.0" 200 Jun 14, 1937 Waterproof, LA, US 1964-04-16 1964-04-23
Mike White 25 R R 5' 8.0" 160 Dec 18, 1938 Detroit, MI, US 1964-04-16 1964-10-01
Walt Williams 20 R R 5' 6.0" 165 Dec 19, 1943 Brownwood, TX, US 1964-04-21 1964-05-17
Hal Woodeshick 31 R L 6' 3.0" 200 Aug 24, 1932 Wilkes-Barre, PA, US 1964-04-13 1964-09-30
Jim Wynn 22 R R 5' 10.0" 160 Mar 12, 1942 Cincinnati, OH, US 1964-04-13 1964-10-04
Larry Yellen 21 R R 5' 11.0" 190 Jan 4, 1943 Brooklyn, NY, US 1964-04-21 1964-10-03
Chris Zachary 20 L R 6' 2.0" 200 Feb 19, 1944 Knoxville, TN, US 1964-10-01 1964-10-01

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