1964 World Series - St. Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees (4-3)

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1964 World Series (4-3): St. Louis Cardinals (93-69) over New York Yankees (99-63)

1963 WS / 1965 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 7, 1964 at Busch Stadium I (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  3  0    0  1  0    0  1  0     5 12  2
    St. Louis Cardinals          1  1  0    0  0  4    0  3  x     9 12  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Ford, Downing (6), Sheldon (8), Mikkelsen (8)
              STL - Sadecki, Schultz (7)

               WP - Ray Sadecki
	       LP - Whitey Ford
             SAVE - Barney Schultz

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Tresh
              STL - Shannon

  ATTENDANCE: 30,805

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 8, 1964 at Busch Stadium I (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    1  0  1    2  0  4     8 12  0
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  1     3  7  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Stottlemyre
              STL - Gibson, Schultz (9), Richardson (9), Craig (9)

               WP - Mel Stottlemyre
	       LP - Bob Gibson
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Linz
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 30,805

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 10, 1964 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     1  6  0
    New York Yankees             0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1     2  5  2

    PITCHERS: STL - Simmons, Schultz (9)
              NYY - Bouton

               WP - Jim Bouton
	       LP - Barney Schultz
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              NYY - Mantle

  ATTENDANCE: 67,101

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 11, 1964 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  4    0  0  0     4  6  1
    New York Yankees             3  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     3  6  1

    PITCHERS: STL - Sadecki, Craig (1), Taylor (6)
              NYY - Downing, Mikkelsen (7), Terry (8)

               WP - Roger Craig
	       LP - Al Downing
             SAVE - Ron Taylor

   HOME RUNS: STL - Boyer
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 66,312

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 12, 1964 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0    3     5 10  1
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2    0     2  6  2

    PITCHERS: STL - Gibson
              NYY - Stottlemyre, Reniff (8), Mikkelsen (8)

               WP - Bob Gibson
	       LP - Pete Mikkelsen
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - McCarver
              NYY - Tresh

  ATTENDANCE: 65,633

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 14, 1964 at Busch Stadium I (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  1  2    0  5  0     8 10  0
    St. Louis Cardinals          1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1     3 10  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Bouton, Hamilton (9)
              STL - Simmons, Taylor (7), Schultz (8), Richardson (8), Humphreys (9)

               WP - Jim Bouton
	       LP - Curt Simmons
             SAVE - Steve Hamilton

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Mantle, Maris, Pepitone
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 30,805

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 15, 1964 at Busch Stadium I (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  2     5  9  2
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    3  3  0    1  0  x     7 10  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Stottlemyre, Downing (5), Sheldon (5), Hamilton (7), Mikkelsen (8)
              STL - Gibson

               WP - Bob Gibson
	       LP - Mel Stottlemyre
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Boyer, Linz, Mantle
              STL - Boyer, Brock

  ATTENDANCE: 30,346

Series MVP - Bob Gibson

Series Batting Stats

St. Louis Cardinals Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Ken Boyer	7	27	5	6	1	0	2	6	1	5	.222	.241	.481	.723	0	0	162	628	100	185	24	119	3	.295	.854
Lou Brock	7	30	2	9	2	0	1	5	0	3	.300	.300	.467	.767	0	0	*155	634	111	200	14	58	43	.315	.821
Jerry Buchek	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	35	30	7	6	0	1	0	.200	.606
Roger Craig	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	39	48	4	10	0	3	0	.208	.512
Curt Flood	7	30	5	6	0	1	0	3	3	1	.200	.273	.267	.539	0	0	162	679	97	211	5	46	8	.311	.734
Bob Gibson	3	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	0	0	40	96	8	15	0	4	0	.156	.396
Dick Groat	7	26	3	5	1	1	0	1	4	3	.192	.300	.308	.608	0	0	161	636	70	186	1	70	2	.292	.706
Bob Humphreys	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	28	4	2	1	0	1	0	.250	.750
Charlie James	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	88	233	24	52	5	17	0	.223	.596
Julian Javier	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	155	535	66	129	12	65	9	.241	.644
Dal Maxvill	7	20	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	4	.200	.238	.250	.488	0	0	37	26	4	6	0	4	1	.231	.462
Tim McCarver	7	23	4	11	1	1	1	5	5	1	.478	.552	.739	1.291	1	0	143	465	53	134	9	52	2	.288	.743
Gordie Richardson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	19	13	0	1	0	0	0	.077	.277
Ray Sadecki	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	39	75	7	12	0	6	0	.160	.459
Barney Schultz	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	30	6	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.333
Mike Shannon	7	28	6	6	0	0	1	2	0	9	.214	.214	.321	.536	1	0	88	253	30	66	9	43	4	.261	.725
Curt Simmons	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	34	94	6	10	0	6	0	.106	.249
Bob Skinner	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	.667	.750	1.000	1.750	0	0	*80	177	16	45	4	21	0	.254	.680
Ron Taylor	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	63	15	0	2	0	0	0	.133	.267
Carl Warwick	5	4	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.750	.800	.750	1.550	0	0	88	158	14	41	3	15	2	.259	.679
Bill White	7	27	2	3	1	0	0	2	2	6	.111	.172	.148	.321	1	0	160	631	92	191	21	102	7	.303	.829
Totals	91	240	32	61	8	3	5	29	18	39	.254	.304	.375	.679	3	0	162	5625	715	1531	109		73	.272	.716

New York Yankees Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Johnny Blanchard	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	0	0	77	161	18	41	7	28	1	.255	.779
Jim Bouton	2	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	0	0	38	100	3	13	0	7	0	.130	.289
Clete Boyer	7	24	2	5	1	0	1	3	1	5	.208	.231	.375	.606	1	0	147	510	43	111	8	52	6	.218	.573
Al Downing	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	40	85	5	15	0	7	0	.176	.425
Whitey Ford	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	39	67	5	8	0	2	0	.119	.378
Pedro Gonzalez	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	80	112	18	31	0	5	3	.277	.697
Steve Hamilton	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	20	3	4	0	1	0	.200	.473
Mike Hegan	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167
Elston Howard	7	24	5	7	1	0	0	2	4	6	.292	.414	.333	.747	0	0	150	550	63	172	15	84	1	.313	.825
Phil Linz	7	31	5	7	1	0	2	2	2	5	.226	.273	.452	.724	0	1	112	368	63	92	5	25	3	.250	.696
Hector Lopez	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	127	285	34	74	10	34	1	.260	.735
Mickey Mantle	7	24	8	8	2	0	3	8	6	8	.333	.467	.792	1.258	0	0	143	465	92	141	35	111	6	.303	1.015
Roger Maris	7	30	4	6	0	0	1	1	1	4	.200	.226	.300	.526	0	0	141	513	86	144	26	71	3	.281	.828
Pete Mikkelsen	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	50	16	1	1	0	0	0	.063	.125
Joe Pepitone	7	26	1	4	1	0	1	5	2	3	.154	.241	.308	.549	0	0	160	613	71	154	28	100	2	.251	.698
Hal Reniff	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	44	10	2	1	0	0	0	.100	.200
Bobby Richardson	7	32	3	13	2	0	0	3	0	2	.406	.406	.469	.875	1	0	159	679	90	181	4	50	11	.267	.626
Rollie Sheldon	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	19	34	0	3	0	1	0	.088	.176
Mel Stottlemyre	3	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	.125	.125	.125	.250	0	0	14	37	2	9	0	3	0	.243	.552
Ralph Terry	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	27	35	2	7	0	0	0	.200	.492
Tom Tresh	7	22	4	6	2	0	2	7	6	7	.273	.414	.636	1.050	0	0	153	533	75	131	16	73	13	.246	.743
Totals	86	239	33	60	11	0	10	33	25	54	.251	.325	.423	.747	2	1	164	5705	730	1442	162		54	.253	.704

St. Louis Cardinals Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Roger Craig	2	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	3	9	1.000	39	19	3.25	7	9	5	166.0	180	35	84	1.295
Bob Gibson	3	3	3.00	2	1	0	2	27.0	23	9	8	31	1.148	40	36	3.01	19	12	1	287.1	250	86	245	1.169
Bob Humphreys	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0.000	28	0	2.53	2	0	2	42.2	32	15	36	1.102
Gordie Richardson	2	0	40.50	0	0	0	0	0.2	3	3	2	0	7.500	19	6	2.30	4	2	1	47.0	40	15	28	1.170
Ray Sadecki	2	2	8.53	1	0	0	0	6.1	12	6	5	2	2.684	37	32	3.68	20	11	1	220.0	232	60	119	1.327
Barney Schultz	4	0	18.00	0	1	1	0	4.0	9	8	3	1	3.000	30	0	1.64	1	3	14	49.1	35	11	29	0.932
Curt Simmons	2	2	2.51	0	1	0	0	14.1	11	4	3	8	0.977	34	34	3.43	18	9	0	244.0	233	49	104	1.156
Ron Taylor	2	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	4.2	0	0	1	2	0.214	63	2	4.62	8	4	7	101.1	109	33	69	1.401
Totals	18	7	4.29	4	3	2	2	63.0	60	30	25	54	1.349	162	162	3.431	93	69		1445.1	1405	410	877	1.256

New York Yankees Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Jim Bouton	2	2	1.56	2	0	0	1	17.1	15	3	5	7	1.154	38	37	3.02	18	13	0	271.1	227	60	125	1.058
Al Downing	3	1	8.22	0	1	0	0	7.2	9	7	2	5	1.435	37	35	3.47	13	8	2	244.0	201	120	217	1.316
Whitey Ford	1	1	8.44	0	1	0	0	5.1	8	5	1	4	1.688	39	36	2.13	17	6	1	244.2	212	57	172	1.099
Steve Hamilton	2	0	4.50	0	0	1	0	2.0	3	1	0	2	1.500	30	3	3.28	7	2	3	60.1	55	15	49	1.160
Pete Mikkelsen	4	0	5.79	0	1	0	0	4.2	4	3	2	4	1.286	50	0	3.56	7	4	12	86.0	79	41	63	1.395
Hal Reniff	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	0	0	0	6.000	41	0	3.12	6	4	9	69.1	47	30	38	1.111
Rollie Sheldon	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.2	0	0	2	2	0.750	19	12	3.61	5	2	1	102.1	92	18	57	1.075
Mel Stottlemyre	3	3	3.15	1	1	0	1	20.0	18	7	6	12	1.200	13	12	2.06	9	3	0	96.0	77	35	49	1.167
Ralph Terry	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	3	1.000	27	14	4.54	7	11	4	115.0	130	31	77	1.400
Totals	19	7	3.77	3	4	1	2	62.0	61	26	18	39	1.274	164	164	3.154	99	63		1506.2	1312	504	989	1.205

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