1964 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1964 Pittsburgh Pirates
1964 Pittsburgh Pirates
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
Managers	Danny Murtaugh
Television	KDKA-TV ; Bob Prince, Jim Woods
Radio	KDKA; Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Claude Haring

The 1964 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 83rd in franchise history. The team finished tied for sixth in the National League with a record of 80–82, 13 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

December 2, 1963: Byron Browne was drafted from the Pirates by the Chicago Cubs in the 1963 first-year draft.^[2]
January 14, 1964: Dock Ellis was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.^[3]
Prior to 1964 season: John Lamb was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	0.574	—	48–33	45–36
Philadelphia Phillies	92	70	0.568	1	46–35	46–35
Cincinnati Reds	92	70	0.568	1	47–34	45–36
San Francisco Giants	90	72	0.556	3	44–37	46–35
Milwaukee Braves	88	74	0.543	5	45–36	43–38
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	82	0.494	13	42–39	38–43
Los Angeles Dodgers	80	82	0.494	13	41–40	39–42
Chicago Cubs	76	86	0.469	17	40–41	36–45
Houston Colt .45s	66	96	0.407	27	41–40	25–56
New York Mets	53	109	0.327	40	33–48	20–61

Record vs. opponents

1964 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Chicago	—	6–12	11–7	10–8	8–10	11–7	6–12	9–9	9–9	6–12
Cincinnati	12–6	—	12–6	14–4–1	9–9	11–7	9–9	8–10	7–11	10–8
Houston	7–11	6–12	—	7–11	12–6	9–9	5–13	5–13	7–11	8–10
Los Angeles	8–10	4–14–1	11–7	—	8–10	15–3–1	8–10	10–8	6–12	10–8
Milwaukee	10–8	9–9	6–12	10–8	—	14–4	10–8	12–6	9–9	8–10
New York	7–11	7–11	9–9	3–15–1	4–14	—	3–15	6–12	7–11	7–11
Philadelphia	12-6	9–9	13–5	10–8	8–10	15–3	—	10–8	10–8	5–13
Pittsburgh	9–9	10–8	13–5	8–10	6–12	12–6	8–10	—	8–10	6–12
San Francisco	9–9	11–7	11–7	12–6	9–9	11–7	8–10	10–8	—	9–9
St. Louis	12–6	8–10	10–8	8–10	10–8	11–7	13–5	12–6	9–9	—

Game log

1964 Game Log: 80–82 (Home: 42–39; Away: 38–43)

April: 7–6 (Home: 4–2; Away: 3–4)

May: 16–15 (Home: 6–8; Away: 10–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
14	May 1	@ Cardinals	2–6	Craig	Law (0–1)	—	14,701	7–7
15	May 2	@ Cardinals	5–4	Sisk (1–1)	Simmons	Bork (1)	12,534	8–7
16	May 3	@ Cardinals	12–8	Schwall (2–1)	Sadecki	Face (2)	11,051	9–7
17	May 4	@ Reds	4–2	Gibbon (1–0)	Jay	—	3,355	10–7
18	May 5	@ Reds	4–5	Dickson	Law (0–2)	—	4,096	10–8
19	May 6	Cardinals	1–0	Friend (3–0)	Sadecki	—	8,659	11–8
20	May 7	Cardinals	2–4	Simmons	Veale (1–3)	Craig	7,219	11–9
21	May 8	Braves	1–2	Cloninger	Gibbon (1–1)	—	11,508	11–10
22	May 9	Braves	10–0	Law (1–2)	Lemaster	—	6,536	12–10
23	May 10	Braves	5–11	Lemaster	Friend (3–1)	—		12–11
24	May 10	Braves	6–5	McBean (1–0)	Tiefenauer	—	16,430	13–11
25	May 11	Reds	6–7	Ellis	Sisk (1–2)	Henry	5,902	13–12
26	May 12	Reds	3–2	Gibbon (2–1)	Maloney	McBean (1)	5,811	14–12
27	May 15	@ Dodgers	0–6	Ortega	Friend (3–2)	—	33,507	14–13
28	May 16	@ Dodgers	7–4	Veale (2–3)	Willhite	McBean (2)	21,992	15–13
29	May 17	@ Dodgers	2–3	Koufax	Law (1–3)	Perranoski		15–14
30	May 17	@ Dodgers	8–3	Gibbon (3–1)	Podres	Priddy (1)	48,077	16–14
31	May 18	@ Dodgers	4–2	Blass (1–0)	Drysdale	—	23,621	17–14
32	May 19	@ Colt .45s	1–3	Bruce	Friend (3–3)	Woodeshick	6,199	17–15
33	May 20	@ Colt .45s	4–3	Veale (3–3)	Nottebart	McBean (3)	5,715	18–15
34	May 21	@ Colt .45s	1–3	Farrell	Law (1–4)	Woodeshick	5,880	18–16
35	May 22	@ Giants	3–8	Herbel	Blass (1–1)	MacKenzie	18,873	18–17
36	May 23	@ Giants	9–2	Friend (4–3)	Perry	—	20,113	19–17
37	May 24	@ Giants	3–0	Veale (4–3)	Sanford	—		20–17
38	May 24	@ Giants	5–3	Butters (1–0)	Shaw	McBean (4)	40,441	21–17
39	May 26	Phillies	13–4	Law (2–4)	Short	—	12,183	22–17
40	May 27	Phillies	0–2	Mahaffey	Friend (4–4)	—	10,914	22–18
41	May 28	Phillies	6–5	McBean (2–0)	Baldschun	—	8,649	23–18
42	May 29	Dodgers	1–4	Moeller	Blass (1–2)	—	16,114	23–19
43	May 30	Dodgers	3–10	Drysdale	Law (2–5)	—	14,359	23–20
44	May 31	Dodgers	4–6	Koufax	Friend (4–5)	Perranoski	9,354	23–21

June: 15–11 (Home: 10–6; Away: 5–5)

July: 15–13 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
71	July 1	@ Giants	1–2	Marichal	Veale (7–6)	—	10,221	38–33
72	July 2	@ Giants	5–6	Hendley	Blass (3–5)	Shaw	11,166	38–34
73	July 3	@ Colt .45s	2–1	Law (7–6)	Owens	McBean (9)	8,740	39–34
74	July 4	@ Colt .45s	1–3	Bruce	Friend (6–8)	—	13,692	39–35
75	July 5	@ Colt .45s	7–1	Gibbon (6–2)	Farrell	McBean (10)	11,042	40–35
76	July 8	Reds	9–1	Veale (8–6)	Maloney	McBean (11)	7,031	41–35
77	July 9	Braves	6–11	Spahn	Law (7–7)	Sadowski	9,295	41–36
78	July 10	Braves	5–1	Friend (7–8)	Cloninger	—	13,148	42–36
79	July 11	Braves	8–9 (11)	Cloninger	Sisk (1–3)	Olivo	7,874	42–37
80	July 13	Cardinals	4–5 (12)	Taylor	Sisk (1–4)	—		42–38
81	July 13	Cardinals	5–12	Cuellar	Law (7–8)	Washburn	14,773	42–39
82	July 14	Phillies	4–3	Veale (9–6)	McLish	McBean (12)	9,664	43–39
83	July 15	Phillies	3–0	Friend (8–8)	Bunning	—	11,633	44–39
84	July 16	Phillies	5–7	Mahaffey	Gibbon (6–3)	Baldschun	12,163	44–40
85	July 18	@ Braves	8–2	Veale (10–6)	Spahn	—	17,192	45–40
86	July 19	@ Braves	2–6	Cloninger	Friend (8–9)	—		45–41
87	July 19	@ Braves	4–5	Lemaster	Blass (3–6)	Fischer	23,989	45–42
88	July 21	@ Cardinals	8–4	Gibbon (7–3)	Sadecki	Bork (2)	11,805	46–42
89	July 22	@ Cardinals	13–2	Veale (11–6)	Craig	—	11,089	47–42
90	July 23	@ Cardinals	8–5	Blass (4–6)	Cuellar	Face (3)	7,893	48–42
91	July 24	@ Reds	0–2	O'Toole	Friend (8–10)	—	14,317	48–43
92	July 25	@ Reds	6–3	Law (8–8)	Nuxhall	McBean (13)	6,534	49–43
93	July 26	@ Reds	2–7	Jay	Gibbon (7–4)	Ellis		49–44
94	July 26	@ Reds	5–1	Veale (12–6)	Tsitouris	—	14,814	50–44
95	July 29	Colt .45s	5–2	Friend (9–10)	Farrell	—	8,572	51–44
96	July 30	Colt .45s	1–0	Law (9–8)	Bruce	—		52–44
97	July 30	Colt .45s	8–3	Schwall (3–1)	Owens	McBean (14)	11,314	53–44
98	July 31	Giants	6–8	Shaw	Veale (12–7)	O'Dell	28,076	53–45

August: 13–19 (Home: 9–7; Away: 4–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
99	August 1	Giants	6–1	Gibbon (8–4)	Herbel	—	15,882	54–45
100	August 2	Giants	1–2	Pregenzer	Friend (9–11)	O'Dell	22,402	54–46
101	August 3	Giants	3–2	McBean (4–0)	O'Dell	—	12,465	55–46
102	August 4	Dodgers	1–5	Koufax	Veale (12–8)	Miller		55–47
103	August 4	Dodgers	7–10	Moeller	Schwall (3–2)	Perranoski	25,807	55–48
104	August 5	Dodgers	4–3	McBean (5–0)	Perranoski	—	11,071	56–48
105	August 6	Dodgers	4–1	Friend (10–11)	Miller	—	10,599	57–48
106	August 7	Cubs	3–7	Jackson	Law (9–9)	—		57–49
107	August 7	Cubs	3–4	Broglio	Blass (4–7)	Shantz	13,862	57–50
108	August 8	Cubs	5–2	Veale (13–8)	Burdette	—	6,845	58–50
109	August 9	Cubs	2–0	Schwall (4–2)	Buhl	McBean (15)	11,305	59–50
110	August 11	Mets	2–3 (8)	Fisher	Friend (10–12)	—	8,542	59–51
111	August 12	Mets	5–4	Gibbon (9–4)	Ribant	McBean (16)	6,677	60–51
112	August 14	@ Cubs	3–2	McBean (6–0)	Shantz	—		61–51
113	August 14	@ Cubs	2–4	Burdette	Law (9–10)	—	12,634	61–52
114	August 15	@ Cubs	5–4	McBean (7–0)	McDaniel	—	23,003	62–52
115	August 16	@ Cubs	4–5	Elston	McBean (7–1)	—		62–53
116	August 16	@ Cubs	7–4	Blass (5–7)	Slaughter	Face (4)	22,376	63–53
117	August 17	@ Mets	0–5	Ribant	Veale (13–9)	—	12,350	63–54
118	August 18	@ Mets	3–7	Jackson	Gibbon (9–5)	—	18,905	63–55
119	August 19	@ Mets	2–4	Stallard	Law (9–11)	—	19,192	63–56
120	August 20	@ Phillies	0–2	Mahaffey	Friend (10–13)	—		63–57
121	August 20	@ Phillies	2–3	Wise	Schwall (4–3)	Roebuck	35,814	63–58
122	August 21	@ Phillies	0–2	Short	Veale (13–10)	—	30,170	63–59
123	August 22	@ Phillies	9–4	Bork (2–0)	Bennett	McBean (17)	14,955	64–59
124	August 23	@ Phillies	3–9	Bunning	Gibbon (9–6)	Boozer	19,213	64–60
125	August 24	@ Cardinals	1–5	Gibson	Friend (10–14)	—	10,881	64–61
126	August 25	@ Cardinals	6–7 (13)	Taylor	McBean (7–2)	—	8,664	64–62
127	August 26	@ Cardinals	2–4	Cuellar	Bork (2–1)	—	9,662	64–63
128	August 28	Phillies	4–2	Face (3–3)	Roebuck	—	20,374	65–63
129	August 29	Phillies	8–10	Mahaffey	Friend (10–15)	Baldschun	12,186	65–64
130	August 30	Phillies	10–2	Veale (14–10)	Short	—	14,080	66–64

September: 13–14 (Home: 6–10; Away: 7–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
131	September 1	Dodgers	5–2	Friend (11–15)	Ortega	—	6,648	67–64
132	September 2	Dodgers	5–8 (12)	Miller	Law (9–12)	—	7,109	67–65
133	September 4	Colt .45s	10–2	Veale (15–10)	Bruce	—	6,133	68–65
134	September 5	Colt .45s	4–1	Friend (12–15)	Johnson	—	4,272	69–65
135	September 6	Colt .45s	1–0	Law (10–12)	Nottebart	—	4,886	70–65
136	September 7	Giants	4–6	Perry	Gibbon (9–7)	Duffalo		70–66
137	September 7	Giants	6–9	Pregenzer	Bork (2–2)	Shaw	14,948	70–67
138	September 9	Reds	4–1	Veale (16–10)	Jay	McBean (18)	5,245	71–67
139	September 10	Reds	0–3	Purkey	Friend (12–16)	—	4,993	71–68
140	September 11	@ Colt .45s	3–0	Law (11–12)	Nottebart	—	4,042	72–68
141	September 12	@ Colt .45s	1–2	Larsen	Butters (1–1)	Woodeshick	7,308	72–69
142	September 13	@ Colt .45s	3–0	Cardwell (1–0)	Farrell	—	3,370	73–69
143	September 14	@ Dodgers	7–2	Veale (17–10)	Reed	—	16,625	74–69
144	September 15	@ Dodgers	3–5	Miller	Friend (12–17)	Miller	14,920	74–70
145	September 16	@ Dodgers	7–5	Law (12–12)	Ortega	McBean (19)	15,049	75–70
146	September 18	@ Giants	4–3	Veale (18–10)	Shaw	McBean (20)	9,741	76–70
147	September 19	@ Giants	4–13	Marichal	Friend (12–18)	—	11,012	76–71
148	September 20	@ Giants	3–4 (11)	Duffalo	McBean (7–3)	—	15,548	76–72
149	September 22	Braves	0–2	Lemaster	Veale (18–11)	—	3,680	76–73
150	September 23	Braves	7–4	Gibbon (10–7)	Cloninger	—	2,776	77–73
151	September 24	Cardinals	2–4	Gibson	Wood (0–1)	—		77–74
152	September 24	Cardinals	0–4	Sadecki	Butters (1–2)	—	2,846	77–75
153	September 25	Cardinals	3–5	Richardson	Cardwell (1–1)	Schultz	3,694	77–76
154	September 26	Cardinals	3–6	Simmons	Veale (18–12)	Schultz	4,085	77–77
155	September 27	Cardinals	0–5	Craig	Law (12–13)	Schultz	19,287	77–78
156	September 29	@ Reds	2–0	Friend (13–18)	McCool	—	10,858	78–78
157	September 30	@ Reds	1–0 (16)	McBean (8–3)	Tsitouris	—	8,188	79–78

October: 1–4 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–4)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

June 13, 1964: Al Oliver was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.^[5]
September 6, 1964: Wilbur Wood was purchased by the Pirates from the Boston Red Sox.^[6]
September 12, 1964: Smoky Burgess was selected off waivers from the Pirates by the Chicago White Sox.^[7]

Roster

1964 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

23 Julio Gotay

Manager

40 Danny Murtaugh

Coaches

Statistics

Batting

Regular Season^[8]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Julio Gotay	3	2	1	0.500	0	0
Roberto Clemente	155	622	211	0.339	12	87
Vern Law	36	61	19	0.311	1	3
Jim Pagliaroni	97	302	89	0.295	10	36
Donn Clendenon	133	457	129	0.282	12	64
Bob Bailey	143	530	149	0.281	11	51
Manny Mota	115	271	75	0.277	5	32
Willie Stargell	117	421	115	0.273	21	78
Jerry Lynch	114	297	81	0.273	16	66
Bill Mazeroski	162	601	161	0.268	10	64
Don Schwall	16	19	5	0.263	0	1
Jerry May	11	31	8	0.258	0	3
Joe Gibbon	29	47	12	0.255	0	1
Dick Schofield	121	398	98	0.246	3	36
Smoky Burgess	68	171	42	0.246	2	17
Orlando McFarlane	37	78	19	0.244	0	1
Bill Virdon	145	473	115	0.243	3	27
Gene Freese	99	289	65	0.225	9	40
Gene Alley	81	209	44	0.211	6	13
Frank Bork	33	5	1	0.200	0	2
Tom Butters	28	11	2	0.182	0	3
Bob Veale	41	96	15	0.156	0	2
Dave Wissman	16	27	4	0.148	0	0
Don Cardwell	4	7	1	0.143	0	0
Al McBean	58	12	1	0.083	0	0
Bob Friend	35	71	5	0.070	0	2
Steve Blass	24	30	2	0.067	0	1
Roy Face	55	4	0	0.000	0	0
Earl Francis	2	1	0	0.000	0	0
Rex Johnston	14	7	0	0.000	0	0
Bob Priddy	19	3	0	0.000	0	0
Tommie Sisk	42	8	0	0.000	0	0
Wilbur Wood	3	5	0	0.000	0	0
John Gelnar	7	0	0	—	0	0
Fred Green	8	0	0	—	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[9]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Fred Green	8	71⁄3	0	0	1.23	2
Al McBean	58	892⁄3	8	3	1.91	41
Tom Butters	28	641⁄3	2	2	2.38	58
Bob Veale	40	2792⁄3	18	12	2.74	250
Don Cardwell	4	191⁄3	1	2	2.79	10
Bob Friend	35	2401⁄3	13	18	3.33	128
Vern Law	35	192	12	13	3.61	93
Wilbur Wood	3	171⁄3	0	2	3.63	7
Joe Gibbon	28	1462⁄3	10	7	3.68	97
Bob Priddy	19	341⁄3	1	2	3.93	23
Steve Blass	24	1042⁄3	5	8	4.04	67
Frank Bork	33	42	2	2	4.07	31
Don Schwall	15	492⁄3	4	3	4.35	36
John Gelnar	7	9	0	0	5.00	4
Roy Face	55	792⁄3	3	3	5.20	63
Tommie Sisk	42	611⁄3	1	4	6.16	35
Earl Francis	2	61⁄3	0	1	8.53	6

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Jets	International League	Larry Shepard
AA	Asheville Tourists	Southern League	Ray Hathaway and Bob Clear
A	Reno Silver Sox	California League	Tom Saffell and Harvey Koepf
A	Kinston Eagles	Carolina League	Harding "Pete" Peterson
A	Batavia Pirates	New York–Penn League	Gene Baker
A	Gastonia Pirates	Western Carolinas League	Bob Clear and Ray Hathaway
Rookie	Salem Pirates	Appalachian League	George Detore

Notes

^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
^ Byron Browne at Baseball-Reference
^ Dock Ellis at Baseball-Reference
^ John Lamb at Baseball-Reference
^ Al Oliver at Baseball Reference
^ Wilbur Wood at Baseball Reference
^ Smoky Burgess at Baseball Reference
^ "Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
^ "Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

References

1964 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1964 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
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.

[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] Byron Browne at Baseball-Reference

[3] Dock Ellis at Baseball-Reference

[4] John Lamb at Baseball-Reference

[5] Al Oliver at Baseball Reference

[6] Wilbur Wood at Baseball Reference

[7] Smoky Burgess at Baseball Reference

[8] "Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[9] "Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

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1964 All-Star Game 1964 World Series