1964 Milwaukee Braves season

1964 Milwaukee Braves
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Milwaukee County Stadium (since 1953)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1953)
Results
Record	88–74 (.543)
League place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	William Bartholomay
General manager(s)	John McHale
Manager(s)	Bobby Bragan
Local television	WTMJ-TV (Bill Mazer, Blaine Walsh)
Local radio	WEMP (Merle Harmon, Tom Collins, Blaine Walsh)
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The 1964 Milwaukee Braves season was the team's 12th and penultimate season for the franchise in Milwaukee. The fifth-place Braves finished with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses, five games behind the National League and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

October 10, 1963: Claude Raymond was drafted from the Braves by the Houston Colt .45s in a 1963 special draft.^[1]
December 2, 1963: Lou Jackson was drafted from the Braves by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1963 Rule 5 draft.^[2]
March 22, 1964: Cito Gaston was signed as an amateur free agent by the Braves.^[3]
Prior to 1964 season: Skip Guinn was signed as an amateur free agent by the Braves.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

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 Records Sources:
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	—

Notable transactions

April 9, 1964: Bob Uecker was traded by the Braves to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jimmie Coker and Gary Kolb.^[5]
May 12, 1964: Gus Bell was released by the Braves.^[6]
June 3, 1964: Len Gabrielson was traded by the Braves to the Chicago Cubs for $40,000. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Merritt Ranew to the Braves on June 8.^[7]
August 8, 1964: Dennis Ribant and cash were traded by the Braves to the New York Mets for Frank Lary.^[8]
August 14, 1964: Carl Morton was signed as an amateur free agent by the Braves.^[9]
August 23, 1964: Jimmie Coker was purchased from the Braves by the Cincinnati Reds for $35,000.^[10]

Roster

1964 Milwaukee Braves

Roster

Pitchers

36 Wade Blasingame

38 John Braun

32 Cecil Butler

20 Clay Carroll

40 Tony Cloninger

39 Dave Eilers

34 Hank Fischer

26 Billy Hoeft

22 Dick Kelley

17 Frank Lary

23 Denny Lemaster

35 Phil Niekro

30 Chi-Chi Olivo

37 Bob Sadowski

25 Dan Schneider

45,53 Jack Smith

21 Warren Spahn

18 Bobby Tiefenauer

46 Arnold Umbach

Catchers

9 Ed Bailey

8 Merritt Ranew

19 Phil Roof

15 Joe Torre

Infielders

16 Sandy Alomar

2 Frank Bolling

7 Mike de la Hoz

39 Len Gabrielson

11 Lou Klimchock

41 Eddie Mathews

11 Roy McMillan

19 Denis Menke

12 Gene Oliver

47 Bill Southworth

14 Woody Woodward

Outfielders

44 Hank Aaron

29 Felipe Alou

42 Ethan Blackaby

43 Rico Carty

31 Ty Cline

27 Gary Kolb

24 Lee Maye

Other batters

20 Gus Bell

Manager

10 Bobby Bragan

Coaches

3 Ken Silvestri

6 Dixie Walker

4 Jo-Jo White

5 Whit Wyatt

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Torre, JoeJoe Torre	154	601	193	.321	20	109
1B	Oliver, GeneGene Oliver	93	279	77	.276	13	49
2B	Bolling, FrankFrank Bolling	120	352	70	.199	5	34
3B	Mathews, EddieEddie Mathews	141	502	117	.233	23	74
SS	Menke, DenisDenis Menke	151	505	143	.283	20	65
LF	Carty, RicoRico Carty	133	455	150	.330	22	88
CF	Maye, LeeLee Maye	153	588	179	.304	10	74
RF	Aaron, HankHank Aaron	145	570	187	.328	24	95

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	RBI
Kolb, GaryGary Kolb	36	64	12	.188	2
Alomar, SandySandy Alomar	19	53	13	.245	6
Gabrielson, LenLen Gabrielson	24	38	7	.184	1
Ranew, MerrittMerritt Ranew	9	17	2	.118	0
Bell, GusGus Bell	3	3	0	.000	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Cloninger, TonyTony Cloninger	38	242.2	19	14	3.56	163
Spahn, WarrenWarren Spahn	38	173.2	6	13	5.29	78

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Blasingame, WadeWade Blasingame	28	116.2	9	5	4.24	70
Schneider, DanDan Schneider	13	36.1	1	2	5.45	14
Lary, FrankFrank Lary	5	12.1	1	0	4.38	4

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Olivo, Chi-ChiChi-Chi Olivo	38	2	1	5	3.75	45
Carroll, ClayClay Carroll	11	2	0	1	1.77	17
Eilers, DaveDave Eilers	6	0	0	0	4.70	1
Butler, CecilCecil Butler	2	0	0	0	8.31	2
Braun, JohnJohn Braun	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Toronto Maple Leafs	International League	Sparky Anderson
AAA	Denver Bears	Pacific Coast League	Bill Adair
AA	Austin Senators	Texas League	Buddy Hicks
A	Binghamton Triplets	New York–Penn League	Andy Pafko
A	Yakima Bears	Northwest League	Hub Kittle
A	Greenville Braves	Western Carolinas League	Bill Steinecke and Jimmy Brown
Rookie	SRL Braves	Sarasota Rookie League	Paul Snyder

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Yakima, SRL Braves

Toronto affiliation shared with Washington Senators

Notes

References

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.
1964 Milwaukee Braves season at Baseball Reference

1964 MLB season by team
American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Minnesota New York Washington
National League	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco
1964 All-Star Game 1964 World Series

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