{{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}} {{Infobox baseball team season | name = Chicago Cubs | season = 1964 | misc = | image = Chicago Cubs logo.svg | league = National League | ballpark = Wrigley Field | city = Chicago | record = {{winpct|76|86|record=y}} | league_place = 8th | owners = Philip K. Wrigley | general_managers = John Holland | managers = Bob Kennedy | television = WGN-TV<br>(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd) | radio = WGN<br>(Jack Quinlan, Lou Boudreau) |}} The '''1964 Chicago Cubs season''' was the 93rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 89th in the National League and the 49th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished eighth in the National League with a record of 76–86, 17 games behind the NL and World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals.
== Offseason == On February 13, Ken Hubbs, who had been the Cubs starting second baseman in 1963, was killed in a plane crash. He was replaced by Joey Amalfitano, who was acquired from the San Francisco Giants a few weeks later.
=== Notable transactions === * December 2, 1963: Byron Browne was drafted by the Cubs from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1963 first-year draft.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brownby01.shtml Byron Browne page at Baseball Reference]</ref> * March 29, 1964: Joey Amalfitano was purchased by the Cubs from the San Francisco Giants.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/amalfjo01.shtml Joey Amalfitano page at Baseball Reference]</ref> * Prior to 1964 season: Dick LeMay was traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Lee Gregory.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gregole01.shtml Lee Gregory page at Baseball Reference]</ref>
== Regular season == On June 15, the Cubs made one of the most infamous deals in baseball history, remembered today simply as "Brock for Broglio". There were six players involved in all, but the most prominent players involved were pitcher Ernie Broglio, who came to the Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals, and outfielder Lou Brock, who went to the Cardinals from the Cubs. While Broglio was a serviceable starter for the rest of 1964, he would post ERAs over 6 in each of the next two seasons, and was out of baseball altogether by the end of 1967. Brock went on to star for the Cardinals for the next fifteen years, and eventually be elected to the Hall of Fame. It is to this day often held up as an example of a lopsided trade outcome.
The Cubs in 1963 had been a team that had arrived, finishing over .500 for the first time since 1946.
They had a great nucleus with Hubbs, Ron Santo, Billy Williams, Ernie Banks, pitchers Dick Ellsworth and Larry Jackson, and Brock. In 1963, the Cubs finished second in the league in ERA and second in giving up the fewest runs, earned runs, and walks.
With Hubbs on the team in 1964, it is highly unlikely the Cubs would have pushed the panic button and traded Brock. With Brock batting first, Hubbs second, followed by Williams, Santo, and Banks in 1964, the Cubs would have fielded a strong lineup, as they had in 1963.
That 1964 lineup featured three future Hall of Famers even without Hubbs and Brock. Left fielder Williams batted .312 that year with 33 homers and 98 RBI, and garnered some MVP votes. Third baseman Santo batted cleanup, with a .313 average, a major league leading 13 triples, a National League high 86 walks, and a league leading .398 on-base percentage. First baseman Banks was fifth in the lineup. He batted only .264 that year, but had 23 homers and 95 RBI.
With the cloud of Hubbs' untimely passing hanging over their heads, however, the Cubs finished ten games under .500.
=== Season standings === {{1964 National League standings|highlight=Chicago Cubs}}
=== Record vs. opponents === {{1964 NL Record vs. opponents|team=CHC}}
=== Notable transactions === * May 28, 1964: Chuck Hartenstein was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hartech01.shtml Chuck Hartenstein page at Baseball-Reference]</ref> * June 3, 1964: The Cubs traded $40,000 to the Milwaukee Braves for Len Gabrielson. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Merritt Ranew to the Braves on June 8.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gabrile02.shtml Len Gabrielson page at Baseball-Reference]</ref> * June 6, 1964: Jim Qualls was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/q/quallji01.shtml Jim Qualls page at Baseball-Reference]</ref> * June 15, 1964: Lou Brock, Jack Spring, and Paul Toth were traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ernie Broglio, Doug Clemens and Bobby Shantz.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brogler01.shtml Ernie Broglio page at Baseball Reference]</ref> * June 19, 1964: Don Kessinger was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kessido01.shtml Don Kessinger page at Baseball Reference]</ref>
=== Roster === {| class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! colspan="10" style="background-color: #0e3386; color: white; text-align: center;" | 1964 Chicago Cubs |- | colspan="10" style="background-color: #EE1422; color: white; text-align: center;" | '''Roster''' |- | valign="top" | '''Pitchers''' {{MLBplayer|32|Ernie Broglio}} {{MLBplayer|31|Bob Buhl}} {{MLBplayer|42|Freddie Burdette}} {{MLBplayer|33|Lew Burdette}} {{MLBplayer|37|Dick Ellsworth}} {{MLBplayer|36|Don Elston}} {{MLBplayer|38|John Flavin}} {{MLBplayer|28|Lee Gregory}} {{MLBplayer|40|Glen Hobbie}} {{MLBplayer|46|Larry Jackson}} {{MLBplayer|39|Jake Jaeckel}} {{MLBplayer|34|Cal Koonce}} {{MLBplayer|43|Lindy McDaniel}} {{MLBplayer|45|Fred Norman}} {{MLBplayer|30|Wayne Schurr}} {{MLBplayer|38|Dick Scott}} {{MLBplayer|45|Bobby Shantz}} {{MLBplayer|41|Sterling Slaughter}} {{MLBplayer|33|Jack Spring}} {{MLBplayer|39|Paul Toth}} {{MLBplayer|34,40|Jack Warner}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | '''Catchers''' {{MLBplayer| 6|Dick Bertell}} {{MLBplayer| 7|Merritt Ranew}} {{MLBplayer| 8|Vic Roznovsky}} {{MLBplayer| 5|Jimmie Schaffer}} '''Infielders''' {{MLBplayer|17|Joey Amalfitano}} {{MLBplayer|14|Ernie Banks}} {{MLBplayer|22|John Boccabella}} {{MLBplayer| 7|Ron Campbell}} {{MLBplayer|11|Don Kessinger}} {{MLBplayer|18|Andre Rodgers}} {{MLBplayer|10|Ron Santo}} {{MLBplayer|19|Jimmy Stewart}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | '''Outfielders''' {{MLBplayer|24|Lou Brock}} {{MLBplayer|15|Leo Burke}} {{MLBplayer|21|Ellis Burton}} {{MLBplayer|27|Doug Clemens}} {{MLBplayer|20|Billy Cowan}} {{MLBplayer|12|Len Gabrielson}} {{MLBplayer|27|Don Landrum}} {{MLBplayer|20,28|Billy Ott}} {{MLBplayer|26|Billy Williams}} '''Other batters''' {{MLBplayer|11|Paul Popovich}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | '''Head coach''' {{MLBplayer|61|Bob Kennedy}} '''Coaches''' College of Coaches |- |}
== 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'' {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI |- align="center" | C || {{sortname|Dick|Bertell}} || 112 || 353 || 84 || .238 || 4 || 35 |- align="center" | 1B || {{sortname|Ernie|Banks}} || 157 || 591 || 156 || .264 || 23 || 95 |- align="center" | 2B || {{sortname|Joey|Amalfitano}} || 100 || 324 || 78 || .241 || 4 || 27 |- align="center" | 3B || {{sortname|Ron|Santo}} || 161 || style="background:#fc0;|592 || 185 || style="background:#fc0;|.313 || 30 || style="background:#fc0;|114 |- align="center" | SS || {{sortname|Andre|Rodgers}} || 129 || 448 || 107 || .239 || 12 || 46 |- align="center" | LF || {{sortname|Billy|Williams|Billy Williams (left fielder)}} || style="background:#fc0;|162 || 645 || style="background:#fc0;|201 || .312 ||style="background:#fc0;| 33 || 98 |- align="center" | CF || {{sortname|Billy|Cowan}} || 139 || 497 || 120 || .241 || 19 || 50 |- align="center" | RF || {{sortname|Len|Gabrielson|Len Gabrielson (outfielder)}} || 89 || 272 || 67 || .246 || 5 || 23 |}
==== Other batters ==== ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in'' {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI |- align="center" | Jimmy Stewart || 132 || 415 || 105 || .253 || 3 || 33 |- align="center" | {{sortname|Lou|Brock}} || 52 || 215 || 54 || .251 || 2 || 14 |- align="center" | Doug Clemens || 54 || 140 || 39 || .279 || 2 || 12 |- align="center" | Jimmie Schaffer || 54 || 122 || 25 || .205 || 2 || 9 |- align="center" | Ellis Burton || 42 || 105 || 20 || .190 || 2 || 7 |- align="center" | Leo Burke || 59 || 103 || 27 || .262 || 1 || 14 |- align="center" | Ron Campbell || 26 || 92 || 25 || .272 || 1 || 10 |- align="center" | Vic Roznovsky || 35 || 76 || 15 || .197 || 0 || 2 |- align="center" | Billy Ott || 20 || 39 || 7 || .179 || 0 || 1 |- align="center" | {{sortname|Merritt|Ranew}} || 16 || 33 || 3 || .091 || 0 || 1 |- align="center" | John Boccabella || 9 || 23 || 9 || .391 || 0 || 6 |- align="center" | Don Kessinger || 4 || 12 || 2 || .167 || 0 || 0 |- align="center" | Don Landrum || 11 || 11 || 0 || .000 || 0 || 0 |- align="center" | Paul Popovich || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1.000 || 0 || 0 |}
=== Pitching === {| |- | style="background:#DDFFDD; border:1px solid #aaa; width:2em;"| | = Indicates league leader |}
==== Starting pitchers ==== ''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts'' {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO |- align="center" | Larry Jackson || 40 || style="background:#fc0;|297.2 || style="background:#DDFFDD;|24 || 11 || style="background:#fc0;|3.14 || style="background:#fc0;|148 |- align="center" | Dick Ellsworth || 37 || 256.2 || 14 || style="background:#fc0;|18 || 3.75 ||style="background:#fc0;| 148 |- align="center" | {{sortname|Bob|Buhl}} || 36 || 227.2 || 15 || 14 || 3.83 || 107 |- align="center" | {{sortname|Ernie|Broglio}} || 18 || 100.1 || 4 || 7 || 4.04 || 46 |- align="center" |}
==== Other pitchers ==== ''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts'' {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO |- align="center" | Lew Burdette || 28 || 131.0 || 9 || 9 || 4.88 || 40 |- align="center" | Sterling Slaughter || 20 || 51.2 || 2 || 4 || 5.75 || 32 |- align="center" | Fred Norman || 8 || 31.2 || 0 || 4 || 6.54 || 20 |- align="center" | Cal Koonce || 6 || 31.0 || 3 || 0 || 2.03 || 17 |- align="center" | Glen Hobbie || 8 || 27.1 || 0 || 3 || 7.90 || 14 |- align="center" | Paul Toth || 4 || 10.2 || 0 || 2 || 8.44 || 0 |- align="center" | John Flavin || 5 || 4.2 || 0 || 1 || 13.50 || 5 |}
==== Relief pitchers ==== ''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts'' {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO |- align="center" | Lindy McDaniel || style="background:#fc0;|63 || 1 || 7 || style="background:#fc0;|16 || 3.88 || 71 |- align="center" | Don Elston || 48 || 2 || 5 || 1 || 5.30 || 26 |- align="center" | Wayne Schurr || 26 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3.72 || 29 |- align="center" | Bobby Shantz || 20 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 5.56 || 12 |- align="center" | Freddie Burdette || 18 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3.15 || 4 |- align="center" | Lee Gregory || 11 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3.50 || 8 |- align="center" | Jack Warner || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2.89 || 6 |- align="center" | Jack Spring || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6.00 || 1 |- align="center" | Jake Jaeckel || 4 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0.00 || 2 |- align="center" | Dick Scott || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 12.46 || 1 |}
==Awards and honors== * Ron Santo, Gold Glove Award
'''All-Star Game'''
* Billy Williams, Outfield, Starter * Dick Ellsworth, Pitcher, Reserve * Ron Santo, Third Base, Reserve
== Farm system == {{See also|Minor League Baseball}}
{{MLB Farm System|level16=AAA|team16=Salt Lake City Bees|league16=Pacific Coast League|manager16=Vedie Himsl |level17=AA |team17=Fort Worth Cats|league17=Texas League|manager17=Alex Grammas |level18=A |team18=St. Cloud Rox|league18=Northern League|manager18=Walt Dixon |level19=A |team19=Wenatchee Chiefs|league19=Northwest League|manager19=Joe Macko |level20=Rookie|team20=Treasure Valley Cubs|league20=Pioneer League|manager20=George Freese }} <small>LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Treasure Valley</small>
== Notes == {{Reflist|2}}
== References == *{{Cite book| editor1-last=Johnson| editor1-first=Lloyd| editor2-last=Wolff| editor2-first=Miles| title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball| edition=2nd| location=Durham, North Carolina| publisher=Baseball America| year=1997| isbn=978-0-9637189-8-3}} *[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/1964.shtml 1964 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference]
{{1964 MLB season by team}} {{Chicago Cubs}}
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