# 1964 Chicago Cubs season

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.
* March 29, 1964: Joey Amalfitano was purchased by the Cubs from the San Francisco Giants.
* Prior to 1964 season: Dick LeMay was traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Lee Gregory.

## 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.

### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 48‍–‍33 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 92 | 70 | .568 | 1 | 46‍–‍35 | 46‍–‍35 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 92 | 70 | .568 | 1 | 47‍–‍34 | 45‍–‍36 |
| San Francisco Giants | 90 | 72 | .556 | 3 | 44‍–‍37 | 46‍–‍35 |
| Milwaukee Braves | 88 | 74 | .543 | 5 | 45‍–‍36 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 82 | .494 | 13 | 42‍–‍39 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 80 | 82 | .494 | 13 | 41‍–‍40 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Chicago Cubs | 76 | 86 | .469 | 17 | 40‍–‍41 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Houston Colt .45s | 66 | 96 | .407 | 27 | 41‍–‍40 | 25‍–‍56 |
| New York Mets | 53 | 109 | .327 | 40 | 33‍–‍48 | 20‍–‍61 |

### Record vs. opponents

1964 National League recordvte 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

* May 28, 1964: Chuck Hartenstein was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.
* 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.
* June 6, 1964: Jim Qualls was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.
* 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.
* June 19, 1964: Don Kessinger was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.

### Roster
## 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 | Dick Bertell | 112 | 353 | 84 | .238 | 4 | 35 |
| 1B | Ernie Banks | 157 | 591 | 156 | .264 | 23 | 95 |
| 2B | Joey Amalfitano | 100 | 324 | 78 | .241 | 4 | 27 |
| 3B | Ron Santo | 161 | 592 | 185 | .313 | 30 | 114 |
| SS | Andre Rodgers | 129 | 448 | 107 | .239 | 12 | 46 |
| LF | Billy Williams | 162 | 645 | 201 | .312 | 33 | 98 |
| CF | Billy Cowan | 139 | 497 | 120 | .241 | 19 | 50 |
| RF | Len Gabrielson | 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
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Jimmy Stewart | 132 | 415 | 105 | .253 | 3 | 33 |
| Lou Brock | 52 | 215 | 54 | .251 | 2 | 14 |
| Doug Clemens | 54 | 140 | 39 | .279 | 2 | 12 |
| Jimmie Schaffer | 54 | 122 | 25 | .205 | 2 | 9 |
| Ellis Burton | 42 | 105 | 20 | .190 | 2 | 7 |
| Leo Burke | 59 | 103 | 27 | .262 | 1 | 14 |
| Ron Campbell | 26 | 92 | 25 | .272 | 1 | 10 |
| Vic Roznovsky | 35 | 76 | 15 | .197 | 0 | 2 |
| Billy Ott | 20 | 39 | 7 | .179 | 0 | 1 |
| Merritt Ranew | 16 | 33 | 3 | .091 | 0 | 1 |
| John Boccabella | 9 | 23 | 9 | .391 | 0 | 6 |
| Don Kessinger | 4 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Landrum | 11 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Popovich | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 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 |
| Larry Jackson | 40 | 297.2 | 24 | 11 | 3.14 | 148 |
| Dick Ellsworth | 37 | 256.2 | 14 | 18 | 3.75 | 148 |
| Bob Buhl | 36 | 227.2 | 15 | 14 | 3.83 | 107 |
| Ernie Broglio | 18 | 100.1 | 4 | 7 | 4.04 | 46 |

#### 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 |
| Lew Burdette | 28 | 131.0 | 9 | 9 | 4.88 | 40 |
| Sterling Slaughter | 20 | 51.2 | 2 | 4 | 5.75 | 32 |
| Fred Norman | 8 | 31.2 | 0 | 4 | 6.54 | 20 |
| Cal Koonce | 6 | 31.0 | 3 | 0 | 2.03 | 17 |
| Glen Hobbie | 8 | 27.1 | 0 | 3 | 7.90 | 14 |
| Paul Toth | 4 | 10.2 | 0 | 2 | 8.44 | 0 |
| 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
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Lindy McDaniel | 63 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 3.88 | 71 |
| Don Elston | 48 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5.30 | 26 |
| Wayne Schurr | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.72 | 29 |
| Bobby Shantz | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.56 | 12 |
| Freddie Burdette | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.15 | 4 |
| Lee Gregory | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.50 | 8 |
| Jack Warner | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.89 | 6 |
| Jack Spring | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 |
| Jake Jaeckel | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
| Dick Scott | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.46 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Salt Lake City Bees | Pacific Coast League | Vedie Himsl |
| AA | Fort Worth Cats | Texas League | Alex Grammas |
| A | St. Cloud Rox | Northern League | Walt Dixon |
| A | Wenatchee Chiefs | Northwest League | Joe Macko |
| Rookie | Treasure Valley Cubs | Pioneer League | George Freese |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Treasure Valley