1964 Philadelphia Phillies season

Philadelphia Phillies
	1964 Philadelphia Phillies;
	Major league affiliations
	National League (Since 1883);
	Location
	Connie Mack Stadium (Since 1938); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Since 1883);
	1964 Information
Owner(s)	Robert R. M. Carpenter, Jr.
General manager(s)	John Quinn
Manager(s)	Gene Mauch
Local television	WFIL
Local radio	WFIL; (By Saam, Bill Campbell, Richie Ashburn)
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The 1964 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 82nd season for the franchise in Philadelphia. After leading the National League during the latter months of the season, the team suffered a drastic collapse during the final two weeks. The Phillies finished in a second-place tie with the Cincinnati Reds, while posting a record of 92–70. Both finished one game behind the NL and World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, and just two games ahead of fourth-place San Francisco. Gene Mauch managed the Phillies, as they played their home games at Connie Mack Stadium.

Offseason

December 5, 1963: Don Demeter and Jack Hamilton were traded by the Phillies to the Detroit Tigers for Jim Bunning and Gus Triandos.¹

Regular season

Perfect game

On Father's Day, Jim Bunning threw a perfect game against the Mets, the first in the National League since 1880. For perhaps the only time in the stadium's history, the Shea faithful found themselves rooting for the visitors, caught up in the rare achievement, and roaring for Bunning on every pitch in the ninth inning.² His strikeout of John Stephenson capped the performance.

The "Phold"

From 1919 through 1947, the Phillies finished last a total of 17 times and next to last seven times. A 1962 cartoon in a baseball magazine depicted a ballplayer arriving at a French Foreign Legion outpost, explaining, "I was released by the Phillies!"

During 1962 and 1963, the Phillies began to climb back to respectability, and throughout the 1964 season, they seemed destined to make it to the World Series, with excellent performances from players such as rookie third baseman Dick Allen, starters Jim Bunning (obtained from the Detroit Tigers at the start of the season to shore up the pitching staff) and Chris Short, and star right fielder Johnny Callison. TV Guide went to press with a World Series preview that featured a photo of Connie Mack Stadium. (Through the 1968 season, both first-place teams automatically went to the World Series, the only postseason play of that time.)

The 1964 Philadelphia Phillies held a six and a half game lead in an exceptionally strong National League with 12 games to play. They then lost ten straight games (the first seven played at home) and fell into a second place tie. The skein started with Chico Ruiz stealing home, with Frank Robinson at bat, for the game's only run. Dick Allen said of the play: "The play broke our humps."³ The crucial series came when the now second-place Phillies traveled to St. Louis to play the Cardinals after their losing home stand. They dropped the first game of the series to Bob Gibson by a 5–1 score, their eighth loss in a row, dropping them to third place. The Cardinals would sweep the three-game set and assume first place for good. The "Phold," as it is known, is one of the most notable collapses in sports history.⁴⁵⁶

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	--	.574
Cincinnati Reds	92	70	1	.568
Philadelphia Phillies	92	70	1	.568
San Francisco Giants	90	72	3	.556
Milwaukee Braves	88	74	5	.543
Los Angeles Dodgers	80	82	13	.494
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	82	13	.494
Chicago Cubs	76	86	17	.469
Houston Colt .45s	66	96	27	.407
New York Mets	53	109	40	.327

Opening Day lineup

Number	Name	Position
8	Tony Taylor	Second base
6	Johnny Callison	Right field
15	Dick Allen	Third base
5	Roy Sievers	First base
25	Tony González	Center field
10	Danny Cater	Left field
11	Clay Dalrymple	Catcher
7	Bobby Wine	Shortstop
23	Dennis Bennett	Pitcher

Notable transactions

April 6, 1964: Darrell Sutherland was selected off waivers from the Phillies by the New York Mets as a first-year waiver pick.⁷
June 19, 1964: Joe Lis was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.⁸
August 7, 1964: Wayne Graham, Gary Kroll, and cash were traded by the Phillies to the New York Mets for Frank Thomas.⁹

Roster

1964 Philadelphia Phillies

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

11 Clay Dalrymple
9 Gus Triandos

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

29 Pat Corrales
12 Don Hoak

Manager

4 Gene Mauch

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Dalrymple, ClayClay Dalrymple	127	382	36	91	.238	6	46	0
1B	Herrnstein, JohnJohn Herrnstein	125	303	38	71	.234	6	25	1
2B	Taylor, TonyTony Taylor	154	570	62	143	.251	4	46	13
3B	Allen, DickDick Allen	162	632	125	201	.318	29	91	3
SS	Wine, BobbyBobby Wine	126	283	28	60	.212	4	34	1
LF	Covington, WesWes Covington	129	339	37	95	.280	13	58	0
CF	González, TonyTony González	131	421	55	117	.278	4	40	0
RF	Callison, JohnnyJohnny Callison	162	654	101	179	.274	31	104	6

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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted In; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Rojas, CookieCookie Rojas	109	340	58	99	.291	2	31	1
Amaro, RubénRubén Amaro	129	299	31	79	.264	4	34	1
Triandos, GusGus Triandos	73	188	17	47	.250	8	33	0
Cater, DannyDanny Cater	60	152	13	45	.294	7	26	0
Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas	39	143	20	42	.294	7	26	0
Sievers, RoyRoy Sievers	49	120	7	22	.183	4	16	0
Power, VicVic Power	18	48	1	10	.208	0	3	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
Bunning, JimJim Bunning	41	284	19	8	2.63	219
Short, ChrisChris Short	42	221	17	9	2.20	181
Bennett, DennisDennis Bennett	41	208	12	14	3.68	125
Mahaffey, ArtArt Mahaffey	34	157	12	9	4.53	80

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
Culp, RayRay Culp	30	135	8	7	4.13	96

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
Baldschun, JackJack Baldschun	71	6	9	21	3.12	96
Boozer, JohnJohn Boozer	22	3	4	2	5.07	51
Duren, RyneRyne Duren	2	0	0	0	6.00	5

Awards and honors

1964 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

In popular culture

The '64 Phillies are immortalized in American pop culture via numerous book chapters, magazine articles, and newspaper columns. At least three full length books are devoted to the '64 Phillies: non-fiction books The 1964 Phillies: The Story of Baseball's Most Memorable Collapse by John P. Rossi and September Swoon: Richie Allen, the '64 Phillies, and Racial Integration by William C. Kashatis; and a novel based on the '64 Phillies collapse titled '64 Intruder, by Gregory T. Glading, which centers on a Phillies fan going back in time and preventing Chico Ruiz from stealing home in the "Phold's" first loss.

Farm system

Notes

^ Gus Triandos page at Baseball Reference
^ White, Gordon S. Jr. (June 22, 1964). "Bunning Pitches a Perfect Game; Mets Are Perfect Victims, 6 to 0". New York Times. p. 1. "The Phils won the contest...before 32,904 fans who were screaming for Bunning during the last two innings...Yesterday's perfect pitching turned the usually loyal Met fans into Bunning fans in the late innings. From the seventh inning on...Bunning had the crowd...behind him."
^ Allen, Dick; Whitaker, Tim (1989). Crash: The Life and Times of Dick Allen. Ticknor & Fields.
^ Concannon, Mark (September 2, 2011). "Green remembers Phillies' collapse all too well". FSWisconsin. FOX Sports Interactive Media, LLC. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
^ "Memorable swoons and surges (2 of 12): 1964 Phillies". FOXSports.com. September 12, 2011 (mis-dated; actually September 30, 2011, the day after Boston Red Sox lost wild card in Game 162). Retrieved September 30, 2011. "In an epic meltdown dubbed "The Phillie Phold" of 1964, Philadelphia saw a 6 1/2-game lead evaporate with 12 games to play."
^ "Memorable swoons and surges (1 of 12): 2011 Boston Red Sox". FOXSports.com. September 12, 2011 (mis-dated; actually September 30, 2011, the day after Boston Red Sox lost wild card in Game 162). Retrieved September 30, 2011. "By season's end, the Red Sox had become the first team ever to blow a nine-game lead in September and fail to make the postseason."
^ Darrell Sutherland page at Baseball Reference
^ Joe Lis page at Baseball Reference
^ Frank Thomas page at Baseball Reference
^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/1964.shtml
^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1964as.shtml
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

1964 Philadelphia Phillies team page at Baseball Reference
1964 Philadelphia Phillies team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Kashatus, William C. (2004). September Swoon: Richie Allen, the '64 Phillies, and Racial Integration. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press.

External links

Leggett, William (March 1, 1965). "The Rise and Fall of the Fabulous Phillies". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
Wulf, Steve (September 25, 1989). "The Year of the Blue Snow". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 4 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2009.

[1] Gus Triandos page at Baseball Reference

[2] White, Gordon S. Jr. (June 22, 1964). "Bunning Pitches a Perfect Game; Mets Are Perfect Victims, 6 to 0". New York Times. p. 1. "The Phils won the contest...before 32,904 fans who were screaming for Bunning during the last two innings...Yesterday's perfect pitching turned the usually loyal Met fans into Bunning fans in the late innings. From the seventh inning on...Bunning had the crowd...behind him."

[3] Allen, Dick; Whitaker, Tim (1989). Crash: The Life and Times of Dick Allen. Ticknor & Fields.

[4] Concannon, Mark (September 2, 2011). "Green remembers Phillies' collapse all too well". FSWisconsin. FOX Sports Interactive Media, LLC. Retrieved September 30, 2011.

[5] "Memorable swoons and surges (2 of 12): 1964 Phillies". FOXSports.com. September 12, 2011 (mis-dated; actually September 30, 2011, the day after Boston Red Sox lost wild card in Game 162). Retrieved September 30, 2011. "In an epic meltdown dubbed "The Phillie Phold" of 1964, Philadelphia saw a 6 1/2-game lead evaporate with 12 games to play."

[6] "Memorable swoons and surges (1 of 12): 2011 Boston Red Sox". FOXSports.com. September 12, 2011 (mis-dated; actually September 30, 2011, the day after Boston Red Sox lost wild card in Game 162). Retrieved September 30, 2011. "By season's end, the Red Sox had become the first team ever to blow a nine-game lead in September and fail to make the postseason."

[7] Darrell Sutherland page at Baseball Reference

[8] Joe Lis page at Baseball Reference

[9] Frank Thomas page at Baseball Reference

[10] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/1964.shtml

[11] ttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1964as.shtml

[12] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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1964 Philadelphia Phillies season

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Perfect game

The "Phold"

Season standings

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and honors

In popular culture

Farm system

Notes

References

External links