1964 Aberdeen Pheasants Statistics
Team Record: 80-37
Finished 1st in the NL
Manager: Cal Ripken (80-37)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Aberdeen, South Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Baseball Park
Attendance: 46,397, Avg. 793
The Aberdeen Pheasants of the Northern League ended the 1964 season with a record of 80 wins and 37 losses, finishing first in the NL.
The Pheasants paced the league with 612 runs, spearheaded by 88 home runs. Aberdeen allowed 401 runs, least in the league. Mike Fiore led the team with 23 home runs, while Johnny Scruggs and Nielsen Cochran walloped 15 or more also. Johnny Scruggs accounted for 91 RBI. Nielsen Cochran topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .304 clip. Dave Leonhard paced the squad with 16 wins, plus Tom Fisher, too added 15 or more wins, too Eddie Watt recorded a 1.77 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Lou Piniella, Jim Palmer, Dave Leonhard, Mike Davison, Eddie Watt, Tom Fisher, Mark Belanger and Mike Fiore were all players from the 1964 Aberdeen Pheasants who played in the Majors during their careers.
Cal Ripken served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Leonhard | 16 | 4 | .800 | 2.83 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 181.0 | 135 | 64 | 57 | 12 | 75 | 1 | 143 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Tom Fisher | 15 | 6 | .714 | 3.18 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 184.0 | 161 | 80 | 65 | 15 | 75 | 0 | 113 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Eddie Watt | 14 | 1 | .933 | 1.77 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 137.0 | 92 | 32 | 27 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 105 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Jim Palmer | 11 | 3 | .786 | 2.51 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 129.0 | 75 | 42 | 36 | 4 | 130 | 1 | 107 | 5 | 0 | 23 | |||
| Mike Davison | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.19 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 141.0 | 135 | 61 | 50 | 15 | 49 | 1 | 112 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| David Pickle | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.85 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 89.0 | 85 | 48 | 48 | 12 | 49 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Bob Petri | 4 | 7 | .364 | 2.93 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 89.0 | 59 | 39 | 29 | 5 | 40 | 4 | 67 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Richard Noe | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.84 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 38.0 | 33 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Stephens | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.95 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 35 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Alvin Cooper | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Norman Skikas | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 80 | 37 | .684 | 2.99 | 195 | 118 | 0 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 1037.0 | 816 | 401 | 345 | 76 | 514 | 13 | 746 | 27 | 2 | 65 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Scruggs | 118 | 520 | 457 | 86 | 129 | 24 | 6 | 22 | 91 | 33 | 11 | 56 | 108 | .282 | .362 | .505 | .868 | 231 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Nielsen Cochran | 112 | 472 | 404 | 67 | 123 | 21 | 3 | 18 | 79 | 13 | 6 | 59 | 54 | .304 | .391 | .505 | .896 | 204 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Mike Fiore | 117 | 522 | 392 | 88 | 111 | 14 | 2 | 23 | 73 | 19 | 4 | 116 | 61 | .283 | .446 | .505 | .951 | 198 | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Robert Litchfield | 114 | 536 | 438 | 73 | 105 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 21 | 10 | 86 | 58 | .240 | .370 | .295 | .665 | 129 | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Mark Belanger | 117 | 561 | 465 | 79 | 105 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 91 | 86 | .226 | .357 | .323 | .680 | 150 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Farson | 108 | 416 | 365 | 46 | 100 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 46 | .274 | .352 | .414 | .766 | 151 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Richard Jones | 75 | 281 | 246 | 40 | 70 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 29 | .285 | .362 | .366 | .728 | 90 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Alvin Cooper | 81 | 296 | 256 | 39 | 70 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 31 | .273 | .362 | .379 | .741 | 97 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Rex Peters | 60 | 250 | 212 | 36 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 12 | .274 | .360 | .368 | .728 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lou Piniella | 20 | 81 | 74 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | .270 | .321 | .459 | .780 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Daniel Baier | 21 | 67 | 62 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .290 | .308 | .290 | .598 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Alfred Weaver | 18 | 65 | 56 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 20 | .250 | .354 | .375 | .729 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Watt | 20 | 63 | 54 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .241 | .276 | .333 | .609 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Tom Fisher | 23 | 78 | 67 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | .194 | .250 | .224 | .474 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Jim Palmer | 20 | 55 | 45 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .267 | .365 | .489 | .854 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bill Morton | 21 | 57 | 53 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .189 | .246 | .302 | .548 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Davison | 22 | 60 | 52 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .173 | .259 | .231 | .489 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dave Leonhard | 26 | 77 | 62 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .129 | .206 | .129 | .335 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Robert Lewandowski | 18 | 42 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .206 | .317 | .235 | .552 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| David Pickle | 28 | 32 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .194 | .194 | .226 | .419 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Noe | 5 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Petri | 28 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .048 | .167 | .048 | .214 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cal Ripken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norman Skikas | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Stephens | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1202 | 4586 | 3867 | 614 | 1003 | 176 | 33 | 88 | 536 | 123 | 52 | 603 | 646 | .259 | .361 | .390 | .751 | 1509 | 0 | 30 | 52 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Fiore | 1B | 116 | 1049 | 65 | 8 | 108 | .993 | 9.603 | ||||
| Robert Litchfield | 2B | 110 | 265 | 284 | 9 | 75 | .984 | 4.991 | ||||
| Nielsen Cochran | 3B | 112 | 91 | 231 | 25 | 29 | .928 | 2.875 | ||||
| George Farson | C | 106 | 728 | 51 | 4 | 9 | .995 | 7.349 | 8 | |||
| Bill Morton | C | 16 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.062 | 1 | |||
| Johnny Scruggs | OF | 118 | 256 | 16 | 5 | 3 | .982 | 2.305 | ||||
| Alvin Cooper | OF | 75 | 126 | 4 | 13 | 2 | .909 | 1.733 | ||||
| Richard Jones | OF | 66 | 96 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .952 | 1.515 | ||||
| Rex Peters | OF | 56 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 1.089 | ||||
| Lou Piniella | OF | 20 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.900 | ||||
| Alfred Weaver | OF | 17 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.176 | ||||
| David Pickle | P | 28 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Bob Petri | P | 28 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| John Stephens | P | 26 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .462 | ||||
| Dave Leonhard | P | 25 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 1.120 | ||||
| Tom Fisher | P | 23 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.261 | ||||
| Mike Davison | P | 21 | 9 | 30 | 5 | 5 | .886 | 1.857 | ||||
| Jim Palmer | P | 19 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .789 | ||||
| Eddie Watt | P | 17 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.471 | ||||
| Richard Noe | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Norman Skikas | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Belanger | SS | 117 | 186 | 335 | 23 | 76 | .958 | 4.453 | ||||
| Totals | 1123 | 3036 | 1157 | 101 | 322 | .976 | 3.734 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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