1964 Decatur Commodores Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 61-63
Finished 6th in the MWL
Manager: Richard Klaus (61-63)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 83,043, Avg. 1,339
1964 Decatur Commodores RosterTeam Record: 61-63
Finished 6th in the MWL
Manager: Richard Klaus (61-63)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 83,043, Avg. 1,339
The Decatur Commodores of the Midwest League ended the 1964 season with a record of 61 wins and 63 losses, finishing sixth in the MWL.
The Commodores scored 633 runs and allowed 650 runs. Clarence Stanley led Decatur with 15 home runs and accounted for 93 RBI. Frank Ferro paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .278 clip. Louis Moore topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.51 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Bruce Von Hoff and Néstor Chávez both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Richard Klaus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Moore | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.51 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 177.0 | 158 | 90 | 69 | 12 | 72 | 3 | 175 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Joseph McKirahan | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.55 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 170.0 | 98 | 93 | 67 | 8 | 175 | 4 | 208 | 12 | 3 | 27 | |||
| Ernest Quimby | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.19 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 96.0 | 87 | 42 | 34 | 5 | 34 | 2 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Thomas Abbott | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.97 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 116.0 | 123 | 76 | 64 | 8 | 71 | 7 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 20 | |||
| Néstor Chávez | 6 | 4 | .600 | 5.27 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 99.0 | 110 | 72 | 58 | 13 | 36 | 4 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Rich Sparks | 5 | 12 | .294 | 4.47 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 133.0 | 113 | 82 | 66 | 6 | 74 | 1 | 124 | 6 | 0 | 12 | |||
| James Brown | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5.97 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 89.0 | 61 | 81 | 59 | 3 | 94 | 0 | 122 | 4 | 1 | 14 | |||
| Gary Wallman | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Andrew Erickson | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.00 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 51.0 | 41 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| James Baten | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bruce Von Hoff | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.08 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Saskewitch | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.50 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 64 | 48 | 34 | 5 | 52 | 2 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Clarence Stanley | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sammy Harrison | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ronald Venable | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bill Dixon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 61 | 63 | .492 | 4.25 | 230 | 124 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 1066.0 | 926 | 650 | 503 | 66 | 680 | 27 | 1067 | 38 | 8 | 106 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Stanley | 118 | 509 | 448 | 66 | 119 | 22 | 4 | 15 | 93 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 145 | .266 | .342 | .433 | .775 | 194 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Marshall | 119 | 523 | 467 | 66 | 111 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 62 | 18 | 6 | 36 | 97 | .238 | .297 | .313 | .609 | 146 | 6 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Frank Ferro | 112 | 483 | 389 | 83 | 108 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 12 | 6 | 79 | 40 | .278 | .405 | .442 | .848 | 172 | 8 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Joseph Magliarditi | 94 | 396 | 330 | 56 | 96 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 52 | .291 | .388 | .400 | .788 | 132 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Jerry Ballard | 68 | 307 | 288 | 43 | 85 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 33 | .295 | .331 | .316 | .647 | 91 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Mike Santos | 95 | 410 | 336 | 60 | 82 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 63 | 53 | .244 | .371 | .327 | .698 | 110 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Goldie Francis | 92 | 314 | 270 | 38 | 63 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 63 | .233 | .328 | .337 | .665 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Richard Kruger | 75 | 284 | 244 | 26 | 55 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 64 | .225 | .319 | .311 | .631 | 76 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Jackie Disher | 69 | 289 | 251 | 40 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 74 | .219 | .312 | .307 | .619 | 77 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Henry Hill | 45 | 186 | 157 | 30 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 22 | .268 | .368 | .408 | .775 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bill Dixon | 70 | 221 | 186 | 33 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 57 | .220 | .335 | .274 | .609 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Burnard Crawford | 40 | 154 | 132 | 23 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 31 | .273 | .366 | .394 | .760 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Richard Davey | 57 | 195 | 169 | 23 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 70 | .172 | .275 | .231 | .505 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Abbott | 28 | 59 | 57 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .333 | .345 | .474 | .819 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Ramie | 26 | 86 | 72 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16 | .236 | .345 | .319 | .665 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Louis Moore | 29 | 75 | 69 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .188 | .186 | .290 | .476 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Néstor Chávez | 35 | 41 | 36 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .278 | .316 | .361 | .677 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Joseph McKirahan | 28 | 68 | 57 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22 | .158 | .250 | .193 | .443 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ernest Quimby | 30 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .133 | .235 | .133 | .369 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Sparks | 20 | 52 | 48 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .083 | .120 | .083 | .203 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Egan | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .500 | .714 | .500 | 1.214 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Von Hoff | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .750 | 1.250 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andrew Erickson | 8 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | .182 | .550 | .273 | .823 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Brown | 20 | 32 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .077 | .111 | .077 | .188 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Gary Wallman | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Saskewitch | 33 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .056 | .190 | .056 | .246 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Baten | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Venable | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Lozada | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sammy Harrison | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1335 | 4786 | 4113 | 633 | 1008 | 165 | 34 | 56 | 538 | 73 | 31 | 531 | 957 | .245 | .336 | .343 | .678 | 1409 | 0 | 51 | 51 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Kruger | 1B | 69 | 518 | 20 | 8 | 45 | .985 | 7.797 | ||||
| Clarence Stanley | 1B | 48 | 369 | 25 | 5 | 33 | .987 | 8.208 | ||||
| Bill Dixon | 1B | 15 | 95 | 12 | 1 | 10 | .991 | 7.133 | ||||
| Frank Ferro | 2B | 61 | 119 | 134 | 16 | 35 | .941 | 4.148 | ||||
| Joseph Magliarditi | 2B | 34 | 56 | 90 | 7 | 14 | .954 | 4.294 | ||||
| Jerry Ballard | 2B | 31 | 64 | 81 | 12 | 19 | .924 | 4.677 | ||||
| Frank Ferro | 3B | 52 | 38 | 81 | 17 | 11 | .875 | 2.288 | ||||
| Bob Marshall | 3B | 32 | 28 | 50 | 5 | 7 | .940 | 2.438 | ||||
| Burnard Crawford | 3B | 21 | 15 | 37 | 5 | 5 | .912 | 2.476 | ||||
| Joseph Magliarditi | 3B | 18 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 1 | .829 | 1.611 | ||||
| Goldie Francis | C | 73 | 646 | 42 | 17 | 2 | .976 | 9.425 | 47 | |||
| Richard Davey | C | 40 | 315 | 21 | 8 | 1 | .977 | 8.400 | 25 | |||
| Burnard Crawford | C | 14 | 112 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .984 | 8.714 | 11 | |||
| Mike Santos | OF | 91 | 161 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .939 | 1.857 | ||||
| Clarence Stanley | OF | 71 | 100 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .945 | 1.465 | ||||
| Jackie Disher | OF | 60 | 128 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .964 | 2.217 | ||||
| Henry Hill | OF | 43 | 48 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .833 | 1.163 | ||||
| Bill Dixon | OF | 43 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .946 | 1.233 | ||||
| Joseph Magliarditi | OF | 35 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .958 | 1.314 | ||||
| Ronald Ramie | OF | 25 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .950 | 1.520 | ||||
| Richard Davey | OF | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| James Saskewitch | P | 30 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .800 | .400 | ||||
| Ernest Quimby | P | 30 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| Néstor Chávez | P | 28 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Joseph McKirahan | P | 27 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 1 | .840 | .778 | ||||
| Louis Moore | P | 26 | 14 | 31 | 4 | 3 | .918 | 1.731 | ||||
| Rich Sparks | P | 20 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 0 | .792 | .950 | ||||
| James Brown | P | 20 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .765 | .650 | ||||
| Thomas Abbott | P | 18 | 6 | 36 | 3 | 2 | .933 | 2.333 | ||||
| Gary Wallman | P | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| Andrew Erickson | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bruce Von Hoff | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Venable | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Clarence Stanley | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sammy Harrison | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Dixon | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Baten | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Marshall | SS | 87 | 134 | 258 | 36 | 44 | .916 | 4.506 | ||||
| Jerry Ballard | SS | 38 | 40 | 81 | 17 | 19 | .877 | 3.184 | ||||
| Totals | 1241 | 3175 | 1153 | 226 | 265 | .950 | 3.488 | 83 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
