1964 Atlanta Crackers Statistics
Team Record: 55-93
Finished 8th in the IL
Manager: Jack McKeon (0-0), Pete Appleton (0-0)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Ballpark: Ponce de Leon Park II
Attendance: 68,537, Avg. 926
The Atlanta Crackers of the International League ended the 1964 season with a record of 55 wins and 93 losses, finishing eighth in the IL.
The Crackers scored 484 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 672 runs, most in the circuit. Sandy Valdespino led Atlanta with 16 home runs, and Ed Olivares walloped 15 or more, too. Sandy Valdespino accounted for 73 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .337. Jim Merritt paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.74 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
George Kopacz, Joe Nossek, Ed Olivares, Pete Cimino, Joe Bonikowski, George Banks, Ray Jablonski, Mel Nelson, Randy Hundley, Fred Lasher, Jay Ward, Gordon Seyfried, Sandy Valdespino, Jerry Fosnow, Jim Snyder, Marty Martínez, Ted Sadowski, Taylor Phillips, Chuck Nieson, Bud Bloomfield, Dwight Siebler, Don Williams, Jim Donohue, Bill Dailey, Jim Merritt, Johnny Schaive and Bobo Osborne were all players from the 1964 Atlanta Crackers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Jack McKeon and Pete Appleton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Merritt | 13 | 17 | .433 | 2.74 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 200.0 | 186 | 76 | 61 | 13 | 61 | 3 | 174 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Mel Nelson | 9 | 12 | .429 | 2.96 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 158.0 | 131 | 63 | 52 | 10 | 50 | 2 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Dwight Siebler | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.10 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 156.0 | 141 | 82 | 71 | 25 | 53 | 5 | 115 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Don Williams | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.50 | 57 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 131.0 | 119 | 69 | 51 | 14 | 65 | 7 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Jerry Fosnow | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.23 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 53.0 | 33 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Gordon Seyfried | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.14 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 63.0 | 71 | 42 | 36 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Chuck Nieson | 4 | 17 | .190 | 4.00 | 36 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 171.0 | 169 | 92 | 76 | 15 | 60 | 6 | 85 | 7 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Pete Cimino | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.50 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 120.0 | 105 | 71 | 60 | 22 | 67 | 2 | 90 | 9 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Jim Rantz | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.62 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 80 | 42 | 38 | 8 | 34 | 4 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Taylor Phillips | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.25 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 49 | 35 | 29 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ted Sadowski | 1 | 4 | .200 | 9.45 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 32 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Dailey | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Fred Lasher | 0 | 0 | 14.14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Bonikowski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.71 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marv Mecklenburg | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.57 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jim Donohue | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.59 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 44 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 55 | 94 | .369 | 4.07 | 366 | 149 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 1255.0 | 1202 | 672 | 568 | 144 | 500 | 36 | 822 | 42 | 6 | 59 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Valdespino | 147 | 604 | 531 | 74 | 179 | 27 | 8 | 16 | 73 | 16 | 9 | 56 | 49 | .337 | .401 | .508 | .909 | 270 | 4 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Joe Nossek | 113 | 459 | 424 | 47 | 101 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 49 | .238 | .286 | .330 | .616 | 140 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Marty Martínez | 128 | 451 | 409 | 28 | 82 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 74 | .200 | .252 | .249 | .501 | 102 | 1 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Randy Hundley | 113 | 402 | 374 | 40 | 81 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 92 | .217 | .269 | .353 | .622 | 132 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Snyder | 82 | 327 | 277 | 37 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 30 | .264 | .354 | .292 | .646 | 81 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Ed Olivares | 110 | 371 | 324 | 35 | 73 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 60 | .225 | .314 | .395 | .709 | 128 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Chuck Weatherspoon | 106 | 299 | 260 | 27 | 64 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 73 | .246 | .334 | .412 | .746 | 107 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ray Looney | 70 | 249 | 216 | 29 | 54 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 42 | .250 | .347 | .454 | .800 | 98 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bud Bloomfield | 61 | 236 | 221 | 19 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 35 | .217 | .261 | .253 | .514 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ray Bellino | 93 | 244 | 219 | 13 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 46 | .196 | .259 | .228 | .488 | 50 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Ray Jablonski | 87 | 246 | 208 | 19 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 40 | .192 | .305 | .298 | .603 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| George Banks | 34 | 142 | 121 | 16 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 30 | .215 | .324 | .438 | .762 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Merritt | 41 | 78 | 69 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 32 | .188 | .263 | .217 | .481 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Charles Boone | 18 | 59 | 59 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .203 | .203 | .254 | .458 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dwight Siebler | 29 | 55 | 47 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .170 | .235 | .170 | .406 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Schaive | 17 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .280 | .379 | .400 | .779 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luke Vasser | 18 | 50 | 42 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | .167 | .300 | .310 | .610 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Ward | 15 | 64 | 48 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | .146 | .349 | .250 | .599 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mel Nelson | 32 | 56 | 53 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .132 | .164 | .151 | .315 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Seyfried | 11 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .217 | .250 | .391 | .641 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Nieson | 37 | 58 | 52 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .096 | .145 | .096 | .242 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Don Williams | 57 | 31 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .074 | .194 | .074 | .268 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Cimino | 39 | 33 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .067 | .152 | .167 | .318 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Fosnow | 21 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Donohue | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Lasher | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marv Mecklenburg | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Taylor Phillips | 24 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Rantz | 47 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Sadowski | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1587 | 4616 | 4105 | 414 | 940 | 133 | 18 | 91 | 389 | 38 | 34 | 410 | 801 | .229 | .301 | .337 | .638 | 1382 | 0 | 26 | 50 | 25 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Looney | 1B | 60 | 460 | 37 | 9 | 43 | .982 | 8.283 | ||||
| Ray Jablonski | 1B | 32 | 243 | 12 | 7 | 21 | .973 | 7.969 | ||||
| Tony Washington | 1B | 23 | 160 | 16 | 4 | 14 | .978 | 7.652 | ||||
| Chuck Weatherspoon | 1B | 10 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Jim Snyder | 2B | 80 | 178 | 205 | 7 | 48 | .982 | 4.788 | ||||
| Marty Martínez | 2B | 48 | 111 | 120 | 9 | 30 | .962 | 4.812 | ||||
| Ray Bellino | 2B | 22 | 41 | 49 | 4 | 13 | .957 | 4.091 | ||||
| Ed Olivares | 3B | 45 | 31 | 61 | 11 | 4 | .893 | 2.044 | ||||
| Ray Bellino | 3B | 32 | 19 | 52 | 4 | 4 | .947 | 2.219 | ||||
| George Banks | 3B | 30 | 13 | 42 | 8 | 7 | .873 | 1.833 | ||||
| Ray Jablonski | 3B | 28 | 23 | 26 | 6 | 7 | .891 | 1.750 | ||||
| Jay Ward | 3B | 15 | 11 | 41 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 3.467 | ||||
| Bud Bloomfield | 3B | 10 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 2.300 | ||||
| Randy Hundley | C | 105 | 619 | 50 | 14 | 11 | .980 | 6.371 | 6 | |||
| Chuck Weatherspoon | C | 36 | 199 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .982 | 6.083 | 6 | |||
| Charles Boone | C | 15 | 86 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .970 | 6.467 | 4 | |||
| Sandy Valdespino | OF | 145 | 279 | 16 | 5 | 0 | .983 | 2.034 | ||||
| Joe Nossek | OF | 104 | 299 | 13 | 11 | 4 | .966 | 3.000 | ||||
| Tony Washington | OF | 88 | 145 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .967 | 1.682 | ||||
| Ed Olivares | OF | 50 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 1.180 | ||||
| Chuck Weatherspoon | OF | 33 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 1.121 | ||||
| Bobo Osborne | OF | 30 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .967 | 1.933 | ||||
| Don Williams | P | 57 | 9 | 25 | 4 | 1 | .895 | .596 | ||||
| Jim Rantz | P | 47 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .362 | ||||
| Pete Cimino | P | 39 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .840 | .538 | ||||
| Chuck Nieson | P | 36 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .972 | .972 | ||||
| Jim Merritt | P | 36 | 8 | 31 | 3 | 3 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| Dwight Siebler | P | 29 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .897 | ||||
| Taylor Phillips | P | 24 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .375 | ||||
| Mel Nelson | P | 24 | 8 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.625 | ||||
| Jerry Fosnow | P | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .667 | .190 | ||||
| Jim Donohue | P | 17 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .412 | ||||
| Gordon Seyfried | P | 11 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Marv Mecklenburg | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ted Sadowski | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fred Lasher | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Bonikowski | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Dailey | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marty Martínez | SS | 79 | 130 | 216 | 18 | 33 | .951 | 4.380 | ||||
| Bud Bloomfield | SS | 51 | 83 | 151 | 10 | 33 | .959 | 4.588 | ||||
| Ray Bellino | SS | 31 | 33 | 76 | 4 | 6 | .965 | 3.516 | ||||
| Totals | 1568 | 3460 | 1421 | 165 | 309 | .967 | 3.113 | 16 | 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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