1964 Aberdeen Pheasants Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: A
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

1964 Aberdeen Pheasants Roster

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 Nielsen Cochran and Johnny Scruggs 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 added 15 or more wins, too Eddie Watt recorded a 1.77 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Lou Piniella, Jim Palmer, Dave Leonhard, Eddie Watt, Mike Davison, Mark Belanger, Tom Fisher and Mike Fiore were all players from the 1964 Aberdeen Pheasants who played in the Majors during their careers.

Cal Ripken served as manager.

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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
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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