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1964 Milwaukee Braves season

Field	Value
name	Milwaukee Braves
season	1964
league	National League
ballpark	Milwaukee County Stadium
city	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
record	88–74 (.543)
league_place	5th
owners	William Bartholomay (chairman)
general_managers	John McHale
managers	Bobby Bragan
television	WTMJ-TV
(Bill Mazer, Blaine Walsh)
radio	WEMP
(Merle Harmon, Tom Collins, Blaine Walsh)

(Bill Mazer, Blaine Walsh) (Merle Harmon, Tom Collins, Blaine Walsh) |}} The 1964 Milwaukee Braves season was the team's 12th season in Milwaukee while also the 94th season overall. The fifth-place Braves finished the season with an record, five games behind the National League and World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals.

Milwaukee finished the season with ten wins in the final eleven games; the season's home attendance was 910,911, their highest since 1961, and the highest of the last four seasons in Milwaukee (1962–65).

It was the franchise's penultimate season in Milwaukee. The franchise had attempted to move to Atlanta shortly after this season; it was delayed a year, and the team relocated for the 1966 season.

Offseason

October 10, 1963: Claude Raymond was drafted from the Braves by the Houston Colt .45s in a 1963 special draft.
December 2, 1963: Lou Jackson was drafted from the Braves by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1963 Rule 5 draft.
March 22, 1964: Cito Gaston was signed as an amateur free agent by the Braves.
Prior to 1964 season: Skip Guinn was signed as an amateur free agent by the Braves.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 9, 1964: Bob Uecker was traded by the Braves to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jimmie Coker and Gary Kolb.
May 12, 1964: Gus Bell was released by the Braves.
June 3, 1964: Len Gabrielson was traded by the Braves to the Chicago Cubs for $40,000. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Merritt Ranew to the Braves on June 8.
August 8, 1964: Dennis Ribant and cash were traded by the Braves to the New York Mets for Frank Lary.
August 14, 1964: Carl Morton was signed as an amateur free agent by the Braves.
August 23, 1964: Jimmie Coker was purchased from the Braves by the Cincinnati Reds for $35,000.

Roster

1964 Milwaukee Braves
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	154	601	193	.321	20	109
1B	93	279	77	.276	13	49
2B	120	352	70	.199	5	34
3B	141	502	117	.233	23	74
SS	151	505	143	.283	20	65
LF	133	455	150	.330	22	88
CF	153	588	179	.304	10	74
RF	145	570	187	.328	24	95

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
121	415	105	.253	9	51
95	271	71	.262	5	34
78	189	55	.291	4	12
101	116	35	.302	1	13
77	115	24	.209	0	11
36	64	12	.188	0	2
19	53	13	.245	0	6
24	38	7	.184	0	1
10	21	7	.333	0	2
9	17	2	.118	0	0
8	13	4	.308	0	2
9	12	1	.083	0	1
3	7	2	.286	1	2
3	3	0	.000	0	0
1	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
38	242.2	19	14	3.56	163
39	221.0	17	11	4.15	185
37	168.1	11	10	4.01	99
1	8.1	1	0	3.24	7

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
38	173.2	6	13	5.29	78
51	166.2	9	10	4.10	96
28	116.2	9	5	4.24	70
13	36.1	1	2	5.45	14
5	12.1	1	0	4.38	4

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
46	4	6	13	3.21	48
42	4	0	4	3.80	47
38	2	1	5	3.75	45
22	2	2	0	3.77	19
11	2	0	1	1.77	17
10	0	0	0	4.80	8
6	0	0	0	4.70	1
2	0	0	0	8.31	2
2	0	0	0	18.00	2
1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Yakima, SRL Braves Toronto affiliation shared with Washington Senators

Notes

References

1964 Milwaukee Braves season at Baseball Reference

References

(October 5, 1964). "Major Leagues". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(October 5, 1964). "Bucs drop final game of '64 to Braves, 6-0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(1964-10-21). "Braves Directors Request Transfer of Club to Atlanta". Milwaukee Journal.
(1964-10-22). "Braves Ask to Move, County Obtains Writ". Milwaukee Sentinel.
(1964-11-07). "League orders Braves to stay here". Milwaukee Journal.
(November 8, 1964). "Stay at home, Braves told". Spokesman-Review.
"Claude Raymond Stats".
"Lou Jackson Stats".
"Cito Gaston Stats".
"Skip Guinn Stats".
"Bob Uecker Stats".
"Gus Bell Stats".
"Len Gabrielson Stats".
"Dennis Ribant Stats".
"Carl Morton Stats".
"Jimmie Coker Stats".
(1997). "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Baseball America.

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