1964 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1964 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas Johnson (minority shareholders)
Manager(s)	Danny Murtaugh
Local television	KDKA-TV Bob Prince, Jim Woods
Local radio	KDKA Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Claude Haring
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The 1964 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 83rd in franchise history. The team finished tied for sixth in the National League with a record of 80–82, 13 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

• December 2, 1963: Byron Browne was drafted from the Pirates by the Chicago Cubs in the 1963 first-year draft.^[2]
• January 14, 1964: Dock Ellis was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.^[3]
• Prior to 1964 season: John Lamb was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	0.574	—	48–33	45–36
Philadelphia Phillies	92	70	0.568	1	46–35	46–35
Cincinnati Reds	92	70	0.568	1	47–34	45–36
San Francisco Giants	90	72	0.556	3	44–37	46–35
Milwaukee Braves	88	74	0.543	5	45–36	43–38
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	82	0.494	13	42–39	38–43
Los Angeles Dodgers	80	82	0.494	13	41–40	39–42
Chicago Cubs	76	86	0.469	17	40–41	36–45
Houston Colt .45s	66	96	0.407	27	41–40	25–56
New York Mets	53	109	0.327	40	33–48	20–61

Record vs. opponents

1964 National League Records Sources:
Team	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Chicago	—	6–12	11–7	10–8	8–10	11–7	6–12	9–9	9–9	6–12
Cincinnati	12–6	—	12–6	14–4–1	9–9	11–7	9–9	8–10	7–11	10–8
Houston	7–11	6–12	—	7–11	12–6	9–9	5–13	5–13	7–11	8–10
Los Angeles	8–10	4–14–1	11–7	—	8–10	15–3–1	8–10	10–8	6–12	10–8
Milwaukee	10–8	9–9	6–12	10–8	—	14–4	10–8	12–6	9–9	8–10
New York	7–11	7–11	9–9	3–15–1	4–14	—	3–15	6–12	7–11	7–11
Philadelphia	12-6	9–9	13–5	10–8	8–10	15–3	—	10–8	10–8	5–13
Pittsburgh	9–9	10–8	13–5	8–10	6–12	12–6	8–10	—	8–10	6–12
San Francisco	9–9	11–7	11–7	12–6	9–9	11–7	8–10	10–8	—	9–9
St. Louis	12–6	8–10	10–8	8–10	10–8	11–7	13–5	12–6	9–9	—

Game log

1964 Game Log: 80–82 (Home: 42–39; Away: 38–43)
April: 7–6 (Home: 4–2; Away: 3–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 14 Cubs 4–8 (10) Jackson Face (0–1) McDaniel 26,377 0–1 2 April 15 Cubs 5–4 (12) Face (1–1) Elston — 7,009 1–1 3 April 17 @ Mets 4–3 Friend (1–0) Bauta — 50,312 2–1 4 April 18 @ Mets 9–5 Schwall (1–0) Bearnarth Face (1) 31,480 3–1 5 April 19 @ Mets 0–6 Jackson Veale (0–1) — 30,185 3–2 6 April 21 @ Cubs 8–5 Face (2–1) Norman — 3,222 4–2 7 April 23 @ Phillies 5–6 Baldschun Face (2–2) — 12,851 4–3 8 April 24 Mets 9–4 Friend (2–0) Jackson — 7,903 5–3 9 April 25 Mets 5–4 Veale (1–1) Fisher — 5,470 6–3 10 April 26 Mets 4–3 Bork (1–0) Bearnarth — 7–3 11 April 26 Mets 2–3 Stallard Schwall (1–1) Bauta 13,524 7–4 12 April 28 @ Braves 5–9 Smith Sisk (0–1) Tiefenauer 3,782 7–5 13 April 29 @ Braves 0–1 Cloninger Veale (1–2) — 4,337 7–6
May: 16–15 (Home: 6–8; Away: 10–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 14 May 1 @ Cardinals 2–6 Craig Law (0–1) — 14,701 7–7 15 May 2 @ Cardinals 5–4 Sisk (1–1) Simmons Bork (1) 12,534 8–7 16 May 3 @ Cardinals 12–8 Schwall (2–1) Sadecki Face (2) 11,051 9–7 17 May 4 @ Reds 4–2 Gibbon (1–0) Jay — 3,355 10–7 18 May 5 @ Reds 4–5 Dickson Law (0–2) — 4,096 10–8 19 May 6 Cardinals 1–0 Friend (3–0) Sadecki — 8,659 11–8 20 May 7 Cardinals 2–4 Simmons Veale (1–3) Craig 7,219 11–9 21 May 8 Braves 1–2 Cloninger Gibbon (1–1) — 11,508 11–10 22 May 9 Braves 10–0 Law (1–2) Lemaster — 6,536 12–10 23 May 10 Braves 5–11 Lemaster Friend (3–1) — 12–11 24 May 10 Braves 6–5 McBean (1–0) Tiefenauer — 16,430 13–11 25 May 11 Reds 6–7 Ellis Sisk (1–2) Henry 5,902 13–12 26 May 12 Reds 3–2 Gibbon (2–1) Maloney McBean (1) 5,811 14–12 27 May 15 @ Dodgers 0–6 Ortega Friend (3–2) — 33,507 14–13 28 May 16 @ Dodgers 7–4 Veale (2–3) Willhite McBean (2) 21,992 15–13 29 May 17 @ Dodgers 2–3 Koufax Law (1–3) Perranoski 15–14 30 May 17 @ Dodgers 8–3 Gibbon (3–1) Podres Priddy (1) 48,077 16–14 31 May 18 @ Dodgers 4–2 Blass (1–0) Drysdale — 23,621 17–14 32 May 19 @ Colt .45s 1–3 Bruce Friend (3–3) Woodeshick 6,199 17–15 33 May 20 @ Colt .45s 4–3 Veale (3–3) Nottebart McBean (3) 5,715 18–15 34 May 21 @ Colt .45s 1–3 Farrell Law (1–4) Woodeshick 5,880 18–16 35 May 22 @ Giants 3–8 Herbel Blass (1–1) MacKenzie 18,873 18–17 36 May 23 @ Giants 9–2 Friend (4–3) Perry — 20,113 19–17 37 May 24 @ Giants 3–0 Veale (4–3) Sanford — 20–17 38 May 24 @ Giants 5–3 Butters (1–0) Shaw McBean (4) 40,441 21–17 39 May 26 Phillies 13–4 Law (2–4) Short — 12,183 22–17 40 May 27 Phillies 0–2 Mahaffey Friend (4–4) — 10,914 22–18 41 May 28 Phillies 6–5 McBean (2–0) Baldschun — 8,649 23–18 42 May 29 Dodgers 1–4 Moeller Blass (1–2) — 16,114 23–19 43 May 30 Dodgers 3–10 Drysdale Law (2–5) — 14,359 23–20 44 May 31 Dodgers 4–6 Koufax Friend (4–5) Perranoski 9,354 23–21
June: 15–11 (Home: 10–6; Away: 5–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 45 June 2 Giants 3–1 Veale (5–3) Hendley — 9,357 24–21 46 June 3 Giants 0–3 Herbel Priddy (0–1) — 10,184 24–22 47 June 4 Giants 4–2 Blass (2–2) Bolin — 10,574 25–22 48 June 5 Colt .45s 4–3 Priddy (1–1) Woodeshick — 8,693 26–22 49 June 7 Colt .45s 3–6 Raymond Priddy (1–2) — 26–23 50 June 7 Colt .45s 6–1 Law (3–5) Bruce — 13,149 27–23 51 June 9 @ Phillies 3–4 Mahaffey Gibbon (3–2) Roebuck 27–24 52 June 9 @ Phillies 4–0 Blass (3–2) Culp — 32,155 28–24 53 June 10 @ Phillies 1–4 Short Friend (4–6) — 15,352 28–25 54 June 12 @ Cubs 1–7 Buhl Veale (5–4) — 7,575 28–26 55 June 13 @ Cubs 10–7 Law (4–5) Burdette McBean (5) 14,960 29–26 56 June 14 @ Cubs 2–5 Ellsworth Blass (3–3) — 27,901 29–27 57 June 16 Mets 2–1 Veale (6–4) Fisher — 7,187 30–27 58 June 17 Mets 3–2 Friend (5–6) Stallard — 9,931 31–27 59 June 18 Mets 10–0 Law (5–5) Jackson — 7,110 32–27 60 June 20 Cubs 2–0 Gibbon (4–2) Broglio McBean (6) 7,455 33–27 61 June 21 Cubs 1–2 Jackson Veale (6–5) — 33–28 62 June 21 Cubs 2–7 Burdette Blass (3–4) McDaniel 16,250 33–29 63 June 23 @ Mets 5–1 Law (6–5) Willey McBean (7) 25,764 34–29 64 June 24 @ Mets 3–1 Friend (6–6) Cisco McBean (8) 10,652 35–29 65 June 25 @ Mets 8–1 Gibbon (5–2) Fisher — 12,834 36–29 66 June 26 Reds 8–3 Veale (7–5) Jay — 19,197 37–29 67 June 27 Reds 4–2 McBean (3–0) Purkey — 8,460 38–29 68 June 28 Reds 2–6 Tsitouris Law (6–6) — 38–30 69 June 28 Reds 5–6 Maloney Friend (6–7) McCool 21,788 38–31 70 June 29 @ Dodgers 6–7 Perranoski Face (2–3) — 29,946 38–32
July: 15–13 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 71 July 1 @ Giants 1–2 Marichal Veale (7–6) — 10,221 38–33 72 July 2 @ Giants 5–6 Hendley Blass (3–5) Shaw 11,166 38–34 73 July 3 @ Colt .45s 2–1 Law (7–6) Owens McBean (9) 8,740 39–34 74 July 4 @ Colt .45s 1–3 Bruce Friend (6–8) — 13,692 39–35 75 July 5 @ Colt .45s 7–1 Gibbon (6–2) Farrell McBean (10) 11,042 40–35 76 July 8 Reds 9–1 Veale (8–6) Maloney McBean (11) 7,031 41–35 77 July 9 Braves 6–11 Spahn Law (7–7) Sadowski 9,295 41–36 78 July 10 Braves 5–1 Friend (7–8) Cloninger — 13,148 42–36 79 July 11 Braves 8–9 (11) Cloninger Sisk (1–3) Olivo 7,874 42–37 80 July 13 Cardinals 4–5 (12) Taylor Sisk (1–4) — 42–38 81 July 13 Cardinals 5–12 Cuellar Law (7–8) Washburn 14,773 42–39 82 July 14 Phillies 4–3 Veale (9–6) McLish McBean (12) 9,664 43–39 83 July 15 Phillies 3–0 Friend (8–8) Bunning — 11,633 44–39 84 July 16 Phillies 5–7 Mahaffey Gibbon (6–3) Baldschun 12,163 44–40 85 July 18 @ Braves 8–2 Veale (10–6) Spahn — 17,192 45–40 86 July 19 @ Braves 2–6 Cloninger Friend (8–9) — 45–41 87 July 19 @ Braves 4–5 Lemaster Blass (3–6) Fischer 23,989 45–42 88 July 21 @ Cardinals 8–4 Gibbon (7–3) Sadecki Bork (2) 11,805 46–42 89 July 22 @ Cardinals 13–2 Veale (11–6) Craig — 11,089 47–42 90 July 23 @ Cardinals 8–5 Blass (4–6) Cuellar Face (3) 7,893 48–42 91 July 24 @ Reds 0–2 O'Toole Friend (8–10) — 14,317 48–43 92 July 25 @ Reds 6–3 Law (8–8) Nuxhall McBean (13) 6,534 49–43 93 July 26 @ Reds 2–7 Jay Gibbon (7–4) Ellis 49–44 94 July 26 @ Reds 5–1 Veale (12–6) Tsitouris — 14,814 50–44 95 July 29 Colt .45s 5–2 Friend (9–10) Farrell — 8,572 51–44 96 July 30 Colt .45s 1–0 Law (9–8) Bruce — 52–44 97 July 30 Colt .45s 8–3 Schwall (3–1) Owens McBean (14) 11,314 53–44 98 July 31 Giants 6–8 Shaw Veale (12–7) O'Dell 28,076 53–45
August: 13–19 (Home: 9–7; Away: 4–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 99 August 1 Giants 6–1 Gibbon (8–4) Herbel — 15,882 54–45 100 August 2 Giants 1–2 Pregenzer Friend (9–11) O'Dell 22,402 54–46 101 August 3 Giants 3–2 McBean (4–0) O'Dell — 12,465 55–46 102 August 4 Dodgers 1–5 Koufax Veale (12–8) Miller 55–47 103 August 4 Dodgers 7–10 Moeller Schwall (3–2) Perranoski 25,807 55–48 104 August 5 Dodgers 4–3 McBean (5–0) Perranoski — 11,071 56–48 105 August 6 Dodgers 4–1 Friend (10–11) Miller — 10,599 57–48 106 August 7 Cubs 3–7 Jackson Law (9–9) — 57–49 107 August 7 Cubs 3–4 Broglio Blass (4–7) Shantz 13,862 57–50 108 August 8 Cubs 5–2 Veale (13–8) Burdette — 6,845 58–50 109 August 9 Cubs 2–0 Schwall (4–2) Buhl McBean (15) 11,305 59–50 110 August 11 Mets 2–3 (8) Fisher Friend (10–12) — 8,542 59–51 111 August 12 Mets 5–4 Gibbon (9–4) Ribant McBean (16) 6,677 60–51 112 August 14 @ Cubs 3–2 McBean (6–0) Shantz — 61–51 113 August 14 @ Cubs 2–4 Burdette Law (9–10) — 12,634 61–52 114 August 15 @ Cubs 5–4 McBean (7–0) McDaniel — 23,003 62–52 115 August 16 @ Cubs 4–5 Elston McBean (7–1) — 62–53 116 August 16 @ Cubs 7–4 Blass (5–7) Slaughter Face (4) 22,376 63–53 117 August 17 @ Mets 0–5 Ribant Veale (13–9) — 12,350 63–54 118 August 18 @ Mets 3–7 Jackson Gibbon (9–5) — 18,905 63–55 119 August 19 @ Mets 2–4 Stallard Law (9–11) — 19,192 63–56 120 August 20 @ Phillies 0–2 Mahaffey Friend (10–13) — 63–57 121 August 20 @ Phillies 2–3 Wise Schwall (4–3) Roebuck 35,814 63–58 122 August 21 @ Phillies 0–2 Short Veale (13–10) — 30,170 63–59 123 August 22 @ Phillies 9–4 Bork (2–0) Bennett McBean (17) 14,955 64–59 124 August 23 @ Phillies 3–9 Bunning Gibbon (9–6) Boozer 19,213 64–60 125 August 24 @ Cardinals 1–5 Gibson Friend (10–14) — 10,881 64–61 126 August 25 @ Cardinals 6–7 (13) Taylor McBean (7–2) — 8,664 64–62 127 August 26 @ Cardinals 2–4 Cuellar Bork (2–1) — 9,662 64–63 128 August 28 Phillies 4–2 Face (3–3) Roebuck — 20,374 65–63 129 August 29 Phillies 8–10 Mahaffey Friend (10–15) Baldschun 12,186 65–64 130 August 30 Phillies 10–2 Veale (14–10) Short — 14,080 66–64
September: 13–14 (Home: 6–10; Away: 7–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 131 September 1 Dodgers 5–2 Friend (11–15) Ortega — 6,648 67–64 132 September 2 Dodgers 5–8 (12) Miller Law (9–12) — 7,109 67–65 133 September 4 Colt .45s 10–2 Veale (15–10) Bruce — 6,133 68–65 134 September 5 Colt .45s 4–1 Friend (12–15) Johnson — 4,272 69–65 135 September 6 Colt .45s 1–0 Law (10–12) Nottebart — 4,886 70–65 136 September 7 Giants 4–6 Perry Gibbon (9–7) Duffalo 70–66 137 September 7 Giants 6–9 Pregenzer Bork (2–2) Shaw 14,948 70–67 138 September 9 Reds 4–1 Veale (16–10) Jay McBean (18) 5,245 71–67 139 September 10 Reds 0–3 Purkey Friend (12–16) — 4,993 71–68 140 September 11 @ Colt .45s 3–0 Law (11–12) Nottebart — 4,042 72–68 141 September 12 @ Colt .45s 1–2 Larsen Butters (1–1) Woodeshick 7,308 72–69 142 September 13 @ Colt .45s 3–0 Cardwell (1–0) Farrell — 3,370 73–69 143 September 14 @ Dodgers 7–2 Veale (17–10) Reed — 16,625 74–69 144 September 15 @ Dodgers 3–5 Miller Friend (12–17) Miller 14,920 74–70 145 September 16 @ Dodgers 7–5 Law (12–12) Ortega McBean (19) 15,049 75–70 146 September 18 @ Giants 4–3 Veale (18–10) Shaw McBean (20) 9,741 76–70 147 September 19 @ Giants 4–13 Marichal Friend (12–18) — 11,012 76–71 148 September 20 @ Giants 3–4 (11) Duffalo McBean (7–3) — 15,548 76–72 149 September 22 Braves 0–2 Lemaster Veale (18–11) — 3,680 76–73 150 September 23 Braves 7–4 Gibbon (10–7) Cloninger — 2,776 77–73 151 September 24 Cardinals 2–4 Gibson Wood (0–1) — 77–74 152 September 24 Cardinals 0–4 Sadecki Butters (1–2) — 2,846 77–75 153 September 25 Cardinals 3–5 Richardson Cardwell (1–1) Schultz 3,694 77–76 154 September 26 Cardinals 3–6 Simmons Veale (18–12) Schultz 4,085 77–77 155 September 27 Cardinals 0–5 Craig Law (12–13) Schultz 19,287 77–78 156 September 29 @ Reds 2–0 Friend (13–18) McCool — 10,858 78–78 157 September 30 @ Reds 1–0 (16) McBean (8–3) Tsitouris — 8,188 79–78
October: 1–4 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 158 October 1 @ Reds 4–5 Nuxhall Blass (5–8) Ellis 7,081 79–79 159 October 2 @ Braves 2–3 (10) Cloninger Wood (0–2) — 79–80 160 October 2 @ Braves 5–4 Butters (2–2) Schneider McBean (21) 7,800 80–80 161 October 3 @ Braves 5–11 Umbach Cardwell (1–2) Spahn 5,636 80–81 162 October 4 @ Braves 0–6 Sadowski Francis (0–1) Spahn 10,079 80–82
Legend:           = Win           = Loss Bold = Pirates team member

Notable transactions

• June 13, 1964: Al Oliver was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.^[5]
• September 6, 1964: Wilbur Wood was purchased by the Pirates from the Boston Red Sox.^[6]
• September 12, 1964: Smoky Burgess was selected off waivers from the Pirates by the Chicago White Sox.^[7]

Roster

1964 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 28 Steve Blass 36 Frank Bork 38 Tom Butters 30 Don Cardwell 26 Roy Face 27 Earl Francis 19 Bob Friend 20 John Gelnar 22 Joe Gibbon 29 Fred Green 32 Vern Law 34 Al McBean 31 Bob Priddy 29 Don Schwall 25 Tommie Sisk 39 Bob Veale 16 Wilbur Wood		Catchers  6 Smoky Burgess  4 Jerry May  5 Orlando McFarlane  3 Jim Pagliaroni Infielders 14 Gene Alley  7 Bob Bailey 17 Donn Clendenon 12 Gene Freese  9 Bill Mazeroski 11 Dick Schofield		Outfielders 21 Roberto Clemente  4 Rex Johnston 24 Jerry Lynch 15 Manny Mota  8 Willie Stargell 18 Bill Virdon  2 Dave Wissman Other batters 23 Julio Gotay		Manager 40 Danny Murtaugh Coaches 45 Lenny Levy 43 Sam Narron 44 Frank Oceak 41 Don Osborn 42 Mickey Vernon

Statistics

Batting

Regular Season[8] Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Gotay, JulioJulio Gotay 3 2 1 0.500 0 0 Clemente, RobertoRoberto Clemente 155 622 211 0.339 12 87 Law, VernVern Law 36 61 19 0.311 1 3 Pagliaroni, JimJim Pagliaroni 97 302 89 0.295 10 36 Clendenon, DonnDonn Clendenon 133 457 129 0.282 12 64 Bailey, BobBob Bailey 143 530 149 0.281 11 51 Mota, MannyManny Mota 115 271 75 0.277 5 32 Stargell, WillieWillie Stargell 117 421 115 0.273 21 78 Lynch, JerryJerry Lynch 114 297 81 0.273 16 66 Mazeroski, BillBill Mazeroski 162 601 161 0.268 10 64 Schwall, DonDon Schwall 16 19 5 0.263 0 1 May, JerryJerry May 11 31 8 0.258 0 3 Gibbon, JoeJoe Gibbon 29 47 12 0.255 0 1 Schofield, DickDick Schofield 121 398 98 0.246 3 36 Burgess, SmokySmoky Burgess 68 171 42 0.246 2 17 McFarlane, OrlandoOrlando McFarlane 37 78 19 0.244 0 1 Virdon, BillBill Virdon 145 473 115 0.243 3 27 Freese, GeneGene Freese 99 289 65 0.225 9 40 Alley, GeneGene Alley 81 209 44 0.211 6 13 Bork, FrankFrank Bork 33 5 1 0.200 0 2 Butters, TomTom Butters 28 11 2 0.182 0 3 Veale, BobBob Veale 41 96 15 0.156 0 2 Wissman, DaveDave Wissman 16 27 4 0.148 0 0 Cardwell, DonDon Cardwell 4 7 1 0.143 0 0 McBean, AlAl McBean 58 12 1 0.083 0 0 Friend, BobBob Friend 35 71 5 0.070 0 2 Blass, SteveSteve Blass 24 30 2 0.067 0 1 Face, RoyRoy Face 55 4 0 0.000 0 0 Francis, EarlEarl Francis 2 1 0 0.000 0 0 Johnston, RexRex Johnston 14 7 0 0.000 0 0 Priddy, BobBob Priddy 19 3 0 0.000 0 0 Sisk, TommieTommie Sisk 42 8 0 0.000 0 0 Wood, WilburWilbur Wood 3 5 0 0.000 0 0 Gelnar, JohnJohn Gelnar 7 0 0 — 0 0 Green, FredFred Green 8 0 0 — 0 0

Pitching

Regular Season[9] Player G IP W L ERA SO Green, FredFred Green 8 7^1⁄3 0 0 1.23 2 McBean, AlAl McBean 58 89^2⁄3 8 3 1.91 41 Butters, TomTom Butters 28 64^1⁄3 2 2 2.38 58 Veale, BobBob Veale 40 279^2⁄3 18 12 2.74 250 Cardwell, DonDon Cardwell 4 19^1⁄3 1 2 2.79 10 Friend, BobBob Friend 35 240^1⁄3 13 18 3.33 128 Law, VernVern Law 35 192 12 13 3.61 93 Wood, WilburWilbur Wood 3 17^1⁄3 0 2 3.63 7 Gibbon, JoeJoe Gibbon 28 146^2⁄3 10 7 3.68 97 Priddy, BobBob Priddy 19 34^1⁄3 1 2 3.93 23 Blass, SteveSteve Blass 24 104^2⁄3 5 8 4.04 67 Bork, FrankFrank Bork 33 42 2 2 4.07 31 Schwall, DonDon Schwall 15 49^2⁄3 4 3 4.35 36 Gelnar, JohnJohn Gelnar 7 9 0 0 5.00 4 Face, RoyRoy Face 55 79^2⁄3 3 3 5.20 63 Sisk, TommieTommie Sisk 42 61^1⁄3 1 4 6.16 35 Francis, EarlEarl Francis 2 6^1⁄3 0 1 8.53 6

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Jets	International League	Larry Shepard
AA	Asheville Tourists	Southern League	Ray Hathaway and Bob Clear
A	Reno Silver Sox	California League	Tom Saffell and Harvey Koepf
A	Kinston Eagles	Carolina League	Harding "Pete" Peterson
A	Batavia Pirates	New York–Penn League	Gene Baker
A	Gastonia Pirates	Western Carolinas League	Bob Clear and Ray Hathaway
Rookie	Salem Pirates	Appalachian League	George Detore

Notes

1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
2. Byron Browne at Baseball-Reference
3. Dock Ellis at Baseball-Reference
4. John Lamb at Baseball-Reference
5. Al Oliver at Baseball Reference
6. Wilbur Wood at Baseball Reference
7. Smoky Burgess at Baseball Reference
8. "Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
9. "Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

References

• 1964 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
• 1964 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.