1964 Replay NL End Of June Report

Hello fans! June is over in the NL and the outstanding player was Juan Marichal of San Francisco who only gave up ONE earned run all month as his Giants went 22-5 and pulled away. The standings:

SFG  53-22  ---  (best 1-run record 22-9)
MIL  42-32  10.5
PHI  42-32  10.5
STL  39-36  14 (worst 1-run record 8-16)
CIN  37-37  15.5
LAD  35-39  17.5
CHI  33-40  19
PIT  34-43  20
HOU 33-44  21
NYM 28-51  27 (worst June record 7-23) 

PITCHING (league 3.39)
SFG  2.51  (most sho 16, tie most cg 24, most K's 551, most saves 22, least RA 211, least Hr vs. 45)
STL  2.79  
CIN  3.14  (least sho 4)
HOU  3.17  (least cg 8)
LAD  3.18
MIL  3.41  (tie most cg 24)
CHI  3.65  (least K's 355, least saves 5)
PHI  3.76  
PIT  3.79  (most HR vs. 68)
NYM 4.48  (most RA 412)

BATTING (league .239)
MIL  .254 (most runs 351, most doubles 136)
PIT  .254
SFG  .253  (most HR 72, least triples 8)
PHI  .252  
STL  .246
CHI  .241  (most triples 28)
NYM .224  (most GIDP 66)
LAD  .224  (least HR 32, most SB 57, most CS 28)
CIN  .220  (least GIDP 37)
HOU .219  (least runs 222, least doubles 67, least SB 15)

FIELDING
least errors--SF 47
most errors--NYM 78
most DP's--CHI 89
least DP's--LAD 33

ERA (73 IP): Drysdale-la 1.37, Marichal-sf 1.40, Short-phi 1.60, Craig-stl 2.05, Veale-pit 2.10, Jackson-chi  2.17, Bolin-sf 2.32, Maloney-cin 2.38, Spahn-mil 2.42, Ellsworth-chi 2.54

WINS: Marichal-sf 11-4, Drysdale-la 10-2, Craig-stl 10-3, Gibson-stl 10-3, Perry-sf 10-3

K's: Gibson-stl 108, Drysdale-la 105, Short-phi 104, Koufax-la 101, Marichal-sf 100 

CG: Drysdale-la, Jackson-chi, Marichal-sf and Short-phi 9 each.

LOSSES: Jay-cin 2-11, Farrell-hou 2-10, Jackson-ny 5-10 

SHO: Marichal-sf 5, Drysdale-la 4, Short-phi 4

SAVES: Pierce-sf 17, Baldschun-phi 16, Schultz-stl 12, McBean-pit 10 

IP: Drysdale-la 138, Jackson-chi 128.1, Stallard-ny 125, Veale-pit 124.1, Short-phi 124

BA (197 ab):  Cepeda-sf .349, Torre-mil .327, Bailey-pit .326, Santo-chi .322, Robinson-cin .309, Clemente-pit .302, Brock-stl .297, Callison-phi .296, J.Alou-sf .294, Clendenon-pit .292

HR: Pinson-cin 17, Cepeda-sf 16, Allen-phi 15, Mays-sf 15, Hart-sf 14, Bond-hou 13

RBI: Santo-chi 60, Cepeda-sf 52, Pinson-cin 51, Allen-phi 48, Williams-chi 48, Torre-mil 47, Boyer-stl 46

RUNS: Callison-phi 54, Brock-stl 52, Robinson-cin 51, Mays-sf 50, Bailey-pit 48, Christopher-ny 48, Clemente-pit 48 

DOUBLES: Maye-mil 24, Robinson-cin 24, Torre-mil 23, Cardenas-cin 21

TRIPLES: Bond-hou 8, Brock-stl 6, Callison-phi 6

SB: Wills-la 21, W. Davis-la 19,  Brock-stl 14, Mays-sf 14, Aaron-mil 13

GIDP: Boyer-stl 17, Hunt-ny 13, Aaron-mil 12, Cepeda-sf 10

ERRORS: Groat-stl 24, Pagan-sf 19, Cardenas-cin 16, Javier-stl 16

TEAM NOTES

Giants Jottings: The Giants opened a big lead by going 22-5 in the month, including a 14-game win streak. They are now 35-7 on the season at home where they are almost unbeatable. Even though Orlando Cepeda finally acted human with just a so-so June that saw his average drop from a gaudy .382 to a little less gaudy .349, the Giants did it mostly with shut-down pitching. 

Beertown Babblings: The Braves somehow found themselves in second place at month's end even though they got very few standout performances. Hank Aaron had a dreadful month. Denis Menke went to sleep. Joe Torre drove in just ten runs and didn't homer at all. But they did have a torrid Rico Carty, checking in at .346 for the year, but shy 15 ab's from making the leader board. Good field no hit second sacker Frank Bolling is mired below the Mendoza Line but somehow had a 3-HR game which the Braves dropped anyway. Ageless Warren Spahn remains in the ERA leaders, though, and is certainly the personification of a Miracle "D" pitcher!

Quaker Oats: The Phillies enjoyed an 18-11 record in June, thanks to improved pitching and the warming up of some key bats.  Jim Bunning was awful, seeing his ERA rise from 2.10 to 3.54, but Chris Short was lights out, and the other three starters improved from dreadful to adequate. While this was going on, rookie Richie Allen and fan favorite John Callison were going off. That's good news for Phillie fans. Ancient Roy Sievers hit his first homer and collected his first rbi--a walk-off job!

Cards Shufflings: What to do with these Cardinals? The pitching continues to be stellar, but the bats just won't warm up. The first few games after Lou Brock arrived via trade were encouraging indeed, but then he--and the team--cooled off. A line-up shuffle is on the horizon when July gets underway. 

Reds Ramblings: The Reds don't hit! They actually got worse in June, not better, just 1 percentage point ahead of silly Houston in batting average. Vada Pinson went off in terms of power and production but his batting average is a paltry .213. Too often, he does nothing. Frank Robinson was hot, though, and raised his average 55 points in the month while bashing the ball all over the park. Injuries were everywhere, especially to the starting staff; Maloney, O'toole and Purkey all went down with various ailments, obliging Sammy Ellis, John Tsitouris and Billy McCool to make starts. Purkey is back now, but the other two remain hobbled. Also sidelined for periods of time were Johnny Edwards (how we love him), Pete Rose, Tommy Harper, Gordy Coleman and Hal Smith.

Dodgers Dollops: Maury Wills stole only 3 bases in June and Willie Davis 4. Frank Howard continues to languish around the .175 mark. And so, the Dodgers just don't score. Tommie Davis finally heated up, and Ron Fairly too, but it was no use, especially with Koufax shelved. Even mighty Don Drysdale ended the month with back-to-back no-decisions due to lack of run support.

Cubs Crap: It took most of the month for the revamped Cub rotation to do much at all, though superannuated Lew Burdette kept pitching well only to suffer from lack of support. The bullpen remains a mess and Ernie Banks is hitting .225. Thank goodness for Santo and Williams!

Pirates Prattle: The Bucs, too, had their injury woes during June, missing Clemente, Stargell, Pagliaroni, Clendenon and Blass for periods of time. When he can stay on the field, Willie Stargell slugs like anything. He has 12 HR. Lead-off man Bob Bailey continues to be a pleasant surprise at well over .300.

Colt 45's 4-1-1: The Colts finally hit a little bit! Whee! They have by far the circuit's worst offense, but it did pick up some with the warmer weather in Texas. Bob Lillis hit .290 for the month, Walter Bond had a 3-homer game, and Jim Wynn hit well, too. Turk Farrel and Don Nottebart got off the schneid with their first wins. Turk now has 2 and Don 3! Their pitching is really good, especially the bullpen which is talented and deep. Add a little hitting and you get a 15-15 June. In fact, the Colts are just 3 games under .500 since May 1st. 

Mets-allaneous: Following their surprising .500 May, the Metropolitans turned in a dismal 7-23 record in June as the pitching collapsed like it did in April. The Mets hit very well all month but couldn't overcome the terrible pitching. However, the Mets are the only NL team with a winning mark against SF at 6-5! Who's your daddy?!?

AL report soon.