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1964 Phillies: Where Are They Now?

Key players from the 1964 Phillies: PITCHERS Player             Residence             In '64             Jack Baldschun      Green Bay, Wis.         The closer had 17 saves, 3.13 ERA in 118 IP

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Key players from the 1964 Phillies:

PITCHERS Player             Residence             In '64

Jack Baldschun      Green Bay, Wis.         The closer had 17 saves, 3.13 ERA in 118 IP

Dennis Bennett      Died March 24, 2012    12-14 record, 3.69 ERA, 32 starts

John Boozer         Died Jan. 24, 1986       5.07 ERA after 2.93 previous season

Jim Bunning         Fort Thomas, Ky.      19-8 record, 2.63 ERA and perfect game

Ray Culp            Austin, Texas          8-7, 4.13 ERA during injury-plagued season

Dallas Green       Conowingo, Md.       5.79 ERA. Who knew he'd be iconic manager?    Art Mahaffey      Allentown          12-9 record in 29 starts

Ed Roebuck         Lakewood, Calif.      Set-up man, 2.22 ERA and 10 saves

Chris Short         Died Aug. 1, 1991       17-9 with a team-best 2.20 ERA

Rick Wise         Beaverton, Ore.       Rookie: 5-3, 4.04 ERA in 25 games (8 starts)

CATCHERS

Clay Dalrymple      Gold Beach, Ore.      Led NL in sacrifice flies, solid on defense.         Gus Triandos      Died March 28, 2013    8 HRs; caught Bunning's perfect game

INFIELDERS

Richie Allen         Wampum, Pa./L.A.   Rookie of year, hit .318 with 29 HRs, 201 hits

Ruben Amaro, Sr.   Weston, Fla.            Gold Glove winner at SS; hit .264

John Herrnstein   Chillicothe, Ohio      Among 9 (9!) who played 1B that year

Cookie Rojas      Aventura, Fla.         Hit .291 and played 6 positions

Roy Sievers         St. Louis               Began season as team's regular 1B

Tony Taylor         Miami Lakes, Fla.       Primary leadoff hitter; had 13 SBs

Frank Thomas       Pittsburgh             7 HRs, 26 RBIs in 39 games after Aug. 7 trade.

Bob Wine         Trooper               Involved in two of team's three triple plays

OUTFIELDERS

John Briggs         Paterson, N.J.         20-year-old rookie batted .258.

Johnny Callison    Died Oct. 12, 2006      Led in HRs (31), RBIs (104); MVP runner-up

Wes Covington      Died July 4, 2011       .280, 13 HRs, 58 RBIs in 383 ABs

Tony Gonzalez      Miami, Fla.             .278; led NL OFs with .996 fielding percentage

Alex Johnson      Detroit.               Rookie hit .303 in part-time role

Danny Cater         Plano, Texas            Rookie hit .296 in 60 games

MANAGER

Gene Mauch       Died Aug. 8, 2005       Master at "small ball," platooning
- Sam Carchidi

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