1963 Chicago Cubs season

The 1963 Chicago Cubs season was the 92nd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 88th in the National League, and the 48th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished seventh in the National League with a record of 82–80, marking their first winning season since 1946.[1]

1963 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Philip K. Wrigley
General manager(s)John Holland
Manager(s)Bob Kennedy
Local televisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
Local radioWGN
(Jack Quinlan, Lou Boudreau)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9963 0.611 — 50–31 49–32
St. Louis Cardinals 9369 0.574 6 53–28 40–41
San Francisco Giants 8874 0.543 11 50–31 38–43
Philadelphia Phillies 8775 0.537 12 45–36 42–39
Cincinnati Reds 8676 0.531 13 46–35 40–41
Milwaukee Braves 8478 0.519 15 45–36 39–42
Chicago Cubs 8280 0.506 17 43–38 39–42
Pittsburgh Pirates 7488 0.457 25 42–39 32–49
Houston Colt .45s 6696 0.407 33 44–37 22–59
New York Mets 51111 0.315 48 34–47 17–64

Record vs. opponents
1963 National League Records

Sources:
Team CHC CIN HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago —9–99–97–1112–611–79–98–1010–87–11
Cincinnati 9–9—11–78–1010–810–88–1011–78–1011–7
Houston 9–97–11—5–135–1313–58–106–128–105–13
Los Angeles 11–710–813–5—8–10–116–27–1113–59–912–6
Milwaukee 6–128–1013–510–8–1—12–610–87–1110–88–10
New York 7–118–105–132–166–12—8–104–146–125–13
Philadelphia 9–910–810–811–78–1010–8—13–58–108–10
Pittsburgh 10–87–1112–65–1311–714–45–13—5–135–13
San Francisco 8–1010–810–89–98–1012–610–813–5—8–10
St. Louis 11–77–1113–56–1210–813–510–813–510–8—

Notable transactions

Roster
1963 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Head Coach

Coaches

Player stats

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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CDick Bertell10032275.233214
1BErnie Banks13043298.2271864
2BKen Hubbs154566133.235847
SSAndre Rodgers150516118.229533
3BRon Santo162630187.2972599
LFBilly Williams161612175.2862595
CFEllis Burton9332274.2301241
RFLou Brock148547141.258937

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Don Landrum8422755.242110
Nelson Mathews6115524.155410
Merritt Ranew7815452.338315
Jimmie Schaffer5714234.239719
Steve Boros419019.21137
John Boccabella247414.18915
Leo Burke27499.18427
Jimmy Stewart133711.29701
Billy Cowan14369.25012
Ken Aspromonte20345.14704
Alex Grammas16275.18500
Bob Will23234.17401
Cuno Barragan110.00000

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dick Ellsworth37290.222102.11185
Larry Jackson3727514182.55153
Bob Buhl3722611143.38108

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Glen Hobbie36165.17103.9294
Paul Toth27130.2593.1066
Cal Koonce2172.2264.5844

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Lindy McDaniel57137222.8675
Don Elston514142.8341
Jim Brewer293204.8935
Barney Schultz151023.6218
Tom Baker100103.0014
Dick LeMay90105.2810
Jack Warner80102.787
Freddie Burdette40003.861
Phil Mudrock10009.000

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

[7]

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake City Bees Pacific Coast League El Tappe
AA Amarillo Gold Sox Texas League Joe Macko
A St. Cloud Rox Northern League Walt Dixon
A Wenatchee Chiefs Northwest League George Freese
A Pocatello Chiefs Pioneer League Frank Calo
Rookie Middlesboro Cubsox Appalachian League Ripper Collins, Hugh Mulcahy
and George Noga

Middlesboro affiliation shared with Chicago White Sox

Notes
  1. Coppack, Chet (September 20, 2013). "1963 season: Bears defeat Vikings 28–7". Chicago Bears. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2013. The Cubs were nearing the close of an 82–80 campaign, their first plus .500 season since 1946.
  2. Don Cardwell page at Baseball Reference
  3. Curt Motton page at Baseball Reference
  4. Glenn Beckert page at Baseball Reference
  5. Hal Haydel page at Baseball Reference
  6. Ellis Burton page at Baseball Reference
  7. http://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1963as.shtml

References
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