1963 New York Yankees season

The 1963 New York Yankees season was the 61st season for the team in New York, and its 63rd season overall. The team finished with a record of 104–57, winning their 28th pennant, finishing 10½ games ahead of the Chicago White Sox. New York was managed by Ralph Houk.

1963 New York Yankees
1963 AL Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Dan Topping and Del Webb
General manager(s)Roy Hamey
Manager(s)Ralph Houk
Local televisionWPIX (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman)
Local radioWCBS (AM)
(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman)
< Previous season     Next season >

The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 4 games, the first time the Yankees had ever been swept in the World Series (they had lost 4 games to none with one tied game in 1922).

Offseason

Regular season

Elston Howard became the first black player in the history of the American League to win the AL Most Valuable Player award.[2]

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10457 0.646 — 58–22 46–35
Chicago White Sox 9468 0.580 10½ 49–33 45–35
Minnesota Twins 9170 0.565 13 48–33 43–37
Baltimore Orioles 8676 0.531 18½ 48–33 38–43
Cleveland Indians 7983 0.488 25½ 41–40 38–43
Detroit Tigers 7983 0.488 25½ 47–34 32–49
Boston Red Sox 7685 0.472 28 44–36 32–49
Kansas City Athletics 7389 0.451 31½ 36–45 37–44
Los Angeles Angels 7091 0.435 34 39–42 31–49
Washington Senators 56106 0.346 48½ 31–49 25–57

Record vs. opponents
1963 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore —7–117–1110–813–59–99–99–97–1115–3
Boston 11–7—8–1010–89–97–119–87–116–129–9
Chicago 11–710–8—11–711–712–610–88–108–1013–5
Cleveland 8–108–107–11—10–811–710–85–137–1113–5
Detroit 5–139–97–118–10—13–512–68–108–109–9
Kansas City 9–911–76–127–115–13—10–89–96–1210–8
Los Angeles 9–98–98–108–106–128–10—9–95–139–9
Minnesota 9–911–710–813–510–89–99–9—6–1114–4
New York 11–712–610–811–710–812–613–511–6—14–4
Washington 3–159–95–135–139–98–109–94–144–14—

Notable transactions

Roster
1963 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
CElston Howard135487140.2872885
1BJoe Pepitone157580157.2712789
2BBobby Richardson151630167.265348
3BClete Boyer152557140.2511254
SSTony Kubek135557143.257744
LFHéctor López130433108.2491452
CFTom Tresh145520140.2692571
RFRoger Maris9031284.2692353

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
Johnny Blanchard7621849.2251645
Mickey Mantle6517254.3141535
Phil Linz7218650.269212
Harry Bright6015737.236723
Yogi Berra6414743.293828
Jack Reed1067315.20501
Pedro González14265.19201
Dale Long14153.20000
Jake Gibbs482.25000

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
Whitey Ford38269.12472.74189
Ralph Terry4026817153.22114
Jim Bouton40249.12172.53148
Al Downing24175.21352.56171
Stan Williams29146983.2198

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
Tom Metcalf813102.773
Luis Arroyo661113.505
Bud Daley11000.000

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
Hal Reniff4843182.6256
Bill Stafford284836.0252
Steve Hamilton345152.6063
Bill Kunkel223202.7231
Marshall Bridges232013.8235

1963 World Series
Main article: 1963 World Series

NL Los Angeles Dodgers (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (0)

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1Dodgers – 5, Yankees – 2October 2Yankee Stadium69,000
2Dodgers – 4, Yankees – 1October 3Yankee Stadium66,455
3Yankees – 0, Dodgers – 1October 5Dodger Stadium55,912
4Yankees – 1, Dodgers – 2October 6Dodger Stadium55,912

Awards and honors

All-Stars

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Richmond Virginians International League Preston Gómez
AA Augusta Yankees Sally League Rube Walker
A Greensboro Yankees Carolina League Frank Verdi
A Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Pinky May, Steve Souchock
and Cloyd Boyer
A Idaho Falls Yankees Pioneer League Loren Babe
A Shelby Colonels Western Carolinas League Billy Shantz
Rookie Harlan Yankees Appalachian League Gary Blaylock

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Augusta, Idaho Falls [5]

Notes
  1. Stan Williams page at Baseball-Reference
  2. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 199, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  3. Curt Blefary page at Baseball Reference
  4. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1963as.shtml
  5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.