1963 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1963 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 81st in franchise history. The 87–75 Phillies finished the season in fourth place in the National League, 12 games behind the NL and World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

1963 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr.
General manager(s)John J. Quinn
Manager(s)Gene Mauch
Local televisionWFIL
Local radioWFIL
(By Saam, Bill Campbell, Richie Ashburn)
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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

Game log
Legend
 Phillies win
 Phillies loss
 Postponement
BoldPhillies team member
1963 Game Log[7]
Overall Record: 87–75
^[a] The June 2, 1963 (game 2), game was protested by the Phillies in the bottom of the third inning.[13] The protest was later denied.[14]

Roster
1963 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
CClay Dalrymple142452114.2521040
1BRoy Sievers138450108.2401982
2BTony Taylor157640180.281549
SSBobby Wine14241890.215644
3BDon Hoak11537787.231624
LFWes Covington119353107.3031764
CFTony González155555170.306466
RFJohnny Callison157626178.2842678

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 Demeter154515133.2582283
Rubén Amaro11521747.217219
Frank Torre9211228.250110
Bob Oldis478519.22408
Cookie Rojas647717.22112
Earl Averill477119.26838
Jim Lemon315916.27126
Dick Allen10247.29202
Wayne Graham10224.18200
Cal Emery16193.15800
Billy Klaus11181.05600
John Herrnstein15122.16711
Mickey Harrington100---00

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
Cal McLish32209.213113.2698
Ray Culp34203.114112.97176
Chris Short381989122.95160
Art Mahaffey261497103.9997
Dennis Bennett23119.1952.6482

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
Dallas Green40120753.2368
Ryne Duren3387.1623.3084
John Boozer2683342.9369
Paul Brown615.1014.1111
Marcelino López46106.002

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
Jack Baldschun65117162.3089
Johnny Klippstein495681.9386
Jack Hamilton192115.4023
Bobby Locke90005.917

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

[15]

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Arkansas Travelers International League Frank Lucchesi
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Sally League Jack Phillips
A Bakersfield Bears California League Bob Wellman
A Miami Marlins Florida State League Andy Seminick
A Magic Valley Cowboys Pioneer League Moose Johnson
A Spartanburg Phillies Western Carolinas League Lou Kahn

[16]

Notes
  1. Jimmie Coker at Baseball Reference
  2. Bob Lipski at Baseball Reference
  3. Earl Averill, Jr. at Baseball Reference
  4. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 143, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  5. Darrell Sutherland at Baseball Reference
  6. Dwight Siebler at Baseball Reference
  7. "1963 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits". Baseball-Reference.com.
  8. "The Nutshell". Milwaukee Sentinel. May 1, 1963. p. 3, part 2. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  9. "Major Leagues". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 2, 1963. p. 31. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  10. "Baseball in a Nutshell". Milwaukee Sentinel. June 8, 1963. p. 3, part 2. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  11. "Baseball Standings". Milwaukee Journal. June 30, 2015. p. 1 (Sports). Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  12. "Baseball: National League". The Gazette. Montreal. August 22, 1963. p. 24. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  13. "Chicago Cubs 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2 (2)". retrosheet.org. June 2, 1963. Retrieved November 21, 2015. On a bunt ... Johnny Callison called [out] for interference when the ball hit the bat twice; Phillies manager Gene Mauch protested the game[.]
  14. "Jun 2, 1963, Cubs at Phillies Play by Play and Box Score". baseball-reference.com. sports-reference.com. June 2, 1963. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  15. http://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1963as.shtml
  16. 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
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