1963 San Francisco Giants season

The 1963 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 81st year in Major League Baseball, their sixth year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their fourth at Candlestick Park. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 88-74 record, 11 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

1963 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Horace Stoneham
General manager(s)Chub Feeney
Manager(s)Alvin Dark
Local televisionKTVU
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons)
Local radioKSFO
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons)
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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—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster
1963 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Season summary

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
CEd Bailey10530881.2632168
1BOrlando Cepeda156579183.3163497
2BChuck Hiller11141793.223633
SSJosé Pagán148483113.234639
3BJim Davenport147460116.252436
LFWillie McCovey152564158.28044102
CFWillie Mays157596187.31438103
RFFelipe Alou157565159.2812082

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
Harvey Kuenn120417121.290631
Tom Haller9829876.2551444
Joey Amalfitano5413724.17517
Ernie Bowman8112523.18404
Matty Alou637611.14502
Cap Peterson225414.25912
Jesús Alou16246.25005
Jim Ray Hart7204.20002
Norm Larker19141.07100
José Cardenal951.20002
Jimmie Coker451.20000

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
Juan Marichal41321.12582.41248
Jack Sanford42284.116133.51158
Billy O'Dell36222.114103.16116

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
Bobby Bolin47137.11063.28134
Jack Fisher361166104.5857
Billy Pierce38993114.2752
Gaylord Perry3176164.0352
Jim Duffalo3475.1422.8755
Frank Linzy816.2004.8614

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
Don Larsen467743.0544
Billy Hoeft232044.448
Al Stanek110004.735
John Pregenzer60014.825
Bob Garibaldi40111.134
Jim Constable40003.861
Ron Herbel20006.751

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

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Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Giants Pacific Coast League Andy Gilbert
AA Springfield Giants Eastern League Buddy Kerr
AA El Paso Sun Kings Texas League George Genovese
A Fresno Giants California League Bill Werle
A Decatur Commodores Midwest League Richie Klaus
A Lexington Giants Western Carolinas League Max Lanier
Rookie Salem Rebels Appalachian League Alex Cosmidis

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Notes
  1. Manny Mota at Baseball-Reference
  2. Jack Fisher at Baseball-Reference
  3. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1963&t=SFN
  4. Norm Larker at Baseball-Reference
  5. . Retrieved 2014-May-18.
  6. http://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1963as.shtml
  7. 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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