1963 Washington Senators season

1963 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkD.C. Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
Record56–106 (.347)
League place10th
OwnersJames M. Johnston and James H. Lemon
General managersGeorge Selkirk
ManagersMickey Vernon, Eddie Yost, Gil Hodges
TelevisionWTOP
RadioWTOP
(Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
← 1962 Seasons 1964 →

The 1963 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing tenth in the American League (in last place) with a record of 56 wins and 106 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 104 57 .646 58‍–‍22 46‍–‍35
Chicago White Sox 94 68 .580 10½ 49‍–‍33 45‍–‍35
Minnesota Twins 91 70 .565 13 48‍–‍33 43‍–‍37
Baltimore Orioles 86 76 .531 18½ 48‍–‍33 38‍–‍43
Cleveland Indians 79 83 .488 25½ 41‍–‍40 38‍–‍43
Detroit Tigers 79 83 .488 25½ 47‍–‍34 32‍–‍49
Boston Red Sox 76 85 .472 28 44‍–‍36 32‍–‍49
Kansas City Athletics 73 89 .451 31½ 36‍–‍45 37‍–‍44
Los Angeles Angels 70 91 .435 34 39‍–‍42 31‍–‍49
Washington Senators 56 106 .346 48½ 31‍–‍49 25‍–‍57

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA LAA MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore 7–11 7–11 10–8 13–5 9–9 9–9 9–9 7–11 15–3
Boston 11–7 8–10 10–8 9–9 7–11 9–8 7–11 6–12 9–9
Chicago 11–7 10–8 11–7 11–7 12–6 10–8 8–10 8–10 13–5
Cleveland 8–10 8–10 7–11 10–8 11–7 10–8 5–13 7–11 13–5
Detroit 5–13 9–9 7–11 8–10 13–5 12–6 8–10 8–10 9–9
Kansas City 9–9 11–7 6–12 7–11 5–13 10–8 9–9 6–12 10–8
Los Angeles 9–9 8–9 8–10 8–10 6–12 8–10 9–9 5–13 9–9
Minnesota 9–9 11–7 10–8 13–5 10–8 9–9 9–9 6–11 14–4
New York 11–7 12–6 10–8 11–7 10–8 12–6 13–5 11–6 14–4
Washington 3–15 9–9 5–13 5–13 9–9 8–10 9–9 4–14 4–14


Notable transactions

Roster

1963 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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
C Ken Retzer 95 265 64 .242 5 31
1B Bobo Osborne 125 358 76 .212 12 44
2B Chuck Cottier 113 337 69 .205 5 21
SS Ed Brinkman 145 514 117 .228 7 45
3B Don Zimmer 83 298 74 .248 13 44
LF Chuck Hinton 150 566 152 .269 15 55
CF Don Lock 149 531 134 .252 27 82
RF Jim King 136 459 106 .231 24 62

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
Dick Phillips 124 321 76 .237 10 32
Minnie Miñoso 109 315 72 .229 4 30
Don Blasingame 69 254 65 .256 2 12
Don Leppert 73 211 50 .237 6 24
Marv Breeding 58 197 54 .274 1 14
Tom Brown 61 116 17 .147 1 4
Hobie Landrith 42 103 18 .175 1 7
Jim Piersall 29 94 23 .245 1 5
John Kennedy 36 62 11 .177 0 4
Ken Hunt 7 20 4 .200 1 4
Cal Neeman 14 18 1 .056 0 0
Bob Schmidt 9 15 3 .200 0 0
Lou Klimchock 9 14 2 .143 0 2
Johnny Schaive 3 3 0 .000 0 0
Barry Shetrone 2 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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
Claude Osteen 40 212.1 9 14 3.35 109
Don Rudolph 37 174.0 7 19 4.55 70
Tom Cheney 23 136.1 8 9 2.71 97
Dave Stenhouse 16 87.0 3 9 4.55 47

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
Bennie Daniels 35 168.2 5 10 4.38 88
Jim Duckworth 37 120.2 4 12 6.04 66
Steve Ridzik 20 89.2 5 6 4.82 47
Jim Hannan 13 27.2 2 2 4.88 14
Ron Moeller 8 24.1 2 0 6.29 10
Carl Bouldin 10 23.1 2 2 5.79 10
Art Quirk 7 21.0 1 0 4.29 12
Ed Hobaugh 9 16.0 0 0 6.19 11
Jack Jenkins 4 12.1 0 2 5.84 5
Bob Baird 5 11.2 0 3 7.71 7

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
Ron Kline 62 3 8 17 2.79 49
Pete Burnside 38 0 1 0 6.15 23
Ed Roebuck 26 2 1 4 3.30 25
Jim Bronstad 25 1 3 1 5.65 22
Jim Coates 20 2 4 0 5.28 31
Steve Hamilton 3 0 1 0 13.50 1

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

[10]

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA York White Roses Eastern League Danny O'Connell and Johnny Schaive
A Peninsula Senators Carolina League Archie Wilson
A Wisconsin Rapids Senators Midwest League Wayne Terwilliger
A Geneva Senators New York–Penn League Owen Friend

References

  1. ^ Paul Casanova page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Lou Piniella page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Brant Alyea page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ a b Lou Klimchock page at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac
  6. ^ Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Hobie Landrith page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Jim Piersall page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Don Zimmer page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ "1963 All-Star Game".