1963 American League
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
Click Division Name for Divisional History Chart
Players Division
Team W L WPct GB
New York (A) 97 65 .599 --
Detroit 92 70 .568 5
Minnesota 82 80 .506 15
Seattle 75 87 .463 22
Toronto 64 98 .395 33
Union Division
Team W L WPct GB
Boston (A) 102 60 .630 --
Tampa Bay 98 64 .605 4
Cleveland (A) 91 71 .562 11
Oakland 70 92 .432 32
Worcester 52 110 .321 50
 
Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-2) Montreal Expos over Boston (A) Red Sox
AL League Series (4-3) Boston (A) Red Sox over New York (A) Yankees
AL Divisional Series (4-3) Boston (A) Red Sox over Detroit Tigers
AL Divisional Series (4-3) New York (A) Yankees over Tampa Bay Devil Rays
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
BOS 5.1 833 162 5638 1478 243 35 163 662 1018 .262 .340 .404 .744
DET 4.8 774 162 5623 1496 250 31 172 426 846 .266 .318 .413 .731
CLE 4.6 744 162 5696 1480 227 50 120 493 858 .260 .319 .380 .699
TAM 4.5 728 162 5505 1446 156 36 167 535 917 .263 .328 .395 .723
NYA 4.3 698 162 5418 1412 241 29 113 509 862 .261 .324 .378 .702
SEM 4.3 690 162 5561 1436 202 39 123 503 937 .258 .320 .375 .695
MIN 4.1 668 162 5570 1430 246 45 120 389 749 .257 .305 .382 .687
OAK 3.6 588 162 5439 1301 181 31 103 479 1010 .239 .301 .341 .641
TOR 3.3 538 162 5368 1167 222 36 131 420 1006 .217 .274 .345 .620
WOR 2.9 462 162 5384 1129 166 33 105 386 1184 .210 .263 .311 .574
Totals 4.2 6723 1620 55202 13775 2134 365 1317 4802 9387 .250 .310 .373 .683
Average   672 162 5520 1378 213 36 132 480 939  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
NYA 3.6 578 162 3.19 1439.7 1263 7.8 404 2.5 933 5.8 34
TAM 3.6 586 162 3.28 1447.0 1299 8.0 407 2.5 1106 6.8 37
CLE 3.9 630 162 3.48 1485.3 1340 8.3 519 3.2 993 6.1 30
BOS 3.9 638 162 3.52 1485.7 1271 7.8 503 3.1 1227 7.6 37
DET 4.1 661 162 3.79 1452.0 1407 8.7 469 2.9 847 5.2 32
OAK 4.2 680 162 3.78 1452.3 1345 8.3 516 3.2 1024 6.3 28
MIN 4.2 685 162 3.93 1461.0 1414 8.7 458 2.8 761 4.7 30
SEM 4.4 711 162 3.86 1457.3 1403 8.7 464 2.9 876 5.4 28
TOR 4.6 740 162 4.24 1442.7 1456 9.0 587 3.6 831 5.1 33
WOR 4.7 756 162 4.42 1445.7 1471 9.1 547 3.4 787 4.9 27
Totals 4.1 6665 1620 3.75 14568.6 13669 8.4 4874 3.0 9385 5.8 316
Average   666 162   1457 1367   487   938   32
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
TAM 97 65 1 6 14 1 1 1 7 0.97 0.78 2,408,063   Ricky Sanford
DET 93 69 -1 5 13 0 0 3 17 1.14 1.17 2,394,364   Pie Traynor
NYA 95 67 2 5 15 5 1 2 10 1.06 1.05 2,078,336   Jason Spiegel
BOS 100 62 2 3 7 7 0 0 12 0.96 0.89 2,428,053   Brian Rodgers
MIN 79 83 3 2 15 1 0 3 29 0.91 0.96 1,605,754   Cookie Lavagetto
SEM 79 83 -4 2 11 6 0 0 20 0.92 0.90 1,357,757   Peter Fletcher
CLE 93 69 -2 1 13 0 0 1 3 0.99 1.10 1,668,238   Jason Morton
OAK 70 92 0 1 10 1 6 1 13 0.97 0.95 2,133,756   Marwan Najdawi
TOR 58 104 6 0 6 0 0 1 10 1.03 0.97 1,205,439   Chuck Glidden
WOR 47 115 5 0 4 0 1 2 10 1.01 0.94 1,589,210   Taylor Jordan
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
BOS 306 173.43 88.78 43.76 6.66 3.81 5.19 7.01 6.88 14.22
TAM 294 144.13 102.39 47.46 9.26 3.84 9.66 4.43 8.59 11.69
NYA 291 127.44 113.36 50.17 5.88 6.58 3.75 9.94 10.63 13.39
DET 276 137.95 95.59 42.44 8.98 1.65 7.63 3.57 5.10 15.51
CLE 273 136.32 93.41 43.24 8.95 1.21 8.13 3.71 6.56 14.70
MIN 246 131.32 77.36 37.30 10.13 3.37 5.85 3.73 6.13 8.10
SEM 225 128.25 67.55 29.18 4.93 0.00 5.10 3.52 5.00 10.63
OAK 210 91.28 81.74 36.96 4.09 4.08 6.37 4.15 8.52 9.76
TOR 192 77.19 75.37 39.40 9.01 6.18 2.47 7.14 10.62 4.00
WOR 156 46.78 69.65 39.55 8.31 4.09 7.92 2.63 4.24 12.37
League Award Winners
Silver Slugger: Harmon Killebrew BOS .293, 41 HR, 117 RBI
Platinum Arm: Gene Conley OAK 24-10, 1.99, 334.3 IP, 287 K
Bronze Rookie: Carl Yastrzemski MIN .268, 15 HR, 80 RBI
 
Gold Glove Winners
 
P Bob Miller WOR 1.000, 10 PO, 34 A, 0 E
C Johnny Roseboro CLE .995, 799 PO, 65 A, 4 E
41.8% (41-98) Runners Thrown Out
1B Dick Gray WOR .991, 1558 PO, 141 A, 16 E
2B Gil McDougald MIN .988, 305 PO, 602 A, 11 E
3B Roger Maris MIN .979, 79 PO, 342 A, 9 E
SS Gene Freese MIN .979, 179 PO, 505 A, 15 E
LF Bob Nieman SEM .964, 234 PO, 7 A, 9 E
CF Whitey Herzog BOS 1.000, 303 PO, 2 A, 0 E
RF Lou Brock SEM .982, 270 PO, 2 A, 5 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
CepedaDET.324
FiniganBOS.324
SiebernTAM.319
KuennDET.318
RobinsonNYA.315
On-Base Pct
SiebernTAM.418
KillebrewBOS.407
RobinsonNYA.390
FiniganBOS.384
ValentineTAM.374*
Slugging Pct
KillebrewBOS.563
SiebernTAM.542
CepedaDET.533
CashBOS.519
RobinsonNYA.518
OPS
KillebrewBOS.969
SiebernTAM.960
RobinsonNYA.909
CepedaDET.905
CashBOS.888
XR
KillebrewBOS116.7
SiebernTAM114.5
CashBOS108.4
CepedaDET106.7
GeigerCLE104.0
Games
RunnelsBOS160
CepedaDET159
BufordSEM158
GrayWOR158
RobinsonBOS158
At-Bats
WallsTAM625
GroatDET617
SkinnerMIN606
CepedaDET602
BrockSEM597
Runs
KillebrewBOS110
CashBOS105
GeigerCLE102
CepedaDET101
PostDET101
Hits
CepedaDET195
GroatDET191
FiniganBOS183
KuennDET183
WallsTAM181
Total Bases
CepedaDET321
KillebrewBOS319
SiebernTAM304
CashBOS298
GeigerCLE291
Singles
GroatDET155
FiniganBOS147
HazleTAM142
KuennDET141
BrockSEM139
Doubles
Clemente 49
RobinsonNYA40
YastrzemskiMIN37
CepedaDET35
AlouCLE32
Triples
WallsTAM9
BrockSEM8
BufordSEM8
McDougaldMIN8
DavisMIN7
Homeruns
KillebrewBOS41
CashBOS39
SiebernTAM33
Adcock 30
SawatskiTAM30
RBIs
CashBOS132
KillebrewBOS117
SiebernTAM116
CepedaDET112
PostDET105
Stolen Bases
BrockSEM81
PinsonSEM42
SkinnerMIN36
DavisMIN35
HarperSEM35
Caught Stealing
BrockSEM28
GilliamOAK20
SkinnerMIN18
GeigerCLE15
LockmanOAK15
Walks
KillebrewBOS111
SiebernTAM98
CashBOS85
Snider 85
RobinsonBOS81
Strikeouts
BurkeWOR144
JonesBOS136
BressoudDET134
HerzogBOS131
GeigerCLE125
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
ConleyOAK1.99
QualtersNYA2.02
ScoreBOS2.44
DelockTAM2.47
ArrigoCLE2.75
Wins
ScoreBOS 26
ConleyOAK 24
DelockTAM 24
DrysdaleNYA 22
QualtersNYA 21
Losses
DrottWOR 28
FisherTOR 22
GreenWOR 21
BridgesOAK 20
ChanceSEM 20
Winning Pct
BellBOS.773
ScoreBOS.765
MonzantBOS.708
ConleyOAK.706
QualtersNYA.700
Saves
SullivanMIN 21
NaranjoOAK 20
ReniffSEM 19
ButtersNYA 18
FornielesBOS 18
Games Pitched
KemmererDET 101
HendleyTOR 93
ReniffSEM 89
SullivanMIN 80
LarsenBOS 77
Games Started
DrottWOR 44
McDevittDET 44
PappasCLE 44
BaumannTAM 43
FisherTOR 43
Complete Games
DelockTAM 23
DrysdaleNYA 23
ConleyOAK 20
TerryCLE 17
PappasCLE 12
Shutouts
ConleyOAK 6
DelockTAM 6
FoytackMIN 5
GiustiSEM 3
DrysdaleNYA 2
Innings Pitched
ConleyOAK334.3
DrysdaleNYA333.3
PappasCLE332.7
DelockTAM324.7
ScoreBOS324.7
Hits Allowed
FisherTOR 348
TerryCLE 335
ChanceSEM 304
CollumDET 298
DrysdaleNYA 290
Homeruns Allowed
DrottWOR 45
BaumannTAM 42
SturdivantTOR 32
CollumDET 31
DrysdaleNYA 31
Strikeouts
ScoreBOS 456
ConleyOAK 287
BaumannTAM 275
LumentiTAM 275
DrottWOR 260
Walks Allowed
DrottWOR 164
ScoreBOS 131
BridgesOAK 130
EstradaOAK 119
PappasCLE 118
Walks per 9IP
HallNYA1.0
TerryCLE1.3
KippDET1.6
DrysdaleNYA1.6
ConleyOAK1.7
Hits per 9IP
ScoreBOS5.1
ConleyOAK6.6
QualtersNYA6.7
ArrigoCLE7.0
LumentiTAM7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP
ScoreBOS12.6
LumentiTAM8.5
BaumannTAM8.0
PreskoDET7.8
ConleyOAK7.7
WHiP
ConleyOAK0.92
ScoreBOS0.97
DrysdaleNYA1.04
DelockTAM1.08
BaumannTAM1.09
OAVG
ScoreBOS.163
ConleyOAK.202
QualtersNYA.207
ArrigoCLE.213
LumentiTAM.215
OOBP
ConleyOAK.242
ScoreBOS.248
DrysdaleNYA.267
GiustiSEM.276
ArrigoCLE.276
OSLG
QualtersNYA.285
ConleyOAK.286
ScoreBOS.294
DelockTAM.313
PappasCLE.315
OOPS
ConleyOAK.528
ScoreBOS.542
QualtersNYA.563
DelockTAM.589
ArrigoCLE.602
   
League All-Stars
Norm Cash Orlando Cepeda Jackie Collum
Gene Conley Ike Delock Don Drysdale
Gary Geiger Bob Hazle Harmon Killebrew
Harvey Kuenn J.C. Martin Danny McDevitt
Gil McDougald Vada Pinson Wally Post
Tom Qualters Phil Regan Earl Robinson
Raul Sanchez Carl Sawatski Herb Score
Norm Siebern Duke Snider Frank Sullivan
Lee Walls  
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Gene Conley OAK $ 24,100,000  
2.    Joe Adcock TOR $ 18,000,000  
3.    Don Drysdale NYA $ 14,190,000  
4.    Bob Hazle TAM $ 13,251,330  
5.    Harmon Killebrew BOS $ 12,930,000  
6.    Tom Qualters NYA $ 12,100,000  
7.    Bob Miller WOR $ 10,030,000  
8.    Ramon Monzant BOS $ 9,500,000  
9.    Ike Delock TAM $ 9,000,000  
  Gil McDougald MIN $ 9,000,000  
11.    Duke Snider NYA $ 8,200,000  
12.    Orlando Cepeda DET $ 7,840,000  
13.    Bob Skinner MIN $ 7,750,000  
14.    Dick Hall NYA $ 7,700,000  
15.    Norm Siebern TAM $ 7,350,000  
16.    Carl Sawatski TAM $ 7,220,000  
17.    Al Kaline MIN $ 7,000,000  
18.    Dean Stone TAM $ 6,750,000  
19.    Gus Keriazakos CLE $ 6,650,000  
  Herb Score BOS $ 6,650,000  
21.    Gene Freese MIN $ 6,500,000  
  Randy Jackson TOR $ 6,500,000  
  Leo Kiely TAM $ 6,500,000  
24.    Paul Foytack MIN $ 6,000,000  
25.    Wally Post DET $ 5,900,000