1963 Colorado Rockies
Record: 84-78
Finish: 3rd in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 668
Runs Allowed: 663
Exp W-L: 82-80
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 986,964
Manager: Freddy Wills

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 68-69, 6th in the National League
AA: 90-47, 1st in the National League
A: 65-72, 7th in the National League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
DH *Don Mincher 25 158 557 95 167 31 4 34 100 0 1 75 73 .300 .379 .553 .932 108.4 26.8 3.2
LF *Willie Stargell 23 153 540 94 155 24 4 31 86 2 4 62 123 .287 .363 .519 .882 97.1 23.8 2.1
DH  Dick Stuart 30 150 547 58 133 16 1 18 57 2 0 24 142 .243 .274 .375 .649 54.9 7.7 1.8
C *Russ Nixon 28 135 533 49 139 19 4 5 44 1 0 12 44 .261 .279 .340 .618 43.3 4.5 7.5
3B  Jim Fregosi 21 156 514 59 147 24 8 7 53 21 8 35 77 .286 .331 .405 .736 66.7 13.5 6.3
RF *Lee Thomas 27 147 484 59 113 9 1 24 66 11 5 31 71 .233 .283 .405 .688 54.8 7.6 5.7
LF *Johnny Callison 24 145 460 51 121 27 6 14 74 8 8 32 70 .263 .313 .439 .752 59.5 11.3 1.9
CF *Albie Pearson 28 114 427 55 136 20 1 4 45 11 7 49 17 .319 .386 .398 .784 66.8 16.0 2.8
LF  Manny Mota 25 119 315 39 86 12 2 4 24 11 14 17 36 .273 .310 .362 .672 32.0 4.5 1.7
SS  Ken Hunt 28 112 245 31 49 11 0 6 26 3 1 32 68 .200 .293 .318 .611 25.2 3.0 1.4
1B *Billy Klaus 34 120 251 30 60 3 1 4 32 4 0 28 46 .239 .313 .307 .620 25.5 3.1 2.5
C  Don Leppert 31 59 175 26 32 10 3 5 16 0 1 12 47 .183 .239 .360 .599 13.6 0.8 2.2
P  Juan Marichal 25 44 135 4 20 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 35 .148 .153 .170 .324 0.4 0.0 0.0
P #Joey Jay 27 44 112 6 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 46 .071 .087 .071 .158 -4.6 0.0 0.0
P #Mickey Lolich 22 35 84 2 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 26 .071 .103 .095 .199 -3.2 0.0 0.0
1B *Norm Larker 32 41 57 7 16 5 1 0 4 0 0 5 8 .281 .339 .404 .742 6.8 1.5 0.2
P *Jim Brewer 25 29 39 1 4 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 12 .103 .100 .179 .279 -0.2 0.0 0.0
3B  Tommy Brown 35 25 26 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .077 .111 .077 .188 -0.9 0.0 0.2
P *Don Rudolph 31 32 22 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 7 .091 .130 .182 .312 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Don Newcombe 37 41 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Bruce 30 72 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Dick Ellsworth 23 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.8 1966 5537 668 1397 215 38 157 647 74 49 421 961 .252 .305 .390 .695 645.5 124.0 39.6
  Rank among 10 NL teams 5 6 6 3 3 5 6 3 9 9 7 6 7 4 5 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Juan Marichal 25 27 13 .675 44 44 0 378.3 331 95 16 42 265 2.26 39.7
 Joey Jay 27 15 19 .441 44 44 0 342.0 310 145 54 81 276 3.82 14.2
*Mickey Lolich 22 10 21 .323 35 35 0 264.3 266 143 36 73 149 4.87 1.8
*Jim Brewer 25 6 4 .600 29 29 0 131.0 112 43 11 41 126 2.95 10.0
*Don Rudolph 31 4 7 .364 32 9 3 92.7 110 63 12 25 29 6.12 0.0
 Bob Bruce 30 8 5 .615 72 0 0 84.7 107 44 14 46 46 4.68 3.3
 Don Newcombe 37 5 3 .625 41 1 3 71.3 69 32 8 21 54 4.04 4.3
*Dick Ellsworth 23 3 2 .600 35 0 2 49.7 45 15 3 12 13 2.72 5.6
 Phil Paine 33 6 4 .600 38 0 19 39.0 33 11 1 16 20 2.54 9.4
 Jim Coates 30 0 0 .000 3 0 0 2.0 4 1 0 0 2 4.50 0.1
Team Totals 28.3 84 78 .519 373 162 27 1455.0 1387 592 155 357 980 3.66 88.4
Rank among 10 NL teams 5 5 8 5 6 4 7 5 1 3 5  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 32.7
R.Nixon 1098.3 124 128 760 58 6 1 .993 36.4
D.Leppert 356.7 38 43 241 19 3 0 .989 52.6
Team Total 1455.0 162 171 1001 77 9 1 .992 40.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.24
D.Mincher 1290.3 144 154 1393 138 11 128 .993 10.68
B.Klaus 57.0 7 8 69 8 1 5 .987 12.16
J.Callison 53.0 7 8 61 0 0 7 1.000 10.36
N.Larker 40.7 4 7 48 7 0 4 1.000 12.17
W.Stargell 14.0 0 9 21 1 0 0 1.000 14.14
Team Total 1455.0 162 186 1592 154 12 144 .993 10.80
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.61
D.Stuart 1278.7 147 149 275 426 37 90 .950 4.93
B.Klaus 163.0 15 34 39 56 0 22 1.000 5.25
T.Brown 13.3 0 7 2 3 0 1 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1455.0 162 190 316 485 37 113 .956 4.95
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.74
L.Thomas 1207.7 140 141 68 309 12 25 .969 2.81
B.Klaus 202.7 21 30 12 52 1 3 .985 2.84
T.Brown 25.0 1 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 2.52
J.Fregosi 18.7 0 6 0 5 1 0 .833 2.41
Team Total 1454.0 162 184 82 371 14 29 .970 2.80
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.00
J.Fregosi 1299.3 146 148 174 491 25 86 .964 4.61
B.Klaus 150.7 16 19 27 68 5 14 .950 5.68
T.Brown 5.0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 7.20
Team Total 1455.0 162 170 201 563 30 100 .962 4.73
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.89
W.Stargell 1221.0 138 139 249 1 8 0 .969 1.84
K.Hunt 128.7 15 17 36 1 0 0 1.000 2.59
M.Mota 69.3 7 14 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
J.Callison 21.7 2 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 4.16
N.Larker 14.3 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.63
Team Total 1455.0 162 181 305 2 8 0 .975 1.90
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.41
A.Pearson 920.0 105 114 272 6 1 4 .996 2.72
M.Mota 265.7 27 38 76 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
K.Hunt 248.3 28 35 88 0 3 0 .967 3.19
N.Larker 20.0 2 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
L.Thomas 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.0 162 192 441 6 4 4 .991 2.76
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 1.98
J.Callison 968.3 106 120 195 1 6 1 .970 1.82
M.Mota 351.7 42 42 92 1 0 1 1.000 2.38
K.Hunt 109.0 12 18 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.90
N.Larker 25.3 2 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.07
L.Thomas 0.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.0 162 186 313 2 6 2 .981 1.95
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.09
J.Marichal 378.3 44 44 21 49 1 4 .986 1.67
J.Jay 342.0 44 44 22 41 2 3 .969 1.66
M.Lolich 264.3 35 35 21 45 3 5 .957 2.25
J.Brewer 131.0 29 29 12 18 0 0 1.000 2.06
D.Rudolph 92.7 9 32 10 17 1 3 .964 2.62
B.Bruce 84.7 0 72 3 17 1 1 .952 2.13
D.Newcombe 71.3 1 41 3 15 2 1 .900 2.27
D.Ellsworth 49.7 0 35 6 13 0 2 1.000 3.44
P.Paine 39.0 0 38 6 8 0 0 1.000 3.23
J.Coates 2.0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1455.0 162 373 104 225 10 19 .971 2.04
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Pearson .302
On-Base Pct Mincher .379
Slugging Pct Mincher .553
OPS Mincher .932
XR Mincher 108.4
Games Mincher 158
At-Bats Mincher 557
Runs Mincher 95
Hits Mincher 167
Total Bases Mincher 308
Singles Nixon, Pearson 111
Doubles Mincher 31
Triples Fregosi 8
Homeruns Mincher 34
RBIs Mincher 100
Stolen Bases Fregosi 21
Caught Stealing Mota 14
Walks Mincher 75
Strikeouts Stuart 142
ERA Marichal 2.26
Wins Marichal 27
Losses Lolich 21
Winning Pct Marichal .675
Saves Paine 19
Games Pitched Bruce 72
Games Started Jay, Marichal 44
Complete Games Marichal 31
Shutouts Marichal 4
Innings Pitched Marichal 378.3
Hits Allowed Marichal 331
Homeruns Allowed Jay 54
Strikeouts Jay 276
Walks Allowed Jay 81
Walks per 9IP Marichal 1.0
Hits per 9IP Marichal 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Jay 7.3
WHiP Marichal 0.99
OAVG Marichal .231
OOBP Marichal .253
OSLG Marichal .316
OOPS Marichal .569
Team All-Stars
Jim Fregosi
Juan Marichal
Don Mincher
Willie Stargell
Player Salaries
Joey Jay $ 6,000,000
Billy Klaus $ 3,904,878
Albie Pearson $ 2,528,571
Russ Nixon $ 2,082,857
Don Newcombe $ 2,000,000
Phil Paine $ 1,422,857
Dick Stuart $ 928,571
Richie Ashburn $ 748,763
Jim Coates $ 350,000
Paul Giel $ 350,000
Bob Bruce $ 350,000
Don Rudolph $ 350,000
Johnny Callison $ 300,000
Dick Ellsworth $ 300,000
Jim Fregosi $ 300,000
Jim Brewer $ 300,000
Tommy Brown $ 300,000
Ken Hunt $ 300,000
Don Leppert $ 300,000
Lee Thomas $ 300,000
Mickey Lolich $ 300,000
Juan Marichal $ 300,000
Don Mincher $ 300,000
Manny Mota $ 300,000
Willie Stargell $ 300,000
Norm Larker $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
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