1963 Brooklyn Dodgers
Record: 76-86
Finish: 5th in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 608
Runs Allowed: 659
Exp W-L: 75-87
 
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Attendance: 1,746,146
Manager: Ty Kubick

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 5th in the National League
AA: 55-82, 9th in the National League
A: 62-75, 9th 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
SS  Bob Aspromonte 25 160 628 77 150 18 2 1 42 4 2 59 46 .239 .306 .279 .585 54.8 5.3 4.0
3B *Eddie Mathews 31 161 554 75 132 17 2 15 60 2 4 103 111 .238 .356 .357 .713 76.7 13.1 2.5
CF #Mickey Mantle 31 158 519 98 126 13 5 42 113 29 5 121 110 .243 .382 .530 .912 113.2 25.1 5.6
RF  Bob Allison 28 152 523 76 130 26 8 22 81 21 6 65 135 .249 .331 .455 .786 80.0 15.1 3.1
C  Earl Battey 28 148 521 64 158 22 3 19 71 1 0 46 67 .303 .361 .466 .827 81.6 17.5 6.1
SS *Tony Kubek 26 142 465 52 132 19 4 4 41 0 0 24 70 .284 .321 .368 .689 48.8 7.5 4.1
2B *Jerry Lumpe 30 132 413 37 93 15 3 2 30 0 3 28 39 .225 .273 .291 .563 29.8 1.1 3.7
CF *Duke Carmel 26 135 379 36 88 12 4 6 47 7 4 50 93 .232 .319 .332 .651 42.4 5.5 3.8
2B  Don Buddin 29 124 279 24 59 9 1 2 22 1 2 53 74 .211 .339 .272 .612 30.0 3.3 3.1
RF  George Alusik 28 111 230 20 50 7 0 4 18 0 0 25 38 .217 .297 .300 .597 19.9 1.7 2.2
2B  Joe Demaestri 34 75 204 20 50 4 0 2 22 2 2 6 28 .245 .267 .294 .561 12.9 0.0 2.1
C *Clint Courtney 36 74 161 7 37 3 0 1 11 0 0 8 13 .230 .271 .267 .538 10.0 0.0 1.5
P  Bob Friend 32 41 117 5 13 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 42 .111 .132 .145 .278 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Karl Spooner 32 40 97 2 12 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 32 .124 .124 .144 .268 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Red Swanson 26 40 99 7 15 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 36 .152 .176 .152 .328 0.3 0.0 0.0
C *Gail Harris 31 47 88 5 21 0 0 2 10 1 1 7 15 .239 .292 .307 .598 7.7 0.4 0.6
P  Humberto Robinson 33 27 54 3 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 18 .167 .179 .185 .364 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Orlando Pena 29 88 16 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .188 .188 .250 .438 0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Seth Morehead 28 45 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Piche 28 41 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.6 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Herbel 25 50 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.3 1991 5386 608 1278 173 32 122 584 69 29 601 989 .237 .314 .349 .663 604.2 95.5 42.5
  Rank among 10 NL teams 10 7 8 8 4 7 7 4 7 1 9 8 3 8 7 7  
* - 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
 Bob Friend 32 20 17 .541 41 41 0 342.7 304 114 29 45 135 2.99 29.3
*Karl Spooner 32 20 17 .541 40 40 0 300.0 228 114 41 117 280 3.42 22.0
 Red Swanson 26 18 14 .563 40 40 0 288.3 295 102 20 59 103 3.18 23.1
 Humberto Robinson 33 6 11 .353 27 24 0 163.3 172 74 21 33 119 4.08 5.5
 Orlando Pena 29 5 8 .385 88 6 25 130.0 134 62 13 46 47 4.29 9.6
*Seth Morehead 28 1 6 .143 45 7 1 87.0 100 48 14 21 24 4.97 0.0
 Ron Piche 28 1 8 .111 41 4 5 67.0 95 43 10 43 28 5.78 0.0
 Ron Herbel 25 5 5 .500 50 0 3 64.3 75 38 5 25 30 5.32 0.4
Team Totals 29.1 76 86 .469 372 162 34 1442.7 1403 595 153 389 766 3.71 90.0
Rank among 10 NL teams 7 7 2 7 10 7 6 6 3 10 6  
* - 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
E.Battey 1156.3 129 130 635 47 5 1 .993 32.4
C.Courtney 286.3 33 34 154 11 1 1 .994 23.8
Team Total 1442.7 162 164 789 58 6 2 .993 30.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.24
E.Mathews 1363.0 156 156 1540 137 12 128 .993 11.07
D.Buddin 43.7 5 5 53 3 1 7 .982 11.54
M.Mantle 15.0 0 7 21 1 0 5 1.000 13.20
J.Demaestri 12.0 0 2 13 2 0 1 1.000 11.25
J.Lumpe 9.0 1 1 8 1 1 2 .900 9.00
Team Total 1442.7 162 171 1635 144 14 143 .992 11.10
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.61
J.Lumpe 936.0 108 126 212 379 13 68 .978 5.68
J.Demaestri 463.0 54 58 101 191 5 45 .983 5.68
D.Buddin 43.7 0 22 11 22 4 4 .892 6.80
Team Total 1442.7 162 206 324 592 22 117 .977 5.71
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.74
B.Aspromonte 1379.0 159 159 91 304 20 21 .952 2.58
E.Battey 45.7 3 16 3 10 0 2 1.000 2.56
J.Demaestri 12.0 0 5 0 8 0 0 1.000 6.00
E.Mathews 4.3 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.16
T.Kubek 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.7 162 184 94 324 20 23 .954 2.61
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.00
T.Kubek 903.3 107 110 132 347 18 58 .964 4.77
D.Buddin 521.7 55 77 98 209 11 47 .965 5.30
B.Allison 7.0 0 3 1 5 0 0 1.000 7.71
J.Lumpe 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Aspromonte 3.7 0 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 9.84
J.Demaestri 3.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1442.7 162 196 232 567 29 105 .965 4.98
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.89
B.Allison 1223.3 137 144 255 6 11 4 .960 1.92
G.Harris 203.7 25 26 44 0 0 0 1.000 1.94
G.Alusik 9.0 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00
D.Carmel 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Mathews 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Courtney 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Aspromonte 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.7 162 177 304 6 11 4 .966 1.93
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.41
M.Mantle 1305.0 147 147 409 4 5 2 .988 2.85
D.Carmel 136.0 15 15 48 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
J.Lumpe 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.7 162 163 457 4 5 2 .989 2.88
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 1.98
D.Carmel 868.0 106 111 227 6 1 0 .996 2.42
G.Alusik 536.7 56 92 144 8 0 3 1.000 2.55
G.Harris 22.0 0 15 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.27
B.Allison 7.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
E.Mathews 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Demaestri 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1442.7 162 225 384 14 1 3 .997 2.48
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.09
B.Friend 342.7 41 41 24 61 1 11 .988 2.23
K.Spooner 300.0 40 40 24 44 0 1 1.000 2.04
R.Swanson 288.3 40 40 17 43 0 3 1.000 1.87
H.Robinson 163.3 24 27 13 31 2 3 .957 2.42
O.Pena 130.0 6 88 9 17 1 3 .963 1.80
S.Morehead 87.0 7 45 6 18 1 2 .960 2.48
R.Piche 67.0 4 41 0 10 1 0 .909 1.34
R.Herbel 64.3 0 50 4 12 0 0 1.000 2.24
Team Total 1442.7 162 372 97 236 6 23 .982 2.08
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Battey .303
On-Base Pct Mantle .382
Slugging Pct Mantle .530
OPS Mantle .912
XR Mantle 113.2
Games Mathews 161
At-Bats Aspromonte 628
Runs Mantle 98
Hits Battey 158
Total Bases Mantle 275
Singles Aspromonte 129
Doubles Allison 26
Triples Allison 8
Homeruns Mantle 42
RBIs Mantle 113
Stolen Bases Mantle 29
Caught Stealing Allison 6
Walks Mantle 121
Strikeouts Allison 135
ERA Friend 2.99
Wins Friend, Spooner 20
Losses Friend, Spooner 17
Winning Pct Swanson .563
Saves Pena 25
Games Pitched Pena 88
Games Started Friend 41
Complete Games Friend 22
Shutouts Friend 4
Innings Pitched Friend 342.7
Hits Allowed Friend 304
Homeruns Allowed Spooner 41
Strikeouts Spooner 280
Walks Allowed Spooner 117
Walks per 9IP Friend 1.2
Hits per 9IP Spooner 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Spooner 8.4
WHiP Friend 1.02
OAVG Spooner .211
OOBP Friend .262
OSLG Friend .337
OOPS Friend .598
Team All-Stars
Earl Battey
Bob Friend
Player Salaries
Mickey Mantle $ 14,000,000
Humberto Robinson $ 9,500,000
Karl Spooner $ 8,750,000
Eddie Mathews $ 7,820,000
Bob Friend $ 5,990,000
Seth Morehead $ 4,200,000
Earl Battey $ 3,200,000
Tony Kubek $ 2,385,714
Clint Courtney $ 2,100,000
Bob Allison $ 1,864,286
Orlando Pena $ 1,817,143
Jerry Lumpe $ 1,800,000
Don Buddin $ 1,774,286
George Alusik $ 428,571
Ron Piche $ 350,000
Jim Umbricht $ 350,000
Bob Aspromonte $ 300,000
Duke Carmel $ 300,000
Joe Demaestri $ 300,000
Ron Herbel $ 300,000
Red Swanson $ 300,000
Gail Harris $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Carroll Hardy Boston (N) $12,500,000
Bob Aspromonte
Duke Carmel