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1963 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 56-106
Finish: 5th in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 534
Runs Allowed: 766
Exp W-L: 55-107
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,309,431
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 1st in the National League
AA: 72-65, 4th in the National League
A: 70-67, 4th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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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
LF  Mike Hershberger 23 147 556 61 130 21 4 4 43 10 3 43 25 .234 .292 .308 .600 49.7 5.0 2.6
CF *Al Pilarcik 32 156 529 49 112 12 1 11 61 1 2 58 44 .212 .293 .301 .594 45.9 3.5 2.2
3B  Rich Rollins 25 129 474 51 125 14 4 8 48 3 4 31 65 .264 .312 .361 .673 49.8 6.6 2.8
2B  Tom Upton 36 147 455 49 113 9 0 3 25 10 0 38 79 .248 .306 .288 .594 41.3 4.5 4.0
1B *Ted Kluszewski 38 124 431 39 115 13 3 10 58 0 0 16 73 .267 .293 .381 .673 40.9 4.9 1.2
RF *Dick Kokos 35 104 371 48 91 11 2 16 50 0 0 43 84 .245 .322 .415 .737 49.1 8.1 1.7
C  John Orsino 25 121 362 40 81 15 1 15 51 0 0 29 88 .224 .298 .395 .693 42.7 6.2 5.5
2B *Nellie Fox 35 92 259 23 48 4 0 5 25 3 1 22 44 .185 .259 .259 .517 19.7 0.3 2.7
RF *Bob Farley 25 111 238 22 47 9 0 8 20 0 0 36 57 .197 .301 .336 .637 27.3 3.5 0.9
2B  Chico Carrasquel 35 113 229 17 48 6 1 0 16 1 1 19 35 .210 .270 .245 .514 15.0 0.0 2.6
3B  Al Smith 35 111 220 20 43 9 1 2 15 1 1 20 50 .195 .261 .273 .534 12.9 0.0 1.2
C *Joe Ginsberg 36 67 200 12 49 8 1 1 17 0 0 20 19 .245 .314 .310 .624 19.8 2.4 2.5
SS  Joe Koppe 32 53 194 23 67 6 3 2 20 6 3 28 23 .345 .426 .438 .864 35.5 8.3 1.4
C  Bob Tillman 26 73 128 9 22 5 0 2 11 0 0 12 37 .172 .241 .258 .499 6.7 0.0 1.4
P  Ray Culp 21 43 102 5 13 3 0 0 6 0 0 3 35 .127 .151 .157 .308 0.3 0.0 0.0
CF  Gino Cimoli 33 26 104 13 32 5 0 2 9 2 0 5 13 .308 .345 .413 .759 14.5 2.9 0.3
RF #Solly Drake 32 37 94 8 16 1 0 0 5 0 0 9 23 .170 .250 .181 .431 3.7 0.0 0.5
P  Joe Horlen 25 37 90 6 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 11 .167 .174 .189 .363 1.7 0.0 0.0
1B *Rusty Staub 19 18 72 11 17 4 0 2 6 1 0 8 5 .236 .313 .375 .688 7.2 0.8 0.3
P  Cecil Butler 25 37 53 4 4 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 15 .075 .109 .132 .241 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Taylor 25 30 49 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 .041 .041 .041 .082 -3.6 0.0 0.0
1B *Joe Pepitone 22 18 46 7 15 2 0 1 7 2 1 2 3 .326 .340 .435 .775 7.2 1.4 0.2
P  Dave Morehead 20 21 38 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .079 .103 .079 .182 -1.2 0.0 0.0
C  Jim Campbell 26 25 37 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .216 .231 .216 .447 1.6 0.0 0.4
C  Earl Averill 31 16 31 3 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 6 .129 .206 .226 .432 1.1 0.0 0.3
P *Billy Pierce 36 32 24 1 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .250 .250 .375 .625 2.1 0.4 0.0
CF  Bob Perry 28 9 15 3 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 .400 .438 .600 1.038 3.5 0.9 0.0
2B  Gene Verble 35 28 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .000 .067 .000 .067 -2.0 0.0 0.1
P  Ralph Beard 34 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
2B  Billy Gardner 35 6 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .429 .429 .571 1.000 1.4 0.4 0.1
P *Bo Belinsky 26 39 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Camilo Pascual 29 83 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0 0.0
3B *Joe Morgan 32 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.3 0.0 0.1
C *Bill Hall 34 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
CF  Carroll Hardy 30 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .750 1.000 0.8 0.2 0.0
P *Dick Littlefield 37 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Sam Jones 37 38 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Chakales 35 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Smith 35 16 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 30.3 2157 5466 534 1238 164 23 94 513 40 17 454 897 .226 .288 .317 .604 491.3 60.4 35.1
  Rank among 10 NL teams 8 9 9 9 8 10 9 6 2 6 5 10 10 10 10 10  
* - 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
 Ray Culp 21 11 23 .324 43 43 0 324.7 274 140 46 140 283 3.88 16.4
 Joe Horlen 25 10 18 .357 37 37 0 279.0 256 107 14 99 155 3.45 17.8
 Cecil Butler 25 7 12 .368 37 23 0 191.3 190 72 20 42 135 3.39 11.9
 Ron Taylor 25 3 17 .150 30 25 0 161.7 226 114 18 49 73 6.35 0.0
 Dave Morehead 20 6 8 .429 21 19 0 129.7 116 64 17 53 96 4.44 4.5
 Camilo Pascual 29 6 7 .462 83 1 6 107.3 100 42 13 38 69 3.52 9.3
*Billy Pierce 36 5 5 .500 32 8 0 93.3 92 48 13 41 64 4.63 4.4
*Bo Belinsky 26 5 5 .500 33 1 2 40.0 44 25 3 27 39 5.63 0.3
 Sam Jones 37 0 4 .000 38 0 15 35.3 25 15 3 23 31 3.82 4.9
 Ralph Beard 34 0 6 .000 9 5 0 30.3 50 30 2 17 7 8.90 0.0
 Frank Smith 35 1 0 1.000 16 0 1 20.0 13 8 1 15 24 3.60 2.0
*Dick Littlefield 37 0 0 .000 15 0 0 19.0 18 10 0 8 22 4.74 0.6
 Bob Chakales 35 2 1 .667 14 0 0 17.3 16 11 5 7 13 5.71 0.4
*Billy O'Dell 31 0 0 .000 7 0 0 7.3 10 5 3 5 7 6.14 0.0
Team Totals 29.7 56 106 .346 415 162 24 1456.3 1430 691 158 564 1018 4.27 72.5
Rank among 10 NL teams 10 10 9 10 5 9 10 10 10 2 10  
* - 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
J.Orsino 835.0 93 101 612 37 6 0 .991 30.3
J.Ginsberg 338.7 36 41 252 19 2 0 .993 44.0
B.Tillman 221.0 27 28 135 15 0 0 1.000 50.0
J.Campbell 41.7 4 5 34 4 0 0 1.000 100.0
E.Averill 34.5 5 5 24 2 0 0 1.000 25.0
B.Hall 4.0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1474.8 165 181 1063 77 8 0 .993 36.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.24
T.Kluszewski 942.7 107 113 1085 75 11 93 .991 11.08
B.Farley 195.7 21 30 207 16 3 22 .987 10.26
R.Staub 170.0 18 18 230 17 1 16 .996 13.08
J.Ginsberg 132.0 15 18 142 10 0 17 1.000 10.36
N.Fox 16.0 1 3 11 2 0 1 1.000 7.31
Team Total 1456.3 162 182 1675 120 15 149 .992 11.09
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.61
T.Upton 725.0 78 91 175 286 10 62 .979 5.72
N.Fox 449.7 54 55 108 181 3 41 .990 5.78
C.Carrasquel 247.7 28 44 63 115 3 24 .983 6.47
J.Morgan 20.0 1 5 5 12 0 0 1.000 7.65
G.Verble 9.0 1 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00
B.Gardner 2.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Farley 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
A.Smith 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1456.3 162 203 355 597 16 127 .983 5.88
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.74
R.Rollins 1065.0 119 125 62 258 26 17 .925 2.70
A.Smith 301.3 34 43 14 75 7 6 .927 2.66
C.Carrasquel 74.0 8 11 8 23 0 2 1.000 3.77
T.Upton 12.0 1 2 0 5 0 1 1.000 3.75
N.Fox 3.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
G.Verble 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.3 162 184 84 363 33 26 .931 2.76
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.00
J.Koppe 447.4 48 51 71 185 9 31 .966 5.15
T.Upton 350.7 42 44 58 134 18 26 .914 4.93
C.Carrasquel 257.3 28 36 42 108 3 22 .980 5.25
N.Fox 222.7 25 28 25 96 4 16 .968 4.89
D.Kokos 69.9 8 9 11 33 1 5 .978 5.67
G.Verble 33.3 2 9 2 12 0 2 1.000 3.78
B.Gardner 17.0 2 3 5 6 0 0 1.000 5.82
R.Rollins 9.0 1 1 2 2 0 2 1.000 4.00
Team Total 1407.3 156 181 216 576 35 104 .958 5.07
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.89
D.Kokos 492.8 57 58 92 4 0 2 1.000 1.75
A.Pilarcik 355.7 41 44 42 2 3 0 .936 1.11
B.Farley 153.0 16 22 30 0 0 0 1.000 1.76
A.Smith 84.0 9 13 26 0 1 0 .963 2.79
M.Hershberger 29.3 3 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.84
G.Cimoli 23.7 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.14
S.Drake 22.7 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.19
E.Averill 18.6 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.94
T.Upton 13.0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
B.Belinsky 10.7 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Perry 7.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
R.Rollins 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Hardy 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1219.4 133 164 212 6 4 2 .982 1.61
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.41
M.Hershberger 1118.7 127 133 255 8 9 1 .967 2.12
S.Drake 184.3 19 24 41 1 0 1 1.000 2.05
J.Pepitone 109.0 12 15 19 0 1 0 .950 1.57
G.Cimoli 23.2 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.94
B.Perry 18.0 2 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
A.Pilarcik 17.3 1 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.56
T.Kluszewski 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
Team Total 1479.5 164 186 327 9 10 2 .971 2.04
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 1.98
A.Pilarcik 899.7 101 104 181 6 0 1 1.000 1.87
D.Kokos 308.5 35 36 52 0 1 0 .981 1.52
B.Farley 183.3 21 22 40 1 0 0 1.000 2.01
G.Cimoli 177.9 14 16 26 1 1 0 .964 1.37
A.Smith 114.7 13 17 24 0 2 0 .923 1.88
M.Hershberger 12.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
C.Hardy 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
S.Drake 6.7 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
C.Carrasquel 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1715.7 186 205 327 8 4 1 .988 1.76
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.09
R.Culp 324.7 43 43 24 53 2 3 .975 2.13
J.Horlen 279.0 37 37 21 54 1 5 .987 2.42
C.Butler 191.3 23 37 12 34 1 4 .979 2.16
R.Taylor 161.7 25 30 11 40 1 2 .981 2.84
D.Morehead 129.7 19 21 8 19 0 1 1.000 1.87
C.Pascual 107.3 1 83 8 13 0 2 1.000 1.76
B.Pierce 93.3 8 32 5 17 0 2 1.000 2.12
B.Belinsky 40.0 1 33 0 4 1 0 .800 0.90
S.Jones 35.3 0 38 0 10 0 0 1.000 2.55
R.Beard 30.3 5 9 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.97
F.Smith 20.0 0 16 1 1 1 0 .667 0.90
D.Littlefield 19.0 0 15 0 3 1 1 .750 1.42
B.Chakales 17.3 0 14 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.12
B.O'Dell 7.3 0 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1456.3 162 415 94 262 8 20 .978 2.20
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Rollins .264
On-Base Pct Rollins .312
Slugging Pct Rollins .361
OPS Rollins .673
XR Rollins 49.8
Games Pilarcik 156
At-Bats Hershberger 556
Runs Hershberger 61
Hits Hershberger 130
Total Bases Rollins, Hershberger 171
Singles Upton, Hershberger 101
Doubles Hershberger 21
Triples Hershberger, Rollins 4
Homeruns Kokos 16
RBIs Pilarcik 61
Stolen Bases Hershberger, Upton 10
Caught Stealing Rollins 4
Walks Pilarcik 58
Strikeouts Orsino 88
ERA Butler 3.39
Wins Culp 11
Losses Culp 23
Winning Pct Butler .368
Saves Jones 15
Games Pitched Pascual 83
Games Started Culp 43
Complete Games Culp 14
Shutouts Culp 2
Innings Pitched Culp 324.7
Hits Allowed Culp 274
Homeruns Allowed Culp 46
Strikeouts Culp 283
Walks Allowed Culp 140
Walks per 9IP Butler 2.0
Hits per 9IP Culp 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Culp 7.8
WHiP Butler 1.21
OAVG Culp .230
OOBP Butler .298
OSLG Horlen .328
OOPS Horlen .636
Team All-Stars
Sam Jones
Player Salaries
Al Pilarcik $ 6,500,000
Chico Carrasquel $ 5,500,000
Ted Kluszewski $ 4,320,000
Camilo Pascual $ 4,000,000
Joe Ginsberg $ 3,000,000
Gino Cimoli $ 2,050,000
Bob Chakales $ 1,500,000
Billy Pierce $ 1,100,000
Sam Jones $ 800,000
Johnny Kucks $ 750,000
Dick Littlefield $ 750,000
Al Smith $ 750,000
Bob Ross $ 510,000
Robin Roberts $ 450,000
Nellie Fox $ 400,000
Ralph Beard $ 360,000
Ed Sadowski $ 350,000
Alex Konikowski $ 350,000
Bill Hall $ 350,000
Tom Upton $ 330,000
Bob Farley $ 300,000
Solly Drake $ 300,000
Ray Culp $ 300,000
Billy Gardner $ 300,000
Ron Taylor $ 300,000
Bob Tillman $ 300,000
Jim Campbell $ 300,000
Cecil Butler $ 300,000
Bo Belinsky $ 300,000
Dale Coogan $ 300,000
Rusty Staub $ 300,000
Mike Hershberger $ 300,000
Joe Horlen $ 300,000
Frank Smith $ 300,000
Earl Averill $ 300,000
Gene Verble $ 300,000
Dave Morehead $ 300,000
Joe Morgan $ 300,000
Billy O'Dell $ 300,000
John Orsino $ 300,000
Joe Pepitone $ 300,000
Bob Perry $ 300,000
Rich Rollins $ 300,000
Carroll Hardy $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Earl Robinson
Ed Bouchee		 New York (A) Camilo Pascual
2/1 Traded Steve Hamilton New York (A) Marcelino Solis
2/3 Signed     Dick Kokos
2/3 Signed     Tom Upton
2/3 Signed     Mike Garcia
2/5 Signed     Billy Pierce
2/7 Traded Eli Grba Montreal Ted Kluszewski
2/7 Signed     Al Pilarcik
2/7 Signed     Ralph Beard
2/8 Signed     Al Smith
2/9 Signed     Nellie Fox
2/12 Signed     Joe Ginsberg
2/13 Signed     Robin Roberts
3/3 Traded $12,500,000
Bob Aspromonte
Duke Carmel		 Brooklyn Carroll Hardy
6/1 Traded Joe Koppe New York (A) Ron Kline
6/23 Released Mike Garcia    
7/31 Traded Dick Kokos
$175,000		 Tampa Bay Earl Averill
Gino Cimoli
Claude Osteen
 
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