1963 Toronto Blue Jays
Record: 64-98
Finish: 5th in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 538
Runs Allowed: 740
Exp W-L: 58-104
 
Ballpark: Exhibition Stadium
Attendance: 1,205,439
Manager: Chuck Glidden

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-67, 4th in the American League
AA: 65-72, 7th in the American League
A: 58-79, 9th in the American 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  Bill Mazeroski 26 154 557 52 145 31 4 11 54 2 3 31 33 .260 .299 .390 .688 57.0 9.4 4.9
3B  Lou Skizas 31 140 455 46 95 20 1 20 55 0 0 31 63 .209 .258 .389 .647 48.3 6.6 1.6
SS  Reno Bertoia 28 146 402 19 91 22 4 2 39 2 0 22 79 .226 .267 .316 .583 31.5 2.9 6.7
LF *Boog Powell 21 105 369 53 88 17 3 20 47 0 0 54 81 .238 .334 .463 .798 58.7 13.2 1.4
SS  George Banks 24 102 350 54 66 12 5 10 27 2 1 46 106 .189 .286 .337 .623 36.0 4.4 1.1
C  Jim Pagliaroni 25 117 359 29 60 19 3 8 32 0 0 33 98 .167 .238 .304 .542 25.8 0.0 5.6
CF #Ernie Oravetz 31 111 312 32 65 9 1 4 23 2 4 36 40 .208 .289 .282 .571 25.9 2.1 0.8
1B  Joe Adcock 35 78 290 34 75 11 2 15 38 1 0 24 59 .259 .314 .466 .780 40.2 8.4 2.5
C *Gary Kolb 23 125 284 40 55 14 2 4 21 27 10 26 57 .194 .260 .299 .559 24.9 2.1 0.8
1B  Roberto Clemente 28 78 270 36 71 21 4 4 30 5 3 26 35 .263 .329 .415 .744 33.8 7.2 1.4
1B  Randy Jackson 37 112 272 18 67 5 0 6 23 7 0 15 68 .246 .288 .331 .619 25.6 3.6 2.6
1B  Roman Mejias 32 76 263 35 66 7 1 16 41 2 0 21 47 .251 .313 .468 .780 37.1 7.6 1.5
C  Jack Shepard 31 86 250 17 44 9 1 2 21 4 1 14 29 .176 .218 .244 .462 11.7 0.0 3.6
SS *Ed Kranepool 18 90 210 20 57 8 1 3 15 0 0 13 15 .271 .313 .362 .674 21.9 3.8 0.4
CF  Bobby Wine 24 76 182 12 30 7 1 1 16 0 1 11 40 .165 .210 .231 .441 7.6 0.0 3.2
P  Eddie Fisher 26 43 100 3 10 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 35 .100 .118 .120 .238 -2.5 0.0 0.0
P *Tom Sturdivant 33 43 91 4 22 1 0 1 5 3 1 0 15 .242 .242 .286 .527 6.0 0.0 0.0
2B  Nate Oliver 22 50 72 12 9 1 0 0 3 3 2 3 18 .125 .160 .139 .299 -1.7 0.0 1.0
P  John Miller 22 29 66 1 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 30 .030 .045 .061 .105 -3.9 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Humphreys 27 34 54 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 17 .093 .109 .111 .220 -1.6 0.0 0.0
LF  Al Ferrara 23 43 52 9 23 3 0 4 15 0 0 7 6 .442 .508 .731 1.239 15.5 5.1 0.1
1B  Frank Kostro 25 33 39 3 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 13 .205 .225 .282 .507 2.2 0.0 0.1
P *Mike Cuellar 26 21 33 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 13 .182 .200 .212 .412 1.5 0.0 0.0
1B *Gordon Goldsberry 35 14 12 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .333 .429 .417 .845 2.2 0.8 0.0
P *Chris Zachary 19 5 11 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .273 .455 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Hendley 24 93 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Dale Willis 25 41 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  John Romonosky 33 73 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Carl Bouldin 23 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 26.8 2143 5368 538 1167 222 36 131 520 61 26 420 1006 .217 .274 .345 .620 503.6 77.2 39.4
  Rank among 10 AL teams 10 9 9 6 4 4 9 7 3 8 7 9 9 8 9 9  
* - 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
 Eddie Fisher 26 13 22 .371 43 43 0 314.3 348 137 14 72 134 3.92 16.4
 Tom Sturdivant 33 13 15 .464 43 43 0 293.7 272 123 32 111 176 3.77 22.0
 Bob Humphreys 27 5 11 .313 34 27 0 190.7 181 87 20 83 110 4.11 8.6
 John Miller 22 10 12 .455 29 29 0 188.3 153 86 19 103 137 4.11 9.3
*Mike Cuellar 26 2 11 .154 21 15 0 114.3 131 64 16 45 72 5.04 1.1
*Bob Hendley 24 11 12 .478 93 0 6 105.3 130 69 15 51 49 5.90 0.2
 John Romonosky 33 5 4 .556 73 0 9 95.3 90 35 5 54 59 3.30 12.1
 Dale Willis 25 2 0 1.000 41 0 3 47.0 39 28 7 31 37 5.36 1.7
 Bill Fischer 32 2 6 .250 35 0 15 32.7 44 20 6 4 15 5.51 1.5
 Chris Zachary 19 1 3 .250 5 5 0 31.3 34 17 0 19 21 4.88 0.7
 Carl Bouldin 23 0 1 .000 25 0 0 28.0 32 13 2 11 19 4.18 1.5
 Bobby Wine 24 0 1 .000 1 0 0 1.7 1 1 0 2 1 5.42 0.0
 Hal Kolstad 28 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.2
Team Totals 26.3 64 98 .395 444 162 33 1443.6 1456 680 136 587 831 4.24 75.4
Rank among 10 AL teams 9 9 4 9 9 9 6 9 10 8 9  
* - 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 .990 34.1
J.Pagliaroni 858.0 96 96 491 55 5 0 .991 30.1
J.Shepard 572.0 65 68 351 31 5 0 .987 33.9
G.Kolb 11.7 1 2 6 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
R.Jackson 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1443.7 162 168 850 87 10 0 .989 31.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.65
J.Adcock 652.8 73 76 820 58 6 92 .993 12.10
R.Clemente 319.0 38 38 389 27 3 31 .993 11.74
R.Mejias 309.1 29 31 392 28 3 33 .993 12.23
B.Powell 219.3 25 28 266 23 1 29 .997 11.86
J.Pagliaroni 53.0 6 7 66 4 1 5 .986 11.89
J.Shepard 35.0 4 6 41 5 1 4 .979 11.83
R.Jackson 34.0 4 5 42 2 0 3 1.000 11.65
E.Kranepool 25.0 3 5 26 3 0 1 1.000 10.44
G.Goldsberry 2.7 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 10.15
L.Skizas 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1650.9 182 199 2045 152 15 198 .993 11.98
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.92
L.Skizas 864.3 99 102 223 351 14 95 .976 5.98
B.Mazeroski 433.0 49 51 117 188 6 37 .981 6.34
N.Oliver 104.3 9 22 26 50 2 11 .974 6.56
R.Bertoia 42.0 5 5 9 19 0 2 1.000 6.00
J.Adcock 0.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.2 162 181 375 608 22 145 .978 6.13
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.82
B.Mazeroski 810.7 94 96 51 232 7 25 .976 3.14
R.Jackson 538.7 63 75 29 151 6 12 .968 3.01
R.Bertoia 59.3 4 10 0 22 1 2 .957 3.34
F.Kostro 17.0 1 7 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.12
G.Banks 16.7 0 9 0 7 0 1 1.000 3.78
J.Pagliaroni 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.6 162 198 80 416 14 40 .973 3.09
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.07
R.Bertoia 859.3 98 111 148 395 7 68 .987 5.69
B.Wine 474.0 55 63 67 224 12 45 .960 5.53
N.Oliver 84.0 9 15 21 38 1 13 .983 6.32
G.Banks 24.3 0 7 7 14 1 6 .955 7.77
B.Mazeroski 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1443.7 162 197 243 672 21 132 .978 5.70
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.75
B.Powell 642.0 71 76 120 4 0 2 1.000 1.74
R.Clemente 247.7 30 30 45 0 1 0 .978 1.64
L.Skizas 144.0 17 18 27 1 0 0 1.000 1.75
E.Kranepool 86.0 10 12 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.78
R.Mejias 44.6 4 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.02
G.Kolb 28.3 2 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.27
F.Kostro 19.0 3 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
A.Ferrara 5.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
G.Banks 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Oravetz 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1224.0 137 157 230 5 1 2 .996 1.73
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.28
E.Oravetz 700.3 79 91 174 2 11 1 .941 2.26
G.Kolb 331.0 37 45 80 0 0 0 1.000 2.18
E.Kranepool 195.0 23 23 28 2 1 0 .968 1.38
R.Mejias 188.6 14 28 47 0 1 0 .979 2.24
L.Skizas 38.3 2 11 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.11
Team Total 1453.3 155 198 338 4 13 1 .963 2.12
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.79
G.Banks 745.3 95 97 144 3 3 1 .980 1.78
G.Kolb 335.7 39 44 68 0 0 0 1.000 1.82
E.Kranepool 99.7 9 23 11 2 0 1 1.000 1.17
A.Ferrara 65.3 0 30 14 0 2 0 .875 1.93
R.Clemente 59.7 6 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.36
R.Mejias 36.2 3 5 5 0 1 0 .833 1.24
R.Bertoia 24.0 2 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
F.Kostro 19.0 2 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.32
L.Skizas 18.0 2 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.00
J.Adcock 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
E.Oravetz 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Goldsberry 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1408.2 158 223 264 7 6 2 .978 1.73
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.10
E.Fisher 314.3 43 43 20 62 3 6 .965 2.35
T.Sturdivant 293.7 43 43 28 58 4 4 .956 2.64
B.Humphreys 190.7 27 34 16 39 1 4 .982 2.60
J.Miller 188.3 29 29 9 20 0 0 1.000 1.39
M.Cuellar 114.3 15 21 5 8 0 1 1.000 1.02
B.Hendley 105.3 0 93 6 22 0 3 1.000 2.39
J.Romonosky 95.3 0 73 2 15 0 2 1.000 1.60
D.Willis 47.0 0 41 0 10 1 1 .909 1.91
B.Fischer 32.7 0 35 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.65
C.Zachary 31.3 5 5 4 10 0 0 1.000 4.02
C.Bouldin 28.0 0 25 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Wine 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Kolstad 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.6 162 444 93 254 9 21 .975 2.16
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mazeroski .260
On-Base Pct Mazeroski .299
Slugging Pct Mazeroski .390
OPS Mazeroski .688
XR Powell 58.7
Games Mazeroski 154
At-Bats Mazeroski 557
Runs Banks 54
Hits Mazeroski 145
Total Bases Mazeroski 217
Singles Mazeroski 99
Doubles Mazeroski 31
Triples Banks 5
Homeruns Powell, Skizas 20
RBIs Skizas 55
Stolen Bases Kolb 27
Caught Stealing Kolb 10
Walks Powell 54
Strikeouts Banks 106
ERA Sturdivant 3.77
Wins Fisher, Sturdivant 13
Losses Fisher 22
Winning Pct Hendley .478
Saves Fischer 15
Games Pitched Hendley 93
Games Started Fisher, Sturdivant 43
Complete Games Fisher 8
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Fisher 314.3
Hits Allowed Fisher 348
Homeruns Allowed Sturdivant 32
Strikeouts Sturdivant 176
Walks Allowed Sturdivant 111
Walks per 9IP Fisher 2.1
Hits per 9IP Miller 7.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Miller 6.5
WHiP Sturdivant 1.30
OAVG Miller .222
OOBP Sturdivant .319
OSLG Miller .355
OOPS Miller .677
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Joe Adcock $ 18,000,000
Randy Jackson $ 6,500,000
Reno Bertoia $ 650,000
Gordon Goldsberry $ 510,000
Mike Cuellar $ 475,000
Jim Pagliaroni $ 350,000
Ernie Oravetz $ 350,000
Jack Shepard $ 350,000
Frank Kostro $ 300,000
Jim Dickson $ 300,000
Bill Fischer $ 300,000
Eddie Fisher $ 300,000
Carl Bouldin $ 300,000
Bob Hendley $ 300,000
Bob Humphreys $ 300,000
George Banks $ 300,000
Al Ferrara $ 300,000
Hal Kolstad $ 300,000
Chris Zachary $ 300,000
Ed Kranepool $ 300,000
Bill Mazeroski $ 300,000
John Miller $ 300,000
Nate Oliver $ 300,000
Boog Powell $ 300,000
John Romonosky $ 300,000
Lou Skizas $ 300,000
Tom Sturdivant $ 300,000
Dale Willis $ 300,000
Bobby Wine $ 300,000
Gary Kolb $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Joe Morgan San Diego Boog Powell
Al Ferrara
2/5 Signed     Gordon Goldsberry
2/18 Signed     Harry Simpson
2/25 Signed     Reno Bertoia
6/30 Released Harry Simpson    
7/1 Traded Roman Mejias
Roberto Clemente
Detroit Joe Adcock