1963 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 95-67
Finish: 2nd in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 685
Runs Allowed: 589
Exp W-L: 92-70
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 1,691,839
Manager: Joel Roltgen

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 4th in the National League
AA: 84-53, 2nd in the National League
A: 79-58, 2nd in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 2-4 to Montreal Expos
Won Divisional Series 4-3 over San Diego Padres
 
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
1B *Willie McCovey 25 155 562 79 134 19 3 36 102 0 2 70 97 .238 .321 .475 .796 85.8 18.1 3.7
CF *Tito Francona 29 153 561 74 143 17 0 10 55 10 3 66 77 .255 .333 .339 .671 63.2 10.8 4.0
3B *Tony Gonzalez 26 155 566 72 148 19 3 8 47 23 11 52 86 .261 .329 .348 .677 62.6 10.9 6.2
LF *Leon Wagner 29 155 576 89 165 13 2 29 79 9 4 39 83 .286 .333 .467 .800 85.3 19.5 3.6
LF  Frank Howard 26 151 532 70 153 23 4 31 100 4 1 56 92 .288 .352 .521 .873 94.5 24.2 4.8
C  Bill Freehan 21 151 500 70 146 18 2 12 54 2 3 54 70 .292 .364 .408 .772 68.2 15.3 6.7
3B  Jose Pagan 28 152 500 52 123 23 0 12 54 19 6 45 97 .246 .310 .364 .674 56.7 9.6 7.4
LF  Billy Moran 29 110 324 34 72 19 0 7 35 2 1 13 33 .222 .255 .346 .601 25.1 1.7 4.0
RF *Lee Maye 28 118 280 31 79 8 0 6 30 6 1 9 38 .282 .304 .375 .679 30.4 5.5 2.6
2B  Chuck Schilling 25 107 256 22 69 7 0 1 25 0 3 23 25 .270 .329 .309 .637 20.9 2.3 3.2
C *Sammy Taylor 30 113 163 23 48 9 1 4 29 0 0 14 23 .294 .354 .436 .789 24.7 5.9 1.1
2B  Frank Bolling 31 85 162 23 37 9 2 4 20 2 0 11 18 .228 .277 .383 .660 15.2 2.2 1.4
P *Billy Hoeft 31 44 118 4 17 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 50 .144 .171 .144 .315 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Tex Clevenger 30 43 109 8 19 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 35 .174 .174 .202 .376 1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Bonikowski 22 30 79 3 9 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 29 .114 .114 .114 .228 -2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Larry Sherry 27 30 69 4 8 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 18 .116 .129 .116 .245 -1.2 0.0 0.0
3B  Cam Carreon 25 23 60 8 15 2 0 1 5 0 0 3 9 .250 .286 .333 .619 3.9 0.0 0.9
SS  Frank Malzone 33 36 53 6 14 2 0 1 5 1 0 3 3 .264 .304 .358 .662 4.9 0.6 0.5
P  Glen Hobbie 27 60 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .043 .043 .043 .087 -1.9 0.0 0.0
SS #Pumpsie Green 29 54 18 12 3 0 1 0 2 5 2 1 4 .167 .211 .278 .488 0.9 0.0 0.3
P  Bill Dailey 28 97 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Miller 37 4 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.3 0.0
P  Jim Bunning 31 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.1 2051 5526 685 1406 191 18 162 661 86 38 462 894 .254 .313 .383 .696 639.9 126.8 50.3
  Rank among 10 NL teams 6 4 5 7 10 4 5 2 8 5 4 4 4 5 4 6  
* - 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
*Billy Hoeft 31 17 14 .548 44 44 0 363.0 296 100 21 49 244 2.48 34.0
 Tex Clevenger 30 24 10 .706 43 43 0 311.0 256 113 39 96 187 3.27 25.5
 Joe Bonikowski 22 12 10 .545 30 30 0 226.7 212 83 13 60 109 3.30 15.2
 Larry Sherry 27 13 8 .619 30 30 0 210.7 157 76 20 63 171 3.25 15.2
 Glen Hobbie 27 11 9 .550 60 9 6 117.0 139 68 16 54 60 5.23 1.5
 Bill Dailey 28 7 7 .500 97 1 18 108.3 112 50 14 28 62 4.15 8.5
 Don Lee 29 7 6 .538 63 0 6 70.3 79 34 8 19 37 4.35 4.7
 Jim Bunning 31 3 2 .600 25 1 4 38.0 35 22 7 14 21 5.21 1.6
 Bob Miller 37 0 1 .000 4 4 0 18.0 23 8 3 2 9 4.00 0.7
*Jim Archer 31 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 1 3 0.00 1.0
Team Totals 29.3 95 67 .586 399 162 34 1467.0 1310 554 141 386 903 3.40 107.9
Rank among 10 NL teams 2 2 4 2 2 2 5 2 2 7 2  
* - 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
B.Freehan 1216.3 135 137 756 61 7 0 .992 32.2
S.Taylor 158.7 16 19 115 5 1 0 .992 20.0
C.Carreon 92.0 11 12 59 8 1 0 .985 57.1
Team Total 1467.0 162 168 930 74 9 0 .991 32.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.24
W.McCovey 1332.7 149 153 1631 153 14 121 .992 12.05
F.Bolling 79.0 9 10 108 9 1 6 .992 13.33
L.Maye 29.0 3 5 39 4 0 1 1.000 13.34
B.Moran 9.0 1 1 12 2 0 2 1.000 14.00
L.Wagner 6.0 0 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
C.Carreon 5.0 0 1 5 0 0 2 1.000 9.00
J.Pagan 3.0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
P.Green 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
T.Francona 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Howard 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1467.0 162 178 1808 168 15 133 .992 12.12
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.61
J.Pagan 1217.3 144 147 235 512 8 83 .989 5.52
F.Bolling 124.3 12 22 30 48 0 16 1.000 5.65
C.Schilling 69.7 6 15 14 34 1 3 .980 6.20
L.Maye 43.0 0 17 10 22 0 4 1.000 6.70
P.Green 7.0 0 7 0 4 0 0 1.000 5.14
F.Malzone 5.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
Team Total 1467.0 162 211 290 620 9 106 .990 5.58
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.74
T.Gonzalez 1299.0 145 148 72 350 7 22 .984 2.92
L.Maye 59.0 6 10 1 12 0 0 1.000 1.98
F.Bolling 50.0 6 8 4 7 1 1 .917 1.98
C.Carreon 44.0 5 6 6 12 0 0 1.000 3.68
B.Freehan 8.0 0 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13
F.Malzone 5.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
B.Moran 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1467.0 162 180 83 385 8 23 .983 2.87
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.00
B.Moran 773.0 96 98 114 307 8 47 .981 4.90
C.Schilling 520.3 58 75 68 220 5 39 .983 4.98
F.Bolling 60.0 4 19 8 20 0 3 1.000 4.20
L.Maye 55.3 1 23 14 23 0 4 1.000 6.02
F.Malzone 30.7 3 7 4 17 2 3 .913 6.16
J.Pagan 10.7 0 3 3 5 0 1 1.000 6.75
P.Green 10.0 0 8 1 10 0 0 1.000 9.90
T.Gonzalez 7.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1467.0 162 238 214 602 15 97 .982 5.01
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.89
L.Wagner 1292.7 145 145 257 0 11 0 .959 1.79
S.Taylor 58.3 4 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
B.Moran 54.0 6 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.83
L.Maye 39.0 6 6 7 2 1 0 .900 2.08
P.Green 9.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Howard 7.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
W.McCovey 5.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
T.Gonzalez 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1467.0 162 178 293 2 12 0 .961 1.81
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.41
F.Howard 1218.0 137 140 292 2 1 1 .997 2.17
L.Maye 134.7 14 19 35 0 1 0 .972 2.34
F.Malzone 53.3 6 10 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.19
T.Francona 44.0 5 5 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
P.Green 15.0 0 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
T.Gonzalez 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1467.0 162 184 353 3 2 1 .994 2.18
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 1.98
T.Francona 1233.7 140 146 245 2 0 0 1.000 1.80
L.Maye 186.0 21 24 47 2 0 0 1.000 2.37
P.Green 25.0 1 12 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
L.Wagner 13.3 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
F.Howard 8.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
S.Taylor 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1467.0 162 192 302 4 0 0 1.000 1.88
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.09
B.Hoeft 363.0 44 44 36 58 6 4 .940 2.33
T.Clevenger 311.0 43 43 20 56 3 4 .962 2.20
J.Bonikowski 226.7 30 30 24 38 1 2 .984 2.46
L.Sherry 210.7 30 30 12 33 1 0 .978 1.92
G.Hobbie 117.0 9 60 14 19 0 1 1.000 2.54
B.Dailey 108.3 1 97 8 15 1 2 .958 1.91
D.Lee 70.3 0 63 6 17 0 0 1.000 2.94
J.Bunning 38.0 1 25 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.18
B.Miller 18.0 4 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.50
J.Archer 4.0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1467.0 162 399 122 246 12 14 .968 2.26
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Freehan .292
On-Base Pct Freehan .364
Slugging Pct Howard .521
OPS Howard .873
XR Howard 94.5
Games Gonzalez, Wagner, McCovey 155
At-Bats Wagner 576
Runs Wagner 89
Hits Wagner 165
Total Bases Howard 277
Singles Wagner 121
Doubles Howard, Pagan 23
Triples Howard 4
Homeruns McCovey 36
RBIs McCovey 102
Stolen Bases Gonzalez 23
Caught Stealing Gonzalez 11
Walks McCovey 70
Strikeouts McCovey, Pagan 97
ERA Hoeft 2.48
Wins Clevenger 24
Losses Hoeft 14
Winning Pct Clevenger .706
Saves Dailey 18
Games Pitched Dailey 97
Games Started Hoeft 44
Complete Games Hoeft 14
Shutouts Hoeft 3
Innings Pitched Hoeft 363.0
Hits Allowed Hoeft 296
Homeruns Allowed Clevenger 39
Strikeouts Hoeft 244
Walks Allowed Clevenger 96
Walks per 9IP Hoeft 1.2
Hits per 9IP Sherry 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Sherry 7.3
WHiP Hoeft 0.95
OAVG Sherry .206
OOBP Hoeft .247
OSLG Hoeft .324
OOPS Hoeft .571
Team All-Stars
Tex Clevenger
Frank Howard
Player Salaries
Billy Hoeft $ 24,000,100
Leon Wagner $ 3,250,000
Frank Howard $ 3,192,857
Tito Francona $ 3,092,857
Larry Sherry $ 3,057,143
Tex Clevenger $ 3,000,000
Billy Moran $ 1,459,286
Bob Blaylock $ 1,411,429
Jim Bunning $ 1,253,571
Bob Trowbridge $ 911,000
Sammy Taylor $ 831,429
Frank Bolling $ 721,429
Glen Hobbie $ 500,000
Gair Allie $ 350,000
Hal Smith $ 350,000
Larry Jackson $ 350,000
Ted Bowsfield $ 350,000
Don Lee $ 330,000
Bill Dailey $ 300,000
Jim Archer $ 300,000
Chuck Schilling $ 300,000
Joe Bonikowski $ 300,000
Jose Pagan $ 300,000
Pumpsie Green $ 300,000
Willie McCovey $ 300,000
Lee Maye $ 300,000
Bill Freehan $ 300,000
Tony Gonzalez $ 300,000
Frank Malzone $ 300,000
Cam Carreon $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
5/1 Traded Bob Miller Worcester Dave Gerard