1963 Oakland Athletics
Record: 70-92
Finish: 4th in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 588
Runs Allowed: 680
Exp W-L: 70-92
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 2,133,756
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 59-78, 10th in the American League
AA: 65-72, 8th in the American League
A: 73-64, 5th 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
1B *Wayne Belardi 32 156 550 74 126 13 1 23 72 1 3 79 90 .229 .330 .382 .712 73.2 14.1 3.5
2B #Jim Gilliam 34 153 545 71 117 25 5 3 29 23 20 70 74 .215 .305 .295 .601 50.1 6.2 5.4
CF *Whitey Lockman 36 155 547 70 165 11 6 14 78 26 15 60 59 .302 .369 .420 .789 78.5 18.0 3.1
RF *Willie Kirkland 29 151 527 65 118 30 3 14 64 20 5 46 86 .224 .286 .372 .658 53.5 8.0 2.1
RF  Jackie Jensen 36 153 513 51 119 17 3 10 46 3 2 52 123 .232 .300 .335 .635 52.4 7.5 2.7
RF  Stan Palys 33 152 520 52 140 24 0 21 87 0 0 39 91 .269 .319 .437 .756 66.6 14.3 2.9
SS  Jim Brideweser 36 134 510 55 137 13 4 4 52 24 7 29 86 .269 .308 .333 .641 55.4 9.8 3.6
2B  Leo Cardenas 24 128 446 46 118 16 4 5 39 1 3 28 82 .265 .316 .352 .668 45.6 8.0 6.5
1B *Ray Barker 27 134 314 28 62 12 0 8 29 0 1 35 63 .197 .280 .312 .592 26.6 2.5 1.8
3B  Rudy Regalado 33 101 192 12 52 1 0 0 19 0 1 9 32 .271 .314 .276 .590 15.4 1.8 2.2
RF *Al Spangler 29 112 190 19 46 5 2 1 13 9 11 12 39 .242 .286 .305 .591 12.8 0.1 1.2
C  Cal Neeman 34 83 161 10 39 6 2 0 6 0 2 7 46 .242 .272 .304 .577 11.6 1.0 1.3
P  Gene Conley 32 41 112 14 21 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 31 .188 .202 .188 .389 3.2 0.0 0.0
P  Chuck Estrada 25 39 98 8 12 3 1 0 9 0 1 4 34 .122 .163 .173 .337 0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Marshall Bridges 32 41 75 5 8 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 27 .107 .125 .120 .245 -0.9 0.0 0.0
C  Hawk Taylor 24 36 64 4 13 2 0 0 5 0 1 4 22 .203 .250 .234 .484 2.9 0.0 0.6
P  Virgil Jester 35 23 43 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .093 .111 .116 .227 -1.7 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Acker 33 33 14 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .143 .200 .214 .414 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Denny McLain 19 64 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Dwight Siebler 25 25 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Waugh 29 71 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Cholly Naranjo 28 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Tom Borland 30 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Dolan Nichols 33 49 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.3 2095 5439 588 1301 181 31 103 561 107 74 479 1010 .239 .302 .341 .643 545.2 91.3 37.0
  Rank among 10 AL teams 7 8 8 8 8 10 8 3 9 6 8 8 8 9 8 8  
* - 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
 Gene Conley 32 24 10 .706 41 41 0 334.3 245 74 17 63 287 1.99 39.0
 Chuck Estrada 25 16 14 .533 38 38 0 289.7 239 115 26 119 229 3.57 16.9
*Marshall Bridges 32 7 20 .259 41 41 0 260.0 239 122 26 130 185 4.22 5.9
 Virgil Jester 35 4 12 .250 23 21 0 136.7 187 86 20 32 53 5.66 0.0
 Denny McLain 19 7 2 .778 64 0 0 98.0 87 41 8 31 59 3.77 6.3
 Jim Waugh 29 3 11 .214 70 0 5 77.7 97 48 6 36 35 5.56 0.0
 Tom Acker 33 1 6 .143 32 20 0 77.0 70 29 12 22 70 3.39 4.5
 Dolan Nichols 33 2 6 .250 49 0 2 62.0 69 39 4 25 21 5.66 0.0
 Cholly Naranjo 28 6 8 .429 46 0 20 50.0 41 20 3 30 32 3.60 7.4
 Dwight Siebler 25 0 3 .000 25 0 1 43.3 51 28 12 18 35 5.82 0.0
*Tom Borland 30 0 0 .000 15 1 0 24.7 20 8 2 10 18 2.92 1.7
Team Totals 29.2 70 92 .432 444 162 28 1453.3 1345 610 136 516 1024 3.78 81.7
Rank among 10 AL teams 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 7 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 .990 34.1
J.Jensen 1033.0 115 116 744 56 14 1 .983 30.5
C.Neeman 322.7 36 39 231 16 3 1 .988 34.4
H.Taylor 95.0 11 13 75 7 0 0 1.000 37.5
R.Barker 2.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1453.3 162 169 1051 79 17 2 .985 32.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.65
W.Belardi 1157.7 130 130 1433 99 14 111 .991 11.91
R.Barker 293.7 32 37 365 31 1 40 .997 12.14
A.Spangler 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1453.3 162 168 1801 130 15 151 .992 11.96
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.92
J.Gilliam 1287.7 147 150 286 549 19 103 .978 5.84
R.Regalado 157.0 15 31 34 81 4 13 .966 6.59
L.Cardenas 3.0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
A.Spangler 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Brideweser 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
W.Lockman 1.7 0 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 21.69
Team Total 1453.3 162 186 325 635 23 117 .977 5.95
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.82
J.Brideweser 960.3 109 111 44 247 12 11 .960 2.73
R.Barker 326.7 36 43 17 81 3 10 .970 2.70
W.Belardi 147.7 17 17 10 24 2 5 .944 2.07
R.Regalado 9.0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
L.Cardenas 6.7 0 3 0 5 0 0 1.000 6.76
J.Gilliam 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Spangler 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.3 162 180 71 358 17 26 .962 2.66
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.07
L.Cardenas 1060.0 122 122 150 479 21 81 .968 5.34
R.Regalado 224.3 21 31 34 97 3 17 .978 5.26
J.Brideweser 158.0 18 18 19 60 5 11 .940 4.50
W.Belardi 9.0 1 1 1 3 1 1 .800 4.00
W.Lockman 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1453.3 162 173 204 640 30 110 .966 5.23
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.75
W.Kirkland 844.7 96 99 131 6 8 1 .945 1.46
W.Lockman 357.7 42 42 63 1 2 0 .970 1.61
S.Palys 117.7 12 15 25 1 0 1 1.000 1.99
A.Spangler 112.7 11 15 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.44
H.Taylor 16.0 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
W.Belardi 4.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.3 162 179 242 8 10 2 .962 1.55
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.28
W.Lockman 947.3 108 111 192 5 3 1 .985 1.87
S.Palys 364.3 41 49 76 1 0 0 1.000 1.90
A.Spangler 137.7 13 22 28 1 0 0 1.000 1.90
J.Jensen 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.3 162 184 296 7 3 1 .990 1.88
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.79
S.Palys 691.0 79 86 129 4 0 2 1.000 1.73
W.Kirkland 360.3 40 45 58 3 2 1 .968 1.52
J.Jensen 208.0 24 27 39 0 3 0 .929 1.69
A.Spangler 163.0 16 26 42 1 0 0 1.000 2.37
H.Taylor 25.0 3 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
W.Belardi 5.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
T.Acker 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.3 162 191 274 8 5 3 .983 1.75
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.10
G.Conley 334.3 41 41 19 49 2 3 .971 1.83
C.Estrada 289.7 38 38 25 46 0 6 1.000 2.21
M.Bridges 260.0 41 41 13 54 1 2 .985 2.32
V.Jester 136.7 21 23 8 32 1 0 .976 2.63
D.McLain 98.0 0 64 6 19 0 3 1.000 2.30
J.Waugh 77.7 0 70 4 13 4 0 .810 1.97
T.Acker 77.0 20 32 1 10 0 0 1.000 1.29
D.Nichols 62.0 0 49 4 10 0 2 1.000 2.03
C.Naranjo 50.0 0 46 4 7 0 2 1.000 1.98
D.Siebler 43.3 0 25 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.42
T.Borland 24.7 1 15 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.82
Team Total 1453.3 162 444 84 247 8 18 .976 2.05
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Lockman .302
On-Base Pct Lockman .369
Slugging Pct Palys .437
OPS Lockman .789
XR Lockman 78.5
Games Belardi 156
At-Bats Belardi 550
Runs Belardi 74
Hits Lockman 165
Total Bases Lockman 230
Singles Lockman 134
Doubles Kirkland 30
Triples Lockman 6
Homeruns Belardi 23
RBIs Palys 87
Stolen Bases Lockman 26
Caught Stealing Gilliam 20
Walks Belardi 79
Strikeouts Jensen 123
ERA Conley 1.99
Wins Conley 24
Losses Bridges 20
Winning Pct Conley .706
Saves Naranjo 20
Games Pitched Waugh 70
Games Started Bridges, Conley 41
Complete Games Conley 20
Shutouts Conley 6
Innings Pitched Conley 334.3
Hits Allowed Conley 245
Homeruns Allowed Bridges, Estrada 26
Strikeouts Conley 287
Walks Allowed Bridges 130
Walks per 9IP Conley 1.7
Hits per 9IP Conley 6.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Conley 7.7
WHiP Conley 0.92
OAVG Conley .202
OOBP Conley .242
OSLG Conley .286
OOPS Conley .528
Team All-Stars
Gene Conley
Player Salaries
Gene Conley $ 24,100,000
Jackie Jensen $ 5,500,000
Whitey Lockman $ 5,410,000
Jim Gilliam $ 5,400,000
Wayne Belardi $ 5,130,000
Jim Brideweser $ 4,660,000
Virgil Jester $ 4,490,000
Willie Kirkland $ 3,542,857
Marshall Bridges $ 3,514,286
Stan Palys $ 3,500,000
Tom Acker $ 480,000
Chuck Estrada $ 350,000
Dolan Nichols $ 350,000
Jim Waugh $ 350,000
Tom Borland $ 350,000
Ray Barker $ 300,000
Hawk Taylor $ 300,000
Al Spangler $ 300,000
Leo Cardenas $ 300,000
Rudy Regalado $ 300,000
Cal Neeman $ 300,000
Denny McLain $ 300,000
Cholly Naranjo $ 300,000
Dwight Siebler $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
5/1 Signed     Walt Craddock