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1963 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 86-76
Finish: 2nd in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 732
Runs Allowed: 696
Exp W-L: 85-77
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 2,426,606
Manager: Alex Baxter

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 8th in the National League
AA: 60-77, 7th in the National League
A: 69-68, 5th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to Montreal Expos
 
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
2B  Don Demeter 28 157 567 76 137 26 2 27 88 0 0 60 106 .242 .317 .437 .754 76.3 15.8 3.7
RF  Rocky Colavito 29 150 562 79 144 18 1 25 68 0 0 59 87 .256 .327 .425 .752 76.6 16.8 3.0
CF *Lenny Green 30 155 563 86 165 31 2 10 50 6 3 56 31 .293 .360 .409 .768 79.8 19.0 2.7
SS  Ernie Banks 32 155 547 82 123 21 4 30 92 0 1 66 120 .225 .310 .442 .752 73.5 14.7 5.1
2B *Joe Caffie 32 155 547 69 158 11 1 11 71 8 4 28 84 .289 .332 .373 .705 64.8 13.6 2.0
2B  Mike De La Hoz 24 146 494 61 143 16 5 11 59 1 2 22 44 .289 .320 .409 .729 62.3 13.3 5.5
CF  Willie Mays 32 123 429 74 125 27 4 25 74 6 3 42 84 .291 .356 .548 .904 76.8 20.2 2.3
C *Faye Throneberry 32 112 301 37 85 9 4 6 30 4 3 17 63 .282 .323 .399 .722 39.4 8.5 2.6
C  Elston Howard 34 112 298 27 71 6 2 5 24 2 1 22 59 .238 .291 .322 .613 27.9 4.0 2.4
1B *Gordy Coleman 28 52 193 21 50 6 1 6 28 0 1 15 19 .259 .314 .394 .708 22.3 4.1 0.1
LF *Harry Anderson 31 86 174 26 37 7 0 6 22 1 0 19 36 .213 .292 .356 .649 18.1 2.7 0.7
LF *George Altman 30 117 163 30 42 10 1 7 36 16 6 14 32 .258 .313 .460 .773 23.8 4.9 0.7
P  Ray Herbert 33 43 104 3 14 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 23 .135 .151 .154 .305 -0.8 0.0 0.0
3B  Johnny Schaive 29 55 100 12 28 5 1 1 16 0 0 5 7 .280 .308 .380 .688 11.4 2.0 0.8
P  Ken Johnson 30 38 94 4 12 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 37 .128 .146 .149 .295 -0.9 0.0 0.0
CF *Bill White 29 26 91 17 23 1 1 5 18 0 1 12 14 .253 .340 .451 .790 13.8 3.2 0.4
P *Chuck Stobbs 33 34 85 7 9 3 0 0 8 0 0 0 28 .106 .116 .141 .257 -0.9 0.0 0.0
C *Jesse Gonder 27 44 74 7 18 3 0 0 11 0 0 2 22 .243 .260 .284 .544 4.8 0.2 0.4
SS  Jack Littrell 34 37 57 5 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 19 .175 .242 .193 .435 1.8 0.0 1.0
P  Bob Gibson 27 12 29 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .138 .167 .138 .305 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Fred Talbot 22 11 19 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .211 .211 .316 .526 1.3 0.1 0.0
P  Joe Gibbon 28 14 16 1 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 7 .188 .188 .438 .625 1.5 0.3 0.0
RF  Ken Walters 29 14 14 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .357 .357 .500 .857 2.1 0.8 0.0
P #Bob Wiesler 32 72 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Heffner 24 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Arnold Earley 30 40 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Duliba 28 42 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
C  Gene Green 30 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bobby Tiefenauer 33 92 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.7 2102 5559 732 1414 210 29 176 713 44 25 450 952 .254 .312 .398 .710 674.5 144.3 33.4
  Rank among 10 NL teams 4 3 4 5 6 2 3 5 5 7 6 5 5 3 3 4  
* - 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 Herbert 33 17 16 .515 43 43 0 328.7 330 119 19 67 111 3.26 21.6
 Ken Johnson 30 17 14 .548 38 38 0 281.0 305 135 32 73 127 4.32 9.6
*Chuck Stobbs 33 18 7 .720 34 34 0 269.7 255 80 16 22 192 2.67 22.6
*Bob Wiesler 32 6 10 .375 72 2 11 114.7 105 51 7 76 91 4.00 6.2
 Bobby Tiefenauer 33 5 8 .385 92 0 14 103.7 118 45 14 13 58 3.91 8.0
 Bob Gibson 27 6 3 .667 12 12 0 81.0 85 42 6 37 61 4.67 3.0
 Fred Talbot 22 3 5 .375 11 11 0 74.7 76 42 9 35 28 5.06 1.0
*Arnold Earley 30 8 6 .571 40 3 1 63.7 53 28 8 32 33 3.96 3.8
*Joe Gibbon 28 1 3 .250 14 14 0 55.7 80 42 10 26 24 6.79 0.0
 Bob Duliba 28 4 2 .667 42 0 3 54.7 61 22 6 17 26 3.62 4.4
 Bob Heffner 24 1 2 .333 5 5 0 34.7 38 22 6 10 22 5.71 0.0
Team Totals 29.1 86 76 .531 403 162 29 1461.9 1506 628 133 408 773 3.87 80.2
Rank among 10 NL teams 4 4 7 4 3 10 4 7 4 9 7  
* - 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
F.Throneberry 687.0 75 85 364 31 3 0 .992 30.5
E.Howard 679.3 76 81 377 23 3 0 .993 25.0
J.Gonder 95.7 11 17 54 7 2 0 .968 37.5
Team Total 1462.0 162 183 795 61 8 0 .991 29.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.24
G.Coleman 434.3 49 51 497 39 8 50 .985 11.11
J.Caffie 346.7 40 48 454 36 5 45 .990 12.72
E.Banks 294.0 34 35 375 39 5 37 .988 12.67
H.Anderson 131.0 11 23 176 16 3 22 .985 13.19
B.White 36.9 4 5 42 3 0 4 1.000 10.98
J.Gonder 28.0 3 4 42 4 1 6 .979 14.79
F.Throneberry 14.0 1 5 16 1 1 1 .944 10.93
D.Demeter 5.0 0 2 9 0 0 2 1.000 16.20
Team Total 1289.9 142 173 1611 138 23 167 .987 12.20
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.61
M.De La Hoz 863.7 102 104 194 396 19 83 .969 6.15
D.Demeter 445.0 49 52 107 169 4 42 .986 5.58
J.Littrell 74.3 6 20 20 33 2 6 .964 6.42
J.Schaive 67.3 5 19 19 38 0 9 1.000 7.62
J.Caffie 11.7 0 6 4 0 0 1 1.000 3.09
Team Total 1462.0 162 201 344 636 25 141 .975 6.03
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.74
D.Demeter 848.0 95 95 49 215 14 17 .950 2.80
L.Green 457.0 51 54 21 122 5 8 .966 2.82
J.Schaive 147.0 15 23 8 32 0 2 1.000 2.45
M.De La Hoz 10.0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1462.0 162 174 78 371 19 27 .959 2.76
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.00
E.Banks 1028.7 115 118 154 464 25 86 .961 5.41
M.De La Hoz 317.0 37 40 62 162 13 35 .945 6.36
J.Littrell 89.0 8 17 20 49 1 10 .986 6.98
F.Throneberry 23.0 2 7 6 5 0 3 1.000 4.30
J.Schaive 4.3 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 6.24
Team Total 1462.0 162 183 243 682 39 135 .960 5.69
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.89
R.Colavito 1235.0 142 146 281 7 2 0 .993 2.10
B.White 175.8 20 21 38 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
H.Anderson 94.0 11 14 27 0 1 0 .964 2.59
G.Altman 62.3 5 13 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
W.Mays 25.0 2 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.44
L.Green 16.3 1 5 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.86
D.Demeter 8.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Howard 7.3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Caffie 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
G.Green 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Throneberry 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1630.8 182 213 375 9 3 0 .992 2.12
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.41
W.Mays 903.3 99 109 215 3 3 1 .986 2.17
L.Green 386.7 45 47 82 3 0 0 1.000 1.98
H.Anderson 106.7 12 13 30 2 1 0 .970 2.70
G.Altman 61.0 6 11 16 0 1 0 .941 2.36
J.Caffie 2.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Demeter 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.0 162 182 343 8 5 1 .986 2.16
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 1.98
J.Caffie 879.7 103 103 182 2 1 0 .995 1.88
L.Green 390.3 43 45 64 1 1 0 .985 1.50
G.Altman 139.0 12 24 37 0 1 0 .974 2.40
W.Mays 27.0 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33
K.Walters 16.7 1 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.62
G.Green 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Colavito 2.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
F.Throneberry 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Demeter 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.0 162 186 291 3 3 0 .990 1.81
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.09
R.Herbert 328.7 43 43 26 82 2 8 .982 2.96
K.Johnson 281.0 38 38 25 69 3 5 .969 3.01
C.Stobbs 269.7 34 34 17 40 0 2 1.000 1.90
B.Wiesler 114.7 2 72 7 17 0 3 1.000 1.88
B.Tiefenauer 103.7 0 92 8 20 0 3 1.000 2.43
B.Gibson 81.0 12 12 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.00
F.Talbot 74.7 11 11 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.45
A.Earley 63.7 3 40 3 11 0 0 1.000 1.98
J.Gibbon 55.7 14 14 5 7 0 0 1.000 1.94
B.Duliba 54.7 0 42 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.81
B.Heffner 34.7 5 5 2 10 0 1 1.000 3.12
Team Total 1461.9 162 403 103 278 5 23 .987 2.35
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Green .293
On-Base Pct Green .360
Slugging Pct Mays .518
OPS Mays .856
XR Green 79.8
Games Demeter 157
At-Bats Demeter 567
Runs Green 86
Hits Green 165
Total Bases Demeter 248
Singles Caffie 135
Doubles Green 31
Triples De La Hoz 5
Homeruns Banks 30
RBIs Banks 92
Stolen Bases Altman 16
Caught Stealing Altman 6
Walks Banks 66
Strikeouts Banks 120
ERA Stobbs 2.67
Wins Stobbs 18
Losses Herbert 16
Winning Pct Stobbs .720
Saves Tiefenauer 14
Games Pitched Tiefenauer 92
Games Started Herbert 43
Complete Games Herbert 13
Shutouts Johnson 4
Innings Pitched Herbert 328.7
Hits Allowed Herbert 330
Homeruns Allowed Johnson 32
Strikeouts Stobbs 192
Walks Allowed Wiesler 76
Walks per 9IP Stobbs 0.7
Hits per 9IP Stobbs 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Stobbs 6.4
WHiP Stobbs 1.03
OAVG Stobbs .244
OOBP Stobbs .260
OSLG Stobbs .333
OOPS Stobbs .594
Team All-Stars
Ernie Banks
Don Demeter
Ray Herbert
Willie Mays
Player Salaries
Chuck Stobbs $ 12,830,000
Willie Mays $ 11,080,000
Rocky Colavito $ 7,500,000
Ernie Banks $ 6,000,000
Don Demeter $ 4,742,857
Bob Gibson $ 4,507,143
Bobby Tiefenauer $ 3,000,000
Lenny Green $ 2,514,286
Elston Howard $ 2,500,000
Joe Caffie $ 2,307,143
Ray Herbert $ 2,000,000
Ken Johnson $ 1,600,000
Harry Anderson $ 892,857
Faye Throneberry $ 600,000
Bob Wiesler $ 500,000
George Altman $ 435,000
Bob Duliba $ 300,000
Gordy Coleman $ 300,000
Mike De La Hoz $ 300,000
Arnold Earley $ 300,000
Joe Gibbon $ 300,000
Gene Green $ 300,000
Bob Heffner $ 300,000
Jack Littrell $ 300,000
Johnny Schaive $ 300,000
Fred Talbot $ 300,000
Ken Walters $ 300,000
Jesse Gonder $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
5/1 Traded Bill White New York (N) Ken Mcbride
7/1 Traded Dave Cole Montreal Bob Heffner
7/31 Traded Elio Chacon Washington Joe Gibbon
Gordy Coleman
 
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