1963 San Francisco Giants season

The 1963 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 81st year in Major League Baseball, their sixth year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their fourth at Candlestick Park. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 88–74 record, 11 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

1963 San Francisco Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkCandlestick Park
CitySan Francisco
OwnersHorace Stoneham
General managersChub Feeney
ManagersAlvin Dark
TelevisionKTVU
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons)
RadioKSFO
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons)
← 1962 Seasons 1964 →

Offseason edit

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 99 63 0.611 50–31 49–32
St. Louis Cardinals 93 69 0.574 6 53–28 40–41
San Francisco Giants 88 74 0.543 11 50–31 38–43
Philadelphia Phillies 87 75 0.537 12 45–36 42–39
Cincinnati Reds 86 76 0.531 13 46–35 40–41
Milwaukee Braves 84 78 0.519 15 45–36 39–42
Chicago Cubs 82 80 0.506 17 43–38 39–42
Pittsburgh Pirates 74 88 0.457 25 42–39 32–49
Houston Colt .45s 66 96 0.407 33 44–37 22–59
New York Mets 51 111 0.315 48 34–47 17–64

Record vs. opponents edit


Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Team CHC CIN HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago 9–9 9–9 7–11 12–6 11–7 9–9 8–10 10–8 7–11
Cincinnati 9–9 11–7 8–10 10–8 10–8 8–10 11–7 8–10 11–7
Houston 9–9 7–11 5–13 5–13 13–5 8–10 6–12 8–10 5–13
Los Angeles 11–7 10–8 13–5 8–10–1 16–2 7–11 13–5 9–9 12–6
Milwaukee 6–12 8–10 13–5 10–8–1 12–6 10–8 7–11 10–8 8–10
New York 7–11 8–10 5–13 2–16 6–12 8–10 4–14 6–12 5–13
Philadelphia 9–9 10–8 10–8 11–7 8–10 10–8 13–5 8–10 8–10
Pittsburgh 10–8 7–11 12–6 5–13 11–7 14–4 5–13 5–13 5–13
San Francisco 8–10 10–8 10–8 9–9 8–10 12–6 10–8 13–5 8–10
St. Louis 11–7 7–11 13–5 6–12 10–8 13–5 10–8 13–5 10–8


Opening Day starters edit

Notable transactions edit

Roster edit

1963 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Season summary edit

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Ed Bailey 105 308 81 .263 21 68
1B Orlando Cepeda 156 579 183 .316 34 97
2B Chuck Hiller 111 417 93 .223 6 33
SS José Pagán 148 483 113 .234 6 39
3B Jim Davenport 147 460 116 .252 4 36
LF Willie McCovey 152 564 158 .280 44 102
CF Willie Mays 157 596 187 .314 38 103
RF Felipe Alou 157 565 159 .281 20 82

Other batters edit

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Harvey Kuenn 120 417 121 .290 6 31
Tom Haller 98 298 76 .255 14 44
Joey Amalfitano 54 137 24 .175 1 7
Ernie Bowman 81 125 23 .184 0 4
Matty Alou 63 76 11 .145 0 2
Cap Peterson 22 54 14 .259 1 2
Jesús Alou 16 24 6 .250 0 5
Jim Ray Hart 7 20 4 .200 0 2
Norm Larker 19 14 1 .071 0 0
José Cardenal 9 5 1 .200 0 2
Jimmie Coker 4 5 1 .200 0 0

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Juan Marichal 41 321.1 25 8 2.41 248
Jack Sanford 42 284.1 16 13 3.51 158
Billy O'Dell 36 222.1 14 10 3.16 116

Other pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bobby Bolin 47 137.1 10 6 3.28 134
Jack Fisher 36 116.0 6 10 4.58 57
Billy Pierce 38 99.0 3 11 4.27 52
Gaylord Perry 31 76.0 1 6 4.03 52
Jim Duffalo 34 75.1 4 2 2.87 55
Frank Linzy 8 16.2 0 0 4.86 14

Relief pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Don Larsen 46 7 7 4 3.05 44
Billy Hoeft 23 2 0 4 4.44 8
Al Stanek 11 0 0 0 4.73 5
John Pregenzer 6 0 0 1 4.82 5
Bob Garibaldi 4 0 1 1 1.13 4
Jim Constable 4 0 0 0 3.86 1
Ron Herbel 2 0 0 0 6.75 1

Awards and honors edit

All-Star Game

[6]

Farm system edit

Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Giants Pacific Coast League Andy Gilbert
AA Springfield Giants Eastern League Buddy Kerr
AA El Paso Sun Kings Texas League George Genovese
A Fresno Giants California League Bill Werle
A Decatur Commodores Midwest League Richie Klaus
A Lexington Giants Western Carolinas League Max Lanier
Rookie Salem Rebels Appalachian League Alex Cosmidis

[7]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Manny Mota at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Jack Fisher at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ "1963 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  4. ^ Norm Larker at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ [1]. Retrieved 2014-May-18.
  6. ^ "1963 All-Star Game".
  7. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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