1963 Los Angeles Angels
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkChávez Ravine
CityLos Angeles
OwnersGene Autry
General managersFred Haney
ManagersBill Rigney
TelevisionKHJ
RadioKMPC
(Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)
← 1962 Seasons 1964 →

The 1963 Los Angeles Angels season involved the Angels finishing ninth in the American League with a record of 70 wins and 91 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 104 57 0.646 — 58–22 46–35
Chicago White Sox 94 68 0.580 10½ 49–33 45–35
Minnesota Twins 91 70 0.565 13 48–33 43–37
Baltimore Orioles 86 76 0.531 18½ 48–33 38–43
Cleveland Indians 79 83 0.488 25½ 41–40 38–43
Detroit Tigers 79 83 0.488 25½ 47–34 32–49
Boston Red Sox 76 85 0.472 28 44–36 32–49
Kansas City Athletics 73 89 0.451 31½ 36–45 37–44
Los Angeles Angels 70 91 0.435 34 39–42 31–49
Washington Senators 56 106 0.346 48½ 31–49 25–57

Record vs. opponents

1963 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA LAA MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore — 7–11 7–11 10–8 13–5 9–9 9–9 9–9 7–11 15–3
Boston 11–7 — 8–10 10–8 9–9 7–11 9–8 7–11 6–12 9–9
Chicago 11–7 10–8 — 11–7 11–7 12–6 10–8 8–10 8–10 13–5
Cleveland 8–10 8–10 7–11 — 10–8 11–7 10–8 5–13 7–11 13–5
Detroit 5–13 9–9 7–11 8–10 — 13–5 12–6 8–10 8–10 9–9
Kansas City 9–9 11–7 6–12 7–11 5–13 — 10–8 9–9 6–12 10–8
Los Angeles 9–9 8–9 8–10 8–10 6–12 8–10 — 9–9 5–13 9–9
Minnesota 9–9 11–7 10–8 13–5 10–8 9–9 9–9 — 6–11 14–4
New York 11–7 12–6 10–8 11–7 10–8 12–6 13–5 11–6 — 14–4
Washington 3–15 9–9 5–13 5–13 9–9 8–10 9–9 4–14 4–14 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1963 Los Angeles Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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 Buck Rodgers 100 300 70 .233 4 23
1B Lee Thomas 149 528 116 .220 9 55
2B Billy Moran 153 597 164 .275 7 65
3B Félix Torres 138 463 121 .261 4 51
SS Jim Fregosi 154 592 170 .287 9 50
LF Leon Wagner 149 550 160 .291 7 49
CF Albie Pearson 154 578 176 .304 6 47
RF George Thomas 53 167 35 .210 4 15

Other batters

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
Charlie Dees 60 202 62 .307 3 27
Ed Sadowski 80 174 30 .172 4 15
Bob Perry 61 166 42 .253 3 14
Bob Sadowski 88 144 36 .250 1 22
Joe Koppe 76 143 30 .210 1 12
Ken Hunt 59 142 26 .183 5 16
Frank Kostro 43 99 22 .222 2 10
Hank Foiles 41 84 18 .214 4 10
Ed Kirkpatrick 34 77 15 .195 2 7
Jimmy Piersall 20 52 16 .308 0 4
Tom Satriano 23 50 9 .180 0 2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ken McBride 36 251.0 13 12 3.26 147
Dean Chance 45 248.0 13 18 3.19 168
Bo Belinsky 13 76.2 2 9 5.75 60
Aubrey Gatewood 4 24.0 1 1 1.50 13

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dan Osinski 47 159.1 8 8 3.28 100
Don Lee 40 154.0 8 11 3.68 89
Bob Turley 19 87.1 2 7 3.30 70
Paul Foytack 25 70.1 5 5 3.71 37
Fred Newman 12 44.0 1 5 5.32 16
Mike Lee 6 26.0 1 1 3.81 11

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Julio Navarro 57 4 5 12 2.89 53
Art Fowler 57 5 3 10 2.42 53
Jack Spring 45 3 0 2 3.05 13
Mel Nelson 36 2 3 1 5.30 41
Tom Morgan 13 0 0 1 5.51 7
Eli Grba 12 1 2 0 4.67 5
Bob Duliba 6 1 1 1 1.17 4
Ron Moeller 3 0 0 0 6.75 2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Hawaii Islanders Pacific Coast League Irv Noren
AA Nashville Vols Sally League John Fitzpatrick
A San Jose Bees California League Red Marion
A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Chuck Tanner
A Tri-City Angels Northwest League Tommy Heath

Notes

  1. ^ Earl Averill, Jr. page at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Art Fowler page at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Bobby Darwin page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ a b Jim Piersall page at Baseball Reference

References

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