Baseball on this Date - Monday December 2,1963

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1963 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	New York Yankees	161	104	57	.646	--	714	547	167	46-35	58-22	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ralph Houk	Yankee Stadium I	0	0	0
2	2	3	Chicago White Sox	162	94	68	.580	10.5	683	544	139	45-35	49-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	0	0	0
3	3	5	Minnesota Twins	161	91	70	.565	13.0	767	602	165	43-37	48-33	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	0	0	0
4	4	8	Baltimore Orioles	162	86	76	.531	18.5	644	621	23	38-43	48-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	0	0	0
6	6	13	Cleveland Indians	162	79	83	.488	25.5	635	702	-67	38-43	41-40	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	0	0	0
5	5	12	Detroit Tigers	162	79	83	.488	25.5	700	703	-3	32-49	47-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	0	0	0
7	7	14	Boston Red Sox	161	76	85	.472	28.0	666	704	-38	32-49	44-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Pinky Higgins	Fenway Park	0	0	0
8	8	16	Kansas City Athletics	162	73	89	.451	31.5	615	704	-89	37-44	36-45	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Pat Friday	Municipal Stadium	0	0	0
9	9	18	Washington Senators II	162	56	106	.346	48.5	578	812	-234	25-57	31-49	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Selkirk	RFK Memorial Stadium	0	0	0
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1963 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	163	99	64	.607	--	640	550	90	49-33	50-31	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Dodger Stadium	-1	0	-1
2	2	4	St. Louis Cardinals	162	93	69	.574	5.5	747	628	119	40-41	53-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	0	0	0
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	162	88	74	.543	10.5	725	641	84	38-43	50-31	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	0	0	0
4	4	7	Philadelphia Phillies	162	87	75	.537	11.5	642	578	64	42-39	45-36	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	0	0	0
5	5	9	Cincinnati Reds	162	86	76	.531	12.5	648	594	54	40-41	46-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bill DeWitt	Crosley Field	0	0	0
6	6	10	Milwaukee Braves	160	84	76	.525	13.5	662	587	75	38-41	45-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Bobby Bragan	John McHale	County Stadium	2	0	2	.000
7	7	11	Chicago Cubs	162	82	80	.506	16.5	570	578	-8	39-42	43-38	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	0	0	0
8	8	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	159	72	87	.453	25.0	551	580	-29	31-49	41-38	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	3	2	1	.667
9	9	17	Houston Colt 45s	162	66	96	.407	32.5	464	640	-176	22-59	44-37	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Paul Richards		0	0	0
10	10	19	New York Mets	162	51	111	.315	47.5	501	774	-273	17-64	34-47	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Polo Grounds	0	0	0

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Bill Bethea	2B-SS	21.335	Selected by Twins from Cardinals in first year minor league draft.
Bud Bloomfield	2B-SS	27.332	Selected by Twins from Cardinals in the minor league draft.
Dick Bosman	P	19.289	Selected by Giants from Pirates in first year minor league draft.
Danny Breeden	C	21.158	Selected by Cubs from Cardinals in first year minor league draft.
Byron Browne	OF	20.340	Selected by Cubs from Pirates in first year minor league draft.
George Culver	P	20.147	Selected by Indians from Yankees in first year minor league draft.
John Donaldson	2B	20.211	Selected by Athletics from Twins in first year minor league draft.
Mike Fiore	1B	19.052	Selected by Orioles from Mets in first year minor league draft.
Rob Gardner	P	18.348	Selected by Mets from Twins in first year minor league draft.
Jerry Hinsley	P	19.237	Selected by Mets from Pirates in first year minor league draft.
Steve Jones	P	22.224	Selected by White Sox from Twins in the minor league draft.
Rick Joseph	3B-1B	24.100	Selected by Athletics from Giants in the minor league draft.
Barry Latman	P	27.195	Traded by Indians with Joe Adcock to Angels for Leon Wagner.
Gordon MacKenzie	C	26.146	Selected by Dodgers from Athletics in the minor league draft.
Rudy May	P	19.137	Selected by White Sox from Twins in first year minor league draft.
Jim Ollom	P	18.147	Selected by Twins from Yankees in first year minor league draft.
Billy Pierce	P	36.244	Released by Giants.
Jim Ray	P	19.001	Selected by Astros from Orioles in first year minor league draft.
Leroy Reams	H	20.113	Selected by Phillies from Yankees in the minor league draft.
Billy Rohr	P	18.154	Selected by Red Sox from Pirates in first year minor league draft.
Vic Roznovsky	C	25.044	Selected by Cubs from Giants in the minor league draft.
Don Secrist	P	19.280	Selected by Reds from Orioles in first year minor league draft.
Reggie Smith	OF	18.244	Selected by Red Sox from Twins in first year minor league draft.
Hawk Taylor	C-OF	24.243	Purchased by Mets from Braves.
Bobby Tolan	OF	18.013	Selected by Cardinals from Pirates in first year minor league draft.
Charlie Vinson	1B	19.332	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Yankees.
Charlie Vinson	1B	19.332	Selected by Angels from Yankees in first year minor league draft.
Leon Wagner	OF	29.203	Traded by Angels to Indians for Joe Adcock and Barry Latman.
Luke Walker	P	20.091	Selected by Pirates from Red Sox in first year minor league draft.
Don Wallace	2B	23.099	Selected by Orioles from Cardinals in the minor league draft.
Dave Watkins	C	19.262	Selected by Phillies from Tigers in first year minor league draft.

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