1963 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1963 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1963

World Series Champions

Los Angeles Dodgers

Runner Up

New York Yankees

Most Valuable Players

AL: Elston Howard NL: Sandy Koufax

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: Gary Peters NL: Pete Rose

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

Cleveland,Ohio

Teams

Players

692

Attendance

20,477,074

Payroll

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1963 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	161	104	57	.646	--	714	547	167	Lost World Series (Dodgers)	1,308,920	4	Roy Hamey	Ralph Houk	Yankee Stadium I
2	2	3	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	94	68	.580	10.5	683	544	139	dnq	1,158,848	6	Ed Short	Al Lopez	Comiskey Park
3	3	5	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	161	91	70	.565	13.0	767	602	165	dnq	1,406,652	3	Calvin Griffith	Sam Mele	Metropolitan Stadium
4	4	8	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	18.5	644	621	23	dnq	774,343	15	Lee MacPhail	Billy Hitchcock	Memorial Stadium
5	5	12	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	25.5	700	703	-3	dnq	821,952	12	Jim Campbell	Chuck Dressen, Bob Scheffing	Tiger Stadium
6	6	13	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	25.5	635	702	-67	dnq	562,507	19	Gabe Paul	Birdie Tebbetts	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
7	7	14	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	161	76	85	.472	28.0	666	704	-38	dnq	942,642	9	Pinky Higgins	Johnny Pesky	Fenway Park
8	8	16	Kansas City Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	31.5	615	704	-89	dnq	762,364	17	Pat Friday	Ed Lopat	Municipal Stadium
9	9	17	Los Angeles Angels	T - S - R - L	161	70	91	.435	34.0	597	660	-63	dnq	821,015	13	Fred Haney	Bill Rigney	Dodger Stadium
10	10	19	Washington Senators II	T - S - R - L	162	56	106	.346	48.5	578	812	-234	dnq	535,604	20	George Selkirk	Gil Hodges, Mickey Vernon, Eddie Yost	RFK Memorial Stadium
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	99	63	.611	--	640	550	90	Won World Series (Yankees)	2,538,602	1	Buzzie Bavasi	Walter Alston	Dodger Stadium
2	2	4	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	93	69	.574	6.0	747	628	119	dnq	1,170,546	5	Bing Devine	Johnny Keane	Sportsman's Park
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	11.0	725	641	84	dnq	1,571,306	2	Chub Feeney	Alvin Dark	Candlestick Park
4	4	7	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	87	75	.537	12.0	642	578	64	dnq	907,141	10	John Quinn	Gene Mauch	Connie Mack Stadium
5	5	9	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	13.0	648	594	54	dnq	858,805	11	Bill DeWitt	Fred Hutchinson	Crosley Field
6	6	10	Milwaukee Braves	T - S - R - L	162	84	78	.519	15.0	677	603	74	dnq	773,018	16	John McHale	Bobby Bragan	County Stadium
7	7	11	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	82	80	.506	17.0	570	578	-8	dnq	979,551	8	John Holland	Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field
8	8	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	25.0	567	595	-28	dnq	783,648	14	Joe Brown	Danny Murtaugh	Forbes Field
9	9	18	Houston Colt 45s	T - S - R - L	162	66	96	.407	33.0	464	640	-176	dnq	719,502	18	Paul Richards	Harry Craft	Colt Stadium
10	10	20	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	51	111	.315	48.0	501	774	-273	dnq	1,080,108	7	George Weiss	Casey Stengel	Polo Grounds
20 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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