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 | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Candlestick Park | |
City | San Francisco | |
Owners | Horace Stoneham | |
General managers | Chub Feeney | |
Managers | Alvin Dark | |
Television | KTVU (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons) | |
Radio | KSFO (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons) | |
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Offseason
edit- November 30, 1962: Manny Mota and Dick LeMay were traded by the Giants to the Houston Colt .45s for Joey Amalfitano.[1]
- December 15, 1962: Stu Miller, Mike McCormick, and John Orsino were traded by the Giants to the Baltimore Orioles for Jack Fisher, Jimmie Coker and Billy Hoeft.[2]
Regular season
editSeason standings
editNational League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
editSources: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] | |||||||||||||||
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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- Felipe Alou
- Orlando Cepeda
- Jim Davenport
- Tom Haller
- Chuck Hiller
- Willie Mays
- Willie McCovey
- José Pagán
- Jack Sanford[3]
Notable transactions
edit- August 8, 1963: Norm Larker was purchased by the Giants from the Milwaukee Braves.[4]
Roster
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Season summary
edit- July 2: A four-hour and ten minute pitching duel between Juan Marichal and Warren Spahn ends with Willie Mays hitting a home run in the bottom of the 16th inning, the SF Giants winning 1-0.[5]
Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 |
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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
editNote: 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 |
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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
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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- Willie Mays, All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
- Ed Bailey, catcher, starter
- Willie Mays, outfield, starter
- Orlando Cepeda, reserve
- Juan Marichal, reserve
- Willie McCovey, reserve
Farm system
editNotes
edit- ^ Manny Mota at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Jack Fisher at Baseball-Reference
- ^ "1963 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
- ^ Norm Larker at Baseball-Reference
- ^ [1]. Retrieved 2014-May-18.
- ^ "1963 All-Star Game".
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
edit- 1963 San Francisco Giants team at Baseball-Reference
- 1963 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac