1963 Los Angeles Dodgers season

1963  Los Angeles Dodgers
World Series Champions National League Champions
League	National League
Ballpark	Dodger Stadium
City	Los Angeles
Record	99–63 (.611)
League place	1st
Owners	Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey
President	Walter O'Malley
General managers	Buzzie Bavasi
Managers	Walter Alston
Television	KTTV–TV 11 (Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett)
Radio	KFI–AM 640 (Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett) KWKW–AM 1330 (Jose Garcia, Jaime Jarrín)
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The 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 74th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 6th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 2nd season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles California. The Dodgers were led by pitcher Sandy Koufax, who won both the Cy Young Award and the Most Valuable Player Award. The team went 99–63 to win the National League title by six games over the runner-up St. Louis Cardinals and beat the New York Yankees in four games to win the World Series, marking the first time that the Yankees were ever swept in the postseason.

Offseason

• October 14, 1962: Norm Sherry and Dick Smith was purchased from the Dodgers by the New York Mets. ^[1]
• November 26, 1962: Stan Williams was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Yankees for Bill Skowron. ^[2]
• November 30, 1962: Tim Harkness and Larry Burright were traded by the Dodgers to the New York Mets for Bob Miller. ^[3]
• January 24, 1963: Scott Breeden (minors) was traded by the Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds for Don Zimmer. ^[4]
• April 1, 1963: Duke Snider was purchased from the Dodgers by the New York Mets. ^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	99	63	.611	—	50‍–‍31	49‍–‍32
St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	.574	6	53‍–‍28	40‍–‍41
San Francisco Giants	88	74	.543	11	50‍–‍31	38‍–‍43
Philadelphia Phillies	87	75	.537	12	45‍–‍36	42‍–‍39
Cincinnati Reds	86	76	.531	13	46‍–‍35	40‍–‍41
Milwaukee Braves	84	78	.519	15	45‍–‍36	39‍–‍42
Chicago Cubs	82	80	.506	17	43‍–‍38	39‍–‍42
Pittsburgh Pirates	74	88	.457	25	42‍–‍39	32‍–‍49
Houston Colt .45s	66	96	.407	33	44‍–‍37	22‍–‍59
New York Mets	51	111	.315	48	34‍–‍47	17‍–‍64

Record vs. opponents

1963 National League record v t e Sources:
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 lineup

Opening Day starters
Name	Position
Maury Wills	Shortstop
Nate Oliver	Second baseman
Willie Davis	Center fielder
Tommy Davis	Left fielder
Bill Skowron	First baseman
John Roseboro	Catcher
Ron Fairly	Right fielder
Ken McMullen	Third baseman
Don Drysdale	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

• June 24, 1963: Don Zimmer was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators. ^[4]
• July 20, 1963: Ed Roebuck was traded by the Dodgers to the Washington Senators for Marv Breeding. ^[6]

Roster

1963 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 34 Dick Calmus 53 Don Drysdale 32 Sandy Koufax 15 Bob Miller 17 Phil Ortega 16 Ron Perranoski 22 Johnny Podres 45 Pete Richert 37 Ed Roebuck 39 Ken Rowe 20 Dick Scott 51 Larry Sherry 41 Jack Smith 28 Nick Willhite		Catchers 35 Doug Camilli  8 John Roseboro Infielders 23 Marv Breeding  6 Ron Fairly 19 Jim Gilliam 26 Derrell Griffith 11 Ken McMullen  5 Dick Nen 29 Nate Oliver 14 Bill Skowron 20 Daryl Spencer 44 Dick Tracewski 30 Maury Wills 23 Don Zimmer		Outfielders 12 Tommy Davis  3 Willie Davis 20 Al Ferrara 25 Frank Howard  9 Wally Moon  7 Lee Walls Other batters 36 Roy Gleason		Manager 24 Walter Alston Coaches 33 Joe Becker  2 Leo Durocher 31 Greg Mulleavy 27 Pete Reiser

Game log

Regular season

Legend
	Dodgers win
	Dodgers loss
	Postponement
	Clinched pennant
Bold	Dodgers team member

1963 regular season game log: 99–63–1 (Home: 50–31; Away: 49–32–1) [7]
April: 10–11 (Home: 7–7; Away: 3–4) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 1 April 9 11:30 a.m. PST @ Cubs W5–1 Drysdale (1–0) Jackson (0–1) — 2:29 18,589 1–0 W1 2 April 10 11:30 a.m. PST @ Cubs W2–1 Koufax (1–0) Buhl (0–1) — 2:20 2,673 2–0 W2 3 April 11 11:30 a.m. PST @ Cubs L0–2 Ellsworth (1–0) Podres (0–1) — 1:59 3,735 2–1 L1 4 April 12 7:00 p.m. PST @ Colt .45s L1–2(12) Farrell (1–1) Roebuck (0–1) — 3:09 12,044 2–2 L2 5 April 13 7:00 p.m. PST @ Colt .45s W3–1 Drysdale (2–0) Brunet (0–1) — 2:13 15,164 3–2 W1 6 April 14 1:30 p.m. PST @ Colt .45s L4–5 Nottebart (1–0) Koufax (1–1) McMahon (1) 2:31 10,180 3–3 L1 7 April 16 8:00 p.m. PST Cubs L1–2(12) McDaniel (1–0) Roebuck (0–2) Schultz (1) 2:43 33,758 3–4 L1 8 April 17 8:00 p.m. PST Cubs W1–0(10) Perranoski (1–0) Ellsworth (1–1) — 2:32 15,617 4–4 W1 9 April 18 8:00 p.m. PST Cubs L 1–5 Hobbie (1–0) Drysdale (2–1) Elston (1) 2:40 16,412 4–5 L1 10 April 19 8:00 p.m. PST Colt .45s W2–0 Koufax (2–1) Farrell (1–2) — 1:48 15,654 5–5 W1 11 April 20 1:00 p.m. PST Colt. 45s L6–9 Nottebart (2–0) Podres (0–2) McMahon (3) 2:44 17,110 5–6 L1 12 (1) April 21 1:00 p.m. PST Colt .45s W11–3 Miller (1–0) Cardinal (0–1) Perranoski (1) 3:02 — 6–6 W1 13 (2) April 21 4:37 p.m. PST Colt .45s W6–5 Roebuck (1–2) Brunet (0–3) — 2:54 33,196 7–6 W2 14 April 22 8:00 p.m. PST Braves L2–10 Hendley (2–1) Drysdale (2–2) — 2:42 18,795 7–7 L1 15 April 23 8:00 p.m. PST Braves W2–1 Perranoski (2–0) Raymond (2–2) — 2:15 20,298 8–7 W1 16 April 24 8:00 p.m. PST Reds W7–0 Podres (1–2) Owens (0–1) — 2:30 19,089 9–7 W2 17 April 25 8:00 p.m. PST Reds W7–1 Miller (2–0) Jay (0–4) — 2:23 17,067 10–7 W3 18 April 26 8:00 p.m. PST Cardinals L7–8 Bauta (1–1) Perranoski (2–1) Shantz (1) 2:41 24,959 10–8 L1 19 April 27 8:00 p.m. PST Cardinals L0–3 Washburn (4–0) Sherry (0–1) — 2:15 33,949 10–9 L2 20 April 28 1:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals L5–9 Broglio (3–0) Podres (1–3) Taylor (1) 2:56 36,245 10–10 L3 21 April 29 5:00 p.m. PDT @ Mets L2–4 Craig (2–2) Miller (2–1) — 2:46 23,494 10–11 L4 — April 30 @ Mets Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 10
May: 17–9–1 (Home: 11–1; Away: 6–8–1) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak — May 1 5:05 p.m. PDT @ Phillies Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 13 22 May 2 5:05 p.m. PDT @ Phillies W3–2 Perranoski (3–1) Mahaffey (2–3) — 2:16 11,288 11–11 W1 23 May 3 5:15 p.m. PDT @ Pirates L2–13 McBean (2–1) Sherry (0–2) — 2:21 16,960 11–12 L1 24 May 4 10:35 a.m. PDT @ Pirates L0–5 Schwall (2–0) Miller (2–2) — 2:05 12,037 11–13 L2 25 May 5 11:05 a.m. PDT @ Pirates W7–3 Perranoski (4–1) Law (0–1) — 2:21 18,743 12–13 W1 26 May 6 10:35 a.m. PDT @ Pirates L4–7 Gibbon (2–0) Drysdale (2–3) Face (4) 2:41 5,376 12–14 L1 27 May 7 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals W11–1 Koufax (3–1) Washburn (5–1) Rowe (1) 2:23 16,609 13–14 W1 28 May 8 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals W11–5 Perranoski (5–1) Shantz (1–2) Scott (1) 2:50 10,918 14–14 W2 29 May 9 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals L7–10 Gibson (1–1) Richert (0–1) Fanok (1) 2:56 10,762 14–15 L1 30 May 10 8:00 p.m. PDT Giants W2–1 Drysdale (3–3) Sanford (5–2) — 2:00 50,407 15–15 W1 31 May 11 8:00 p.m. PDT Giants W8–0 Koufax (4–1) Marichal (4–3) — 2:13 49,807 16–15 W2 32 May 12 1:00 p.m. PDT Giants W6–5 Calmus (1–0) Fisher (3–3) Perranoski (2) 2:38 43,964 17–15 W3 33 May 14 8:00 p.m. PDT Phillies L1–5 McLish (1–2) Drysdale (3–4) — 2:34 19,294 17–16 L1 34 May 15 8:00 p.m. PDT Phillies W3–2(12) Koufax (5–1) Klippstein (1–2) — 3:08 20,512 18–16 W1 35 May 16 8:00 p.m. PDT Pirates W1–0 Podres (2–3) Schwall (2–2) — 1:50 21,287 19–16 W2 36 May 17 8:00 p.m. PDT Pirates W9–3 Miller (3–2) Gibbon (2–1) Scott (2) 2:39 34,216 20–16 W3 37 May 18 1:00 p.m. PDT Pirates W6–4 Drysdale (4–4) Law (1–2) — 2:31 21,140 21–16 W4 38 (1) May 19 1:00 p.m. PDT Mets W1–0 Koufax (6–1) Craig (2–6) — 1:57 — 22–16 W5 39 (2) May 19 3:32 p.m. PDT Mets W4–2(13) Perranoski (6–1) MacKenzie (3–1) — 3:45 42,541 23–16 W6 40 May 21 8:00 p.m. PDT Mets W4–2 Podres (3–3) Cisco (1–4) — 2:17 21,108 24–16 W7 41 May 22 8:00 p.m. PDT Mets W7–3 Drysdale (5–4) Willey (4–3) — 2:10 22,714 25–16 W8 42 May 24 8:15 p.m. PDT @ Giants L1–7 Marichal (6–3) Koufax (6–2) — 2:05 40,676 25–17 L1 43 May 25 1:00 p.m. PDT @ Giants L2–6 O'Dell (7–0) Podres (3–4) Larsen (1) 2:13 39,858 25–18 L2 44 May 26 1:00 p.m. PDT @ Giants W4–3(10) Drysdale (6–4) Larsen (0–2) — 2:50 41,668 26–18 W1 45 May 28 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Braves W7–0 Koufax (7–2) Lemaster (2–3) — 2:33 4,573 27–18 W2 46 May 29 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Braves T3–3(7) — — — 2:02 11,968 27–18–1 T1 47 May 30 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Braves L4–7 Spahn (7–3) Drysdale (6–5) Raymond (3) 2:32 12,403 27–19–1 L1 48 May 31 6:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds L4–7 Maloney (7–2) Roebuck (1–3) Worthington (4) 2:45 14,171 27–20–1 L2
June: 16–12 (Home: 5–6; Away: 11–6) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 49 June 1 6:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds L0–1 Jay (2–8) Koufax (7–3) — 2:16 23,737 27–21–1 L3 50 June 2 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Reds L2–5 O'Toole (9–3) Podres (3–5) Henry (5) 2:30 18,682 27–22–1 L4 51 June 3 7:00 p.m. PDT @ Colt .45s L1–2 Farrell (5–6) Drysdale (6–6) — 1:57 15,659 27–23–1 L5 52 June 4 7:00 p.m. PDT @ Colt. 45s W2–1 Miller (4–2) Drott (2–3) Perranoski (3) 2:21 10,429 28–23–1 W1 53 June 5 7:00 p.m. PDT @ Colt. 45s W5–1 Koufax (8–3) Johnson (3–8) — 2:24 15,365 29–23–1 W2 54 June 7 11:30 }a.m. PDT @ Cubs W4–1 Drysdale (7–6) Toth (1–3) — 2:02 12,741 30–23–1 W3 55 June 8 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Cubs W9–5 Perranoski (7–1) Elston (2–1) — 2:36 26,577 31–23–1 W4 56 June 9 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Cubs W11–8 Sherry (1–2) Ellsworth (8–4) — 2:44 35,743 32–23–1 W5 57 June 10 8:00 p.m. PDT Giants W7–3 Larsen (1–3) Perranoski (7–2) — 3:12 52,993 32–24–1 L1 58 June 11 8:00 p.m. PDT Giants W3–0 Marichal (9–3) Drysdale (7–7) — 2:10 53,436 32–25–1 L2 59 June 12 8:00 p.m. PDT Colt .45s W9–1 Podres (4–5) Nottebart (5–4) — 2:08 17,389 33–25–1 W1 60 June 13 8:00 p.m. PDT Colt .45s W3–0 Koufax (9–3) Bruce (3–4) — 2:07 21,873 34–25–1 W2 61 June 14 8:00 p.m. PDT Cubs L1–4 Hobbie (2–5) Miller (4–3) — 2:36 32,648 34–26–1 L1 62 June 15 1:00 p.m. PDT Cubs W4–1 Drysdale (8–7) Jackson (7–6) — 1:59 22,179 35–26–1 W1 63 (1) June 16 1:00 p.m. PDT Cubs L3–8 Buhl (6–5) Podres (4–6) — 2:17 — 35–27–1 L1 64 (2) June 16 3:52 p.m. PDT Cubs W2–0 Willhite (1–0) Toth (1–4) — 1:54 45,239 36–27–1 W1 65 June 17 8:15 p.m. PDT @ Giants W2–0 Koufax (10–3) O'Dell (9–3) — 2:13 36,818 37–27–1 W2 66 June 18 8:15 p.m. PDT @ Giants L3–9 Sanford (9–5) Miller (4–4) — 2:21 37,780 37–28–1 L1 67 June 19 1:00 p.m. PDT @ Giants L 3–8 Marichal (11–3) Drysdale (8–8) Pierce (3) 2:32 41,384 37–29–1 L2 68 June 21 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals W5–3 Koufax (11–3) Simmons (7–3) Perranoski (4) 2:32 28,423 38–29–1 W1 69 June 22 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Cardinals L1–2 Gibson (6–3) Willhite (1–1) Taylor (4) 2:32 20,875 38–30–1 L1 70 June 23 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Cardinals W4–3 Miller (5–4) Broglio (8–3) Perranoski (5) 2:41 26,553 39–30–1 W1 71 June 24 6:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds W5–4 Drysdale (9–8) Jay (3–11) Perranoski (6) 2:35 17,273 40–30–1 W2 72 June 25 6:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds W4–1 Koufax (12–3) O'Toole (13–4) — 2:22 22,831 41–30–1 W3 73 June 26 6:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds W5–2 Perranoski (8–2) Maloney (11–3) — 2:32 19,122 42–30–1 W4 74 June 28 8:00 p.m. PDT Braves L0–1 Spahn (11–3) Drysdale (9–9) — 2:02 44,894 42–31–1 L1 75 June 29 8:00 p.m. PDT Braves W6–5(11) Perranoski (9–2) Shaw (3–6) — 3:06 44,075 43–31–1 W1 76 June 30 1:00 p.m. PDT Braves L0–7 Cloninger (4–4) Willhite (1–2) — 2:04 29,953 43–32–1 L1
July: 21–10 (Home: 11–6; Away: 10–4) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 77 July 1 8:00 p.m. PDT Braves W2–1 Podres (5–6) Sadowski (0–2) — 1:58 21,603 44–32–1 W1 78 July 2 8:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals W1–0 Drysdale (10–9) Simmons (7–4) — 1:48 39,824 45–32–1 W2 79 July 3 8:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals W5–0 Koufax (13–3) Gibson (7–4) — 1:53 51,898 46–32–1 W3 80 July 4 8:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals W10–7 Roebuck (2–3) Broglio (9–4) Perranoski (7) 3:02 30,726 47–32–1 W4 81 July 5 8:00 p.m. PDT Reds W1–0 Podres (6–6) O'Toole (13–6) — 1:35 35,536 48–32–1 W5 82 July 6 1:00 p.m. PDT Reds L1–3 Maloney (13–3) Drysdale (10–10) — 2:23 27,793 48–33–1 L1 83 (1) July 7 1:00 p.m. PDT Reds W4–0 Koufax (14–3) Purkey (3–5) — 2:02 — 49–33–1 W1 84 (2) July 7 3:37 p.m. PDT Reds W3–1 Willhite (2–2) Tsitouris (4–3) Perranoski (8) 2:07 53,856 50–33–1 W2 — July 9 10:00 a.m. PDT 34th All-Star Game National League vs. American League (Cleveland Municipal Stadium , Cleveland, Ohio) 85 July 10 5:00 p.m. PDT @ Mets W1–0 Podres (7–6) Willey (6–8) — 1:45 17,106 51–33–1 W3 86 July 11 5:00 p.m. PDT @ Mets W4–3 Drysdale (11–10) Craig (2–14) Perranoski (9) 2:16 23,890 52–33–1 W4 87 July 12 5:00 p.m. PDT @ Mets W6–0 Koufax (15–3) Jackson (6–10) — 2:19 34,889 53–33–1 W5 88 July 13 11:00 a.m. PDT @ Mets W11–2 Miller (6–4) Stallard (3–7) — 2:51 21,461 54–33–1 W6 89 July 14 10:35 a.m. PDT @ Phillies W3–2(6) Podres (8–6) McLish (9–5) — 1:37 23,542 55–33–1 W7 90 July 15 5:05 p.m. PDT @ Phillies L4–5(11) Baldschun (7–4) Roebuck (2–4) — 3:01 19,488 55–34–1 L1 91 (1) July 16 3:05 p.m. PDT @ Phillies W5–2 Koufax (16–3) Mahaffey (6–10) — 2:11 — 56–34–1 W1 92 (2) July 16 5:51 p.m. PDT @ Phillies L2–10 Green (2–3) Willhite (2–3) — 2:18 35,353 56–35–1 L1 93 July 17 5:15 p.m. PDT @ Pirates W3–2 Miller (7–4) Law (4–4) Perranoski (10) 2:39 16,658 57–35–1 W1 94 July 18 5:15 p.m. PDT @ Pirates W10–5 Podres (9–6) Francis (3–4) Sherry (1) 3:03 15,883 58–35–1 W2 95 July 19 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Braves W4–2 Drysdale (12–10) Hendley (5–6) — 2:13 18,547 59–35–1 W3 96 July 20 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Braves W5–4 Perranoski (10–2) Raymond (4–5) — 2:42 11,804 60–35–1 W4 97 (1) July 21 11:00 a.m. PDT @ Braves L2–7 Sadowski (1–4) Miller (7–5) Shaw (7) 2:30 — 60–36–1 L1 98 (2) July 21 2:05 p.m. PDT @ Braves L7–13 Cloninger (7–6) Sherry (1–3) — 3:07 28,534 60–37–1 L2 99 July 23 8:00 p.m. PDT Pirates W6–0 Podres (10–6) Friend (11–9) — 2:26 33,167 61–37–1 W1 100 July 24 8:00 p.m. PDT Pirates W5–1 Drysdale (13–10) Francis (3–5) — 2:09 30,462 62–37–2 W2 101 July 25 8:00 p.m. PDT Pirates L2–6 Sisk (1–0) Koufax (16–4) — 2:19 41,154 62–38–1 L1 102 July 26 8:00 p.m. PDT Phillies L5–6 Short (3–8) Miller (7–6) Baldschun (11) 2:48 30,589 62–39–1 L2 103 July 27 8:00 p.m. PDT Phillies L1–4 Bennett (3–0) Podres (10–7) Klippstein (6) 2:26 36,262 62–40–1 L3 104 July 28 1:00 p.m. PDT Phillies L4–7 Boozer (2–2) Drysdale (13–11) — 2:38 32,996 62–41–1 L4 105 July 29 8:00 p.m. PDT Phillies W6–2 Koufax (17–4) McLish (10–6) — 2:14 32,835 63–41–1 W1 106 July 30 8:00 p.m. PDT Mets L1–5 Stallard (4–9) Miller (7–7) — 2:21 24,515 63–42–1 L1 107 July 31 8:00 p.m. PDT Mets W5–3 Richert (1–1) Craig (2–19) Perranoski (11) 2:20 24,589 64–42–1 W1
August: 16–12 (Home: 6–6; Away: 10–6) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 108 August 2 7:00 p.m. PDT @ Colt .45s L1–4 Farrell (9–8) Drysdale (13–12) — 1:55 13,054 64–43–1 L1 109 August 3 7:00 p.m. PDT @ Colt .45s W2–0 Koufax (18–4) Bruce (5–8) — 2:00 25,473 65–43–1 W1 110 August 4 1:30 p.m. PDT @ Colt .45s W4–0 Podres (11–7) Johnson (6–15) Sherry (2) 2:09 14,237 66–43–1 W2 111 August 6 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Cubs W4–1 Drysdale (14–12) Jackson (12–10) — 1:58 15,276 67–43–1 W3 112 August 7 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Cubs W3–1(11) Perranoski (11–2) McDaniel (7–5) — 2:53 27,184 68–43–1 W4 113 August 8 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Cubs L4–5(10) McDaniel (8–5) Sherry (1–4) — 2:18 16,408 68–44–1 L1 114 August 9 6:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds L4–8 Nuxhall (10–5) Podres (11–8) Worthington (7) 2:50 18,178 68–45–1 L2 115 August 10 6:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds W10–3 Drysdale (15–12) Purkey (5–8) — 2:47 29,034 69–45–1 W1 116 August 11 12 Noon PDT @ Reds L4–9 O'Toole (15–9) Koufax (18–5) Worthington (8) 2:25 26,195 69–46–1 L1 117 August 13 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Braves L3–4 Spahn (14–5) Miller (7–8) — 2:13 13,529 69–47–1 L1 118 August 14 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Braves L3–5 Sadowski (2–5) Drysdale (15–13) Lemaster (1) 2:32 13,429 69–48–1 L2 119 August 15 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Braves W7–5 Perranoski (12–2) Fischer (4–3) — 2:43 13,425 70–48–1 W1 120 August 16 5:00 p.m. PDT @ Mets W9–7 Perranoski (13–2) Bearnarth (2–4) Miller (1) 2:53 31,405 71–48–1 W2 121 August 17 11:00 a.m. PDT @ Mets W3–2 Koufax (19–5) Stallard (6–11) Perranoski (12) 2:45 21,841 72–48–1 W3 122 (1) August 18 11:05 a.m. PDT @ Mets W7–0 Drysdale (16–13) Jackson (8–15) — 2:25 — 73–48–1 W4 123 (2) August 18 2:05 p.m. PDT @ Mets W3–2 Calmus (2–0) Willey (7–11) — 2:36 46,184 74–48–1 W5 124 August 20 8:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals W7–5 Miller (8–8) Burdette (8–10) — 2:45 50,122 75–48–1 W6 125 August 21 8:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals W2–1(16) Sherry (2–4) Taylor (7–5) — 3:48 54,125 76–48–1 W7 126 August 22 8:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals L2–3 Broglio (14–8) Drysdale (16–14) Jones (2) 2:32 48,569 76–49–1 L1 127 August 23 8:00 p.m. PDT Braves L1–6 Spahn (16–5) Calmus (2–1) — 2:30 36,013 76–50–1 L2 128 August 24 8:00 p.m. PDT Braves L1–2 Lemaster (10–8) Podres (11–9) Shaw (12) 2:34 36,479 76–51–1 L3 129 August 25 1:00 p.m. PDT Braves W2–1 Miller (9–8) Shaw (5–10) — 2:29 32,137 77–51–1 W1 130 August 26 8:00 p.m. PDT Reds L1–3 O'Toole (16–11) Drysdale (16–15) — 2:09 36,694 77–52–1 L1 131 August 27 8:00 p.m. PDT Reds W3–2 Richert (2–1) Purkey (6–9) Perranoski (13) 2:14 28,070 78–52–1 W1 132 August 28 8:00 p.m. PDT Reds L5–9 Maloney (19–6) Podres (11–10) Jay (1) 2:32 28,921 78–53–1 L1 133 August 29 8:00 p.m. PDT Giants W11–1 Koufax (20–5) Pierce (3–10) — 2:38 54,978 79–53–1 W1 134 August 30 8:00 p.m. PDT Giants W3–1 Drysdale (17–15) Marichal (19–8) — 2:34 54,843 80–53–1 W2 135 August 31 8:00 p.m. PDT Giants L3–4(12) Larsen (6–5) Sherry (2–5) — 3:25 54,858 80–54–1 L1
September: 19–9 (Home: 10–5; Away: 9–4) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 136 September 1 1:00 p.m. PDT Giants W5–3 Calmus (3–1) Larsen (6–6) Podres (1) 3:42 54,263 81–54–1 W1 137 (1) September 2 1:00 p.m. PDT Colt .45s W7–3 Koufax (21–5) Farrell (10–12) — 2:16 — 82–54–1 W2 138 (2) September 2 3:51 p.m. PDT Colt .45s W7–1 Podres (12–10) Zachary (0–2) Perranoski (14) 2:14 39,378 83–54–1 W3 139 September 3 8:00 p.m. PDT Colt .45s W4–3(10) Perranoski (14–2) Farrell (10–13) — 2:24 23,235 84–54–1 W4 140 September 4 8:00 p.m. PDT Cubs L1–2(11) McDaniel (11–6) Rowe (0–1) — 3:23 21,840 84–55–1 L1 141 September 5 8:00 p.m. PDT Cubs W4–0 Richert (3–1) Buhl (9–13) Sherry (3) 2:23 35,256 85–55–1 W1 142 September 6 8:15 p.m. PDT @ Giants W5–2 Koufax (22–5) O'Dell (12–7) Perranoski (15) 2:35 38,161 86–55–1 W2 143 September 7 1:00 p.m. PDT @ Giants L3–5 Marichal (21–8) Drysdale (17–16) — 2:04 36,879 86–56–1 L1 144 September 8 1:00 p.m. PDT @ Giants L4–5 Larsen (7–6) Perranoski (14–3) — 2:45 38,569 86–57–1 L2 145 September 10 5:15 p.m. PDT @ Pirates W4–2 Koufax (23–5) Cardwell (13–14) — 2:19 11,152 87–57–1 W5 146 September 11 5:15 p.m. PDT @ Pirates W9–4 Richert (4–1) Veale (2–2) Perranoski (16) 2:32 8,514 88–57–1 W6 147 September 12 5:15 p.m. PDT @ Pirates W5–3 Podres (13–10) Friend (16–15) Perranoski (17) 2:04 2,644 89–57–1 W7 148 (1) September 13 3:05 p.m. PDT @ Phillies L2–3 Short (7–11) Sherry (2–6) — 2:21 — 89–58–1 L1 149 (2) September 13 6:01 p.m. PDT @ Phillies W2–1 Perranoski (15–3) Bennett (8–4) — 2:32 26,024 90–58–1 W1 150 September 14 10:35 a.m. PDT @ Phillies W5–1 Richert (5–1) Boozer (2–4) — 2:24 10,410 91–58–1 W2 151 September 15 10:35 a.m. PDT @ Phillies L1–6 Green (6–4) Drysdale (17–17) — 2:09 16,796 91–59–1 L1 152 September 16 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals W3–1 Podres (14–10) Shantz (6–4) Perranoski (18) 2:34 32,442 92–59–1 W1 153 September 17 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals W4–0 Koufax (24–5) Simmons (15–8) — 1:51 30,450 93–59–1 W2 154 September 18 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals W6–5(13) Perranoski (16–3) Burdette (9–12) — 3:44 25,975 94–59–1 W3 155 September 20 8:00 p.m. PDT Pirates W2–0 Drysdale (18–17) Schwall (6–12) — 2:17 40,476 95–59–1 W4 156 September 21 8:00 p.m. PDT Pirates W5–3 Miller (10–8) Sisk (1–1) — 2:44 48,038 96–59–1 W5 157 September 22 1:00 p.m. PDT Pirates L0–4 Veale (4–2) Podres (14–11) Face (16) 2:20 36,878 96–60–1 L1 158 September 24 8:00 p.m. PDT Mets W4–1 Drysdale (19–17) Stallard (6–17) Perranoski (19) 2:26 27,988 97–60–1 W1 159 September 25 8:00 p.m. PDT Mets W1–0 Koufax (25–5) Craig (5–22) Perranoski (20) 2:08 24,181 98–60–1 W2 160 September 26 8:00 p.m. PDT Mets W5–4 Rowe (1–1) Cisco (7–15) Perranoski (21) 2:15 18,546 99–60–1 W3 161 September 27 8:00 p.m. PDT Phillies L3–5 Boozer (3–4) Richert (5–2) Duren (2) 2:40 34,689 99–61–1 L1 162 September 28 8:00 p.m. PDT Phillies L3–12 Bennett (9–5) Podres (14–12) — 2:21 37,212 99–62–1 L2 163 September 29 1:00 p.m. PDT Phillies L1–3 Short (9–12) Richert (5–3) — 2:31 19,237 99–63–1 L3

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pct.	Runs scored	Runs allowed
Chicago Cubs	4–5	7–2	11–7	.611	60	47
Cincinnati Reds	6–3	4–5	10–8	.556	70	59
Houston Colt .45s	8–1	5–4	13–5	.722	78	41
Los Angeles Dodgers	—	—	—	—	—	—
Milwaukee Braves	4–5	4–5	8–10	.444	61	84
New York Mets	8–1	8–1	16–2	.889	78	40
Philadelphia Phillies	2–7	5–4	7–11	.389	54	78
Pittsburgh Pirates	7–2	6–3	13–5	.722	80	65
San Francisco Giants	6–3	3–6	9–9	.500	68	70
St. Louis Cardinals	5–4	7–2	12–6	.667	91	66
	50–31	49–32	99–63	.611	640	550

Postseason Game log

1963 Postseason game log: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 2–0)

World Series vs. New York Yankees 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 2–0) [8] # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/ Streak 1 October 2 10:00 a.m. PDT @ Yankees W5–2 Koufax (1–0) Ford (0–1) — 2:09 69,000 LAN 1–0 W1 2 October 3 10:00 a.m. PDT @ Yankees W4–1 Podres (1–0) Downing (0–1) Perranoski (1) 2:13 66,455 LAN 2–0 W2 3 October 5 1:00 p.m. PDT Yankees W1–0 Drysdale (1–0) Bouton (0–1) — 2:05 55,912 LAN 3–0 W3 4 October 6 1:00 p.m. PDT Yankees W2–1 Koufax (2–0) Ford (0–2) — 1:50 55,912 LAN 4–0 W4

Player stats

Batting

Stats in bold are the team leaders.

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; PA = Plate appearances; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles hit; 3B = Triples hit; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; CS = Caught stealing; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging; OPS = On Base + Slugging; TB = Total bases; GDP = Grounded into double play; HBP = Hit by pitch; SH = Sacrifice hits; SF = Sacrifice flies; IBB = Intentional base on balls

Pos	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	Avg.	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
C	John Roseboro	135	518	470	50	111	13	7	9	49	7	6	36	50	.236	.291	.351	.642	165	9	3	2	7	3
1B	Ron Fairly	152	564	490	62	133	21	0	12	77	5	2	58	69	.271	.347	.388	.735	190	12	1	11	4	7
2B	Jim Gilliam	148	605	525	77	148	27	4	6	49	19	5	60	28	.282	.354	.383	.737	201	11	2	12	6	2
3B	Ken McMullen	79	259	233	16	55	9	0	5	28	1	2	20	46	.236	.297	.339	.636	79	9	1	3	2	2
SS	Maury Wills	134	580	527	83	159	19	3	0	34	40	19	44	48	.302	.355	.349	.704	184	3	1	5	3	0
LF	Tommy Davis	146	597	556	69	181	19	3	16	88	15	10	29	59	.326	.359	.457	.816	254	17	4	1	7	5
CF	Willie Davis	156	555	515	60	126	19	8	9	60	25	11	25	61	.245	.281	.365	.646	188	9	3	6	6	6
RF	Frank Howard	123	459	417	58	114	16	1	28	64	1	2	33	116	.273	.330	.518	.848	216	7	4	2	3	4

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; PA = Plate appearances; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles hit; 3B = Triples hit; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; CS = Caught stealing; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging; OPS = On Base + Slugging; TB = Total bases; GDP = Grounded into double play; HBP = Hit by pitch; SH = Sacrifice hits; SF = Sacrifice flies; IBB = Intentional base on balls

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	Avg.	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Wally Moon	122	398	343	41	90	13	2	8	48	5	5	45	43	.262	.345	.382	.727	131	12	1	4	5	5
Bill Skowron	89	256	237	19	48	8	0	4	19	0	1	13	49	.203	.252	.287	.539	68	10	3	2	1	4
Dick Tracewski	104	240	217	23	49	2	1	1	10	2	3	19	39	.226	.287	.248	.545	56	3	0	3	1	1
Nate Oliver	65	178	163	23	39	2	3	1	9	3	4	13	25	.239	.298	.307	.605	50	3	1	0	1	0
Doug Camilli	49	130	117	9	19	1	1	3	10	0	0	11	22	.162	.234	.265	.499	31	4	0	2	0	6
Lee Walls	64	94	86	12	20	1	0	3	11	0	0	7	25	.233	.290	.349	.639	30	4	0	1	0	1
Al Ferrara	21	52	44	2	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	9	.159	.275	.227	.502	10	0	1	1	0	0
Marv Breeding	20	40	36	6	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	.167	.211	.167	.377	6	0	0	2	0	0
Don Zimmer	22	26	23	4	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	10	.217	.308	.391	.699	9	1	0	0	0	0
Daryl Spencer	7	13	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.111	.333	.111	.444	1	1	0	1	0	0
Dick Nen	7	11	8	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	.125	.364	.500	.864	4	1	0	0	0	1
Derrell Griffith	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Gleason	8	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	0	0	0	0	0

Pitchers batting

Note: G = Games played; PA = Plate appearances; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles hit; 3B = Triples hit; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; CS = Caught stealing; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging; OPS = On Base + Slugging; TB = Total bases; GDP = Grounded into double play; HBP = Hit by pitch; SH = Sacrifice hits; SF = Sacrifice flies; IBB = Intentional base on balls

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	Avg.	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Sandy Koufax	40	124	110	3	7	0	0	1	7	0	0	6	51	.064	.111	.091	.202	10	2	0	7	1	0
Don Drysdale	42	114	96	5	16	1	1	0	5	0	0	9	35	.167	.241	.198	.439	19	3	1	6	2	0
Johnny Podres	37	71	64	6	9	2	0	1	8	0	0	1	11	.141	.147	.219	.366	14	0	0	3	3	0
Bob Miller	42	65	57	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	24	.070	.100	.070	.170	4	0	0	5	1	0
Ron Perranoski	69	28	24	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	.125	.192	.125	.317	3	0	0	2	0	0
Pete Richert	20	25	22	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.182	.217	.227	.445	5	0	0	2	0	0
Larry Sherry	36	12	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.111	.273	.222	.495	2	0	0	1	0	0
Nick Willhite	8	11	10	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.300	.300	.400	.700	4	0	0	1	0	0
Dick Calmus	21	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Rowe	14	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Roebuck	29	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Smith	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Ortega	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	----	----	----	----	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Scott	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	----	----	----	----	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

List does not include position players. Stats in bold are the team leaders.

Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; W-L% = Win-Loss Percentage; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; GF = Games finished; CG = Complete game; SHO = Shutouts; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; HA = Hits allowed; RA = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HRA = Home runs allowed; BB = Base on Balls; IBB = Intentional base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; HBP = Times hit by a pitch; BK = Balks; WP = Wild pitches; BF = Batters faced

Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	HA	RA	ER	HRA	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Don Drysdale	19	17	.528	2.63	42	42	0	17	3	0	315.1	287	114	92	25	57	13	251	10	0	4	1266
Sandy Koufax	25	5	.833	1.88	40	40	0	20	11	0	311.0	214	68	65	18	58	7	306	3	1	6	1210
Johnny Podres	14	12	.538	3.54	37	34	3	10	5	1	198.1	196	91	78	16	64	13	134	3	4	5	845
Nick Willhite	2	3	.400	3.79	8	8	0	1	1	0	38.0	44	19	16	5	10	2	28	0	4	1	165

Other pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; W-L% = Win-Loss Percentage; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; GF = Games finished; CG = Complete game; SHO = Shutouts; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; HA = Hits allowed; RA = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HRA = Home runs allowed; BB = Base on Balls; IBB = Intentional base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; HBP = Times hit by a pitch; BK = Balks; WP = Wild pitches; BF = Batters faced

Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	HA	RA	ER	HRA	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Bob Miller	10	8	.556	2.89	42	23	10	2	0	1	187.0	171	71	60	7	65	9	125	3	0	12	781
Pete Richert	5	3	.625	4.50	20	12	1	1	0	0	78.0	80	40	39	7	28	3	54	1	1	3	336

Relief pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; W-L% = Win-Loss Percentage; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; GF = Games finished; CG = Complete game; SHO = Shutouts; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; HA = Hits allowed; RA = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HRA = Home runs allowed; BB = Base on Balls; IBB = Intentional base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; HBP = Times hit by a pitch; BK = Balks; WP = Wild pitches; BF = Batters faced

Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	HA	RA	ER	HRA	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Ron Perranoski	16	3	.842	1.67	69	0	47	0	0	21	129.0	112	30	24	7	43	14	75	4	0	4	541
Larry Sherry	2	6	.250	3.73	36	3	18	0	0	3	79.2	82	43	33	8	24	4	47	4	0	3	349
Dick Calmus	3	1	.750	2.66	21	1	9	0	0	0	44.0	32	14	13	3	16	1	25	0	0	1	173
Ed Roebuck	2	4	.333	4.24	29	0	14	0	0	0	40.1	54	25	19	4	21	5	26	2	2	1	197
Ken Rowe	1	1	.500	2.93	14	0	4	0	0	1	27.2	28	16	9	2	11	3	12	1	0	2	122
Dick Scott	0	0	—	6.75	9	0	5	0	0	2	12.0	17	10	9	6	3	0	6	0	0	0	54
Jack Smith	0	0	—	7.56	4	0	1	0	0	0	8.1	10	7	7	2	2	0	5	2	0	3	39
Phil Ortega	0	0	—	18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5

Fielding

Note: G = Games played; GS = Games started; CG = Complete game; Inn = Innings played in field; Ch = Defensive Chances; PO = Putouts; A = Assists; E = Errors committed; DP = Double plays turned; Fld% = Fielding percentage; PB = Passed balls; WP = Wild pitches; SB = Stolen bases; CS = Caught stealing; CS% = Caught stealing percentage; PO = Pickoffs; Pos Summary = Positions played

Player	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos Summary
Marv Breeding	19	8	6	94.0	37	15	21	1	0	.973							2B–SS–3B
Dick Calmus	21	1	0	44.0	7	1	6	0	0	1.000		1	1	1	50%	0	P
Doug Camilli	47	35	29	325.1	307	285	15	7	1	.977	1	6	14	3	18%	0	C
Tommy Davis	143	143	101	1265.1	287	205	67	15	10	.948							LF–3B–CF–RF
Willie Davis	153	139	127	1248.0	359	336	15	8	3	.978							CF
Don Drysdale	42	42	17	315.1	85	19	62	4	7	.953		4	11	8	42%	4	P
Ron Fairly	149	133	112	1209.2	1002	947	48	7	74	.993							1B–CF–LF–RF
Al Ferrara	11	9	8	92.1	20	18	1	1	0	.950							LF–RF
Jim Gilliam	141	137	85	1192.2	623	267	343	13	67	.979							2B–3B
Derrell Griffith	1	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0								2B
Frank Howard	111	107	84	947.1	201	189	4	8	0	.960							RF–LF
Sandy Koufax	40	40	20	311.0	41	4	34	3	1	.927		6	11	1	8%	0	P
Ken McMullen	72	67	50	596.0	195	48	134	13	8	.933							3B–LF–2B
Bob Miller	42	23	2	187.0	71	15	54	2	5	.972		12	5	8	62%	0	P
Wally Moon	96	90	55	779.2	127	120	2	5	0	.961							RF–LF–CF
Dick Nen	5	0	0	16.0	22	22	0	0	0	1.000							1B
Nate Oliver	57	40	35	389.2	234	111	114	9	26	.962							2B–SS
Phil Ortega	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0		0	P
Ron Perranoski	69	0	0	129.0	31	6	24	1	0	.968		4	0	0		0	P
Johnny Podres	37	34	10	198.1	35	3	32	0	1	1.000		5	7	3	30%	0	P
Pete Richert	20	12	1	78.0	11	3	8	0	0	1.000		3	5	2	29%	0	P
Ed Roebuck	29	0	0	40.1	13	1	11	1	0	.923		1	2	3	60%	0	P
John Roseboro	134	128	116	1144.1	982	908	66	8	6	.992	14	39	36	27	43%	2	C
Ken Rowe	14	0	0	27.2	9	0	6	3	1	.667		2	4	1	20%	0	P
Dick Scott	9	0	0	12.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000		0	0	0		0	P
Larry Sherry	36	3	0	79.2	17	1	15	1	1	.941		3	1	3	75%	1	P
Bill Skowron	67	60	39	509.2	557	518	34	5	44	.991							1B–3B
Jack Smith	4	0	0	8.1	3	0	3	0	0	1.000		3	1	0	0%	0	P
Daryl Spencer	3	2	2	21.0	5	2	3	0	0	1.000							3B
Dick Tracewski	100	64	51	623.2	335	105	216	14	34	.958							SS–2B
Lee Walls	24	8	7	112.0	68	55	12	1	3	.985							1B–LF–3B–RF
Nick Willhite	8	8	1	38.0	5	1	3	1	0	.800		1	2	0	0%	1	P
Maury Wills	134	131	104	1143.1	604	197	381	26	54	.957							SS–3B
Don Zimmer	12	3	3	43.1	19	3	14	2	0	.895							3B–SS–2B

1963 World Series

Main article: 1963 World Series

Game 1

October 2, 1963, at Yankee Stadium in New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (N)	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	0
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	0
W: Sandy Koufax (1–0)   L: Whitey Ford (0–1)
HR: LAD – John Roseboro (1)   NYY – Tom Tresh (1)

Game 2

October 3, 1963, at Yankee Stadium in New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (N)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	10	1
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	0
W: Johnny Podres (1–0)   L: Al Downing (0–1)   S: Ron Perranoski (1)
HR: LAD – Bill Skowron (1)

Game 3

October 5, 1963, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Los Angeles (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	x	1	4	1
W: Don Drysdale (1–0)  L: Jim Bouton (0–1)

Game 4

October 6, 1963, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	1
Los Angeles (N)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	1
W: Sandy Koufax (2–0)  L: Whitey Ford (0–2)
HR: NYY – Mickey Mantle (1)   LAD – Frank Howard (1)

Awards and honors

Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax

• National League Most Valuable Player
  • Sandy Koufax
• National League Cy Young Award
  • Sandy Koufax
• World Series Most Valuable Player
  • Sandy Koufax
• Associated Press Athlete of the Year
  • Sandy Koufax

All-Stars

• 1963 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Tommy Davis starter
  • Don Drysdale reserve
  • Sandy Koufax reserve
  • Maury Wills reserve ^[9]

Sporting News

• TSN Major League Manager of the Year Award
  • Walter Alston
• TSN Pitcher of the Year Award
  • Sandy Koufax
• TSN Major League Player of the Year Award
  • Sandy Koufax
• TSN National League All-Star
  • Tommy Davis
  • Sandy Koufax
  • Jim Gilliam

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Spokane Indians	Pacific Coast League	Danny Ozark
AA	Albuquerque Dukes	Texas League	Clay Bryant
A	Great Falls Electrics	Pioneer League	Al Ronning
A	Salem Dodgers	Northwest League	Stan Wasiak
A	Salisbury Dodgers	Western Carolinas League	George Scherger
A	Santa Barbara Rancheros	California League	James B. Williams
A	St. Petersburg Saints	Florida State League	Roy Hartsfield

Notes

1. Norm Sherry sold to Mets
2. Stan Williams page at Baseball Reference
3. Larry Burright page at Baseball Reference
4. Don Zimmer page at Baseball Reference
5. Duke Snider page at Baseball Reference
6. Ed Roebuck page at Baseball Reference
7. "1963 Los Angeles Dodgers schedule and results". Baseball Reference. Retrieved August 22, 2025.
8. "1963 World Series". Baseball Reference . Retrieved September 10, 2025.
9. "1963 All-Star Game".

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
• Los Angeles Dodgers official web site