1963 New York Yankees season

1963  New York Yankees
American League champions
League	American League
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Record	104–57 (.646)
League place	1st
Owners	Dan Topping and Del Webb
General managers	Roy Hamey
Managers	Ralph Houk
Television	WPIX (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman)
Radio	WCBS (AM) (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman)
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The 1963 New York Yankees season was the 61st season for the team. The team finished with a record of 104–57, winning their 28th pennant, finishing 10+1⁄2 games ahead of the Chicago White Sox. New York was managed by Ralph Houk.

The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 4 games, the first time the Yankees had ever been swept in the World Series (they had lost 4 games to none with one tied game in 1922).

Offseason

• November 26, 1962: Bill Skowron was traded by the Yankees to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Stan Williams. ^[1]

Regular season

Elston Howard became the first black player in the history of the American League to win the AL Most Valuable Player award. ^[2]

Season standings

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	104	57	.646	—	58‍–‍22	46‍–‍35
Chicago White Sox	94	68	.580	10½	49‍–‍33	45‍–‍35
Minnesota Twins	91	70	.565	13	48‍–‍33	43‍–‍37
Baltimore Orioles	86	76	.531	18½	48‍–‍33	38‍–‍43
Cleveland Indians	79	83	.488	25½	41‍–‍40	38‍–‍43
Detroit Tigers	79	83	.488	25½	47‍–‍34	32‍–‍49
Boston Red Sox	76	85	.472	28	44‍–‍36	32‍–‍49
Kansas City Athletics	73	89	.451	31½	36‍–‍45	37‍–‍44
Los Angeles Angels	70	91	.435	34	39‍–‍42	31‍–‍49
Washington Senators	56	106	.346	48½	31‍–‍49	25‍–‍57

Record vs. opponents

1963 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KCA	LAA	MIN	NYY	WAS
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

• April 29, 1963: Curt Blefary was selected off waivers from the Yankees by the Baltimore Orioles as a first-year waiver pick. ^[3]

Roster

1963 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 47 Luis Arroyo 56 Jim Bouton 30 Marshall Bridges 28 Bud Daley 24 Al Downing 16 Whitey Ford 39 Steve Hamilton 20 Bill Kunkel 29 Tom Metcalf 18 Hal Reniff 22 Bill Stafford 23 Ralph Terry 19 Stan Williams		Catchers  8 Yogi Berra 41 Jake Gibbs 32 Elston Howard Infielders  6 Clete Boyer 14 Harry Bright 42 Pedro González 10 Tony Kubek 34 Phil Linz 26 Dale Long 25 Joe Pepitone  1 Bobby Richardson		Outfielders 38 Johnny Blanchard 11 Héctor López  7 Mickey Mantle  9 Roger Maris 27 Jack Reed 15 Tom Tresh		Manager 35 Ralph Houk Coaches  8 Yogi Berra  2 Frankie Crosetti 44 Jim Hegan 26 Dale Long 31 Johnny Sain

Game log

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

1963 Game Log: 104–57 (Home: 58–22; Away: 46–35) [4]
April: 8–6 (Home: 4–4; Away: 4–2) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak
May: 17–9 (Home: 9–2; Away: 8–7) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak
June: 19–13 (Home: 11–2; Away: 8–11) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak
July: 22–9 (Home: 15–4; Away: 7–5) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak — July 9 1:00 p.m. EDT 34th All-Star Game National League vs. American League (Cleveland Municipal Stadium , Cleveland, Ohio)
August: 22–10 (Home: 10–6; Away: 12–4) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak
September: 16–10 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–6) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak

Postseason Game log

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

World Series vs. Los Angeles Dodgers 0–4 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–2) [5] # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/ Streak 1 October 2 1:00 p.m. EDT Dodgers L2–5 Koufax (1–0) Ford (0–1) — 2:09 69,000 LAN 1–0 L1 2 October 3 1:00 p.m. EDT Dodgers L1–4 Podres (1–0) Downing (0–1) Perranoski (1) 2:13 66,455 LAN 2–0 L2 3 October 5 4:00 p.m. EDT @ Dodgers L0–1 Drysdale (1–0) Bouton (0–1) — 2:05 55,912 LAN 3–0 L3 4 October 6 4:00 p.m. EDT @ Dodgers L1–2 Koufax (2–0) Ford (0–2) — 1:50 55,912 LAN 4–0 L4

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	Elston Howard	135	487	140	.287	28	85
1B	Joe Pepitone	157	580	157	.271	27	89
2B	Bobby Richardson	151	630	167	.265	3	48
3B	Clete Boyer	152	557	140	.251	12	54
SS	Tony Kubek	135	557	143	.257	7	44
LF	Héctor López	130	433	108	.249	14	52
CF	Tom Tresh	145	520	140	.269	25	71
RF	Roger Maris	90	312	84	.269	23	53

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
Johnny Blanchard	76	218	49	.225	16	45
Phil Linz	72	186	50	.269	2	12
Mickey Mantle	65	172	54	.314	15	35
Harry Bright	60	157	37	.236	7	23
Yogi Berra	64	147	43	.293	8	28
Jack Reed	106	73	15	.205	0	1
Pedro González	14	26	5	.192	0	1
Dale Long	14	15	3	.200	0	0
Jake Gibbs	4	8	2	.250	0	0

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
Whitey Ford	38	269.1	24	7	2.74	189
Ralph Terry	40	268.0	17	15	3.22	114
Jim Bouton	40	249.1	21	7	2.53	148
Al Downing	24	175.2	13	5	2.56	171
Stan Williams	29	146.0	9	8	3.21	98

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
Tom Metcalf	8	13.0	1	0	2.77	3
Luis Arroyo	6	6.0	1	1	13.50	5
Bud Daley	1	1.0	0	0	0.00	0

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
Hal Reniff	48	4	3	18	2.62	56
Steve Hamilton	34	5	1	5	2.60	63
Bill Stafford	28	4	8	3	6.02	52
Marshall Bridges	23	2	0	1	3.82	35
Bill Kunkel	22	3	2	0	2.72	31

1963 World Series

Main article: 1963 World Series

NL Los Angeles Dodgers (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (0)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Dodgers – 5, Yankees – 2	October 2	Yankee Stadium	69,000
2	Dodgers – 4, Yankees – 1	October 3	Yankee Stadium	66,455
3	Yankees – 0, Dodgers – 1	October 5	Dodger Stadium	55,912
4	Yankees – 1, Dodgers – 2	October 6	Dodger Stadium	55,912

Awards and honors

• Elston Howard, American League MVP
• Ralph Houk, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year

All-Stars

All-Star Game

• Joe Pepitone, starter, first base
• Jim Bouton, reserve
• Elston Howard, reserve
• Bobby Richardson, reserve
• Tom Tresh, reserve
• Mickey Mantle, did not play (injured) ^[6]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Richmond Virginians	International League	Preston Gómez
AA	Augusta Yankees	Sally League	Rube Walker
A	Greensboro Yankees	Carolina League	Frank Verdi
A	Fort Lauderdale Yankees	Florida State League	Pinky May, Steve Souchock and Cloyd Boyer
A	Idaho Falls Yankees	Pioneer League	Loren Babe
A	Shelby Colonels	Western Carolinas League	Billy Shantz
Rookie	Harlan Yankees	Appalachian League	Gary Blaylock

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Augusta, Idaho Falls ^[7]

Notes

1. Stan Williams page at Baseball-Reference
2. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 199, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
3. Curt Blefary page at Baseball Reference
4. "1963 New York Yankees schedule and results". Baseball Reference. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
5. "1963 World Series". Baseball Reference . Retrieved September 18, 2025.
6. "1963 All-Star Game".
7. 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

• 1963 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
• 1963 World Series
• 1963 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com