1963 Washington Senators season

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1963  Washington Senators
Washington Senators Cap Logo (1963 to 1967).svg
League American League
Ballpark D.C. Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
Record56–106 (.347)
League place10th
Owners James M. Johnston and James H. Lemon
General managers George Selkirk
Managers Mickey Vernon, Eddie Yost, Gil Hodges
Television WTOP
Radio WTOP
(Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
  1962 Seasons 1964  

The 1963 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing tenth in the American League (in last place) with a record of 56 wins and 106 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10457.64658224635
Chicago White Sox 9468.58010½49334535
Minnesota Twins 9170.5651348334337
Baltimore Orioles 8676.53118½48333843
Cleveland Indians 7983.48825½41403843
Detroit Tigers 7983.48825½47343249
Boston Red Sox 7685.4722844363249
Kansas City Athletics 7389.45131½36453744
Los Angeles Angels 7091.4353439423149
Washington Senators 56106.34648½31492557

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCALAAMINNYYWSH
Baltimore 7–117–1110–813–59–99–99–97–1115–3
Boston 11–78–1010–89–97–119–87–116–129–9
Chicago 11–710–811–711–712–610–88–108–1013–5
Cleveland 8–108–107–1110–811–710–85–137–1113–5
Detroit 5–139–97–118–1013–512–68–108–109–9
Kansas City 9–911–76–127–115–1310–89–96–1210–8
Los Angeles 9–98–98–108–106–128–109–95–139–9
Minnesota 9–911–710–813–510–89–99–96–1114–4
New York 11–712–610–811–710–812–613–511–614–4
Washington 3–159–95–135–139–98–109–94–144–14

Notable transactions

Roster

1963 Washington Senators
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Ken Retzer 9526564.242531
1B Bobo Osborne 12535876.2121244
2B Chuck Cottier 11333769.205521
SS Ed Brinkman 145514117.228745
3B Don Zimmer 8329874.2481344
LF Chuck Hinton 150566152.2691555
CF Don Lock 149531134.2522782
RF Jim King 136459106.2312462

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Dick Phillips 12432176.2371032
Minnie Miñoso 10931572.229430
Don Blasingame 6925465.256212
Don Leppert 7321150.237624
Marv Breeding 5819754.274114
Tom Brown 6111617.14714
Hobie Landrith 4210318.17517
Jim Piersall 299423.24515
John Kennedy 366211.17704
Ken Hunt 7204.20014
Cal Neeman 14181.05600
Bob Schmidt 9153.20000
Lou Klimchock 9142.14302
Johnny Schaive 330.00000
Barry Shetrone 220.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Claude Osteen 40212.19143.35109
Don Rudolph 37174.07194.5570
Tom Cheney 23136.1892.7197
Dave Stenhouse 1687.0394.5547

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bennie Daniels 35168.25104.3888
Jim Duckworth 37120.24126.0466
Steve Ridzik 2089.2564.8247
Jim Hannan 1327.2224.8814
Ron Moeller 824.1206.2910
Carl Bouldin 1023.1225.7910
Art Quirk 721.0104.2912
Ed Hobaugh 916.0006.1911
Jack Jenkins 412.1025.845
Bob Baird 511.2037.717

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Ron Kline 6238172.7949
Pete Burnside 380106.1523
Ed Roebuck 262143.3025
Jim Bronstad 251315.6522
Jim Coates 202405.2831
Steve Hamilton 301013.501

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

[10]

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AA York White Roses Eastern League Danny O'Connell and Johnny Schaive
A Peninsula Senators Carolina League Archie Wilson
A Wisconsin Rapids Senators Midwest League Wayne Terwilliger
A Geneva Senators New York–Penn League Owen Friend

References

  1. Paul Casanova page at Baseball Reference
  2. Lou Piniella page at Baseball Reference
  3. Brant Alyea page at Baseball Reference
  4. 1 2 Lou Klimchock page at Baseball-Reference
  5. Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac
  6. Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference
  7. Hobie Landrith page at Baseball Reference
  8. Jim Piersall page at Baseball Reference
  9. Don Zimmer page at Baseball Reference
  10. "1963 All-Star Game".