1963 Los Angeles Angels
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkChávez Ravine
CityLos Angeles
OwnersGene Autry
General managersFred Haney
ManagersBill Rigney
TelevisionKHJ
RadioKMPC
(Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)
Seasons

The 1963 Los Angeles Angels season involved the Angels finishing ninth in the American League with a record of 70 wins and 91 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10457 0.646 — 58–22 46–35
Chicago White Sox 9468 0.580 10½ 49–33 45–35
Minnesota Twins 9170 0.565 13 48–33 43–37
Baltimore Orioles 8676 0.531 18½ 48–33 38–43
Cleveland Indians 7983 0.488 25½ 41–40 38–43
Detroit Tigers 7983 0.488 25½ 47–34 32–49
Boston Red Sox 7685 0.472 28 44–36 32–49
Kansas City Athletics 7389 0.451 31½ 36–45 37–44
Los Angeles Angels 7091 0.435 34 39–42 31–49
Washington Senators 56106 0.346 48½ 31–49 25–57

Record vs. opponents

1963 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA LAA MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore —7–117–1110–813–59–99–99–97–1115–3
Boston 11–7—8–1010–89–97–119–87–116–129–9
Chicago 11–710–8—11–711–712–610–88–108–1013–5
Cleveland 8–108–107–11—10–811–710–85–137–1113–5
Detroit 5–139–97–118–10—13–512–68–108–109–9
Kansas City 9–911–76–127–115–13—10–89–96–1210–8
Los Angeles 9–98–98–108–106–128–10—9–95–139–9
Minnesota 9–911–710–813–510–89–99–9—6–1114–4
New York 11–712–610–811–710–812–613–511–6—14–4
Washington 3–159–95–135–139–98–109–94–144–14—

Notable transactions

  • May 15, 1963: Bobby Darwin was selected off waivers from the Angels by the Baltimore Orioles as a first-year waiver pick.[3]
  • July 27, 1963: Jimmy Piersall was signed as a free agent by the Angels.[4]
  • September 20, 1963: Jimmy Piersall was released by the Angels.[4]

Roster

1963 Los Angeles Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CBuck Rodgers10030070.233423
1BLee Thomas149528116.220955
2BBilly Moran153597164.275765
3BFélix Torres138463121.261451
SSJim Fregosi154592170.287950
LFLeon Wagner149550160.291749
CFAlbie Pearson154578176.304647
RFGeorge Thomas5316735.210415

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
Charlie Dees6020262.307327
Ed Sadowski8017430.172415
Bob Perry6116642.253314
Bob Sadowski8814436.250122
Joe Koppe7614330.210112
Ken Hunt5914226.183516
Frank Kostro439922.222210
Hank Foiles418418.214410
Ed Kirkpatrick347715.19527
Jimmy Piersall205216.30804
Tom Satriano23509.18002

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
Ken McBride36251.013123.26147
Dean Chance45248.013183.19168
Bo Belinsky1376.2295.7560
Aubrey Gatewood424.0111.5013

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
Dan Osinski47159.1883.28100
Don Lee40154.08113.6889
Bob Turley1987.1273.3070
Paul Foytack2570.1553.7137
Fred Newman1244.0155.3216
Mike Lee626.0113.8111

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
Julio Navarro5745122.8953
Art Fowler5753102.4253
Jack Spring453023.0513
Mel Nelson362315.3041
Tom Morgan130015.517
Eli Grba121204.675
Bob Duliba61111.174
Ron Moeller30006.752

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Hawaii Islanders Pacific Coast League Irv Noren
AA Nashville Vols Sally League John Fitzpatrick
A San Jose Bees California League Red Marion
A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Chuck Tanner
A Tri-City Angels Northwest League Tommy Heath

Notes

  1. ↑ Earl Averill, Jr. page at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Art Fowler page at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Bobby Darwin page at Baseball Reference
  4. 1 2 Jim Piersall page at Baseball Reference

References

  • 1963 Los Angeles Angels team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1963 Los Angeles Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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