1963 St. Louis Cardinals season

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This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1963 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.
1963 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 93–69 (.574)
League place 2nd
Other information
Owner(s) August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s) Bing Devine
Manager(s) Johnny Keane
Local television KSD-TV
Local radio KMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Jerry Gross)
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The 1963 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 82nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 72nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 93–69 (.574) during the season, and finished 2nd in the National League, six games behind the eventual World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The season was Stan Musial's 22nd and final season with the team, and in MLB.

Offseason

Regular season

Future Hall of Famer Stan Musial played his final game on September 29, a 3–2 victory in 14 innings against the visiting Cincinnati Reds.

All four starting infielders in the 1963 All-Star Game were Cardinals. Ken Boyer (3B), Dick Groat (SS), and Bill White (1B) were elected, and Julián Javier (2B) took over for the elected but injured Bill Mazeroski of Pittsburgh.[6]

Pitcher Bobby Shantz, first baseman Bill White, third baseman Ken Boyer, and outfielder Curt Flood won Gold Gloves this year.[7]

Season standings

National League		 W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1963 National League Records

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1963 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
1B Bill White 162 658 200 .304 27 109
2B Julián Javier 161 609 160 .263 9 46
SS Dick Groat 158 631 201 .319 6 73
LF Stan Musial 124 337 86 .255 12 58
RF George Altman 135 464 127 .274 9 47

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
Leo Burke 30 49 10 .204 1 5
Duke Carmel 57 44 10 .227 1 2
Moe Thacker 3 4 0 .000 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
Ernie Broglio 39 250 18 8 2.99 145
Lew Burdette 21 98 3 8 3.77 45

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
Ron Taylor 54 133.1 9 7 2.84 91

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
Ed Bauta 38 3 4 3 3.93 30
Diomedes Olivo 19 0 5 0 5.40 9
Harry Fanok 12 2 1 1 5.26 25

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

[11]

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Atlanta Crackers International League Harry Walker
AA Tulsa Oilers Texas League Grover Resinger
A Brunswick Cardinals Georgia–Florida League George Kissell
A Winnipeg Goldeyes Northern League Fred Koenig
A Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Ron Plaza

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tulsa[12]

References

  1. ↑ Red Schoendienst page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Don Cardwell page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Tom Matchick page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Duke Carmel page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Coco Laboy page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Baseball Almanac page for the 1963 All-Star Game
  7. ↑ NL Gold Glove Award winners at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Bobby Gene Smith page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Elrod Hendricks page at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ http://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1963as.shtml
  12. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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