1963 Los Angeles Angels season

1963 Los Angeles Angels
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkChávez Ravine
CityLos Angeles
Record70–91 (.435)
League place9th
OwnersGene Autry
General managersFred Haney
ManagersBill Rigney
TelevisionKHJ
RadioKMPC
(Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)

The 1963 Los Angeles Angels season was the 3rd season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 3rd in Los Angeles, and their 2nd season playing their home games at Chávez Ravine. The Angels finished the season ninth in the American League with a record of 70 wins and 91 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

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

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

  • 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

= 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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Buck Rodgers 100 300 70 .233 4 23
1B Lee Thomas 149 528 116 .220 9 55
2B Billy Moran 153 597 164 .275 7 65
3B Félix Torres 138 463 121 .261 4 51
SS Jim Fregosi 154 592 170 .287 9 50
LF Leon Wagner 149 550 160 .291 7 49
CF Albie Pearson 154 578 176 .304 6 47
RF George Thomas 53 167 35 .210 4 15

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 Dees 60 202 62 .307 3 27
Ed Sadowski 80 174 30 .172 4 15
Bob Perry 61 166 42 .253 3 14
Bob Sadowski 88 144 36 .250 1 22
Joe Koppe 76 143 30 .210 1 12
Ken Hunt 59 142 26 .183 5 16
Frank Kostro 43 99 22 .222 2 10
Hank Foiles 41 84 18 .214 4 10
Ed Kirkpatrick 34 77 15 .195 2 7
Jimmy Piersall 20 52 16 .308 0 4
Tom Satriano 23 50 9 .180 0 2

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 McBride 36 251.0 13 12 3.26 147
Dean Chance 45 248.0 13 18 3.19 168
Bo Belinsky 13 76.2 2 9 5.75 60
Aubrey Gatewood 4 24.0 1 1 1.50 13

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 Osinski 47 159.1 8 8 3.28 100
Don Lee 40 154.0 8 11 3.68 89
Bob Turley 19 87.1 2 7 3.30 70
Paul Foytack 25 70.1 5 5 3.71 37
Fred Newman 12 44.0 1 5 5.32 16
Mike Lee 6 26.0 1 1 3.81 11

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 Navarro 57 4 5 12 2.89 53
Art Fowler 57 5 3 10 2.42 53
Jack Spring 45 3 0 2 3.05 13
Mel Nelson 36 2 3 1 5.30 41
Tom Morgan 13 0 0 1 5.51 7
Eli Grba 12 1 2 0 4.67 5
Bob Duliba 6 1 1 1 1.17 4
Ron Moeller 3 0 0 0 6.75 2

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

  • Ken McBride, Pitcher, Starter
  • Albie Pearson, Outfield, Starter
  • Leon Wagner, Outfield, Starter

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
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. ^ a b 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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