1963 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1963 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 81st in franchise history. The 87–75 Phillies finished the season in fourth place in the National League, 12 games behind the NL and World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

1963 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr.
General manager(s)John J. Quinn
Manager(s)Gene Mauch
Local televisionWFIL
Local radioWFIL
(By Saam, Bill Campbell, Richie Ashburn)
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Offseason

Regular season
  • May 17, 1963, Don Nottebart pitched the first no-hitter for an expansion team when the Houston Colt .45s defeated Philadelphia by a score of 4–1.[4]

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9963 0.611 — 50–31 49–32
St. Louis Cardinals 9369 0.574 6 53–28 40–41
San Francisco Giants 8874 0.543 11 50–31 38–43
Philadelphia Phillies 8775 0.537 12 45–36 42–39
Cincinnati Reds 8676 0.531 13 46–35 40–41
Milwaukee Braves 8478 0.519 15 45–36 39–42
Chicago Cubs 8280 0.506 17 43–38 39–42
Pittsburgh Pirates 7488 0.457 25 42–39 32–49
Houston Colt .45s 6696 0.407 33 44–37 22–59
New York Mets 51111 0.315 48 34–47 17–64

Record vs. opponents
1963 National League Records

Sources:
Team CHC CIN HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago —9–99–97–1112–611–79–98–1010–87–11
Cincinnati 9–9—11–78–1010–810–88–1011–78–1011–7
Houston 9–97–11—5–135–1313–58–106–128–105–13
Los Angeles 11–710–813–5—8–10–116–27–1113–59–912–6
Milwaukee 6–128–1013–510–8–1—12–610–87–1110–88–10
New York 7–118–105–132–166–12—8–104–146–125–13
Philadelphia 9–910–810–811–78–1010–8—13–58–108–10
Pittsburgh 10–87–1112–65–1311–714–45–13—5–135–13
San Francisco 8–1010–810–89–98–1012–610–813–5—8–10
St. Louis 11–77–1113–56–1210–813–510–813–510–8—

Notable transactions

Game log
Legend
 Phillies win
 Phillies loss
 Postponement
BoldPhillies team member
1963 Game Log[7]
Overall Record: 87–75
^[a] The June 2, 1963 (game 2), game was protested by the Phillies in the bottom of the third inning.[13] The protest was later denied.[14]

Roster
1963 Philadelphia Phillies
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
CFTony González155555170.306466

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
Rubén Amaro11521747.217219
Earl Averill477119.26838

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
Ray Culp34203.114112.97176
Dennis Bennett23119.1952.6482

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
John Boozer2683342.9369
Paul Brown615.1014.1111
Marcelino López46106.002

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
Jack Baldschun65117162.3089

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

[15]

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Arkansas Travelers International League Frank Lucchesi
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Sally League Jack Phillips
A Bakersfield Bears California League Bob Wellman
A Miami Marlins Florida State League Andy Seminick
A Magic Valley Cowboys Pioneer League Moose Johnson
A Spartanburg Phillies Western Carolinas League Lou Kahn

[16]

Notes
  1. Jimmie Coker at Baseball Reference
  2. Bob Lipski at Baseball Reference
  3. Earl Averill, Jr. at Baseball Reference
  4. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 143, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  5. Darrell Sutherland at Baseball Reference
  6. Dwight Siebler at Baseball Reference
  7. "1963 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits". Baseball-Reference.com.
  8. "The Nutshell". Milwaukee Sentinel. May 1, 1963. p. 3, part 2. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  9. "Major Leagues". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 2, 1963. p. 31. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  10. "Baseball in a Nutshell". Milwaukee Sentinel. June 8, 1963. p. 3, part 2. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  11. "Baseball Standings". Milwaukee Journal. June 30, 2015. p. 1 (Sports). Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  12. "Baseball: National League". The Gazette. Montreal. August 22, 1963. p. 24. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  13. "Chicago Cubs 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2 (2)". retrosheet.org. June 2, 1963. Retrieved November 21, 2015. On a bunt ... Johnny Callison called [out] for interference when the ball hit the bat twice; Phillies manager Gene Mauch protested the game[.]
  14. "Jun 2, 1963, Cubs at Phillies Play by Play and Box Score". baseball-reference.com. sports-reference.com. June 2, 1963. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  15. http://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1963as.shtml
  16. 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
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