1963 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1963 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
Location
	Forbes Field (since 1909); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907);
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General manager(s)	Joe L. Brown
Manager(s)	Danny Murtaugh
Local television	KDKA-TV; Bob Prince, Jim Woods
Local radio	KDKA; Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Claude Haring
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The 1963 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 82nd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 77th in the National League. The Pirates finished eighth in the league standings with a record of 74–88.

Offseason

November 19, 1962: Dick Groat and Diomedes Olivo were traded by the Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals for Don Cardwell and Julio Gotay.[2]

Regular season

On April 8, Pete Rose made his major league debut for the Cincinnati Reds in a game against the Pirates. He had three at bats without a hit.[3]

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:
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	—

Game log

1963 Game Log: 74–88 (Home: 42–39; Away: 32–49)

April: 11–5 (Home: 7–2; Away: 4–3)

May: 12–17 (Home: 6–7; Away: 6–10)

June: 13–17 (Home: 7–8; Away: 6–9)

July: 16–14 (Home: 8–5; Away: 8–9)

August: 15–13 (Home: 9–7; Away: 6–6)

September: 7–22 (Home: 5–10; Away: 2–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
134	September 1	Reds	6–4	Francis (4–5)	Worthington	—	8,820	68–66
135	September 2	@ Cardinals	1–6	Gibson	Veale (1–1)	—		68–67
136	September 2	@ Cardinals	2–6	Taylor	Gibbon (5–10)	—	22,458	68–68
137	September 3	@ Cardinals	5–10	Shantz	Face (3–8)	—	3,925	68–69
138	September 4	@ Braves	0–1	Spahn	Friend (16–13)	—	6,219	68–70
139	September 5	@ Braves	0–8	Sadowski	Parsons (0–1)	—	4,699	68–71
140	September 6	Cardinals	1–5	Gibson	Cardwell (13–13)	—		68–72
141	September 6	Cardinals	5–0	Veale (2–1)	Taylor	—	11,825	69–72
142	September 7	Cardinals	5–6	Schultz	Haddix (2–4)	Burdette	8,427	69–73
143	September 8	Cardinals	2–3	Broglio	Friend (16–14)	Taylor	14,866	69–74
144	September 10	Dodgers	2–4	Koufax	Cardwell (13–14)	—	11,152	69–75
145	September 11	Dodgers	4–9	Richert	Veale (2–2)	Perranoski	8,514	69–76
146	September 12	Dodgers	3–5	Podres	Friend (16–15)	Perranoski	2,644	69–77
147	September 13	Giants	5–4 (13)	Friend (17–15)	Garibaldi	—	6,100	70–77
148	September 14	Giants	3–7	Sanford	Cardwell (13–15)	Pierce	5,489	70–78
149	September 15	Giants	5–13	O'Dell	Schwall (6–11)	—	18,916	70–79
150	September 16	Cubs	1–0	Veale (3–2)	Jackson	—	2,917	71–79
151	September 17	Cubs	1–3	Buhl	Friend (17–16)	McDaniel		71–80
152	September 17	Cubs	4–3	Haddix (3–4)	McDaniel	McBean (11)	5,160	72–80
153	September 18	Cubs	1–2	Elston	Gibbon (5–11)	—	5,891	72–81
154	September 20	@ Dodgers	0–2	Drysdale	Schwall (6–12)	—	40,476	72–82
155	September 21	@ Dodgers	3–5	Miller	Sisk (1–1)	—	48,038	72–83
156	September 22	@ Dodgers	4–0	Veale (4–2)	Podres	Face (16)	36,878	73–83
157	September 24	@ Colt .45s	2–3	Zachary	Francis (4–6)	Woodeshick	3,144	73–84
158	September 25	@ Colt .45s	1–2	Johnson	Sisk (1–2)	Farrell	3,118	73–85
159	September 26	@ Colt .45s	4–5 (11)	McMahon	Face (3–9)	—	2,782	73–86
160	September 27	@ Giants	8–3	Veale (5–2)	Bolin	—	10,725	74–86
161	September 28	@ Giants	2–3	Marichal	Gibbon (5–12)	—	10,332	74–87
162	September 29	@ Giants	2–4	Sanford	Sisk (1–3)	O'Dell	33,301	74–88

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

April 4, 1963: Howie Goss and cash were traded by the Pirates to the Houston Colt .45s for Manny Mota.[4]

Roster

1963 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

32 Tom Butters

30 Don Cardwell

26 Roy Face

27 Earl Francis

19 Bob Friend

22 Joe Gibbon

31 Harvey Haddix

32 Vern Law

34 Al McBean

35 Tom Parsons

29 Don Schwall

25 Tommie Sisk

15 Tom Sturdivant

39 Bob Veale

Catchers

16 Ron Brand

6 Smoky Burgess

3 Jim Pagliaroni

2 Elmo Plaskett

Infielders

12 Gene Alley

7 Bob Bailey

17 Donn Clendenon

16 Julio Gotay

23 Johnny Logan

9 Bill Mazeroski

11 Dick Schofield

Outfielders

21 Roberto Clemente

5,24 Jerry Lynch

15 Manny Mota

2,14 Ted Savage

4 Bob Skinner

8 Willie Stargell

18 Bill Virdon

Other batters

5 Larry Elliot

Manager

40 Danny Murtaugh

Coaches

47 Gene Baker

45 Lenny Levy

43 Sam Narron

42 Ron Northey

44 Frank Oceak

41 Don Osborn

10 Virgil Trucks

Statistics

Batting

Regular Season[5]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
J. Gotay	4	2	1	0.500	0	0
T. Butters	6	3	1	0.333	0	1
R. Clemente	152	600	192	0.320	17	76
E. Francis	34	26	8	0.308	0	3
R. Brand	46	66	19	0.288	1	7
S. Burgess	91	264	74	0.280	6	37
D. Clendenon	154	563	155	0.275	15	57
B. Skinner	34	122	33	0.270	0	8
M. Mota	59	126	34	0.270	0	7
B. Virdon	142	554	149	0.269	8	53
J. Lynch	88	237	63	0.266	10	36
R. Face	56	8	2	0.250	0	1
D. Schofield	138	541	133	0.246	3	32
B. Mazeroski	142	534	131	0.245	8	52
W. Stargell	108	304	74	0.243	11	47
J. Logan	81	181	42	0.232	0	9
J. Pagliaroni	92	252	58	0.230	11	26
B. Bailey	154	570	130	0.228	12	45
V. Law	21	23	5	0.217	0	0
G. Alley	17	51	11	0.216	0	0
T. Savage	85	149	29	0.195	5	14
A. McBean	59	31	6	0.194	1	3
H. Haddix	50	11	2	0.182	0	2
D. Schwall	33	50	8	0.160	0	1
E. Plaskett	10	21	3	0.143	0	2
B. Friend	39	86	9	0.105	0	2
J. Gibbon	40	43	4	0.093	0	0
B. Veale	35	23	2	0.087	0	0
D. Cardwell	33	71	6	0.085	0	2
T. Sisk	57	16	1	0.063	0	0
L. Elliot	4	4	0	0.000	0	0
T. Parsons	1	2	0	0.000	0	0
T. Sturdivant	3	2	0	0.000	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season[6]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
B. Veale	34	77²⁄₃	5	2	1.04	68
B. Friend	39	268²⁄₃	17	16	2.34	144
A. McBean	55	122¹⁄₃	13	3	2.57	74
T. Sisk	57	108	1	3	2.92	73
D. Cardwell	33	213²⁄₃	13	15	3.07	112
R. Face	56	69²⁄₃	3	9	3.23	41
J. Gibbon	37	147¹⁄₃	5	12	3.30	110
D. Schwall	33	167²⁄₃	6	12	3.33	86
H. Haddix	49	70	3	4	3.34	70
T. Butters	6	16¹⁄₃	0	0	4.41	11
E. Francis	33	97¹⁄₃	4	6	4.53	72
V. Law	18	76²⁄₃	4	5	4.93	31
T. Sturdivant	3	8¹⁄₃	0	0	6.48	6
T. Parsons	1	4¹⁄₃	0	1	8.31	2

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Bill Mazeroski, Second Base, (Selected as Starter but did not play due to injury)
Roberto Clemente, Reserve[7]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Jets	International League	Larry Shepard
AA	Asheville Tourists	Sally League	Ray Hathaway
A	Reno Silver Sox	California League	Tom Saffell
A	Kinston Eagles	Carolina League	Harding "Pete" Peterson
A	Batavia Pirates	New York–Penn League	Buddy Hancken
A	Gastonia Pirates	Western Carolinas League	Bob Clear
Rookie	Kingsport Pirates	Appalachian League	Al Kubski

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Batavia

Notes

From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
Don Cardwell page at Baseball-Reference
Pete Rose page at Baseball-Reference
Manny Mota page at Baseball-Reference
"Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
"Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
http://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1963as.shtml

References

1963 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1963 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
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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[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] Don Cardwell page at Baseball-Reference

[3] Pete Rose page at Baseball-Reference

[4] Manny Mota page at Baseball-Reference

[5] "Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[6] "Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[7] ttp://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1963as.shtml

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