1963 St. Louis Cardinals season

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.

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
Record93–69 (.574)
League place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)Bing Devine
Manager(s)Johnny Keane
Local televisionKSD-TV
Local radioKMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Jerry Gross)
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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 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

Roster
1963 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

  •  3 Joe Schultz

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
CTim McCarver127405117.289451
1BBill White162658200.30427109
2BJulián Javier161609160.263946
SSDick Groat158631201.319673
3BKen Boyer159617176.28524111
LFStan Musial12433786.2551258
CFCurt Flood158662200.302563
RFGeorge Altman135464127.274947

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 James11634793.2681045
Carl Sawatski5610525.238614
Gene Oliver3910223.225618
Gary Kolb759626.271310
Dal Maxvill535112.23503
Leo Burke304910.20415
Duke Carmel574410.22712
Mike Shannon32268.30812
Corky Withrow690.00001
Dave Ricketts382.25000
Doug Clemens561.16712
Phil Gagliano1052.40001
Red Schoendienst650.00000
Jack Damaska551.20001
Jeoff Long551.20000
Moe Thacker340.00000
Jerry Buchek341.25000
Jim Beauchamp430.00000
Bud Bloomfield100---00

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
Bob Gibson36254.21893.39204
Ernie Broglio392501882.99145
Curt Simmons32232.21592.48127
Ray Sadecki36193.110104.10136
Lew Burdette2198383.7745
Ray Washburn1164533.0847

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 Taylor54133.1972.8491

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
Bobby Shantz5564112.6170
Ed Bauta383433.9330
Barney Schultz242013.5726
Diomedes Olivo190505.409
Harry Fanok122115.2625
Sam Jones112029.008
Bob Humphreys90105.068
Ken MacKenzie80004.007

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

[11]

Farm system
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. Don Cardwell page at Baseball Reference
  3. Tom Matchick page at Baseball Reference
  4. 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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