1963 Baltimore Orioles season

1963 Baltimore Orioles
1963 Baltimore Orioles
League	American League
Ballpark	Memorial Stadium
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Record	86–76 (.531)
League place	4th
Owners	Jerold Hoffberger, Joseph Iglehart
General managers	Lee MacPhail
Managers	Billy Hitchcock
Television	WBAL-TV
Radio	WBAL (AM); (Chuck Thompson, Joe Croghan)
	Seasons
	Seasons

The 1963 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing fourth in the American League with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses.

Offseason

November 21, 1962: Jimmie Coker purchased by the Orioles from the Philadelphia Phillies.^[1]
November 26, 1962: Paul Blair was drafted by the Orioles from the New York Mets in the 1962 first-year draft.^[2]
November 26, 1962: Curt Motton was drafted by the Orioles from the Chicago Cubs in the 1962 minor league draft.^[3]
November 26, 1962: Gus Triandos and Whitey Herzog were traded by the Orioles to the Detroit Tigers for Dick Brown.^[4]
December 15, 1962: Jack Fisher, Jimmie Coker and Billy Hoeft were traded by the Orioles to the San Francisco Giants for Stu Miller, Mike McCormick, and John Orsino.^[5]
January 14, 1963: Hoyt Wilhelm, Ron Hansen, Dave Nicholson, and Pete Ward were traded by the Orioles to the Chicago White Sox for Luis Aparicio and Al Smith.^[6]
Prior to 1963 season: Ron Stone was signed as an amateur free agent by the Orioles.^[7]

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
	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	WSH
	—	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

April 29, 1963: Curt Blefary was selected off waivers by the Orioles from the New York Yankees as a first-year waiver pick.^[8]
May 8, 1963: Hobie Landrith was purchased from the Orioles by the Washington Senators.^[9]
May 15, 1963: Bobby Darwin was selected off waivers by the Orioles from the Los Angeles Angels as a first-year waiver pick.^[10]

Roster

1963 Baltimore Orioles

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

45 Billy Hitchcock

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
C	John Orsino	116	379	103	.272	19	56
1B	Jim Gentile	145	496	123	.248	24	72
2B	Jerry Adair	109	382	87	.228	6	30
3B	Brooks Robinson	161	589	148	.251	11	67
SS	Luis Aparicio	146	601	150	.250	5	45
LF	Boog Powell	140	491	130	.265	25	82
CF	Jackie Brandt	142	451	112	.248	15	61
RF	Al Smith	120	368	100	.272	10	39

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
Russ Snyder	148	429	110	.256	7	36
Bob Johnson	82	254	75	.295	8	32
Dick Brown	59	171	42	.246	2	13
Bob Saverine	115	167	39	.234	1	12
Joe Gaines	66	126	36	.286	6	20
Sam Bowens	15	48	16	.333	1	9
Charley Lau	29	48	9	.188	0	6
Fred Valentine	26	41	11	.268	0	1
Hobie Landrith	2	1	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
Steve Barber	39	258.2	20	13	2.75	180
Robin Roberts	35	251.1	14	13	3.33	124
Milt Pappas	34	216.2	16	9	3.03	120
Mike McCormick	25	136.0	6	8	4.30	75
Dave McNally	29	125.2	7	8	4.58	78
Chuck Estrada	8	31.1	3	2	4.60	16
Ike Delock	7	30.1	1	3	5.04	11
Wally Bunker	1	4.0	0	1	13.50	1

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 Miller	3	17.0	1	1	3.18	16

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
Stu Miller	71	5	8	27	2.24	118
Dick Hall	47	5	5	12	2.98	74
Wes Stock	47	7	0	1	3.94	55
Herm Starrette	18	0	1	0	3.46	13
George Brunet	16	0	1	1	5.40	13
Buster Narum	7	0	0	0	3.00	5
Pete Burnside	6	0	1	0	4.91	6

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Luis Aparicio, shortstop, starter
Steve Barber, reserve
Brooks Robinson, reserve^[11]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Darrell Johnson
AA	Elmira Pioneers	Eastern League	Earl Weaver
A	Stockton Ports	California League	Harry Dunlop
A	Fox Cities Foxes	Midwest League	Billy DeMars
A	Aberdeen Pheasants	Northern League	Cal Ripken Sr.
Rookie	Bluefield Orioles	Appalachian League	Billy Hunter

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Stockton, Bluefield

Notes

References

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.
1963 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
1963 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com

[1] Jimmie Coker page at Baseball Reference

[2] Paul Blair page at Baseball Reference

[3] Curt Motton page at Baseball Reference

[4] Whitey Herzog page at Baseball Reference

[5] Jack Fisher page at Baseball Reference

[6] Hoyt Wilhelm page at Baseball Reference

[7] Ron Stone page at Baseball Reference

[8] Curt Blefary page at Baseball Reference

[9] Hobie Landrith page at Baseball Reference

[10] Bobby Darwin page at Baseball Reference

[11] "1963 All-Star Game".

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1963 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Minnesota New York Washington
National League	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco
1963 All-Star Game 1963 World Series