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1963 St. Louis Cardinals season

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
LeagueNational League
BallparkBusch Stadium I
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record93–69 (.574)
League place2nd
OwnersAugust "Gussie" Busch
General managersBing Devine
ManagersJohnny Keane
TelevisionKSD-TV
RadioKMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Jerry Gross)
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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 second 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 is also the first season that the players' last names appeared on the back of the uniforms.

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
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 99 63 .611 — 50‍–‍31 49‍–‍32
St. Louis Cardinals 93 69 .574 6 53‍–‍28 40‍–‍41
San Francisco Giants 88 74 .543 11 50‍–‍31 38‍–‍43
Philadelphia Phillies 87 75 .537 12 45‍–‍36 42‍–‍39
Cincinnati Reds 86 76 .531 13 46‍–‍35 40‍–‍41
Milwaukee Braves 84 78 .519 15 45‍–‍36 39‍–‍42
Chicago Cubs 82 80 .506 17 43‍–‍38 39‍–‍42
Pittsburgh Pirates 74 88 .457 25 42‍–‍39 32‍–‍49
Houston Colt .45s 66 96 .407 33 44‍–‍37 22‍–‍59
New York Mets 51 111 .315 48 34‍–‍47 17‍–‍64

Record vs. opponents

1963 National League record

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


Notable transactions

Roster

1963 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

Legend
  Cardinals win
  Cardinals loss
  Postponement
  Eliminated from playoff race
Bold Cardinals team member
1963 regular season game log: 93–69 (Home: 53–28; Away: 40–41)[11]
April: 14–6 (Home: 4–3; Away: 10–3)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
17 April 26 10:00 p.m. CST @ Dodgers W 8–7 Bauta (1–1) Perranoski (2–1) Shantz (1) 2:41 24,959 11–6 W1
18 April 27 10:00 p.m. CST @ Dodgers W 3–0 Washburn (4–0) Sherry (0–1) — 2:15 33,949 12–6 W2
19 April 28 3:00 p.m. CDT @ Dodgers W 9–5 Broglio (3–0) Podres (1–3) Taylor (1) 2:56 36,245 13–6 W3
May: 15–15 (Home: 10–6; Away: 5–9)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
27 May 7 8:00 p.m. CDT Dodgers L 1–11 Koufax (3–1) Washburn (5–1) Rowe (1) 2:23 16,609 16–11 L1
28 May 8 8:00 p.m. CDT Dodgers L 5–11 Perranoski (5–1) Shantz (1–2) Scott (1) 2:50 10,918 16–12 L2
29 May 9 8:00 p.m. CDT Dodgers W 10–7 Gibson (1–1) Richert (0–1) Fanok (1) 2:56 10,762 17–12 W1
June: 16–10 (Home: 10–6; Away: 6–4)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
68 June 21 8:00 p.m. CDT Dodgers L 3–5 Koufax (11–3) Simmons (7–3) Perranoski (4) 2:32 28,423 40–28 L1
69 June 22 1:30 p.m. CDT Dodgers W 2–1 Gibson (6–3) Willhite (1–1) Taylor (4) 2:32 20,875 41–28 W1
70 June 23 1:30 p.m. CDT Dodgers L 3–4 Miller (5–4) Broglio (8–3) Perranoski (5) 2:41 26,553 41–29 L1
July: 14–16 (Home: 7–5; Away: 7–11)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
78 July 2 10:00 p.m. CDT @ Dodgers L 0–1 Drysdale (10–9) Simmons (7–4) — 1:48 39,824 45–33 L3
79 July 3 10:00 p.m. CDT @ Dodgers L 0–5 Koufax (13–3) Gibson (7–4) — 1:53 51,898 45–34 L4
80 July 4 10:00 p.m. CDT @ Dodgers L 7–10 Roebuck (2–3) Broglio (9–4) Perranoski (7) 3:02 30,726 45–35 L5
— July 9 12 Noon CDT 34th All-Star Game in Cleveland, OH
August: 15–13 (Home: 7–3; Away: 8–10)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
124 August 20 10:00 p.m. CDT @ Dodgers L 5–7 Miller (8–8) Burdette (8–10) — 2:45 50,122 69–55 L1
125 August 21 10:00 p.m. CDT @ Dodgers L 1–2 (16) Sherry (2–4) Taylor (7–5) — 3:48 54,125 69–56 L2
126 August 22 10:00 p.m. CDT @ Dodgers W 3–2 Broglio (14–8) Drysdale (16–14) Jones (2) 2:32 48,569 70–56 W1
September: 19–9 (Home: 13–3; Away: 6–6)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
153 September 16 8:00 p.m. CDT Dodgers L 1–3 Podres (14–10) Shantz (6–4) Perranoski (18) 2:34 32,442 91–62 L1
154 September 17 8:00 p.m. CDT Dodgers L 0–4 Koufax (24–5) Simmons (15–8) — 1:51 30,450 91–63 L2
155 September 18 8:00 p.m. CDT Dodgers L 5–6 (13) Perranoski (16–3) Burdette (9–12) — 3:44 25,975 91–64 L3

Detailed records

Day-by-Day

Day-by-Day
Date Game No. Opponent Record Pct. Position GB Ref.
April 26 17 @ LAD 11–6 (.647) 1st ++1⁄2 [12]
April 27 18 @ LAD 12–6 (.667) 1st ++1⁄2 [13]
April 28 19 @ LAD 13–6 (.647) 2nd +1⁄2 [14]
May 7 27 LAD 16–11 (.593) 2nd (tie) 1 [15]
May 8 28 LAD 16–12 (.571) 2nd (tie) 2 [16]
May 9 29 LAD 17–12 (.586) 2nd (tie) 2 [17]
June 21 68 LAD 40–28 (.588) 1st ++1⁄2 [18]
June 22 69 LAD 40–29 (.580) 1st ++1⁄2 [19]
June 23 70 LAD 41–29 (.586) 1st ++1⁄2 [20]
July 2 78 @ LAD 45–33 (.577) 2nd +1⁄2 [21]
July 3 79 @ LAD 45–34 (.570) 2nd 1+1⁄2 [22]
July 4 80 @ LAD 45–35 (.563) 2nd 2+1⁄2 [23]
August 20 124 @ LAD 69–55 (.556) 2nd 6+1⁄2 [24]
August 21 125 @ LAD 69–56 (.552) 2nd 7+1⁄2 [25]
August 22 126 @ LAD 70–56 (.556) 2nd 6+1⁄2 [26]
September 16 153 LAD 91–62 (.595) 2nd 2 [27]
September 17 154 LAD 91–63 (.591) 2nd 3 [28]
September 18 155 LAD 91–64 (.587) 2nd 4 [29]

Composite Box

1963 St. Louis Cardinals Inning–by–Inning Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 R H E
Opponents
Cardinals

Sources:[11] [12]

Starting lineups

Regular season

Regular season
Hitting
Batting order
# Date Opponent 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
17 April 26 @ Dodgers
18 April 27 @ Dodgers
19 April 28 @ Dodgers
27 May 7 Dodgers
28 May 8 Dodgers
29 May 9 Dodgers
68 June 21 Dodgers
69 June 22 Dodgers
70 June 23 Dodgers
78 July 2 @ Dodgers
79 July 3 @ Dodgers
80 July 4 @ Dodgers
124 August 20 @ Dodgers
125 August 21 @ Dodgers
126 August 22 @ Dodgers
153 September 16 Dodgers
154 September 17 Dodgers
155 September 18 Dodgers
Regular season
Fielding
Defensive lineup
# Date Opponent C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF SP
17 April 26 @ Dodgers
18 April 27 @ Dodgers
19 April 28 @ Dodgers
27 May 7 Dodgers
28 May 8 Dodgers
29 May 9 Dodgers
68 June 21 Dodgers
69 June 22 Dodgers
70 June 23 Dodgers
78 July 2 @ Dodgers
79 July 3 @ Dodgers
80 July 4 @ Dodgers
124 August 20 @ Dodgers
125 August 21 @ Dodgers
126 August 22 @ Dodgers
153 September 16 Dodgers
154 September 17 Dodgers
155 September 18 Dodgers

Game umpires

Regular season

Regular season
# Date Opponent HP 1B 2B 3B
17 April 26 @ LAD Mel Steiner (NL) Augie Donatelli (NL)
(crew chief)
18 April 27 @ LAD Augie Donatelli (NL)
(crew chief)		 Mel Steiner (NL)
19 April 28 @ LAD Mel Steiner (NL) Augie Donatelli (NL)
(crew chief)
27 May 7 LAD
28 May 8 LAD
29 May 9 LAD
68 June 21 LAD Mel Steiner (NL) Augie Donatelli (NL)
(crew chief)
69 June 22 LAD Mel Steiner (NL) Augie Donatelli (NL)
(crew chief)
70 June 23 LAD Mel Steiner (NL) Augie Donatelli (NL)
(crew chief)
78 July 2 @ LAD Mel Steiner (NL) Augie Donatelli (NL)
(crew chief)
79 July 3 @ LAD Augie Donatelli (NL)
(crew chief)		 Mel Steiner (NL)
80 July 4 @ LAD Mel Steiner (NL) Augie Donatelli (NL)
(crew chief)
124 August 20 @ LAD
125 August 21 @ LAD
126 August 22 @ LAD
153 September 16 LAD
154 September 17 LAD
155 September 18 LAD

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 Tim McCarver 127 405 117 .289 4 51
1B Bill White 162 658 200 .304 27 109
2B Julián Javier 161 609 160 .263 9 46
SS Dick Groat 158 631 201 .319 6 73
3B Ken Boyer 159 617 176 .285 24 111
LF Stan Musial 124 337 86 .255 12 58
CF Curt Flood 158 662 200 .302 5 63
RF George Altman 135 464 127 .274 9 47

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 James 116 347 93 .268 10 45
Carl Sawatski 56 105 25 .238 6 14
Gene Oliver 39 102 23 .225 6 18
Gary Kolb 75 96 26 .271 3 10
Dal Maxvill 53 51 12 .235 0 3
Leo Burke 30 49 10 .204 1 5
Duke Carmel 57 44 10 .227 1 2
Mike Shannon 32 26 8 .308 1 2
Corky Withrow 6 9 0 .000 0 1
Dave Ricketts 3 8 2 .250 0 0
Doug Clemens 5 6 1 .167 1 2
Phil Gagliano 10 5 2 .400 0 1
Red Schoendienst 6 5 0 .000 0 0
Jack Damaska 5 5 1 .200 0 1
Jeoff Long 5 5 1 .200 0 0
Moe Thacker 3 4 0 .000 0 0
Jerry Buchek 3 4 1 .250 0 0
Jim Beauchamp 4 3 0 .000 0 0
Bud Bloomfield 1 0 0 ---- 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
Bob Gibson 36 254.2 18 9 3.39 204
Ernie Broglio 39 250.0 18 8 2.99 145
Curt Simmons 32 232.2 15 9 2.48 127
Ray Sadecki 36 193.1 10 10 4.10 136
Lew Burdette 21 98.0 3 8 3.77 45
Ray Washburn 11 64.0 5 3 3.08 47

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 Taylor 54 133.1 9 7 2.84 91

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 Shantz 55 6 4 11 2.61 70
Ed Bauta 38 3 4 3 3.93 30
Barney Schultz 24 2 0 1 3.57 26
Diomedes Olivo 19 0 5 0 5.40 9
Harry Fanok 12 2 1 1 5.26 25
Sam Jones 11 2 0 2 9.00 8
Bob Humphreys 9 0 1 0 5.06 8
Ken MacKenzie 8 0 0 0 4.00 7

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

[30]

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[31]

References

  1. ^ Red Schoendienst page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ a b Don Cardwell page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Tom Matchick page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ a b 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. ^ "1963 St. Louis Cardinals Schedule & Results". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  12. ^ "Events of Friday, April 26, 1963".
  13. ^ "Events of Saturday, April 27, 1963".
  14. ^ "Events of Sunday, April 28, 1963".
  15. ^ "Events of Tuesday, May 7, 1963".
  16. ^ "Events of Wednesday, May 8, 1963".
  17. ^ "Events of Thursday, May 9, 1963".
  18. ^ "Events of Friday, June 21, 1963".
  19. ^ "Events of Saturday, June 22, 1963".
  20. ^ "Events of Sunday, June 23, 1963".
  21. ^ "Events of Tuesday, July 2, 1963".
  22. ^ "Events of Wednesday, July 3, 1963".
  23. ^ "Events of Thursday, July 4, 1963".
  24. ^ "Events of Tuesday, August 20, 1963".
  25. ^ "Events of Wednesday, August 21, 1963".
  26. ^ "Events of Thursday, August 22, 1963".
  27. ^ "Events of Monday, September 16, 1963".
  28. ^ "Events of Tuesday, September 17, 1963".
  29. ^ "Events of Wednesday, September 18, 1963".
  30. ^ "1963 All-Star Game".
  31. ^ 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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