1963 Chicago Cubs | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |||
City | Chicago | |||
Owners | Philip K. Wrigley | |||
General managers | John Holland | |||
Managers | Bob Kennedy | |||
Television | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd) | |||
Radio | WGN (Jack Quinlan, Lou Boudreau) | |||
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The 1963 Chicago Cubs season was the: 92nd season of theββChicago Cubs franchise, the 88th in the National League, and the 48th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished seventh in the National League with a record of 82β80, marking their first winning season since 1946.
Offseasonβ»
- October 17, 1962: Don Cardwell, George Altman and Moe Thacker were traded by, the Cubsββto the St. Louis Cardinals for Larry Jackson, Lindy McDaniel, and Jimmie Schaffer.
- November 26, 1962: Curt Motton was drafted from the Cubs by the Baltimore Orioles in the "1962 minor league draft."
- November 26, 1962: Glenn Beckert was drafted by the Cubs from the Boston Red Sox in the 1962 first-year draft.
- March 28, 1963: Dave Gerard and Danny Murphy were traded by the Cubsββto the Houston Colt .45s for Hal Haydel, Dick LeMay and Merritt Ranew.
Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 99 | 63 | .611 | β | 50β31 | 49β32 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 93 | 69 | .574 | 6 | 53β28 | 40β41 |
San Francisco Giants | 88 | 74 | .543 | 11 | 50β31 | 38β43 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 87 | 75 | .537 | 12 | 45β36 | 42β39 |
Cincinnati Reds | 86 | 76 | .531 | 13 | 46β35 | 40β41 |
Milwaukee Braves | 84 | 78 | .519 | 15 | 45β36 | 39β42 |
Chicago Cubs | 82 | 80 | .506 | 17 | 43β38 | 39β42 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 74 | 88 | .457 | 25 | 42β39 | 32β49 |
Houston Colt .45s | 66 | 96 | .407 | 33 | 44β37 | 22β59 |
New York Mets | 51 | 111 | .315 | 48 | 34β47 | 17β64 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
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Team | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SF | STL | |||||
Chicago | β | 9β9 | 9β9 | 7β11 | 12β6 | 11β7 | 9β9 | 8β10 | 10β8 | 7β11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 9β9 | β | 11β7 | 8β10 | 10β8 | 10β8 | 8β10 | 11β7 | 8β10 | 11β7 | |||||
Houston | 9β9 | 7β11 | β | 5β13 | 5β13 | 13β5 | 8β10 | 6β12 | 8β10 | 5β13 | |||||
Los Angeles | 11β7 | 10β8 | 13β5 | β | 8β10β1 | 16β2 | 7β11 | 13β5 | 9β9 | 12β6 | |||||
Milwaukee | 6β12 | 8β10 | 13β5 | 10β8β1 | β | 12β6 | 10β8 | 7β11 | 10β8 | 8β10 | |||||
New York | 7β11 | 8β10 | 5β13 | 2β16 | 6β12 | β | 8β10 | 4β14 | 6β12 | 5β13 | |||||
Philadelphia | 9β9 | 10β8 | 10β8 | 11β7 | 8β10 | 10β8 | β | 13β5 | 8β10 | 8β10 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 10β8 | 7β11 | 12β6 | 5β13 | 11β7 | 14β4 | 5β13 | β | 5β13 | 5β13 | |||||
San Francisco | 8β10 | 10β8 | 10β8 | 9β9 | 8β10 | 12β6 | 10β8 | 13β5 | β | 8β10 | |||||
St. Louis | 11β7 | 7β11 | 13β5 | 6β12 | 10β8 | 13β5 | 10β8 | 13β5 | 10β8 | β |
Notable transactionsβ»
- May 27, 1963: Ellis Burton was purchased by the Cubs from the Cleveland Indians.
Rosterβ»
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
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Head coach
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
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 |
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C | Dick Bertell | 100 | 322 | 75 | .233 | 2 | 14 |
1B | Ernie Banks | 130 | 432 | 98 | .227 | 18 | 64 |
2B | Ken Hubbs | 154 | 566 | 133 | .235 | 8 | 47 |
SS | Andre Rodgers | 150 | 516 | 118 | .229 | 5 | 33 |
3B | Ron Santo | 162 | 630 | 187 | .297 | 25 | 99 |
LF | Billy Williams | 161 | 612 | 175 | .286 | 25 | 95 |
CF | Ellis Burton | 93 | 322 | 74 | .230 | 12 | 41 |
RF | Lou Brock | 148 | 547 | 141 | .258 | 9 | 37 |
Other battersβ»
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 |
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Don Landrum | 84 | 227 | 55 | .242 | 1 | 10 |
Nelson Mathews | 61 | 155 | 24 | .155 | 4 | 10 |
Merritt Ranew | 78 | 154 | 52 | .338 | 3 | 15 |
Jimmie Schaffer | 57 | 142 | 34 | .239 | 7 | 19 |
Steve Boros | 41 | 90 | 19 | .211 | 3 | 7 |
John Boccabella | 24 | 74 | 14 | .189 | 1 | 5 |
Leo Burke | 27 | 49 | 9 | .184 | 2 | 7 |
Jimmy Stewart | 13 | 37 | 11 | .297 | 0 | 1 |
Billy Cowan | 14 | 36 | 9 | .250 | 1 | 2 |
Ken Aspromonte | 20 | 34 | 5 | .147 | 0 | 4 |
Alex Grammas | 16 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Will | 23 | 23 | 4 | .174 | 0 | 1 |
Cuno Barragan | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Dick Ellsworth | 37 | 290.2 | 22 | 10 | 2.11 | 185 |
Larry Jackson | 37 | 275.0 | 14 | 18 | 2.55 | 153 |
Bob Buhl | 37 | 226.0 | 11 | 14 | 3.38 | 108 |
Other pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Glen Hobbie | 36 | 165.1 | 7 | 10 | 3.92 | 94 |
Paul Toth | 27 | 130.2 | 5 | 9 | 3.10 | 66 |
Cal Koonce | 21 | 72.2 | 2 | 6 | 4.58 | 44 |
Relief pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Lindy McDaniel | 57 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 2.86 | 75 |
Don Elston | 51 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2.83 | 41 |
Jim Brewer | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.89 | 35 |
Barney Schultz | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3.62 | 18 |
Tom Baker | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 14 |
Dick LeMay | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.28 | 10 |
Jack Warner | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.78 | 7 |
Freddie Burdette | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 1 |
Phil Mudrock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Awards and honorsβ»
- Larry Jackson, reserve
- Ron Santo, reserve
Farm systemβ»
Middlesboro affiliation shared with Chicago White Sox
Notesβ»
- ^ Coppack, Chet (September 20, 2013). "1963 season: Bears defeat Vikings 28β7". Chicago Bears. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
The Cubs were nearing the close of an 82β80 campaign, "their first plus ."500 season since 1946.
- ^ Don Cardwell page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Curt Motton page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Glenn Beckert page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Hal Haydel page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Ellis Burton page at Baseball Reference
- ^ "1963 All-Star Game".
Referencesβ»
- 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 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference