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1963 Chicago White Sox season

Field	Value
name	Chicago White Sox
season	1963
league	American League
ballpark	White Sox Park
city	Chicago
record
league_place	2nd
owners	Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
general_managers	Ed Short
managers	Al López
television	WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
radio	WCFL
(Bob Elson, Milo Hamilton)

(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd) (Bob Elson, Milo Hamilton) |}} The 1963 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 63rd season in the major leagues, and its 64th season overall. They finished with a record of 94–68, good enough for second place in the American League, games behind the first-place New York Yankees.

Offseason

January 14, 1963: Luis Aparicio and Al Smith were traded by the White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Hoyt Wilhelm, Ron Hansen, Dave Nicholson, and Pete Ward.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Jim Landis, CF
Nellie Fox, 2B
Joe Cunningham, 1B
Floyd Robinson, RF
Pete Ward, 3B
Dave Nicholson, LF
Ron Hansen, SS
J. C. Martin, C
Ray Herbert, P

Notable transactions

May 5, 1963: Dom Zanni was traded by the White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Jim Brosnan.
May 9, 1963: Sammy Esposito was released by the White Sox.

Roster

1963 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers

Game log

Regular season

Legend




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Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Ken Berry, CF	4	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	0
Don Buford, 3B, 2B	12	42	9	12	1	2	0	5	5	7	.286	1
Cam Carreon, C	101	270	28	74	10	1	2	35	23	32	.274	1
Joe Cunningham, 1B	67	210	32	60	12	1	1	31	33	23	.286	1
Sammy Esposito, PR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Nellie Fox, 2B	137	539	54	140	19	0	2	42	24	17	.260	0
Ron Hansen, SS	144	482	55	109	17	2	13	67	78	74	.226	1
Mike Hershberger, CF, RF	135	476	64	133	26	2	3	45	39	39	.279	9
Deacon Jones, 1B	17	16	4	3	0	1	1	2	2	2	.188	0
Jim Landis, CF	133	396	56	89	6	6	13	45	47	75	.225	8
Jim Lemon, 1B	36	80	4	16	0	1	1	8	12	32	.200	0
Sherm Lollar, C	35	73	4	17	4	0	0	6	8	7	.233	0
J. C. Martin, C	105	259	25	53	11	1	5	28	26	35	.205	0
Charlie Maxwell, LF, 1B	71	130	17	30	4	2	3	17	31	27	.231	0
Brian McCall, RF	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	0
Tommy McCraw, 1B	102	280	38	71	11	3	6	33	21	46	.254	15
Dave Nicholson, LF	126	449	53	103	11	4	22	70	63	175	.229	2
Floyd Robinson, RF, LF	146	527	71	149	21	6	13	71	62	43	.283	4
Charley Smith, SS	4	7	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	.286	0
Gene Stephens, RF, LF	6	18	5	7	0	0	1	2	1	3	.389	0
Pete Ward, 3B	157	600	80	177	34	6	22	84	52	77	.295	7
Al Weis, 2B, SS	99	210	41	57	9	0	0	18	18	37	.271	15

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Fritz Ackley, P	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	0
Frank Baumann, P	24	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.091	0
Jim Brosnan, P	45	13	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	.308	0
John Buzhardt, P	20	48	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	20	.083	0
Dave DeBusschere, P	24	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	9	.045	0
Eddie Fisher, P	33	36	2	5	0	0	0	0	2	15	.139	0
Ray Herbert, P	33	63	7	14	4	0	1	10	9	18	.222	0
Joe Horlen, P	33	40	2	9	0	0	0	3	1	9	.225	0
Bruce Howard, P	7	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	0
Mike Joyce, P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Frank Kreutzer, P	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Gary Peters, P	50	81	12	21	4	1	3	12	3	19	.259	0
Taylor Phillips, P	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Juan Pizarro, P	32	73	10	13	2	0	2	10	3	26	.178	0
Joe Shipley, P	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Fred Talbot, P	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Hoyt Wilhelm, P	55	29	3	2	0	0	0	2	4	11	.069	0
	162	5508	683	1379	208	40	114	648	571	896	.250	64

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Fritz Ackley	1	0	2.08	2	2	0	13.0	7	4	3	2	7	11
Frank Baumann	2	1	3.04	24	1	1	50.1	52	22	17	2	19	31
Jim Brosnan	3	8	2.84	45	0	14	73.0	71	24	23	7	27	46
John Buzhardt	9	4	2.42	19	18	0	126.1	100	35	34	8	36	59
Dave DeBusschere	3	4	3.09	24	10	0	84.1	80	35	29	9	35	53
Eddie Fisher	9	8	3.95	33	15	0	120.2	114	57	53	14	30	67
Ray Herbert	13	10	3.24	33	33	0	224.2	230	86	81	12	40	105
Joe Horlen	11	7	3.27	33	21	0	124.0	122	50	45	10	63	61
Bruce Howard	2	1	2.65	7	0	1	17.0	12	7	5	0	14	9
Mike Joyce	0	0	8.44	6	0	0	10.2	13	10	10	1	10	7
Frank Kreutzer	1	0	1.80	1	1	0	5.0	3	1	1	1	1	0
Gary Peters	19	8	2.33	41	30	1	243.0	192	69	63	9	70	189
Taylor Phillips	0	0	10.29	9	0	0	14.0	16	16	16	2	18	13
Juan Pizarro	16	8	2.39	32	28	1	214.2	177	69	57	14	64	163
Joe Shipley	0	1	5.79	3	0	0	4.2	9	7	3	0	6	3
Fred Talbot	0	0	3.00	1	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	4	2
Hoyt Wilhelm	5	8	2.64	55	3	21	136.1	106	47	40	8	31	111
Dom Zanni	0	0	8.31	5	0	0	4.1	5	4	4	1	4	2
	94	68	2.97	162	162	39	1469.0	1311	544	485	100	479	932

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Nellie Fox, reserve
Juan Pizarro, reserve

Farm system

and George Noga}} LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Indianapolis, Sarasota, Clinton

Middlesboro affiliation shared with Chicago Cubs

Notes

References

1963 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wilheho01.shtml Hoyt Wilhelm] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brosnji01.shtml Jim Brosnan] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/espossa01.shtml Sammy Esposito] at ''Baseball Reference''
"1963 Chicago White Sox Schedule & Results".
"1963 All-Star Game".
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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