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1963 Cleveland Indians season

Field	Value
name	Cleveland Indians
season	1963
league	American League
ballpark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
city	Cleveland, Ohio
owners	Gabe Paul
general_managers	Gabe Paul
managers	Birdie Tebbetts
television	WJW-TV
(Ken Coleman, Bob Neal)
radio	WERE
(Jimmy Dudley, Harry Jones)

(Ken Coleman, Bob Neal) (Jimmy Dudley, Harry Jones) |}} The 1963 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished tied for fifth in the American League with a record of 79–83, games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

November 26, 1962: Lou Piniella was drafted from the Indians by the Washington Senators in the 1962 first-year draft.
November 26, 1962: Bob Lipski was drafted by the Indians from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1962 rule 5 draft.
March 1963: Rubén Gómez was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
Prior to 1963 season: Duke Carmel was acquired from the Indians by the St. Louis Cardinals.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 2, 1963: Ellis Burton was purchased by the Indians from the Houston Colt .45s.
May 8, 1963: Bob Lipski was returned by the Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies.
May 25, 1963: Doc Edwards and $100,000 were traded by the Indians to the Kansas City Athletics for Joe Azcue and Dick Howser.
May 27, 1963: Ellis Burton was purchased from the Indians by the Chicago Cubs.

Opening Day Lineup

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25	Vic Davalillo	CF
16	Tony Martínez	SS
14	Tito Francona	LF
15	Fred Whitfield	1B
9	Johnny Romano	C
29	Ellis Burton	RF
10	Max Alvis	3B
12	Woodie Held	2B
33	Mudcat Grant	P

Roster

1963 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers

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	Joe Azcue	94	320	91	.284	14	46
1B	Fred Whitfield	109	346	87	.251	21	54
2B	Woodie Held	133	416	103	.248	17	61
SS		74	247	63	.255	5	18
3B	Max Alvis	158	602	165	.274	22	67
LF	Tito Francona	142	500	114	.228	10	41
CF	Vic Davalillo	90	370	108	.292	7	36
RF	Al Luplow	100	295	69	.234	7	27

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
Willie Kirkland	127	427	98	.230	15	47
Joe Adcock	97	283	71	.251	13	49
Johnny Romano	89	255	55	.216	10	34
Jerry Kindall	86	234	48	.205	5	20
Dick Howser	49	162	40	.247	1	10
Mike de la Hoz	67	150	40	.267	5	25
Tony Martínez	43	141	22	.156	0	8
Willie Tasby	52	116	26	.224	4	5
Gene Green	43	78	16	.205	2	7
Bob Chance	16	52	15	.288	2	7
	10	31	8	.258	0	0
	26	31	6	.194	1	1
Tommie Agee	13	27	4	.148	1	3
Sammy Taylor	4	10	3	.300	0	1
Cal Neeman	9	9	0	.000	0	0
	2	1	0	.000	0	0
Jim Lawrence	2	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
	38	229.1	13	14	3.69	157
Dick Donovan	30	206.0	11	13	4.24	84
Jack Kralick	28	197.1	13	9	2.92	116
Sam McDowell	14	65.0	3	5	4.85	63

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
Pedro Ramos	36	184.2	9	8	3.12	169
Barry Latman	38	149.1	7	12	4.94	133
Early Wynn	20	55.1	1	2	2.28	29
Tommy John	6	20.1	0	2	2.21	9
Gordon Seyfried	3	7.1	0	1	1.23	1

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
	43	7	2	12	2.88	47
	58	8	5	5	2.95	98
	43	1	2	2	4.66	51
Jerry Walker	39	6	6	1	4.91	41
Ron Nischwitz	14	0	2	1	6.48	10
Jim Perry	5	0	0	0	5.23	7
	4	0	0	0	18.00	3

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Mudcat Grant, reserve

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charleston, Grand Forks

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pinielo01.shtml Lou Piniella page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lipskbo01.shtml Bob Lipski page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gomezru01.shtml Rubén Gómez page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carmedu01.shtml Duke Carmel page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/burtoel01.shtml Ellis Burton page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/azcuejo01.shtml Joe Azcue page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN196304090.shtml 1963 Opening Day Lineup] at ''Baseball-Reference''
"1963 All-Star Game".
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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