Surf Wiki
Save to docs
sports

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1963 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

FieldValue
nameNew York Yankees
season1963
miscAmerican League champions
leagueAmerican League
ballparkYankee Stadium
cityNew York City
record
league_place1st
ownersDan Topping and Del Webb
general_managersRoy Hamey
managersRalph Houk
televisionWPIX
(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman)
radioWCBS (AM)
(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman)

(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman) (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman) |}}

The 1963 New York Yankees season was the 61st season for the team. The team finished with a record of 104–57, winning their 28th pennant, finishing games ahead of the Chicago White Sox. New York was managed by Ralph Houk.

The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 4 games, the first time the Yankees had ever been swept in the World Series (they had lost 4 games to none with one tied game in 1922).

Offseason

  • November 26, 1962: Bill Skowron was traded by the Yankees to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Stan Williams.

Regular season

Elston Howard became the first black player in the history of the American League to win the AL Most Valuable Player award.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

  • April 29, 1963: Curt Blefary was selected off waivers from the Yankees by the Baltimore Orioles as a first-year waiver pick.

Roster

1963 New York Yankees
**Roster**
**Pitchers**

Game log

Legend
**Bold**
-
-
- bgcolor="bbbbbb"
—
-
-
-

Postseason Game log

|- style="background:#fbb;" | 1 || || 1:00p.m. EDT || Dodgers || L 2–5 || Koufax (1–0) || Ford (0–1) || — || 2:09 || 69,000 || LAN 1–0 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2 || || 1:00p.m. EDT || Dodgers || L 1–4 || Podres (1–0) || Downing (0–1) || Perranoski (1) || 2:13 || 66,455 || LAN 2–0 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 3 || || 4:00p.m. EDT || @ Dodgers || L 0–1 || Drysdale (1–0) || Bouton (0–1) || — || 2:05 || 55,912 || LAN 3–0 || L3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || || 4:00p.m. EDT || @ Dodgers || L 1–2 || Koufax (2–0) || Ford (0–2) || — || 1:50 || 55,912 || LAN 4–0 || L4 |-

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C135487140.2872885
1B157580157.2712789
2B151630167.265348
3B152557140.2511254
SS135557143.257744
LF130433108.2491452
CF145520140.2692571
RF9031284.2692353

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
7621849.2251645
7218650.269212
6517254.3141535
6015737.236723
6414743.293828
1067315.20501
14265.19201
14153.20000
482.25000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

  • Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts*
PlayerGIPWLERASO
38269.12472.74189
40268.017153.22114
40249.12172.53148
24175.21352.56171
29146.0983.2198

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
813.0102.773
66.01113.505
11.0000.000

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
4843182.6256
345152.6063
284836.0252
232013.8235
223202.7231

1963 World Series

Main article: 1963 World Series

NL Los Angeles Dodgers (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (0)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1**Dodgers** – 5, Yankees – 2October 2Yankee Stadium69,000
2**Dodgers** – 4, Yankees – 1October 3Yankee Stadium66,455
3Yankees – 0, **Dodgers** – 1October 5Dodger Stadium55,912
4Yankees – 1, **Dodgers** – 2October 6Dodger Stadium55,912

Awards and honors

  • Elston Howard, American League MVP
  • Ralph Houk, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year

All-Stars

All-Star Game

  • Joe Pepitone, starter, first base
  • Jim Bouton, reserve
  • Elston Howard, reserve
  • Bobby Richardson, reserve
  • Tom Tresh, reserve
  • Mickey Mantle, did not play (injured)

Farm system

and Cloyd Boyer LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Augusta, Idaho Falls

Notes

References

References

  1. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willist02.shtml Stan Williams page at Baseball-Reference]
  2. ''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p. 199, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0
  3. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blefacu01.shtml Curt Blefary page at Baseball Reference]
  4. "1963 New York Yankees schedule and results". Baseball Reference.
  5. "1963 World Series".
  6. "1963 All-Star Game".
  7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

new-york-yankees-seasons 1963-major-league-baseball-season 1963-in-sports-in-new-york-city 1960s-in-the-bronx american-league-champion-seasons
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1963 New York Yankees season — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report