1963 Washington Senators season

The 1963 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing 10th in the American League (in last place) with a record of 56 wins and 106 losses.

1963 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record56–106 (.347)
League place10th
Other information
OwnersJames M. Johnston and James H. Lemon
General managersGeorge Selkirk
ManagersMickey Vernon, Eddie Yost, Gil Hodges
Local televisionWTOP
Local radioWTOP
(Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10457 0.646 — 58–22 46–35
Chicago White Sox 9468 0.580 10½ 49–33 45–35
Minnesota Twins 9170 0.565 13 48–33 43–37
Baltimore Orioles 8676 0.531 18½ 48–33 38–43
Cleveland Indians 7983 0.488 25½ 41–40 38–43
Detroit Tigers 7983 0.488 25½ 47–34 32–49
Boston Red Sox 7685 0.472 28 44–36 32–49
Kansas City Athletics 7389 0.451 31½ 36–45 37–44
Los Angeles Angels 7091 0.435 34 39–42 31–49
Washington Senators 56106 0.346 48½ 31–49 25–57

Record vs. opponents
1963 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA LAA MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore —7–117–1110–813–59–99–99–97–1115–3
Boston 11–7—8–1010–89–97–119–87–116–129–9
Chicago 11–710–8—11–711–712–610–88–108–1013–5
Cleveland 8–108–107–11—10–811–710–85–137–1113–5
Detroit 5–139–97–118–10—13–512–68–108–109–9
Kansas City 9–911–76–127–115–13—10–89–96–1210–8
Los Angeles 9–98–98–108–106–128–10—9–95–139–9
Minnesota 9–911–710–813–510–89–99–9—6–1114–4
New York 11–712–610–811–710–812–613–511–6—14–4
Washington 3–159–95–135–139–98–109–94–144–14—

Notable transactions

Roster
1963 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CKen Retzer9526564.242531
1BBobo Osborne12535876.2121244
2BChuck Cottier11333769.205521
SSEd Brinkman145514117.228745
3BDon Zimmer8329874.2481344
LFChuck Hinton150566152.2691555
CFDon Lock149531134.2522782
RFJim King136459106.2312462

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
Dick Phillips12432176.2371032
Minnie Miñoso10931572.229430
Don Blasingame6925465.256212
Don Leppert7321150.237624
Marv Breeding5819754.274114
Tom Brown6111617.14714
Hobie Landrith4210318.17517
Jim Piersall299423.24515
John Kennedy366211.17704
Ken Hunt7204.20014
Cal Neeman14181.05600
Bob Schmidt9153.20000
Lou Klimchock9142.14302
Johnny Schaive330.00000
Barry Shetrone220.00000

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
Claude Osteen40212.19143.35109
Don Rudolph37174.07194.5570
Tom Cheney23136.1892.7197
Dave Stenhouse1687.0394.5547

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
Bennie Daniels35168.25104.3888
Jim Duckworth37120.24126.0466
Steve Ridzik2089.2564.8247
Jim Hannan1327.2224.8814
Ron Moeller824.1206.2910
Carl Bouldin1023.1225.7910
Art Quirk721.0104.2912
Ed Hobaugh916.0006.1911
Jack Jenkins412.1025.845
Bob Baird511.2037.717

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
Ron Kline6238172.7949
Pete Burnside380106.1523
Ed Roebuck262143.3025
Jim Bronstad251315.6522
Jim Coates202405.2831
Steve Hamilton301013.501

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

[10]

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA York White Roses Eastern League Danny O'Connell and Johnny Schaive
A Peninsula Senators Carolina League Archie Wilson
A Wisconsin Rapids Senators Midwest League Wayne Terwilliger
A Geneva Senators New York–Penn League Owen Friend

References
  1. Paul Casanova page at Baseball Reference
  2. Lou Piniella page at Baseball Reference
  3. Brant Alyea page at Baseball Reference
  4. Lou Klimchock page at Baseball-Reference
  5. Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac
  6. Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference
  7. Hobie Landrith page at Baseball Reference
  8. Jim Piersall page at Baseball Reference
  9. Don Zimmer page at Baseball Reference
  10. "1963 All-Star Game".
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