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1963 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 76–85 (.472) | |
League place | 7th (28 GB) | |
Owners | Tom Yawkey | |
President | Tom Yawkey | |
General managers | Pinky Higgins | |
Managers | Johnny Pesky | |
Television | WHDH-TV, Ch. 5 | |
Radio | WHDH-AM 850 (Curt Gowdy, Ned Martin, Art Gleeson) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1963 Boston Red Sox season was the 63rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished seventh in the American League (AL) with a record of 76 wins and 85 losses, 28 games behind the AL champion New York Yankees.
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 104 | 57 | 0.646 | — | 58–22 | 46–35 |
Chicago White Sox | 94 | 68 | 0.580 | 10½ | 49–33 | 45–35 |
Minnesota Twins | 91 | 70 | 0.565 | 13 | 48–33 | 43–37 |
Baltimore Orioles | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 18½ | 48–33 | 38–43 |
Cleveland Indians | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 25½ | 41–40 | 38–43 |
Detroit Tigers | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 25½ | 47–34 | 32–49 |
Boston Red Sox | 76 | 85 | 0.472 | 28 | 44–36 | 32–49 |
Kansas City Athletics | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | 31½ | 36–45 | 37–44 |
Los Angeles Angels | 70 | 91 | 0.435 | 34 | 39–42 | 31–49 |
Washington Senators | 56 | 106 | 0.346 | 48½ | 31–49 | 25–57 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KCA | LAA | MIN | NYY | WSH | |||
Baltimore | — | 7–11 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 15–3 | |||
Boston | 11–7 | — | 8–10 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 9–8 | 7–11 | 6–12 | 9–9 | |||
Chicago | 11–7 | 10–8 | — | 11–7 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 13–5 | |||
Cleveland | 8–10 | 8–10 | 7–11 | — | 10–8 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 5–13 | 7–11 | 13–5 | |||
Detroit | 5–13 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 8–10 | — | 13–5 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 9–9 | |||
Kansas City | 9–9 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 5–13 | — | 10–8 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 10–8 | |||
Los Angeles | 9–9 | 8–9 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 8–10 | — | 9–9 | 5–13 | 9–9 | |||
Minnesota | 9–9 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 13–5 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 9–9 | — | 6–11 | 14–4 | |||
New York | 11–7 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 13–5 | 11–6 | — | 14–4 | |||
Washington | 3–15 | 9–9 | 5–13 | 5–13 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 4–14 | 4–14 | — |
2 | Chuck Schilling | 2B |
1 | Ed Bressoud | SS |
8 | Carl Yastrzemski | LF |
7 | Dick Stuart | 1B |
4 | Román Mejías | CF |
6 | Lou Clinton | RF |
11 | Frank Malzone | 3B |
10 | Bob Tillman | C |
27 | Bill Monbouquette | P |
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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 | Bob Tillman | 96 | 307 | 69 | .225 | 8 | 32 |
1B | Dick Stuart | 157 | 612 | 160 | .261 | 42 | 118 |
2B | Chuck Schilling | 146 | 576 | 135 | .234 | 8 | 33 |
3B | Frank Malzone | 151 | 580 | 169 | .291 | 15 | 71 |
SS | Ed Bressoud | 140 | 497 | 129 | .260 | 20 | 60 |
LF | Carl Yastrzemski | 151 | 570 | 183 | .321 | 14 | 68 |
CF | Gary Geiger | 121 | 399 | 105 | .263 | 16 | 44 |
RF | Lou Clinton | 148 | 560 | 130 | .232 | 22 | 77 |
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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Roman Mejias | 111 | 357 | 81 | .227 | 11 | 39 |
Russ Nixon | 98 | 287 | 77 | .268 | 5 | 30 |
Felix Mantilla | 66 | 178 | 56 | .315 | 6 | 15 |
Dick Williams | 79 | 136 | 35 | .257 | 2 | 12 |
Billy Gardner | 36 | 84 | 16 | .190 | 0 | 1 |
Jim Gosger | 19 | 16 | 1 | .063 | 0 | 0 |
Rico Petrocelli | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
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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Bill Monbouquette | 37 | 266.2 | 20 | 10 | 3.81 | 173 |
Earl Wilson | 37 | 210.2 | 11 | 16 | 3.76 | 123 |
Dave Morehead | 29 | 174.2 | 10 | 13 | 3.81 | 136 |
Bob Heffner | 20 | 124.2 | 4 | 9 | 4.26 | 77 |
Gene Conley | 9 | 40.2 | 3 | 4 | 6.64 | 14 |
Ike Delock | 6 | 32.0 | 1 | 2 | 4.50 | 23 |
Jerry Stephenson | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 3 |
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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Wilbur Wood | 25 | 64.2 | 5 | 0 | 3.76 | 28 |
Chet Nichols Jr. | 21 | 52.2 | 3 | 0 | 4.78 | 27 |
Bob Turley | 11 | 41.1 | 1 | 4 | 6.10 | 35 |
Pete Smith | 6 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 6 |
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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Dick Radatz | 66 | 15 | 6 | 23 | 1.97 | 162 |
Jack Lamabe | 65 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3.15 | 93 |
Arnold Earley | 53 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4.75 | 97 |
Mike Fornieles | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 5 |
Hal Kolstad | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13.09 | 6 |