1963 San Francisco Giants | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Candlestick Park | |
City | San Francisco | |
Owners | Horace Stoneham | |
General managers | Chub Feeney | |
Managers | Alvin Dark | |
Television |
KTVU ( Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons) | |
Radio |
KSFO ( Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons) | |
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The 1963 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 81st year in Major League Baseball, their sixth year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their fourth at Candlestick Park. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 88–74 record, 11 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 99 | 63 | 0.611 | — | 50–31 | 49–32 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | 6 | 53–28 | 40–41 |
San Francisco Giants | 88 | 74 | 0.543 | 11 | 50–31 | 38–43 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 87 | 75 | 0.537 | 12 | 45–36 | 42–39 |
Cincinnati Reds | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 13 | 46–35 | 40–41 |
Milwaukee Braves | 84 | 78 | 0.519 | 15 | 45–36 | 39–42 |
Chicago Cubs | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | 17 | 43–38 | 39–42 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 25 | 42–39 | 32–49 |
Houston Colt .45s | 66 | 96 | 0.407 | 33 | 44–37 | 22–59 |
New York Mets | 51 | 111 | 0.315 | 48 | 34–47 | 17–64 |
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Team | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SF | STL | |||||
Chicago | — | 9–9 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 7–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 9–9 | — | 11–7 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 11–7 | |||||
Houston | 9–9 | 7–11 | — | 5–13 | 5–13 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 5–13 | |||||
Los Angeles | 11–7 | 10–8 | 13–5 | — | 8–10–1 | 16–2 | 7–11 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 12–6 | |||||
Milwaukee | 6–12 | 8–10 | 13–5 | 10–8–1 | — | 12–6 | 10–8 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 8–10 | |||||
New York | 7–11 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 2–16 | 6–12 | — | 8–10 | 4–14 | 6–12 | 5–13 | |||||
Philadelphia | 9–9 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 10–8 | — | 13–5 | 8–10 | 8–10 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 10–8 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 5–13 | 11–7 | 14–4 | 5–13 | — | 5–13 | 5–13 | |||||
San Francisco | 8–10 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 13–5 | — | 8–10 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–7 | 7–11 | 13–5 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 13–5 | 10–8 | 13–5 | 10–8 | — |
1963 San Francisco Giants | |||||||||
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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 | Ed Bailey | 105 | 308 | 81 | .263 | 21 | 68 |
1B | Orlando Cepeda | 156 | 579 | 183 | .316 | 34 | 97 |
2B | Chuck Hiller | 111 | 417 | 93 | .223 | 6 | 33 |
SS | José Pagán | 148 | 483 | 113 | .234 | 6 | 39 |
3B | Jim Davenport | 147 | 460 | 116 | .252 | 4 | 36 |
LF | Willie McCovey | 152 | 564 | 158 | .280 | 44 | 102 |
CF | Willie Mays | 157 | 596 | 187 | .314 | 38 | 103 |
RF | Felipe Alou | 157 | 565 | 159 | .281 | 20 | 82 |
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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Harvey Kuenn | 120 | 417 | 121 | .290 | 6 | 31 |
Tom Haller | 98 | 298 | 76 | .255 | 14 | 44 |
Joey Amalfitano | 54 | 137 | 24 | .175 | 1 | 7 |
Ernie Bowman | 81 | 125 | 23 | .184 | 0 | 4 |
Matty Alou | 63 | 76 | 11 | .145 | 0 | 2 |
Cap Peterson | 22 | 54 | 14 | .259 | 1 | 2 |
Jesús Alou | 16 | 24 | 6 | .250 | 0 | 5 |
Jim Ray Hart | 7 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
Norm Larker | 19 | 14 | 1 | .071 | 0 | 0 |
José Cardenal | 9 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
Jimmie Coker | 4 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
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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Juan Marichal | 41 | 321.1 | 25 | 8 | 2.41 | 248 |
Jack Sanford | 42 | 284.1 | 16 | 13 | 3.51 | 158 |
Billy O'Dell | 36 | 222.1 | 14 | 10 | 3.16 | 116 |
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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Bobby Bolin | 47 | 137.1 | 10 | 6 | 3.28 | 134 |
Jack Fisher | 36 | 116.0 | 6 | 10 | 4.58 | 57 |
Billy Pierce | 38 | 99.0 | 3 | 11 | 4.27 | 52 |
Gaylord Perry | 31 | 76.0 | 1 | 6 | 4.03 | 52 |
Jim Duffalo | 34 | 75.1 | 4 | 2 | 2.87 | 55 |
Frank Linzy | 8 | 16.2 | 0 | 0 | 4.86 | 14 |
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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Don Larsen | 46 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3.05 | 44 |
Billy Hoeft | 23 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4.44 | 8 |
Al Stanek | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.73 | 5 |
John Pregenzer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.82 | 5 |
Bob Garibaldi | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.13 | 4 |
Jim Constable | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 1 |
Ron Herbel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |