1963 Chicago White Sox season

1963 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
White Sox Park (since 1910)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
General manager(s)	Ed Short
Manager(s)	Al López
Local television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
Local radio	WCFL (Bob Elson, Milo Hamilton)
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The 1963 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 63rd season in the major leagues, and its 64th season overall. They finished with a record 94–68, good enough for second place in the American League, 10½ games behind the first-place New York Yankees.

Offseason

January 14, 1963: Luis Aparicio and Al Smith were traded by the White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Hoyt Wilhelm, Ron Hansen, Dave Nicholson, and Pete Ward.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	104	57	.646	--
Chicago White Sox	94	68	.580	10.5
Minnesota Twins	91	70	.565	13
Baltimore Orioles	86	76	.531	18.5
Cleveland Indians	79	83	.488	25.5
Detroit Tigers	79	83	.488	25.5
Boston Red Sox	76	85	.472	28
Kansas City Athletics	73	89	.451	31.5
Los Angeles Angels	70	91	.435	34
Washington Senators	56	106	.346	48.5

Record vs. opponents

1963 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	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	—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

May 5, 1963: Dom Zanni was traded by the White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Jim Brosnan.^[2]
May 9, 1963: Sammy Esposito was released by the White Sox.^[3]

Roster

1963 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

18 Fritz Ackley

38 Frank Baumann

27 Jim Brosnan

30 John Buzhardt

22 Dave DeBusschere

28 Eddie Fisher

21 Ray Herbert

20 Joe Horlen

36 Bruce Howard

23 Mike Joyce

27 Frank Kreutzer

43 Gary Peters

27 Taylor Phillips

32 Juan Pizarro

19 Joe Shipley

35 Fred Talbot

31 Hoyt Wilhelm

19 Dom Zanni

Catchers

45 Cam Carreon

10 Sherm Lollar

12 J. C. Martin

Infielders

24 Don Buford

5 Joe Cunningham

2 Nellie Fox

4 Ron Hansen

50 Deacon Jones

25 Jim Lemon

14 Tommy McCraw

9 Charley Smith

8 Pete Ward

6 Al Weis

Outfielders

17 Ken Berry

40 Mike Hershberger

1 Jim Landis

7 Charlie Maxwell

16 Brian McCall

11 Dave Nicholson

3 Floyd Robinson

26 Gene Stephens

Other batters

14 Sammy Esposito

Manager

42 Al López

Coaches

37 Ray Berres

34 Johnny Cooney

33 Tony Cuccinello

39 Don Gutteridge

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Ken Berry, CF	4	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	0
Don Buford, 3B,2B	12	42	9	12	1	2	0	5	5	7	.286	1
Cam Carreon, C	101	270	28	74	10	1	2	35	23	32	.274	1
Joe Cunningham, 1B	67	210	32	60	12	1	1	31	33	23	.286	1
Sammy Esposito, PR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Nellie Fox, 2B	137	539	54	140	19	0	2	42	24	17	.260	0
Ron Hansen, SS	144	482	55	109	17	2	13	67	78	74	.226	1
Mike Hershberger, CF,RF	135	476	64	133	26	2	3	45	39	39	.279	9
Deacon Jones, 1B	17	16	4	3	0	1	1	2	2	2	.188	0
Jim Landis, CF	133	396	56	89	6	6	13	45	47	75	.225	8
Jim Lemon, 1B	36	80	4	16	0	1	1	8	12	32	.200	0
Sherm Lollar, C	35	73	4	17	4	0	0	6	8	7	.233	0
J. C. Martin, C	105	259	25	53	11	1	5	28	26	35	.205	0
Charlie Maxwell, LF,1B	71	130	17	30	4	2	3	17	31	27	.231	0
Brian McCall, RF	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	0
Tommy McCraw, 1B	102	280	38	71	11	3	6	33	21	46	.254	15
Dave Nicholson, LF	126	449	53	103	11	4	22	70	63	175	.229	2
Floyd Robinson, RF,LF	146	527	71	149	21	6	13	71	62	43	.283	4
Charley Smith, SS	4	7	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	.286	0
Gene Stephens, RF,LF	6	18	5	7	0	0	1	2	1	3	.389	0
Pete Ward, 3B	157	600	80	177	34	6	22	84	52	77	.295	7
Al Weis, 2B,SS	99	210	41	57	9	0	0	18	18	37	.271	15

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Fritz Ackley, P	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	0
Frank Baumann, P	24	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.091	0
Jim Brosnan, P	45	13	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	.308	0
John Buzhardt, P	20	48	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	20	.083	0
Dave DeBusschere, P	24	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	9	.045	0
Eddie Fisher, P	33	36	2	5	0	0	0	0	2	15	.139	0
Ray Herbert, P	33	63	7	14	4	0	1	10	9	18	.222	0
Joe Horlen, P	33	40	2	9	0	0	0	3	1	9	.225	0
Bruce Howard, P	7	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	0
Mike Joyce, P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Frank Kreutzer, P	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Gary Peters, P	50	81	12	21	4	1	3	12	3	19	.259	0
Taylor Phillips, P	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Juan Pizarro, P	32	73	10	13	2	0	2	10	3	26	.178	0
Joe Shipley, P	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Fred Talbot, P	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Hoyt Wilhelm, P	55	29	3	2	0	0	0	2	4	11	.069	0
Team totals	162	5508	683	1379	208	40	114	648	571	896	.250	64

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Fritz Ackley	1	0	2.08	2	2	0	13.0	7	4	3	2	7	11
Frank Baumann	2	1	3.04	24	1	1	50.1	52	22	17	2	19	31
Jim Brosnan	3	8	2.84	45	0	14	73.0	71	24	23	7	27	46
John Buzhardt	9	4	2.42	19	18	0	126.1	100	35	34	8	36	59
Dave DeBusschere	3	4	3.09	24	10	0	84.1	80	35	29	9	35	53
Eddie Fisher	9	8	3.95	33	15	0	120.2	114	57	53	14	30	67
Ray Herbert	13	10	3.24	33	33	0	224.2	230	86	81	12	40	105
Joe Horlen	11	7	3.27	33	21	0	124.0	122	50	45	10	63	61
Bruce Howard	2	1	2.65	7	0	1	17.0	12	7	5	0	14	9
Mike Joyce	0	0	8.44	6	0	0	10.2	13	10	10	1	10	7
Frank Kreutzer	1	0	1.80	1	1	0	5.0	3	1	1	1	1	0
Gary Peters	19	8	2.33	41	30	1	243.0	192	69	63	9	70	189
Taylor Phillips	0	0	10.29	9	0	0	14.0	16	16	16	2	18	13
Juan Pizarro	16	8	2.39	32	28	1	214.2	177	69	57	14	64	163
Joe Shipley	0	1	5.79	3	0	0	4.2	9	7	3	0	6	3
Fred Talbot	0	0	3.00	1	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	4	2
Hoyt Wilhelm	5	8	2.64	55	3	21	136.1	106	47	40	8	31	111
Dom Zanni	0	0	8.31	5	0	0	4.1	5	4	4	1	4	2
Team totals	94	68	2.97	162	162	39	1469.0	1311	544	485	100	479	932

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Nellie Fox, reserve
Juan Pizarro, reserve^[4]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	International League	Rollie Hemsley
AA	Lynchburg White Sox	Sally League	Les Moss
A	Sarasota Sun Sox	Florida State League	Ira Hutchinson
A	Clinton C-Sox	Midwest League	Don Bacon
A	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	George Noga and George Sobek
Rookie	Middlesboro Cubsox	Appalachian League	Ripper Collins, Hugh Mulcahy and George Noga

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Indianapolis, Sarasota, Clinton

Middlesboro affiliation shared with Chicago Cubs^[5]

Notes

↑ Hoyt Wilhelm at Baseball Reference
↑ Jim Brosnan at Baseball Reference
↑ Sammy Esposito at Baseball Reference
↑ http://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1963as.shtml
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

1963 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

1963 MLB season by team
American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Minnesota New York Washington
National League	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco
1963 All-Star Game 1963 World Series

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Key personnel

Chairman: Jerry Reinsdorf
Vice Chairman: Eddie Einhorn
Executive Vice President: Ken Williams
General Manager: Rick Hahn
Special Assistant to the GM: Jim Thome
Manager: Rick Renteria

World Series
championships (3)

American League
championships (6)

Division championships (5)

West: 1983
1993
Central: 2000
2005
2008

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