1963 Boston Red Sox season explained

Boston Red Sox
Season:	1963
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)
Espntn:	bos
Brtn:	BOS

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.

Offseason

• November 26, 1962: Glenn Beckert was drafted from the Red Sox by the Chicago Cubs in the 1962 first-year draft.^[1]
• November 26, 1962: Joe Foy was drafted by the Boston Red Sox from the Minnesota Twins in the 1962 minor league draft.^[2]

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

2		2B
1		SS
8	Carl Yastrzemski	LF
7		1B
4		CF
6		RF
11		3B
10		C
27	Bill Monbouquette	P

Notable transactions

• April 1963: Bob Smith was purchased by the Red Sox from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[3]
• August 14, 1963: Jim Lonborg was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox.^[4]

Roster

1963 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (Pitching) (Third base) (Bullpen) (First base)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		96	307	69	.225	8	32
1B		157	612	160	.261	42	118
2B		146	576	135	.234	8	33
3B		151	580	169	.291	15	71
SS		140	497	129	.260	20	60
LF		151	570	183	.321	14	68
CF		121	399	105	.263	16	44
RF		148	560	130	.232	22	77

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
	111	357	81	.227	11	39
	98	287	77	.268	5	30
	66	178	56	.315	6	15
	79	136	35	.257	2	12
	36	84	16	.190	0	1
	19	16	1	.063	0	0
	1	4	1	.250	0	1

Pitching

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
	37	266.2	20	10	3.81	173
	37	210.2	11	16	3.76	123
	29	174.2	10	13	3.81	136
	20	124.2	4	9	4.26	77
	9	40.2	3	4	6.64	14
	6	32.0	1	2	4.50	23
	1	2.1	0	0	7.71	3

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
	25	64.2	5	0	3.76	28
	21	52.2	3	0	4.78	27
	11	41.1	1	4	6.10	35
	6	15.0	0	0	3.60	6

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
	66	15	6	bgcolor=FFCC00"	23	1.97	162
	65	7	4	6	3.15	93
	53	3	7	1	4.75	97
	9	0	0	0	6.43	5
	7	0	2	0	13.09	6

Awards and honors

• Carl Yastrzemski, Gold Glove Award (OF)

All-Star Game^[5]

• Bill Monbouquette, reserve P
• Carl Yastrzemski, reserve OF

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

Source:^{[6] [7]}

External links

• 1963 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1963 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/beckegl01.shtml Glenn Beckert page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/foyjo01.shtml Joe Foy Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithbo04.shtml Bobby Gene Smith page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lonboji01.shtml Jim Lonborg page at Baseball Reference
5. http://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1963as.shtml 1963 All-Star Game
6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
7. Book: Boston Red Sox Yearbook . 1963 . 33 . March 14, 2021 . Wayback Machine.