1963 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:	1963
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Wrigley Field
City:	Chicago
Owners:	Philip K. Wrigley
General Managers:	John Holland
Managers:	Bob Kennedy
Television:	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
Radio:	WGN (Jack Quinlan, Lou Boudreau)

The 1963 Chicago Cubs season was the 92nd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 88th in the National League, and the 48th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished seventh in the National League with a record of 82–80, marking their first winning season since 1946.^[1]

Offseason

October 17, 1962: Don Cardwell, George Altman and Moe Thacker were traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Larry Jackson, Lindy McDaniel, and Jimmie Schaffer.^[2]
November 26, 1962: Curt Motton was drafted from the Cubs by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1962 minor league draft.^[3]
November 26, 1962: Glenn Beckert was drafted by the Cubs from the Boston Red Sox in the 1962 first-year draft.^[4]
March 28, 1963: Dave Gerard and Danny Murphy were traded by the Cubs to the Houston Colt .45s for Hal Haydel, Dick LeMay and Merritt Ranew.^[5]

Regular season

Notable transactions

May 27, 1963: Ellis Burton was purchased by the Cubs from the Cleveland Indians.^[6]

Roster

1963 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers	CatchersInfielders	Outfielders	Head coachCoachesCollege of Coaches

Player stats

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	100	322	75	.233	2	14
1B	130	432	98	.227	18	64
2B	154	566	133	.235	8	47
SS	150	516	118	.229	5	33
3B	162	630	187	.297	25	99
LF	161	612	175	.286	25	95
CF	93	322	74	.230	12	41
RF	148	547	141	.258	9	37

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
84	227	55	.242	1	10
61	155	24	.155	4	10
78	154	52	.338	3	15
57	142	34	.239	7	19
41	90	19	.211	3	7
24	74	14	.189	1	5
27	49	9	.184	2	7
13	37	11	.297	0	1
14	36	9	.250	1	2
20	34	5	.147	0	4
16	27	5	.185	0	0
23	23	4	.174	0	1
1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
37	290.2	22	10	2.11	185
37	275.0	14	18	2.55	153
37	226.0	11	14	3.38	108

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
36	165.1	7	10	3.92	94
27	130.2	5	9	3.10	66
21	72.2	2	6	4.58	44

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
57	13	7	22	2.86	75
51	4	1	4	2.83	41
29	3	2	0	4.89	35
15	1	0	2	3.62	18
10	0	1	0	3.00	14
9	0	1	0	5.28	10
8	0	1	0	2.78	7
4	0	0	0	3.86	1
1	0	0	0	9.00	0

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Larry Jackson, reserve
Ron Santo, reserve

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Farm system

References

Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1963 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

Web site: Coppack. Chet. 1963 season: Bears defeat Vikings 28–7. Chicago Bears. September 20, 2013. September 20, 2013. The Cubs were nearing the close of an 82–80 campaign, their first plus .500 season since 1946.. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921061404/http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1/1963-season-Bears-defeat-Vikings-28-7/5072e184-cdcb-4727-8658-4a6873e3ecbb. September 21, 2013. dead.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cardwdo01.shtml Don Cardwell page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mottocu01.shtml Curt Motton page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/beckegl01.shtml Glenn Beckert page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/haydeha01.shtml Hal Haydel page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/burtoel01.shtml Ellis Burton page at Baseball Reference
Web site: 1963 All-Star Game.