1963 Cincinnati Reds season explained

Cincinnati Reds
Season:	1963
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Crosley Field
City:	Cincinnati
Owners:	Bill DeWitt
General Managers:	Bill DeWitt
Managers:	Fred Hutchinson
Television:	WLWT (Ed Kennedy, Frank McCormick)
Radio:	WKRC (Waite Hoyt, Gene Kelly)

The 1963 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Cincinnati Reds finishing in fifth place in the National League with a record of 86–76, 13 games behind the NL and World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The Reds were managed by Fred Hutchinson and played their home games at Crosley Field.

Offseason

• November 26, 1962: Brant Alyea was drafted from the Reds by the Washington Senators in the 1962 first-year draft.^[1]
• January 24, 1963: Don Zimmer was traded by the Reds to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Scott Breeden (minors).^[2]
• Prior to 1963 season: Stan Swanson was signed as an amateur free agent by the Reds.^[3]

Regular season

1963 was Pete Rose's rookie season. He made his major league debut on Opening Day, April 8, against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He had three at bats without a hit, but did draw a walk.^[4] Rose started his career 0-for-11 before getting his first major league hit on April 13, a triple off Pittsburgh's Bob Friend.

Notable transactions

• May 5, 1963: Jim Brosnan was traded by the Reds to the Chicago White Sox for Dom Zanni.^[5]
• July 1, 1963: Jesse Gonder was traded by the Reds to the New York Mets for Charlie Neal and Sammy Taylor.^[6]

Roster

1963 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		148	495	128	.259	11	67
1B		123	365	90	.247	14	59
2B		157	623	170	.273	6	41
SS		158	565	133	.235	7	48
3B		66	217	53	.244	6	26
LF		140	482	125	.259	21	91
CF		162	652	204	.313	22	106
RF		129	408	106	.260	10	37

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
	76	199	48	.241	3	10
	72	194	49	.253	3	17
	71	183	38	.208	5	18
	95	172	39	.227	6	21
	50	155	37	.239	1	23
	49	75	14	.187	1	7
	34	64	10	.156	0	3
	31	32	10	.313	3	5
	22	32	8	.250	2	9
	18	31	5	.161	0	0
	15	31	7	.226	1	3
	5	7	0	.000	0	0
	3	6	0	.000	0	0
	1	3	0	.000	0	0
	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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	33	250.1	23	7	2.77	265
	33	234.1	17	14	2.88	146
	35	217.1	15	8	2.61	169
	30	191.0	12	8	3.16	113
	30	170.0	7	18	4.29	116
	21	137.0	6	10	3.55	55

Other pitchers

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

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
	47	1	3	14	4.15	45
	50	4	4	10	2.99	55
	31	1	1	5	4.19	40
	9	0	0	0	5.51	11
	6	0	1	0	7.71	4

Awards and honors

Rookie of the Year Award

• Pete Rose^[7]

Gold Glove Award

• Johnny Edwards, catcher^[8]

All-Stars

All-Star Game

• Jim O'Toole, starter, pitcher^[8]
• Johnny Edwards, reserve^[8]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

^[9]

External links

• 1963 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alyeabr01.shtml Brant Alyea page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zimmedo01.shtml Don Zimmer page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/swansst01.shtml Stan Swanson page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rosepe01.shtml Pete Rose page at Baseball-Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brosnji01.shtml Jim Brosnan page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gondeje01.shtml Jesse Gonder page at Baseball Reference
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1963.shtml#NLroy 1963 Rookie of the Year Award ballot results at Baseball Reference
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1963-other-leaders.shtml 1963 National League Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders at Baseball Reference
9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007