1963 Los Angeles Angels season explained

Los Angeles Angels
Season:	1963
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Chávez Ravine
City:	Los Angeles
Owners:	Gene Autry
General Managers:	Fred Haney
Managers:	Bill Rigney
Television:	KHJ
Radio:	KMPC (Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)

The 1963 Los Angeles Angels season involved the Angels finishing ninth in the American League with a record of 70 wins and 91 losses.

Offseason

December 11, 1962: Earl Averill, Jr. was traded by the Angels to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jacke Davis.^[1]
Prior to 1963 season: Art Fowler was signed as a free agent by the Angels.^[2]

May 15, 1963: Bobby Darwin was selected off waivers from the Angels by the Baltimore Orioles as a first-year waiver pick.^[3]
July 27, 1963: Jimmy Piersall was signed as a free agent by the Angels.^[4]
September 20, 1963: Jimmy Piersall was released by the Angels.^[4]

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	300	70	.233	4	23
1B	149	528	116	.220	9	55
2B	153	597	164	.275	7	65
3B	138	463	121	.261	4	51
SS	154	592	170	.287	9	50
LF	149	550	160	.291	7	49
CF	154	578	176	.304	6	47
RF	53	167	35	.210	4	15

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
60	202	62	.307	3	27
80	174	30	.172	4	15
61	166	42	.253	3	14
88	144	36	.250	1	22
76	143	30	.210	1	12
59	142	26	.183	5	16
43	99	22	.222	2	10
41	84	18	.214	4	10
34	77	15	.195	2	7
20	52	16	.308	0	4
23	50	9	.180	0	2

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
36	251.0	13	12	3.26	147
45	248.0	13	18	3.19	168
13	76.2	2	9	5.75	60
4	24.0	1	1	1.50	13

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
47	159.1	8	8	3.28	100
40	154.0	8	11	3.68	89
19	87.1	2	7	3.30	70
25	70.1	5	5	3.71	37
12	44.0	1	5	5.32	16
6	26.0	1	1	3.81	11

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
57	4	5	12	2.89	53
57	5	3	10	2.42	53
45	3	0	2	3.05	13
36	2	3	1	5.30	41
13	0	0	1	5.51	7
12	1	2	0	4.67	5
6	1	1	1	1.17	4
3	0	0	0	6.75	2

1963 Los Angeles Angels team page at Baseball Reference
1963 Los Angeles Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.