1963 St. Louis Cardinals season explained

St. Louis Cardinals
Season:	1963
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Busch Stadium I
City:	St. Louis, Missouri
Record:	93–69 (.574)
League Place:	2nd
Owners:	August "Gussie" Busch
General Managers:	Bing Devine
Managers:	Johnny Keane
Television:	KSD-TV
Radio:	KMOX (Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Jerry Gross)

The 1963 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 82nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 72nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 93–69 (.574) during the season, and finished second in the National League, six games behind the eventual World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The season was Stan Musial's 22nd and final season with the team, and in MLB. This is also the first season that the players' last names appeared on the back of the uniforms.

Offseason

October 5, 1962: Red Schoendienst was released by the Cardinals.^[1]
October 17, 1962: Larry Jackson, Lindy McDaniel, and Jimmie Schaffer were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Don Cardwell, George Altman and Moe Thacker.^[2]
November 19, 1962: Don Cardwell and Julio Gotay were traded by the Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dick Groat and Diomedes Olivo.^[2]
November 26, 1962: Tom Matchick was drafted from the Cardinals by the Detroit Tigers in the 1962 first-year draft.^[3]
Prior to 1963 season: Duke Carmel was acquired from the Indians by the St. Louis Cardinals.^[4]
February 1963: Coco Laboy was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.^[5]

Regular season

Future Hall of Famer Stan Musial played his final game on September 29, a 3–2 victory in 14 innings against the visiting Cincinnati Reds.

All four starting infielders in the 1963 All-Star Game were Cardinals. Ken Boyer (3B), Dick Groat (SS), and Bill White (1B) were elected, and Julián Javier (2B) took over for the elected but injured Bill Mazeroski of Pittsburgh.^[6]

Pitcher Bobby Shantz, first baseman Bill White, third baseman Ken Boyer, and outfielder Curt Flood won Gold Gloves this year.^[7]

Notable transactions

April 2, 1963: Minnie Miñoso was purchased from the Cardinals by the Washington Senators.^[8]
April 1963: Bob Smith was purchased from the Cardinals by the Boston Red Sox.^[9]
June 13, 1963: Elrod Hendricks was released by the Cardinals.^[10]
July 29, 1963: Duke Carmel was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Mets for Jacke Davis and cash.^[4]

Roster

1963 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	127	405	117	.289	4	51
1B	162	658	200	.304	27	109
2B	161	609	160	.263	9	46
SS	158	631	201	.319	6	73
3B	159	617	176	.285	24	111
LF	124	337	86	.255	12	58
CF	158	662	200	.302	5	63
RF	135	464	127	.274	9	47

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
116	347	93	.268	10	45
56	105	25	.238	6	14
39	102	23	.225	6	18
75	96	26	.271	3	10
53	51	12	.235	0	3
30	49	10	.204	1	5
57	44	10	.227	1	2
32	26	8	.308	1	2
6	9	0	.000	0	1
3	8	2	.250	0	0
5	6	1	.167	1	2
10	5	2	.400	0	1
6	5	0	.000	0	0
5	5	1	.200	0	1
5	5	1	.200	0	0
3	4	0	.000	0	0
3	4	1	.250	0	0
4	3	0	.000	0	0
1	0	0	----	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
36	254.2	18	9	3.39	204
39	250.0	18	8	2.99	145
32	232.2	15	9	2.48	127
36	193.1	10	10	4.10	136
21	98.0	3	8	3.77	45
11	64.0	5	3	3.08	47

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
55	6	4	11	2.61	70
38	3	4	3	3.93	30
24	2	0	1	3.57	26
19	0	5	0	5.40	9
12	2	1	1	5.26	25
11	2	0	2	9.00	8
9	0	1	0	5.06	8
8	0	0	0	4.00	7

Awards and honors

Johnny Keane, Associated Press NL Manager of the Year

All-Star Game

Bill White, first base, starter
Ken Boyer, third base, starter
Dick Groat, shortstop, starter
Stan Musial, reserve

^[11]

Farm system

External links

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schoere01.shtml Red Schoendienst page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cardwdo01.shtml Don Cardwell page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/matchto01.shtml Tom Matchick page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carmedu01.shtml Duke Carmel page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/laboyco01.shtml Coco Laboy page at Baseball Reference
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1963as.shtml Baseball Almanac page for the 1963 All-Star Game
https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/gold_glove_nl_alt.shtml NL Gold Glove Award winners at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/minosmi01.shtml Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithbo04.shtml Bobby Gene Smith page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hendrel01.shtml Elrod Hendricks page at Baseball Reference
Web site: 1963 All-Star Game.
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007