1963 Boston Red Sox season

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.

1963 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912) Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Results
Record	76–85 (.472)
League place	7th (28 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)	Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)	Pinky Higgins
Manager(s)	Johnny Pesky
Local television	WHDH-TV, Ch. 5
Local radio	WHDH-AM 850 (Curt Gowdy, Ned Martin, Art Gleeson)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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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

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	104	57	0.646	—	58–22	46–35
Chicago White Sox	94	68	0.580	10½	49–33	45–35
Minnesota Twins	91	70	0.565	13	48–33	43–37
Baltimore Orioles	86	76	0.531	18½	48–33	38–43
Cleveland Indians	79	83	0.488	25½	41–40	38–43
Detroit Tigers	79	83	0.488	25½	47–34	32–49
Boston Red Sox	76	85	0.472	28	44–36	32–49
Kansas City Athletics	73	89	0.451	31½	36–45	37–44
Los Angeles Angels	70	91	0.435	34	39–42	31–49
Washington Senators	56	106	0.346	48½	31–49	25–57

Record vs. opponents

1963 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	WSH
Baltimore	—	7–11	7–11	10–8	13–5	9–9	9–9	9–9	7–11	15–3
Boston	11–7	—	8–10	10–8	9–9	7–11	9–8	7–11	6–12	9–9
Chicago	11–7	10–8	—	11–7	11–7	12–6	10–8	8–10	8–10	13–5
Cleveland	8–10	8–10	7–11	—	10–8	11–7	10–8	5–13	7–11	13–5
Detroit	5–13	9–9	7–11	8–10	—	13–5	12–6	8–10	8–10	9–9
Kansas City	9–9	11–7	6–12	7–11	5–13	—	10–8	9–9	6–12	10–8
Los Angeles	9–9	8–9	8–10	8–10	6–12	8–10	—	9–9	5–13	9–9
Minnesota	9–9	11–7	10–8	13–5	10–8	9–9	9–9	—	6–11	14–4
New York	11–7	12–6	10–8	11–7	10–8	12–6	13–5	11–6	—	14–4
Washington	3–15	9–9	5–13	5–13	9–9	8–10	9–9	4–14	4–14	—

Opening Day lineup

2	Chuck Schilling	2B
1	Eddie Bressoud	SS
8	Carl Yastrzemski	LF
7	Dick Stuart	1B
4	Román Mejías	CF
6	Lou Clinton	RF
11	Frank Malzone	3B
10	Bob Tillman	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 18 Gene Conley 14 Ike Delock 21 Arnold Earley 20 Mike Fornieles 20 Bob Heffner 28 Hal Kolstad 36 Jack Lamabe 27 Bill Monbouquette 23 Dave Morehead 31 Chet Nichols 17 Dick Radatz 49 Pete Smith 29 Jerry Stephenson 29 Bob Turley 26 Earl Wilson 19 Wilbur Wood		Catchers  5 Russ Nixon 10 Bob Tillman Infielders  1 Eddie Bressoud 15 Billy Gardner 11 Frank Malzone 12 Félix Mantilla 38 Rico Petrocelli  2 Chuck Schilling  7 Dick Stuart 16 Dick Williams		Outfielders  6 Lou Clinton  3 Gary Geiger 25 Jim Gosger  4 Román Mejías  8 Carl Yastrzemski		Manager 22 Johnny Pesky Coaches 34 Harry Dorish (Pitching) 35 Billy Herman (Third base) 33 Al Lakeman (Bullpen) 32 Harry Malmberg (First base)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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	Bob Tillman	96	307	69	.225	8	32
1B	Dick Stuart	157	612	160	.261	42	118
2B	Chuck Schilling	146	576	135	.234	8	33
3B	Frank Malzone	151	580	169	.291	15	71
SS	Eddie Bressoud	140	497	129	.260	20	60
LF	Carl Yastrzemski	151	570	183	.321	14	68
CF	Gary Geiger	121	399	105	.263	16	44
RF	Lou Clinton	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
Roman Mejias	111	357	81	.227	11	39
Russ Nixon	98	287	77	.268	5	30
Felix Mantilla	66	178	56	.315	6	15
Dick Williams	79	136	35	.257	2	12
Billy Gardner	36	84	16	.190	0	1
Jim Gosger	19	16	1	.063	0	0
Rico Petrocelli	1	4	1	.250	0	1

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
Bill Monbouquette	37	266.2	20	10	3.81	173
Earl Wilson	37	210.2	11	16	3.76	123
Dave Morehead	29	174.2	10	13	3.81	136
Bob Heffner	20	124.2	4	9	4.26	77

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
Bob Turley	11	41.1	1	4	6.10	35
Gene Conley	9	40.2	3	4	6.64	14
Ike Delock	6	32.0	1	2	4.50	23
Pete Smith	6	15.0	0	0	3.60	6
Mike Fornieles	9	14.0	0	0	6.43	5
Hal Kolstad	7	11.0	0	2	13.09	6
Jerry Stephenson	1	2.1	0	0	7.71	3

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
Dick Radatz	66	15	6	23	1.97	162
Jack Lamabe	65	7	4	6	3.15	93
Arnold Earley	53	3	7	1	4.75	97
Wilbur Wood	25	0	5	0	3.76	28
Chet Nichols Jr.	21	1	3	0	4.78	27

Awards and honors

• Carl Yastrzemski, Gold Glove Award (OF)

All-Star Game[5]

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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Seattle Rainiers	Pacific Coast League	Mel Parnell
AA	Reading Red Sox	Eastern League	Eddie Popowski
A	Winston-Salem Red Sox	Carolina League	Matt Sczesny and Bill Slack
A	Waterloo Hawks	Midwest League	Len Okrie
A	Wellsville Red Sox	New York–Penn League	Bill Slack and Matt Sczesny

[6]

Notes

1. Glenn Beckert page at Baseball Reference
2. Joe Foy Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com
3. Bobby Gene Smith page at Baseball Reference
4. Jim Lonborg page at Baseball Reference
5. 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

References

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