1963 Chicago White Sox season

The 1963 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 63rd season in the major leagues, and its 64th season overall. They finished with a record of 94–68, good enough for second place in the American League, 10+1⁄2 games behind the first-place New York Yankees.

1963 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	White Sox Park
City	Chicago
Owners	Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
General managers	Ed Short
Managers	Al López
Television	WGN-TV 9 (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
Radio	WCFL–AM 1000 (Bob Elson, Milo Hamilton)
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Offseason

• January 14, 1963: Luis Aparicio and Al Smith were traded by the White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Hoyt Wilhelm, Ron Hansen, Dave Nicholson, and Pete Ward.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	104	57	.646	—	58‍–‍22	46‍–‍35
Chicago White Sox	94	68	.580	10½	49‍–‍33	45‍–‍35
Minnesota Twins	91	70	.565	13	48‍–‍33	43‍–‍37
Baltimore Orioles	86	76	.531	18½	48‍–‍33	38‍–‍43
Cleveland Indians	79	83	.488	25½	41‍–‍40	38‍–‍43
Detroit Tigers	79	83	.488	25½	47‍–‍34	32‍–‍49
Boston Red Sox	76	85	.472	28	44‍–‍36	32‍–‍49
Kansas City Athletics	73	89	.451	31½	36‍–‍45	37‍–‍44
Los Angeles Angels	70	91	.435	34	39‍–‍42	31‍–‍49
Washington Senators	56	106	.346	48½	31‍–‍49	25‍–‍57

Record vs. opponents

1963 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KCA	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

• Jim Landis, CF
• Nellie Fox, 2B
• Joe Cunningham, 1B
• Floyd Robinson, RF
• Pete Ward, 3B
• Dave Nicholson, LF
• Ron Hansen, SS
• J. C. Martin, C
• Ray Herbert, P

Notable transactions

• May 5, 1963: Dom Zanni was traded by the White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Jim Brosnan.^[2]
• May 9, 1963: Sammy Esposito was released by the White Sox.^[3]

Roster

1963 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 18 Fritz Ackley 38 Frank Baumann 27 Jim Brosnan 30 John Buzhardt 22 Dave DeBusschere 28 Eddie Fisher 21 Ray Herbert 20 Joe Horlen 36 Bruce Howard 23 Mike Joyce 27 Frank Kreutzer 43 Gary Peters 27 Taylor Phillips 32 Juan Pizarro 19 Joe Shipley 35 Fred Talbot 31 Hoyt Wilhelm 19 Dom Zanni		Catchers 45 Cam Carreon 10 Sherm Lollar 12 J. C. Martin Infielders 24 Don Buford  5 Joe Cunningham  2 Nellie Fox  4 Ron Hansen 50 Deacon Jones 25 Jim Lemon 14 Tommy McCraw  9 Charley Smith  8 Pete Ward  6 Al Weis		Outfielders 17 Ken Berry 40 Mike Hershberger  1 Jim Landis  7 Charlie Maxwell 16 Brian McCall 11 Dave Nicholson  3 Floyd Robinson 26 Gene Stephens Other batters 14 Sammy Esposito		Manager 42 Al López Coaches 37 Ray Berres 34 Johnny Cooney 33 Tony Cuccinello 39 Don Gutteridge

Game log

Regular season

Legend
	White Sox win
	White Sox loss
	Postponement
	Eliminated from playoff race
Bold	White Sox team member

1963 regular season game log: 94–68 (Home: 49–33; Away: 45–35)[4]
April: 7–7 (Home: 4–2; Away: 3–5) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak
May: 20–12 (Home: 12–6; Away: 8–6) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak
June: 18–14 (Home: 10–8; Away: 8–6) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak
July: 14–13 (Home: 5–4; Away: 9–9) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak — July 9 1:00 p.m. CDT 34th All-Star Game in Cleveland, OH
August: 17–13 (Home: 5–6; Away: 12–7) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak
September: 18–9 (Home: 12–7; Away: 6–2) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Ken Berry, CF	4	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	0
Don Buford, 3B, 2B	12	42	9	12	1	2	0	5	5	7	.286	1
Cam Carreon, C	101	270	28	74	10	1	2	35	23	32	.274	1
Joe Cunningham, 1B	67	210	32	60	12	1	1	31	33	23	.286	1
Sammy Esposito, PR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Nellie Fox, 2B	137	539	54	140	19	0	2	42	24	17	.260	0
Ron Hansen, SS	144	482	55	109	17	2	13	67	78	74	.226	1
Mike Hershberger, CF, RF	135	476	64	133	26	2	3	45	39	39	.279	9
Deacon Jones, 1B	17	16	4	3	0	1	1	2	2	2	.188	0
Jim Landis, CF	133	396	56	89	6	6	13	45	47	75	.225	8
Jim Lemon, 1B	36	80	4	16	0	1	1	8	12	32	.200	0
Sherm Lollar, C	35	73	4	17	4	0	0	6	8	7	.233	0
J. C. Martin, C	105	259	25	53	11	1	5	28	26	35	.205	0
Charlie Maxwell, LF, 1B	71	130	17	30	4	2	3	17	31	27	.231	0
Brian McCall, RF	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	0
Tommy McCraw, 1B	102	280	38	71	11	3	6	33	21	46	.254	15
Dave Nicholson, LF	126	449	53	103	11	4	22	70	63	175	.229	2
Floyd Robinson, RF, LF	146	527	71	149	21	6	13	71	62	43	.283	4
Charley Smith, SS	4	7	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	.286	0
Gene Stephens, RF, LF	6	18	5	7	0	0	1	2	1	3	.389	0
Pete Ward, 3B	157	600	80	177	34	6	22	84	52	77	.295	7
Al Weis, 2B, SS	99	210	41	57	9	0	0	18	18	37	.271	15

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Fritz Ackley, P	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	0
Frank Baumann, P	24	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.091	0
Jim Brosnan, P	45	13	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	.308	0
John Buzhardt, P	20	48	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	20	.083	0
Dave DeBusschere, P	24	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	9	.045	0
Eddie Fisher, P	33	36	2	5	0	0	0	0	2	15	.139	0
Ray Herbert, P	33	63	7	14	4	0	1	10	9	18	.222	0
Joe Horlen, P	33	40	2	9	0	0	0	3	1	9	.225	0
Bruce Howard, P	7	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	0
Mike Joyce, P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Frank Kreutzer, P	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Gary Peters, P	50	81	12	21	4	1	3	12	3	19	.259	0
Taylor Phillips, P	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Juan Pizarro, P	32	73	10	13	2	0	2	10	3	26	.178	0
Joe Shipley, P	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Fred Talbot, P	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Hoyt Wilhelm, P	55	29	3	2	0	0	0	2	4	11	.069	0
Team Totals	162	5508	683	1379	208	40	114	648	571	896	.250	64

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Fritz Ackley	1	0	2.08	2	2	0	13.0	7	4	3	2	7	11
Frank Baumann	2	1	3.04	24	1	1	50.1	52	22	17	2	19	31
Jim Brosnan	3	8	2.84	45	0	14	73.0	71	24	23	7	27	46
John Buzhardt	9	4	2.42	19	18	0	126.1	100	35	34	8	36	59
Dave DeBusschere	3	4	3.09	24	10	0	84.1	80	35	29	9	35	53
Eddie Fisher	9	8	3.95	33	15	0	120.2	114	57	53	14	30	67
Ray Herbert	13	10	3.24	33	33	0	224.2	230	86	81	12	40	105
Joe Horlen	11	7	3.27	33	21	0	124.0	122	50	45	10	63	61
Bruce Howard	2	1	2.65	7	0	1	17.0	12	7	5	0	14	9
Mike Joyce	0	0	8.44	6	0	0	10.2	13	10	10	1	10	7
Frank Kreutzer	1	0	1.80	1	1	0	5.0	3	1	1	1	1	0
Gary Peters	19	8	2.33	41	30	1	243.0	192	69	63	9	70	189
Taylor Phillips	0	0	10.29	9	0	0	14.0	16	16	16	2	18	13
Juan Pizarro	16	8	2.39	32	28	1	214.2	177	69	57	14	64	163
Joe Shipley	0	1	5.79	3	0	0	4.2	9	7	3	0	6	3
Fred Talbot	0	0	3.00	1	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	4	2
Hoyt Wilhelm	5	8	2.64	55	3	21	136.1	106	47	40	8	31	111
Dom Zanni	0	0	8.31	5	0	0	4.1	5	4	4	1	4	2
Team Totals	94	68	2.97	162	162	39	1469.0	1311	544	485	100	479	932

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

• Nellie Fox, reserve
• Juan Pizarro, reserve^[5]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	International League	Rollie Hemsley
AA	Lynchburg White Sox	Sally League	Les Moss
A	Sarasota Sun Sox	Florida State League	Ira Hutchinson
A	Clinton C-Sox	Midwest League	Don Bacon
A	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	George Noga and Chips Sobek
Rookie	Middlesboro Cubsox	Appalachian League	Ripper Collins, Hugh Mulcahy and George Noga

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Indianapolis, Sarasota, Clinton

Middlesboro affiliation shared with Chicago Cubs^[6]