1963 Chicago Cubs season

The 1963 Chicago Cubs season was the 92nd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 88th in the National League, and the 48th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished seventh in the National League with a record of 82–80, marking their first winning season since 1946.

Offseason

October 17, 1962: Don Cardwell, George Altman and Moe Thacker were traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Larry Jackson, Lindy McDaniel, and Jimmie Schaffer.
November 26, 1962: Curt Motton was drafted from the Cubs by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1962 minor league draft.
November 26, 1962: Glenn Beckert was drafted by the Cubs from the Boston Red Sox in the 1962 first-year draft.
March 28, 1963: Dave Gerard and Danny Murphy were traded by the Cubs to the Houston Colt.45s for Hal Haydel, Dick LeMay and Merritt Ranew.
Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 27, 1963: Ellis Burton was purchased by the Cubs from the Cleveland Indians.
Roster

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	Dick Bertell	100	322	75	.233	2	14
1B	Ernie Banks	130	432	98	.227	18	64
2B	Ken Hubbs	154	566	133	.235	8	47
SS	Andre Rodgers	150	516	118	.229	5	33
3B	Ron Santo	162	630	187	.297	25	99
LF		161	612	175	.286	25	95
CF	Ellis Burton	93	322	74	.230	12	41
RF	Lou Brock	148	547	141	.258	9	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
Don Landrum	84	227	55	.242	1	10
Nelson Mathews	61	155	24	.155	4	10
Merritt Ranew	78	154	52	.338	3	15
	57	142	34	.239	7	19
Steve Boros	41	90	19	.211	3	7
John Boccabella	24	74	14	.189	1	5
Leo Burke	27	49	9	.184	2	7
Jimmy Stewart	13	37	11	.297	0	1
Billy Cowan	14	36	9	.250	1	2
Ken Aspromonte	20	34	5	.147	0	4
Alex Grammas	16	27	5	.185	0	0
Bob Will	23	23	4	.174	0	1
Cuno Barragan	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
Dick Ellsworth	37	290.2	22	10	2.11	185
	37	275.0	14	18	2.55	153
Bob Buhl	37	226.0	11	14	3.38	108

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
Glen Hobbie	36	165.1	7	10	3.92	94
Paul Toth	27	130.2	5	9	3.10	66
Cal Koonce	21	72.2	2	6	4.58	44

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
	57	13	7	22	2.86	75
Don Elston	51	4	1	4	2.83	41
	29	3	2	0	4.89	35
Barney Schultz	15	1	0	2	3.62	18
	10	0	1	0	3.00	14
Dick LeMay	9	0	1	0	5.28	10
Jack Warner	8	0	1	0	2.78	7
Freddie Burdette	4	0	0	0	3.86	1
Phil Mudrock	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Larry Jackson, reserve
Ron Santo, reserve
Farm system

Middlesboro affiliation shared with Chicago White Sox