1963 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 74th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball, their 6th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 2nd season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles California. The Dodgers were led by pitcher Sandy Koufax, who won both the Cy Young Award and the Most Valuable Player Award. The team went 99–63 to win the National League title by six games over the runner-up St. Louis Cardinals and beat the New York Yankees in four games to win the World Series, marking the first time that the Yankees were ever swept in the postseason.

Offseason

October 14, 1962: Norm Sherry and Dick Smith was purchased from the Dodgers by the New York Mets.
November 26, 1962: Stan Williams was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Yankees for Bill Skowron.
November 30, 1962: Tim Harkness and Larry Burright were traded by the Dodgers to the New York Mets for Bob Miller.
January 24, 1963: Scott Breeden was traded by the Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds for Don Zimmer.
April 1, 1963: Duke Snider was purchased from the Dodgers by the New York Mets.

Regular season

Notable transactions

June 24, 1963: Don Zimmer was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators.
July 20, 1963: Ed Roebuck was traded by the Dodgers to the Washington Senators for Marv Breeding.

Game log

Detailed records

Month-by-Month

	Games	Won	Lost	Win %
Home	81	51	30		296	248
Road	82	48	33		344	302
Total	163	99	63		640	550

Player stats

Batting

''Stats in bold are the team leaders.''

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; PA = Plate appearances; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles hit; 3B = Triples hit; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; CS = Caught stealing; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging; OPS = On Base + Slugging; TB = Total bases; GDP = Grounded into double play; HBP = Hit by pitch; SH = Sacrifice hits; SF = Sacrifice flies; IBB = Intentional base on balls

Pos	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	Avg.	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
C		135	518	470	50	111	13	7	9	49	7	6	36	50	.236	.291	.351	.642	165	9	3	2	7	3
1B		152	564	490	62	133	21	0	12	77	5	2	58	69	.271	.347	.388	.735	190	12	1	11	4	7
2B		148	605	525	77	148	27	4	6	49	19	5	60	28	.282	.354	.383	.737	201	11	2	12	6	2
3B		79	259	233	16	55	9	0	5	28	1	2	20	46	.236	.297	.339	.636	79	9	1	3	2	2
SS		134	580	527	83	159	19	3	0	34	40	19	44	48	.302	.355	.349	.704	184	3	1	5	3	0
LF		146	597	556	69	181	19	3	16	88	15	10	29	59	.326	.359	.457	.816	254	17	4	1	7	5
CF		156	555	515	60	126	19	8	9	60	25	11	25	61	.245	.281	.365	.646	188	9	3	6	6	6
RF		123	459	417	58	114	16	1	28	64	1	2	33	116	.273	.330	.518	.848	216	7	4	2	3	4

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; PA = Plate appearances; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles hit; 3B = Triples hit; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; CS = Caught stealing; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging; OPS = On Base + Slugging; TB = Total bases; GDP = Grounded into double play; HBP = Hit by pitch; SH = Sacrifice hits; SF = Sacrifice flies; IBB = Intentional base on balls

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	Avg.	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
	122	398	343	41	90	13	2	8	48	5	5	45	43	.262	.345	.382	.727	131	12	1	4	5	5
	89	256	237	19	48	8	0	4	19	0	1	13	49	.203	.252	.287	.539	68	10	3	2	1	4
	104	240	217	23	49	2	1	1	10	2	3	19	39	.226	.287	.248	.545	56	3	0	3	1	1
	65	178	163	23	39	2	3	1	9	3	4	13	25	.239	.298	.307	.605	50	3	1	0	1	0
	49	130	117	9	19	1	1	3	10	0	0	11	22	.162	.234	.265	.499	31	4	0	2	0	6
	64	94	86	12	20	1	0	3	11	0	0	7	25	.233	.290	.349	.639	30	4	0	1	0	1
	21	52	44	2	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	9	.159	.275	.227	.502	10	0	1	1	0	0
	20	40	36	6	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	.167	.211	.167	.377	6	0	0	2	0	0
	22	26	23	4	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	10	.217	.308	.391	.699	9	1	0	0	0	0
	7	13	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.111	.333	.111	.444	1	1	0	1	0	0
	7	11	8	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	.125	.364	.500	.864	4	1	0	0	0	1
	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
	8	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	0	0	0	0	0

Pitchers batting

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	Avg.	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
	40	124	110	3	7	0	0	1	7	0	0	6	51	.064	.111	.091	.202	10	2	0	7	1	0
	42	114	96	5	16	1	1	0	5	0	0	9	35	.167	.241	.198	.439	19	3	1	6	2	0
	37	71	64	6	9	2	0	1	8	0	0	1	11	.141	.147	.219	.366	14	0	0	3	3	0
	42	65	57	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	24	.070	.100	.070	.170	4	0	0	5	1	0
	69	28	24	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	.125	.192	.125	.317	3	0	0	2	0	0
	20	25	22	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.182	.217	.227	.445	5	0	0	2	0	0
	36	12	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.111	.273	.222	.495	2	0	0	1	0	0
	8	11	10	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.300	.300	.400	.700	4	0	0	1	0	0
	21	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
	14	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
	29	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	----	----	----	----	0	0	0	0	0	0
	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	----	----	----	----	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

''List does not include position players. Stats in bold are the team leaders.''

Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; W-L% = Win-Loss Percentage; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; GF = Games finished; CG = Complete game; SHO = Shutouts; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; HA = Hits allowed; RA = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HRA = Home runs allowed; BB = Base on Balls; IBB = Intentional base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; HBP = Times hit by a pitch; BK = Balks; WP = Wild pitches; BF = Batters faced

Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	HA	RA	ER	HRA	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
	19	17	.528	2.63	42	42	0	17	3	0	315.1	287	114	92	25	57	13	251	10	0	4	1266
	25	5	.833	1.88	40	40	0	20	11	0	311.0	214	68	65	18	58	7	306	3	1	6	1210
	14	12	.538	3.54	37	34	3	10	5	1	198.1	196	91	78	16	64	13	134	3	4	5	845
	2	3	.400	3.79	8	8	0	1	1	0	38.0	44	19	16	5	10	2	28	0	4	1	165

Other pitchers

Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	HA	RA	ER	HRA	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
	10	8	.556	2.89	42	23	10	2	0	1	187.0	171	71	60	7	65	9	125	3	0	12	781
	5	3	.625	4.50	20	12	1	1	0	0	78.0	80	40	39	7	28	3	54	1	1	3	336

Relief pitchers

Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	HA	RA	ER	HRA	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
	16	3	.842	1.67	69	0	47	0	0	21	129.0	112	30	24	7	43	14	75	4	0	4	541
	2	6	.250	3.73	36	3	18	0	0	3	79.2	82	43	33	8	24	4	47	4	0	3	349
	3	1	.750	2.66	21	1	9	0	0	0	44.0	32	14	13	3	16	1	25	0	0	1	173
	2	4	.333	4.24	29	0	14	0	0	0	40.1	54	25	19	4	21	5	26	2	2	1	197
	1	1	.500	2.93	14	0	4	0	0	1	27.2	28	16	9	2	11	3	12	1	0	2	122
	0	0	—	6.75	9	0	5	0	0	2	12.0	17	10	9	6	3	0	6	0	0	0	54
	0	0	—	7.56	4	0	1	0	0	0	8.1	10	7	7	2	2	0	5	2	0	3	39
	0	0	—	18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5

Fielding

Note: G = Games played; GS = Games started; CG = Complete game; Inn = Innings played in field; Ch = Defensive Chances; PO = Putouts; A = Assists; E = Errors committed; DP = Double plays turned; Fld% = Fielding percentage; PB = Passed balls; WP = Wild pitches; SB = Stolen bases; CS = Caught stealing; CS% = Caught stealing percentage; PO = Pickoffs; Pos Summary = Positions played

Player	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos Summary
	19	8	6	94.0	37	15	21	1	0	.973							2B–SS–3B
	21	1	0	44.0	7	1	6	0	0	1.000		1	1	1	50%	0	P
	47	35	29	325.1	307	285	15	7	1	.977	1	6	14	3	18%	0	C
	143	143	101	1265.1	287	205	67	15	10	.948							LF–3B–CF–RF
	153	139	127	1248.0	359	336	15	8	3	.978							CF
	42	42	17	315.1	85	19	62	4	7	.953		4	11	8	42%	4	P
	149	133	112	1209.2	1002	947	48	7	74	.993							1B–CF–LF–RF
	11	9	8	92.1	20	18	1	1	0	.950							LF–RF
	141	137	85	1192.2	623	267	343	13	67	.979							2B–3B
	1	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0								2B
	111	107	84	947.1	201	189	4	8	0	.960							RF–LF
	40	40	20	311.0	41	4	34	3	1	.927		6	11	1	8%	0	P
	72	67	50	596.0	195	48	134	13	8	.933							3B–LF–2B
	42	23	2	187.0	71	15	54	2	5	.972		12	5	8	62%	0	P
	96	90	55	779.2	127	120	2	5	0	.961							RF–LF–CF
	5	0	0	16.0	22	22	0	0	0	1.000							1B
	57	40	35	389.2	234	111	114	9	26	.962							2B–SS
	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0		0	P
	69	0	0	129.0	31	6	24	1	0	.968		4	0	0		0	P
	37	34	10	198.1	35	3	32	0	1	1.000		5	7	3	30%	0	P
	20	12	1	78.0	11	3	8	0	0	1.000		3	5	2	29%	0	P
	29	0	0	40.1	13	1	11	1	0	.923		1	2	3	60%	0	P
	134	128	116	1144.1	982	908	66	8	6	.992	14	39	36	27	43%	2	C
	14	0	0	27.2	9	0	6	3	1	.667		2	4	1	20%	0	P
	9	0	0	12.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000		0	0	0		0	P
	36	3	0	79.2	17	1	15	1	1	.941		3	1	3	75%	1	P
	67	60	39	509.2	557	518	34	5	44	.991							1B–3B
	4	0	0	8.1	3	0	3	0	0	1.000		3	1	0	0%	0	P
	3	2	2	21.0	5	2	3	0	0	1.000							3B
	100	64	51	623.2	335	105	216	14	34	.958							SS–2B
	24	8	7	112.0	68	55	12	1	3	.985							1B–LF–3B–RF
	8	8	1	38.0	5	1	3	1	0	.800		1	2	0	0%	1	P
	134	131	104	1143.1	604	197	381	26	54	.957							SS–3B
	12	3	3	43.1	19	3	14	2	0	.895							3B–SS–2B

1963 World Series

Game 1

October 2, 1963, at Yankee Stadium in New York

Game 2

October 3, 1963, at Yankee Stadium in New York

Game 3

October 5, 1963, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Game 4

October 6, 1963, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Awards and honors

All-Stars

1963 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
*Tommy Davis starter
*Don Drysdale reserve
*Sandy Koufax reserve
*Maury Wills reserve