1963 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1963 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 82nd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 77th in the National League. The Pirates finished eighth in the league standings with a record of 74–88.

Offseason

November 19, 1962: Dick Groat and Diomedes Olivo were traded by the Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals for Don Cardwell and Julio Gotay.

Regular season

On April 8, Pete Rose made his major league debut for the Cincinnati Reds in a game against the Pirates. He had three at bats without a hit.

Notable transactions

April 4, 1963: Howie Goss and cash were traded by the Pirates to the Houston Colt.45s for Manny Mota.

Statistics

;Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player
	4	2	1	0.500	0	0
	6	3	1	0.333	0	1
	152	600	192	0.320	17	76
	34	26	8	0.308	0	3
	46	66	19	0.288	1	7
	91	264	74	0.280	6	37
	154	563	155	0.275	15	57
	34	122	33	0.270	0	8
	59	126	34	0.270	0	7
	142	554	149	0.269	8	53
	88	237	63	0.266	10	36
	56	8	2	0.250	0	1
	138	541	133	0.246	3	32
	142	534	131	0.245	8	52
	108	304	74	0.243	11	47
	81	181	42	0.232	0	9
	92	252	58	0.230	11	26
	154	570	130	0.228	12	45
	21	23	5	0.217	0	0
	17	51	11	0.216	0	0
	85	149	29	0.195	5	14
	59	31	6	0.194	1	3
	50	11	2	0.182	0	2
	33	50	8	0.160	0	1
	10	21	3	0.143	0	2
	39	86	9	0.105	0	2
	40	43	4	0.093	0	0
	35	23	2	0.087	0	0
	33	71	6	0.085	0	2
	57	16	1	0.063	0	0
	4	4	0	0.000	0	0
	1	2	0	0.000	0	0
	3	2	0	0.000	0	0
Team Totals	162	5,536	1,385	0.250	108	523

;Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player
	34	77	5	2	1.04	68
	39	268	17	16	2.34	144
	55	122	13	3	2.57	74
	57	108	1	3	2.92	73
	33	213	13	15	3.07	112
	56	69	3	9	3.23	41
	37	147	5	12	3.30	110
	33	167	6	12	3.33	86
	49	70	3	4	3.34	70
	6	16	0	0	4.41	11
	33	97	4	6	4.53	72
	18	76	4	5	4.93	31
	3	8	0	0	6.48	6
	1	4	0	1	8.31	2
Team Totals	162	1448	74	88	3.10	900

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Bill Mazeroski, second base,
Roberto Clemente, reserve

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Batavia