1963 IN BASEBALL

Champions

Major League Baseball

★ World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Yankees (4-0); Sandy Koufax, MVP

★ All-Star Game, July 9 at Municipal Stadium: National League, 5-3; Willie Mays, MVP

Other champions

★ College World Series: USC

★ Japan Series: Yomiuri Giants over Nishitetsu Lions (4-3)

★ Little League World Series: Granada Hills National, Granada Hills, California

Awards and honors

★ 'Most Valuable Player'

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★ Elston Howard, New York Yankees, C (AL)

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★ Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles Dodgers, P (NL)

★ 'Cy Young Award'

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★ Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles Dodgers

★ 'Rookie of the Year'

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★ Gary Peters, Chicago White Sox, P (AL)

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★ Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds, 2B (NL)

MLB Statistical Leaders

	' American League '		' National League'
AVG	Carl Yastrzemski BOS	.321	Tommy Davis LAD	.326
HR	Harmon Killebrew MIN	45	Hank Aaron MLN & Willie McCovey SFG	44
RBI	Dick Stuart BOS	118	Hank Aaron MLN	130
Wins	Whitey Ford NYY	24	Sandy Koufax¹ LAD & Juan Marichal SFG	25
ERA	Gary Peters CHW	2.33	Sandy Koufax¹ LAD	1.88
Ks	Camilo Pascual MIN	202	Sandy Koufax¹ LAD	306

¹Major League Triple Crown Pitching Winner

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings


'Rank'	'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
1st	New York Yankees	104	57	.646	--
2nd	Chicago White Sox	94	68	.580	10.5
3rd	Minnesota Twins	91	70	.565	13.0
4th	Baltimore Orioles	86	76	.531	18.5
5th	Detroit Tigers	79	83	.488	25.0
6th	Cleveland Indians	79	83	.488	25.5
7th	Boston Red Sox	76	85	.472	28.0
8th	Kansas City Athletics	73	89	.451	31.5
9th	Los Angeles Angels	70	91	.435	34.0
10th	Washington Senators	56	106	.346	48.5

National League final standings


'Rank'	'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
1st	Los Angeles Dodgers	99	63	.611	--
2nd	St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	.574	6.0
3rd	San Francisco Giants	88	74	.543	11.0
4th	Philadelphia Phillies	87	75	.537	12.0
5th	Cincinnati Reds	86	76	.531	13.0
6th	Milwaukee Braves	84	78	.519	15.0
7th	Chicago Cubs	82	80	.506	17.0
8th	Pittsburgh Pirates	74	88	.457	25.0
9th	Houston Colt .45s	66	96	.407	33.0
10th	New York Mets	51	111	.315	48.0

Events

★ January 27 - Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick and John Clarkson are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.

★ April 13: After 11 hitless at bats, Cincinnati second baseman Pete Rose records his first major league hit, a triple off Pittsburgh's Bob Friend. Increased enforcement of the balk rule produces a major-league record seven in the Pirates' 12–4 trouncing at Crosley Field. Friend commits four of the balks.

★ May 17 - Don Nottebart pitches Houston's first no-hitter, leading the Colt 45s past the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-1.

★ June 2 - Willie Mays hits 3 home runs helping San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis Cardinals 6-4.

★ June 9 - Ernie Banks hits 3 home runs.

★ June 10 - Al Kaline hits 200th career home run helping Detroit Tigers beat Boston Red Sox 6-1.

★ July 9 - At Municipal Stadium, the National League wins 5–3 over the American League in the All-Star Game. After four years, MLB had decided to return to the original single-game format. The American League out-hit the National League 11-6, but the effort went in vain as MVP Willie Mays put on a one-man show. Although he was held to a single, Mays collected two runs, two RBI, two stolen bases and made the defensive play of the game — a running catch that deprived Joe Pepitone of an extra base in the eighth inning. This game also marked the 24th and final All-Star appearance of Stan Musial, who pinch-hit in the fifth inning. He lined out to right field, leaving behind a .317 batting average (20-for-63) and an All-Star Game record of six home runs.

★ July 13 - Early Wynn of the Cleveland Indians earns his 300th career win.

★ August 27 - Willie Mays hits 400th career home run helping San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis Cardinals 7-2.

★ September 5 - Willie McCovey hits 100th career home run.

★ September 18 - In the final game ever played at the Polo Grounds, the Philadelphia Phillies defeat the New York Mets 6-1. New York gets its only run on Jim Hickman's 4th-inning home run, the last home run to be hit at the park.

★ September 22 - Willie McCovey hits 3 home runs helping San Francisco Giants beat New York Mets 13-4.

★ October 6 - At Dodger Stadium, Sandy Koufax defeats the New York Yankees, 2–1, completing a shocking World Series sweep for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Whitey Ford gives up only two hits, both by Frank Howard, who belts a long home run in the fifth inning to start the Dodgers' scoring. In the Series, the Yankees bat just .171 and score only four runs, the second-lowest total in World Series history. Curiously enough, the Dodgers would set the mark for the least runs scored in a World Series only three years later, falling victim to a decisive sweep at the hands of the Baltimore Orioles.

★ October 12 - In the first (and last) Hispanic American major league All-Star Game, the National League team beats the American League 5–2 at the Polo Grounds. The game features such names as Felipe Alou, Luis Aparicio, Orlando Cepeda, Roberto Clemente, Julián Javier, Minnie Miñoso, Tony Oliva and Zoilo Versalles. Vic Power receives a pregame award as the number one Latin player. NL starter Juan Marichal strikes out six in four innings, though reliever Al McBean is the winning pitcher. Pinch hitter Manny Mota drives in two runs against loser Pedro Ramos. This was the last baseball game played at the Polo Grounds, as the New York Mets moved into the brand new Shea Stadium in 1964.

Births

Deaths

January-March

★ January 2 - Al Mamaux, 68, pitcher who twice won 20 games for Pittsburgh

★ January 5 - Rogers Hornsby, 66, Hall of Fame second baseman who posted the highest lifetime batting average (.358) of any right-handed batter, 7-time batting champion including a .424 mark in 1924; twice MVP, and the first NL player to hit 300 home runs

★ January 29 - Lee Meadows, 68, pitcher won 188 games for the Cardinals, Phillies and Pirates, was first modern major leaguer to wear glasses

★ January 31 - Ossie Vitt, 73, third baseman for the Tigers and Red Sox, later a minor league manager

★ February 15 - Bump Hadley, 58, pitcher who ended Mickey Cochrane's career with a 1937 pitch that fractured his skull; later a broadcaster

★ February 20 - Bill Hinchman, 79, outfielder twice batted .300 for Pittsburgh, later a scout

★ February 28 - Eppa Rixey, 71, pitcher elected to the Hall of Fame just one month earlier, until 1959 was winningest lefthander in NL history with 266 victories for Phillies and Reds

★ March 1 - Irish Meusel, 69, left fielder batted .310 lifetime, led NL in RBI in 1923

★ March 11 - Joe Judge, 68, first baseman batted .300 nine times for Senators, later coach at Georgetown for 20 years

★ March 29 - Wilcy Moore, 65, relief pitcher who won last game of 1927 World Series for Yankees

April-June

★ April 23 - Harry Harper, 67, pitcher who won 57 games, mainly with Senators

★ May 4 - Dickie Kerr, 69, pitcher who as a 1919 rookie won two World Series games for the White Sox, as one of the players not involved in fixing the Series

★ May 22 - Dave Shean, 79, second baseman and captain of champion 1918 Red Sox

★ May 23 - Gavvy Cravath, 82, right fielder who won six home runs titles with Phillies

★ May 27 - Dave Jolly, 38, knuckleball relief pitcher for Milwaukee Braves from 1953-1957

★ June 6 - Charlie Mullen, 74, first baseman for White Sox and Yankees in 1910s

★ June 8 - Earl Smith, 66, catcher for five NL champions, batted .350 in 1925 World Series

★ June 18 - Ben Geraghty, 50, manager of the Jacksonville Suns of the International League and legendary minor league pilot who played a key role in the early career of Henry Aaron

★ June 24 - George Trautman, 73, president of the minor leagues since 1946

★ June 24 - Jud Wilson, 69, All-Star third baseman of the Negro Leagues

★ June 28 - Frank "Home Run" Baker, 77, Hall of Fame third baseman, lifetime .307 hitter and 4-time home run champion, last surviving member of Philadelphia Athletics' "$100,000 infield"

July-September

★ July 27 - Hooks Dauss, 73, pitcher won 222 games, all for Detroit

★ August 15 - Karl Drews, 43, pitcher for four teams including 1947 champion Yankees

★ September 4 - Home Run Johnson, 88, early shortstop of the Negro Leagues

★ September 27 - Andy Coakley, 80, pitcher won 18 games for 1905 Athletics, later coach at Columbia for 37 years

October-December

★ October 2 - Cy Perkins, 67, catcher for 16 seasons, most with Athletics, later a coach for many years

★ November 6 - Clarence Mitchell, 72, spitball pitcher won 125 games, hit into unassisted triple play in 1920 World Series

★ November 12 - Ed Connolly, 54, catcher for the Boston Red Sox between 1929 and 1932

★ November 13 - Muddy Ruel, 67, catcher for 19 seasons including 1924 champions Senators, later a coach

★ November 14 - Oscar Melillo, 64, second baseman for Browns and Red Sox

★ December 8 - Red Worthington, 57, left fielder for Boston Braves from 1931-1934

★ December 30 - Wilbur Good, 78, outfielder for six teams, primarily the Cubs

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