1963 Houston Colt .45s season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Houston Colt .45s

| season = 1963

| league = National League

| ballpark = Colt Stadium

| city = Houston, Texas

| record = 66–96 (.407)

| league_place = 9th

| owners = Roy Hofheinz

| general_managers = Paul Richards

| managers = Harry Craft

| television = KHOU (TV)
(Gene Elston, Guy Savage, Loel Passe)

| radio = KPRC (AM)
(Gene Elston, Loel Passe, Mickey Herskowitz)

|}}

The Houston Colt .45s' 1963 season was a season in American baseball. The team finished ninth in the National League with a record of 66–96, 33 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

November 1, 1962: Joe Morgan was signed as an amateur free agent by the Colt .45s.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/morgajo02.shtml Joe Morgan] at Baseball Reference
November 26, 1962: Conrad Cardinal was drafted by the Colt .45s from the Detroit Tigers in the 1962 first-year draft.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cardico01.shtml Conrad Cardinal] at Baseball Reference
November 26, 1962: Ellis Burton was drafted by the Colt .45s from the Milwaukee Braves in the 1962 rule 5 draft.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/burtoel01.shtml Ellis Burton] at Baseball Reference
November 26, 1962: Don Taussig was drafted from the Colt .45s by the Milwaukee Braves in the 1962 minor league draft.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/taussdo01.shtml Don Taussig] at Baseball Reference
November 30, 1962: Joey Amalfitano was traded by the Colt .45s to the San Francisco Giants for Manny Mota and Dick LeMay.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/motama01.shtml Manny Mota] at Baseball Reference
November 30, 1962: Norm Larker was traded by the Colt .45s to the Milwaukee Braves for Jim Bolger, Don Nottebart, and Connie Grob.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/larkeno01.shtml Norm Larker] at Baseball Reference
March 28, 1963: Hal Haydel, Dick LeMay and Merritt Ranew were traded by the Colt .45s to the Chicago Cubs for Dave Gerard and Danny Murphy.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/haydeha01.shtml Hal Haydel] at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Broadcaster Harry Kalas made his major league debut in 1963 with Houston, replacing Al Helfer and working alongside Gene Elston and Loel Passe.Reed, Robert. A Six-Gun Salute: An Illustrated History of the Colt .45s. Houston, Texas: Gulf Publishing Co., 1999.Barron, David [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/6371292.html "Phillies announcer Kalas dies after collapsing in booth"] Houston Chronicle, Monday, April 13, 2009

On May 17, Don Nottebart pitched the first no-hitter for an expansion team when Houston defeated Philadelphia by a score of 4–1.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 143, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN|978-0-451-22363-0}}

= Season standings =

= Record vs. opponents =

= Notable transactions =

April 2, 1963: Ellis Burton was purchased from the Colt .45s by the Cleveland Indians.
April 4, 1963: Manny Mota was traded by the Colt .45s to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Howie Goss and cash.

= Roster =

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valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|38\|Hal Brown}} {{MLBplayer\|30\|Bob Bruce}} {{MLBplayer\|33\|George Brunet}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Conrad Cardinal}} {{MLBplayer\|41\|Danny Coombs}} {{MLBplayer\|42\|Jay Dahl}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Jim Dickson}} {{MLBplayer\|36\|Dick Drott}} {{MLBplayer\|13\|Turk Farrell}} {{MLBplayer\|35\|Jim Golden}} {{MLBplayer\|48\|Joe Hoerner}} {{MLBplayer\|40\|Ken Johnson}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|Russ Kemmerer}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Don McMahon}} {{MLBplayer\|43\|Don Nottebart}} {{MLBplayer\|32\|Jim Umbricht}} {{MLBplayer\|46\|Hal Woodeshick}} {{MLBplayer\|47\|Larry Yellen}} {{MLBplayer\|44\|Chris Zachary}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\|8,24\|Dave Adlesh}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|John Bateman}} {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Jim Campbell}} {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Jerry Grote}} {{MLBplayer\|8,9\|Hal Smith}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\|14\|Bob Aspromonte}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Ernie Fazio}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|J. C. Hartman}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Sonny Jackson}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Bob Lillis}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Joe Morgan}} {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Pete Runnels}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Rusty Staub}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Johnny Temple}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Glenn Vaughan}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Mike White}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|29\|Brock Davis}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Howie Goss}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Carroll Hardy}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Ivan Murrell}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|John Paciorek}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Aaron Pointer}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Al Spangler}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|Carl Warwick}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Johnny Weekly}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Jimmy Wynn}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Harry Craft}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Jimmy Adair}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Jim Busby}} (Third Base) {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Cot Deal}} (Pitching) {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Lum Harris}}

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| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

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| valign="top" | Outfielders

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| valign="top" | Manager

Coaches

{{MLBplayer| 4|Jim Busby}} (Third Base)

{{MLBplayer| 5|Cot Deal}} (Pitching)

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Player stats

= Batting =

== Starters by position ==

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Positional abbreviations: C = Catcher; 1B = First base; 2B = Second base; 3B = Third base; SS = Shortstop; LF = Left field; CF = Center field; RF = Right field

style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| Pos ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| Player ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| G ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| AB ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| R ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| H ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| 2B ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| 3B ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| Avg. ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| HR ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| RBI ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| SB
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	{{sortname\|John\|Bateman\|John Bateman (baseball)}}	128	404	23	85	8	6	.210	10	59	0
align="center" \| 1B	{{sortname\|Rusty\|Staub}}	150	513	43	115	17	4	.224	6	45	0
align="center" \| 2B	{{sortname\|Ernie\|Fazio}}	102	228	31	42	10	3	.184	2	5	4
align="center" \| 3B	{{sortname\|Bob\|Aspromonte}}	136	468	42	100	9	5	.214	8	49	3
align="center" \| SS	{{sortname\|Bob\|Lillis}}	147	469	31	93	13	1	.198	1	19	3
align="center" \| LF	{{sortname\|Al\|Spangler}}	120	430	52	121	25	4	.281	4	27	5
align="center" \| CF	{{sortname\|Howie\|Goss}}	133	411	37	86	18	2	.209	9	44	4
align="center" \| RF	{{sortname\|Carl\|Warwick}}	150	528	49	134	19	5	.209	7	47	3

== Other batters ==

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| Player ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| G ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| AB ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| R ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| H ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| 2B ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| 3B ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| Avg. ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| HR ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| RBI ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| SB
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Pete Runnels	124	388	35	98	9	1	.253	2	23	2
align="center" \| Johnny Temple	100	322	22	85	12	1	.264	1	17	7
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Jim\|Wynn}}	70	250	31	61	10	5	.244	4	27	4
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Jim\|Campbell\|Jim Campbell (catcher)}}	55	158	9	35	3	0	.222	4	19	0
align="center" \| {{sortname\|J. C.\|Hartman}}	39	90	2	11	1	0	.122	0	3	1
align="center" \| Johnny Weekly	34	80	4	18	3	0	.225	3	14	0
align="center" \| Hal Smith	31	58	1	14	2	0	.241	0	2	0
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Brock\|Davis}}	34	55	7	11	2	0	.200	1	2	0
align="center" \| Carroll Hardy	15	44	5	10	3	0	.227	0	3	1
align="center" \| Glenn Vaughan	9	30	1	5	0	0	.167	0	0	1
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Joe\|Morgan}}	8	25	5	6	0	1	.240	0	3	1
align="center" \| Dave Adlesh	6	8	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Mike\|White\|Mike White (baseball)}}	3	7	0	2	0	0	.286	0	0	0
align="center" \| Jerry Grote	3	5	0	1	0	0	.200	0	1	0
align="center" \| Ivan Murrell	2	5	1	1	0	0	.200	0	0	0
align="center" \| Aaron Pointer	2	5	0	1	0	0	.200	0	0	0
align="center" \| John Paciorek	1	3	4	3	0	0	1.000	0	3	0
align="center" \| Sonny Jackson	1	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0

= Pitching =

== Starting pitchers ==

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

style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| Player ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| G ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| GS ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| IP ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| W ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| L ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| ERA ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| R ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| ER ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| BB ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| K
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Ken\|Johnson\|Ken Johnson (right-handed pitcher)}}	37	32	224.0	11	17	2.65	86	66	50	148
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Turk\|Farrell}}	34	26	202.1	14	13	3.02	76	68	35	141
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Don\|Nottebart}}	31	27	193.0	11	8	3.17	80	68	39	118
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bob\|Bruce}}	30	25	170.1	5	9	3.59	73	68	60	123
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Hal\|Brown}}	26	20	141.1	5	11	3.31	54	52	60	68
align="center" \| Larry Yellen	1	1	5.0	0	0	3.60	4	2	1	3
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Jay\|Dahl}}	1	1	2.2	0	1	16.88	7	5	0	0

== Other pitchers ==

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

style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| Player ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| G ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| GS ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| IP ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| W ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| L ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| SV ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| ERA ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| R ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| ER ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| BB ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| K
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Dick\|Drott}}	27	14	97.2	2	12	0	4.98	61	54	49	58
align="center" \| Chris Zachary	22	7	57.0	2	2	0	4.89	38	31	22	42
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Conrad\|Cardinal}}	6	1	13.1	0	1	0	6.08	14	9	7	7
align="center" \| {{sortname\|George\|Brunet}}	5	2	12.2	0	3	0	7.11	11	10	6	11
align="center" \| Jim Golden	3	1	6.1	0	1	0	5.68	4	4	2	5

== Relief pitchers ==

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

style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| Player ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| G ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| IP ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| W ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| L ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| SV ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| ERA ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| R ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| ER ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| BB ! style="background:#072854; color:#FF7F00" \| K
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Hal\|Woodeshick}}	55	114.0	11	9	10	1.97	29	25	42	94
align="center" \| Don McMahon	49	80.0	1	5	5	4.05	38	36	26	51
align="center" \| Jim Umbricht	35	76.0	4	3	0	2.61	23	22	21	48
align="center" \| Russ Kemmerer	17	36.2	0	0	1	5.65	28	23	8	12
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Jim\|Dickson\|Jim Dickson (baseball)}}	13	14.2	0	1	2	6.14	13	10	2	6
align="center" \| Joe Hoerner	1	3.0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	2
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Danny\|Coombs}}	1	0.1	0	0	0	27.00	1	1	0	0

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Hal Woodeshick, reserve

{{Cite web|url=http://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1963as.shtml|title = 1963 All-Star Game}}

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System|level16=AAA|team16=Oklahoma City 89ers|league16=Pacific Coast League|manager16=Grady Hatton

|level17=AA |team17=San Antonio Bullets|league17=Texas League|manager17=Lou Fitzgerald

|level18=A|team18=Modesto Colts|league18=California League|manager18=Dave Philley

|level19=A |team19=Durham Bulls|league19=Carolina League|manager19=Billy Goodman

|level20=A |team20=Moultrie Colt .22s|league20=Georgia–Florida League|manager20=Jim Walton

}}

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Oklahoma City

References

External links

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/HOU/1963.shtml 1963 Houston Colt .45s season at Baseball Reference]
[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1963/THOU01963.htm 1963 Houston Colt .45s season at retrosheet.org] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200204162148/https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1963/THOU01963.htm Archived] 2009-05-04)

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