1963 Washington Senators season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Washington Senators

| season = 1963

| image = Washington Senators Cap Logo (1963 to 1967).svg

| league = American League

| ballpark = D.C. Stadium

| city = Washington, D.C.

| record = 56–106 (.347)

| league_place = 10th

| owners = James M. Johnston and James H. Lemon

| general_managers = George Selkirk

| managers = Mickey Vernon, Eddie Yost, Gil Hodges

| television = WTOP

| radio = WTOP
(Dan Daniels, John MacLean)

| season_list = List of Texas Rangers seasons

}}

The 1963 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing tenth in the American League (in last place) with a record of 56 wins and 106 losses.

Offseason

October 5, 1962: Paul Casanova was signed as a free agent by the Senators.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/casanpa01.shtml Paul Casanova page at Baseball Reference]
November 26, 1962: 1962 first-year draft
Lou Piniella was drafted by the Senators from the Cleveland Indians.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pinielo01.shtml Lou Piniella page at Baseball Reference]
Brant Alyea was drafted by the Senators from the Cincinnati Reds.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alyeabr01.shtml Brant Alyea page at Baseball Reference]
Prior to 1963 season: Lou Klimchock was acquired by the Senators from the Milwaukee Braves.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/klimclo01.shtml Lou Klimchock page at Baseball-Reference]

Regular season

September 2, 1963: Ed Hobaugh hit a home run in the last at bat of his career.[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats18.shtml Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac]

=Season standings=

= Record vs. opponents =

=Notable transactions=

April 2, 1963: Minnie Miñoso was purchased by the Senators from the St. Louis Cardinals.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/minosmi01.shtml Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference]
May 6, 1963: Lou Klimchock was returned by the Senators to the Milwaukee Braves.
May 8, 1963: Hobie Landrith was purchased by the Senators from the Baltimore Orioles.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/landrho01.shtml Hobie Landrith page at Baseball Reference]
May 23, 1963: Jimmy Piersall was traded by the Senators to the New York Mets for Gil Hodges.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/piersji01.shtml Jim Piersall page at Baseball Reference]
June 24, 1963: Don Zimmer was purchased by the Senators from the Los Angeles Dodgers.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zimmedo01.shtml Don Zimmer page at Baseball Reference]

=Roster=

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #002B5C; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" \| 1963 Washington Senators
colspan="10" style="background-color: #CE1141; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" \| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|8,36\|Bob Baird}} {{MLBplayer\|26,39\|Carl Bouldin}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|Jim Bronstad}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Pete Burnside}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Tom Cheney}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Jim Coates}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Bennie Daniels}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Jim Duckworth}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Steve Hamilton}} {{MLBplayer\|19,26\|Jim Hannan}} {{MLBplayer\|36\|Ed Hobaugh}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Jack Jenkins}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Ron Kline}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Ron Moeller}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Claude Osteen}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Art Quirk}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Steve Ridzik}} {{MLBplayer\|37\|Ed Roebuck}} {{MLBplayer\|33\|Don Rudolph}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Dave Stenhouse}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Hobie Landrith}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Don Leppert}} {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Cal Neeman}} {{MLBplayer\|14,6\|Ken Retzer}} {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Bob Schmidt}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\|12\|Don Blasingame}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Marv Breeding}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Ed Brinkman}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Chuck Cottier}} {{MLBplayer\|36,2\|John Kennedy}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Lou Klimchock}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Bobo Osborne}} {{MLBplayer\|29\|Dick Phillips}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Don Zimmer}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|12,1\|Tom Brown}} {{MLBplayer\|32\|Chuck Hinton}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|Ken Hunt}} {{MLBplayer\|30\|Jim King}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Don Lock}} {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Minnie Miñoso}} {{MLBplayer\|37\|Jimmy Piersall}} Other batters {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Johnny Schaive}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Barry Shetrone}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Mickey Vernon}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Gil Hodges}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\|41\|George Case}} {{MLBplayer\|40\|Sid Hudson}} {{MLBplayer\|41\|Danny O'Connell}} {{MLBplayer\|43\|George Susce}} {{MLBplayer\|42\|Eddie Yost}}

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valign="top" | Pitchers

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| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

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| valign="top" | Outfielders

Other batters

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| valign="top" | Manager

Coaches

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	Ken Retzer	95	265	64	.242	5	31
align=center \| 1B	Bobo Osborne	125	358	76	.212	12	44
align=center \| 2B	Chuck Cottier	113	337	69	.205	5	21
align=center \| SS	Ed Brinkman	145	514	117	.228	7	45
align=center \| 3B	Don Zimmer	83	298	74	.248	13	44
align=center \| LF	Chuck Hinton	150	566	152	.269	15	55
align=center \| CF	Don Lock	149	531	134	.252	27	82
align=center \| RF	Jim King	136	459	106	.231	24	62

==Other batters==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Dick Phillips	124	321	76	.237	10	32
align=center \| {{sortname\|Minnie\|Miñoso}}	109	315	72	.229	4	30
align="center" \| Don Blasingame	69	254	65	.256	2	12
align=center \| Don Leppert	73	211	50	.237	6	24
align=center \| Marv Breeding	58	197	54	.274	1	14
align=center \| Tom Brown	61	116	17	.147	1	4
align=center \| Hobie Landrith	42	103	18	.175	1	7
align=center \| Jim Piersall	29	94	23	.245	1	5
align=center \| John Kennedy	36	62	11	.177	0	4
align=center \| Ken Hunt	7	20	4	.200	1	4
align=center \| Cal Neeman	14	18	1	.056	0	0
align=center \| Bob Schmidt	9	15	3	.200	0	0
align=center \| {{sortname\|Lou\|Klimchock}}	9	14	2	.143	0	2
align="center" \| Johnny Schaive	3	3	0	.000	0	0
align=center \| Barry Shetrone	2	2	0	.000	0	0

=Pitching=

==Starting pitchers==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Claude Osteen	40	212.1	9	14	3.35	109
align=center \| Don Rudolph	37	174.0	7	19	4.55	70
align=center \| Tom Cheney	23	136.1	8	9	2.71	97
align=center \| Dave Stenhouse	16	87.0	3	9	4.55	47

==Other pitchers==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Bennie Daniels	35	168.2	5	10	4.38	88
align=center \| Jim Duckworth	37	120.2	4	12	6.04	66
align=center \| Steve Ridzik	20	89.2	5	6	4.82	47
align=center \| Jim Hannan	13	27.2	2	2	4.88	14
align=center \| Ron Moeller	8	24.1	2	0	6.29	10
align=center \| {{sortname\|Carl\|Bouldin}}	10	23.1	2	2	5.79	10
align="center" \| Art Quirk	7	21.0	1	0	4.29	12
align=center \| Ed Hobaugh	9	16.0	0	0	6.19	11
align=center \| Jack Jenkins	4	12.1	0	2	5.84	5
align=center \| {{sortname\|Bob\|Baird}}	5	11.2	0	3	7.71	7

==Relief pitchers==

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Ron Kline	62	3	8	17	2.79	49
align="center" \| Pete Burnside	38	0	1	0	6.15	23
align=center \| Ed Roebuck	26	2	1	4	3.30	25
align=center \| Jim Bronstad	25	1	3	1	5.65	22
align=center \| Jim Coates	20	2	4	0	5.28	31
align=center \| Steve Hamilton	3	0	1	0	13.50	1

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Don Leppert, reserve

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

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System|level17=AA |team17=York White Roses|league17=Eastern League|manager17=Danny O'Connell and Johnny Schaive

|level18=A|team18=Peninsula Senators|league18=Carolina League|manager18=Archie Wilson

|level19=A|team19=Wisconsin Rapids Senators|league19=Midwest League|manager19=Wayne Terwilliger

|level20=A|team20=Geneva Senators|league20=New York–Penn League|manager20=Owen Friend

}}

References

External links

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WSA/1963.shtml 1963 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference]
[http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1963&t=WS2 1963 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]

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