1963 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1963 American League champions American League Yankee Stadium New York City 104 57 y 1st Dan Topping and Del Webb Roy Hamey Ralph Houk WPIX(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman) WCBS (AM)(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman) The 1963 New York Yankees season was the 61st season for the team. The team finished with a record of 104–57, winning their 28th pennant, finishing 10 1 2 games ahead of the Chicago White Sox. New York was managed by Ralph Houk. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 4 games, the first time the Yankees had ever been swept in the World Series (they had lost 4 games to none with one tied game in 1922). Offseason November 26, 1962: Bill Skowron was traded by the Yankees to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Stan Williams.Stan Williams page at Baseball-Reference Regular season Elston Howard became the first black player in the history of the American League to win the AL Most Valuable Player award.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 199, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 Season standings New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY Notable transactions April 29, 1963: Curt Blefary was selected off waivers from the Yankees by the Baltimore Orioles as a first-year waiver pick.Curt Blefary page at Baseball Reference Roster 1963 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 47 Luis Arroyo 56 Jim Bouton 30 Marshall Bridges 28 Bud Daley 24 Al Downing 16 Whitey Ford 39 Steve Hamilton 20 Bill Kunkel 29 Tom Metcalf 18 Hal Reniff 22 Bill Stafford 23 Ralph Terry 19 Stan Williams Catchers  8 Yogi Berra 41 Jake Gibbs 32 Elston Howard Infielders  6 Clete Boyer 14 Harry Bright 42 Pedro González 10 Tony Kubek 34 Phil Linz 26 Dale Long 25 Joe Pepitone  1 Bobby Richardson Outfielders 38 Johnny Blanchard 11 Héctor López  7 Mickey Mantle  9 Roger Maris 27 Jack Reed 15 Tom Tresh Manager 35 Ralph Houk Coaches  8 Yogi Berra  2 Frankie Crosetti 44 Jim Hegan 26 Dale Long 31 Johnny Sain Game log Legend Yankees win Yankees loss Postponement Clinched pennantBoldYankees team member New York Yankees; 1963 Game Log: 104–57 (Home: 58–22; Away: 46–35)https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYA/1963-schedule-scores.shtml 1963 New York Yankees schedule and results Baseball Reference September 18, 2025 y New York Yankees; April: 8–6 (Home: 4–4; Away: 4–2) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak |- y New York Yankees; May: 17–9 (Home: 9–2; Away: 8–7) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak |- y New York Yankees; June: 19–13 (Home: 11–2; Away: 8–11) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak |- y New York Yankees; July: 22–9 (Home: 15–4; Away: 7–5) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || July 9, 1963 || 1:00p.m. EDT || 34th All-Star Game || colspan=8 | National League vs. American League (Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio) |- y New York Yankees; August: 22–10 (Home: 10–6; Away: 12–4) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak |- y New York Yankees; September: 16–10 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–6) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak |- Postseason Game log New York Yankees 1963 Postseason game log: 0–4 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–2) y New York Yankees World Series vs. Los Angeles Dodgers 0–4 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–2)1963 World Series https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1963_WS.shtml Baseball Reference 18 September 2025 # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/Streak |- style="background:#fbb;" | 1 || October 2, 1963 || 1:00p.m. EDT || Dodgers || L 2–5 || Koufax (1–0) || Ford (0–1) || — || 2:09 || 69,000 || LAN 1–0 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2 || October 3, 1963 || 1:00p.m. EDT || Dodgers || L 1–4 || Podres (1–0) || Downing (0–1) || Perranoski (1) || 2:13 || 66,455 || LAN 2–0 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 3 || October 5, 1963 || 4:00p.m. EDT || @ Dodgers || L 0–1 || Drysdale (1–0) || Bouton (0–1) || — || 2:05 || 55,912 || LAN 3–0 || L3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || October 6, 1963 || 4:00p.m. EDT || @ Dodgers || L 1–2 || Koufax (2–0) || Ford (0–2) || — || 1:50 || 55,912 || LAN 4–0 || L4 |- Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Elston Howard 135 487 140 .287 28 85 1B Joe Pepitone 157 580 157 .271 27 89 2B Bobby Richardson 151 630 167 .265 3 48 3B Clete Boyer 152 557 140 .251 12 54 SS Tony Kubek 135 557 143 .257 7 44 LF Héctor López 130 433 108 .249 14 52 CF Tom Tresh 145 520 140 .269 25 71 RF Roger Maris 90 312 84 .269 23 53 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Johnny Blanchard 76 218 49 .225 16 45 Phil Linz 72 186 50 .269 2 12 Mickey Mantle 65 172 54 .314 15 35 Harry Bright 60 157 37 .236 7 23 Yogi Berra 64 147 43 .293 8 28 Jack Reed Jack Reed (baseball) 106 73 15 .205 0 1 Pedro González Pedro González (baseball) 14 26 5 .192 0 1 Dale Long 14 15 3 .200 0 0 Jake Gibbs 4 8 2 .250 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Whitey Ford 38 269.1 24 7 2.74 189 Ralph Terry 40 268.0 17 15 3.22 114 Jim Bouton 40 249.1 21 7 2.53 148 Al Downing Al Downing (baseball) 24 175.2 13 5 2.56 171 Stan Williams Stan Williams (baseball) 29 146.0 9 8 3.21 98 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Tom Metcalf 8 13.0 1 0 2.77 3 Luis Arroyo 6 6.0 1 1 13.50 5 Bud Daley 1 1.0 0 0 0.00 0 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Hal Reniff 48 4 3 18 2.62 56 Steve Hamilton sportsman, born 1934 34 5 1 5 2.60 63 Bill Stafford 28 4 8 3 6.02 52 Marshall Bridges 23 2 0 1 3.82 35 Bill Kunkel Bill Kunkel (baseball) 22 3 2 0 2.72 31 1963 World Series 1963 World Series NL Los Angeles Dodgers (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (0) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Dodgers – 5, Yankees – 2 October 2 Yankee Stadium 69,0002 Dodgers – 4, Yankees – 1 October 3 Yankee Stadium 66,4553 Yankees – 0, Dodgers – 1 October 5 Dodger Stadium 55,9124 Yankees – 1, Dodgers – 2 October 6 Dodger Stadium 55,912 Awards and honors Elston Howard, American League MVP Ralph Houk, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year All-Stars All-Star Game Joe Pepitone, starter, first base Jim Bouton, reserve Elston Howard, reserve Bobby Richardson, reserve Tom Tresh, reserve Mickey Mantle, did not play (injured)https://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1963as.shtml 1963 All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Richmond Virginians International League Preston Gómez AA Augusta Yankees Sally League Rube Walker A Greensboro Yankees Carolina League Frank Verdi A Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Pinky May, Steve Souchock and Cloyd Boyer A Idaho Falls Yankees Pioneer League Loren Babe A Shelby Colonels Western Carolinas League Billy Shantz Rookie Harlan Yankees Appalachian League Gary Blaylock LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Augusta, Idaho Falls Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1963 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1963 World Series 1963 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1960s in the Bronx Category:American League champion seasons