1963 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1963 American League White Sox Park Chicago 94 68 y 2nd Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn Ed Short Al López WGN-TV(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd) WCFL(Bob Elson, Milo Hamilton) The 1963 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 63rd season in the major leagues, and its 64th season overall. They finished with a record of 94–68, good enough for second place in the American League, 10 1 2 games behind the first-place New York Yankees. Offseason January 14, 1963: Luis Aparicio and Al Smith were traded by the White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Hoyt Wilhelm, Ron Hansen, Dave Nicholson, and Pete Ward.Hoyt Wilhelm at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Chicago White Sox Record vs. opponents CWS Opening Day lineup Jim Landis, CF Nellie Fox, 2B Joe Cunningham, 1B Floyd Robinson, RF Pete Ward, 3B Dave Nicholson, LF Ron Hansen, SS J. C. Martin, C Ray Herbert, P Notable transactions May 5, 1963: Dom Zanni was traded by the White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Jim Brosnan.Jim Brosnan at Baseball Reference May 9, 1963: Sammy Esposito was released by the White Sox.Sammy Esposito at Baseball Reference Roster 1963 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers 18 Fritz Ackley 38 Frank Baumann 27 Jim Brosnan 30 John Buzhardt 22 Dave DeBusschere 28 Eddie Fisher 21 Ray Herbert 20 Joe Horlen 36 Bruce Howard 23 Mike Joyce 27 Frank Kreutzer 43 Gary Peters 27 Taylor Phillips 32 Juan Pizarro 19 Joe Shipley 35 Fred Talbot 31 Hoyt Wilhelm 19 Dom Zanni Catchers 45 Cam Carreon 10 Sherm Lollar 12 J. C. Martin Infielders 24 Don Buford  5 Joe Cunningham  2 Nellie Fox  4 Ron Hansen 50 Deacon Jones 25 Jim Lemon 14 Tommy McCraw  9 Charley Smith  8 Pete Ward  6 Al Weis Outfielders 17 Ken Berry 40 Mike Hershberger  1 Jim Landis  7 Charlie Maxwell 16 Brian McCall 11 Dave Nicholson  3 Floyd Robinson 26 Gene Stephens Other batters 14 Sammy Esposito Manager 42 Al López Coaches 37 Ray Berres 34 Johnny Cooney 33 Tony Cuccinello 39 Don Gutteridge Game log Regular season Legend White Sox win White Sox loss Postponement Eliminated from playoff raceBoldWhite Sox team member background:black;color:white; 1963 regular season game log: 94–68 (Home: 49–33; Away: 45–35)1963 Chicago White Sox Schedule & Results https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHA/1963-schedule-scores.shtml Baseball Reference 29 April 2025 y background:white;color:black; April: 7–7 (Home: 4–2; Away: 3–5) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak |- y background:white;color:black; May: 20–12 (Home: 12–6; Away: 8–6) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak |- y background:white;color:black; June: 18–14 (Home: 10–8; Away: 8–6) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak |- y background:white;color:black; July: 14–13 (Home: 5–4; Away: 9–9) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak |-style=background:#bbbfff | style="Chicago White Sox 1963 2;" |— || July 9, 1963 || style="Chicago White Sox 1963 2;" |1:00p.m. CDT || colspan="9" style="Chicago White Sox 1963 2;" |34th All-Star Game in Cleveland, OH |- y background:white;color:black; August: 17–13 (Home: 5–6; Away: 12–7) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak |- y background:white;color:black; September: 18–9 (Home: 12–7; Away: 6–2) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak |- Player stats Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Ken Berry, CF 4 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 0 Don Buford, 3B, 2B 12 42 9 12 1 2 0 5 5 7 .286 1 Cam Carreon, C 101 270 28 74 10 1 2 35 23 32 .274 1 Joe Cunningham, 1B 67 210 32 60 12 1 1 31 33 23 .286 1 Sammy Esposito, PR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Nellie Fox, 2B 137 539 54 140 19 0 2 42 24 17 .260 0 Ron Hansen, SS 144 482 55 109 17 2 13 67 78 74 .226 1 Mike Hershberger, CF, RF 135 476 64 133 26 2 3 45 39 39 .279 9 Deacon Jones, 1B 17 16 4 3 0 1 1 2 2 2 .188 0 Jim Landis, CF 133 396 56 89 6 6 13 45 47 75 .225 8 Jim Lemon, 1B 36 80 4 16 0 1 1 8 12 32 .200 0 Sherm Lollar, C 35 73 4 17 4 0 0 6 8 7 .233 0 J. 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Martin, C 105 259 25 53 11 1 5 28 26 35 .205 0 Charlie Maxwell, LF, 1B 71 130 17 30 4 2 3 17 31 27 .231 0 Brian McCall, RF 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0 Tommy McCraw, 1B 102 280 38 71 11 3 6 33 21 46 .254 15 Dave Nicholson, LF 126 449 53 103 11 4 22 70 63 175 .229 2 Floyd Robinson, RF, LF 146 527 71 149 21 6 13 71 62 43 .283 4 Charley Smith, SS 4 7 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 .286 0 Gene Stephens, RF, LF 6 18 5 7 0 0 1 2 1 3 .389 0 Pete Ward, 3B 157 600 80 177 34 6 22 84 52 77 .295 7 Al Weis, 2B, SS 99 210 41 57 9 0 0 18 18 37 .271 15 Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Fritz Ackley, P 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 0 Frank Baumann, P 24 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .091 0 Jim Brosnan, P 45 13 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .308 0 John Buzhardt, P 20 48 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 20 .083 0 Dave DeBusschere, P 24 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 .045 0 Eddie Fisher, P 33 36 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 15 .139 0 Ray Herbert, P 33 63 7 14 4 0 1 10 9 18 .222 0 Joe Horlen, P 33 40 2 9 0 0 0 3 1 9 .225 0 Bruce Howard, P 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 0 Mike Joyce, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Frank Kreutzer, P 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Gary Peters, P 50 81 12 21 4 1 3 12 3 19 .259 0 Taylor Phillips, P 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 Juan Pizarro, P 32 73 10 13 2 0 2 10 3 26 .178 0 Joe Shipley, P 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 Fred Talbot, P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Hoyt Wilhelm, P 55 29 3 2 0 0 0 2 4 11 .069 0 Team totals 162 5508 683 1379 208 40 114 648 571 896 .250 64 Pitching Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K Fritz Ackley 1 0 2.08 2 2 0 13.0 7 4 3 2 7 11 Frank Baumann 2 1 3.04 24 1 1 50.1 52 22 17 2 19 31 Jim Brosnan 3 8 2.84 45 0 14 73.0 71 24 23 7 27 46 John Buzhardt 9 4 2.42 19 18 0 126.1 100 35 34 8 36 59 Dave DeBusschere 3 4 3.09 24 10 0 84.1 80 35 29 9 35 53 Eddie Fisher 9 8 3.95 33 15 0 120.2 114 57 53 14 30 67 Ray Herbert 13 10 3.24 33 33 0 224.2 230 86 81 12 40 105 Joe Horlen 11 7 3.27 33 21 0 124.0 122 50 45 10 63 61 Bruce Howard 2 1 2.65 7 0 1 17.0 12 7 5 0 14 9 Mike Joyce 0 0 8.44 6 0 0 10.2 13 10 10 1 10 7 Frank Kreutzer 1 0 1.80 1 1 0 5.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 Gary Peters 19 8 2.33 41 30 1 243.0 192 69 63 9 70 189 Taylor Phillips 0 0 10.29 9 0 0 14.0 16 16 16 2 18 13 Juan Pizarro 16 8 2.39 32 28 1 214.2 177 69 57 14 64 163 Joe Shipley 0 1 5.79 3 0 0 4.2 9 7 3 0 6 3 Fred Talbot 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 4 2 Hoyt Wilhelm 5 8 2.64 55 3 21 136.1 106 47 40 8 31 111 Dom Zanni 0 0 8.31 5 0 0 4.1 5 4 4 1 4 2 Team totals 94 68 2.97 162 162 39 1469.0 1311 544 485 100 479 932 Awards and honors All-Star Game Nellie Fox, reserve Juan Pizarro, reservehttp://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1963as.shtml 1963 All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Indianapolis Indians International League Rollie Hemsley AA Lynchburg White Sox Sally League Les Moss A Sarasota Sun Sox Florida State League Ira Hutchinson A Clinton C-Sox Midwest League Don Bacon A Eugene Emeralds Northwest League George Noga and Chips Sobek Rookie Middlesboro Cubsox Appalachian League Ripper Collins, Hugh Mulcahy and George Noga LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Indianapolis, Sarasota, Clinton Middlesboro affiliation shared with Chicago CubsJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 Notes 2 References 1963 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Chicago White Sox season Chicago