1963 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season the Major League Baseball team the National Football League team 1963 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 1963 St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg National League Busch Stadium I St. Louis, Missouri 93–69 (.574) 2nd August "Gussie" Busch Bing Devine Johnny Keane KSD-TV KMOX (Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Jerry Gross) The 1963 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 82nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 72nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 93–69 (.574) during the season, and finished second in the National League, six games behind the eventual World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The season was Stan Musial's 22nd and final season with the team, and in MLB. This is also the first season that the players' last names appeared on the back of the uniforms. Offseason October 5, 1962: Red Schoendienst was released by the Cardinals.Red Schoendienst page at Baseball Reference October 17, 1962: Larry Jackson, Lindy McDaniel, and Jimmie Schaffer were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Don Cardwell, George Altman and Moe Thacker.Don Cardwell page at Baseball Reference November 19, 1962: Don Cardwell and Julio Gotay were traded by the Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dick Groat and Diomedes Olivo. November 26, 1962: Tom Matchick was drafted from the Cardinals by the Detroit Tigers in the 1962 first-year draft.Tom Matchick page at Baseball Reference Prior to 1963 season: Duke Carmel was acquired from the Indians by the St. Louis Cardinals.Duke Carmel page at Baseball Reference February 1963: Coco Laboy was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.Coco Laboy page at Baseball Reference Regular season Future Hall of Famer Stan Musial played his final game on September 29, a 3–2 victory in 14 innings against the visiting Cincinnati Reds. All four starting infielders in the 1963 All-Star Game were Cardinals. Ken Boyer (3B), Dick Groat (SS), and Bill White (1B) were elected, and Julián Javier (2B) took over for the elected but injured Bill Mazeroski of Pittsburgh.Baseball Almanac page for the 1963 All-Star Game Pitcher Bobby Shantz, first baseman Bill White, third baseman Ken Boyer, and outfielder Curt Flood won Gold Gloves this year.NL Gold Glove Award winners at Baseball Reference Season standings Record vs. opponents STL Notable transactions April 2, 1963: Minnie Miñoso was purchased from the Cardinals by the Washington Senators.Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference April 1963: Bob Smith was purchased from the Cardinals by the Boston Red Sox.Bobby Gene Smith page at Baseball Reference June 13, 1963: Elrod Hendricks was released by the Cardinals.Elrod Hendricks page at Baseball Reference July 29, 1963: Duke Carmel was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Mets for Jacke Davis and cash. Roster 1963 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers 38 Ed Bauta 32 Ernie Broglio 33 Lew Burdette 30 Harry Fanok 45 Bob Gibson 47 Bob Humphreys 35 Sam Jones 28 Ken MacKenzie 41 Diomedes Olivo 37 Ray Sadecki 36 Barney Schultz 34 Bobby Shantz 31 Curt Simmons 39 Ron Taylor 44 Ray Washburn Catchers 15 Tim McCarver 29 Gene Oliver 38 Dave Ricketts  1 Carl Sawatski 29 Moe Thacker Infielders 19 Bud Bloomfield 14 Ken Boyer 11 Jerry Buchek 19 Jack Damaska 16 Phil Gagliano 24 Dick Groat 25 Julián Javier 27 Dal Maxvill 12 Bill White Outfielders 26 George Altman 18 Leo Burke 28 Duke Carmel 22 Doug Clemens 21 Curt Flood 23 Charlie James 20 Gary Kolb  6 Stan Musial 18 Mike Shannon 29 Corky Withrow Other batters 17 Jim Beauchamp 10 Jeoff Long  2 Red Schoendienst Manager  5 Johnny Keane Coaches  8 Vern Benson  4 Howie Pollet  2 Red Schoendienst  3 Joe Schultz Game log Regular season Legend Cardinals win Cardinals loss Postponement Eliminated from playoff raceBoldCardinals team member St. Louis Cardinals 1940thru2021 1963 regular season game log: 93–69 (Home: 53–28; Away: 40–41)https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SLN/1963-schedule-scores.shtml 1963 St. Louis Cardinals schedule and results Baseball Reference January 4, 2026 y St. Louis Cardinals 1940thru2021 April: 14–6 (Home: 4–3; Away: 10–3) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- style="background:#bfb;" | 17 || April 26, 1963 || 10:00p.m. CST || @ Dodgers || W 8–7 || Bauta (1–1) || Perranoski (2–1) || Shantz (1) || 2:41 || 24,959 || 11–6 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 18 || April 27, 1963 || 10:00p.m. CST || @ Dodgers || W 3–0 || Washburn (4–0) || Sherry (0–1) || — || 2:15 || 33,949 || 12–6 || W2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 19 || April 28, 1963 || 3:00p.m. CDT || @ Dodgers || W 9–5 || Broglio (3–0) || Podres (1–3) || Taylor (1) || 2:56 || 36,245 || 13–6 || W3 |- y St. Louis Cardinals 1940thru2021 May: 15–15 (Home: 10–6; Away: 5–9) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- style="background:#fbb;" | 27 || May 7, 1963 || 8:00p.m. CDT || Dodgers || L 1–11 || Koufax (3–1) || Washburn (5–1) || Rowe (1) || 2:23 || 16,609 || 16–11 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 28 || May 8, 1963 || 8:00p.m. CDT || Dodgers || L 5–11 || Perranoski (5–1) || Shantz (1–2) || Scott (1) || 2:50 || 10,918 || 16–12 || L2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 29 || May 9, 1963 || 8:00p.m. CDT || Dodgers || W 10–7 || Gibson (1–1) || Richert (0–1) || Fanok (1) || 2:56 || 10,762 || 17–12 || W1 |- y St. Louis Cardinals 1940thru2021 June: 16–10 (Home: 10–6; Away: 6–4) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- style="background:#fbb;" | 68 || June 21, 1963 || 8:00p.m. CDT || Dodgers || L 3–5 || Koufax (11–3) || Simmons (7–3) || Perranoski (4) || 2:32 || 28,423 || 40–28 || L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 69 || June 22, 1963 || 1:30p.m. CDT || Dodgers || W 2–1 || Gibson (6–3) || Willhite (1–1) || Taylor (4) || 2:32 || 20,875 || 41–28 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 70 || June 23, 1963 || 1:30p.m. CDT || Dodgers || L 3–4 || Miller (5–4) || Broglio (8–3) || Perranoski (5) || 2:41 || 26,553 || 41–29 || L1 |- y St. Louis Cardinals 1940thru2021 July: 14–16 (Home: 7–5; Away: 7–11) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- style="background:#fbb;" | 78 || July 2, 1963 || 10:00p.m. CDT || @ Dodgers || L 0–1 || Drysdale (10–9) || Simmons (7–4) || — || 1:48 || 39,824 || 45–33 || L3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 79 || July 3, 1963 || 10:00p.m. CDT || @ Dodgers || L 0–5 || Koufax (13–3) || Gibson (7–4) || — || 1:53 || 51,898 || 45–34 || L4 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 80 || July 4, 1963 || 10:00p.m. CDT || @ Dodgers || L 7–10 || Roebuck (2–3) || Broglio (9–4) || Perranoski (7) || 3:02 || 30,726 || 45–35 || L5 |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || July 9, 1963 || 12:00Noon CDT || 34th All-Star Game || colspan=8 | National League vs. American League (Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio) |- y St. Louis Cardinals 1940thru2021 August: 15–13 (Home: 5–3; Away: 10–10) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- style="background:#fbb;" | 124 || August 20, 1963 || 10:00p.m. CDT || @ Dodgers || L 5–7 || Miller (8–8) || Burdette (8–10) || — || 2:45 || 50,122 || 69–55 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 125 || August 21, 1963 || 10:00p.m. CDT || @ Dodgers || L 1–2 (16) || Sherry (2–4) || Taylor (7–5) || — || 3:48 || 54,125 || 69–56 || L2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 126 || August 22, 1963 || 10:00p.m. CDT || @ Dodgers || W 3–2 || Broglio (14–8) || Drysdale (16–14) || Jones (2) || 2:32 || 48,569 || 70–56 || W1 |- y St. Louis Cardinals 1940thru2021 September: 19–9 (Home: 14–5; Away: 5–4) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- style="background:#fbb;" | 153 || September 16, 1963 || 8:00p.m. CDT || Dodgers || L 1–3 || Podres (14–10) || Shantz (6–4) || Perranoski (18) || 2:34 || 32,442 || 91–62 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 154 || September 17, 1963 || 8:00p.m. CDT || Dodgers || L 0–4 || Koufax (24–5) || Simmons (15–8) || — || 1:51 || 30,450 || 91–63 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 155 || September 18, 1963 || 8:00p.m. CDT || Dodgers || L 5–6 (13) || Perranoski (16–3) || Burdette (9–12) || — || 3:44 || 25,975 || 91–64 || L3 |- Detailed records National League Opponent Home Away Total Pct. Runs scored Runs allowed Los Angeles Dodgers 2–7 4–5 6–12 6 12 66 91 St. Louis Cardinals — — — — — — 53–28 40–41 93–69 93 69 747 628 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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Tim McCarver 127 405 117 .289 4 51 1B Bill White Bill White (first baseman) 162 658 200 .304 27 109 2B Julián Javier 161 609 160 .263 9 46 SS Dick Groat 158 631 201 .319 6 73 3B Ken Boyer 159 617 176 .285 24 111 LF Stan Musial 124 337 86 .255 12 58 CF Curt Flood 158 662 200 .302 5 63 RF George Altman 135 464 127 .274 9 47 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 Charlie James Charlie James (baseball) 116 347 93 .268 10 45 Carl Sawatski 56 105 25 .238 6 14 Gene Oliver 39 102 23 .225 6 18 Gary Kolb 75 96 26 .271 3 10 Dal Maxvill 53 51 12 .235 0 3 Leo Burke Leo Burke (baseball) 30 49 10 .204 1 5 Duke Carmel 57 44 10 .227 1 2 Mike Shannon 32 26 8 .308 1 2 Corky Withrow 6 9 0 .000 0 1 Dave Ricketts 3 8 2 .250 0 0 Doug Clemens 5 6 1 .167 1 2 Phil Gagliano 10 5 2 .400 0 1 Red Schoendienst 6 5 0 .000 0 0 Jack Damaska 5 5 1 .200 0 1 Jeoff Long 5 5 1 .200 0 0 Moe Thacker 3 4 0 .000 0 0 Jerry Buchek 3 4 1 .250 0 0 Jim Beauchamp 4 3 0 .000 0 0 Bud Bloomfield 1 0 0 ---- 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 Bob Gibson 36 254.2 18 9 3.39 204 Ernie Broglio 39 250.0 18 8 2.99 145 Curt Simmons 32 232.2 15 9 2.48 127 Ray Sadecki 36 193.1 10 10 4.10 136 Lew Burdette 21 98.0 3 8 3.77 45 Ray Washburn 11 64.0 5 3 3.08 47 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 Ron Taylor Ron Taylor (baseball) 54 133.1 9 7 2.84 91 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 Bobby Shantz 55 6 4 11 2.61 70 Ed Bauta 38 3 4 3 3.93 30 Barney Schultz 24 2 0 1 3.57 26 Diomedes Olivo 19 0 5 0 5.40 9 Harry Fanok 12 2 1 1 5.26 25 Sam Jones Sam Jones (baseball) 11 2 0 2 9.00 8 Bob Humphreys Bob Humphreys (baseball) 9 0 1 0 5.06 8 Ken MacKenzie Ken MacKenzie (baseball) 8 0 0 0 4.00 7 Awards and honors Johnny Keane, Associated Press NL Manager of the Year All-Star Game Bill White, first base, starter Ken Boyer, third base, starter Dick Groat, shortstop, starter Stan Musial, reserve http://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1963as.shtml 1963 All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Atlanta Crackers International League Harry Walker AA Tulsa Oilers Texas League Grover Resinger A Brunswick Cardinals Georgia–Florida League George Kissell A Winnipeg Goldeyes Northern League Fred Koenig A Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Ron PlazaLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: TulsaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1963 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1963 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Saint Louis Cardinals season St Louis