1963 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Boston Red Sox 1963 American League Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts 76–85 (.472) 7th Tom Yawkey Tom Yawkey Pinky Higgins Johnny Pesky WHDH-TV, Ch. 5 WHDH-AM 850(Curt Gowdy, Ned Martin, Art Gleeson) bos BOS The 1963 Boston Red Sox season was the 63rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished seventh in the American League (AL) with a record of 76 wins and 85 losses, 28 games behind the AL champion New York Yankees. Offseason November 26, 1962: Glenn Beckert was drafted from the Red Sox by the Chicago Cubs in the 1962 first-year draft.Glenn Beckert page at Baseball Reference November 26, 1962: Joe Foy was drafted by the Boston Red Sox from the Minnesota Twins in the 1962 minor league draft.Joe Foy Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents BOS Opening Day lineup   2 Chuck Schilling 2B  1 Ed Bressoud SS  8 Carl Yastrzemski     LF  7 Dick Stuart 1B  4 Román Mejías CF  6 Lou Clinton RF11 Frank Malzone 3B10 Bob Tillman C 27 Bill Monbouquette     P Notable transactions April 1963: Bob Smith was purchased by the Red Sox from the St. Louis Cardinals.Bobby Gene Smith page at Baseball Reference August 14, 1963: Jim Lonborg was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox.Jim Lonborg page at Baseball Reference Roster 1963 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers 18 Gene Conley 14 Ike Delock 21 Arnold Earley 20 Mike Fornieles 20 Bob Heffner 28 Hal Kolstad 36 Jack Lamabe 27 Bill Monbouquette 23 Dave Morehead 31 Chet Nichols Jr. 17 Dick Radatz 49 Pete Smith 29 Jerry Stephenson 29 Bob Turley 26 Earl Wilson 19 Wilbur Wood Catchers  5 Russ Nixon 10 Bob Tillman Infielders  1 Ed Bressoud 15 Billy Gardner 11 Frank Malzone 12 Félix Mantilla 38 Rico Petrocelli  2 Chuck Schilling  7 Dick Stuart 16 Dick Williams Outfielders  6 Lou Clinton  3 Gary Geiger 25 Jim Gosger  4 Román Mejías  8 Carl Yastrzemski Manager 22 Johnny Pesky Coaches 34 Harry Dorish (Pitching) 35 Billy Herman (Third base) 33 Al Lakeman (Bullpen) 32 Harry Malmberg (First base) Player stats = Indicates team 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 Bob Tillman 96 307 69 .225 8 32 1B Dick Stuart 157 612 160 .261 42 118 2B Chuck Schilling 146 576 135 .234 8 33 3B Frank Malzone 151 580 169 .291 15 71 SS Ed Bressoud 140 497 129 .260 20 60 LF Carl Yastrzemski 151 570 183 .321 14 68 CF Gary Geiger 121 399 105 .263 16 44 RF Lou Clinton 148 560 130 .232 22 77 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 Roman Mejias 111 357 81 .227 11 39 Russ Nixon 98 287 77 .268 5 30 Felix Mantilla Felix Mantilla (baseball) 66 178 56 .315 6 15 Dick Williams 79 136 35 .257 2 12 Billy Gardner 36 84 16 .190 0 1 Jim Gosger 19 16 1 .063 0 0 Rico Petrocelli 1 4 1 .250 0 1 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 Bill Monbouquette 37 266.2 20 10 3.81 173 Earl Wilson Earl Wilson (baseball) 37 210.2 11 16 3.76 123 Dave Morehead 29 174.2 10 13 3.81 136 Bob Heffner 20 124.2 4 9 4.26 77 Gene Conley 9 40.2 3 4 6.64 14 Ike Delock 6 32.0 1 2 4.50 23 Jerry Stephenson 1 2.1 0 0 7.71 3 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 Wilbur Wood 25 64.2 5 0 3.76 28 Chet Nichols Jr. 21 52.2 3 0 4.78 27 Bob Turley 11 41.1 1 4 6.10 35 Pete Smith Pete Smith (baseball, born 1940) 6 15.0 0 0 3.60 6 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 Dick Radatz 66 15 6 23 1.97 162 Jack Lamabe 65 7 4 6 3.15 93 Arnold Earley 53 3 7 1 4.75 97 Mike Fornieles 9 0 0 0 6.43 5 Hal Kolstad 7 0 2 0 13.09 6 Awards and honors Carl Yastrzemski, Gold Glove Award (OF) All-Star Game1963 All-Star Game Bill Monbouquette, reserve P Carl Yastrzemski, reserve OF Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Seattle Rainiers Pacific Coast League Mel Parnell AA Reading Red Sox Eastern League Eddie Popowski A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Matt Sczesny and Bill Slack A Waterloo Hawks Midwest League Len Okrie A Wellsville Red Sox New York–Penn League Bill Slack and Matt Sczesny Source:Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007https://archive.org/details/bostonredsoxyear1963bost/page/32/mode/2up Boston Red Sox Yearbook 1963 33 March 14, 2021 Wayback Machine References 30em External links 1963 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1963 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com Category:Boston Red Sox seasons Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Category:1960s in Boston Category:Long stubs with short prose