1963 San Francisco Giants season

March 2026 November 2013 San Francisco Giants 1963 National League Candlestick Park San Francisco 88 74 y 3rd Horace Stoneham Chub Feeney Alvin Dark KTVU(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons) KSFO(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons) The 1963 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 81st year in Major League Baseball, their sixth year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their fourth at Candlestick Park. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 88–74 record, 11 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. Offseason November 30, 1962: Manny Mota and Dick LeMay were traded by the Giants to the Houston Colt .45s for Joey Amalfitano.Manny Mota at Baseball-Reference December 15, 1962: Stu Miller, Mike McCormick, and John Orsino were traded by the Giants to the Baltimore Orioles for Jack Fisher, Jimmie Coker and Billy Hoeft.Jack Fisher at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings San Francisco Giants Record vs. opponents SF Opening Day starters Felipe Alou Orlando Cepeda Jim Davenport Tom Haller Chuck Hiller Willie Mays Willie McCovey José Pagán Jack Sanfordhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1963&t=SFN 1963 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac Notable transactions August 8, 1963: Norm Larker was purchased by the Giants from the Milwaukee Braves.Norm Larker at Baseball-Reference Roster 1963 San Francisco Giants Roster Pitchers 42 Bobby Bolin 34 Jim Constable 45 Jim Duffalo 22 Jack Fisher 28 Bob Garibaldi 34 Ron Herbel 20 Billy Hoeft 18 Don Larsen 36 Frank Linzy 27 Juan Marichal 31 Billy O'Dell 35,36 Gaylord Perry 19 Billy Pierce 40 John Pregenzer 33 Jack Sanford 48 Al Stanek Catchers  6 Ed Bailey  2 Jimmie Coker  5 Tom Haller Infielders 14 Joey Amalfitano 21 Ernie Bowman 30 Orlando Cepeda 12 Jim Davenport 16 Jim Ray Hart 26 Chuck Hiller 16 Norm Larker 15 José Pagán 17 Cap Peterson Outfielders 23 Felipe Alou 14 Jesús Alou 41 Matty Alou 10 José Cardenal  7 Harvey Kuenn 24 Willie Mays 44 Willie McCovey Manager  1 Alvin Dark Coaches 46 Larry Jansen  3 Whitey Lockman  9 Wes Westrum Season summary July 2: A four-hour and ten minute pitching duel between Juan Marichal and Warren Spahn ends with Willie Mays hitting a home run in the bottom of the 16th inning, the SF Giants winning 1-0.. Retrieved 2014-May-18. Game log Regular season Legend Giants win Giants loss Postponement Eliminated from playoff raceBoldGiants team member San Francisco Giants 1958thru1972 1963 regular season game log: 88–74 (Home: 50–31; Away: 38–43)https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFN/1963-schedule-scores.shtml 1963 San Francisco Giants schedule and results Baseball Reference January 10, 2026 y San Francisco Giants 1958thru1972 April: 11–9 (Home: 8–8; Away: 5–1) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- y San Francisco Giants 1958thru1972 May: 19–9 (Home: 9–3; Away: 10–6) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |-style="background:#fbb;" | 30 || May 10, 1963 || 8:00p.m. PDT || @ Dodgers || L 1–2 || Drysdale (3–3) || Sanford (5–2) || — || 2:00 || 50,407 || 19–11 || L1 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 31 || May 11, 1963 || 8:00p.m. PDT || @ Dodgers || L 0–8 || Koufax (4–1) || Marichal (4–3) || — || 2:13 || 49,807 || 19–12 || L2 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 32 || May 12, 1963 || 1:00p.m. PDT || @ Dodgers || L 5–6 || Calmus (1–0) || Fisher (3–3) || Perranoski (2) || 2:38 || 43,964 || 19–13 || L3 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 42 || May 24, 1963 || 8:15p.m. PDT || Dodgers || W 7–1 || Marichal (6–3) || Koufax (6–2) || — || 2:05 || 40,676 || 27–15 || W4 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 43 || May 25, 1963 || 1:00p.m. PDT || Dodgers || W 6–2 || O'Dell (7–0) || Podres (3–4) || Larsen (1) || 2:13 || 39,858 || 28–15 || W5 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 44 || May 26, 1963 || 1:00p.m. PDT || Dodgers || L 3–4 (10) || Drysdale (6–4) || Larsen(0–2) || — || 2:50 || 41,668 || 28–16 || L1 |- y San Francisco Giants 1958thru1972 June: 14–15 (Home: 9–3; Away: 5–12) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |-style="background:#bfb;" | 58 || June 10, 1963 || 8:00p.m. PDT || @ Dodgers || W 7–3 || Larsen (1–3) || Perranoski (7–2) || — || 3:12 || 52,993 || 32–26 || W1 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 59 || June 11, 1963 || 8:00p.m. PDT || @ Dodgers || W 3–0 || Marichal (9–3) || Drysdale (7–7) || — || 2:10|| 53,436 || 33–26 || W2 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 66 || June 17, 1963 || 8:15p.m. PDT || Dodgers || L 0–2 || Koufax (10–3) || O'Dell (9–3) || — || 2:13 || 36,818 || 38–28 || L1 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 67 || June 18, 1963 || 8:15p.m. PDT || Dodgers || W 9–3 || Sanford (9–5) || Miller (4–4) || — || 2:21 || 37,780 || 39–28 || W1 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 68 || June 19, 1963 || 1:00p.m. PDT || Dodgers || W 8–3 || Marichal (11–3) || Drysdale (8–8) || Pierce (3) || 2:32 || 41,384 || 40–28 || W2 |- y San Francisco Giants 1958thru1972 July: 16–14 (Home: 12–5; Away: 4–9) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || July 9, 1963 || 10:00a.m. PDT || 34th All-Star Game || colspan=8 | National League vs. American League (Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio) |- y San Francisco Giants 1958thru1972 August: 14–14 (Home: 5–5; Away: 9–9) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |-style="background:#fbb;" | 133 || August 29, 1963 || 8:00p.m. PDT || @ Dodgers || L 1–11 || Koufax (20–5) || Pierce (3–10) || — || 2:38 || 54,978 || 73–60 || L1 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 134 || August 30, 1963 || 8:00p.m. PDT || @ Dodgers || L 1–3 || Drysdale (17–15) || Marichal (19–8) || — || 2:34 || 54,843 || 73–61 || L2 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 135 || August 31, 1963 || 8:00p.m. PDT || @ Dodgers || W 4–3 (12) || Larsen (6–5) || Sherry (2–5) || — || 3:25 || 54,858 || 74–61 || W1 |- y San Francisco Giants 1958thru1972 September: 14–13 (Home: 9–8; Away: 5–5) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |-style="background:#fbb;" | 136 || September 1, 1963 || 1:00p.m. PDT || @ Dodgers || L 3–5 || Calmus (3–1) || Larsen (6–6) || Podres (1) || 3:42 || 54,263 || 74–62 || L1 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 142 || September 6, 1963 || 8:15p.m. PDT || Dodgers || L 2–5 || Koufax (22–5) || O'Dell (12–7) || Perranoski (15) || 2:35 || 38,161 || 76–66 || L2 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 143 || September 7, 1963 || 1:00p.m. PDT || Dodgers || W 5–3 || Marichal (21–8) || Drysdale (17–16) || — || 2:04 || 36,879 || 77–66 || W1 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 144 || September 8, 1963 || 1:00p.m. PDT || Dodgers || W 5–4 || Larsen (7–6) || Perranoski (14–3) || — || 2:45 || 38,569 || 78–66 || W2 |- Detailed records National League Opponent Home Away Total Pct. Runs scored Runs allowed Los Angeles Dodgers 6–3 3–6 9–9 9 9 70 68 San Francisco Giants — — — — — — 50–31 38–43 88–74 88 74 725 641 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 Ed Bailey 105 308 81 .263 21 68 1B Orlando Cepeda 156 579 183 .316 34 97 2B Chuck Hiller 111 417 93 .223 6 33 SS José Pagán 148 483 113 .234 6 39 3B Jim Davenport 147 460 116 .252 4 36 LF Willie McCovey 152 564 158 .280 44 102 CF Willie Mays 157 596 187 .314 38 103 RF Felipe Alou 157 565 159 .281 20 82 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 Harvey Kuenn 120 417 121 .290 6 31 Tom Haller 98 298 76 .255 14 44 Joey Amalfitano 54 137 24 .175 1 7 Ernie Bowman 81 125 23 .184 0 4 Matty Alou 63 76 11 .145 0 2 Cap Peterson 22 54 14 .259 1 2 Jesús Alou 16 24 6 .250 0 5 Jim Ray Hart 7 20 4 .200 0 2 Norm Larker 19 14 1 .071 0 0 José Cardenal 9 5 1 .200 0 2 Jimmie Coker 4 5 1 .200 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 Juan Marichal 41 321.1 25 8 2.41 248 Jack Sanford 42 284.1 16 13 3.51 158 Billy O'Dell 36 222.1 14 10 3.16 116 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 Bobby Bolin 47 137.1 10 6 3.28 134 Jack Fisher 36 116.0 6 10 4.58 57 Billy Pierce 38 99.0 3 11 4.27 52 Gaylord Perry 31 76.0 1 6 4.03 52 Jim Duffalo 34 75.1 4 2 2.87 55 Frank Linzy 8 16.2 0 0 4.86 14 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 Don Larsen 46 7 7 4 3.05 44 Billy Hoeft 23 2 0 4 4.44 8 Al Stanek 11 0 0 0 4.73 5 John Pregenzer 6 0 0 1 4.82 5 Bob Garibaldi 4 0 1 1 1.13 4 Jim Constable 4 0 0 0 3.86 1 Ron Herbel 2 0 0 0 6.75 1 Awards and honors Willie Mays, All-Star Game Most Valuable Player All-Star Game Ed Bailey, catcher, starter Willie Mays, outfield, starter Orlando Cepeda, reserve Juan Marichal, reserve Willie McCovey, reserve http://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1963as.shtml 1963 All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Tacoma Giants Pacific Coast League Andy Gilbert AA Springfield Giants Eastern League Buddy Kerr AA El Paso Sun Kings Texas League George Genovese A Fresno Giants California League Bill Werle A Decatur Commodores Midwest League Richie Klaus A Lexington Giants Western Carolinas League Max Lanier Rookie Salem Rebels Appalachian League Alex CosmidisJohnson, 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 San Francisco Giants team at Baseball-Reference 1963 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac Category:San Francisco Giants seasons San Francisco Giants season San Fran Category:1963 in San Francisco