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href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a>, MVP</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1963 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a>, July 9 at <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Stadium" title="Cleveland Stadium">Municipal Stadium</a>: National League, 5–3; <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a>, MVP</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_champions">Other champions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1963_College_World_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="1963 College World Series">College World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">USC</a></li> <li><a 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/16px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a></div></div></div></div> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nippon_Professional_Baseball_final_standings">Nippon Professional Baseball final standings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Nippon Professional Baseball final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Central_League_final_standings">Central League final standings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Central League final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width="60%" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="35%"><a href="/wiki/Central_League" title="Central League">Central League</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Games_played" title="Games played">G</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">W</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Loss_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loss (baseball)">L</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Tie_(draw)" title="Tie (draw)">T</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">Pct.</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Games_behind" title="Games behind">GB</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> </th> <td>140</td> <td>83</td> <td>55</td> <td>2</td> <td>.601</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Dragons" title="Chunichi Dragons">Chunichi Dragons</a> </th> <td>140</td> <td>80</td> <td>57</td> <td>3</td> <td>.584</td> <td>2.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Hanshin_Tigers" title="Hanshin Tigers">Hanshin Tigers</a> </th> <td>140</td> <td>69</td> <td>70</td> <td>1</td> <td>.496</td> <td>14.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Kokutetsu_Swallows" class="mw-redirect" title="Kokutetsu Swallows">Kokutetsu Swallows</a> </th> <td>140</td> <td>65</td> <td>73</td> <td>2</td> <td>.471</td> <td>18.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Taiyo_Whales" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiyo Whales">Taiyo Whales</a> </th> <td>140</td> <td>59</td> <td>79</td> <td>2</td> <td>.428</td> <td>24.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Carp" class="mw-redirect" title="Hiroshima Carp">Hiroshima Carp</a> </th> <td>140</td> <td>58</td> <td>80</td> <td>2</td> <td>.420</td> <td>25.0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pacific_League_final_standings">Pacific League final standings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Pacific League final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width="60%" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="35%"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_League" title="Pacific League">Pacific League</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Games_played" title="Games played">G</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">W</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Loss_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loss (baseball)">L</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Tie_(draw)" title="Tie (draw)">T</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">Pct.</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Games_behind" title="Games behind">GB</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Nishitetsu_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Nishitetsu Lions">Nishitetsu Lions</a> </th> <td>150</td> <td>86</td> <td>60</td> <td>4</td> <td>.589</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Nankai_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Nankai Hawks">Nankai Hawks</a> </th> <td>150</td> <td>85</td> <td>61</td> <td>4</td> <td>.582</td> <td>1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Toei_Flyers" class="mw-redirect" title="Toei Flyers">Toei Flyers</a> </th> <td>150</td> <td>76</td> <td>71</td> <td>3</td> <td>.517</td> <td>10.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Kintetsu_Buffaloes" class="mw-redirect" title="Kintetsu Buffaloes">Kintetsu Buffaloes</a> </th> <td>150</td> <td>74</td> <td>73</td> <td>3</td> <td>.503</td> <td>12.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Daimai_Orions" class="mw-redirect" title="Daimai Orions">Daimai Orions</a> </th> <td>150</td> <td>64</td> <td>85</td> <td>1</td> <td>.430</td> <td>23.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Hankyu_Braves" class="mw-redirect" title="Hankyu Braves">Hankyu Braves</a> </th> <td>150</td> <td>57</td> <td>92</td> <td>1</td> <td>.383</td> <td>30.5 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 14 – The <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> pull off a blockbuster trade. Baltimore obtains future <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a> shortstop <a href="/wiki/Luis_Aparicio" title="Luis Aparicio">Luis Aparicio</a> and veteran outfielder <a href="/wiki/Al_Smith_(outfielder)" title="Al Smith (outfielder)">Al Smith</a> in exchange for Cooperstown-bound knuckleballer <a href="/wiki/Hoyt_Wilhelm" title="Hoyt Wilhelm">Hoyt Wilhelm</a>, shortstop <a href="/wiki/Ron_Hansen_(baseball)" title="Ron Hansen (baseball)">Ron Hansen</a> (the 1960 <a href="/wiki/American_League_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="American League Rookie of the Year Award">American League Rookie of the Year</a>), third baseman <a href="/wiki/Pete_Ward" title="Pete Ward">Pete Ward</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Dave_Nicholson" title="Dave Nicholson">Dave Nicholson</a>. The White Sox gain, in Wilhelm, a shutdown relief pitcher, as well as three regulars; meanwhile, Aparicio will help the Orioles break through to a <a href="/wiki/1966_World_Series" title="1966 World Series">World Series</a> championship in 1966.</li> <li>January 24 – The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> acquire <a href="/wiki/Don_Zimmer" title="Don Zimmer">Don Zimmer</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> in exchange for minor league pitcher <a href="/wiki/Scott_Breeden" title="Scott Breeden">Scott Breeden</a>.</li> <li>January 27 – <a href="/wiki/Sam_Rice" title="Sam Rice">Sam Rice</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eppa_Rixey" title="Eppa Rixey">Eppa Rixey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elmer_Flick" title="Elmer Flick">Elmer Flick</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Clarkson" title="John Clarkson">John Clarkson</a> are elected to the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Hall of Fame</a> by the Special Veterans Committee.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 7 – The <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a> sign pitcher <a href="/wiki/Marcel_Lachemann" title="Marcel Lachemann">Marcel Lachemann</a>, who becomes known as a manager and pitching coach after his playing days.</li> <li>February 20 – On the eve of <a href="/wiki/Spring_training" title="Spring training">spring training</a> and Year 3 of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>' "<a href="/wiki/College_of_Coaches" title="College of Coaches">College of Coaches</a>" era, owner <a href="/wiki/Philip_K._Wrigley" title="Philip K. Wrigley">Philip K. Wrigley</a> appoints former <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> outfielder and native Chicagoan <a href="/wiki/Bob_Kennedy" title="Bob Kennedy">Bob Kennedy</a> "head coach." But in a departure from the coaching rotations of 1961–1962, it is announced that Kennedy is expected to serve in the post for the full 1963 season. In fact, Kennedy leads the Cubs to an 82–80 mark, their first above-.500 season since <a href="/wiki/1946_Chicago_Cubs_season" title="1946 Chicago Cubs season">1946</a>, and will hold the head coaching job through June 13, 1965.</li> <li>February 27 – The <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a> trade right-hander <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Walker" title="Jerry Walker">Jerry Walker</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> for outfielder <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Essegian" title="Chuck Essegian">Chuck Essegian</a>. Walker, 24, is a former member of the "Kiddie Corps"—mostly <a href="/wiki/Bonus_baby" class="mw-redirect" title="Bonus baby">"bonus-baby"</a> <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitchers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a>. His brief MLB playing career (which ends in 1964) will be superseded by a 40+ year tenure as a pitching coach and front-office executive.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 22 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>, who finished last in the National League with a 40–120 record in their inaugural season, purchase pitcher <a href="/wiki/Carl_Willey" title="Carl Willey">Carl Willey</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Milwaukee Braves</a>. Willey will attempt to boost a pitching rotation that includes <a href="/wiki/Roger_Craig_(baseball)" title="Roger Craig (baseball)">Roger Craig</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al_Jackson" title="Al Jackson">Al Jackson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tracy_Stallard" title="Tracy Stallard">Tracy Stallard</a>. The Mets will improve to 51–111 in 1963.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 1 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> purchase the contract of outfielder <a href="/wiki/Duke_Snider" title="Duke Snider">Duke Snider</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>. Future Hall of Famer Snider, 36, is one of the most celebrated stars of the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a>' 1950s <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> dynasty.</li> <li>April 8 – The <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> acquire pitcher <a href="/wiki/Denny_McLain" title="Denny McLain">Denny McLain</a> off first-year waivers from the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>.</li> <li>April 11 – <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Warren Spahn</a> of the <a href="/wiki/1963_Milwaukee_Braves_season" title="1963 Milwaukee Braves season">Milwaukee Braves</a> becomes the all-time winningest left-handed <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a> in Major League Baseball history. His 6–1 victory over the <a href="/wiki/1963_New_York_Mets_season" title="1963 New York Mets season">New York Mets</a> gives him 328 career wins, moving him ahead of <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Plank" title="Eddie Plank">Eddie Plank</a> as the all-time winningest left-hander. Except for <a href="/wiki/Duke_Snider" title="Duke Snider">Duke Snider</a>'s home run in today's game, no Mets get past second base.</li> <li>April 13 – After 11 hitless at bats, <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> second baseman <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a> records his first major league hit, a <a href="/wiki/Triple_(baseball)" title="Triple (baseball)">triple</a> off <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Bob_Friend" title="Bob Friend">Bob Friend</a>. Increased enforcement of the <a href="/wiki/Balk" title="Balk">balk</a> rule produces a Major League record seven in the Pirates' 12–4 trouncing of the Reds at <a href="/wiki/Crosley_Field" title="Crosley Field">Crosley Field</a>. Friend commits four of the balks.</li> <li>April 21 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> acquire southpaw relief pitcher <a href="/wiki/Steve_Hamilton_(sportsman,_born_1934)" title="Steve Hamilton (sportsman, born 1934)">Steve Hamilton</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%931971)" title="Washington Senators (1961–1971)">Washington Senators</a> for right-handed reliever <a href="/wiki/Jim_Coates" title="Jim Coates">Jim Coates</a>.</li> <li>April 29 – The <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> claim 18-year-old outfielder <a href="/wiki/Curt_Blefary" title="Curt Blefary">Curt Blefary</a> from the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> on first-year waivers. He will win the <a href="/wiki/1965_in_baseball" title="1965 in baseball">1965</a> <a href="/wiki/American_League_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="American League Rookie of the Year Award">American League Rookie of the Year Award</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 2 – The <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> trade left-hander <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kralick" title="Jack Kralick">Jack Kralick</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> for right-hander <a href="/wiki/Jim_Perry_(baseball)" title="Jim Perry (baseball)">Jim Perry</a>. <a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Perry" title="Gaylord Perry">Gaylord Perry</a>'s elder sibling, Jim will win 128 games over a decade in a Minnesota uniform, with two 20-game-winning seasons. Perry also will capture the <a href="/wiki/1970_in_baseball" title="1970 in baseball">1970</a> <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a>.</li> <li>May 5 – The <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> release <a href="/wiki/Vic_Wertz" title="Vic Wertz">Vic Wertz</a>, who later signs with the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> to close out his 17-year career.</li> <li>May 9 – <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> first baseman <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Banks" title="Ernie Banks">Ernie Banks</a> becomes the first National League player to record 22 <a href="/wiki/Putout" title="Putout">putouts</a> in a game, during a 3–1 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>.</li> <li>May 11 – At <a href="/wiki/Dodger_Stadium" title="Dodger Stadium">Dodger Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hits</a> the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> 8–0, his second no-hitter in as many seasons. The final out is made by <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Kuenn" title="Harvey Kuenn">Harvey Kuenn</a> on a ground ball back to than Koufax. Kuenn will also make the final out of Koufax's <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax%27s_perfect_game" title="Sandy Koufax's perfect game">perfect game</a> two years later.</li> <li>May 17 – <a href="/wiki/Houston_Colt_.45s" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston Colt .45s">Houston Colt .45s</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Don_Nottebart" title="Don Nottebart">Don Nottebart</a> throws the first <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> in franchise history, leading his team past the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>, 4–1.</li> <li>May 19 – <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> center fielder <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bruton" title="Bill Bruton">Bill Bruton</a> ties a Major League record for most <a href="/wiki/Double_(baseball)" title="Double (baseball)">doubles</a> in a single game. Bruton hits his four doubles in consecutive <a href="/wiki/Plate_appearance" title="Plate appearance">plate appearances</a>, as Detroit defeats the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1960-1971)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Senators (1960-1971)">Washington Senators</a>, 5–1. Teammate and rookie pitcher <a href="/wiki/Bill_Faul_(baseball)" title="Bill Faul (baseball)">Bill Faul</a> tosses a three-hitter in his first Major League start.</li> <li>May 23: <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> trade first baseman <a href="/wiki/Gil_Hodges" title="Gil Hodges">Gil Hodges</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%931971)" title="Washington Senators (1961–1971)">Washington Senators</a> for <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Piersall" title="Jimmy Piersall">Jimmy Piersall</a>. Hodges immediately retires as an active player and replaces <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Vernon" title="Mickey Vernon">Mickey Vernon</a> as Washington's manager. He will pilot the Senators through 1967, then returns to the Mets as their manager in <a href="/wiki/1968_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1968 Major League Baseball season">1968</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> trade ace pinch-hitter and reserve outfielder <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lynch" title="Jerry Lynch">Jerry Lynch</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> for outfielder <a href="/wiki/Bob_Skinner" title="Bob Skinner">Bob Skinner</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>May 25 – The <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a> trade shortstop <a href="/wiki/Dick_Howser" title="Dick Howser">Dick Howser</a> and catcher <a href="/wiki/Joe_Azcue" title="Joe Azcue">Joe Azcue</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> for catcher <a href="/wiki/Doc_Edwards" title="Doc Edwards">Doc Edwards</a> and $100,000.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 2 – At <a href="/wiki/Sportsman%27s_Park" title="Sportsman's Park">Busch Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a> hits three home runs off pitchers <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Broglio" title="Ernie Broglio">Ernie Broglio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Humphreys_(baseball)" title="Bob Humphreys (baseball)">Bob Humphreys</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Shantz" title="Bobby Shantz">Bobby Shantz</a>, helping the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> 6–4.</li> <li>June 6 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> sign infielder <a href="/wiki/Bud_Harrelson" title="Bud Harrelson">Bud Harrelson</a>, 19, as a free agent.</li> <li>June 9 – <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Banks" title="Ernie Banks">Ernie Banks</a> hits three home runs as the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> lose to the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> 11–8.</li> <li>June 10 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Kaline" title="Al Kaline">Al Kaline</a> belts his 200th career home run helping the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> 6–1.</li> <li>June 11 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Aspromonte" title="Bob Aspromonte">Bob Aspromonte</a> clouts a <a href="/wiki/Walk-off_home_run" title="Walk-off home run">walk-off grand slam</a> in the tenth inning off <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a> <a href="/wiki/Lindy_McDaniel" title="Lindy McDaniel">Lindy McDaniel</a> to give the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Colt_.45s" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston Colt .45s">Houston Colt .45s</a> a 6–2 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> at <a href="/wiki/Colt_Stadium" title="Colt Stadium">Colt Stadium</a>.</li> <li>June 14: <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>' <a href="/wiki/Duke_Snider" title="Duke Snider">Duke Snider</a> hits his 400th career <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home run</a> off <a href="/wiki/Bob_Purkey" title="Bob Purkey">Bob Purkey</a> in the first inning of the Mets' 10–3 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> at <a href="/wiki/Crosley_Field" title="Crosley Field">Crosley Field</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Kirkland" title="Willie Kirkland">Willie Kirkland</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> hits a home run in the 11th inning to tie the game 2–2. In the 19th inning, he hits the game-winning home run to defeat the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%931971)" title="Washington Senators (1961–1971)">Washington Senators</a>. Kirkland joins <a href="/wiki/Vern_Stephens" title="Vern Stephens">Vern Stephens</a> as the only player to hit two extra-inning home runs.</li></ul></li> <li>June 15: <ul><li>At <a href="/wiki/Candlestick_Park" title="Candlestick Park">Candlestick Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juan_Marichal" title="Juan Marichal">Juan Marichal</a> of the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hits</a> the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Colt_.45%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston Colt .45's">Houston Colt .45's</a>, 1–0, becoming the first Latin American pitcher to throw a no-hitter. The no-hitter is the first by a Giant since the franchise's move from New York City after the 1957 season. Moreover, Marichal joins <a href="/wiki/Carl_Hubbell" title="Carl Hubbell">Carl Hubbell</a>, who did it while pitching for the <a href="/wiki/1929_New_York_Giants_(MLB)_season" title="1929 New York Giants (MLB) season">New York York Giants in 1929</a>, as the second Giants pitcher to accomplish the feat.</li> <li>An era ends for the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Milwaukee Braves</a> when they trade 36-year-old right-hander <a href="/wiki/Lew_Burdette" title="Lew Burdette">Lew Burdette</a> to the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> for catcher/outfielder <a href="/wiki/Gene_Oliver" title="Gene Oliver">Gene Oliver</a> and young hurler <a href="/wiki/Bob_Sadowski_(pitcher)" title="Bob Sadowski (pitcher)">Bob Sadowski</a>. A three-time All-Star, Burdette had formed a formidable one-two pitching tandem with southpaw <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Warren Spahn</a> since the Braves moved to Wisconsin in 1953, and had carried the team to its <a href="/wiki/1957_World_Series" title="1957 World Series">1957 World Series</a> championship with three complete-game victories.</li></ul></li> <li>June 18 – Veteran manager <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Dressen" title="Chuck Dressen">Chuck Dressen</a> is called back into harness when he replaces <a href="/wiki/Bob_Scheffing" title="Bob Scheffing">Bob Scheffing</a> as pilot of the struggling <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a>. For Dressen, 68, the Tigers' job represents his fifth MLB managerial assignment since 1934.</li> <li>June 21 – Pitcher <a href="/wiki/Early_Wynn" title="Early Wynn">Early Wynn</a>, 43, in search of his 300th career victory, returns to the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> as a free agent. He had been released by the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> on November 20, 1962.</li> <li>June 23 – Colorful <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Piersall" title="Jimmy Piersall">Jimmy Piersall</a> hits his 100th career home run in a 5–0 <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> victory over the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Polo_Grounds" title="Polo Grounds">Polo Grounds</a>. In celebration, he runs backwards around the bases (although he touches each bag in the correct order); still photos of the stunt make coast-to-coast news but Piersall draws scorn from baseball traditionalists.</li> <li>June 24 – The <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> acquire knuckle-balling reliever <a href="/wiki/Barney_Schultz" title="Barney Schultz">Barney Schultz</a>, a 36-year-old journeyman, from the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>. In <a href="/wiki/1964_in_baseball" title="1964 in baseball">1964</a>, Schultz will record <a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">saves</a> in 11 straight appearances between September 15 and October 4, playing a major role in the <a href="/wiki/1964_St._Louis_Cardinals_season" title="1964 St. Louis Cardinals season">Redbirds' successful late-season pennant drive</a>.</li> <li>June 27 – Outfielder <a href="/wiki/Al_Luplow" title="Al Luplow">Al Luplow</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> makes one of the most spectacular catches in <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a> history, catching <a href="/wiki/Dick_Williams" title="Dick Williams">Dick Williams</a>' long drive as he leaps over the right field wall and tumbles into the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a>' bullpen. The catch comes in the eighth inning with the tying runs on base, and preserves the Tribe's 6–4 victory over Boston.</li> <li>June 30 – The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles Angels</a> sign 17-year-old outfielder <a href="/wiki/Jay_Johnstone" title="Jay Johnstone">Jay Johnstone</a> as a free agent.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 1: <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> trade <a href="/wiki/Don_Blasingame" title="Don Blasingame">Don Blasingame</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%931971)" title="Washington Senators (1961–1971)">Washington Senators</a> for reliever <a href="/wiki/Jim_Coates" title="Jim Coates">Jim Coates</a>. Blasingame, a 31-year-old former <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">NL All-Star</a>, has lost his second-base job to the Reds' standout rookie, <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a> purchase the contract of catcher/pinch hitter <a href="/wiki/Charley_Lau" title="Charley Lau">Charley Lau</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>July 2 – The Giants' <a href="/wiki/Juan_Marichal" title="Juan Marichal">Juan Marichal</a> pitches a 16-inning shutout against the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Milwaukee Braves</a>, outdueling <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Warren Spahn</a>, who hurls <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">15<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> scoreless innings before <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a> wins the contest 1–0 with a home run in the bottom of the 16th. In the ninth inning, when the Giants' manager suggests Marichal should come out for a pinch hitter, he angrily replies, "I am not going to come out of that game as long as that old man is still pitching." Later, when the Braves' manager suggests to Spahn that it's time he leaves the game, the 42-year-old Spahn replies that if that young kid can still pitch, so can he. When it's over, Marichal has thrown 227 pitches and Spahn 201.</li> <li>July 9 – At <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Stadium" title="Cleveland Stadium">Municipal Stadium</a>, the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> defeats the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> 5–3 in the <a href="/wiki/1963_Major_League_Baseball_All%E2%80%93Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="1963 Major League Baseball All–Star Game">1963 Major League Baseball All–Star Game</a>, as the annual Midsummer Classic returns to a single-game format. The Americans out-hit the Nationals 11–6, but MVP <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a> puts on a one-man show. Although he's held to a single, Mays collects two runs, two RBI and two stolen bases, and makes a running catch that deprives <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pepitone" title="Joe Pepitone">Joe Pepitone</a> of an extra base hit in the eighth inning. The game marks the 24th and final All-Star appearance of <a href="/wiki/Stan_Musial" title="Stan Musial">Stan Musial</a>, who pinch hits in the fifth inning. He lines out to right field, leaving behind a .317 batting average (20-for-63) and an All-Star Game record of six home runs.</li> <li>July 27 – The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles Angels</a> sign outfielder <a href="/wiki/Jim_Piersall" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Piersall">Jim Piersall</a> the same day he is unconditionally released by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>. Piersall, 33, will continue his MLB career as a backup outfielder with the Angels until he's released on May 2, 1967.</li> <li>July 31 – A gathering of 7,288 at <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Stadium" title="Cleveland Stadium">Cleveland Stadium</a> watches <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> infielder <a href="/wiki/Woodie_Held" title="Woodie Held">Woodie Held</a>, pitcher <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Ramos" title="Pedro Ramos">Pedro Ramos</a>, outfielder <a href="/wiki/Tito_Francona" title="Tito Francona">Tito Francona</a>, and shortstop <a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(infielder)" title="Larry Brown (infielder)">Larry Brown</a> slug four straight solo home runs off <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles Angels</a> right-hander <a href="/wiki/Paul_Foytack" title="Paul Foytack">Paul Foytack</a> in the bottom of the sixth inning. The four homers build the Indians' lead to 9–1, and they win, 9–5.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 7 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, 7–3. Mets outfielder <a href="/wiki/Jim_Hickman_(1960s_outfielder)" title="Jim Hickman (1960s outfielder)">Jim Hickman</a> <a href="/wiki/Hitting_for_the_cycle" title="Hitting for the cycle">hits for the cycle</a>, doing <i><a href="/wiki/Hitting_for_the_cycle#Major_League_Baseball" title="Hitting for the cycle">it in order</a></i>. Both are firsts for the Mets.</li> <li>August 9 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Hickman_(1960s_outfielder)" title="Jim Hickman (1960s outfielder)">Jim Hickman</a> becomes the second player to hit a <a href="/wiki/Walk-off_home_run" title="Walk-off home run">walk-off grand slam</a> against <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a> <a href="/wiki/Lindy_McDaniel" title="Lindy McDaniel">Lindy McDaniel</a> this season, in a 7–3 <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> victory at the <a href="/wiki/Polo_Grounds" title="Polo Grounds">Polo Grounds</a>. Hickman's blow enables teammate <a href="/wiki/Roger_Craig_(baseball)" title="Roger Craig (baseball)">Roger Craig</a> (3–20) to break a personal 18-game losing steak that dates to May 4. McDaniel—who previously surrendered a game-ending slam to <a href="/wiki/Bob_Aspromonte" title="Bob Aspromonte">Bob Aspromonte</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Colt_.45s" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston Colt .45s">Houston Colt .45s</a> on June 11—is the second MLB pitcher to be so victimized in one season, joining <a href="/wiki/Satchel_Paige" title="Satchel Paige">Satchel Paige</a> (<a href="/wiki/1952_in_baseball" title="1952 in baseball">1952</a>).</li> <li>August 16 – The <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> sign 17-year-old free agent pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jim_Palmer" title="Jim Palmer">Jim Palmer</a>.</li> <li>August 27 – <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a> hits his 400th career home run helping the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> 7–2.</li> <li>August 23 – <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Milwaukee Braves</a> veteran pitcher <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Warren Spahn</a> sets a National League record for <a href="/wiki/Starting_pitcher" title="Starting pitcher">most starts</a>, previously set by <a href="/wiki/Grover_Alexander" class="mw-redirect" title="Grover Alexander">Grover Alexander</a>, with his 601st appearance on the mound during a 6–1 win over the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>. Later in 1963, Spahn will match an NL record set by <a href="/wiki/Christy_Mathewson" title="Christy Mathewson">Christy Mathewson</a> with his thirteenth 20-win season, while becoming the oldest pitcher to do so at 42.</li> <li>August 29 – Helped by a league-record-tying eight home runs, the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> amass a team-record forty-seven <a href="/wiki/Total_bases" title="Total bases">total bases</a> in the first game of a <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(baseball)" title="Doubleheader (baseball)">double-header</a> at <a href="/wiki/RFK_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="RFK Stadium">D.C. Stadium</a>. <a href="/wiki/Harmon_Killebrew" title="Harmon Killebrew">Harmon Killebrew</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vic_Power_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vic Power (baseball)">Vic Power</a> both strike for two homers in the 14–2 victory. In the second game, a 10–1 Minnesota win, the Twins hit four more homers for a team-record even dozen on the day.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 5 – <a href="/wiki/Willie_McCovey" title="Willie McCovey">Willie McCovey</a> hits his 100th career home run.</li> <li>September 6 – Major League Baseball celebrates its 100,000th game with a match-up between the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%9371)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Senators (1961–71)">Washington Senators</a> at <a href="/wiki/RFK_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="RFK Stadium">D.C. Stadium</a>.</li> <li>September 10 – The Alous become the first brother trio to bat consecutively in one game, during the eighth inning of a <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a>' 4–2 loss to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Polo_Grounds" title="Polo Grounds">Polo Grounds</a>. <a href="/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Alou" title="Jesús Alou">Jesús</a> pinch-hits in his Major League debut and grounds out to shortstop <a href="/wiki/Al_Moran" title="Al Moran">Al Moran</a>; <a href="/wiki/Matty_Alou" title="Matty Alou">Matty</a>, also pinch-hitting, strikes out, and <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Alou" title="Felipe Alou">Felipe</a> ends the inning by grounding out to pitcher <a href="/wiki/Carl_Willey" title="Carl Willey">Carl Willey</a>, who goes the distance for the victory.</li> <li>September 13: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Early_Wynn" title="Early Wynn">Early Wynn</a> finally wins his 300th and final game thanks to a little help from his bullpen. After losing eight straight starts and struggling through five innings against the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a>, Wynn is replaced by relief man <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Walker" title="Jerry Walker">Jerry Walker</a>, who tosses four scoreless innings to save Wynn's 7–4 triumph.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> 2–0 to clinch their 28th American League pennant.</li></ul></li> <li>September 18: <ul><li>Playing in his first MLB game, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> first baseman <a href="/wiki/Dick_Nen" title="Dick Nen">Dick Nen</a> clubs a ninth-inning, game-tying home run over the roof at <a href="/wiki/Sportsman%27s_Park" title="Sportsman's Park">Busch Stadium</a> off <a href="/wiki/Ron_Taylor_(baseball)" title="Ron Taylor (baseball)">Ron Taylor</a> of the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>. The Dodgers go on to win in the 13th, 6–5, completing a three-game road sweep of the Redbirds and effectively wrecking St. Louis' pennant drive. When the season ends September 29, Los Angeles' ultimate winning margin is six games.</li> <li>In the final regular-season game ever played at the <a href="/wiki/Polo_Grounds" title="Polo Grounds">Polo Grounds</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> 6–1. New York gets its only run on <a href="/wiki/Jim_Hickman_(1960s_outfielder)" title="Jim Hickman (1960s outfielder)">Jim Hickman</a>'s fourth-inning home run, the last home run to be hit at the park.</li></ul></li> <li>September 21 – <a href="/wiki/Harmon_Killebrew" title="Harmon Killebrew">Harmon Killebrew</a>, in a double-header split between his <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> at <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a>, hits four home runs on the day to tie an American League record.</li> <li>September 22: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Willie_McCovey" title="Willie McCovey">Willie McCovey</a> hits three home runs to help <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> 13–4.</li> <li>Outfielder <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Hall" title="Jimmie Hall">Jimmie Hall</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> hits his 33rd and final home run of the year. No other rookie without previous-year at bats has hit more. Hall tops the current record-holder, Boston's <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a>, who hit 31 in <a href="/wiki/1939_in_baseball" title="1939 in baseball">1939</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>September 27 – Manager <a href="/wiki/Harry_Craft" title="Harry Craft">Harry Craft</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Colt_.45s" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston Colt .45s">Houston Colt .45s</a> fields the "Baby Colts", a starting lineup with an average age of nineteen years, against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> at <a href="/wiki/Colt_Stadium" title="Colt Stadium">Colt Stadium</a>. The oldest player used by Houston all game is 26-year-old <a href="/wiki/Dick_Drott" title="Dick Drott">Dick Drott</a>, who pitched the ninth inning.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>September 28 – <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> first baseman <a href="/wiki/Vic_Power_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vic Power (baseball)">Vic Power</a> hits the club's 225th home run of 1963, a season total that ranks second behind the <a href="/wiki/1961_in_baseball" title="1961 in baseball">1961</a> <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>' 240.</li> <li>September 29: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Musial" title="Stan Musial">Stan Musial</a>'s RBI single off <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jim_Maloney" title="Jim Maloney">Jim Maloney</a> is his 3,630th hit (then a <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> record) in the final at-bat of his 22-year major league career spent entirely with the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>; his Redbirds go on to defeat the Reds 3–2.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paciorek" title="John Paciorek">John Paciorek</a> makes his MLB debut for the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Colt_.45s" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston Colt .45s">Houston Colt .45s</a> at age 18, lashing three hits, driving in four runs, and drawing two walks. He reaches base in all five plate appearances for a batting average of 1.000 and an <a href="/wiki/On-base_plus_slugging" title="On-base plus slugging">OPS</a> of 2.000. However, this will be Paciorek's only appearance in a major league game, after he suffers an injury in the minors that ends his career by the time he's 24.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 6 – At <a href="/wiki/Dodger_Stadium" title="Dodger Stadium">Dodger Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a> defeats the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>, 2–1, completing a shocking World Series sweep for the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>. <a href="/wiki/Whitey_Ford" title="Whitey Ford">Whitey Ford</a> gives up only two hits, both by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Howard_(baseball)" title="Frank Howard (baseball)">Frank Howard</a>, who belts a long home run in the fifth inning to start the Dodgers' scoring. In the Series, the Yankees bat just .171 and score only four runs, the second-lowest total in World Series history. Curiously, the Dodgers would set the mark for the least runs scored in a World Series only <a href="/wiki/1966_World_Series" title="1966 World Series">three years later</a>, falling victim to a decisive sweep at the hands of the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a>.</li> <li>October 8 – The <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> sign amateur free agent left-hander and future <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Hall-of-Famer</a> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a>, 18, from <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dade_College" title="Miami Dade College">Miami Dade College</a>.</li> <li>October 12 – In what is the only <a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanics in the United States">Hispanic American</a> major league All-Star Game, the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> team beats the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> 5–2 at the <a href="/wiki/Polo_Grounds" title="Polo Grounds">Polo Grounds</a>. The game features such names as <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Alou" title="Felipe Alou">Felipe Alou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luis_Aparicio" title="Luis Aparicio">Luis Aparicio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Cepeda" title="Orlando Cepeda">Orlando Cepeda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Clemente" title="Roberto Clemente">Roberto Clemente</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juli%C3%A1n_Javier" title="Julián Javier">Julián Javier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnie_Mi%C3%B1oso" title="Minnie Miñoso">Minnie Miñoso</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Oliva" title="Tony Oliva">Tony Oliva</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zoilo_Versalles" title="Zoilo Versalles">Zoilo Versalles</a>. <a href="/wiki/Victor_Pellot" class="mw-redirect" title="Victor Pellot">Vic Power</a> receives a pregame award as the number one Latin player. NL starter <a href="/wiki/Juan_Marichal" title="Juan Marichal">Juan Marichal</a> strikes out six in four innings, though reliever <a href="/wiki/Al_McBean" title="Al McBean">Al McBean</a> is the winning pitcher. Pinch hitter <a href="/wiki/Manny_Mota" title="Manny Mota">Manny Mota</a> drives in two runs against loser <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Ramos" title="Pedro Ramos">Pedro Ramos</a>. This was the last baseball game played at the Polo Grounds, as the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> would move into the brand new <a href="/wiki/Shea_Stadium" title="Shea Stadium">Shea Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/1964_in_baseball" title="1964 in baseball">1964</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>October 14 – The <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> release 300-game-winner and future Hall-of-Famer <a href="/wiki/Early_Wynn" title="Early Wynn">Early Wynn</a> and name him their new pitching coach.</li> <li>October 29 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> release catcher and playing coach <a href="/wiki/Yogi_Berra" title="Yogi Berra">Yogi Berra</a> so he can manage the 1964 Bombers. He succeeds <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Houk" title="Ralph Houk">Ralph Houk</a>, who moves up to general manager, replacing the retiring <a href="/wiki/Roy_Hamey" title="Roy Hamey">Roy Hamey</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 4 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> trade pitcher <a href="/wiki/Roger_Craig_(baseball)" title="Roger Craig (baseball)">Roger Craig</a> to the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> for young pitcher <a href="/wiki/Bill_Wakefield" title="Bill Wakefield">Bill Wakefield</a> and veteran outfielder <a href="/wiki/George_Altman" title="George Altman">George Altman</a>. Craig, 33, went 15–46 (including an 18-game personal losing streak) for the expansion Mets but he will help the Cardinals win the <a href="/wiki/1964_World_Series" title="1964 World Series">1964 World Series</a>.</li> <li>November 18 – The <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> trade slugger <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Colavito" title="Rocky Colavito">Rocky Colavito</a>, whose production dropped to 22 homers in 1963, pitcher <a href="/wiki/Bob_Anderson_(baseball)" title="Bob Anderson (baseball)">Bob Anderson</a> and $50,000 to the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a> for pitchers <a href="/wiki/Dave_Wickersham" title="Dave Wickersham">Dave Wickersham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ed_Rakow" title="Ed Rakow">Ed Rakow</a> and second baseman <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lumpe" title="Jerry Lumpe">Jerry Lumpe</a>.</li> <li>November 19 – <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> veteran and former <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> outfielder <a href="/wiki/Hank_Bauer" title="Hank Bauer">Hank Bauer</a> signs a one-year contract to manage the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a>. Bauer succeeds <a href="/wiki/Billy_Hitchcock" title="Billy Hitchcock">Billy Hitchcock</a>, fired September 29, and is expected to bring greater discipline to the Orioles' culture. Bauer's term will last into July 1968, during which the Birds narrowly miss the <a href="/wiki/1964_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1964 Baltimore Orioles season">1964 pennant</a>, but take home the 66-year-old franchise's first-ever <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> championship in <a href="/wiki/1966_World_Series" title="1966 World Series">1966</a>.</li> <li>November 26 – Second baseman <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a> is a landslide winner of National League Rookie of the Year honors, taking 17 of 20 first place votes, with the others going to <a href="/wiki/Ron_Hunt" title="Ron Hunt">Ron Hunt</a> (2) and <a href="/wiki/Ray_Culp" title="Ray Culp">Ray Culp</a> (1). Rose becomes the second Cincinnati Reds player to win the award, joining <a href="/wiki/Frank_Robinson" title="Frank Robinson">Frank Robinson</a>.</li> <li>November 27: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Gary_Peters_(baseball)" title="Gary Peters (baseball)">Gary Peters</a>, who posted a 19–8 record with 189 strikeouts and a 2.33 ERA, edges teammate third baseman <a href="/wiki/Pete_Ward" title="Pete Ward">Pete Ward</a> (.295 BA, 22 HR, 84 RBI) and <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> outfielder <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Hall" title="Jimmie Hall">Jimmie Hall</a> (.260, 33, 80) for American League Rookie of the Year honors. Peters takes 10 of 20 first-place votes, Ward six and Hall four.</li> <li>In an "all first basemen" transaction, the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a> acquire <a href="/wiki/Jim_Gentile" title="Jim Gentile">Jim Gentile</a> and $25,000 from the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Norm_Siebern" title="Norm Siebern">Norm Siebern</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 2: <ul><li>In the first-year professional player draft then in force, 19 young players change organizations. They include future All-Star <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Smith" title="Reggie Smith">Reggie Smith</a> (selected by the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a>) and longtime major-leaguers <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Tolan" title="Bobby Tolan">Bobby Tolan</a> (selected by the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Luke_Walker" title="Luke Walker">Luke Walker</a> (selected by the Pirates from the Red Sox). This short-lived draft will be phased out in 1965 when the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="Major League Baseball Draft">MLB amateur draft</a> is adopted.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles Angels</a> trade outfielder <a href="/wiki/Leon_Wagner" title="Leon Wagner">Leon Wagner</a>, a former All-Star, to the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Barry_Latman" title="Barry Latman">Barry Latman</a> and first baseman <a href="/wiki/Joe_Adcock" title="Joe Adcock">Joe Adcock</a> (as a "<a href="/wiki/Player_to_be_named_later" title="Player to be named later">player to be named later</a>").</li> <li>Bad news for <a href="/wiki/Knuckleball" title="Knuckleball">knuckleball</a> pitchers: the MLB Rules Committee bans oversized <a href="/wiki/Baseball_glove#Varieties" title="Baseball glove">catcher's mitts</a>, effective in 1965.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Indians" title="Indianapolis Indians">Indianapolis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Travelers" title="Arkansas Travelers">Little Rock</a> franchises are transferred from the <a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">International League</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a>. With the movement, the IL is reduced to eight clubs while the PCL membership is raised to 12 clubs.</li></ul></li> <li>December 3 – The <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> and <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Milwaukee Braves</a> announce a seven-player trade. The Giants send pitcher <a href="/wiki/Billy_Hoeft" title="Billy Hoeft">Billy Hoeft</a>, catcher <a href="/wiki/Ed_Bailey" title="Ed Bailey">Ed Bailey</a>, infielder <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Bowman" title="Ernie Bowman">Ernie Bowman</a> ("<a href="/wiki/PTBNL" class="mw-redirect" title="PTBNL">PTBNL</a>") and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Alou" title="Felipe Alou">Felipe Alou</a> to the Braves for pitchers <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hendley" title="Bob Hendley">Bob Hendley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Shaw" title="Bob Shaw">Bob Shaw</a> and catcher <a href="/wiki/Del_Crandall" title="Del Crandall">Del Crandall</a>. Alou, Bailey, Crandall and Shaw are former or future All-Stars.</li> <li>December 5 – The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> obtain a top-of-the-rotation <a href="/wiki/Starting_pitcher" title="Starting pitcher">starting pitcher</a>—and future <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Hall of Famer</a>—by acquiring seven-time <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> All-Star <a href="/wiki/Jim_Bunning" title="Jim Bunning">Jim Bunning</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a>. The Phils also receive veteran catcher <a href="/wiki/Gus_Triandos" title="Gus Triandos">Gus Triandos</a> and send back outfielder <a href="/wiki/Don_Demeter" title="Don Demeter">Don Demeter</a> and pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jack_Hamilton_(baseball)" title="Jack Hamilton (baseball)">Jack Hamilton</a> to Detroit.</li> <li>December 6 – The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> sell the contract of <a href="/wiki/1963_World_Series" title="1963 World Series">1963 World Series</a> batting star <a href="/wiki/Bill_Skowron" title="Bill Skowron">Bill Skowron</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%931971)" title="Washington Senators (1961–1971)">Washington Senators</a>.</li> <li>December 10 – The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> bid goodbye to future Hall-of-Famer and former <a href="/wiki/American_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="American League Most Valuable Player Award">American League MVP</a> <a href="/wiki/Nellie_Fox" title="Nellie Fox">Nellie Fox</a>, almost 36, trading him to the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Colt_.45s" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston Colt .45s">Houston Colt .45s</a> for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jim_Golden" title="Jim Golden">Jim Golden</a>, outfielder <a href="/wiki/Danny_Murphy_(pitcher)" title="Danny Murphy (pitcher)">Danny Murphy</a> and cash. Fox had played 14 full seasons in a White Sox uniform.</li> <li>December 21 – <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a> is named the Southern California Athlete of the Year by the <a href="/wiki/Helms_Athletic_Foundation" title="Helms Athletic Foundation">Helms Athletic Foundation</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_2">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 2 – <a href="/wiki/David_Cone" title="David Cone">David Cone</a></li> <li>January 2 – <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Edgar Martínez">Edgar Martínez</a></li> <li>January 4 – <a href="/wiki/Daryl_Boston" title="Daryl Boston">Daryl Boston</a></li> <li>January 4 – <a href="/wiki/Trey_Hillman" title="Trey Hillman">Trey Hillman</a></li> <li>January 5 – <a href="/wiki/John_Davis_(pitcher,_born_1963)" title="John Davis (pitcher, born 1963)">John Davis</a></li> <li>January 5 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Fassero" title="Jeff Fassero">Jeff Fassero</a></li> <li>January 6 – <a href="/wiki/Norm_Charlton" title="Norm Charlton">Norm Charlton</a></li> <li>January 6 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Davidson_(pitcher)" title="Bob Davidson (pitcher)">Bob Davidson</a></li> <li>January 7 – <a href="/wiki/Craig_Shipley" title="Craig Shipley">Craig Shipley</a></li> <li>January 8 – <a href="/wiki/Shane_Turner" title="Shane Turner">Shane Turner</a></li> <li>January 15 – <a href="/wiki/William_Brennan_(baseball)" title="William Brennan (baseball)">William Brennan</a></li> <li>January 18 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Sampen" title="Bill Sampen">Bill Sampen</a></li> <li>January 19 – <a href="/wiki/Scott_Little" title="Scott Little">Scott Little</a></li> <li>January 20 – <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Espy" title="Cecil Espy">Cecil Espy</a></li> <li>January 22 – <a href="/wiki/Javier_Ortiz_(outfielder)" title="Javier Ortiz (outfielder)">Javier Ortiz</a></li> <li>January 22 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Treadway" title="Jeff Treadway">Jeff Treadway</a></li> <li>January 23 – <a href="/wiki/Marty_Brown_(baseball)" title="Marty Brown (baseball)">Marty Brown</a></li> <li>January 26 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Blankenship" title="Kevin Blankenship">Kevin Blankenship</a></li> <li>January 26 – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Segura_(baseball)" title="José Segura (baseball)">José Segura</a></li> <li>January 28 – <a href="/wiki/Gary_Mielke" title="Gary Mielke">Gary Mielke</a></li> <li>January 29 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Meyer_(baseball)" title="Brian Meyer (baseball)">Brian Meyer</a></li> <li>January 31 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Cochrane_(baseball)" title="Dave Cochrane (baseball)">Dave Cochrane</a></li> <li>January 31 – <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Oliveras" title="Francisco Oliveras">Francisco Oliveras</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_2">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 7 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_O%27Nora" title="Brian O'Nora">Brian O'Nora</a></li> <li>February 10 – <a href="/wiki/Lenny_Dykstra" title="Lenny Dykstra">Lenny Dykstra</a></li> <li>February 10 – <a href="/wiki/Dane_Johnson" title="Dane Johnson">Dane Johnson</a></li> <li>February 11 – <a href="/wiki/Todd_Benzinger" title="Todd Benzinger">Todd Benzinger</a></li> <li>February 14 – <a href="/wiki/John_Marzano" title="John Marzano">John Marzano</a></li> <li>February 15 – <a href="/wiki/Barry_Jones_(baseball)" title="Barry Jones (baseball)">Barry Jones</a></li> <li>February 18 – <a href="/wiki/LaVel_Freeman" title="LaVel Freeman">LaVel Freeman</a></li> <li>February 18 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_McKnight" title="Jeff McKnight">Jeff McKnight</a></li> <li>February 20 – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Lombardi" title="Phil Lombardi">Phil Lombardi</a></li> <li>February 21 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Olander" title="Jim Olander">Jim Olander</a></li> <li>February 22 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Wakamatsu" title="Don Wakamatsu">Don Wakamatsu</a></li> <li>February 23 – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Bonilla" title="Bobby Bonilla">Bobby Bonilla</a></li> <li>February 24 – <a href="/wiki/Mat%C3%ADas_Carrillo" title="Matías Carrillo">Matías Carrillo</a></li> <li>February 25 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Arndt" title="Larry Arndt">Larry Arndt</a></li> <li>February 25 – <a href="/wiki/Joel_McKeon" title="Joel McKeon">Joel McKeon</a></li> <li>February 25 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_O%27Neill_(baseball)" title="Paul O'Neill (baseball)">Paul O'Neill</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_2">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 1 – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Castillo_(pitcher)" title="Tony Castillo (pitcher)">Tony Castillo</a></li> <li>March 1 – <a href="/wiki/Rich_Rodriguez_(baseball)" title="Rich Rodriguez (baseball)">Rich Rodriguez</a></li> <li>March 7 – <a href="/wiki/Keith_Miller_(outfielder)" title="Keith Miller (outfielder)">Keith Miller</a></li> <li>March 9 – <a href="/wiki/Terry_Mulholland" title="Terry Mulholland">Terry Mulholland</a></li> <li>March 10 – <a href="/wiki/John_Cangelosi" title="John Cangelosi">John Cangelosi</a></li> <li>March 13 – <a href="/wiki/Mariano_Duncan" title="Mariano Duncan">Mariano Duncan</a></li> <li>March 14 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Rochford" title="Mike Rochford">Mike Rochford</a></li> <li>March 16 – <a href="/wiki/Fieldin_Culbreth" title="Fieldin Culbreth">Fieldin Culbreth</a></li> <li>March 19 – <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Jackson_(baseball)" title="Chuck Jackson (baseball)">Chuck Jackson</a></li> <li>March 20 – <a href="/wiki/Rick_Parker_(baseball)" title="Rick Parker (baseball)">Rick Parker</a></li> <li>March 20 – <a href="/wiki/Dana_Williams_(baseball)" title="Dana Williams (baseball)">Dana Williams</a></li> <li>March 21 – <a href="/wiki/Shawon_Dunston" title="Shawon Dunston">Shawon Dunston</a></li> <li>March 22 – <a href="/wiki/Rich_Monteleone" title="Rich Monteleone">Rich Monteleone</a></li> <li>March 26 – <a href="/wiki/Luis_Medina_(baseball,_born_1963)" class="mw-redirect" title="Luis Medina (baseball, born 1963)">Luis Medina</a></li> <li>March 27 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Dalton_(baseball)" title="Mike Dalton (baseball)">Mike Dalton</a></li> <li>March 27 – <a href="/wiki/Drew_Hall" title="Drew Hall">Drew Hall</a></li> <li>March 29 – <a href="/wiki/Laz_D%C3%ADaz" title="Laz Díaz">Laz Díaz</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_2">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 3 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Bosio" title="Chris Bosio">Chris Bosio</a></li> <li>April 9 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Brumley_(infielder)" title="Mike Brumley (infielder)">Mike Brumley</a></li> <li>April 9 – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Guzm%C3%A1n" title="José Guzmán">José Guzmán</a></li> <li>April 10 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Devereaux" title="Mike Devereaux">Mike Devereaux</a></li> <li>April 10 – <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Freeman" title="Marvin Freeman">Marvin Freeman</a></li> <li>April 10 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Gray_(1980s_pitcher)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeff Gray (1980s pitcher)">Jeff Gray</a></li> <li>April 13 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Leiter" title="Mark Leiter">Mark Leiter</a></li> <li>April 18 – <a href="/wiki/Alex_Madrid" title="Alex Madrid">Alex Madrid</a></li> <li>April 18 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Stanicek" title="Pete Stanicek">Pete Stanicek</a></li> <li>April 21 – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Caminiti" title="Ken Caminiti">Ken Caminiti</a></li> <li>April 24 – <a href="/wiki/Tony_DeFrancesco" title="Tony DeFrancesco">Tony DeFrancesco</a></li> <li>April 26 – <a href="/wiki/Lou_Thornton" title="Lou Thornton">Lou Thornton</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_2">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 3 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Kmak" title="Joe Kmak">Joe Kmak</a></li> <li>May 5 – <a href="/wiki/Kimiyasu_Kudo" class="mw-redirect" title="Kimiyasu Kudo">Kimiyasu Kudo</a></li> <li>May 14 – <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Barton" title="Shawn Barton">Shawn Barton</a></li> <li>May 14 – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Borders" title="Pat Borders">Pat Borders</a></li> <li>May 17 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Newell_(baseball)" title="Tom Newell (baseball)">Tom Newell</a></li> <li>May 20 – <a href="/wiki/David_Wells" title="David Wells">David Wells</a></li> <li>May 21 – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rom%C3%A1n_(baseball)" title="José Román (baseball)">José Román</a></li> <li>May 27 – <a href="/wiki/Scott_Jordan_(baseball)" title="Scott Jordan (baseball)">Scott Jordan</a></li> <li>May 27 – <a href="/wiki/Edwin_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez" title="Edwin Núñez">Edwin Núñez</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_2">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 2 – <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Harvey" title="Bryan Harvey">Bryan Harvey</a></li> <li>June 8 – <a href="/wiki/Scott_Ruskin_(baseball)" title="Scott Ruskin (baseball)">Scott Ruskin</a></li> <li>June 12 – <a href="/wiki/Keith_Miller_(infielder)" title="Keith Miller (infielder)">Keith Miller</a></li> <li>June 17 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Drees" title="Tom Drees">Tom Drees</a></li> <li>June 17 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Kinzer" title="Matt Kinzer">Matt Kinzer</a></li> <li>June 18 – <a href="/wiki/Russ_McGinnis" title="Russ McGinnis">Russ McGinnis</a></li> <li>June 21 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Musselman" title="Jeff Musselman">Jeff Musselman</a></li> <li>June 25 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Stanley" title="Mike Stanley">Mike Stanley</a></li> <li>June 27 – <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Simmons" title="Nelson Simmons">Nelson Simmons</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_2">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 3 – <a href="/wiki/Don_August" title="Don August">Don August</a></li> <li>July 4 – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Oquendo" title="José Oquendo">José Oquendo</a></li> <li>July 6 – <a href="/wiki/Todd_Burns" title="Todd Burns">Todd Burns</a></li> <li>July 6 – <a href="/wiki/Lance_Johnson" title="Lance Johnson">Lance Johnson</a></li> <li>July 7 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Nauert" title="Paul Nauert">Paul Nauert</a></li> <li>July 9 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Higgins_(baseball)" title="Mark Higgins (baseball)">Mark Higgins</a></li> <li>July 14 – <a href="/wiki/John_Dopson" title="John Dopson">John Dopson</a></li> <li>July 17 – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Thigpen" title="Bobby Thigpen">Bobby Thigpen</a></li> <li>July 18 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Greenwell" title="Mike Greenwell">Mike Greenwell</a></li> <li>July 19 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Carreon" title="Mark Carreon">Mark Carreon</a></li> <li>July 19 – <a href="/wiki/Vicente_Palacios" title="Vicente Palacios">Vicente Palacios</a></li> <li>July 22 – <a href="/wiki/Gary_Eave" title="Gary Eave">Gary Eave</a></li> <li>July 22 – <a href="/wiki/Denny_Gonzalez" class="mw-redirect" title="Denny Gonzalez">Denny Gonzalez</a></li> <li>July 23 – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Pacillo" title="Pat Pacillo">Pat Pacillo</a></li> <li>July 29 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Frey" title="Steve Frey">Steve Frey</a></li> <li>July 29 – <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Gregg" title="Tommy Gregg">Tommy Gregg</a></li> <li>July 30 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Shaver" title="Jeff Shaver">Jeff Shaver</a></li> <li>July 31 – <a href="/wiki/Scott_Bankhead" title="Scott Bankhead">Scott Bankhead</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_2">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 8 – <a href="/wiki/Brett_Gideon" title="Brett Gideon">Brett Gideon</a></li> <li>August 8 – <a href="/wiki/Ron_Karkovice" title="Ron Karkovice">Ron Karkovice</a></li> <li>August 9 – <a href="/wiki/Vance_Lovelace" title="Vance Lovelace">Vance Lovelace</a></li> <li>August 10 – <a href="/wiki/Jerald_Clark" title="Jerald Clark">Jerald Clark</a></li> <li>August 11 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Huff" title="Mike Huff">Mike Huff</a></li> <li>August 11 – <a href="/wiki/Van_Snider" title="Van Snider">Van Snider</a></li> <li>August 12 – <a href="/wiki/Kent_Anderson_(baseball)" title="Kent Anderson (baseball)">Kent Anderson</a></li> <li>August 13 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Ballard_(baseball)" title="Jeff Ballard (baseball)">Jeff Ballard</a></li> <li>August 13 – <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Powell" title="Dennis Powell">Dennis Powell</a></li> <li>August 14 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Cook_(baseball)" title="Mike Cook (baseball)">Mike Cook</a></li> <li>August 15 – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Fox" title="Eric Fox">Eric Fox</a></li> <li>August 17 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Fischer_(baseball)" title="Jeff Fischer (baseball)">Jeff Fischer</a></li> <li>August 20 – <a href="/wiki/Brad_Arnsberg" title="Brad Arnsberg">Brad Arnsberg</a></li> <li>August 20 – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Cecena" title="José Cecena">José Cecena</a></li> <li>August 20 – <a href="/wiki/Kal_Daniels" title="Kal Daniels">Kal Daniels</a></li> <li>August 20 – <a href="/wiki/Israel_S%C3%A1nchez" title="Israel Sánchez">Israel Sánchez</a></li> <li>August 21 – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Jackson_(baseball)" title="Ken Jackson (baseball)">Ken Jackson</a></li> <li>August 22 – <a href="/wiki/Darrin_Jackson" title="Darrin Jackson">Darrin Jackson</a></li> <li>August 29 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Richardson_(pitcher)" title="Jeff Richardson (pitcher)">Jeff Richardson</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_2">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 3 – <a href="/wiki/Ced_Landrum" title="Ced Landrum">Ced Landrum</a></li> <li>September 3 – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Plunk" title="Eric Plunk">Eric Plunk</a></li> <li>September 5 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Brantley" title="Jeff Brantley">Jeff Brantley</a></li> <li>September 6 – <a href="/wiki/John_Pawlowski" title="John Pawlowski">John Pawlowski</a></li> <li>September 10 – <a href="/wiki/Randy_Johnson" title="Randy Johnson">Randy Johnson</a></li> <li>September 10 – <a href="/wiki/Terry_Wells" title="Terry Wells">Terry Wells</a></li> <li>September 12 – <a href="/wiki/Keith_Hughes_(baseball)" title="Keith Hughes (baseball)">Keith Hughes</a></li> <li>September 12 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Roesler" title="Mike Roesler">Mike Roesler</a></li> <li>September 13 – <a href="/wiki/Rodney_McCray_(baseball)" title="Rodney McCray (baseball)">Rodney McCray</a></li> <li>September 21 – <a href="/wiki/Troy_Afenir" title="Troy Afenir">Troy Afenir</a></li> <li>September 21 – <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Fielder" title="Cecil Fielder">Cecil Fielder</a></li> <li>September 22 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Peterek" title="Jeff Peterek">Jeff Peterek</a></li> <li>September 23 – <a href="/wiki/Terry_McGriff" title="Terry McGriff">Terry McGriff</a></li> <li>September 25 – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Hetzel" title="Eric Hetzel">Eric Hetzel</a></li> <li>September 26 – <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Jones_(baseball)" title="Calvin Jones (baseball)">Calvin Jones</a></li> <li>September 28 – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hawa_Koroma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hawa Koroma (page does not exist)">Hawa Koroma</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_2">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 1 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_McGwire" title="Mark McGwire">Mark McGwire</a></li> <li>October 4 – <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Ruffin_(baseball)" title="Bruce Ruffin (baseball)">Bruce Ruffin</a></li> <li>October 7 – <a href="/wiki/Ty_Van_Burkleo" title="Ty Van Burkleo">Ty Van Burkleo</a></li> <li>October 9 – <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Ferm%C3%ADn" title="Félix Fermín">Félix Fermín</a></li> <li>October 13 – <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Hickerson" title="Bryan Hickerson">Bryan Hickerson</a></li> <li>October 17 – <a href="/wiki/Ravelo_Manzanillo" title="Ravelo Manzanillo">Ravelo Manzanillo</a></li> <li>October 18 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Wetherby" title="Jeff Wetherby">Jeff Wetherby</a></li> <li>October 20 – <a href="/wiki/Luis_Encarnaci%C3%B3n" title="Luis Encarnación">Luis Encarnación</a></li> <li>October 22 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Fulton_(baseball)" title="Bill Fulton (baseball)">Bill Fulton</a></li> <li>October 24 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Grant_(baseball)" title="Mark Grant (baseball)">Mark Grant</a></li> <li>October 27 – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Bell_(baseball)" title="Eric Bell (baseball)">Eric Bell</a></li> <li>October 27 – <a href="/wiki/Bip_Roberts" title="Bip Roberts">Bip Roberts</a></li> <li>October 31 – <a href="/wiki/Fred_McGriff" title="Fred McGriff">Fred McGriff</a></li> <li>October 31 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Nokes" title="Matt Nokes">Matt Nokes</a></li> <li>October 31 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Smith_(1989%E2%80%931990_pitcher)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Smith (1989–1990 pitcher)">Mike Smith</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_2">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 2 – <a href="/wiki/Sam_Horn" title="Sam Horn">Sam Horn</a></li> <li>November 2 – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Rice_(baseball)" title="Pat Rice (baseball)">Pat Rice</a></li> <li>November 3 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Christopher_(baseball)" title="Mike Christopher (baseball)">Mike Christopher</a></li> <li>November 8 – <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Smith_(baseball)" title="Dwight Smith (baseball)">Dwight Smith</a></li> <li>November 10 – <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Thomas" title="Andrés Thomas">Andrés Thomas</a></li> <li>November 11 – <a href="/wiki/Rey_Qui%C3%B1ones" title="Rey Quiñones">Rey Quiñones</a></li> <li>November 15 – <a href="/wiki/Yasuaki_Taiho" title="Yasuaki Taiho">Yasuaki Taiho</a></li> <li>November 18 – <a href="/wiki/Dante_Bichette" title="Dante Bichette">Dante Bichette</a></li> <li>November 23 – <a href="/wiki/Rich_Sauveur" title="Rich Sauveur">Rich Sauveur</a></li> <li>November 23 – <a href="/wiki/Dale_Sveum" title="Dale Sveum">Dale Sveum</a></li> <li>November 25 – <a href="/wiki/Marty_Foster" title="Marty Foster">Marty Foster</a></li> <li>November 28 – <a href="/wiki/Walt_Weiss" title="Walt Weiss">Walt Weiss</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_2">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 1 – <a href="/wiki/Greg_W._Harris" title="Greg W. Harris">Greg W. Harris</a></li> <li>December 3 – <a href="/wiki/Damon_Berryhill" title="Damon Berryhill">Damon Berryhill</a></li> <li>December 4 – <a href="/wiki/Bernardo_Brito" title="Bernardo Brito">Bernardo Brito</a></li> <li>December 5 – <a href="/wiki/Sam_Khalifa" title="Sam Khalifa">Sam Khalifa</a></li> <li>December 6 – <a href="/wiki/Lance_Blankenship" title="Lance Blankenship">Lance Blankenship</a></li> <li>December 7 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Austin_(baseball)" title="Jim Austin (baseball)">Jim Austin</a></li> <li>December 7 – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Bates_(baseball)" title="Billy Bates (baseball)">Billy Bates</a></li> <li>December 7 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Howard" title="Steve Howard">Steve Howard</a></li> <li>December 7 – <a href="/wiki/Shane_Mack_(baseball)" title="Shane Mack (baseball)">Shane Mack</a></li> <li>December 9 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Magrann" title="Tom Magrann">Tom Magrann</a></li> <li>December 10 – <a href="/wiki/Doug_Henry_(baseball)" title="Doug Henry (baseball)">Doug Henry</a></li> <li>December 10 – <a href="/wiki/Luis_Polonia" title="Luis Polonia">Luis Polonia</a></li> <li>December 10 – <a href="/wiki/Gilberto_Reyes" title="Gilberto Reyes">Gil Reyes</a></li> <li>December 10 – <a href="/wiki/Rick_Wrona" title="Rick Wrona">Rick Wrona</a></li> <li>December 16 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Jelic" title="Chris Jelic">Chris Jelic</a></li> <li>December 18 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Czajkowski" title="Jim Czajkowski">Jim Czajkowski</a></li> <li>December 27 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Leyritz" title="Jim Leyritz">Jim Leyritz</a></li> <li>December 28 – <a href="/wiki/Mel_Stottlemyre_Jr." title="Mel Stottlemyre Jr.">Mel Stottlemyre Jr.</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_3">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 4 – <a href="/wiki/Sam_Covington" title="Sam Covington">Sam Covington</a>, 68, first baseman who played in 40 games over three seasons for the 1913 St. Louis Browns and 1917–1918 Boston Braves.</li> <li>January 5 – <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Hornsby" title="Rogers Hornsby">Rogers Hornsby</a>, 66, Hall of Fame second baseman (1915–1937), mainly for the St. Louis Cardinals, who posted the highest lifetime batting average (.358) of any right-handed batter, also a seven-time batting champion including a .424 mark in 1924, twice MVP, and the first National League player to hit 300 home runs; as player-manager, led 1926 Cardinals to the franchise's first World Series title; also played for New York Giants, Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Browns and managed Braves, Cubs, Browns and Cincinnati Reds.</li> <li>January 7 – <a href="/wiki/Harl_Maggert_(1910s_outfielder)" title="Harl Maggert (1910s outfielder)">Harl Maggert</a>, 79, outfielder who appeared in 77 total games for the 1907 Pittsburgh Pirates and 1912 Philadelphia Athletics; his <a href="/wiki/Harl_Maggert_(1930s_outfielder)" title="Harl Maggert (1930s outfielder)">son</a> played for the 1938 Brooklyn Dodgers.</li> <li>January 16 – <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Thompson_(pitcher)" title="Tommy Thompson (pitcher)">Tommy Thompson</a>, 73, pitcher in seven games for 1912 New York Highlanders.</li> <li>January 20 – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Wiggs" title="Jimmy Wiggs">Jimmy Wiggs</a>, 86, pitcher who worked in 13 MLB games, two for the 1903 Cincinnati Reds and 11 for 1905–1906 Detroit Tigers; as of 2023, one of three big-league players born in Norway.</li> <li>January 29 – <a href="/wiki/Win_Ballou" title="Win Ballou">Win Ballou</a>, 65, pitcher in 99 games over four seasons between 1925 and 1929 for Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns and Brooklyn Robins.</li> <li>January 29 – <a href="/wiki/Lee_Meadows" title="Lee Meadows">Lee Meadows</a>, 68, pitcher who won 188 games for the Cardinals, Phillies and Pirates, as well as the first modern major leaguer to wear glasses.</li> <li>January 31 – <a href="/wiki/Ossie_Vitt" title="Ossie Vitt">Ossie Vitt</a>, 73, third baseman for the 1912–1918 Detroit Tigers and 1919–1921 Boston Red Sox; longtime minor-league manager known for piloting 1937 Newark Bears, one of the strongest clubs in history of minors; managed 1938–1940 Cleveland Indians to a 262–198–2 (.570) record, but his tenure was marred by a player revolt.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_3">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 2 – <a href="/wiki/Emil_Planeta" title="Emil Planeta">Emil Planeta</a>, 54, pitcher who worked in two games for the New York Giants in September 1931.</li> <li>February 9 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Starr" title="Ray Starr">Ray Starr</a>, 56, All-Star pitcher who pitched for six teams—most prominently the 1941–1943 Cincinnati Reds—and won 37 career games.</li> <li>February 10 – <a href="/wiki/Bunny_Brief" title="Bunny Brief">Bunny Brief</a>, 70, outfielder/first baseman who batted only .223 in 184 MLB games for the 1912–1913 St. Louis Browns, 1915 Chicago White Sox and 1917 Pittsburgh Pirates, but a feared minor-league slugger who led the American Association in homers five teams between 1920 and 1926 and amassed seasons of 191, 151, 164, and 175 runs batted in over the same span.</li> <li>February 15 – <a href="/wiki/Bump_Hadley" title="Bump Hadley">Bump Hadley</a>, 58, pitcher who worked in 528 games over 16 years (1926–1941) for six MLB teams (going 161–165, 4.24); ended <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Cochrane" title="Mickey Cochrane">Mickey Cochrane</a>'s career with a 1937 pitch that fractured his skull; later a broadcaster in Boston.</li> <li>February 15 – <a href="/wiki/Harlin_Pool" title="Harlin Pool">Harlin Pool</a>, 54, outfielder who appeared in 127 games for the 1934–1935 Cincinnati Reds.</li> <li>February 17 – <a href="/wiki/Lee_Thompson_(baseball)" title="Lee Thompson (baseball)">Lee Thompson</a>, 64, left-hander who pitched in four games for the 1921 Chicago White Sox.</li> <li>February 20 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hinchman" title="Bill Hinchman">Bill Hinchman</a>, 79, outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds (1905–1906), Cleveland Naps (1907–1909) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1915–1918, 1920) who twice (1915, 1916) batted over .300 and led National League in triples (16 in 1916); later, a scout.</li> <li>February 22 – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Schwarts" title="Harry Schwarts">Harry Schwarts</a>, 44, American League umpire from September 8, 1960 until his death; worked in 338 AL games and the first of 1962's two All-Star games.</li> <li>February 25 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hughes_(pitcher)" title="Bill Hughes (pitcher)">Bill Hughes</a>, 66, pitcher who went 302–249 in 761 minor-league games over 20 consecutive seasons (1920–1939), but made only one MLB appearance — on September 15, 1921, as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates.</li> <li>February 27 – <a href="/wiki/Lefty_Schegg" title="Lefty Schegg">Lefty Schegg</a>, 73, pitcher who worked in two games for 1912 Washington Senators.</li> <li>February 28 – <a href="/wiki/Eppa_Rixey" title="Eppa Rixey">Eppa Rixey</a>, 71, pitcher elected to the Hall of Fame just one month earlier; winningest left-hander in NL history (until 1959) with 266 victories for Philadelphia Phillies (1912–1917 and 1919–1920) and Cincinnati Reds (1921–1933); won 20 games four times and lost 20 games twice.</li> <li>February 28 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Spearman" title="Charlie Spearman">Charlie Spearman</a>, 71, catcher/first baseman for the 1923–1926 Brooklyn Royal Giants and 1928–1929 New York Lincoln Giants of the Eastern Colored League and American Negro League.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_3">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 1 – <a href="/wiki/Irish_Meusel" title="Irish Meusel">Irish Meusel</a>, 69, left fielder for four MLB teams over 11 seasons between 1914 and 1927, principally the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Giants; member of 1921 and 1922 world champion Giants; batted .310 lifetime and led NL in RBI in 1923; older brother of <a href="/wiki/Bob_Meusel" title="Bob Meusel">Bob Meusel</a>.</li> <li>March 4 – <a href="/wiki/Jess_Cortazzo" title="Jess Cortazzo">Jess Cortazzo</a>, 58, diminutive shortstop — listed as 5 feet 3 inches (1.60 m), 142 pounds (64 kg) — who had only one at-bat for the 1923 Chicago White Sox, but fashioned a 15-year career in the minor leagues.</li> <li>March 5 – <a href="/wiki/Lefty_Lorenzen" title="Lefty Lorenzen">Lefty Lorenzen</a>, 70, pitcher who threw two innings in his only appearance in the majors, on September 12, 1913 for the Detroit Tigers.</li> <li>March 11 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Judge_(baseball)" title="Joe Judge (baseball)">Joe Judge</a>, 68, first baseman who batted over .300 nine times for Washington Senators (1915–1932); went 10-for-26 (.385) with five bases on balls to help lead his team to 1924 World Series title; also played for Brooklyn Dodgers (1933) and Boston Red Sox (1933–1934); later, head baseball coach at Georgetown for 20 years.</li> <li>March 11 – <a href="/wiki/Farmer_Ray" title="Farmer Ray">Robert "Farmer" Ray</a>, 76, pitcher who appeared in 21 games for 1910 St. Louis Browns.</li> <li>March 14 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Harris_(third_baseman)" title="Charlie Harris (third baseman)">Charlie Harris</a>, 85, third baseman for the 1899 Baltimore Orioles of the National League.</li> <li>March 16 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Walsh_(baseball)" title="Tom Walsh (baseball)">Tom Walsh</a>, 78, catcher with 1906 Chicago Cubs who appeared in two games.</li> <li>March 27 – <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Knothe" title="Fritz Knothe">Fritz Knothe</a>, 59, third baseman and shortstop who played in 174 games for the Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies in 1932–1933.</li> <li>March 29 – <a href="/wiki/Wilcy_Moore" title="Wilcy Moore">Wilcy Moore</a>, 65, New York Yankees' ace relief pitcher who in 1927 saved 13 games and won 19 (he made 12 starts among his 50 appearances), and AL earned run average title (2.28); in addition, he won clinching Game 4 of 1927 World Series and was a member of Yanks' 1928 and 1932 world champs; also pitched briefly for Boston Red Sox in his six-season (1927–1929 and 1931–1933) and 261-game career.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_3">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 1 – <a href="/wiki/Ladd_White" title="Ladd White">Ladd White</a>, 45, pitcher for 1947 Memphis Red Sox and 1948 Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League.</li> <li>April 7 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ball_(baseball)" title="Jim Ball (baseball)">Jim Ball</a>, 79, catcher who appeared in 16 games for the 1907–1908 Boston Doves of the National League.</li> <li>April 11 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Wright_(1920s_pitcher)" title="Jim Wright (1920s pitcher)">Jim Wright</a>, 62, pitcher and U.K. native who appeared in four games for the 1927–1928 St. Louis Browns.</li> <li>April 14 – <a href="/wiki/Earl_Kunz" title="Earl Kunz">Earl Kunz</a>, 64, pitcher who worked in 21 games for the 1923 Pittsburgh Pirates.</li> <li>April 19 – <a href="/wiki/Pryor_McBee" title="Pryor McBee">Pryor McBee</a>, 61, southpaw who appeared in one game for the Chicago White Sox on May 22, 1926.</li> <li>April 23 – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Harper" title="Harry Harper">Harry Harper</a>, 67, pitched from 1913 through 1923 for the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Brooklyn Robins.</li> <li>April 25 – <a href="/wiki/Hal_Elliott" title="Hal Elliott">Hal Elliott</a>, 63, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher who worked in 120 games from 1929 to 1933; posted a dreadful 6.95 career ERA in 322<small><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span></small> innings pitched, playing his home games at the Phils' bandbox stadium, <a href="/wiki/Baker_Bowl" title="Baker Bowl">Baker Bowl</a>.</li> <li>April 27 – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Hutchings" title="Johnny Hutchings">Johnny Hutchings</a>, 47, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Braves who worked in 155 games over six seasons between 1940 and 1946.</li> <li>April 27 – <a href="/wiki/Lou_Manske" title="Lou Manske">Lou Manske</a>, 78, left-hander who hurled in two games for the 1906 Pittsburgh Pirates.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_3">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 4 – <a href="/wiki/Dickie_Kerr" class="mw-redirect" title="Dickie Kerr">Dickie Kerr</a>, 69, pitcher who as a 1919 rookie won two World Series games for the Chicago White Sox, as one of the players not involved in fixing the Series; later helped a struggling pitcher-turned-hitter, <a href="/wiki/Stan_Musial" title="Stan Musial">Stan Musial</a>.</li> <li>May 4 – <a href="/wiki/Pat_McNulty" title="Pat McNulty">Pat McNulty</a>, 64, outfielder who played in 308 games for the Cleveland Indians (1922, 1924–1927).</li> <li>May 4 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Pierce_(baseball)" title="Ray Pierce (baseball)">Ray Pierce</a>, 65, left-handed pitcher who worked in 66 career games for the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies from 1924 to 1926.</li> <li>May 6 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Woodall" title="Larry Woodall">Larry Woodall</a>, 68, backup catcher who played 548 games for 1920–1929 Detroit Tigers; later, a longtime employee of Boston Red Sox as coach (1942–1948), director of public relations, and scout—when he famously took a pass on signing a teenaged <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a>.</li> <li>May 8 – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Glaspy" title="Ben Glaspy">Ben Glaspy</a>, 67, outfielder for the 1926 Dayton Marcos of the Negro National League.</li> <li>May 16 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Hankins" title="Don Hankins">Don Hankins</a>, 61, pitcher who worked in 20 games, 19 in relief, for the 1927 Detroit Tigers.</li> <li>May 22 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Shean" title="Dave Shean">Dave Shean</a>, 79, second baseman and captain of the World Series champion 1918 Boston Red Sox.</li> <li>May 23 – <a href="/wiki/Gavvy_Cravath" title="Gavvy Cravath">Gavvy Cravath</a>, 82, right fielder and "<a href="/wiki/Dead-ball_era" title="Dead-ball era">dead-ball era</a>" slugger, who won six home runs titles with Phillies between 1913 and 1919; managed Phils from July 8, 1919 through 1920 season.</li> <li>May 24 – <a href="/wiki/Hi_West" title="Hi West">Hi West</a>, 78, pitcher in 19 games over two stints (in 1905 and 1911) with Cleveland Naps.</li> <li>May 27 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Jolly" title="Dave Jolly">Dave Jolly</a>, 38, knuckleball relief pitcher for the Milwaukee Braves from 1953 to 1957.</li> <li>May 28 – <a href="/wiki/Paddy_Mayes" title="Paddy Mayes">Paddy Mayes</a>, 78, outfielder/pinch hitter who went 0-for-5 with one base on balls in eight games for the 1911 Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>May 29 – <a href="/wiki/Fred_Herbert_(baseball)" title="Fred Herbert (baseball)">Fred Herbert</a>, 76, pitcher who posted a 1–1 (1.06 ERA) with one complete game in two appearances, both starts, for the New York Giants in September 1915.</li> <li>May 30 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_McDonald_(third_baseman)" title="Joe McDonald (third baseman)">Joe McDonald</a>, 75, third baseman in ten games for the 1910 St. Louis Browns.</li> <li>May 31 – <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Sulik" title="Ernie Sulik">Ernie Sulik</a>, 52, outfielder for the 1936 Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>May – <a href="/wiki/Connie_Rector" title="Connie Rector">Connie Rector</a>, 70, Negro leagues pitcher between 1920 and 1944; went 18–1 for the New York Lincoln Giants in 1929.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_3">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 1 – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Gillespie_(baseball)" title="Henry Gillespie (baseball)">Henry Gillespie</a>, 66, Negro leagues pitcher between 1921 and 1932.</li> <li>June 6 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Mullen" title="Charlie Mullen">Charlie Mullen</a>, 74, first baseman for the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees in the 1910s.</li> <li>June 8 – <a href="/wiki/Earl_Smith_(catcher)" title="Earl Smith (catcher)">Earl Smith</a>, 66, good-hitting catcher who batted .303 over 860 career games for 1919–1923 New York Giants, 1923–1924 Boston Braves, 1924–1928 Pittsburgh Pirates and 1928–1930 St. Louis Cardinals; played for five National League champions (1921, 1922, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930), and three World Series champs (1921, 1922, 1925); batted .350 for Pittsburgh in 1925 World Series.</li> <li>June 10 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Simon" title="Mike Simon">Mike Simon</a>, 80, catcher who appeared in 379 games from 1909–1915 for Pittsburgh of the National League, then St. Louis and Brooklyn of the "outlaw" Federal League; member of 1909 World Series champion Pirates.</li> <li>June 18 – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Geraghty" title="Ben Geraghty">Ben Geraghty</a>, 50, infielder who played in 70 total games for the 1936 Brooklyn Dodgers and 1943–1944 Boston Braves; legendary <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">minor league</a> manager who played a key role in the early career of <a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Henry Aaron</a>; at his death, incumbent skipper of the <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Suns" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacksonville Suns">Jacksonville Suns</a> of the <a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">International League</a>.</li> <li>June 24 – <a href="/wiki/George_Trautman" title="George Trautman">George Trautman</a>, 73, president of the minor leagues since 1947; previously president of the American Association (1933–1945) and general manager of Detroit Tigers (1946).</li> <li>June 24 – <a href="/wiki/Jud_Wilson" title="Jud Wilson">Jud Wilson</a>, 69, Hall of Fame and All-Star third baseman of the Negro leagues who batted .352 lifetime in 900 games between 1923 and 1945, and three times (1927, 1929, 1941) eclipsed the .400 mark.</li> <li>June 28 – <a href="/wiki/Home_Run_Baker" title="Home Run Baker">Frank "Home Run" Baker</a>, 77, Hall of Fame third baseman, a lifetime .307 hitter and four-time home run champion, as well as the last surviving member of Philadelphia Athletics' "$100,000 infield".</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_3">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 1 – <a href="/wiki/Earl_Moseley" title="Earl Moseley">Earl Moseley</a>, 75, pitcher who starred in the Federal League, winning 19 games for Indianapolis in 1914 and ERA championship (1.91) for Newark in 1915; also pitched for 1913 Boston Red Sox and 1916 Cincinnati Reds.</li> <li>July 2 – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Flanagan_(sportscaster)" title="Pat Flanagan (sportscaster)">Pat Flanagan</a>, 70, radio voice of the Chicago Cubs from 1929 to 1943 on <a href="/wiki/WBBM_(AM)" title="WBBM (AM)">WBBM</a>, calling games for three National League champions and handling play-by-play for the first MLB All-Star Game in 1933; also described White Sox games.</li> <li>July 5 – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Demott" title="Ben Demott">Ben Demott</a>, 74, pitcher for the Cleveland Naps from 1910 to 1911.</li> <li>July 8 – <a href="/wiki/Roy_Sanders_(American_League_pitcher)" title="Roy Sanders (American League pitcher)">Roy Sanders</a>, 69, pitcher who worked in 14 career contests for the 1918 New York Yankees and 1920 St. Louis Browns.</li> <li>July 12 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Cameron_(baseball)" title="Jack Cameron (baseball)">"Happy Jack" Cameron</a>, 78, Canadian outfielder/pitcher who appeared in 18 games for Boston of the National League in 1906.</li> <li>July 14 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lindsay_(third_baseman)" title="Bill Lindsay (third baseman)">Bill Lindsay</a>, 82, third baseman in 19 games for the 1911 Cleveland Naps.</li> <li>July 19 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Hanford" title="Charlie Hanford">Charlie Hanford</a>, 81, native of the United Kingdom who appeared in 232 games as an outfielder for Buffalo and Chicago of the Federal League in 1914 and 1915,</li> <li>July 24 – <a href="/wiki/Luther_Roy" title="Luther Roy">Luther Roy</a>, 60, pitcher who appeared in 56 career contests for the Cleveland Indians (1924–1925), Chicago Cubs (1927), Philadelphia Phillies (1929) and Brooklyn Robins (1929).</li> <li>July 25 – <a href="/wiki/Rags_Roberts" title="Rags Roberts">Rags Roberts</a>, 67, outfielder/catcher for 1923 Baltimore Black Sox of the Eastern Colored League.</li> <li>July 27 – <a href="/wiki/Hooks_Dauss" title="Hooks Dauss">Hooks Dauss</a>, 73, pitcher won 222 games, all for Detroit, for whom he played from 1912 through 1926.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_3">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 2 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Standridge" title="Pete Standridge">Pete Standridge</a>, 71, pitcher who appeared in 31 total games for 1911 St. Louis Cardinals and 1915 Chicago Cubs.</li> <li>August 4 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Fisher_(baseball)" title="Bob Fisher (baseball)">Bob Fisher</a>, 76, shortstop and second baseman who played 503 games in the National League for Brooklyn, Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis over seven seasons spanning 1912 to 1919.</li> <li>August 5 – <a href="/wiki/Herb_Crompton" title="Herb Crompton">Herb Crompton</a>, 51, catcher who played 38 career games in the majors as a member of the 1937 Washington Senators and 1945 New York Yankees.</li> <li>August 6 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Ray_(baseball)" title="Frank Ray (baseball)">Frank Ray</a>, 54, outfielder in 26 games for the 1932 Montgomery Grey Sox of the Negro Southern League.</li> <li>August 10 – <a href="/wiki/William_Kinsler" title="William Kinsler">William Kinsler</a>, 95, outfielder who appeared in one game for the New York Giants on June 8, 1893.</li> <li>August 12 – <a href="/wiki/Dick_Braggins" title="Dick Braggins">Dick Braggins</a>, 85, pitcher during the American League's inaugural season, appearing in four games for Cleveland between May 16 and June 26, 1901.</li> <li>August 15 – <a href="/wiki/Karl_Drews" title="Karl Drews">Karl Drews</a>, 43, pitcher who worked in 418 games for four MLB teams between 1946 and 1954, including 1947 champion New York Yankees.</li> <li>August 17 – <a href="/wiki/Coco_Ferrer" title="Coco Ferrer">Coco Ferrer</a>, 48, Puerto Rican infielder for the 1946–1948 Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League.</li> <li>August 19 – <a href="/wiki/Carl_Zamloch" title="Carl Zamloch">Carl Zamloch</a>, 73, pitcher who went 1–6 (2.45 ERA) in 17 games for the 1913 Detroit Tigers.</li> <li>August 21 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Asmussen" title="Tom Asmussen">Tom Asmussen</a>, 84, catcher who appeared in two games for the 1907 Boston Doves of the National League.</li> <li>August 24 – <a href="/wiki/Ren_Kelly" title="Ren Kelly">Ren Kelly</a>, 63, who pitched one game for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1923.</li> <li>August 24 – <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Waites" title="Arnold Waites">Arnold Waites</a>, 48, pitcher/outfielder who played for the Homestead Grays (1936–1937) and Washington Elite Giants (1937) of the Negro National League.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_3">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 3 – <a href="/wiki/Tony_DeFate" title="Tony DeFate">Tony DeFate</a>, 68, infielder/pinch hitter who got into 17 total games with the St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers in 1917.</li> <li>September 4 – <a href="/wiki/Home_Run_Johnson" title="Home Run Johnson">Grant "Home Run" Johnson</a>, 90, shortstop and slugger who played in Black baseball from 1893 to 1923, before organization of the Negro leagues; fell short of entry into National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022.</li> <li>September 8 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Knickerbocker" title="Bill Knickerbocker">Bill Knickerbocker</a>, 51, infielder for five different teams from 1933 to 1942, and a member of 1938 and 1939 Yankees champion teams as a backup infielder.</li> <li>September 8 – <a href="/wiki/Johnnie_Williams_(baseball)" title="Johnnie Williams (baseball)">"Honolulu Johnnie" Williams</a>, 74, Hawaii native who pitched in four games for the 1914 Detroit Tigers.</li> <li>September 11 – <a href="/wiki/Ham_Hyatt" title="Ham Hyatt">Ham Hyatt</a>, 78, reserve outfielder/first baseman who appeared in 465 career games for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1909–1910, 1912–1914), St. Louis Cardinals (1915) and New York Yankees (1922).</li> <li>September 15 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Miner" title="Ray Miner">Ray Miner</a>, 66, southpaw who hurled in one MLB game for the Philadelphia Athletics on September 15, 1921.</li> <li>September 16 – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Niggeling" title="Johnny Niggeling">Johnny Niggeling</a>, 60, one of four knuckleballers in starting rotation of 1945 Washington Senators; also pitched for Boston Bees/Braves, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Browns between 1938 and 1946.</li> <li>September 16 – <a href="/wiki/Ollie_Waldon" title="Ollie Waldon">Ollie Waldon</a>, 52, outfielder/third baseman for the 1944 Chicago American Giants of the Negro American League.</li> <li>September 19 – <a href="/wiki/Slim_Harriss" title="Slim Harriss">Slim Harriss</a>, 66, pitcher who went 95–135 (4.25) for mostly struggling Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox teams from 1920 to 1928.</li> <li>September 24 – <a href="/wiki/Daff_Gammons" class="mw-redirect" title="Daff Gammons">Daff Gammons</a>, 87, who appeared in 28 games—primarily as an outfielder—in 1901 for Boston of the National League.</li> <li>September 27 – <a href="/wiki/Andy_Coakley" title="Andy Coakley">Andy Coakley</a>, 80, pitcher who won 18 games for 1905 Athletics, later coach at Columbia for 37 years.</li> <li>September 30 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_White_(outfielder)" title="Jack White (outfielder)">Jack White</a>, 85, outfielder who played almost two decades (1895–1913) in minors but appeared in only one big-league game, with Boston of the National League on June 26, 1904.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_3">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 2 – <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Bacon" title="Eddie Bacon">Eddie Bacon</a>, 68, pitcher/pinch hitter who appeared in three games for the 1917 Philadelphia Athletics.</li> <li>October 2 – <a href="/wiki/Cy_Perkins" title="Cy Perkins">Cy Perkins</a>, 67, catcher for 17 seasons in the American League, mostly with the Athletics (1917–1930); also a coach for New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies for 15 seasons between 1932 and 1954; member of four World Series champions (1929, 1930, 1932, 1935).</li> <li>October 5 – <a href="/wiki/George_Curry_(baseball)" title="George Curry (baseball)">George Curry</a>, 74, pitcher who went 0–3 (7.47 ERA) in three games and three starts for the 1911 St. Louis Browns.</li> <li>October 9 – <a href="/wiki/Maywood_Brown" title="Maywood Brown">Maywood Brown</a>, 67, pitcher for the 1921 and 1925 Indianapolis ABCs of the Negro National League.</li> <li>October 18 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Emmer" title="Frank Emmer">Frank Emmer</a>, 67, Cincinnati Reds shortstop who played in 122 career games over two seasons spaced over a decade (1916, 1926).</li> <li>October 18 – <a href="/wiki/Stu_Flythe" title="Stu Flythe">Stu Flythe</a>, 51, Philadelphia Athletics pitcher who worked in 17 games during 1936 and led American League with 16 wild pitches.</li> <li>October 25 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Lindsey_(baseball)" title="Jim Lindsey (baseball)">Jim Lindsey</a>, 64, pitcher who hurled 177 career games, mostly in relief, for the Cleveland Indians (1922 and 1924), St. Louis Cardinals (1929–1934), Cincinnati Reds (1934) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1937); member of 1931 world champion Redbirds.</li> <li>October 26 – <a href="/wiki/Newt_Hunter" title="Newt Hunter">Newt Hunter</a>, 83, first baseman in 65 games for 1911 Pittsburgh Pirates; coach for 1920 Cardinals and 1928–1930 and 1933 Phillies.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_3">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 2 – <a href="/wiki/Luis_Pillot" title="Luis Pillot">Luis Pillot</a>, 46, native of Puerto Rico who appeared as a pitcher/outfielder for the New York Black Yankees (1941, 1946) and Cincinnati Clowns (1943) of the Negro leagues.</li> <li>November 6 – <a href="/wiki/Clarence_Mitchell_(baseball)" title="Clarence Mitchell (baseball)">Clarence Mitchell</a>, 72, spitball pitcher who won 125 games over 18 seasons between 1911 and 1932 — most notably for the Philadelphia Phillies and Brooklyn Robins — for six MLB clubs; hit into unassisted triple play in 1920 World Series.</li> <li>November 12 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Connolly_(catcher)" title="Ed Connolly (catcher)">Ed Connolly</a>, 54, catcher for the Boston Red Sox between 1929 and 1932; his <a href="/wiki/Ed_Connolly_(pitcher)" title="Ed Connolly (pitcher)">son</a> pitched for 1964 Red Sox.</li> <li>November 13 – <a href="/wiki/Muddy_Ruel" title="Muddy Ruel">Muddy Ruel</a>, 67, catcher for 19 seasons for six American League teams, including 1924 World Series champion Washington Senators (when he scored the Series-deciding run); held law degree from Washington University in St. Louis; later a longtime coach, manager of 1947 St. Louis Browns, general manager of 1954–1956 Detroit Tigers, and assistant to the <a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioner of Baseball">Commissioner of Baseball</a>.</li> <li>November 14 – <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Melillo" class="mw-redirect" title="Oscar Melillo">Oscar "Ski" Melillo</a>, 64, second baseman in 1,377 games for St. Louis Browns (1926–1935) and Boston Red Sox (1935–1937); interim manager of 1938 Browns; later a longtime coach associated with manager Lou Boudreau.</li> <li>November 17 – <a href="/wiki/Merito_Acosta" title="Merito Acosta">Merito Acosta</a>, 67, Cuban outfielder for the Washington Senators (1913–1916, 1918) and Philadelphia Athletics (1918); broke into majors at 17 as one of first Cuban ballplayers in American League; his <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Acosta_(baseball)" title="José Acosta (baseball)">brother</a> was an MLB pitcher.</li> <li>November 17 – <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Means" title="Lewis Means">Lewis Means</a>, 64, catcher who played for the Birmingham Black Barons and the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants of the Negro leagues between 1920 and 1928.</li> <li>November 20 – <a href="/wiki/Marty_Hopkins" title="Marty Hopkins">Marty Hopkins</a>, 56, second-string third baseman who played in 136 career games for 1934 Philadelphia Phillies and 1934–1935 Chicago White Sox.</li> <li>November 21 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Hock" title="Ed Hock">Ed Hock</a>, 64, outfielder/pinch runner for 1920 St. Louis Cardinals and 1923–1924 Cincinnati Reds, getting into 19 MLB games.</li> <li>November 21 – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Shields_(baseball)" title="Jimmy Shields (baseball)">Jimmy Shields</a>, 58, pitcher/second baseman for Atlantic City who led the Eastern Colored League in earned run average (1.51) in 1928.</li> <li>November 22 – <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a>, 46, President of the United States who threw out the ceremonial first pitch of the 1961 MLB season and became only the 2nd president to attend an All-Star Game in 1962.</li> <li>November 25 – <a href="/wiki/Rube_Parnham" title="Rube Parnham">Rube Parnham</a>, 69, pitcher for 1916–1917 Philadelphia Athletics who worked in six career games; compiled a 2–1 won–lost mark in four contests for the abysmal 1916 Athletics to become the sole pitcher with a winning record for a team that lost 117 of 153 games.</li> <li>November 29 – <a href="/wiki/Arch_Reilly" title="Arch Reilly">Arch Reilly</a>, 72, third baseman who played three innings of one MLB game for the Pittsburgh Pirates on June 1, 1917.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_3">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 3 – <a href="/wiki/Nellie_Pott" title="Nellie Pott">Nellie Pott</a>, 64, southpaw who pitched in two games for the 1922 Cleveland Indians.</li> <li>December 8 – <a href="/wiki/Red_Worthington" title="Red Worthington">Red Worthington</a>, 57, left fielder for Boston Braves from 1931 to 1934.</li> <li>December 10 – <a href="/wiki/Carl_Fischer_(baseball)" title="Carl Fischer (baseball)">Carl Fischer</a>, 55, left-handed hurler who appeared in 191 games for five American League teams (principally the Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers) between 1930 and 1937.</li> <li>December 12 – <a href="/wiki/Myles_Thomas" title="Myles Thomas">Myles Thomas</a>, 66, pitcher for 1926–1929 New York Yankees and 1930 Senators who worked in 105 MLB games; member of World Series champions in 1927 and 1928 but did not appear in either Fall Classic.</li> <li>December 13 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Jaeger" title="Joe Jaeger">Joe Jaeger</a>, 68, pitcher who played in two games for the 1920 Chicago Cubs.</li> <li>December 14 – <a href="/wiki/Gacho_Torres" title="Gacho Torres">Gacho Torres</a>, 67, outfielder/first baseman and Puerto Rico native who appeared for the 1926 Newark Stars of the Eastern Colored League.</li> <li>December 16 – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Cockerham" title="Jimmy Cockerham">Jimmy Cockerham</a>, 53, catcher/first baseman for the 1937 Indianapolis Athletics and 1943 Cleveland Buckeyes of the Negro American League.</li> <li>December 20 – <a href="/wiki/Dinny_McNamara" title="Dinny McNamara">Dinny McNamara</a>, 58, outfielder/pinch runner who played in 20 games for the 1927–1928 Boston Braves.</li> <li>December 21 – <a href="/wiki/Howard_Ross_(baseball)" title="Howard Ross (baseball)">Lefty Ross</a>, 60, who pitched for five Negro National League teams in four seasons (1924 to 1927).</li> <li>December 21 – <a href="/wiki/Happy_Townsend" title="Happy Townsend">Happy Townsend</a>, 84, pitcher who went 34–82 (with a 3.59 ERA) in 153 games for three clubs between 1901 and 1906, notably posting a 22–69 mark for execrable Washington Senators teams from 1902 to 1905.</li> <li>December 21 – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Williams_(first_baseman)" title="Harry Williams (first baseman)">Harry Williams</a>, 73, first baseman who played 86 total games for 1913–1914 New York Yankees.</li> <li>December 24 – <a href="/wiki/Skipper_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Skipper Roberts (baseball)">Skipper Roberts</a>, 75, lefty-swinging catcher and pinch hitter who appeared in 82 games for the 1913 St. Louis Cardinals and the 1914 Pittsburgh Rebels and Chicago Chi-Feds of the Federal League.</li> <li>December 28 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Keating" title="Ray Keating">Ray Keating</a>, 70, pitcher who appeared in 130 career games for the New York Highlanders/Yankees (1912–1916, 1918) and Boston Braves (1919).</li> <li>December 30 – <a href="/wiki/Wilbur_Good" title="Wilbur Good">Wilbur Good</a>, 78, outfielder who played in 749 games for six teams, primarily the Chicago Cubs, over 11 seasons between 1905 and 1918.</li> <li>December 31 – <a href="/wiki/Junie_Barnes" title="Junie Barnes">Junie Barnes</a>, 52, left-hander who pitched to only two batters in his two MLB games, on September 12 and 21, 1934, as a member of the Cincinnati Reds.</li> <li>December 31 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Batsch" title="Bill Batsch">Bill Batsch</a>, 71, who appeared in one game in professional baseball as a pinch hitter (and drew a base on balls) for the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 9, 1916.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_baseball&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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<li><a href="/wiki/1895_in_baseball" title="1895 in baseball">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_in_baseball" title="1896 in baseball">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_in_baseball" title="1897 in baseball">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_in_baseball" title="1898 in baseball">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_in_baseball" title="1899 in baseball">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_in_baseball" title="1900 in baseball">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_in_baseball" title="1901 in baseball">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_in_baseball" title="1902 in baseball">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_in_baseball" title="1903 in baseball">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_in_baseball" title="1904 in baseball">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_in_baseball" title="1905 in baseball">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_in_baseball" title="1906 in baseball">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_in_baseball" title="1907 in baseball">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_in_baseball" title="1908 in baseball">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_in_baseball" title="1909 in baseball">1909</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1910_in_baseball" title="1910 in baseball">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_in_baseball" title="1911 in baseball">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_in_baseball" title="1912 in baseball">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_in_baseball" title="1913 in baseball">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_in_baseball" title="1914 in baseball">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_in_baseball" title="1915 in baseball">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_in_baseball" title="1916 in baseball">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_in_baseball" title="1917 in baseball">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_in_baseball" title="1918 in baseball">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_in_baseball" title="1919 in baseball">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_in_baseball" title="1920 in baseball">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_in_baseball" title="1921 in baseball">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_in_baseball" title="1922 in baseball">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_in_baseball" title="1923 in baseball">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_in_baseball" title="1924 in baseball">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_in_baseball" title="1925 in baseball">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_in_baseball" title="1926 in baseball">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_in_baseball" title="1927 in baseball">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_in_baseball" title="1928 in baseball">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_in_baseball" title="1929 in baseball">1929</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1930_in_baseball" title="1930 in baseball">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_in_baseball" title="1931 in baseball">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_in_baseball" title="1932 in baseball">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_in_baseball" title="1933 in baseball">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_in_baseball" title="1934 in baseball">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_in_baseball" title="1935 in baseball">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_in_baseball" title="1936 in baseball">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_in_baseball" title="1937 in baseball">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_in_baseball" title="1938 in baseball">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_in_baseball" title="1939 in baseball">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_baseball" title="1940 in baseball">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_in_baseball" title="1941 in baseball">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_in_baseball" title="1942 in baseball">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_in_baseball" title="1943 in baseball">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_in_baseball" title="1944 in baseball">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_in_baseball" title="1945 in baseball">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_in_baseball" title="1946 in baseball">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_in_baseball" title="1947 in baseball">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_in_baseball" title="1948 in baseball">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_in_baseball" title="1949 in baseball">1949</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_baseball" title="1950 in baseball">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_in_baseball" title="1951 in baseball">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_in_baseball" title="1952 in baseball">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_in_baseball" title="1953 in baseball">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_in_baseball" title="1954 in baseball">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_in_baseball" title="1955 in baseball">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_in_baseball" title="1956 in baseball">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_in_baseball" title="1957 in baseball">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_in_baseball" title="1958 in baseball">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_baseball" title="1959 in baseball">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_in_baseball" title="1960 in baseball">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_in_baseball" title="1961 in baseball">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_in_baseball" title="1962 in baseball">1962</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_in_baseball" title="1964 in baseball">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_in_baseball" title="1965 in baseball">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_in_baseball" title="1966 in baseball">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_in_baseball" title="1967 in baseball">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_in_baseball" title="1968 in baseball">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_in_baseball" title="1969 in baseball">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_in_baseball" title="1970 in baseball">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_in_baseball" title="1971 in baseball">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_in_baseball" title="1972 in baseball">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_in_baseball" title="1973 in baseball">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_in_baseball" title="1974 in baseball">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_in_baseball" title="1975 in baseball">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_in_baseball" title="1976 in baseball">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_in_baseball" title="1977 in baseball">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_in_baseball" title="1978 in baseball">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_in_baseball" title="1979 in baseball">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_in_baseball" title="1980 in baseball">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_in_baseball" title="1981 in baseball">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_in_baseball" title="1982 in baseball">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_in_baseball" title="1983 in baseball">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_in_baseball" title="1984 in baseball">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_in_baseball" title="1985 in baseball">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_in_baseball" title="1986 in baseball">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_in_baseball" title="1987 in baseball">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_in_baseball" title="1988 in baseball">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_in_baseball" title="1989 in baseball">1989</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> 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