1963 Washington Senators season

The 1963 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing tenth in the American League (in last place) with a record of 56 wins and 106 losses.

1963 Washington Senators
League	American League
Ballpark	D.C. Stadium
City	Washington, D.C.
Record	56–106 (.347)
League place	10th
Owners	James M. Johnston and James H. Lemon
General managers	George Selkirk
Managers	Mickey Vernon, Eddie Yost, Gil Hodges
Television	WTOP
Radio	WTOP (Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
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Offseason

• October 5, 1962: Paul Casanova was signed as a free agent by the Senators.^[1]
• November 26, 1962: 1962 first-year draft
  • Lou Piniella was drafted by the Senators from the Cleveland Indians.^[2]
  • Brant Alyea was drafted by the Senators from the Cincinnati Reds.^[3]
• Prior to 1963 season: Lou Klimchock was acquired by the Senators from the Milwaukee Braves.^[4]

Regular season

• September 2, 1963: Ed Hobaugh hit a home run in the last at bat of his career.^[5]

Season standings

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	104	57	.646	—	58‍–‍22	46‍–‍35
Chicago White Sox	94	68	.580	10½	49‍–‍33	45‍–‍35
Minnesota Twins	91	70	.565	13	48‍–‍33	43‍–‍37
Baltimore Orioles	86	76	.531	18½	48‍–‍33	38‍–‍43
Cleveland Indians	79	83	.488	25½	41‍–‍40	38‍–‍43
Detroit Tigers	79	83	.488	25½	47‍–‍34	32‍–‍49
Boston Red Sox	76	85	.472	28	44‍–‍36	32‍–‍49
Kansas City Athletics	73	89	.451	31½	36‍–‍45	37‍–‍44
Los Angeles Angels	70	91	.435	34	39‍–‍42	31‍–‍49
Washington Senators	56	106	.346	48½	31‍–‍49	25‍–‍57

Record vs. opponents

1963 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KCA	LAA	MIN	NYY	WSH
Baltimore	—	7–11	7–11	10–8	13–5	9–9	9–9	9–9	7–11	15–3
Boston	11–7	—	8–10	10–8	9–9	7–11	9–8	7–11	6–12	9–9
Chicago	11–7	10–8	—	11–7	11–7	12–6	10–8	8–10	8–10	13–5
Cleveland	8–10	8–10	7–11	—	10–8	11–7	10–8	5–13	7–11	13–5
Detroit	5–13	9–9	7–11	8–10	—	13–5	12–6	8–10	8–10	9–9
Kansas City	9–9	11–7	6–12	7–11	5–13	—	10–8	9–9	6–12	10–8
Los Angeles	9–9	8–9	8–10	8–10	6–12	8–10	—	9–9	5–13	9–9
Minnesota	9–9	11–7	10–8	13–5	10–8	9–9	9–9	—	6–11	14–4
New York	11–7	12–6	10–8	11–7	10–8	12–6	13–5	11–6	—	14–4
Washington	3–15	9–9	5–13	5–13	9–9	8–10	9–9	4–14	4–14	—

Notable transactions

• April 2, 1963: Minnie Miñoso was purchased by the Senators from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[6]
• May 6, 1963: Lou Klimchock was returned by the Senators to the Milwaukee Braves.^[4]
• May 8, 1963: Hobie Landrith was purchased by the Senators from the Baltimore Orioles.^[7]
• May 23, 1963: Jimmy Piersall was traded by the Senators to the New York Mets for Gil Hodges.^[8]
• June 24, 1963: Don Zimmer was purchased by the Senators from the Los Angeles Dodgers.^[9]

Roster

1963 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers 8,36 Bob Baird 26,39 Carl Bouldin 39 Jim Bronstad 18 Pete Burnside 23 Tom Cheney 28 Jim Coates 21 Bennie Daniels 17 Jim Duckworth 28 Steve Hamilton 19,26 Jim Hannan 36 Ed Hobaugh 22 Jack Jenkins 27 Ron Kline 16 Ron Moeller 24 Claude Osteen 22 Art Quirk 28 Steve Ridzik 37 Ed Roebuck 33 Don Rudolph 15 Dave Stenhouse		Catchers  5 Hobie Landrith 10 Don Leppert  3 Cal Neeman 14,6 Ken Retzer  8 Bob Schmidt Infielders 12 Don Blasingame  1 Marv Breeding 11 Ed Brinkman  7 Chuck Cottier 36,2 John Kennedy 34 Lou Klimchock 25 Bobo Osborne 29 Dick Phillips 34 Don Zimmer		Outfielders 12,1 Tom Brown 32 Chuck Hinton 20 Ken Hunt 30 Jim King  4 Don Lock  9 Minnie Miñoso 37 Jimmy Piersall Other batters  6 Johnny Schaive  2 Barry Shetrone		Manager  3 Mickey Vernon 14 Gil Hodges Coaches 41 George Case 40 Sid Hudson 41 Danny O'Connell 43 George Susce 42 Eddie Yost

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Ken Retzer	95	265	64	.242	5	31
1B	Bobo Osborne	125	358	76	.212	12	44
2B	Chuck Cottier	113	337	69	.205	5	21
SS	Ed Brinkman	145	514	117	.228	7	45
3B	Don Zimmer	83	298	74	.248	13	44
LF	Chuck Hinton	150	566	152	.269	15	55
CF	Don Lock	149	531	134	.252	27	82
RF	Jim King	136	459	106	.231	24	62

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Dick Phillips	124	321	76	.237	10	32
Minnie Miñoso	109	315	72	.229	4	30
Don Blasingame	69	254	65	.256	2	12
Don Leppert	73	211	50	.237	6	24
Marv Breeding	58	197	54	.274	1	14
Tom Brown	61	116	17	.147	1	4
Hobie Landrith	42	103	18	.175	1	7
Jim Piersall	29	94	23	.245	1	5
John Kennedy	36	62	11	.177	0	4
Ken Hunt	7	20	4	.200	1	4
Cal Neeman	14	18	1	.056	0	0
Bob Schmidt	9	15	3	.200	0	0
Lou Klimchock	9	14	2	.143	0	2
Johnny Schaive	3	3	0	.000	0	0
Barry Shetrone	2	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Claude Osteen	40	212.1	9	14	3.35	109
Don Rudolph	37	174.0	7	19	4.55	70
Tom Cheney	23	136.1	8	9	2.71	97
Dave Stenhouse	16	87.0	3	9	4.55	47

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bennie Daniels	35	168.2	5	10	4.38	88
Jim Duckworth	37	120.2	4	12	6.04	66
Steve Ridzik	20	89.2	5	6	4.82	47
Jim Hannan	13	27.2	2	2	4.88	14
Ron Moeller	8	24.1	2	0	6.29	10
Carl Bouldin	10	23.1	2	2	5.79	10
Art Quirk	7	21.0	1	0	4.29	12
Ed Hobaugh	9	16.0	0	0	6.19	11
Jack Jenkins	4	12.1	0	2	5.84	5
Bob Baird	5	11.2	0	3	7.71	7

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Ron Kline	62	3	8	17	2.79	49
Pete Burnside	38	0	1	0	6.15	23
Ed Roebuck	26	2	1	4	3.30	25
Jim Bronstad	25	1	3	1	5.65	22
Jim Coates	20	2	4	0	5.28	31
Steve Hamilton	3	0	1	0	13.50	1

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

• Don Leppert, reserve

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Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	York White Roses	Eastern League	Danny O'Connell and Johnny Schaive
A	Peninsula Senators	Carolina League	Archie Wilson
A	Wisconsin Rapids Senators	Midwest League	Wayne Terwilliger
A	Geneva Senators	New York–Penn League	Owen Friend