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1963 seasonWWikipedia↗WWorld Series↗

20 teams in AL, NL · 1619 regular-season games · 1963-04-08 to 1963-09-29 · attendance 20,477,074

◀ 1962 1964 ▶

World Series champion

Los Angeles Dodgers

MVP

Elston Howard AL
Sandy Koufax NL

Cy Young

Sandy Koufax

Rookie of the Year

Gary Peters AL
Pete Rose NL

All-Star Game

1963-07-09 at Cleveland Stadium

Hall of Fame class of 1963

Elmer Flick, Eppa Rixey, John Clarkson, Sam Rice

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
World Series	Los Angeles Dodgers 4–0 New York Yankees	4

Standings

AL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Yankees	104	57	.646	—	547	1,308,920	Ralph Houk	Pennant
2	Chicago White Sox	94	68	.580	10.5	544	1,158,848	Al Lopez
3	Minnesota Twins	91	70	.565	13	602	1,406,652	Sam Mele
4	Baltimore Orioles	86	76	.531	18.5	621	774,343	Billy Hitchcock
5	Cleveland Indians	79	83	.488	25.5	702	562,507	Birdie Tebbetts
5	Detroit Tigers	79	83	.488	25.5	703	821,952	Bob Scheffing, Chuck Dressen
7	Boston Red Sox	76	85	.472	28	704	942,642	Johnny Pesky
8	Kansas City Athletics	73	89	.451	31.5	704	762,364	Eddie Lopat
9	Los Angeles Angels	70	91	.435	34	660	821,015	Bill Rigney
10	Washington Senators	56	106	.346	48.5	812	535,604	Mickey Vernon, Eddie Yost, Gil Hodges

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Los Angeles Dodgers	99	63	.611	—	550	2,538,602	Walter Alston	World Series
2	St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	.574	6	628	1,170,546	Johnny Keane
3	San Francisco Giants	88	74	.543	11	641	1,571,306	Al Dark
4	Philadelphia Phillies	87	75	.537	12	578	907,141	Gene Mauch
5	Cincinnati Reds	86	76	.531	13	594	858,805	Fred Hutchinson
6	Milwaukee Braves	84	78	.519	15	603	773,018	Bobby Bragan
7	Chicago Cubs	82	80	.506	17	578	979,551	Bob Kennedy
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	74	88	.457	25	595	783,648	Danny Murtaugh
9	Houston Colt .45's	66	96	.407	33	640	719,502	Harry Craft
10	New York Mets	51	111	.315	48	774	1,080,108	Casey Stengel

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Francisco Giants, 1963-05-11
Don Nottebart, Houston Colt .45's vs. Philadelphia Phillies, 1963-05-17
Juan Marichal, San Francisco Giants vs. Houston Colt .45's, 1963-06-15

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Postseason

Standings

AL

NL

Leaders

AL

NL

No-hitters