1963 American League Stats

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1963 American League Standings

1963 National League <<1962 American League 1964 American League>>
RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1New York Yankees104-57 (0.646)-714547100-62 (0.620)99-63 (0.611)1,308,92051.822.93.725.3
2Chicago White Sox94-68 (0.580)10.568354498-64 (0.603)99-63 (0.611)1,158,84851.218.73.628.9
3Minnesota Twins91-70 (0.565)13.076760299-63 (0.609)102-60 (0.630)1,406,65254.430.11.322.9
4Baltimore Orioles86-76 (0.531)18.564462184-78 (0.517)88-74 (0.543)774,34340.719.74.116.9
5Cleveland Indians79-83 (0.488)25.563570274-88 (0.454)70-92 (0.432)562,50722.414.0-1.710.1
5Detroit Tigers79-83 (0.488)25.570070381-81 (0.498)80-82 (0.494)821,95232.320.91.69.8
7Boston Red Sox76-85 (0.472)28.066670477-85 (0.475)72-90 (0.444)942,64224.116.8-3.410.7
8Kansas City Athletics73-89 (0.451)31.561570471-91 (0.438)71-91 (0.438)762,36423.26.53.013.7
9Los Angeles Angels70-91 (0.435)34.059766074-88 (0.454)77-85 (0.475)821,01529.413.25.610.7
10Washington Senators56-106 (0.346)48.557881257-105 (0.349)53-109 (0.327)535,6045.54.76.8-6.1

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Pos Age Batting WAR Shark WAR G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SB CS wRC OBP SLG
1 Carl Yastrzemski BOS LF 23 7.0 7.5 151 668 183 40 3 14 95 8 5 109.207 0.418 0.475
2 Bob Allison MIN RF 28 6.9 7.7 148 626 143 25 4 35 90 6 1 102.042 0.378 0.533
3 Al Kaline DET RF 28 6.2 6.4 145 616 172 24 3 27 54 6 4 96.577 0.375 0.514
4 Harmon Killebrew MIN LF 27 6.1 6.0 142 596 133 18 0 45 72 0 0 94.752 0.349 0.555
5 Tom Tresh NYA CF 24 5.9 5.7 145 614 140 28 5 25 83 3 3 90.565 0.371 0.486
6 Albie Pearson LAA CF 28 5.7 5.6 154 684 176 26 5 6 92 17 10 92.150 0.402 0.398
7 Norm Cash DET 1B 29 5.4 5.0 147 593 133 19 1 26 89 2 3 89.091 0.386 0.471
8 Pete Ward CHA 3B 25 5.4 5.0 157 667 177 34 6 22 52 7 6 92.220 0.353 0.482
9 Elston Howard NYA C 34 5.2 4.6 135 531 140 21 6 28 35 0 0 79.032 0.342 0.528
10 Earl Battey MIN C 28 5.0 6.2 147 586 145 17 1 26 61 0 0 84.449 0.369 0.476
11 Jimmie Hall MIN CF 25 5.0 5.4 156 571 129 21 5 33 63 3 3 82.664 0.342 0.521
12 Dick Stuart BOS 1B 30 4.7 2.5 157 659 160 25 4 42 44 0 0 89.797 0.312 0.521
13 Rocky Colavito DET LF 29 4.6 5.4 160 692 162 29 2 22 84 0 0 89.107 0.358 0.437
14 Leon Wagner LAA LF 29 4.5 4.5 149 613 160 11 1 26 49 5 7 81.245 0.352 0.456
15 Rich Rollins MIN 3B 25 4.1 4.1 136 586 163 23 1 16 36 2 0 76.167 0.359 0.444
16 Jim Gentile BAL 1B 29 4.1 4.5 145 582 123 16 1 24 76 1 0 73.775 0.353 0.429
17 Floyd Robinson CHA RF 27 4.0 4.1 146 600 149 21 6 13 62 4 3 74.984 0.361 0.419
18 Max Alvis CLE 3B 25 3.9 3.1 158 660 165 32 7 22 36 9 7 79.639 0.324 0.460
19 Don Lock WS2 CF 26 3.8 4.6 149 611 134 20 1 27 70 7 3 75.776 0.338 0.446
20 Chuck Hinton WS2 LF 29 3.8 4.3 150 646 152 20 12 15 64 25 9 75.239 0.340 0.426
21 Boog Powell BAL LF 21 3.8 3.6 140 548 130 22 2 25 49 1 2 69.236 0.328 0.470
22 Mickey Mantle NYA CF 31 3.7 3.8 65 213 54 8 0 15 40 2 1 44.886 0.441 0.622
23 Roger Maris NYA RF 28 3.7 4.1 90 351 84 14 1 23 35 1 0 54.276 0.346 0.542
24 John Orsino BAL C 25 3.4 3.2 116 430 103 18 1 19 38 2 3 58.819 0.349 0.475
25 Jim Fregosi LAA SS 21 3.3 4.1 154 642 170 29 12 9 36 2 2 69.779 0.325 0.422
26 Woodie Held CLE 2B 31 3.2 3.4 133 493 103 19 4 17 61 2 2 62.201 0.352 0.435
27 Norm Siebern KC1 1B 29 3.1 4.6 152 644 151 25 2 16 79 1 4 78.103 0.358 0.410
28 Eddie Bressoud BOS SS 31 2.9 1.6 140 559 129 23 6 20 52 1 1 67.501 0.329 0.451
29 Joe Pepitone NYA 1B 22 2.9 1.6 157 615 157 16 3 27 23 3 5 68.438 0.304 0.448
30 Wayne Causey KC1 SS 26 2.5 3.8 139 619 155 32 4 8 56 4 2 68.583 0.345 0.395
31 Don Mincher MIN 1B 25 2.4 2.2 82 262 58 8 0 17 30 0 0 39.195 0.351 0.520
32 Dick McAuliffe DET SS 23 2.4 1.0 150 644 149 18 6 13 64 11 5 66.812 0.334 0.384
33 Al Smith BAL RF 35 2.4 2.4 120 406 100 17 1 10 32 9 0 45.149 0.335 0.405
34 Frank Malzone BOS 3B 33 2.3 2.8 151 623 169 25 2 15 31 0 2 68.793 0.327 0.419
35 Fred Whitfield CLE 1B 25 2.3 2.0 109 383 87 17 3 21 24 0 1 47.188 0.302 0.500
36 Dave Nicholson CHA LF 23 2.3 2.3 126 520 103 11 4 22 63 2 1 56.637 0.319 0.419
37 Jim King WS2 RF 30 2.3 2.5 136 510 106 16 5 24 45 3 0 55.439 0.300 0.444
38 Ed Charles KC1 3B 30 2.3 2.3 158 679 161 28 2 15 58 15 8 71.991 0.332 0.395
39 Gary Geiger BOS CF 26 2.2 2.7 121 440 105 13 5 16 36 9 4 52.212 0.327 0.441
40 Jake Wood DET 2B 26 2.0 1.1 85 385 95 11 2 11 24 18 5 42.388 0.330 0.407
41 Bill Bruton DET CF 37 1.9 2.7 145 594 134 21 8 8 59 14 7 58.655 0.331 0.372
42 Bob Johnson BAL 2B 27 1.9 2.2 82 275 75 10 0 8 18 5 1 33.809 0.347 0.429
43 Mike Hershberger CHA RF 23 1.9 1.8 135 526 133 26 2 3 39 9 3 51.885 0.338 0.361
44 Billy Moran LAA 2B 29 1.8 3.0 153 648 164 29 5 7 31 1 1 57.987 0.310 0.375
45 Joe Azcue 2 teams C 23 1.8 3.5 96 343 91 16 0 14 15 1 1 39.831 0.309 0.460
46 Johnny Goryl MIN 2B 29 1.8 1.0 64 174 43 5 3 9 15 0 0 26.085 0.353 0.540
47 Vic Davalillo CLE CF 23 1.7 2.5 90 394 108 18 5 7 16 3 3 42.697 0.321 0.424
48 Russ Snyder BAL CF 29 1.7 1.9 148 479 110 21 2 7 40 18 5 44.453 0.321 0.364
49 Zoilo Versalles MIN SS 23 1.7 1.7 159 666 162 31 13 10 33 7 4 63.774 0.303 0.401
50 Felix Mantilla BOS SS 28 1.7 1.5 66 198 56 8 0 6 20 2 1 29.081 0.384 0.461

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Age Pitching WAR Shark WAR G GS IP W L CG SV R BB SO Pitch Runs Saved ERA WHIP SOper9
1 Gary Peters CHA 26 8.0 8.3 41 30 243.00 19 8 13 1 69 68 189 68.21 2.33 1.07 7.00
2 Camilo Pascual MIN 29 7.7 7.6 31 31 248.33 21 9 18 0 76 81 202 69.35 2.46 1.15 7.32
3 Jim Bouton NYA 24 6.7 5.3 40 30 249.33 21 7 12 1 79 87 148 57.38 2.53 1.11 5.34
4 Whitey Ford NYA 34 6.4 5.5 38 37 269.33 24 7 13 1 94 56 189 54.33 2.74 1.10 6.32
5 Juan Pizarro CHA 26 6.2 5.9 32 28 214.67 16 8 10 1 69 63 163 53.21 2.39 1.12 6.83
6 Steve Barber BAL 25 6.0 5.1 39 36 258.67 20 13 11 0 99 92 180 44.86 2.75 1.33 6.26
7 Dick Radatz BOS 26 5.5 4.9 66 0 132.33 15 6 0 25 31 51 162 44.30 1.97 1.10 11.02
8 Al Downing NYA 22 5.0 4.2 24 22 175.67 13 5 10 0 52 80 171 42.40 2.56 1.10 8.76
9 Dick Stigman MIN 27 4.8 3.7 33 33 241.00 15 15 15 0 90 81 193 43.18 3.25 1.21 7.21
10 Moe Drabowsky KC1 27 4.7 4.2 26 22 174.33 7 13 9 0 62 64 109 35.74 3.05 1.14 5.63
11 Jack Kralick 2 teams 28 4.6 4.4 33 32 223.00 14 13 11 0 86 49 129 37.45 3.03 1.18 5.21
12 Ralph Terry NYA 27 4.5 2.9 40 37 268.00 17 15 18 1 103 39 114 38.15 3.22 1.06 3.83
13 Milt Pappas BAL 24 4.4 3.7 34 32 216.67 16 9 11 0 80 69 120 33.10 3.03 1.18 4.98
14 Lee Stange MIN 26 4.4 3.7 32 20 164.67 12 5 7 0 53 43 100 39.90 2.62 1.14 5.47
15 Robin Roberts BAL 36 4.1 3.8 35 35 251.33 14 13 9 0 100 40 124 30.87 3.33 1.07 4.44
16 Ray Herbert CHA 33 3.8 4.1 33 33 224.67 13 10 14 0 86 35 105 32.46 3.24 1.18 4.21
17 John Buzhardt CHA 26 3.8 2.9 19 18 126.33 9 4 6 0 35 31 59 32.14 2.42 1.04 4.20
18 Ken McBride LAA 27 3.7 3.0 36 36 251.00 13 12 11 0 101 82 147 27.41 3.26 1.12 5.27
19 Orlando Peña KC1 29 3.7 3.2 35 33 217.00 12 20 9 0 93 53 128 27.99 3.69 1.25 5.31
20 Bill Monbouquette BOS 26 3.7 2.4 37 36 266.67 20 10 13 0 119 42 174 30.02 3.81 1.12 5.87
21 Bill Dailey MIN 28 3.7 3.8 66 0 108.67 6 3 0 21 26 19 72 33.20 1.99 0.91 5.96
22 Pedro Ramos CLE 28 3.7 3.2 36 22 184.67 9 8 5 0 74 41 169 29.88 3.12 1.07 8.24
23 Stu Miller BAL 35 3.6 3.7 71 0 112.33 5 8 0 27 36 53 114 26.83 2.24 1.30 9.13
24 Tom Cheney WS2 28 3.3 2.5 23 21 136.33 8 9 7 0 51 40 97 27.00 2.71 1.02 6.40
25 Dean Chance LAA 22 3.3 2.4 45 35 248.00 13 18 6 3 109 90 168 24.14 3.19 1.29 6.10
26 Hoyt Wilhelm CHA 40 3.2 2.8 55 3 136.33 5 8 0 21 47 30 111 27.05 2.64 1.00 7.33
27 Hank Aguirre DET 32 2.9 1.9 38 33 225.67 14 15 14 0 96 68 134 24.16 3.67 1.29 5.34
28 Art Fowler LAA 40 2.6 2.6 57 0 89.33 5 3 0 10 26 19 53 19.29 2.42 1.00 5.34
29 Dick Hall BAL 32 2.4 3.0 47 3 111.67 5 5 0 12 39 16 74 18.00 2.98 0.96 5.96
30 Jack Lamabe BOS 26 2.4 1.9 65 2 151.33 7 4 0 6 63 46 93 19.19 3.15 1.22 5.53
31 Claude Osteen WS2 23 2.3 1.8 40 29 212.33 9 14 8 0 101 60 109 18.52 3.35 1.33 4.62
32 Frank Lary DET 33 2.1 2.0 16 14 107.33 4 9 6 0 40 26 46 17.68 3.27 1.08 3.86
33 Stan Williams NYA 26 2.1 1.4 29 21 146.00 9 8 6 0 59 57 98 17.48 3.21 1.33 6.04
34 Jim Bunning DET 31 2.0 1.2 39 35 248.33 12 13 6 1 119 69 196 16.97 3.88 1.26 7.10
35 John Wyatt KC1 28 2.0 1.7 63 0 92.00 6 4 0 21 37 43 81 14.99 3.13 1.37 7.92
36 Ron Kline WS2 31 1.9 1.8 62 1 93.67 3 8 0 17 36 30 49 15.52 2.79 1.23 4.71
37 Gary Bell CLE 26 1.9 1.5 58 7 119.00 8 5 0 5 48 52 98 15.43 2.95 1.20 7.41
38 Mudcat Grant CLE 27 1.9 1.7 38 32 229.33 13 14 10 1 107 87 157 15.33 3.69 1.31 6.16
39 Hal Reniff NYA 24 1.8 1.5 48 0 89.33 4 3 0 18 31 42 56 15.56 2.62 1.18 5.64
40 Earl Wilson BOS 28 1.8 1.7 37 34 210.67 11 16 6 0 99 105 123 14.41 3.76 1.37 5.25
41 Jim Brosnan CHA 33 1.7 1.7 45 0 73.00 3 8 0 14 24 22 46 14.41 2.84 1.27 5.67
42 Mickey Lolich DET 22 1.7 1.2 33 18 144.33 5 9 4 0 64 56 103 14.14 3.55 1.39 6.42
43 Joe Horlen CHA 25 1.6 1.4 33 21 124.00 11 7 3 0 50 55 61 14.05 3.27 1.43 4.43
44 Dave Wickersham KC1 27 1.6 0.4 38 34 237.67 12 15 4 1 116 79 118 12.33 4.09 1.36 4.47
45 Dan Osinski LAA 29 1.6 0.9 47 16 159.33 8 8 4 0 66 80 100 11.80 3.28 1.41 5.65
46 Early Wynn CLE 43 1.5 1.6 20 5 55.33 1 2 1 1 14 15 29 12.50 2.28 1.17 4.72
47 Julio Navarro LAA 29 1.5 1.5 57 0 90.33 4 5 0 12 36 32 53 11.23 2.89 1.18 5.28
48 Ed Rakow KC1 28 1.5 0.7 34 26 174.33 9 10 7 0 85 61 104 11.46 3.92 1.34 5.37
49 Dave Morehead BOS 19 1.5 0.5 29 29 174.67 10 13 6 0 82 99 136 12.11 3.81 1.35 7.01
50 Diego Segui KC1 25 1.4 1.0 38 23 167.00 9 6 4 0 84 73 116 10.35 3.77 1.47 6.25

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 J. C. Martin CHA 26 2.4 98.0 653.3 468.0 48.0 9.0 9.0 17.623
2 Ed Sadowski LAA 32 2.2 68.0 480.3 340.0 38.0 1.0 7.0 20.087
3 Joe Azcue 2 teams 23 1.7 92.0 742.0 569.0 42.0 5.0 13.0 13.745
4 Yogi Berra NYA 38 1.2 35.0 292.0 244.0 13.0 3.0 5.0 8.723
5 Earl Battey MIN 28 1.2 146.0 1236.7 861.0 66.0 6.0 11.0 8.492
6 Haywood Sullivan KC1 32 0.9 37.0 300.0 226.0 15.0 2.0 3.0 7.769
7 Hobie Landrith 2 teams 33 0.7 38.0 266.3 161.0 17.0 4.0 3.0 5.393
8 Hank Foiles LAA 34 0.6 30.0 193.3 135.0 13.0 4.0 4.0 5.226
1B 1 Norm Siebern KC1 29 1.5 131.0 1167.3 1193.0 102.0 12.0 95.0 13.337
2 Vic Power MIN 35 1.3 124.0 923.3 896.0 76.0 8.0 86.0 9.233
3 Lee Thomas LAA 27 0.6 104.0 894.3 961.0 84.0 4.0 88.0 5.375
4 Jim Gentile BAL 29 0.4 143.0 1232.3 1185.0 110.0 6.0 122.0 3.460
5 Dick Phillips WS2 31 0.3 68.0 593.0 655.0 59.0 4.0 73.0 2.401
6 Vic Wertz MIN 38 0.1 6.0 45.0 32.0 5.0 0.0 2.0 1.099
7 Bill Freehan DET 21 0.1 19.0 168.3 147.0 16.0 1.0 14.0 0.523
8 Tito Francona CLE 29 0.1 11.0 76.7 77.0 6.0 0.0 3.0 0.457
2B 1 Bobby Richardson NYA 27 1.5 150.0 1337.0 335.0 424.0 12.0 105.0 10.951
2 Don Blasingame WS2 31 1.4 64.0 529.0 162.0 177.0 3.0 52.0 11.732
3 Billy Moran LAA 29 1.2 151.0 1342.3 352.0 455.0 22.0 98.0 11.017
4 Jerry Lumpe KC1 30 1.0 155.0 1377.7 341.0 451.0 10.0 92.0 8.559
5 Al Weis CHA 25 0.9 48.0 306.3 88.0 103.0 2.0 28.0 6.323
6 George Smith DET 25 0.6 52.0 460.3 120.0 157.0 5.0 28.0 4.083
7 Miguel de la Hoz CLE 24 0.5 34.0 244.7 63.0 89.0 6.0 20.0 3.916
8 Bob Johnson BAL 27 0.5 50.0 406.0 97.0 131.0 3.0 34.0 4.279
3B 1 Clete Boyer NYA 26 2.6 141.0 1243.3 165.0 309.0 23.0 32.0 19.136
2 Brooks Robinson BAL 26 1.7 160.0 1414.0 153.0 330.0 12.0 43.0 15.515
3 Don Zimmer WS2 32 1.1 78.0 680.0 88.0 173.0 18.0 17.0 8.777
4 Bubba Phillips DET 35 0.8 117.0 1014.3 116.0 226.0 14.0 26.0 5.915
5 Don Wert DET 24 0.8 47.0 390.0 33.0 99.0 6.0 6.0 5.737
6 John Kennedy WS2 22 0.5 26.0 160.7 16.0 46.0 3.0 4.0 4.115
7 Minnie Miñoso WS2 39 0.5 8.0 58.0 5.0 22.0 0.0 1.0 3.865
8 Tom Satriano LAA 22 0.5 13.0 94.3 8.0 32.0 2.0 2.0 4.171
SS 1 Ron Hansen CHA 25 4.3 144.0 1268.7 247.0 483.0 13.0 95.0 31.348
2 Ed Brinkman WS2 21 1.9 143.0 1262.3 241.0 462.0 37.0 97.0 15.359
3 Tony Kubek NYA 27 1.6 132.0 1185.0 227.0 403.0 13.0 80.0 11.812
4 Wayne Causey KC1 26 1.4 135.0 1189.0 266.0 402.0 15.0 81.0 12.398
5 Jim Fregosi LAA 21 0.8 151.0 1321.0 271.0 446.0 27.0 90.0 6.984
6 Clete Boyer NYA 26 0.5 9.0 80.0 18.0 34.0 2.0 8.0 3.548
7 Bob Saverine BAL 22 0.5 13.0 113.7 23.0 44.0 0.0 11.0 4.188
8 Phil Linz NYA 24 0.4 22.0 184.3 34.0 69.0 4.0 13.0 3.261
LF 1 Rocky Colavito DET 29 0.9 141.0 1249.3 281.0 9.0 2.0 0.0 6.636
2 Carl Yastrzemski BOS 23 0.5 151.0 1351.3 284.0 17.0 6.0 3.0 3.853
3 Tom Tresh NYA 24 0.4 47.0 391.0 96.0 3.0 2.0 0.0 3.211
4 Chuck Hinton WS2 29 0.4 85.0 679.3 152.0 3.0 2.0 0.0 3.045
5 Gates Brown DET 24 0.3 17.0 119.0 35.0 3.0 0.0 1.0 2.175
6 Al Luplow CLE 24 0.2 15.0 96.0 29.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.845
7 George Alusik KC1 28 0.2 30.0 195.7 47.0 3.0 0.0 1.0 1.740
8 Tito Francona CLE 29 0.2 121.0 1035.7 213.0 2.0 3.0 0.0 1.472
CF 1 Don Lock WS2 26 0.9 134.0 1141.7 350.0 10.0 5.0 5.0 7.301
2 Vic Davalillo CLE 23 0.8 88.0 771.7 244.0 10.0 3.0 0.0 6.501
3 Bill Bruton DET 37 0.8 138.0 1159.3 343.0 6.0 3.0 3.0 5.758
4 Jimmie Hall MIN 25 0.7 93.0 754.3 231.0 6.0 2.0 4.0 4.904
5 Gary Geiger BOS 26 0.6 89.0 767.3 229.0 9.0 3.0 1.0 4.617
6 Jim Landis CHA 29 0.5 124.0 904.3 259.0 6.0 2.0 0.0 3.985
7 George Thomas 2 teams 25 0.3 31.0 240.0 78.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.409
8 Jack Reed NYA 30 0.3 31.0 118.3 42.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.957
RF 1 Bob Allison MIN 28 0.8 146.0 1244.7 309.0 11.0 10.0 4.0 6.229
2 Lou Clinton BOS 25 0.8 146.0 1311.3 313.0 7.0 6.0 0.0 6.603
3 Chuck Hinton WS2 29 0.6 46.0 363.3 107.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 5.205
4 Roger Maris NYA 28 0.4 86.0 706.3 161.0 5.0 2.0 1.0 3.027
5 Gino Cimoli KC1 33 0.3 128.0 1046.7 228.0 12.0 3.0 3.0 2.416
6 Jackie Brandt BAL 29 0.2 40.0 240.7 62.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 2.075
7 Al Luplow CLE 24 0.2 72.0 584.3 129.0 5.0 1.0 1.0 1.731
8 Jim King WS2 30 0.2 122.0 990.7 211.0 12.0 3.0 2.0 1.563