# 1963 Boston Red Sox season

The 1963 Boston Red Sox season was the 63rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished seventh in the American League (AL) with a record of 76 wins and 85 losses, 28 games behind the AL champion New York Yankees.

## Offseason

* November 26, 1962: Glenn Beckert was drafted from the Red Sox by the Chicago Cubs in the 1962 first-year draft.
* November 26, 1962: Joe Foy was drafted by the Boston Red Sox from the Minnesota Twins in the 1962 minor league draft.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican 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 recordvte 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 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

| 2 | Chuck Schilling | 2B |
| 1 | Ed Bressoud | SS |
| 8 | Carl Yastrzemski | LF |
| 7 | Dick Stuart | 1B |
| 4 | Román Mejías | CF |
| 6 | Lou Clinton | RF |
| 11 | Frank Malzone | 3B |
| 10 | Bob Tillman | C |
| 27 | Bill Monbouquette | P |

### Notable transactions

* April 1963: Bob Smith was purchased by the Red Sox from the St. Louis Cardinals.
* August 14, 1963: Jim Lonborg was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox.

### Roster
## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader

### 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 | Bob Tillman | 96 | 307 | 69 | .225 | 8 | 32 |
| 1B | Dick Stuart | 157 | 612 | 160 | .261 | 42 | 118 |
| 2B | Chuck Schilling | 146 | 576 | 135 | .234 | 8 | 33 |
| 3B | Frank Malzone | 151 | 580 | 169 | .291 | 15 | 71 |
| SS | Ed Bressoud | 140 | 497 | 129 | .260 | 20 | 60 |
| LF | Carl Yastrzemski | 151 | 570 | 183 | .321 | 14 | 68 |
| CF | Gary Geiger | 121 | 399 | 105 | .263 | 16 | 44 |
| RF | Lou Clinton | 148 | 560 | 130 | .232 | 22 | 77 |

#### 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 |
| Roman Mejias | 111 | 357 | 81 | .227 | 11 | 39 |
| Russ Nixon | 98 | 287 | 77 | .268 | 5 | 30 |
| Felix Mantilla | 66 | 178 | 56 | .315 | 6 | 15 |
| Dick Williams | 79 | 136 | 35 | .257 | 2 | 12 |
| Billy Gardner | 36 | 84 | 16 | .190 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Gosger | 19 | 16 | 1 | .063 | 0 | 0 |
| Rico Petrocelli | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Bill Monbouquette | 37 | 266.2 | 20 | 10 | 3.81 | 173 |
| Earl Wilson | 37 | 210.2 | 11 | 16 | 3.76 | 123 |
| Dave Morehead | 29 | 174.2 | 10 | 13 | 3.81 | 136 |
| Bob Heffner | 20 | 124.2 | 4 | 9 | 4.26 | 77 |
| Gene Conley | 9 | 40.2 | 3 | 4 | 6.64 | 14 |
| Ike Delock | 6 | 32.0 | 1 | 2 | 4.50 | 23 |
| Jerry Stephenson | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Wilbur Wood | 25 | 64.2 | 5 | 0 | 3.76 | 28 |
| Chet Nichols Jr. | 21 | 52.2 | 3 | 0 | 4.78 | 27 |
| Bob Turley | 11 | 41.1 | 1 | 4 | 6.10 | 35 |
| Pete Smith | 6 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Dick Radatz | 66 | 15 | 6 | 23 | 1.97 | 162 |
| Jack Lamabe | 65 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3.15 | 93 |
| Arnold Earley | 53 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4.75 | 97 |
| Mike Fornieles | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 5 |
| Hal Kolstad | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13.09 | 6 |

## Awards and honors

* Carl Yastrzemski, Gold Glove Award (OF)

### All-Star Game

* Bill Monbouquette, reserve P
* Carl Yastrzemski, reserve OF

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Seattle Rainiers | Pacific Coast League | Mel Parnell |
| AA | Reading Red Sox | Eastern League | Eddie Popowski |
| A | Winston-Salem Red Sox | Carolina League | Matt Sczesny and Bill Slack |
| A | Waterloo Hawks | Midwest League | Len Okrie |
| A | Wellsville Red Sox | New York–Penn League | Bill Slack and Matt Sczesny |
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