# 1963 Los Angeles Angels season

The 1963 Los Angeles Angels season involved the Angels finishing ninth in the American League with a record of 70 wins and 91 losses.

## Offseason

* December 11, 1962: Earl Averill, Jr. was traded by the Angels to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jacke Davis.
* Prior to 1963 season: Art Fowler was signed as a free agent by the Angels.

## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 15, 1963: Bobby Darwin was selected off waivers from the Angels by the Baltimore Orioles as a first-year waiver pick.
* July 27, 1963: Jimmy Piersall was signed as a free agent by the Angels.
* September 20, 1963: Jimmy Piersall was released by the Angels.

### Roster
## 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 | Buck Rodgers | 100 | 300 | 70 | .233 | 4 | 23 |
| 1B | Lee Thomas | 149 | 528 | 116 | .220 | 9 | 55 |
| 2B | Billy Moran | 153 | 597 | 164 | .275 | 7 | 65 |
| 3B | Félix Torres | 138 | 463 | 121 | .261 | 4 | 51 |
| SS | Jim Fregosi | 154 | 592 | 170 | .287 | 9 | 50 |
| LF | Leon Wagner | 149 | 550 | 160 | .291 | 7 | 49 |
| CF | Albie Pearson | 154 | 578 | 176 | .304 | 6 | 47 |
| RF | George Thomas | 53 | 167 | 35 | .210 | 4 | 15 |

#### 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 |
| Charlie Dees | 60 | 202 | 62 | .307 | 3 | 27 |
| Ed Sadowski | 80 | 174 | 30 | .172 | 4 | 15 |
| Bob Perry | 61 | 166 | 42 | .253 | 3 | 14 |
| Bob Sadowski | 88 | 144 | 36 | .250 | 1 | 22 |
| Joe Koppe | 76 | 143 | 30 | .210 | 1 | 12 |
| Ken Hunt | 59 | 142 | 26 | .183 | 5 | 16 |
| Frank Kostro | 43 | 99 | 22 | .222 | 2 | 10 |
| Hank Foiles | 41 | 84 | 18 | .214 | 4 | 10 |
| Ed Kirkpatrick | 34 | 77 | 15 | .195 | 2 | 7 |
| Jimmy Piersall | 20 | 52 | 16 | .308 | 0 | 4 |
| Tom Satriano | 23 | 50 | 9 | .180 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 |
| Ken McBride | 36 | 251.0 | 13 | 12 | 3.26 | 147 |
| Dean Chance | 45 | 248.0 | 13 | 18 | 3.19 | 168 |
| Bo Belinsky | 13 | 76.2 | 2 | 9 | 5.75 | 60 |
| Aubrey Gatewood | 4 | 24.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.50 | 13 |

#### 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 |
| Dan Osinski | 47 | 159.1 | 8 | 8 | 3.28 | 100 |
| Don Lee | 40 | 154.0 | 8 | 11 | 3.68 | 89 |
| Bob Turley | 19 | 87.1 | 2 | 7 | 3.30 | 70 |
| Paul Foytack | 25 | 70.1 | 5 | 5 | 3.71 | 37 |
| Fred Newman | 12 | 44.0 | 1 | 5 | 5.32 | 16 |
| Mike Lee | 6 | 26.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.81 | 11 |

#### 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 |
| Julio Navarro | 57 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2.89 | 53 |
| Art Fowler | 57 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 2.42 | 53 |
| Jack Spring | 45 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3.05 | 13 |
| Mel Nelson | 36 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5.30 | 41 |
| Tom Morgan | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.51 | 7 |
| Eli Grba | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.67 | 5 |
| Bob Duliba | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.17 | 4 |
| Ron Moeller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Hawaii Islanders | Pacific Coast League | Irv Noren |
| AA | Nashville Vols | Sally League | John Fitzpatrick |
| A | San Jose Bees | California League | Red Marion |
| A | Quad Cities Angels | Midwest League | Chuck Tanner |
| A | Tri-City Angels | Northwest League | Tommy Heath |