# 1963 Chicago White Sox season

The 1963 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 63rd season in the major leagues, and its 64th season overall. They finished with a record of 94–68, good enough for second place in the American League, 10+1⁄2 games behind the first-place New York Yankees.

## Offseason

* January 14, 1963: Luis Aparicio and Al Smith were traded by the White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Hoyt Wilhelm, Ron Hansen, Dave Nicholson, and Pete Ward.

## 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

* Jim Landis, CF
* Nellie Fox, 2B
* Joe Cunningham, 1B
* Floyd Robinson, RF
* Pete Ward, 3B
* Dave Nicholson, LF
* Ron Hansen, SS
* J. C. Martin, C
* Ray Herbert, P

### Notable transactions

* May 5, 1963: Dom Zanni was traded by the White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Jim Brosnan.
* May 9, 1963: Sammy Esposito was released by the White Sox.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Ken Berry, CF | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | 0 |
| Don Buford, 3B,2B | 12 | 42 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | .286 | 1 |
| Cam Carreon, C | 101 | 270 | 28 | 74 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 23 | 32 | .274 | 1 |
| Joe Cunningham, 1B | 67 | 210 | 32 | 60 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 33 | 23 | .286 | 1 |
| Sammy Esposito, PR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Nellie Fox, 2B | 137 | 539 | 54 | 140 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 24 | 17 | .260 | 0 |
| Ron Hansen, SS | 144 | 482 | 55 | 109 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 67 | 78 | 74 | .226 | 1 |
| Mike Hershberger, CF,RF | 135 | 476 | 64 | 133 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 39 | 39 | .279 | 9 |
| Deacon Jones, 1B | 17 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .188 | 0 |
| Jim Landis, CF | 133 | 396 | 56 | 89 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 47 | 75 | .225 | 8 |
| Jim Lemon, 1B | 36 | 80 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 32 | .200 | 0 |
| Sherm Lollar, C | 35 | 73 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 7 | .233 | 0 |
| J. C. Martin, C | 105 | 259 | 25 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 35 | .205 | 0 |
| Charlie Maxwell, LF,1B | 71 | 130 | 17 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 31 | 27 | .231 | 0 |
| Brian McCall, RF | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Tommy McCraw, 1B | 102 | 280 | 38 | 71 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 46 | .254 | 15 |
| Dave Nicholson, LF | 126 | 449 | 53 | 103 | 11 | 4 | 22 | 70 | 63 | 175 | .229 | 2 |
| Floyd Robinson, RF,LF | 146 | 527 | 71 | 149 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 71 | 62 | 43 | .283 | 4 |
| Charley Smith, SS | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .286 | 0 |
| Gene Stephens, RF,LF | 6 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .389 | 0 |
| Pete Ward, 3B | 157 | 600 | 80 | 177 | 34 | 6 | 22 | 84 | 52 | 77 | .295 | 7 |
| Al Weis, 2B,SS | 99 | 210 | 41 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 37 | .271 | 15 |
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Fritz Ackley, P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | 0 |
| Frank Baumann, P | 24 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .091 | 0 |
| Jim Brosnan, P | 45 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .308 | 0 |
| John Buzhardt, P | 20 | 48 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | .083 | 0 |
| Dave DeBusschere, P | 24 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .045 | 0 |
| Eddie Fisher, P | 33 | 36 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .139 | 0 |
| Ray Herbert, P | 33 | 63 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 18 | .222 | 0 |
| Joe Horlen, P | 33 | 40 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | .225 | 0 |
| Bruce Howard, P | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | 0 |
| Mike Joyce, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Frank Kreutzer, P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Gary Peters, P | 50 | 81 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 19 | .259 | 0 |
| Taylor Phillips, P | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Juan Pizarro, P | 32 | 73 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 26 | .178 | 0 |
| Joe Shipley, P | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Fred Talbot, P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Hoyt Wilhelm, P | 55 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | .069 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5508 | 683 | 1379 | 208 | 40 | 114 | 648 | 571 | 896 | .250 | 64 |

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
| Fritz Ackley | 1 | 0 | 2.08 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| Frank Baumann | 2 | 1 | 3.04 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 50.1 | 52 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 31 |
| Jim Brosnan | 3 | 8 | 2.84 | 45 | 0 | 14 | 73.0 | 71 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 27 | 46 |
| John Buzhardt | 9 | 4 | 2.42 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 126.1 | 100 | 35 | 34 | 8 | 36 | 59 |
| Dave DeBusschere | 3 | 4 | 3.09 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 84.1 | 80 | 35 | 29 | 9 | 35 | 53 |
| Eddie Fisher | 9 | 8 | 3.95 | 33 | 15 | 0 | 120.2 | 114 | 57 | 53 | 14 | 30 | 67 |
| Ray Herbert | 13 | 10 | 3.24 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 224.2 | 230 | 86 | 81 | 12 | 40 | 105 |
| Joe Horlen | 11 | 7 | 3.27 | 33 | 21 | 0 | 124.0 | 122 | 50 | 45 | 10 | 63 | 61 |
| Bruce Howard | 2 | 1 | 2.65 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 9 |
| Mike Joyce | 0 | 0 | 8.44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
| Frank Kreutzer | 1 | 0 | 1.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gary Peters | 19 | 8 | 2.33 | 41 | 30 | 1 | 243.0 | 192 | 69 | 63 | 9 | 70 | 189 |
| Taylor Phillips | 0 | 0 | 10.29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 13 |
| Juan Pizarro | 16 | 8 | 2.39 | 32 | 28 | 1 | 214.2 | 177 | 69 | 57 | 14 | 64 | 163 |
| Joe Shipley | 0 | 1 | 5.79 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Fred Talbot | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | 5 | 8 | 2.64 | 55 | 3 | 21 | 136.1 | 106 | 47 | 40 | 8 | 31 | 111 |
| Dom Zanni | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 94 | 68 | 2.97 | 162 | 162 | 39 | 1469.0 | 1311 | 544 | 485 | 100 | 479 | 932 |

## Awards and honors

All-Star Game
* Nellie Fox, reserve
* Juan Pizarro, reserve

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Indianapolis Indians | International League | Rollie Hemsley |
| AA | Lynchburg White Sox | Sally League | Les Moss |
| A | Sarasota Sun Sox | Florida State League | Ira Hutchinson |
| A | Clinton C-Sox | Midwest League | Don Bacon |
| A | Eugene Emeralds | Northwest League | George Noga and Chips Sobek |
| Rookie | Middlesboro Cubsox | Appalachian League | Ripper Collins, Hugh Mulcahy and George Noga |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Indianapolis, Sarasota, Clinton
Middlesboro affiliation shared with Chicago Cubs