# 1963 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1963 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 82nd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 77th in the National League. The Pirates finished eighth in the league standings with a record of 74–88.

## Offseason

* November 19, 1962: Dick Groat and Diomedes Olivo were traded by the Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals for Don Cardwell and Julio Gotay.

## Regular season

On April 8, Pete Rose made his major league debut for the Cincinnati Reds in a game against the Pirates. He had three at bats without a hit.

### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 99 | 63 | .611 | — | 50‍–‍31 | 49‍–‍32 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 93 | 69 | .574 | 6 | 53‍–‍28 | 40‍–‍41 |
| San Francisco Giants | 88 | 74 | .543 | 11 | 50‍–‍31 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 87 | 75 | .537 | 12 | 45‍–‍36 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 86 | 76 | .531 | 13 | 46‍–‍35 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Milwaukee Braves | 84 | 78 | .519 | 15 | 45‍–‍36 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Chicago Cubs | 82 | 80 | .506 | 17 | 43‍–‍38 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 74 | 88 | .457 | 25 | 42‍–‍39 | 32‍–‍49 |
| Houston Colt .45s | 66 | 96 | .407 | 33 | 44‍–‍37 | 22‍–‍59 |
| New York Mets | 51 | 111 | .315 | 48 | 34‍–‍47 | 17‍–‍64 |

### Record vs. opponents

1963 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SF | STL |
| Chicago | — | 9–9 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 7–11 |
| Cincinnati | 9–9 | — | 11–7 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 11–7 |
| Houston | 9–9 | 7–11 | — | 5–13 | 5–13 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 5–13 |
| Los Angeles | 11–7 | 10–8 | 13–5 | — | 8–10–1 | 16–2 | 7–11 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 12–6 |
| Milwaukee | 6–12 | 8–10 | 13–5 | 10–8–1 | — | 12–6 | 10–8 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 8–10 |
| New York | 7–11 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 2–16 | 6–12 | — | 8–10 | 4–14 | 6–12 | 5–13 |
| Philadelphia | 9–9 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 10–8 | — | 13–5 | 8–10 | 8–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 10–8 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 5–13 | 11–7 | 14–4 | 5–13 | — | 5–13 | 5–13 |
| San Francisco | 8–10 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 13–5 | — | 8–10 |
| St. Louis | 11–7 | 7–11 | 13–5 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 13–5 | 10–8 | 13–5 | 10–8 | — |

### Game log

1963 Game Log: 74–88 (Home: 42–39; Away: 32–49) :
April: 11–5 (Home: 7–2; Away: 4–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 8@ Reds2–5O'TooleFrancis (0–1)—28,8960–1
2April 9Braves3–2Face (1–0)Hendley—29,6151–1
3April 10Braves3–2Cardwell (1–0)ShawVeale (1)3,6012–1
4April 13@ Reds12–4Friend (1–0)O'Toole—4,4813–1
5April 14@ Reds1–0McBean (1–0)Jay—4,8644–1
6April 16@ Cardinals3–4FanokFace (1–1)—8,3014–2
7April 17@ Cardinals3–7WashburnCardwell (1–1)—7,4814–3
8April 18@ Cardinals3–2Schwall (1–0)OlivoFace (1)6,4975–3
9April 20Reds4–2Friend (2–0)Jay—12,2356–3
10April 21Reds3–8MaloneyMcBean (1–1)—18,0706–4
11April 22Cubs2–0Francis (1–1)HobbieFace (2)5,2897–4
12April 23Cubs2–7JacksonCardwell (1–2)—9687–5
13April 24@ Phillies6–4Friend (3–0)ShortFace (3)4,4858–5
14April 26Mets5–2Haddix (1–0)JacksonSisk (1)10,5319–5
15April 27Mets2–1Gibbon (1–0)Hook—8,01110–5
16April 28Mets3–2Face (2–1)Stallard—12,05711–5 :
May: 12–17 (Home: 6–7; Away: 6–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
17May 1Giants1–5SanfordFriend (3–1)—6,12211–6
18May 2Giants1–2MarichalCardwell (1–3)—9,56311–7
19May 3Dodgers13–2McBean (2–1)Sherry—16,96012–7
20May 4Dodgers5–0Schwall (2–0)Miller—12,03713–7
21May 5Dodgers3–7PerranoskiLaw (0–1)—18,74313–8
22May 6Dodgers7–4Gibbon (2–0)DrysdaleFace (4)5,37614–8
23May 7@ Cubs4–5JacksonCardwell (1–4)—6,01214–9
24May 8@ Cubs5–9ElstonFace (2–2)—6,35014–10
25May 9@ Cubs1–3EllsworthSchwall (2–1)—5,96114–11
26May 10Cardinals0–1SimmonsFriend (3–2)—16,73914–12
27May 11Cardinals3–2Law (1–1)WashburnFace (5)7,74315–12
28May 12Cardinals1–2 (12)TaylorFace (2–3)Shantz15–13
29May 12Cardinals4–3McBean (3–1)Sadecki—22,28016–13
30May 14@ Giants1–3SanfordFriend (3–3)Bolin14,84716–14
31May 15@ Giants3–4MarichalCardwell (1–5)Bolin10,38616–15
32May 16@ Dodgers0–1PodresSchwall (2–2)—21,28716–16
33May 17@ Dodgers3–9MillerGibbon (2–1)Scott34,21616–17
34May 18@ Dodgers4–6DrysdaleLaw (1–2)—21,14016–18
35May 19@ Colt .45s5–0Friend (4–3)Farrell—8,84717–18
36May 20@ Colt .45s0–2DrottCardwell (1–6)—5,28117–19
37May 21@ Colt .45s6–5McBean (4–1)UmbrichtFace (6)6,32918–19
38May 22@ Colt .45s4–3Francis (2–1)NottebartFace (7)5,57719–19
39May 24@ Braves7–2Friend (5–3)Spahn—7,73120–19
40May 25@ Braves0–1ShawGibbon (2–2)—7,98120–20
41May 26@ Braves5–2 (11)McBean (5–1)FunkVeale (2)9,79421–20
42May 28Phillies1–5McLishFriend (5–4)—8,49721–21
43May 30Phillies7–1Cardwell (2–6)Mahaffey—22–21
44May 30Phillies5–6CulpGibbon (2–3)Klippstein19,03922–22
45May 31@ Mets2–0Schwall (3–2)Willey—16,23623–22 :
June: 13–17 (Home: 7–8; Away: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
46June 1@ Mets10–1Friend (6–4)Cisco—11,80024–22
47June 2@ Mets1–2 (10)BearnarthFace (2–4)—24–23
48June 2@ Mets3–4 (10)HookFace (2–5)—18,84424–24
49June 5Reds5–4Veale (1–0)TsitourisHaddix (1)25–24
50June 5Reds4–3Friend (7–4)PurkeyVeale (3)11,85526–24
51June 6Reds5–7MaloneyGibbon (2–4)Henry26–25
52June 6Reds5–10JaySchwall (3–3)—12,30926–26
53June 7Braves5–9FunkHaddix (1–1)Hendley15,08426–27
54June 8Braves6–4McBean (6–1)Cloninger—9,65027–27
55June 9Braves4–0Friend (8–4)Lemaster—28–27
56June 9Braves3–5SpahnCardwell (2–7)Shaw18,20928–28
57June 11Cardinals1–3GibsonSchwall (3–4)—17,09828–29
58June 12@ Reds0–3O'TooleFrancis (2–2)—8,47228–30
59June 13@ Reds2–4TsitourisCardwell (2–8)—7,05328–31
60June 14@ Cardinals2–5SadeckiFriend (8–5)Shantz20,87428–32
61June 16@ Cardinals4–3 (12)McBean (7–1)Bauta—29–32
62June 16@ Cardinals7–11SimmonsLaw (1–3)Taylor26,02029–33
63June 17@ Braves9–3Cardwell (3–8)Cloninger—8,63130–33
64June 18@ Braves5–7 (10)ShawMcBean (7–2)—7,39730–34
65June 19@ Braves6–2Francis (3–2)SadowskiGibbon (1)6,71531–34
66June 20@ Braves1–2LemasterHaddix (1–2)—6,49631–35
67June 21@ Cubs5–6 (10)ElstonGibbon (2–5)—13,32131–36
68June 22@ Cubs3–0Friend (9–5)Ellsworth—20,76132–36
69June 23@ Cubs7–6Haddix (2–2)HobbieMcBean (1)26,15833–36
70June 25Phillies4–5 (10)KlippsteinHaddix (2–3)Bennett12,36533–37
71June 26Phillies2–6McLishFriend (9–6)—9,15333–38
72June 27Phillies4–13CulpCardwell (3–9)Klippstein9,57633–39
73June 28Mets3–1Gibbon (3–5)CraigMcBean (2)10,07334–39
74June 29Mets4–3McBean (8–2)Bearnarth—13,84635–39
75June 30Mets3–0Friend (10–6)StallardMcBean (3)12,42936–39 :
July: 16–14 (Home: 8–5; Away: 8–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
76July 1@ Phillies2–1Cardwell (4–9)Culp—37–39
77July 1@ Phillies1–8McLishFrancis (3–3)—21,66137–40
78July 2@ Phillies3–2Law (2–3)GreenMcBean (4)6,84438–40
79July 4@ Phillies0–1 (10)MahaffeyFriend (10–7)—38–41
80July 4@ Phillies1–5DurenGibbon (3–6)—16,19838–42
81July 5@ Mets3–1Cardwell (5–9)StallardMcBean (5)6,77939–42
82July 6@ Mets11–3Schwall (4–4)JacksonFace (8)22,69840–42
83July 7@ Mets11–5Law (3–3)HookMcBean (6)9,74141–42
84July 10Colt .45s0–2JohnsonFriend (10–8)Woodeshick6,51741–43
85July 11Colt .45s3–0Cardwell (6–9)Farrell—6,89642–43
86July 12Colt .45s2–1Schwall (5–4)BruceFace (9)8,99743–43
87July 13Colt .45s3–0Law (4–3)Drott—6,77544–43
88July 15Giants2–1McBean (9–2)Marichal—45–43
89July 15Giants4–1Gibbon (4–6)O'Dell—24,35746–43
90July 16Giants2–3FisherCardwell (6–10)Pierce46–44
91July 16Giants3–2Schwall (6–4)SanfordMcBean (7)23,25147–44
92July 17Dodgers2–3MillerLaw (4–4)Perranoski16,65847–45
93July 18Dodgers5–10PodresFrancis (3–4)Sherry15,88347–46
94July 19Cubs9–4Friend (11–8)EllsworthMcBean (8)13,67048–46
95July 21Cubs1–5TothCardwell (6–11)—48–47
96July 21Cubs6–5 (14)Cardwell (7–11)Warner—21,57649–47
97July 23@ Dodgers0–6PodresFriend (11–9)—33,16749–48
98July 24@ Dodgers1–5DrysdaleFrancis (3–5)—30,46249–49
99July 25@ Dodgers6–2Sisk (1–0)Koufax—41,15450–49
100July 26@ Giants4–6FisherFace (2–6)—27,01750–50
101July 27@ Giants1–3MarichalMcBean (9–3)—23,02150–51
102July 28@ Giants1–3SanfordSchwall (6–5)—32,41250–52
103July 29@ Giants4–5DuffaloLaw (4–5)Pierce12,08950–53
104July 30@ Colt .45s8–1Gibbon (5–6)Brown—6,97651–53
105July 31@ Colt .45s6–3Friend (12–9)WoodeshickFace (10)6,09352–53 :
August: 15–13 (Home: 9–7; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 2@ Reds0–3MaloneyCardwell (7–12)—14,80752–54
107August 3@ Reds5–4McBean (10–3)Tsitouris—7,15753–54
108August 4@ Reds2–5PurkeyFriend (12–10)—53–55
109August 4@ Reds1–4NuxhallGibbon (5–7)—18,38053–56
110August 6Braves3–0Cardwell (8–12)LemasterMcBean (9)9,99254–56
111August 7Braves5–4McBean (11–3)Raymond—8,12455–56
112August 8Braves1–0Friend (13–10)Sadowski—9,11056–56
113August 9Colt .45s6–7 (15)WoodeshickSchwall (6–6)—56–57
114August 9Colt .45s7–6 (11)McBean (12–3)Drott—9,42057–57
115August 10Colt .45s3–2Cardwell (9–12)NottebartFace (11)7,95158–57
116August 11Colt .45s2–1Face (3–6)Brown—8,09359–57
117August 12Colt .45s4–2Friend (14–10)FarrellFace (12)7,24060–57
118August 14@ Mets2–4JacksonSchwall (6–7)Bearnarth9,40660–58
119August 15@ Mets8–2Cardwell (10–12)Cisco—7,82261–58
120August 16Phillies0–3ShortGibbon (5–8)—12,03161–59
121August 17Phillies3–5DurenFriend (14–11)—7,88161–60
122August 18Phillies1–3KlippsteinSchwall (6–8)—10,69661–61
123August 20@ Cubs5–3Cardwell (11–12)BuhlFace (13)15,16162–61
124August 21@ Cubs7–6McBean (13–3)McDanielFace (14)15,34163–61
125August 22@ Cubs9–3Friend (15–11)JacksonMcBean (10)9,31064–61
126August 23@ Phillies2–4BennettSchwall (6–9)Baldschun18,12664–62
127August 24@ Phillies7–0Cardwell (12–12)Short—18,27665–62
128August 25@ Phillies2–4 (11)BaldschunFace (3–7)—10,18365–63
129August 27Mets2–1Friend (16–11)Cisco—7,81966–63
130August 28Mets7–2Cardwell (13–12)JacksonFace (15)6,12367–63
131August 29Mets4–7CraigGibbon (5–9)Bearnarth10,14867–64
132August 30Reds1–2NuxhallSchwall (6–10)Henry10,92467–65
133August 31Reds0–6O'TooleFriend (16–12)Zanni7,75967–66 :
September: 7–22 (Home: 5–10; Away: 2–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1Reds6–4Francis (4–5)Worthington—8,82068–66
135September 2@ Cardinals1–6GibsonVeale (1–1)—68–67
136September 2@ Cardinals2–6TaylorGibbon (5–10)—22,45868–68
137September 3@ Cardinals5–10ShantzFace (3–8)—3,92568–69
138September 4@ Braves0–1SpahnFriend (16–13)—6,21968–70
139September 5@ Braves0–8SadowskiParsons (0–1)—4,69968–71
140September 6Cardinals1–5GibsonCardwell (13–13)—68–72
141September 6Cardinals5–0Veale (2–1)Taylor—11,82569–72
142September 7Cardinals5–6SchultzHaddix (2–4)Burdette8,42769–73
143September 8Cardinals2–3BroglioFriend (16–14)Taylor14,86669–74
144September 10Dodgers2–4KoufaxCardwell (13–14)—11,15269–75
145September 11Dodgers4–9RichertVeale (2–2)Perranoski8,51469–76
146September 12Dodgers3–5PodresFriend (16–15)Perranoski2,64469–77
147September 13Giants5–4 (13)Friend (17–15)Garibaldi—6,10070–77
148September 14Giants3–7SanfordCardwell (13–15)Pierce5,48970–78
149September 15Giants5–13O'DellSchwall (6–11)—18,91670–79
150September 16Cubs1–0Veale (3–2)Jackson—2,91771–79
151September 17Cubs1–3BuhlFriend (17–16)McDaniel71–80
152September 17Cubs4–3Haddix (3–4)McDanielMcBean (11)5,16072–80
153September 18Cubs1–2ElstonGibbon (5–11)—5,89172–81
154September 20@ Dodgers0–2DrysdaleSchwall (6–12)—40,47672–82
155September 21@ Dodgers3–5MillerSisk (1–1)—48,03872–83
156September 22@ Dodgers4–0Veale (4–2)PodresFace (16)36,87873–83
157September 24@ Colt .45s2–3ZacharyFrancis (4–6)Woodeshick3,14473–84
158September 25@ Colt .45s1–2JohnsonSisk (1–2)Farrell3,11873–85
159September 26@ Colt .45s4–5 (11)McMahonFace (3–9)—2,78273–86
160September 27@ Giants8–3Veale (5–2)Bolin—10,72574–86
161September 28@ Giants2–3MarichalGibbon (5–12)—10,33274–87
162September 29@ Giants2–4SanfordSisk (1–3)O'Dell33,30174–88 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pirates team member :

### Notable transactions

* April 4, 1963: Howie Goss and cash were traded by the Pirates to the Houston Colt .45s for Manny Mota.

### Roster
## Statistics
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Regular Season :
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| J. Gotay | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Butters | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0.333 | 0 | 1 |
| R. Clemente | 152 | 600 | 192 | 0.320 | 17 | 76 |
| E. Francis | 34 | 26 | 8 | 0.308 | 0 | 3 |
| R. Brand | 46 | 66 | 19 | 0.288 | 1 | 7 |
| S. Burgess | 91 | 264 | 74 | 0.280 | 6 | 37 |
| D. Clendenon | 154 | 563 | 155 | 0.275 | 15 | 57 |
| B. Skinner | 34 | 122 | 33 | 0.270 | 0 | 8 |
| M. Mota | 59 | 126 | 34 | 0.270 | 0 | 7 |
| B. Virdon | 142 | 554 | 149 | 0.269 | 8 | 53 |
| J. Lynch | 88 | 237 | 63 | 0.266 | 10 | 36 |
| R. Face | 56 | 8 | 2 | 0.250 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Schofield | 138 | 541 | 133 | 0.246 | 3 | 32 |
| B. Mazeroski | 142 | 534 | 131 | 0.245 | 8 | 52 |
| W. Stargell | 108 | 304 | 74 | 0.243 | 11 | 47 |
| J. Logan | 81 | 181 | 42 | 0.232 | 0 | 9 |
| J. Pagliaroni | 92 | 252 | 58 | 0.230 | 11 | 26 |
| B. Bailey | 154 | 570 | 130 | 0.228 | 12 | 45 |
| V. Law | 21 | 23 | 5 | 0.217 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Alley | 17 | 51 | 11 | 0.216 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Savage | 85 | 149 | 29 | 0.195 | 5 | 14 |
| A. McBean | 59 | 31 | 6 | 0.194 | 1 | 3 |
| H. Haddix | 50 | 11 | 2 | 0.182 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Schwall | 33 | 50 | 8 | 0.160 | 0 | 1 |
| E. Plaskett | 10 | 21 | 3 | 0.143 | 0 | 2 |
| B. Friend | 39 | 86 | 9 | 0.105 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Gibbon | 40 | 43 | 4 | 0.093 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Veale | 35 | 23 | 2 | 0.087 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Cardwell | 33 | 71 | 6 | 0.085 | 0 | 2 |
| T. Sisk | 57 | 16 | 1 | 0.063 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Elliot | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Parsons | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Sturdivant | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5,536 | 1,385 | 0.250 | 108 | 523 |

### Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Regular Season :
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| B. Veale | 34 | 772⁄3 | 5 | 2 | 1.04 | 68 |
| B. Friend | 39 | 2682⁄3 | 17 | 16 | 2.34 | 144 |
| A. McBean | 55 | 1221⁄3 | 13 | 3 | 2.57 | 74 |
| T. Sisk | 57 | 108 | 1 | 3 | 2.92 | 73 |
| D. Cardwell | 33 | 2132⁄3 | 13 | 15 | 3.07 | 112 |
| R. Face | 56 | 692⁄3 | 3 | 9 | 3.23 | 41 |
| J. Gibbon | 37 | 1471⁄3 | 5 | 12 | 3.30 | 110 |
| D. Schwall | 33 | 1672⁄3 | 6 | 12 | 3.33 | 86 |
| H. Haddix | 49 | 70 | 3 | 4 | 3.34 | 70 |
| T. Butters | 6 | 161⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 4.41 | 11 |
| E. Francis | 33 | 971⁄3 | 4 | 6 | 4.53 | 72 |
| V. Law | 18 | 762⁄3 | 4 | 5 | 4.93 | 31 |
| T. Sturdivant | 3 | 88+1⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 6.48 | 6 |
| T. Parsons | 1 | 44+1⁄3 | 0 | 1 | 8.31 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 1448 | 74 | 88 | 3.10 | 900 |

## Awards and honors

All-Star Game
* Bill Mazeroski, second base, (selected as starter but did not play due to injury)
* Roberto Clemente, reserve

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Columbus Jets | International League | Larry Shepard |
| AA | Asheville Tourists | Sally League | Ray Hathaway |
| A | Reno Silver Sox | California League | Tom Saffell |
| A | Kinston Eagles | Carolina League | Harding "Pete" Peterson |
| A | Batavia Pirates | New York–Penn League | Buddy Hancken |
| A | Gastonia Pirates | Western Carolinas League | Bob Clear |
| Rookie | Kingsport Pirates | Appalachian League | Al Kubski |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Batavia