The 1963 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing tenth in the American League (in last place) with a record of 56 wins and 106 losses.

Offseason October 5, 1962: Paul Casanova was signed as a free agent by the Senators.Paul Casanova page at Baseball Reference November 26, 1962: 1962 first-year draft Lou Piniella was drafted by the Senators from the Cleveland Indians.Lou Piniella page at Baseball Reference Brant Alyea was drafted by the Senators from the Cincinnati Reds.Brant Alyea page at Baseball Reference Prior to 1963 season: Lou Klimchock was acquired by the Senators from the Milwaukee Braves.Lou Klimchock page at Baseball-Reference

Regular season September 2, 1963: Ed Hobaugh hit a home run in the last at bat of his career.Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 2, 1963: Minnie Miñoso was purchased by the Senators from the St. Louis Cardinals.Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference May 6, 1963: Lou Klimchock was returned by the Senators to the Milwaukee Braves. May 8, 1963: Hobie Landrith was purchased by the Senators from the Baltimore Orioles.Hobie Landrith page at Baseball Reference May 23, 1963: Jimmy Piersall was traded by the Senators to the New York Mets for Gil Hodges.Jim Piersall page at Baseball Reference June 24, 1963: Don Zimmer was purchased by the Senators from the Los Angeles Dodgers.Don Zimmer page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1963 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

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 Ken Retzer 95 265 64 .242 5 31 1B Bobo Osborne 125 358 76 .212 12 44 2B Chuck Cottier 113 337 69 .205 5 21 SS Ed Brinkman 145 514 117 .228 7 45 3B Don Zimmer 83 298 74 .248 13 44 LF Chuck Hinton 150 566 152 .269 15 55 CF Don Lock 149 531 134 .252 27 82 RF Jim King 136 459 106 .231 24 62

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 Dick Phillips 124 321 76 .237 10 32 109 315 72 .229 4 30 Don Blasingame 69 254 65 .256 2 12 Don Leppert 73 211 50 .237 6 24 Marv Breeding 58 197 54 .274 1 14 Tom Brown 61 116 17 .147 1 4 Hobie Landrith 42 103 18 .175 1 7 Jim Piersall 29 94 23 .245 1 5 John Kennedy 36 62 11 .177 0 4 Ken Hunt 7 20 4 .200 1 4 Cal Neeman 14 18 1 .056 0 0 Bob Schmidt 9 15 3 .200 0 0 9 14 2 .143 0 2 Johnny Schaive 3 3 0 .000 0 0 Barry Shetrone 2 2 0 .000 0 0

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 Claude Osteen 40 212.1 9 14 3.35 109 Don Rudolph 37 174.0 7 19 4.55 70 Tom Cheney 23 136.1 8 9 2.71 97 Dave Stenhouse 16 87.0 3 9 4.55 47

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 Bennie Daniels 35 168.2 5 10 4.38 88 Jim Duckworth 37 120.2 4 12 6.04 66 Steve Ridzik 20 89.2 5 6 4.82 47 Jim Hannan 13 27.2 2 2 4.88 14 Ron Moeller 8 24.1 2 0 6.29 10 10 23.1 2 2 5.79 10 Art Quirk 7 21.0 1 0 4.29 12 Ed Hobaugh 9 16.0 0 0 6.19 11 Jack Jenkins 4 12.1 0 2 5.84 5 5 11.2 0 3 7.71 7

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 Ron Kline 62 3 8 17 2.79 49 Pete Burnside 38 0 1 0 6.15 23 Ed Roebuck 26 2 1 4 3.30 25 Jim Bronstad 25 1 3 1 5.65 22 Jim Coates 20 2 4 0 5.28 31 Steve Hamilton 3 0 1 0 13.50 1

Awards and honors All-Star Game Don Leppert, reserve

Farm system

References

External links 1963 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference 1963 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com