1963 Cincinnati Reds season

1963 Cincinnati Reds
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1890)
Location
Crosley Field (Since 1934) Cincinnati, Ohio (Since 1882)
1963 Information
Owner(s)	Bill DeWitt
General manager(s)	Bill DeWitt
Manager(s)	Fred Hutchinson
Local television	WLWT (Ed Kennedy, Frank McCormick)
Local radio	WKRC (Waite Hoyt, Gene Kelly)
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The 1963 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Cincinnati Reds finishing in fifth place in the National League with a record of 86-76, 13 games behind the NL and World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The Reds were managed by Fred Hutchinson and played their home games at Crosley Field.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Awards and honors
- 4.1 All-Stars
5 Farm system
6 Notes
7 References

Offseason [edit]

November 26, 1962: Brant Alyea was drafted from the Reds by the Washington Senators in the 1962 first-year draft.^[1]
January 24, 1963: Don Zimmer was traded by the Reds to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Scott Breeden (minors).^[2]
Prior to 1963 season: Stan Swanson was signed as an amateur free agent by the Reds.^[3]

Regular season [edit]

1963 was Pete Rose's rookie season. He made his major league debut on Opening Day, April 8, against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He had three at bats without a hit, but did draw a walk.^[4] Rose started his career 0-for-11 before getting his first major league hit on April 13, a triple off Pittsburgh's Bob Friend.

Season standings [edit]

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	99	63	--	.611
St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	6	.574
San Francisco Giants	88	74	11	.543
Philadelphia Phillies	87	75	12	.537
Cincinnati Reds	86	76	13	.531
Milwaukee Braves	84	78	15	.519
Chicago Cubs	82	80	17	.506
Pittsburgh Pirates	74	88	25	.457
Houston Colt .45s	66	96	33	.407
New York Mets	51	111	48	.315

Notable transactions [edit]

May 5, 1963: Jim Brosnan was traded by the Reds to the Chicago White Sox for Dom Zanni.^[5]
July 1, 1963: Jesse Gonder was traded by the Reds to the New York Mets for Charlie Neal and Sammy Taylor.^[6]

Roster [edit]

1963 Cincinnati Reds

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

1 Fred Hutchinson

Coaches

Player stats [edit]

Batting [edit]

Starters by position [edit]

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
2B	Rose, PetePete Rose	157	623	170	.273	6	41
SS	Cárdenas, LeoLeo Cárdenas	158	565	133	.235	7	48

Other batters [edit]

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
Neal, CharlieCharlie Neal	34	64	10	.156	0	3
Gonder, JesseJesse Gonder	31	32	10	.313	3	5
Taylor, SammySammy Taylor	3	6	0	.000	0	0

Pitching [edit]

Starting pitchers [edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers [edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers [edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Henry, BillBill Henry	47	1	3	14	4.15	45
Zanni, DomDom Zanni	31	1	1	5	4.19	40
Coates, JimJim Coates	9	0	0	0	5.51	11
Brosnan, JimJim Brosnan	6	0	1	0	7.71	4

Awards and honors [edit]

Rookie of the Year Award

Pete Rose^[7]

Gold Glove Award

Johnny Edwards, catcher^[8]

All-Stars [edit]

All-Star Game

Jim O'Toole, starter, pitcher^[8]
Johnny Edwards, reserve^[8]

Farm system [edit]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	San Diego Padres	Pacific Coast League	Don Heffner
AA	Macon Peaches	Sally League	Dave Bristol
A	Rocky Mount Leafs	Carolina League	Red Davis
A	Tampa Tarpons	Florida State League	Hersh Freeman
A	Cedar Rapids Red Raiders	Midwest League	Mike Ryba

Notes [edit]

^ Brant Alyea page at Baseball Reference
^ Don Zimmer page at Baseball Reference
^ Stan Swanson page at Baseball Reference
^ Pete Rose page at Baseball-Reference
^ Jim Brosnan page at Baseball Reference
^ Jesse Gonder page at Baseball Reference
^ 1963 Rookie of the Year Award ballot results at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b ^c 1963 National League Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

References [edit]

1963 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference

v t e 1963 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Minnesota New York Washington

National League	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco

1963 All-Star Game 1963 World Series

Cincinnati Reds

Formerly the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Cincinnati Redlegs
Based in Cincinnati, Ohio

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Riverside Park; Tinker Field; Sixto Escobar Stadium; Plant Field; Al Lopez Field; Plant City Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Goodyear Ballpark

Culture

Rivalries

Cleveland Indians

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owner: Robert Castellini
General Manager: Walt Jocketty
Manager: Dusty Baker

Championships (5)

National League
pennants (9)

Other titles

American Association pennants: 1882
National League Central: 1995; 2010; 2012
National League West: 1970; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1976; 1979; 1990

Minors

Media

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