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1963 Washington Senators season

Field	Value
name	Washington Senators
season	1963
image	Washington Senators Cap Logo (1963 to 1967).svg
league	American League
ballpark	D.C. Stadium
city	Washington, D.C.
record	56–106 (.347)
league_place	10th
owners	James M. Johnston and James H. Lemon
general_managers	George Selkirk
managers	Mickey Vernon, Eddie Yost, Gil Hodges
television	WTOP
radio	WTOP
(Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
season_list	List of Texas Rangers seasons

(Dan Daniels, John MacLean) 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.
November 26, 1962: 1962 first-year draft
- Lou Piniella was drafted by the Senators from the Cleveland Indians.
- Brant Alyea was drafted by the Senators from the Cincinnati Reds.
Prior to 1963 season: Lou Klimchock was acquired by the Senators from the Milwaukee Braves.

Regular season

September 2, 1963: Ed Hobaugh hit a home run in the last at bat of his career.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 2, 1963: Minnie Miñoso was purchased by the Senators from the St. Louis Cardinals.
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.
May 23, 1963: Jimmy Piersall was traded by the Senators to the New York Mets for Gil Hodges.
June 24, 1963: Don Zimmer was purchased by the Senators from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Roster

1963 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers

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

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/casanpa01.shtml Paul Casanova page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pinielo01.shtml Lou Piniella page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alyeabr01.shtml Brant Alyea page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/klimclo01.shtml Lou Klimchock page at Baseball-Reference]
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats18.shtml Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/minosmi01.shtml Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/landrho01.shtml Hobie Landrith page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/piersji01.shtml Jim Piersall page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zimmedo01.shtml Don Zimmer page at Baseball Reference]
"1963 All-Star Game".

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