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1963 Los Angeles Dodgers
World Series Champions
National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkDodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
Record99–63–1 (.611)
League place1st
OwnersWalter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey
PresidentWalter O'Malley
General managersBuzzie Bavasi
ManagersWalter Alston
TelevisionKTTV–TV 11
(Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett)
RadioKFI–AM 640
(Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett)
KWKW–AM 1330
(Jose Garcia, Jaime Jarrín)
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The 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers were led by pitcher Sandy Koufax, who won both the Cy Young Award and the Most Valuable Player Award. The team went 99–63 to win the National League title by six games over the runner-up St. Louis Cardinals and beat the New York Yankees in four games to win the World Series, marking the first time that the Yankees were ever swept in the postseason.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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National 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

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1963 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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 —


Opening Day lineup

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Opening Day starters
Name Position
Maury Wills Shortstop
Nate Oliver Second baseman
Willie Davis Center fielder
Tommy Davis Left fielder
Bill Skowron First baseman
John Roseboro Catcher
Ron Fairly Right fielder
Ken McMullen Third baseman
Don Drysdale Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

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Roster

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1963 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

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Regular season

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Legend
  Dodgers win
  Dodgers loss
  Postponement
  Clinched pennant
Bold Dodgers team member
1963 regular season game log: 99–63–1 (Home: 50–31; Away: 49–32–1)[7]
April: 10–11 (Home: 7–7; Away: 3–4)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
1 April 9 11:30 a.m. PST @ Cubs W 5–1 Drysdale (1–0) Jackson (0–1) — 2:29 18,589 1–0 W1
2 April 10 11:30 a.m. PST @ Cubs W 2–1 Koufax (1–0) Buhl (0–1) — 2:20 2,673 2–0 W2
3 April 11 11:30 a.m. PST @ Cubs L 0–2 Ellsworth (1–0) Podres (0–1) — 1:59 3,735 2–1 L1
4 April 12 7:00 p.m. PST @ Colt .45s L 1–2 (12) Farrell (1–1) Roebuck (0–1) – 3:09 12,044 2–2 L2
5 April 13 7:00 p.m. PST @ Colt .45s W 3–1 Drysdale (2–0) Brunet (0–1) – 2:13 15,164 3–2 W1
6 April 14 1:30 p.m. PST @ Colt .45s L 4–5 Nottebart (1–0) Koufax (1–1) McMahon (1) 2:31 10,180 3–3 L1
7 April 16 8:00 p.m. PST Cubs L 1–2 (12) McDaniel (1–0) Roebuck (0–2) Schultz (1) 2:43 33,758 3–4 L1
8 April 17 8:00 p.m. PST Cubs W 1–0 (10) Perranoski (1–0) Ellsworth (1–1) — 2:32 15,617 4–4 W1
9 April 18 8:00 p.m. PST Cubs L 1–5 Hobbie (1–0) Drysdale (2–1) Elston (1) 2:40 16,412 4–5 L1
10 April 19 8:00 p.m. PST Colt .45s W 2–0 Koufax (2–1) Farrell (1–2) – 1:48 15,654 5–5 W1
11 April 20 1:00 p.m. PST Colt. 45s L 6–9 Nottebart (2–0) Podres (0–2) McMahon (3) 2:44 17,110 5–6 L1
12 April 21 (1) 1:00 p.m. PST Colt .45s W 11–3 Miller (1–0) Cardinal (0–1) Perranoski (1) 3:02 6–6 W1
13 April 21 (2) 4:37 p.m. PST Colt .45s W 6–5 Roebuck (1–2) Brunet (0–3) – 2:54 33,196 7–6 W2
14 April 22 8:00 p.m. PST Braves L 2–10 Hendley (2–1) Drysdale (2–2) — 2:42 18,795 7–7 L1
15 April 23 8:00 p.m. PST Braves W 2–1 Perranoski (2–0) Raymond (2–2) — 2:15 20,298 8–7 W1
16 April 24 8:00 p.m. PST Reds W 7–0 Podres (1–2) Owens (0–1) — 2:30 19,089 9–7 W2
17 April 25 8:00 p.m. PST Reds W 7–1 Miller (2–0) Jay (0–4) — 2:23 17,067 10–7 W3
18 April 26 8:00 p.m. PST Cardinals L 7–8 Bauta (1–1) Perranoski (2–1) Shantz (1) 2:41 24,959 10–8 L1
19 April 27 8:00 p.m. PST Cardinals L 0–3 Washburn (4–0) Sherry (0–1) — 2:15 33,949 10–9 L2
20 April 28 1:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals L 5–9 Broglio (3–0) Podres (1–3) Taylor (1) 2:56 36,245 10–10 L3
21 April 29 5:00 p.m. PDT @ Mets L 2–4 Craig (2–2) Miller (2–1) – 2:46 23,494 10–11 L4
– April 30 @ Mets Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 10)
May: 17–9–1 (Home: 11–1; Away: 6–8–1)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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– May 1 @ Phillies Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 13)
22 May 2 5:05 p.m. PDT @ Phillies W 3–2 Perranoski (3–1) Mahaffey (2–3) — 2:16 11,288 11–11 W1
23 May 3 5:15 p.m. PDT @ Pirates L 2–13 McBean (2–1) Sherry (0–2) – 2:21 16,960 11–12 L1
24 May 4 10:35 a.m. PDT @ Pirates L 0–5 Schwall (2–0) Miller (2–2) – 2:05 12,037 11–13 L2
25 May 5 11:05 a.m. PDT @ Pirates W 7–3 Perranoski (4–1) Law (0–1) – 2:21 18,743 12–13 W1
26 May 6 10:35 a.m. PDT @ Pirates L 4–7 Gibbon (2–0) Drysdale (2–3) Face (4) 2:41 5,376 12–14 L1
27 May 7 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals W 11–1 Koufax (3–1) Washburn (5–1) Rowe (1) 2:23 16,609 13–14 W1
28 May 8 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals W 11–5 Perranoski (5–1) Shantz (1–2) Scott (1) 2:50 10,918 14–14 W2
29 May 9 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals L 7–10 Gibson (1–1) Richert (0–1) Fanok (1) 2:56 10,762 14–15 L1
30 May 10 8:00 p.m. PDT Giants W 2–1 Drysdale (3–3) Sanford (5–2) — 2:00 50,407 15–15 W1
31 May 11 8:00 p.m. PDT Giants W 8–0 Koufax (4–1) Marichal (4–3) — 2:13 49,807 16–15 W2
32 May 12 1:00 p.m. PDT Giants W 6–5 Calmus (1–0) Fisher (3–3) Perranoski (2) 2:38 43,964 17–15 W3
33 May 14 8:00 p.m. PDT Phillies L 1–5 McLish (1–2) Drysdale (3–4) — 2:34 19,294 17–16 L1
34 May 15 8:00 p.m. PDT Phillies W 3–2 (12) Koufax (5–1) Klippstein (1–2) — 3:08 20,512 18–16 W1
35 May 16 8:00 p.m. PDT Pirates W 1–0 Podres (2–3) Schwall (2–2) – 1:50 21,287 19–16 W2
36 May 17 8:00 p.m. PDT Pirates W 9–3 Miller (3–2) Gibbon (2–1) Scott (2) 2:39 34,216 20–16 W3
37 May 18 1:00 p.m. PDT Pirates W 6–4 Drysdale (4–4) Law (1–2) – 2:31 21,140 21–16 W4
38 May 19 (1) 1:00 p.m. PDT Mets W 1–0 Koufax (6–1) Craig (2–6) – 1:57 22–16 W5
39 May 19 (2) 3:32 p.m. PDT Mets W 4–2 (13) Perranoski (6–1) MacKenzie (3–1) – 3:45 42,541 23–16 W6
40 May 21 8:00 p.m. PDT Mets W 4–2 Podres (3–3) Cisco (1–4) – 2:17 21,108 24–16 W7
41 May 22 8:00 p.m. PDT Mets W 7–3 Drysdale (5–4) Willey (4–3) – 2:10 22,714 25–16 W8
42 May 24 8:15 p.m. PDT @ Giants L 1–7 Marichal (6–3) Koufax (6–2) — 2:05 40,676 25–17 L1
43 May 25 1:00 p.m. PDT @ Giants L 2–6 O'Dell (7–0) Podres (3–4) Larsen (1) 2:13 39,858 25–18 L2
44 May 26 1:00 p.m. PDT @ Giants W 4–3 (10) Drysdale (6–4) Larsen (0–2) — 2:50 41,668 26–18 W1
45 May 28 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Braves W 7–0 Koufax (7–2) Lemaster (2–3) — 2:33 4,573 27–18 W2
46 May 29 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Braves T 3–3 (7) — — — 2:02 11,968 27–18–1 T1
47 May 30 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Braves L 4–7 Spahn (7–3) Drysdale (6–5) Raymond (3) 2:32 12,403 27–19–1 L1
48 May 31 6:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds L 4–7 Maloney (7–2) Roebuck (1–3) Worthington (4) 2:45 14,171 27–20–1 L2
June: 16–12 (Home: 5–6; Away: 11–6)
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49 June 1 6:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds L 0–1 Jay (2–8) Koufax (7–3) — 2:16 23,737 27–21–1 L3
50 June 2 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Reds L 2–5 O'Toole (9–3) Podres (3–5) Henry (5) 2:30 18,682 27–22–1 L4
51 June 3 7:00 p.m. PDT @ Colt .45s L 1–2 Farrell (5–6) Drysdale (6–6) – 1:57 15,659 27–23–1 L5
52 June 4 7:00 p.m. PDT @ Colt. 45s W 2–1 Miller (4–2) Drott (2–3) Perranoski (3) 2:21 10,429 28–23–1 W1
53 June 5 7:00 p.m. PDT @ Colt. 45s W 5–1 Koufax (8–3) Johnson (3–8) – 2:24 15,365 29–23–1 W2
54 June 7 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Cubs W 4–1 Drysdale (7–6) Toth (1–3) — 2:02 12,741 30–23–1 W3
55 June 8 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Cubs W 9–5 Perranoski (7–1) Elston (2–1) — 2:36 26,577 31–23–1 W4
56 June 9 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Cubs W 11–8 Sherry (1–2) Ellsworth (8–4) — 2:44 35,743 32–23–1 W5
57 June 10 8:00 p.m. PDT Giants W 7–3 Larsen (1–3) Perranoski (7–2) — 3:12 52,993 32–24–1 L1
58 June 11 8:00 p.m. PDT Giants W 3–0 Marichal (9–3) Drysdale (7–7) — 2:10 53,436 32–25–1 L2
59 June 12 8:00 p.m. PDT Colt .45s W 9–1 Podres (4–5) Nottebart (5–4) – 2:08 17,389 33–25–1 W1
60 June 13 8:00 p.m. PDT Colt .45s W 3–0 Koufax (9–3) Bruce (3–4) – 2:07 21,873 34–25–1 W2
61 June 14 8:00 p.m. PDT Cubs L 1–4 Hobbie (2–5) Miller (4–3) — 2:36 32,648 34–26–1 L1
62 June 15 1:00 p.m. PDT Cubs W 4–1 Drysdale (8–7) Jackson (7–6) — 1:59 22,179 35–26–1 W1
63 June 16 (1) 1:00 p.m. PDT Cubs L 3–8 Buhl (6–5) Podres (4–6) — 2:17 — 35–27–1 L1
64 June 16 (2) 3:52 p.m. PDT Cubs W 2–0 Willhite (1–0) Toth (1–4) — 1:54 45,239 36–27–1 W1
65 June 17 8:15 p.m. PDT @ Giants W 2–0 Koufax (10–3) O'Dell (9–3) — 2:13 36,818 37–27–1 W2
66 June 18 8:15 p.m. PDT @ Giants L 3–9 Sanford (9–5) Miller (4–4) — 2:21 37,780 37–28–1 L1
67 June 19 1:00 p.m. PDT @ Giants L 3–8 Marichal (11–3) Drysdale (8–8) Pierce (3) 2:32 41,384 37–29–1 L2
68 June 21 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals W 5–3 Koufax (11–3) Simmons (7–3) Perranoski (4) 2:32 28,423 38–29–1 W1
69 June 22 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Cardinals L 1–2 Gibson (6–3) Willhite (1–1) Taylor (4) 2:32 20,875 38–30–1 L1
70 June 23 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Cardinals W 4–3 Miller (5–4) Broglio (8–3) Perranoski (5) 2:41 26,553 39–30–1 W1
71 June 24 6:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds W 5–4 Drysdale (9–8) Jay (3–11) Perranoski (6) 2:35 17,273 40–30–1 W2
72 June 25 6:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds W 4–1 Koufax (12–3) O'Toole (13–4) — 2:22 22,831 41–30–1 W3
73 June 26 6:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds W 5–2 Perranoski (8–2) Maloney (11–3) — 2:32 19,122 42–30–1 W4
74 June 28 8:00 p.m. PDT Braves L 0–1 Spahn (11–3) Drysdale (9–9) — 2:02 44,894 42–31–1 L1
75 June 29 8:00 p.m. PDT Braves W 6–5 (11) Perranoski (9–2) Shaw (3–6) — 3:06 44,075 43–31–1 W1
76 June 30 1:00 p.m. PDT Braves L 0–7 Cloninger (4–4) Willhite (1–2) — 2:04 29,953 43–32–1 L1
July: 21–10 (Home: 11–6; Away: 10–4)
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77 July 1 8:00 p.m. PDT Braves W 2–1 Podres (5–6) Sadowski (0–2) — 1:58 21,603 44–32–1 W1
78 July 2 8:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals W 1–0 Drysdale (10–9) Simmons (7–4) — 1:48 39,824 45–32–1 W2
79 July 3 8:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals W 5–0 Koufax (13–3) Gibson (7–4) — 1:53 51,898 46–32–1 W3
80 July 4 8:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals W 10–7 Roebuck (2–3) Broglio (9–4) Perranoski (7) 3:02 30,726 47–32–1 W4
81 July 5 8:00 p.m. PDT Reds W 1–0 Podres (6–6) O'Toole (13–6) — 1:35 35,536 48–32–1 W5
82 July 6 1:00 p.m. PDT Reds L 1–3 Maloney (13–3) Drysdale (10–10) — 2:23 27,793 48–33–1 L1
83 July 7 (1) 1:00 p.m. PDT Reds W 4–0 Koufax (14–3) Purkey (3–5) — 2:02 — 49–33–1 W1
84 July 7 (2) 3:37 p.m. PDT Reds W 3–1 Willhite (2–2) Tsitouris (4–3) Perranoski (8) 2:07 53,856 50–33–1 W2
— July 9 10:00 a.m. PDT 34th All-Star Game in Cleveland, OH
85 July 10 5:00 p.m. PDT @ Mets W 1–0 Podres (7–6) Willey (6–8) – 1:45 17,106 51–33–1 W3
86 July 11 5:00 p.m. PDT @ Mets W 4–3 Drysdale (11–10) Craig (2–14) Perranoski (9) 2:16 23,890 52–33–1 W4
87 July 12 5:00 p.m. PDT @ Mets W 6–0 Koufax (15–3) Jackson (6–10) – 2:19 34,889 53–33–1 W5
88 July 13 11:00 a.m. PDT @ Mets W 11–2 Miller (6–4) Stallard (3–7) – 2:51 21,461 54–33–1 W6
89 July 14 10:35 a.m. PDT @ Phillies W 3–2 (6) Podres (8–6) McLish (9–5) — 1:37 23,542 55–33–1 W7
90 July 15 5:05 p.m. PDT @ Phillies L 4–5 (11) Baldschun (7–4) Roebuck (2–4) — 3:01 19,488 55–34–1 L1
91 July 16 (1) 3:05 p.m. PDT @ Phillies W 5–2 Koufax (16–3) Mahaffey (6–10) — 2:11 — 56–34–1 W1
92 July 16 (2) 5:51 p.m. PDT @ Phillies L 2–10 Green (2–3) Willhite (2–3) — 2:18 35,353 56–35–1 L1
93 July 17 5:15 p.m. PDT @ Pirates W 3–2 Miller (7–4) Law (4–4) Perranoski (10) 2:39 16,658 57–35–1 W1
94 July 18 5:15 p.m. PDT @ Pirates W 10–5 Podres (9–6) Francis (3–4) Sherry (1) 3:03 15,883 58–35–1 W2
95 July 19 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Braves W 4–2 Drysdale (12–10) Hendley (5–6) — 2:13 18,547 59–35–1 W3
96 July 20 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Braves W 5–4 Perranoski (10–2) Raymond (4–5) — 2:42 11,804 60–35–1 W4
97 July 21 (1) 11:00 a.m. PDT @ Braves L 2–7 Sadowski (1–4) Miller (7–5) Shaw (7) 2:30 — 60–36–1 L1
98 July 21 (2) 2:05 p.m. PDT @ Braves L 7–13 Cloninger (7–6) Sherry (1–3) — 3:07 28,534 60–37–1 L2
99 July 23 8:00 p.m. PDT Pirates W 6–0 Podres (10–6) Friend (11–9) – 2:26 33,167 61–37–1 W1
100 July 24 8:00 p.m. PDT Pirates W 5–1 Drysdale (13–10) Francis (3–5) – 2:09 30,462 62–37–2 W2
101 July 25 8:00 p.m. PDT Pirates L 2–6 Sisk (1–0) Koufax (16–4) – 2:19 41,154 62–38–1 L1
102 July 26 8:00 p.m. PDT Phillies L 5–6 Short (3–8) Miller (7–6) Baldschun (11) 2:48 30,589 62–39–1 L2
103 July 27 8:00 p.m. PDT Phillies L 1–4 Bennett (3–0) Podres (10–7) Klippstein (6) 2:26 36,262 62–40–1 L3
104 July 28 1:00 p.m. PDT Phillies L 4–7 Boozer (2–2) Drysdale (13–11) — 2:38 32,996 62–41–1 L4
105 July 29 8:00 p.m. PDT Phillies W 6–2 Koufax (17–4) McLish (10–6) — 2:14 32,835 63–41–1 W1
106 July 30 8:00 p.m. PDT Mets L 1–5 Stallard (4–9) Miller (7–7) – 2:21 24,515 63–42–1 L1
107 July 31 8:00 p.m. PDT Mets W 5–3 Richert (1–1) Craig (2–19) Perranoski (11) 2:20 24,589 64–42–1 W1
August: 16–12 (Home: 6–6; Away: 10–6)
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108 August 2 7:00 p.m. PDT @ Colt .45s L 1–4 Farrell (9–8) Drysdale (13–12) – 1:55 13,054 64–43–1 L1
109 August 3 7:00 p.m. PDT @ Colt .45s W 2–0 Koufax (18–4) Bruce (5–8) – 2:00 25,473 65–43–1 W1
110 August 4 1:30 p.m. PDT @ Colt .45s W 4–0 Podres (11–7) Johnson (6–15) Sherry (2) 2:09 14,237 66–43–1 W2
111 August 6 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Cubs W 4–1 Drysdale (14–12) Jackson (12–10) — 1:58 15,276 67–43–1 W3
112 August 7 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Cubs W 3–1 (11) Perranoski (11–2) McDaniel (7–5) — 2:53 27,184 68–43–1 W4
113 August 8 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Cubs L 4–5 (10) McDaniel (8–5) Sherry (1–4) — 2:18 16,408 68–44–1 L1
114 August 9 6:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds L 4–8 Nuxhall (10–5) Podres (11–8) Worthington (7) 2:50 18,178 68–45–1 L2
115 August 10 6:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds W 10–3 Drysdale (15–12) Purkey (5–8) — 2:47 29,034 69–45–1 W1
116 August 11 12 Noon PDT @ Reds L 4–9 O'Toole (15–9) Koufax (18–5) Worthington (8) 2:25 26,195 69–46–1 L1
117 August 13 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Braves L 3–4 Spahn (14–5) Miller (7–8) — 2:13 13,529 69–47–1 L2
118 August 14 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Braves L 3–5 Sadowski (2–5) Drysdale (15–13) Lemaster (1) 2:32 13,429 69–48–1 L3
119 August 15 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Braves W 7–5 Perranoski (12–2) Fischer (4–3) — 2:43 13,425 70–48–1 W1
120 August 16 5:00 p.m. PDT @ Mets W 9–7 Perranoski (13–2) Bearnarth (2–4) Miller (1) 2:53 31,405 71–48–1 W2
121 August 17 11:00 a.m. PDT @ Mets W 3–2 Koufax (19–5) Stallard (6–11) Perranoski (12) 2:45 21,841 72–48–1 W3
122 August 18 (1) 11:05 a.m. PDT @ Mets W 7–0 Drysdale (16–13) Jackson (8–15) – 2:25 73–48–1 W4
123 August 18 (2) 2:05 p.m. PDT @ Mets W 3–2 Calmus (2–0) Willey (7–11) – 2:36 46,184 74–48–1 W5
124 August 20 8:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals W 7–5 Miller (8–8) Burdette (8–10) — 2:45 50,122 75–48–1 W6
125 August 21 8:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals W 2–1 (16) Sherry (2–4) Taylor (7–5) — 3:48 54,125 76–48–1 W7
126 August 22 8:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals L 2–3 Broglio (14–8) Drysdale (16–14) Jones (2) 2:32 48,569 76–49–1 L1
127 August 23 8:00 p.m. PDT Braves L 1–6 Spahn (16–5) Calmus (2–1) — 2:30 36,013 76–50–1 L2
128 August 24 8:00 p.m. PDT Braves L 1–2 Lemaster (10–8) Podres (11–9) Shaw (12) 2:34 36,479 76–51–1 L3
129 August 25 1:00 p.m. PDT Braves W 2–1 Miller (9–8) Shaw (5–10) — 2:29 32,137 77–51–1 W1
130 August 26 8:00 p.m. PDT Reds L 1–3 O'Toole (16–11) Drysdale (16–15) — 2:09 36,694 77–52–1 L1
131 August 27 8:00 p.m. PDT Reds W 3–2 Richert (2–1) Purkey (6–9) Perranoski (13) 2:14 28,070 78–52–1 W1
132 August 28 8:00 p.m. PDT Reds L 5–9 Maloney (19–6) Podres (11–10) Jay (1) 2:32 28,921 78–53–1 L1
133 August 29 8:00 p.m. PDT Giants W 11–1 Koufax (20–5) Pierce (3–10) — 2:38 54,978 79–53–1 W1
134 August 30 8:00 p.m. PDT Giants W 3–1 Drysdale (17–15) Marichal (19–8) — 2:34 54,843 80–53–1 W2
135 August 31 8:00 p.m. PDT Giants L 3–4 (12) Larsen (6–5) Sherry (2–5) — 3:25 54,858 80–54–1 L1
September: 19–9 (Home: 10–5; Away: 9–4)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
136 September 1 1:00 p.m. PDT Giants W 5–3 Calmus (3–1) Larsen (6–6) Podres (1) 3:42 54,263 81–54–1 W1
137 September 2 (1) 1:00 p.m. PDT Colt .45s W 7–3 Koufax (21–5) Farrell (10–12) – 2:16 82–54–1 W2
138 September 2 (2) 3:51 p.m. PDT Colt .45s W 7–1 Podres (12–10) Zachary (0–2) Perranoski (14) 2:14 39,378 83–54–1 W3
139 September 3 8:00 p.m. PDT Colt .45s W 4–3 (10) Perranoski (14–2) Farrell (10–13) – 2:24 23,235 84–54–1 W4
140 September 4 8:00 p.m. PDT Cubs L 1–2 (11) McDaniel (11–6) Rowe (0–1) — 3:23 21,840 84–55–1 L1
141 September 5 8:00 p.m. PDT Cubs W 4–0 Richert (3–1) Buhl (9–13) Sherry (3) 2:23 35,256 85–55–1 W1
142 September 6 8:15 p.m. PDT @ Giants W 5–2 Koufax (22–5) O'Dell (12–7) Perranoski (15) 2:35 38,161 86–55–1 W2
143 September 7 1:00 p.m. PDT @ Giants L 3–5 Marichal (21–8) Drysdale (17–16) — 2:04 36,879 86–56–1 L1
144 September 8 1:00 p.m. PDT @ Giants L 4–5 Larsen (7–6) Perranoski (14–3) — 2:45 38,569 86–57–1 L2
145 September 10 5:15 p.m. PDT @ Pirates W 4–2 Koufax (23–5) Cardwell (13–14) – 2:19 11,152 87–57–1 W5
146 September 11 5:15 p.m. PDT @ Pirates W 9–4 Richert (4–1) Veale (2–2) Perranoski (16) 2:32 8,514 88–57–1 W6
147 September 12 5:15 p.m. PDT @ Pirates W 5–3 Podres (13–10) Friend (16–15) Perranoski (17) 2:04 2,644 89–57–1 W7
148 September 13 (1) 3:05 p.m. PDT @ Phillies L 2–3 Short (7–11) Sherry (2–6) — 2:21 — 89–58–1 L1
149 September 13 (2) 6:01 p.m. PDT @ Phillies W 2–1 Perranoski (15–3) Bennett (8–4) — 2:32 26,024 90–58–1 W1
150 September 14 10:35 a.m. PDT @ Phillies W 5–1 Richert (5–1) Boozer (2–4) — 2:24 10,410 91–58–1 W2
151 September 15 10:35 a.m. PDT @ Phillies L 1–6 Green (6–4) Drysdale (17–17) — 2:09 16,796 91–59–1 L1
152 September 16 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals W 3–1 Podres (14–10) Shantz (6–4) Perranoski (18) 2:34 32,442 92–59–1 W1
153 September 17 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals W 4–0 Koufax (24–5) Simmons (15–8) — 1:51 30,450 93–59–1 W2
154 September 18 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals W 6–5 (13) Perranoski (16–3) Burdette (9–12) — 3:44 25,975 94–59–1 W3
155 September 20 8:00 p.m. PDT Pirates W 2–0 Drysdale (18–17) Schwall (6–12) – 2:17 40,476 95–59–1 W4
156 September 21 8:00 p.m. PDT Pirates W 5–3 Miller (10–8) Sisk (1–1) – 2:44 48,038 96–59–1 W5
157 September 22 1:00 p.m. PDT Pirates L 0–4 Veale (4–2) Podres (14–11) Face (16) 2:20 36,878 96–60–1 L1
158 September 24 8:00 p.m. PDT Mets W 4–1 Drysdale (19–17) Stallard (6–17) Perranoski (19) 2:26 27,988 97–60–1 W1
159 September 25 8:00 p.m. PDT Mets W 1–0 Koufax (25–5) Craig (5–22) Perranoski (20) 2:08 24,181 98–60–1 W2
160 September 26 8:00 p.m. PDT Mets W 5–4 Rowe (1–1) Cisco (7–15) Perranoski (21) 2:15 18,546 99–60–1 W3
161 September 27 8:00 p.m. PDT Phillies L 3–5 Boozer (3–4) Richert (5–2) Duren (2) 2:40 34,689 99–61–1 L1
162 September 28 8:00 p.m. PDT Phillies L 3–12 Bennett (9–5) Podres (14–12) — 2:21 37,212 99–62–1 L2
163 September 29 1:00 p.m. PDT Phillies L 1–3 Short (9–12) Richert (5–3) — 2:31 19,237 99–63–1 L3

Postseason Game log

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Legend
  Dodgers win
  Dodgers loss
Bold Dodgers team member
1963 Postseason game log: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 2–0)
World Series vs. New York Yankees 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 2–0)[8]
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/
Streak
1 October 2 10:00 a.m. PDT @ Yankees W 5–2 Koufax (1–0) Ford (0–1) — 2:09 69,000 LAN 1–0 W1
2 October 3 10:00 a.m. PDT @ Yankees W 4–1 Podres (1–0) Downing (0–1) Perranoski (1) 2:13 66,455 LAN 2–0 W2
3 October 5 1:00 p.m. PDT Yankees W 1–0 Drysdale (1–0) Bouton (0–1) — 2:05 55,912 LAN 3–0 W3
4 October 6 1:00 p.m. PDT Yankees W 2–1 Koufax (2–0) Ford (0–2) — 1:50 55,912 LAN 4–0 W4

Detailed records

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Day-by-Day

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Day-by-Day
Date Game No. Opponent Record Pct. Position GB Ref.
April 9 1 @ CHC 1–0 (1.000) 1st (tie) +0 [9]
April 10 2 @ CHC 2–0 (1.000) 1st (tie) +0 [10]
April 11 3 @ CHC 2–1 (.667) 4th (tie) 1 [11]
April 16 7 CHC 3–4 (.429) 7th 2+1⁄2 [12]
April 17 8 CHC 4–4 (.500) 6th 2 [13]
April 18 9 CHC 4–5 (.444) 7th 3 [14]
April 22 14 MLN 7–7 (.500) 6th 1+1⁄2 [15]
April 23 15 MLN 8–7 (.533) 5th (tie) 1+1⁄2 [16]
April 24 16 CIN 9–7 (.563) 4th (tie) 1+1⁄2 [17]
April 25 17 CIN 10–7 (.588) 3rd (tie) +1⁄2 [18]
April 26 18 STL 10–8 (.556) 4th (tie) 1+1⁄2 [19]
April 27 19 STL 10–9 (.526) 5th 2+1⁄2 [20]
April 28 20 STL 10–10 (.500) 5th 3 [21]
May 2 22 @ PHI 11–11 (.500) 5th 4 [22]
May 7 27 @ STL 13–14 (.481) 5th (tie) 4 [23]
May 8 28 @ STL 14–14 (.500) 5th 4 [24]
May 9 29 @ STL 14–15 (.483) 5th (tie) 5 [25]
May 10 30 SF 15–15 (.500) 5th 4 [26]
May 11 31 SF 16–15 (.516) 5th 3 [27]
May 12 32 SF 17–15 (.531) 4th 2 [28]
May 14 33 PHI 17–16 (.515) 5th 3 [29]
May 15 34 PHI 18–16 (.529) 3rd 3 [30]
May 24 42 @ SF 25–17 (.595) 2nd 2 [31]
May 25 43 @ SF 25–18 (.581) 2nd 3 [32]
May 26 44 @ SF 26–18 (.591) 2nd 2 [33]
May 28 45 @ MLN 27–18 (.600) 2nd 1 [34]
May 29 46 @ MLN 27–18 (.600) 2nd 1+1⁄2 [35]
May 30 47 @ MLN 27–19 (.587) 2nd 2+1⁄2 [36]
May 31 48 @ CIN 27–20 (.574) 3rd 2+1⁄2 [37]
June 1 49 @ CIN 27–21 (.563) 3rd 2+1⁄2 [38]
June 2 50 @ CIN 27–22 (.551) 3rd 3+1⁄2 [39]
June 7 54 @ CHC 30–23 (.566) 1st (tie) +0 [40]
June 8 55 @ CHC 31–23 (.574) 1st (tie) +0 [41]
June 9 56 @ CHC 32–23 (.582) 1st ++1⁄2 [42]
June 10 57 SF 32–24 (.571) 1st (tie) +0 [43]
June 11 58 SF 32–25 (.561) 2nd (tie) 1 [44]
June 14 61 CHC 34–26 (.567) 3rd 1 [45]
June 15 62 CHC 35–26 (.574) 3rd 1 [46]
June 16 63 CHC 35–27 (.565) 3rd 1 [47]
64 CHC 36–27 (.571)
June 17 65 @ SF 37–27 (.578) 2nd (tie) +1⁄2 [48]
June 18 66 @ SF 37–28 (.569) 3rd 1+1⁄2 [49]
June 19 67 @ SF 37–29 (.561) 3rd 2+1⁄2 [50]
June 21 68 @ STL 38–29 (.567) 3rd 1+1⁄2 [51]
June 22 69 @ STL 38–30 (.559) 3rd (tie) 2+1⁄2 [52]
June 23 70 @ STL 39–30 (.565) 4th 1+1⁄2 [53]
June 24 71 @ CIN 40–30 (.571) 3rd 1 [54]
June 25 72 @ CIN 41–30 (.577) 2nd (tie) +1⁄2 [55]
June 26 73 @ CIN 42–30 (.583) 2nd +1⁄2 [56]
June 28 74 MLN 42–31 (.575) 2nd (tie) 1+1⁄2 [57]
June 29 75 MLN 43–31 (.581) 2nd 1+1⁄2 [58]
June 30 76 MLN 43–32 (.573) 2nd 1+1⁄2 [59]
July 1 77 MLN 44–32 (.579) 2nd +1⁄2 [60]
July 2 78 STL 45–32 (.584) 1st ++1⁄2 [61]
July 3 79 STL 46–32 (.590) 1st +1+1⁄2 [62]
July 4 80 STL 47–32 (.595) 1st +2+1⁄2 [63]
July 5 81 CIN 48–32 (.600) 1st +3 [64]
July 6 82 CIN 48–33 (.593) 1st +2 [65]
July 7 84 CIN 49–33 (.598) 1st +3 [66]
85 CIN 50–33 (.602)
July 14 89 @ PHI 55–33 (.625) 1st +6+1⁄2 [67]
July 15 90 @ PHI 55–34 (.618) 1st +6 [68]
July 16 91 @ PHI 56–34 (.622) 1st +5+1⁄2 [69]
92 @ PHI 56–35 (.615)
July 19 95 @ MLN 59–35 (.628) 1st +7+1⁄2 [70]
July 20 96 @ MLN 60–35 (.632) 1st +7+1⁄2 [71]
July 21 97 @ MLN 60–36 (.625) 1st +6 [72]
98 @ MLN 60–37 (.619)
July 26 102 PHI 62–39 (.614) 1st +5 [73]
July 27 103 PHI 62–40 (.608) 1st +4 [74]
July 28 104 PHI 62–41 (.602) 1st +4+1⁄2 [75]
July 29 105 PHI 63–41 (.606) 1st +4+1⁄2 [76]
August 6 111 @ CHC 67–43 (.609) 1st +5 [77]
August 7 112 @ CHC 68–43 (.613) 1st +6 [78]
August 8 113 @ CHC 68–44 (.607) 1st +5+1⁄2 [79]
August 9 114 @ CIN 68–45 (.602) 1st +4+1⁄2 [80]
August 10 115 @ CIN 69–45 (.605) 1st +4+1⁄2 [81]
August 11 116 @ CIN 69–46 (.600) 1st +3+1⁄2 [82]
August 13 117 @ MLN 69–47 (.595) 1st +4 [83]
August 14 118 @ MLN 69–48 (.590) 1st +3 [84]
August 15 119 @ MLN 70–48 (.593) 1st +3 [85]
August 20 124 STL 75–48 (.610) 1st +6+1⁄2 [86]
August 21 125 STL 76–48 (.613) 1st +7+1⁄2 [87]
August 22 126 STL 76–49 (.608) 1st +6+1⁄2 [88]
August 23 127 MLN 76–50 (.603) 1st +5+1⁄2 [89]
August 24 128 MLN 76–51 (.598) 1st +5+1⁄2 [90]
August 25 129 MLN 77–51 (.602) 1st +6+1⁄2 [91]
August 26 130 CIN 77–52 (.597) 1st +5+1⁄2 [92]
August 27 131 CIN 78–52 (.600) 1st +6+1⁄2 [93]
August 28 132 CIN 78–53 (.595) 1st +5+1⁄2 [94]
August 29 133 SF 79–53 (.598) 1st +6+1⁄2 [95]
August 30 134 SF 80–53 (.602) 1st +7 [96]
August 31 135 SF 80–54 (.597) 1st +6 [97]
September 1 136 SF 81–54 (.600) 1st +6 [98]
September 4 140 CHC 84–55 (.604) 1st +5 [99]
September 5 141 CHC 85–55 (.607) 1st +5 [100]
September 6 142 @ SF 86–55 (.610) 1st +5+1⁄2 [101]
September 7 143 @ SF 86–56 (.606) 1st +4+1⁄2 [102]
September 8 144 @ SF 86–57 (.601) 1st +3+1⁄2 [103]
September 13 148 @ PHI 89–58 (.605) 1st +2+1⁄2 [104]
149 @ PHI 90–58 (.608)
September 14 150 @ PHI 91–58 (.611) 1st +2+1⁄2 [105]
September 15 151 @ PHI 91–59 (.607) 1st +1 [106]
September 16 152 @ STL 92–59 (.609) 1st +2 [107]
September 17 153 @ STL 93–59 (.612) 1st +3 [108]
September 18 154 @ STL 94–59 (.614) 1st +4 [109]
September 27 161 PHI 99–61 (.619) 1st +7 [110]
September 28 162 PHI 99–62 (.615) 1st +7 [111]
September 29 163 PHI 99–63 (.611) 1st +6 [112]

Composite Box

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1963 Los Angeles Dodgers Inning–by–Inning Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 R H E
Opponents 71 53 54 55 58 94 61 60 36 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 550 1329 141
Dodgers 77 65 74 84 64 59 65 85 54 5 3 2 3 0 0 1 640 1361 159

Sources:[11] [12]

Player stats

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Batting

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Stats in bold are the team leaders.

Starters by position

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; PA = Plate appearances; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles hit; 3B = Triples hit; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; CS = Caught stealing; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging; OPS = On Base + Slugging; TB = Total bases; GDP = Grounded into double play; HBP = Hit by pitch; SH = Sacrifice hits; SF = Sacrifice flies; IBB = Intentional base on balls

Pos Player G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO Avg. OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
C John Roseboro 135 518 470 50 111 13 7 9 49 7 6 36 50 .236 .291 .351 .642 165 9 3 2 7 3
1B Ron Fairly 152 564 490 62 133 21 0 12 77 5 2 58 69 .271 .347 .388 .735 190 12 1 11 4 7
2B Jim Gilliam 148 605 525 77 148 27 4 6 49 19 5 60 28 .282 .354 .383 .737 201 11 2 12 6 2
3B Ken McMullen 79 259 233 16 55 9 0 5 28 1 2 20 46 .236 .297 .339 .636 79 9 1 3 2 2
SS Maury Wills 134 580 527 83 159 19 3 0 34 40 19 44 48 .302 .355 .349 .704 184 3 1 5 3 0
LF Tommy Davis 146 597 556 69 181 19 3 16 88 15 10 29 59 .326 .359 .457 .816 254 17 4 1 7 5
CF Willie Davis 156 555 515 60 126 19 8 9 60 25 11 25 61 .245 .281 .365 .646 188 9 3 6 6 6
RF Frank Howard 123 459 417 58 114 16 1 28 64 1 2 33 116 .273 .330 .518 .848 216 7 4 2 3 4

Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; PA = Plate appearances; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles hit; 3B = Triples hit; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; CS = Caught stealing; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging; OPS = On Base + Slugging; TB = Total bases; GDP = Grounded into double play; HBP = Hit by pitch; SH = Sacrifice hits; SF = Sacrifice flies; IBB = Intentional base on balls

Player G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO Avg. OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Wally Moon 122 398 343 41 90 13 2 8 48 5 5 45 43 .262 .345 .382 .727 131 12 1 4 5 5
Bill Skowron 89 256 237 19 48 8 0 4 19 0 1 13 49 .203 .252 .287 .539 68 10 3 2 1 4
Dick Tracewski 104 240 217 23 49 2 1 1 10 2 3 19 39 .226 .287 .248 .545 56 3 0 3 1 1
Nate Oliver 65 178 163 23 39 2 3 1 9 3 4 13 25 .239 .298 .307 .605 50 3 1 0 1 0
Doug Camilli 49 130 117 9 19 1 1 3 10 0 0 11 22 .162 .234 .265 .499 31 4 0 2 0 6
Lee Walls 64 94 86 12 20 1 0 3 11 0 0 7 25 .233 .290 .349 .639 30 4 0 1 0 1
Al Ferrara 21 52 44 2 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 9 .159 .275 .227 .502 10 0 1 1 0 0
Marv Breeding 20 40 36 6 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 .167 .211 .167 .377 6 0 0 2 0 0
Don Zimmer 22 26 23 4 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 10 .217 .308 .391 .699 9 1 0 0 0 0
Daryl Spencer 7 13 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .111 .333 .111 .444 1 1 0 1 0 0
Dick Nen 7 11 8 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 .125 .364 .500 .864 4 1 0 0 0 1
Derrell Griffith 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Gleason 8 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 0 0 0

Pitchers batting

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Note: G = Games played; PA = Plate appearances; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles hit; 3B = Triples hit; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; CS = Caught stealing; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging; OPS = On Base + Slugging; TB = Total bases; GDP = Grounded into double play; HBP = Hit by pitch; SH = Sacrifice hits; SF = Sacrifice flies; IBB = Intentional base on balls

Player G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO Avg. OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Sandy Koufax 40 124 110 3 7 0 0 1 7 0 0 6 51 .064 .111 .091 .202 10 2 0 7 1 0
Don Drysdale 42 114 96 5 16 1 1 0 5 0 0 9 35 .167 .241 .198 .439 19 3 1 6 2 0
Johnny Podres 37 71 64 6 9 2 0 1 8 0 0 1 11 .141 .147 .219 .366 14 0 0 3 3 0
Bob Miller 42 65 57 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 24 .070 .100 .070 .170 4 0 0 5 1 0
Ron Perranoski 69 28 24 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 .125 .192 .125 .317 3 0 0 2 0 0
Pete Richert 20 25 22 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .182 .217 .227 .445 5 0 0 2 0 0
Larry Sherry 36 12 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .111 .273 .222 .495 2 0 0 1 0 0
Nick Willhite 8 11 10 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 .400 .700 4 0 0 1 0 0
Dick Calmus 21 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Rowe 14 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Roebuck 29 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Smith 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Ortega 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Scott 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pitching

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List does not include position players. Stats in bold are the team leaders.

Starting pitchers

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Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; W-L% = Win-Loss Percentage; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; GF = Games finished; CG = Complete game; SHO = Shutouts; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; HA = Hits allowed; RA = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HRA = Home runs allowed; BB = Base on Balls; IBB = Intentional base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; HBP = Times hit by a pitch; BK = Balks; WP = Wild pitches; BF = Batters faced

Player W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP HA RA ER HRA BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Don Drysdale 19 17 .528 2.63 42 42 0 17 3 0 315.1 287 114 92 25 57 13 251 10 0 4 1266
Sandy Koufax 25 5 .833 1.88 40 40 0 20 11 0 311.0 214 68 65 18 58 7 306 3 1 6 1210
Johnny Podres 14 12 .538 3.54 37 34 3 10 5 1 198.1 196 91 78 16 64 13 134 3 4 5 845
Nick Willhite 2 3 .400 3.79 8 8 0 1 1 0 38.0 44 19 16 5 10 2 28 0 4 1 165

Other pitchers

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Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; W-L% = Win-Loss Percentage; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; GF = Games finished; CG = Complete game; SHO = Shutouts; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; HA = Hits allowed; RA = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HRA = Home runs allowed; BB = Base on Balls; IBB = Intentional base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; HBP = Times hit by a pitch; BK = Balks; WP = Wild pitches; BF = Batters faced

Player W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP HA RA ER HRA BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Bob Miller 10 8 .556 2.89 42 23 10 2 0 1 187.0 171 71 60 7 65 9 125 3 0 12 781
Pete Richert 5 3 .625 4.50 20 12 1 1 0 0 78.0 80 40 39 7 28 3 54 1 1 3 336

Relief pitchers

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Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; W-L% = Win-Loss Percentage; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; GF = Games finished; CG = Complete game; SHO = Shutouts; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; HA = Hits allowed; RA = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HRA = Home runs allowed; BB = Base on Balls; IBB = Intentional base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; HBP = Times hit by a pitch; BK = Balks; WP = Wild pitches; BF = Batters faced

Player W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP HA RA ER HRA BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Ron Perranoski 16 3 .842 1.67 69 0 47 0 0 21 129.0 112 30 24 7 43 14 75 4 0 4 541
Larry Sherry 2 6 .250 3.73 36 3 18 0 0 3 79.2 82 43 33 8 24 4 47 4 0 3 349
Dick Calmus 3 1 .750 2.66 21 1 9 0 0 0 44.0 32 14 13 3 16 1 25 0 0 1 173
Ed Roebuck 2 4 .333 4.24 29 0 14 0 0 0 40.1 54 25 19 4 21 5 26 2 2 1 197
Ken Rowe 1 1 .500 2.93 14 0 4 0 0 1 27.2 28 16 9 2 11 3 12 1 0 2 122
Dick Scott 0 0 — 6.75 9 0 5 0 0 2 12.0 17 10 9 6 3 0 6 0 0 0 54
Jack Smith 0 0 — 7.56 4 0 1 0 0 0 8.1 10 7 7 2 2 0 5 2 0 3 39
Phil Ortega 0 0 — 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5

Fielding

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Note: G = Games played; GS = Games started; CG = Complete game; Inn = Innings played in field; Ch = Defensive Chances; PO = Putouts; A = Assists; E = Errors committed; DP = Double plays turned; Fld% = Fielding percentage; PB = Passed balls; WP = Wild pitches; SB = Stolen bases; CS = Caught stealing; CS% = Caught stealing percentage; PO = Pickoffs; Pos Summary = Positions played

Player G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos Summary
Marv Breeding 19 8 6 94.0 37 15 21 1 0 .973 2B–SS–3B
Dick Calmus 21 1 0 44.0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1 1 1 50% 0 P
Doug Camilli 47 35 29 325.1 307 285 15 7 1 .977 1 6 14 3 18% 0 C
Tommy Davis 143 143 101 1265.1 287 205 67 15 10 .948 LF–3B–CF–RF
Willie Davis 153 139 127 1248.0 359 336 15 8 3 .978 CF
Don Drysdale 42 42 17 315.1 85 19 62 4 7 .953 4 11 8 42% 4 P
Ron Fairly 149 133 112 1209.2 1002 947 48 7 74 .993 1B–CF–LF–RF
Al Ferrara 11 9 8 92.1 20 18 1 1 0 .950 LF–RF
Jim Gilliam 141 137 85 1192.2 623 267 343 13 67 .979 2B–3B
Derrell Griffith 1 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 2B
Frank Howard 111 107 84 947.1 201 189 4 8 0 .960 RF–LF
Sandy Koufax 40 40 20 311.0 41 4 34 3 1 .927 6 11 1 8% 0 P
Ken McMullen 72 67 50 596.0 195 48 134 13 8 .933 3B–LF–2B
Bob Miller 42 23 2 187.0 71 15 54 2 5 .972 12 5 8 62% 0 P
Wally Moon 96 90 55 779.2 127 120 2 5 0 .961 RF–LF–CF
Dick Nen 5 0 0 16.0 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 1B
Nate Oliver 57 40 35 389.2 234 111 114 9 26 .962 2B–SS
Phil Ortega 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 P
Ron Perranoski 69 0 0 129.0 31 6 24 1 0 .968 4 0 0 0 P
Johnny Podres 37 34 10 198.1 35 3 32 0 1 1.000 5 7 3 30% 0 P
Pete Richert 20 12 1 78.0 11 3 8 0 0 1.000 3 5 2 29% 0 P
Ed Roebuck 29 0 0 40.1 13 1 11 1 0 .923 1 2 3 60% 0 P
John Roseboro 134 128 116 1144.1 982 908 66 8 6 .992 14 39 36 27 43% 2 C
Ken Rowe 14 0 0 27.2 9 0 6 3 1 .667 2 4 1 20% 0 P
Dick Scott 9 0 0 12.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 P
Larry Sherry 36 3 0 79.2 17 1 15 1 1 .941 3 1 3 75% 1 P
Bill Skowron 67 60 39 509.2 557 518 34 5 44 .991 1B–3B
Jack Smith 4 0 0 8.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3 1 0 0% 0 P
Daryl Spencer 3 2 2 21.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 3B
Dick Tracewski 100 64 51 623.2 335 105 216 14 34 .958 SS–2B
Lee Walls 24 8 7 112.0 68 55 12 1 3 .985 1B–LF–3B–RF
Nick Willhite 8 8 1 38.0 5 1 3 1 0 .800 1 2 0 0% 1 P
Maury Wills 134 131 104 1143.1 604 197 381 26 54 .957 SS–3B
Don Zimmer 12 3 3 43.1 19 3 14 2 0 .895 3B–SS–2B

1963 World Series

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Main article: 1963 World Series

Game 1

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October 2, 1963, at Yankee Stadium in New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles (N) 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 0
New York (A) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 0
W: Sandy Koufax (1–0)   L: Whitey Ford (0–1)
HR: LAD – John Roseboro (1)   NYY – Tom Tresh (1)

Game 2

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October 3, 1963, at Yankee Stadium in New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles (N) 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 10 1
New York (A) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0
W: Johnny Podres (1–0)   L: Al Downing (0–1)   S: Ron Perranoski (1)
HR: LAD – Bill Skowron (1)

Game 3

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October 5, 1963, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Los Angeles (N) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 1 4 1
W: Don Drysdale (1–0)  L: Jim Bouton (0–1)

Game 4

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October 6, 1963, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 1
Los Angeles (N) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 1
W: Sandy Koufax (2–0)  L: Whitey Ford (0–2)
HR: NYY – Mickey Mantle (1)    LAD – Frank Howard (1)

Awards and honors

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Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax

All-Star Game

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All-Star Game
Roster[113]
Name Position
Tommy Davis LF starter
Don Drysdale P reserve
Sandy Koufax P reserve
Maury Wills SS reserve

Season honors

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Season honors
Name Award
Sandy Koufax National League Most Valuable Player
Sandy Koufax National League Cy Young Award
Sandy Koufax World Series Most Valuable Player
Sandy Koufax Associated Press Athlete of the Year

Sporting News

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Sporting News
Name Award
Walter Alston TSN Major League Manager of the Year Award
Sandy Koufax TSN Pitcher of the Year Award
Sandy Koufax TSN Major League Player of the Year Award
Tommy Davis TSN National League All-Star
Jim Gilliam TSN National League All-Star
Sandy Koufax TSN National League All-Star

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Spokane Indians Pacific Coast League Danny Ozark
AA Albuquerque Dukes Texas League Clay Bryant
A Great Falls Electrics Pioneer League Al Ronning
A Salem Dodgers Northwest League Stan Wasiak
A Salisbury Dodgers Western Carolinas League George Scherger
A Santa Barbara Rancheros California League James B. Williams
A St. Petersburg Saints Florida State League Roy Hartsfield

Notes

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  1. ^ Norm Sherry sold to Mets
  2. ^ Stan Williams page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Larry Burright page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ a b Don Zimmer page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Duke Snider page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Ed Roebuck page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ "1963 Los Angeles Dodgers Schedule & Results". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  8. ^ "1963 World Series". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  9. ^ "Events of Tuesday, April 9, 1963".
  10. ^ "Events of Wednesday, April 10, 1963".
  11. ^ "Events of Thursday, April 11, 1963".
  12. ^ "Events of Tuesday, April 16, 1963".
  13. ^ "Events of Wednesday, April 17, 1963".
  14. ^ "Events of Thursday, April 18, 1963".
  15. ^ "Events of Monday, April 22, 1963".
  16. ^ "Events of Tuesday, April 23, 1963".
  17. ^ "Events of Wednesday, April 24, 1963".
  18. ^ "Events of Thursday, April 25, 1963".
  19. ^ "Events of Friday, April 26, 1963".
  20. ^ "Events of Saturday, April 27, 1963".
  21. ^ "Events of Sunday, April 28, 1963".
  22. ^ "Events of Tuesday, May 2, 1963".
  23. ^ "Events of Tuesday, May 7, 1963".
  24. ^ "Events of Wednesday, May 8, 1963".
  25. ^ "Events of Thursday, May 9, 1963".
  26. ^ "Events of Friday, May 10, 1963".
  27. ^ "Events of Saturday, May 11, 1963".
  28. ^ "Events of Sunday, May 12, 1963".
  29. ^ "Events of Tuesday, May 14, 1963".
  30. ^ "Events of Wednesday, May 15, 1963".
  31. ^ "Events of Friday, May 24, 1963".
  32. ^ "Events of Saturday, May 25, 1963".
  33. ^ "Events of Sunday, May 26, 1963".
  34. ^ "Events of Tuesday, May 28, 1963".
  35. ^ "Events of Wednesday, May 29, 1963".
  36. ^ "Events of Thursday, May 30, 1963".
  37. ^ "Events of Friday, May 31, 1963".
  38. ^ "Events of Saturday, June 1, 1963".
  39. ^ "Events of Sunday, June 2, 1963".
  40. ^ "Events of Friday, June 7, 1963".
  41. ^ "Events of Saturday, June 8, 1963".
  42. ^ "Events of Sunday, June 9, 1963".
  43. ^ "Events of Monday, June 10, 1963".
  44. ^ "Events of Tuesday, June 11, 1963".
  45. ^ "Events of Friday, June 14, 1963".
  46. ^ "Events of Saturday, June 15, 1963".
  47. ^ "Events of Sunday, June 16, 1963".
  48. ^ "Events of Monday, June 17, 1963".
  49. ^ "Events of Tuesday, June 18, 1963".
  50. ^ "Events of Wednesday, June 19, 1963".
  51. ^ "Events of Friday, June 21, 1963".
  52. ^ "Events of Saturday, June 22, 1963".
  53. ^ "Events of Sunday, June 23, 1963".
  54. ^ "Events of Monday, June 24, 1963".
  55. ^ "Events of Tuesday, June 25, 1963".
  56. ^ "Events of Wednesday, June 26, 1963".
  57. ^ "Events of Friday, June 28, 1963".
  58. ^ "Events of Saturday, June 29, 1963".
  59. ^ "Events of Sunday, June 30, 1963".
  60. ^ "Events of Monday, July 1, 1963".
  61. ^ "Events of Tuesday, July 2, 1963".
  62. ^ "Events of Tuesday, July 3, 1963".
  63. ^ "Events of Tuesday, July 4, 1963".
  64. ^ "Events of Friday, July 5, 1963".
  65. ^ "Events of Saturday, July 6, 1963".
  66. ^ "Events of Sunday, July 7, 1963".
  67. ^ "Events of Sunday, July 14, 1963".
  68. ^ "Events of Monday, July 15, 1963".
  69. ^ "Events of Tuesday, July 16, 1963".
  70. ^ "Events of Friday, July 19, 1963".
  71. ^ "Events of Saturday, July 20, 1963".
  72. ^ "Events of Sunday, July 21, 1963".
  73. ^ "Events of Friday, July 26, 1963".
  74. ^ "Events of Saturday, July 27, 1963".
  75. ^ "Events of Sunday, July 28, 1963".
  76. ^ "Events of Monday, July 29, 1963".
  77. ^ "Events of Tuesday, August 6, 1963".
  78. ^ "Events of Wednesday, August 7, 1963".
  79. ^ "Events of Thursday, August 8, 1963".
  80. ^ "Events of Friday, August 9, 1963".
  81. ^ "Events of Saturday, August 10, 1963".
  82. ^ "Events of Sunday, August 11, 1963".
  83. ^ "Events of Tuesday, August 13, 1963".
  84. ^ "Events of Wednesday, August 14, 1963".
  85. ^ "Events of Thursday, August 15, 1963".
  86. ^ "Events of Tuesday, August 20, 1963".
  87. ^ "Events of Wednesday, August 21, 1963".
  88. ^ "Events of Thursday, August 22, 1963".
  89. ^ "Events of Friday, August 23, 1963".
  90. ^ "Events of Saturday, August 24, 1963".
  91. ^ "Events of Sunday, August 25, 1963".
  92. ^ "Events of Monday, August 26, 1963".
  93. ^ "Events of Tuesday, August 27, 1963".
  94. ^ "Events of Wednesday, August 28, 1963".
  95. ^ "Events of Thursday, August 29, 1963".
  96. ^ "Events of Friday, August 30, 1963".
  97. ^ "Events of Saturday, August 31, 1963".
  98. ^ "Events of Sunday, September 1, 1963".
  99. ^ "Events of Wednesday, September 4, 1963".
  100. ^ "Events of Thursday, September 5, 1963".
  101. ^ "Events of Friday, September 6, 1963".
  102. ^ "Events of Saturday, September 7, 1963".
  103. ^ "Events of Sunday, September 8, 1963".
  104. ^ "Events of Friday, September 13, 1963".
  105. ^ "Events of Saturday, September 14, 1963".
  106. ^ "Events of Sunday, September 15, 1963".
  107. ^ "Events of Monday, September 16, 1963".
  108. ^ "Events of Tuesday, September 17, 1963".
  109. ^ "Events of Wednesday, September 18, 1963".
  110. ^ "Events of Friday, September 27, 1963".
  111. ^ "Events of Saturday, September 28, 1963".
  112. ^ "Events of Sunday, September 29, 1963".
  113. ^ "1963 All-Star Game".

References

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