The 1963 New York Yankees season was the 61st season for the team. The team finished with a record of 104–57, winning their 28th pennant, finishing games ahead of the Chicago White Sox. New York was managed by Ralph Houk.

The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 4 games, the first time the Yankees had ever been swept in the World Series (they had lost 4 games to none with one tied game in 1922).

Offseason November 26, 1962: Bill Skowron was traded by the Yankees to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Stan Williams.Stan Williams page at Baseball-Reference

Regular season Elston Howard became the first black player in the history of the American League to win the AL Most Valuable Player award.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 199, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 29, 1963: Curt Blefary was selected off waivers from the Yankees by the Baltimore Orioles as a first-year waiver pick.Curt Blefary page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1963 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log Legend Yankees win Yankees loss Postponement Clinched pennantBoldYankees team member

|- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || || 1:00p.m. EDT || 34th All-Star Game || colspan=8 | National League vs. American League (Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio)

Postseason Game log

|- style="background:#fbb;" | 1 || || 1:00p.m. EDT || Dodgers || L 2–5 || Koufax (1–0) || Ford (0–1) || — || 2:09 || 69,000 || LAN 1–0 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2 || || 1:00p.m. EDT || Dodgers || L 1–4 || Podres (1–0) || Downing (0–1) || Perranoski (1) || 2:13 || 66,455 || LAN 2–0 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 3 || || 4:00p.m. EDT || @ Dodgers || L 0–1 || Drysdale (1–0) || Bouton (0–1) || — || 2:05 || 55,912 || LAN 3–0 || L3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || || 4:00p.m. EDT || @ Dodgers || L 1–2 || Koufax (2–0) || Ford (0–2) || — || 1:50 || 55,912 || LAN 4–0 || L4

Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league 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 135 487 140 .287 28 85 1B 157 580 157 .271 27 89 2B 151 630 167 .265 3 48 3B 152 557 140 .251 12 54 SS 135 557 143 .257 7 44 LF 130 433 108 .249 14 52 CF 145 520 140 .269 25 71 RF 90 312 84 .269 23 53

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 76 218 49 .225 16 45 72 186 50 .269 2 12 65 172 54 .314 15 35 60 157 37 .236 7 23 64 147 43 .293 8 28 106 73 15 .205 0 1 14 26 5 .192 0 1 14 15 3 .200 0 0 4 8 2 .250 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 38 269.1 24 7 2.74 189 40 268.0 17 15 3.22 114 40 249.1 21 7 2.53 148 24 175.2 13 5 2.56 171 29 146.0 9 8 3.21 98

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 8 13.0 1 0 2.77 3 6 6.0 1 1 13.50 5 1 1.0 0 0 0.00 0

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 48 4 3 18 2.62 56 34 5 1 5 2.60 63 28 4 8 3 6.02 52 23 2 0 1 3.82 35 22 3 2 0 2.72 31

1963 World Series

NL Los Angeles Dodgers (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (0) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Dodgers – 5, Yankees – 2 October 2 Yankee Stadium 69,0002 Dodgers – 4, Yankees – 1 October 3 Yankee Stadium 66,4553 Yankees – 0, Dodgers – 1 October 5 Dodger Stadium 55,9124 Yankees – 1, Dodgers – 2 October 6 Dodger Stadium 55,912

Awards and honors Elston Howard, American League MVP Ralph Houk, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year

All-Stars All-Star Game Joe Pepitone, starter, first base Jim Bouton, reserve Elston Howard, reserve Bobby Richardson, reserve Tom Tresh, reserve Mickey Mantle, did not play (injured)

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Augusta, Idaho Falls Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

References 1963 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1963 World Series 1963 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com