The 1963 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 63rd season in the major leagues, and its 64th season overall. They finished with a record of 94–68, good enough for second place in the American League, games behind the first-place New York Yankees.

Offseason January 14, 1963: Luis Aparicio and Al Smith were traded by the White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Hoyt Wilhelm, Ron Hansen, Dave Nicholson, and Pete Ward.Hoyt Wilhelm at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup Jim Landis, CF Nellie Fox, 2B Joe Cunningham, 1B Floyd Robinson, RF Pete Ward, 3B Dave Nicholson, LF Ron Hansen, SS J. C. Martin, C Ray Herbert, P

Notable transactions May 5, 1963: Dom Zanni was traded by the White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Jim Brosnan.Jim Brosnan at Baseball Reference May 9, 1963: Sammy Esposito was released by the White Sox.Sammy Esposito at Baseball Reference

Roster 1963 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Game log Regular season Legend White Sox win White Sox loss Postponement Eliminated from playoff raceBoldWhite Sox team member

|-style=background:#bbbfff | style=";" |— || || style=";" |1:00p.m. CDT || colspan="9" style=";" |34th All-Star Game in Cleveland, OH

Player stats

Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Ken Berry, CF 4 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 0 Don Buford, 3B, 2B 12 42 9 12 1 2 0 5 5 7 .286 1 Cam Carreon, C 101 270 28 74 10 1 2 35 23 32 .274 1 Joe Cunningham, 1B 67 210 32 60 12 1 1 31 33 23 .286 1 Sammy Esposito, PR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Nellie Fox, 2B 137 539 54 140 19 0 2 42 24 17 .260 0 Ron Hansen, SS 144 482 55 109 17 2 13 67 78 74 .226 1 Mike Hershberger, CF, RF 135 476 64 133 26 2 3 45 39 39 .279 9 Deacon Jones, 1B 17 16 4 3 0 1 1 2 2 2 .188 0 Jim Landis, CF 133 396 56 89 6 6 13 45 47 75 .225 8 Jim Lemon, 1B 36 80 4 16 0 1 1 8 12 32 .200 0 Sherm Lollar, C 35 73 4 17 4 0 0 6 8 7 .233 0 J. C. Martin, C 105 259 25 53 11 1 5 28 26 35 .205 0 Charlie Maxwell, LF, 1B 71 130 17 30 4 2 3 17 31 27 .231 0 Brian McCall, RF 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0 Tommy McCraw, 1B 102 280 38 71 11 3 6 33 21 46 .254 15 Dave Nicholson, LF 126 449 53 103 11 4 22 70 63 175 .229 2 Floyd Robinson, RF, LF 146 527 71 149 21 6 13 71 62 43 .283 4 Charley Smith, SS 4 7 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 .286 0 Gene Stephens, RF, LF 6 18 5 7 0 0 1 2 1 3 .389 0 Pete Ward, 3B 157 600 80 177 34 6 22 84 52 77 .295 7 Al Weis, 2B, SS 99 210 41 57 9 0 0 18 18 37 .271 15 Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Fritz Ackley, P 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 0 Frank Baumann, P 24 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .091 0 Jim Brosnan, P 45 13 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .308 0 John Buzhardt, P 20 48 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 20 .083 0 Dave DeBusschere, P 24 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 .045 0 Eddie Fisher, P 33 36 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 15 .139 0 Ray Herbert, P 33 63 7 14 4 0 1 10 9 18 .222 0 Joe Horlen, P 33 40 2 9 0 0 0 3 1 9 .225 0 Bruce Howard, P 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 0 Mike Joyce, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Frank Kreutzer, P 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Gary Peters, P 50 81 12 21 4 1 3 12 3 19 .259 0 Taylor Phillips, P 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 Juan Pizarro, P 32 73 10 13 2 0 2 10 3 26 .178 0 Joe Shipley, P 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 Fred Talbot, P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Hoyt Wilhelm, P 55 29 3 2 0 0 0 2 4 11 .069 0 162 5508 683 1379 208 40 114 648 571 896 .250 64

Pitching Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K Fritz Ackley 1 0 2.08 2 2 0 13.0 7 4 3 2 7 11 Frank Baumann 2 1 3.04 24 1 1 50.1 52 22 17 2 19 31 Jim Brosnan 3 8 2.84 45 0 14 73.0 71 24 23 7 27 46 John Buzhardt 9 4 2.42 19 18 0 126.1 100 35 34 8 36 59 Dave DeBusschere 3 4 3.09 24 10 0 84.1 80 35 29 9 35 53 Eddie Fisher 9 8 3.95 33 15 0 120.2 114 57 53 14 30 67 Ray Herbert 13 10 3.24 33 33 0 224.2 230 86 81 12 40 105 Joe Horlen 11 7 3.27 33 21 0 124.0 122 50 45 10 63 61 Bruce Howard 2 1 2.65 7 0 1 17.0 12 7 5 0 14 9 Mike Joyce 0 0 8.44 6 0 0 10.2 13 10 10 1 10 7 Frank Kreutzer 1 0 1.80 1 1 0 5.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 Gary Peters 19 8 2.33 41 30 1 243.0 192 69 63 9 70 189 Taylor Phillips 0 0 10.29 9 0 0 14.0 16 16 16 2 18 13 Juan Pizarro 16 8 2.39 32 28 1 214.2 177 69 57 14 64 163 Joe Shipley 0 1 5.79 3 0 0 4.2 9 7 3 0 6 3 Fred Talbot 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 4 2 Hoyt Wilhelm 5 8 2.64 55 3 21 136.1 106 47 40 8 31 111 Dom Zanni 0 0 8.31 5 0 0 4.1 5 4 4 1 4 2 94 68 2.97 162 162 39 1469.0 1311 544 485 100 479 932

Awards and honors All-Star Game Nellie Fox, reserve Juan Pizarro, reserve

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Indianapolis, Sarasota, Clinton

Middlesboro affiliation shared with Chicago CubsJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

Notes

References 1963 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference