1963 Cleveland Indians Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 79-83
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 562,507, Avg. 9,331
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Manager: Birdie Tebbetts (79-83)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio

1963 Cleveland Indians Roster
1963 Cleveland Indians Results

The Cleveland Indians of the American League ended the 1963 season with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.

The Indians scored 635 runs and allowed 702 runs. Max Alvis paced Cleveland with 22 home runs, while Willie Kirkland, Fred Whitfield and Woodie Held each walloped 20 or more also. Max Alvis recorded 67 runs batted in and topped all regular hitters by hitting .274. Jack Kralick and Mudcat Grant led the squad with 13 wins each, and Jack Kralick recorded a 2.92 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Birdie Tebbetts coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Jack Kralick	13	9	.591	2.92	28	27	0	10	3	0	197.3	187	70	64	19	41	2	116	0	0	1	803
Mudcat Grant	13	14	.481	3.69	38	32	2	10	2	1	229.3	213	107	94	30	87	3	157	4	0	6	983
Dick Donovan	11	13	.458	4.24	30	30	0	7	3	0	206.0	211	106	97	27	28	5	84	5	0	0	842
Pedro Ramos	9	8	.529	3.12	36	22	6	5	0	0	184.7	156	74	64	29	41	6	169	4	1	2	747
Gary Bell	8	5	.615	2.95	58	7	28	0	0	5	119.0	91	48	39	13	52	10	98	4	0	4	502
Ted Abernathy	7	2	.778	2.88	43	0	33	0	0	12	59.3	54	25	19	3	29	6	47	0	0	4	249
Barry Latman	7	12	.368	4.94	38	21	10	4	2	2	149.3	146	90	82	23	52	3	133	6	1	3	639
Jerry Walker	6	6	.500	4.91	39	2	13	0	0	1	88.0	92	53	48	15	36	6	41	2	0	2	392
Sam McDowell	3	5	.375	4.85	14	12	0	3	1	0	65.0	63	37	35	6	44	0	63	0	0	7	292
Early Wynn	1	2	.333	2.28	20	5	7	1	0	1	55.3	50	14	14	2	15	3	29	0	0	0	223
Bob Allen	1	2	.333	4.66	43	0	12	0	0	2	56.0	58	37	29	5	29	6	51	1	1	5	255
Jim Perry	0	0		5.23	5	0	1	0	0	0	10.3	12	6	6	0	2	0	7	0	0	2	46
Jack Curtis	0	0		18.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	8	10	10	0	5	1	3	1	0	0	30
Gordon Seyfried	0	1	.000	1.23	3	1	0	0	0	0	7.3	9	2	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	34
Tommy John	0	2	.000	2.21	6	3	1	0	0	0	20.3	23	10	5	1	6	1	9	0	0	1	91
Ron Nischwitz	0	2	.000	6.48	14	0	8	0	0	1	16.7	17	13	12	3	8	2	10	0	0	0	75
Totals	79	83	.488	3.79	419	162	122	40	11	25	1469.0	1390	702	619	176	478	55	1018	27	3	38	6203

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Max Alvis	158	660	602	81	165	32	7	22	67	9	7	36	109	.274	.324	.460	.784	277	6	10	8	4	2
Tito Francona	142	553	500	57	114	29	0	10	41	9	1	47	77	.228	.296	.346	.642	173	10	2	2	2	7
Vic Davalillo	90	394	370	44	108	18	5	7	36	3	3	16	41	.292	.321	.424	.746	157	4	1	5	2	0
Woodie Held	133	493	416	61	103	19	4	17	61	2	2	61	96	.248	.352	.435	.787	181	9	8	4	4	10
Willie Kirkland	127	478	427	51	98	13	2	15	47	8	2	45	99	.230	.303	.375	.677	160	8	1	2	3	5
Joe Azcue	94	339	320	26	91	16	0	14	46	1	1	15	46	.284	.314	.466	.779	149	13	0	1	3	1
Fred Whitfield	109	383	346	44	87	17	3	21	54	0	1	24	61	.251	.302	.500	.802	173	1	4	2	7	5
Joe Adcock	97	317	283	28	71	7	1	13	49	1	2	30	53	.251	.320	.420	.740	119	7	0	1	3	4
Al Luplow	100	333	295	34	69	6	2	7	27	4	4	33	62	.234	.316	.339	.655	100	6	3	1	1	2
Larry Brown	74	281	247	28	63	6	0	5	18	4	3	22	27	.255	.316	.340	.656	84	4	1	9	2	0
John Romano	89	300	255	28	55	5	2	10	34	4	3	38	49	.216	.317	.369	.685	94	3	2	0	5	4
Jerry Kindall	86	263	234	27	48	4	1	5	20	3	1	18	71	.205	.266	.295	.560	69	5	2	7	2	0
Miguel de la Hoz	67	161	150	15	40	10	0	5	25	0	0	9	29	.267	.313	.433	.746	65	3	1	1	0	0
Dick Howser	49	190	162	25	40	5	0	1	10	9	3	22	18	.247	.333	.296	.630	48	5	0	4	2	0
Willie Tasby	52	134	116	11	26	3	1	4	5	0	1	15	25	.224	.318	.371	.689	43	5	1	2	0	4
Tony Martinez	43	151	141	10	22	4	0	0	8	1	1	5	18	.156	.184	.184	.368	26	4	0	4	1	0
Gene Green	43	85	78	4	16	3	0	2	7	0	0	4	22	.205	.259	.321	.579	25	4	2	0	1	0
Bob Chance	16	54	52	5	15	4	0	2	7	0	1	1	10	.288	.302	.481	.783	25	1	0	1	0	0
Mudcat Grant	53	81	69	11	13	3	0	1	3	1	0	5	24	.188	.243	.275	.519	19	0	0	7	0	0
Jack Kralick	28	72	60	4	11	1	0	1	7	0	0	2	24	.183	.206	.250	.456	15	0	0	9	1	0
Dick Donovan	31	74	69	4	9	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	31	.130	.155	.188	.343	13	3	0	3	0	0
Doc Edwards	10	33	31	6	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.258	.303	.323	.626	10	0	0	0	0	2
Barry Latman	38	49	44	4	8	1	1	1	4	0	0	1	13	.182	.217	.318	.536	14	0	1	3	0	0
Ellis Burton	26	35	31	6	6	3	0	1	1	0	0	4	4	.194	.286	.387	.673	12	1	0	0	0	0
Pedro Ramos	54	62	55	13	6	0	0	3	7	0	0	3	32	.109	.155	.273	.428	15	0	0	4	0	0
Sam McDowell	15	24	19	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.211	.250	.211	.461	4	1	0	4	0	0
Tommie Agee	13	29	27	3	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	9	.148	.207	.296	.503	8	1	0	0	0	0
Sammy Taylor	4	10	10	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.300	.300	.300	.600	3	0	0	0	0	0
Early Wynn	20	13	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.273	.385	.273	.657	3	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Bell	58	29	26	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.115	.148	.115	.264	3	0	0	2	0	0
Ted Abernathy	43	7	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.400	.500	.600	1.100	3	0	0	1	0	0
Jerry Walker	39	21	19	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.105	.190	.105	.296	2	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Allen	43	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gordon Seyfried	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cal Neeman	9	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jim Perry	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Nischwitz	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Lipski	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy John	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jim Lawrence	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Curtis	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2089	6136	5496	635	1314	214	29	169	592	59	36	469	1102	.239	.301	.381	.682	2093	105	40	88	43	46

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Fred Whitfield	1B	92	85	768.0	690	51	10	64	.987	8.684	8.054	0	0	0	0
Joe Adcock	1B	78	69	619.3	608	36	3	46	.995	9.358	8.256	0	0	0	0
Tito Francona	1B	11	8	76.7	77	6	0	3	1.000	9.743	7.545	0	0	0	0
Jerry Kindall	1B	4	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	5.400	.750	0	0	0	0
Woodie Held	2B	96	88	776.3	188	251	8	50	.982	5.089	4.573	0	0	0	0
Jerry Kindall	2B	37	26	263.3	68	86	2	16	.987	5.263	4.162	0	0	0	0
Miguel de la Hoz	2B	34	28	244.7	63	89	6	20	.962	5.591	4.471	0	0	0	0
Larry Brown	2B	27	20	183.7	42	50	1	8	.989	4.508	3.407	0	0	0	0
Willie Tasby	2B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000	0	0	0	0
Max Alvis	3B	158	158	1420.7	170	285	28	32	.942	2.882	2.880	0	0	0	0
Miguel de la Hoz	3B	6	3	34.3	3	9	1	0	.923	3.146	2.000	0	0	0	0
Woodie Held	3B	3	1	14.0	2	4	3	0	.667	3.857	2.000	0	0	0	0
Joe Azcue	C	91	84	737.0	564	42	5	13	.992	7.400	6.659	6	20	25	18	41.9
John Romano	C	71	64	589.7	408	28	3	5	.993	6.655	6.141	5	11	20	12	37.5
Doc Edwards	C	10	10	84.0	80	3	1	1	.988	8.893	8.300	1	6	2	1	33.3
Cal Neeman	C	9	3	38.3	32	2	0	1	1.000	7.983	3.778	0	2	1	2	66.7
Sammy Taylor	C	2	1	15.0	8	2	0	1	1.000	6.000	5.000	0	0	0	1	100.0
Jim Lawrence	C	2	0	3.0	3	0	1	0	.750	9.000	1.500	0	0	3	0	0.0
Bob Lipski	C	2	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	13.500	1.500	0	0	0	0
Tito Francona	OF	122	118	1043.7	215	2	3	0	.986	1.871	1.779	0	0	0	0
Willie Kirkland	OF	112	101	956.3	234	11	4	2	.984	2.306	2.188	0	0	0	0
Vic Davalillo	OF	89	88	782.7	247	10	3	0	.988	2.955	2.888	0	0	0	0
Al Luplow	OF	85	74	680.3	157	7	1	1	.994	2.170	1.929	0	0	0	0
Willie Tasby	OF	37	31	277.0	53	0	1	0	.981	1.722	1.432	0	0	0	0
Woodie Held	OF	35	27	271.7	51	3	1	2	.982	1.789	1.543	0	0	0	0
Gene Green	OF	18	16	116.7	16	1	0	0	1.000	1.311	.944	0	0	0	0
Bob Chance	OF	14	14	101.0	20	0	2	0	.909	1.782	1.429	0	0	0	0
Ellis Burton	OF	16	6	72.3	8	1	0	1	1.000	1.120	.563	0	0	0	0
Tommie Agee	OF	13	6	70.3	10	2	0	1	1.000	1.536	.923	0	0	0	0
John Romano	OF	4	4	24.0	5	0	1	0	.833	1.875	1.250	0	0	0	0
Miguel de la Hoz	OF	2	1	11.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.818	.500	0	0	0	0
Mudcat Grant	P	38	32	229.3	11	21	3	1	.914	1.256	.842	0	0	0	0
Dick Donovan	P	30	30	206.0	20	29	2	1	.961	2.141	1.633	0	0	0	0
Jack Kralick	P	28	27	197.3	13	25	1	2	.974	1.733	1.357	0	0	0	0
Pedro Ramos	P	36	22	184.7	7	19	1	2	.963	1.267	.722	0	0	0	0
Barry Latman	P	38	21	149.3	18	31	3	1	.942	2.953	1.289	0	0	0	0
Gary Bell	P	58	7	119.0	6	20	1	2	.963	1.966	.448	0	0	0	0
Jerry Walker	P	39	2	88.0	7	14	2	0	.913	2.148	.538	0	0	0	0
Sam McDowell	P	14	12	65.0	4	7	0	0	1.000	1.523	.786	0	0	0	0
Ted Abernathy	P	43	0	59.3	4	18	2	2	.917	3.337	.512	0	0	0	0
Bob Allen	P	43	0	56.0	2	9	1	2	.917	1.768	.256	0	0	0	0
Early Wynn	P	20	5	55.3	2	8	0	0	1.000	1.627	.500	0	0	0	0
Tommy John	P	6	3	20.3	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.770	.667	0	0	0	0
Ron Nischwitz	P	14	0	16.7	2	3	1	1	.833	2.700	.357	0	0	0	0
Jim Perry	P	5	0	10.3	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.742	.400	0	0	0	0
Gordon Seyfried	P	3	1	7.3	1	3	0	0	1.000	4.909	1.333	0	0	0	0
Jack Curtis	P	4	0	5.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	3.600	.500	0	0	0	0
Larry Brown	SS	46	45	398.0	71	126	13	17	.938	4.455	4.283	0	0	0	0
Dick Howser	SS	44	42	361.0	80	90	9	15	.950	4.238	3.864	0	0	0	0
Tony Martinez	SS	41	40	352.3	59	90	6	17	.961	3.806	3.634	0	0	0	0
Jerry Kindall	SS	46	35	347.0	63	97	7	15	.958	4.150	3.478	0	0	0	0
Woodie Held	SS	5	0	9.0	2	2	1	1	.800	4.000	.800	0	0	0	0
Miguel de la Hoz	SS	2	0	1.7	2	4	2	0	.750	32.400	3.000	0	0	0	0
Totals		1884	1458	13221.0	4405	1604	143	346	.977	4.091	3.189	12	39	51	34	40.0

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