1963 Los Angeles Dodgers
World Series Champions National League champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Dodger Stadium (since 1962)
Los Angeles (since 1958)
Other information
Owner(s)	Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey
General manager(s)	Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s)	Walter Alston
Local television	KTTV (11)
Local radio	KFI Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett KWKW 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 1963 World Series, marking the first time that the Yankees were ever swept in the postseason.

Offseason[edit]

• October 11, 1962: Norm Sherry was purchased from the Dodgers by the New York Mets.^[1]
• October 11, 1962: Dick Smith was purchased from the Dodgers by the New York Mets.^[2]
• November 26, 1962: Stan Williams was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Yankees for Bill Skowron.^[3]
• November 30, 1962: Tim Harkness and Larry Burright were traded by the Dodgers to the New York Mets for Bob Miller.^[4]
• January 24, 1963: Scott Breeden (minors) was traded by the Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds for Don Zimmer.^[5]
• April 1, 1963: Duke Snider was purchased from the Dodgers by the New York Mets.^[6]

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	99	63	--	.611
St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	6	.574
San Francisco Giants	88	74	11	.543
Philadelphia Phillies	87	75	12	.537
Cincinnati Reds	86	76	13	.531
Milwaukee Braves	84	78	15	.519
Chicago Cubs	82	80	17	.506
Pittsburgh Pirates	74	88	25	.457
Houston Colt .45s	66	96	33	.407
New York Mets	51	111	48	.315

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1963 National League Records 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[edit]

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

Notable transactions[edit]

• June 24, 1963: Don Zimmer was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators.^[5]
• July 20, 1963: Ed Roebuck was traded by the Dodgers to the Washington Senators for Marv Breeding.^[7]

Roster[edit]

1963 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 23 Dick Calmus 53 Don Drysdale 32 Sandy Koufax 15 Bob Miller 17 Phil Ortega 16 Ron Perranoski 22 Johnny Podres 45 Pete Richert 37 Ed Roebuck 39 Ken Rowe 20 Dick Scott 51 Larry Sherry 41 Jack Smith 28 Nick Willhite		Catchers 35 Doug Camilli  8 Johnny Roseboro Infielders 23 Marv Breeding  6 Ron Fairly 19 Jim Gilliam 26 Derrell Griffith 11 Ken McMullen  5 Dick Nen 29 Nate Oliver 14 Bill Skowron 20 Daryl Spencer 44 Dick Tracewski 30 Maury Wills 23 Don Zimmer		Outfielders 12 Tommy Davis  3 Willie Davis 20 Al Ferrara 25 Frank Howard  9 Wally Moon  7 Lee Walls Other batters 36 Roy Gleason		Manager 24 Walter Alston Coaches 33 Joe Becker  2 Leo Durocher 31 Greg Mulleavy 27 Pete Reiser

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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	Roseboro, JohnnyJohnny Roseboro	135	470	111	.236	9	49
1B	Fairly, RonRon Fairly	152	490	133	.271	12	77
2B	Gilliam, JimJim Gilliam	148	525	148	.282	6	49
3B	McMullen, KenKen McMullen	79	233	55	.236	5	28
SS	Wills, MauryMaury Wills	134	527	159	.302	0	34
LF	Davis, TommyTommy Davis	146	556	181	.326	16	88
CF	Davis, WillieWillie Davis	156	515	126	.245	9	60
RF	Howard, FrankFrank Howard	123	417	114	.273	28	64

Other batters[edit]

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
Skowron, BillBill Skowron	89	237	48	.203	4	19
Zimmer, DonDon Zimmer	22	23	5	.217	1	2

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Drysdale, DonDon Drysdale	42	315.1	19	17	2.63	251
Koufax, SandySandy Koufax	40	311	25	5	1.88	306

Other pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Miller, BobBob Miller	42	187	10	8	2.89	125

Relief pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Calmus, DickDick Calmus	21	3	1	0	2.66	25

Game log[edit]

1963 Game Log

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

1963 World Series[edit]

Game 1[edit]

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 – Johnny Roseboro (1)   NYY – Tom Tresh (1)

Game 2[edit]

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[edit]

October 5, 1963 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California

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[edit]

October 6, 1963 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California

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[edit]

• 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
  • Sandy Koufax

All-Stars[edit]

• 1963 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Tommy Davis starter
  • Don Drysdale reserve
  • Sandy Koufax reserve
  • Maury Wills reserve^[8]

Sporting News[edit]

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

Farm system[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links[edit]

• 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
• Los Angeles Dodgers official web site

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Los Angeles Dodgers 1963 World Series Champions  3 Willie Davis  6 Ron Fairly  8 Johnny Roseboro  11 Ken McMullen  12 Tommy Davis  14 Bill Skowron  16 Ron Perranoski  19 Jim Gilliam  20 Al Ferrara  22 Johnny Podres  23 Marv Breeding  25 Frank Howard  30 Maury Wills  32 Sandy Koufax (World Series MVP)  34 Dick Calmus  35 Doug Camilli  39 Ken Rowe  44 Dick Tracewski  45 Pete Richert  53 Don Drysdale Manager  24 Walter Alston Coaches  2 Leo Durocher  27 Pete Reiser  31 Greg Mulleavy  33 Joe Becker Regular season Rivalry

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