1963 Kansas City Athletics

73-89 • .451 Win% • 8th in AL

The 1963 Kansas City Athletics went 73-89 (.451) finishing 8th in the AL. The club scored 615 runs, allowed 704, and played home games at Municipal Stadium I. Team leaders included Norm Siebern (16 HR, 83 RBI) and Orlando Peña (12-20, 3.69 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

73 Wins
89 Losses
.451 Win %
8th Rank
615 R 704 RA
Diff -89

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615 Runs Scored
704 Runs Allowed
-89 Run Diff
751K Attendance

📈 vs. 1963 AL Average

Batting Avg .246 equal to the 1963 league average (.247)
OBP .313 equal to the 1963 league average (.312)
SLG .353 7% below the 1963 league average (.379)
Team ERA 3.92 8% worse than the 1963 league average (3.63)
Runs Scored 615 7% below the 1963 league average (660 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMunicipal Stadium I
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 751,929
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Avg per Game 9,283

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1963

Batting Avg

1 Charlie Lau 0.294 2 Manny Jimenez 0.280 3 Wayne Causey 0.280 4 Norm Siebern 0.272 5 Jerry Lumpe 0.271

Home Runs

1 Norm Siebern 16 2 Ed Charles 15 3 George Alusik 9 4 Wayne Causey 8 5 Bobby Del Greco 8

RBI

1 Norm Siebern 83 2 Ed Charles 79 3 Jerry Lumpe 59 4 Gino Cimoli 48 5 Wayne Causey 44
1963 Kansas City Athletics — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ed Charles 158 603 82 161 28 2 15 79 58 79 15 0.267
Jerry Lumpe 157 595 75 161 26 7 5 59 58 44 3 0.271
Norm Siebern 152 556 80 151 25 2 16 83 79 82 1 0.272
Wayne Causey 139 554 72 155 32 4 8 44 56 54 4 0.280
Gino Cimoli 145 529 56 139 19 11 4 48 39 72 3 0.263
Bobby Del Greco 121 306 40 65 7 1 8 29 40 52 1 0.212
Jose Tartabull 79 242 27 58 8 5 1 19 17 17 16 0.240
Doc Edwards 71 240 16 60 12 0 6 35 11 23 0 0.250
Chuck Essegian 101 231 23 52 9 0 5 27 19 48 0 0.225
Ken Harrelson 79 226 16 52 10 1 6 23 23 58 1 0.230
George Alusik 87 221 28 59 11 0 9 37 26 33 0 0.267
Charlie Lau 62 187 15 55 11 0 3 26 14 17 1 0.294
Manny Jimenez 60 157 12 44 9 0 0 15 16 14 0 0.280
Haywood Sullivan 40 113 9 24 6 1 0 8 15 15 0 0.212
Dave Wickersham 38 80 3 11 0 0 0 2 1 25 0 0.138
Billy Bryan 24 65 11 11 1 1 3 7 9 22 0 0.169
Moe Drabowsky 26 62 4 10 3 0 2 8 0 21 0 0.161
Orlando Peña 35 62 3 9 0 0 1 8 6 24 0 0.145
John Wojcik 19 59 7 11 0 0 0 2 8 8 2 0.186
Ed Rakow 34 57 6 6 1 0 0 0 5 27 0 0.105
Diego Segui 38 55 5 12 0 1 0 4 1 24 0 0.218
Tony LaRussa 34 44 4 11 1 1 0 1 7 12 0 0.250
Dick Howser 15 41 4 8 0 0 0 1 7 3 0 0.195
Dick Green 13 37 5 10 2 0 1 4 2 10 0 0.270
Jay Hankins 10 34 2 6 0 1 1 4 0 3 0 0.176
Sammy Esposito 18 25 3 5 1 0 0 2 3 3 0 0.200
Ted Bowsfield 43 23 2 1 1 0 0 2 3 9 0 0.043
Tommie Reynolds 8 19 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.053
Bill Fischer 45 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 0.067
Hector Martinez 6 14 2 4 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0.286
Tom Sturdivant 17 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
John Wyatt 63 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Dave Thies 9 6 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.333
Dale Willis 26 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.167
Joe Azcue 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dan Pfister 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
John O'Donoghue 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Norm Bass 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Fred Norman 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bill Landis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pete Lovrich 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Aurelio Monteagudo 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Santiago 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1963

ERA

1 Moe Drabowsky 3.05 2 John Wyatt 3.13 3 Bill Fischer 3.57 4 Orlando Peña 3.69 5 Tom Sturdivant 3.74

Wins

1 Orlando Peña 12 2 Dave Wickersham 12 3 Bill Fischer 9 4 Ed Rakow 9 5 Diego Segui 9

Strikeouts

1 Orlando Peña 128 2 Dave Wickersham 118 3 Diego Segui 116 4 Moe Drabowsky 109 5 Ed Rakow 104
1963 Kansas City Athletics — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dave Wickersham 12 15 4.09 38 34 1 237.2 244 108 79 118
Orlando Peña 12 20 3.69 35 33 0 217.0 218 89 53 128
Moe Drabowsky 7 13 3.05 26 22 0 174.1 135 59 64 109
Ed Rakow 9 10 3.92 34 26 0 174.1 173 76 61 104
Diego Segui 9 6 3.77 38 23 0 167.0 173 70 73 116
Ted Bowsfield 5 7 4.45 41 11 3 111.1 115 55 47 67
Bill Fischer 9 6 3.57 45 2 3 95.2 86 38 29 34
John Wyatt 6 4 3.13 63 0 21 92.0 83 32 43 81
Tom Sturdivant 1 2 3.74 17 3 0 53.0 47 22 17 26
Dale Willis 0 2 5.04 25 0 1 44.2 46 25 25 47
Dave Thies 0 1 4.62 9 2 0 25.1 26 13 12 9
Pete Lovrich 1 1 7.84 20 1 0 20.2 25 18 10 16
Dan Pfister 1 0 1.93 3 1 0 9.1 8 2 3 9
Norm Bass 0 0 11.74 3 1 0 7.2 11 10 9 4
Aurelio Monteagudo 0 0 2.57 4 0 0 7.0 4 2 3 3
Jose Santiago 1 0 9.00 4 0 0 7.0 8 7 2 6
Fred Norman 0 1 11.37 2 2 0 6.1 9 8 7 6
John O'Donoghue 0 1 1.50 1 1 0 6.0 6 1 2 1
Bill Landis 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.2 0 0 1 3

👥 Roster (43)

George Alusik Joe Azcue Norm Bass Ted Bowsfield Billy Bryan Wayne Causey Ed Charles Gino Cimoli Bobby Del Greco Moe Drabowsky Doc Edwards Sammy Esposito +31 more

43 players

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The 1963 Kansas City Athletics in brief

The 1963 Kansas City Athletics won 73 games and lost 89, ending up 8th in the AL. Runs came in at 615 scored against 704 allowed (-89). The Kansas City Athletics staff finished with a 3.92 ERA; the league as a whole was at 3.63. The 1963 Kansas City Athletics scored 7% fewer runs than the average club (615 against 660). Attendance at Municipal Stadium I totaled 751,929 for the year.

The home run leader was Norm Siebern, who hit 16. The hits leader was Ed Charles with 161. Dave Wickersham was the top winner, with 12 victories. Orlando Peña struck out 128, the most on the club. The saves leader was John Wyatt with 21. The 1963 roster runs to 43 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1963 Kansas City Athletics

What was the 1963 Kansas City Athletics record?
The 1963 Kansas City Athletics finished 73-89 (.451 win pct).
Who led the 1963 Kansas City Athletics in home runs?
Norm Siebern led the 1963 Kansas City Athletics with 16 home runs.
What was the 1963 Kansas City Athletics team ERA?
The 1963 Kansas City Athletics posted a team ERA of 3.92.
Did the 1963 Kansas City Athletics win the World Series?
No. The 1963 Kansas City Athletics did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1963 Kansas City Athletics play?
The 1963 Kansas City Athletics played home games at Municipal Stadium I.
Who led the 1963 Kansas City Athletics in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Norm Siebern (16 HR, 83 RBI) and Orlando Peña (12-20, 3.69 ERA).
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