1963 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1963
misc =

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current league = National League
y1 = 1892
Uniform
ballpark = Busch Stadium I
y4 = 1920
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1882
owners = August "Gussie" Busch
general manager = Bing Devine
managers = Johnny Keane
television = KSD-TV
radio = KMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Jerry Gross)
espntn = stl
brtn = stlThe St. Louis Cardinals 1963 season was the team's 82nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 72nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 93-69 (.574) during the season, and finished 2nd in the National League, six games behind the eventual World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The season was Stan Musial's 22nd and final season with the team, and in MLB. He played his final game on September 29, a victory against the visiting Cincinnati Reds.

A strange quirk in the 1963 All-Star Game was this: all four starting infielders in the game were Cardinals: Ken Boyer (3b), Dick Groat (2b), and Bill White (1b) were elected. Julian Javier (2b) took over for the elected but injured Bill Mazeroski of Pittsburgh. [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1963as.shtml]

Pitcher Bobby Shantz, first baseman Bill White, third baseman Ken Boyer, and outfielder Curt Flood won Gold Gloves this year. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/gold_glove_nl_alt.shtml]

Offseason

*October 5, 1962: Red Schoendienst was released by the St. Louis Cardinals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schoere01.shtml Red Schoendienst Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*October 17, 1962: Don Cardwell was traded by the Chicago Cubs with George Altman and Moe Thacker to the St. Louis Cardinals for Larry Jackson, Lindy McDaniel, and Jimmie Schaffer. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cardwdo01.shtml Don Cardwell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*November 19, 1962: Don Cardwell was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Julio Gotay to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dick Groat and Diomedes Olivo.
*February, 1963: Coco Laboy was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/laboyco01.shtml Coco Laboy Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular Season

tandings

Transactions

*April 2, 1963: Minnie Miñoso was purchased by the Washington Senators from the St. Louis Cardinals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/minosmi01.shtml Minnie Minoso Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Roster

Starting pitchers

Awards and Honors

* Johnny Keane, Associated Press NL Manager of the Year

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1963.shtml 1963 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1963&t=SLN 1963 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]