- 1963 St. Louis Cardinals season
MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1963
misc =
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 = stlTheSt. Louis Cardinals 1963 season was the team's 82nd season inSt. Louis, Missouri and the 72nd season in theNational League . The Cardinals went 93-69 (.574) during the season, and finished 2nd in the National League, six games behind the eventual World Series championLos Angeles Dodgers . The season wasStan Musial 's 22nd and final season with the team, and in MLB. He played his final game on September 29, a victory against the visitingCincinnati 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 injuredBill Mazeroski of Pittsburgh. [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1963as.shtml]Pitcher
Bobby Shantz , first baseman Bill White, third basemanKen Boyer , and outfielderCurt 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]
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