1963 Los Angeles Dodgers season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt‎
name = Los Angeles Dodgers
season = 1963
misc = 1963 World Series Champions

current league = National League
y1 = 1890
Uniform
ballpark = Dodger Stadium
y4 = 1962
city = Los Angeles, California
y5 = 1958
owners = Walter O'Malley
general manager =Buzzie Bavasi
managers = Walter Alston
television = KTTV (11)
radio = KFI
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett
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Jose Garcia, Jaime Jarrin|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.

eason standings

1963 Roster

Relief Pitchers stats

Game 2

October 3, 1963 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

1963 Awards

*1963 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
**Tommy Davis starter
**Don Drysdale reserve
**Sandy Koufax reserve
**Maury Wills reserve
*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
*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

1963 Transactions

*October 11: Sold Norm Sherry to the New York Mets
*October 11: Sold Dick Smith to the New York Mets
*November 26: Acquired Bill Skowron from the New York Yankees for Stan Williams
*November 30: Acquired Bob Miller from the New York Mets for Tim Harkness and Larry Burright
*January 24: Acquired Don Zimmer from the Cincinnati Reds for Scott Breeden
*April 1: Sold Duke Snider to the New York Mets
*June 24: Sold Don Zimmer to the Washington Senators
*July 20: Acquired Marv Breeding from the Washington Senators for Ed Roebuck

1963 Minor League Teams

*AAA: Spokane Indians (managed by Danny Ozark) - Pacific Coast League
*AA: Albuquerque Dukes (managed by Clay Bryant) - Texas League
*A: Great Falls Electrics (managed by Al Ronning) - Pioneer League
*A: Salem Dodgers (managed by Stan Wasiak)- Northwest League
*A: Salisbury Dodgers (managed by George Scherger) -Western Carolinas League
*A: Santa Barbara Rancheros (managed by James B. Williams) - California League
*A: St. Petersburg Saints (managed by Roy Hartsfield) - Florida State League

External links

* [http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/detail_page.asp?fileName=nl_1963_losangeles.gif&Entryid=1017 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform]
* [http://www.Dodgers.com Los Angeles Dodgers official web site]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/1963.shtml Baseball-Reference season page]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1963&t=LAN Baseball Almanac season page]