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1963 Chicago White Sox  (1962)  (1964) 95-67, 1st in American League Scored 765 runs, Allowed 608 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 99-63 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .708 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 97-65   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 94-68 Manager(s): Jon Fellows Lost to San Francisco Giants in World Series, 4 games to 3.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Albie Pearson        28  159  616  117  196  24   6   7   50  38  10  109   43  .318  .421  .411  121   7.3  2(-1)e7    32  
 3B *Pete Ward            25  161  631   82  185  42   3  22   85   6   9   50   98  .293  .347  .474  101   5.8  4e37      -13  
 OF *Floyd Robinson       27  140  514   71  154  21   7  13   79   2   2   51   33  .300  .367  .444   83   5.8  2(-1)e5    30  
 2B #Pete Rose            22  153  617   88  168  27   8   6   77   5   4   63   66  .272  .339  .371   79   4.3  3e26        5  
 SS  Ron Hansen           25  156  530   66  126  24   1  15   61   2   0   79   77  .238  .334  .372   67   4.2  2e16       25  
 OF *Wes Covington        31  122  372   57  108  20   1  24   82   1   0   33   51  .290  .346  .543   67   6.4  4(+3)e20   14  
 1B  Roy Sievers          36  114  352   53   86  16   5  20   62   0   0   40   51  .244  .321  .489   54   5.3  4e18       84  
 OF  Al Smith             35   83  207   34   71   9   2   6   28   4   0   20   39  .343  .406  .493   42   8.1  4(-1)e10  159  
 1B *Tommy McCraw         22  101  282   42   81  16   6   8   40  16   6   11   48  .287  .320  .472   40   5.1  3e11      103  
 C   Cam Carreon          25   63  175   17   55  15   0   3   29   0   0   23   22  .314  .397  .451   30   6.6  3(+1)e5   175  
 OF  Jim Landis           29  112  242   33   58   2   2   8   29  10   6   27   38  .240  .317  .364   28   4.0  1(0)e3     -4  
 C  *Smoky Burgess        36   87  263   32   63   7   0   7   22   0   0   25   11  .240  .313  .346   28   3.7  4(+2)e4   -73  
 C  *J. C. Martin         26   84  149   20   34   2   0   3   16   0   0   13   19  .228  .295  .302   14   3.4  2(-1)e8     7  
 OF  Charlie James        25   37   49    4   14   2   0   2    4   0   0    3   10  .286  .327  .449    7   5.7  3(0)e2     79  
 UT  Larry Brown          23   31   74    7   17   2   0   0    1   2   0    6    8  .230  .296  .257    6   3.1           -103  
 1B *Charlie Maxwell      36   24   44    5    7   1   0   2    6   0   0    3   17  .159  .208  .318    3   2.3  4e10     -205  
 2B *Chuck Hiller         28    5   16    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .250  .250  .312    1   2.8  4e34        2  
 3B #Don Buford           26    8   13    1    3   0   1   0    4   0   0    0    3  .231  .231  .385    0   1.9  4e22     -144  
 C   Sherm Lollar         38    7   20    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    6  .150  .150  .200    0    .6  4(+1)e8  -255  
 OF *Matty Alou           24    5   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .200  .200  .200    0    .6  2(+1)e18   65  
 OF  Jim Lemon            35    1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  4(0)e14  -610  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           780                   25

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Gary Peters          26  24   5  .828  35  35   8   0   0   0   3  261.1  219   85   71  11   81  216  2.45   86   2.9    1  
  P *Jack Kralick         28  16   8  .667  33  33   7   0   0   0   2  241.1  222   98   90  29   56  129  3.36   99   3.7  -19  
  P  Turk Farrell         29  15   8  .652  31  31   6   0   0   0   2  218.2  184   86   81  19   52  148  3.33   84   3.5   45  
  P  Hoyt Wilhelm         40  14   7  .667  86   0   0  74  29   6   0  120.0  112   36   36  10   29  102  2.70   47   3.5   35  
  P  Ray Herbert          33  14  12  .538  35  35   5   0   0   0   0  229.1  262  114   96  24   48  113  3.77  119   4.7   58  
  P  Ron Taylor           25   4   7  .364  43   4   0  23   3   3   0   91.0   96   47   40  10   25   63  3.96   47   4.7   48  
  P  Joel Horlen          25   4   8  .333  19  16   2   2   0   1   0  101.2  105   65   60  17   43   48  5.31   61   5.4   37  
  P  Early Wynn           43   2   4  .333  27   2   0  13   1   0   0   55.0   43   15   13   0   11   27  2.13   12   2.1 -114  
  P  Dave DeBusschere     22   1   3  .250  29   6   0   9   0   1   0   78.2   72   43   41   8   36   49  4.69   36   4.1  -50  
  P *Frank Baumann        30   1   3  .250  35   0   0  11   1   2   0   55.0   49   15   14   1   21   42  2.29   21   3.5  -84  
  P  Russ Kemmerer        32   0   0  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0    2.0    0    0    0   0    1    1  0.00    0    .2 -621  
  P  Jim Brosnan          33   0   0  .000   1   0   0   0   0   0   0    2.0    1    0    0   0    0    2  0.00    0   1.3 -291  
  P *Marshall Bridges     32   0   2  .000   3   0   0   1   0   0   0    1.1    4    4    4   0    4    1 27.00    3  23.8  502  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      620         11

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Smoky Burgess 603 71 79 460 25 1 3 .998 34 19 Cam Carreon 434 50 61 311 27 1 2 .997 13 16 J. C. Martin 374 36 73 265 7 3 0 .989 13 3 Sherm Lollar 46 5 5 31 2 0 0 1.000 0 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roy Sievers 761 87 91 782 69 13 76 .985 10.07 Tommy McCraw 635 69 82 671 88 3 57 .996 10.76 Charlie Maxwell 55 6 7 65 5 1 9 .986 11.52 J. C. Martin 7 0 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 10.29 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pete Rose 1351 150 152 372 421 17 100 .979 5.28 Larry Brown 70 8 9 22 23 1 7 .978 5.81 Chuck Hiller 37 4 5 12 12 0 1 1.000 5.84 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pete Ward 1432 160 160 96 377 34 21 .933 2.97 Don Buford 21 2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.31 J. C. Martin 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 Larry Brown 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ron Hansen 1363 152 156 269 534 18 101 .978 5.30 Larry Brown 94 10 16 18 29 4 7 .922 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wes Covington 773 98 100 140 2 10 0 .934 1.65 Al Smith 378 44 51 68 2 2 0 .972 1.67 Floyd Robinson 162 15 24 27 1 1 0 .966 1.56 Albie Pearson 89 0 36 16 2 1 1 .947 1.82 Charlie James 22 1 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 Charlie Maxwell 20 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Jim Lemon 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Matty Alou 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Pete Rose 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Albie Pearson 873 107 111 222 8 3 2 .987 2.37 Jim Landis 584 55 95 154 12 2 2 .988 2.56 Charlie James 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Floyd Robinson 973 109 111 154 9 3 0 .982 1.51 Albie Pearson 422 45 52 69 4 1 0 .986 1.56 Charlie James 31 4 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.03 Al Smith 19 2 6 1 0 2 0 .333 0.47 Matty Alou 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1963 Draft

Round 1 (#14):	Al Smith
Round 2 (#28):	Early Wynn
Round 3 (#43):	Larry Brown
Round 4 (#58):	Matty Alou
Round 5 (#73):	Russ Kemmerer

Transactions

• 1963-01: acquired Marshall Bridges as a free agent
• 1963-02: traded Jim Brosnan, Chuck Hiller, CHA#1 to CIN for Pete Rose, CIN#2
• 1963 postseason: released J. C. Martin

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