1963 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1963 Pittsburgh Pirates
1963 Pittsburgh Pirates
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
Managers	Danny Murtaugh
Television	KDKA-TV; Bob Prince, Jim Woods
Radio	KDKA; Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Claude Haring

The 1963 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 82nd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 77th in the National League. The Pirates finished eighth in the league standings with a record of 74–88.

Offseason

November 19, 1962: Dick Groat and Diomedes Olivo were traded by the Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals for Don Cardwell and Julio Gotay.^[2]

Regular season

On April 8, Pete Rose made his major league debut for the Cincinnati Reds in a game against the Pirates. He had three at bats without a hit.^[3]

Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	99	63	.611	—	50‍–‍31	49‍–‍32
St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	.574	6	53‍–‍28	40‍–‍41
San Francisco Giants	88	74	.543	11	50‍–‍31	38‍–‍43
Philadelphia Phillies	87	75	.537	12	45‍–‍36	42‍–‍39
Cincinnati Reds	86	76	.531	13	46‍–‍35	40‍–‍41
Milwaukee Braves	84	78	.519	15	45‍–‍36	39‍–‍42
Chicago Cubs	82	80	.506	17	43‍–‍38	39‍–‍42
Pittsburgh Pirates	74	88	.457	25	42‍–‍39	32‍–‍49
Houston Colt .45s	66	96	.407	33	44‍–‍37	22‍–‍59
New York Mets	51	111	.315	48	34‍–‍47	17‍–‍64

Record vs. opponents

1963 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Chicago	—	9–9	9–9	7–11	12–6	11–7	9–9	8–10	10–8	7–11
Cincinnati	9–9	—	11–7	8–10	10–8	10–8	8–10	11–7	8–10	11–7
Houston	9–9	7–11	—	5–13	5–13	13–5	8–10	6–12	8–10	5–13
Los Angeles	11–7	10–8	13–5	—	8–10–1	16–2	7–11	13–5	9–9	12–6
Milwaukee	6–12	8–10	13–5	10–8–1	—	12–6	10–8	7–11	10–8	8–10
New York	7–11	8–10	5–13	2–16	6–12	—	8–10	4–14	6–12	5–13
Philadelphia	9–9	10–8	10–8	11–7	8–10	10–8	—	13–5	8–10	8–10
Pittsburgh	10–8	7–11	12–6	5–13	11–7	14–4	5–13	—	5–13	5–13
San Francisco	8–10	10–8	10–8	9–9	8–10	12–6	10–8	13–5	—	8–10
St. Louis	11–7	7–11	13–5	6–12	10–8	13–5	10–8	13–5	10–8	—

Game log

1963 Game Log: 74–88 (Home: 42–39; Away: 32–49)

April: 11–5 (Home: 7–2; Away: 4–3)

May: 12–17 (Home: 6–7; Away: 6–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
17	May 1	Giants	1–5	Sanford	Friend (3–1)	—	6,122	11–6
18	May 2	Giants	1–2	Marichal	Cardwell (1–3)	—	9,563	11–7
19	May 3	Dodgers	13–2	McBean (2–1)	Sherry	—	16,960	12–7
20	May 4	Dodgers	5–0	Schwall (2–0)	Miller	—	12,037	13–7
21	May 5	Dodgers	3–7	Perranoski	Law (0–1)	—	18,743	13–8
22	May 6	Dodgers	7–4	Gibbon (2–0)	Drysdale	Face (4)	5,376	14–8
23	May 7	@ Cubs	4–5	Jackson	Cardwell (1–4)	—	6,012	14–9
24	May 8	@ Cubs	5–9	Elston	Face (2–2)	—	6,350	14–10
25	May 9	@ Cubs	1–3	Ellsworth	Schwall (2–1)	—	5,961	14–11
26	May 10	Cardinals	0–1	Simmons	Friend (3–2)	—	16,739	14–12
27	May 11	Cardinals	3–2	Law (1–1)	Washburn	Face (5)	7,743	15–12
28	May 12	Cardinals	1–2 (12)	Taylor	Face (2–3)	Shantz		15–13
29	May 12	Cardinals	4–3	McBean (3–1)	Sadecki	—	22,280	16–13
30	May 14	@ Giants	1–3	Sanford	Friend (3–3)	Bolin	14,847	16–14
31	May 15	@ Giants	3–4	Marichal	Cardwell (1–5)	Bolin	10,386	16–15
32	May 16	@ Dodgers	0–1	Podres	Schwall (2–2)	—	21,287	16–16
33	May 17	@ Dodgers	3–9	Miller	Gibbon (2–1)	Scott	34,216	16–17
34	May 18	@ Dodgers	4–6	Drysdale	Law (1–2)	—	21,140	16–18
35	May 19	@ Colt .45s	5–0	Friend (4–3)	Farrell	—	8,847	17–18
36	May 20	@ Colt .45s	0–2	Drott	Cardwell (1–6)	—	5,281	17–19
37	May 21	@ Colt .45s	6–5	McBean (4–1)	Umbricht	Face (6)	6,329	18–19
38	May 22	@ Colt .45s	4–3	Francis (2–1)	Nottebart	Face (7)	5,577	19–19
39	May 24	@ Braves	7–2	Friend (5–3)	Spahn	—	7,731	20–19
40	May 25	@ Braves	0–1	Shaw	Gibbon (2–2)	—	7,981	20–20
41	May 26	@ Braves	5–2 (11)	McBean (5–1)	Funk	Veale (2)	9,794	21–20
42	May 28	Phillies	1–5	McLish	Friend (5–4)	—	8,497	21–21
43	May 30	Phillies	7–1	Cardwell (2–6)	Mahaffey	—		22–21
44	May 30	Phillies	5–6	Culp	Gibbon (2–3)	Klippstein	19,039	22–22
45	May 31	@ Mets	2–0	Schwall (3–2)	Willey	—	16,236	23–22

June: 13–17 (Home: 7–8; Away: 6–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
46	June 1	@ Mets	10–1	Friend (6–4)	Cisco	—	11,800	24–22
47	June 2	@ Mets	1–2 (10)	Bearnarth	Face (2–4)	—		24–23
48	June 2	@ Mets	3–4 (10)	Hook	Face (2–5)	—	18,844	24–24
49	June 5	Reds	5–4	Veale (1–0)	Tsitouris	Haddix (1)		25–24
50	June 5	Reds	4–3	Friend (7–4)	Purkey	Veale (3)	11,855	26–24
51	June 6	Reds	5–7	Maloney	Gibbon (2–4)	Henry		26–25
52	June 6	Reds	5–10	Jay	Schwall (3–3)	—	12,309	26–26
53	June 7	Braves	5–9	Funk	Haddix (1–1)	Hendley	15,084	26–27
54	June 8	Braves	6–4	McBean (6–1)	Cloninger	—	9,650	27–27
55	June 9	Braves	4–0	Friend (8–4)	Lemaster	—		28–27
56	June 9	Braves	3–5	Spahn	Cardwell (2–7)	Shaw	18,209	28–28
57	June 11	Cardinals	1–3	Gibson	Schwall (3–4)	—	17,098	28–29
58	June 12	@ Reds	0–3	O'Toole	Francis (2–2)	—	8,472	28–30
59	June 13	@ Reds	2–4	Tsitouris	Cardwell (2–8)	—	7,053	28–31
60	June 14	@ Cardinals	2–5	Sadecki	Friend (8–5)	Shantz	20,874	28–32
61	June 16	@ Cardinals	4–3 (12)	McBean (7–1)	Bauta	—		29–32
62	June 16	@ Cardinals	7–11	Simmons	Law (1–3)	Taylor	26,020	29–33
63	June 17	@ Braves	9–3	Cardwell (3–8)	Cloninger	—	8,631	30–33
64	June 18	@ Braves	5–7 (10)	Shaw	McBean (7–2)	—	7,397	30–34
65	June 19	@ Braves	6–2	Francis (3–2)	Sadowski	Gibbon (1)	6,715	31–34
66	June 20	@ Braves	1–2	Lemaster	Haddix (1–2)	—	6,496	31–35
67	June 21	@ Cubs	5–6 (10)	Elston	Gibbon (2–5)	—	13,321	31–36
68	June 22	@ Cubs	3–0	Friend (9–5)	Ellsworth	—	20,761	32–36
69	June 23	@ Cubs	7–6	Haddix (2–2)	Hobbie	McBean (1)	26,158	33–36
70	June 25	Phillies	4–5 (10)	Klippstein	Haddix (2–3)	Bennett	12,365	33–37
71	June 26	Phillies	2–6	McLish	Friend (9–6)	—	9,153	33–38
72	June 27	Phillies	4–13	Culp	Cardwell (3–9)	Klippstein	9,576	33–39
73	June 28	Mets	3–1	Gibbon (3–5)	Craig	McBean (2)	10,073	34–39
74	June 29	Mets	4–3	McBean (8–2)	Bearnarth	—	13,846	35–39
75	June 30	Mets	3–0	Friend (10–6)	Stallard	McBean (3)	12,429	36–39

July: 16–14 (Home: 8–5; Away: 8–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
76	July 1	@ Phillies	2–1	Cardwell (4–9)	Culp	—		37–39
77	July 1	@ Phillies	1–8	McLish	Francis (3–3)	—	21,661	37–40
78	July 2	@ Phillies	3–2	Law (2–3)	Green	McBean (4)	6,844	38–40
79	July 4	@ Phillies	0–1 (10)	Mahaffey	Friend (10–7)	—		38–41
80	July 4	@ Phillies	1–5	Duren	Gibbon (3–6)	—	16,198	38–42
81	July 5	@ Mets	3–1	Cardwell (5–9)	Stallard	McBean (5)	6,779	39–42
82	July 6	@ Mets	11–3	Schwall (4–4)	Jackson	Face (8)	22,698	40–42
83	July 7	@ Mets	11–5	Law (3–3)	Hook	McBean (6)	9,741	41–42
84	July 10	Colt .45s	0–2	Johnson	Friend (10–8)	Woodeshick	6,517	41–43
85	July 11	Colt .45s	3–0	Cardwell (6–9)	Farrell	—	6,896	42–43
86	July 12	Colt .45s	2–1	Schwall (5–4)	Bruce	Face (9)	8,997	43–43
87	July 13	Colt .45s	3–0	Law (4–3)	Drott	—	6,775	44–43
88	July 15	Giants	2–1	McBean (9–2)	Marichal	—		45–43
89	July 15	Giants	4–1	Gibbon (4–6)	O'Dell	—	24,357	46–43
90	July 16	Giants	2–3	Fisher	Cardwell (6–10)	Pierce		46–44
91	July 16	Giants	3–2	Schwall (6–4)	Sanford	McBean (7)	23,251	47–44
92	July 17	Dodgers	2–3	Miller	Law (4–4)	Perranoski	16,658	47–45
93	July 18	Dodgers	5–10	Podres	Francis (3–4)	Sherry	15,883	47–46
94	July 19	Cubs	9–4	Friend (11–8)	Ellsworth	McBean (8)	13,670	48–46
95	July 21	Cubs	1–5	Toth	Cardwell (6–11)	—		48–47
96	July 21	Cubs	6–5 (14)	Cardwell (7–11)	Warner	—	21,576	49–47
97	July 23	@ Dodgers	0–6	Podres	Friend (11–9)	—	33,167	49–48
98	July 24	@ Dodgers	1–5	Drysdale	Francis (3–5)	—	30,462	49–49
99	July 25	@ Dodgers	6–2	Sisk (1–0)	Koufax	—	41,154	50–49
100	July 26	@ Giants	4–6	Fisher	Face (2–6)	—	27,017	50–50
101	July 27	@ Giants	1–3	Marichal	McBean (9–3)	—	23,021	50–51
102	July 28	@ Giants	1–3	Sanford	Schwall (6–5)	—	32,412	50–52
103	July 29	@ Giants	4–5	Duffalo	Law (4–5)	Pierce	12,089	50–53
104	July 30	@ Colt .45s	8–1	Gibbon (5–6)	Brown	—	6,976	51–53
105	July 31	@ Colt .45s	6–3	Friend (12–9)	Woodeshick	Face (10)	6,093	52–53

August: 15–13 (Home: 9–7; Away: 6–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
106	August 2	@ Reds	0–3	Maloney	Cardwell (7–12)	—	14,807	52–54
107	August 3	@ Reds	5–4	McBean (10–3)	Tsitouris	—	7,157	53–54
108	August 4	@ Reds	2–5	Purkey	Friend (12–10)	—		53–55
109	August 4	@ Reds	1–4	Nuxhall	Gibbon (5–7)	—	18,380	53–56
110	August 6	Braves	3–0	Cardwell (8–12)	Lemaster	McBean (9)	9,992	54–56
111	August 7	Braves	5–4	McBean (11–3)	Raymond	—	8,124	55–56
112	August 8	Braves	1–0	Friend (13–10)	Sadowski	—	9,110	56–56
113	August 9	Colt .45s	6–7 (15)	Woodeshick	Schwall (6–6)	—		56–57
114	August 9	Colt .45s	7–6 (11)	McBean (12–3)	Drott	—	9,420	57–57
115	August 10	Colt .45s	3–2	Cardwell (9–12)	Nottebart	Face (11)	7,951	58–57
116	August 11	Colt .45s	2–1	Face (3–6)	Brown	—	8,093	59–57
117	August 12	Colt .45s	4–2	Friend (14–10)	Farrell	Face (12)	7,240	60–57
118	August 14	@ Mets	2–4	Jackson	Schwall (6–7)	Bearnarth	9,406	60–58
119	August 15	@ Mets	8–2	Cardwell (10–12)	Cisco	—	7,822	61–58
120	August 16	Phillies	0–3	Short	Gibbon (5–8)	—	12,031	61–59
121	August 17	Phillies	3–5	Duren	Friend (14–11)	—	7,881	61–60
122	August 18	Phillies	1–3	Klippstein	Schwall (6–8)	—	10,696	61–61
123	August 20	@ Cubs	5–3	Cardwell (11–12)	Buhl	Face (13)	15,161	62–61
124	August 21	@ Cubs	7–6	McBean (13–3)	McDaniel	Face (14)	15,341	63–61
125	August 22	@ Cubs	9–3	Friend (15–11)	Jackson	McBean (10)	9,310	64–61
126	August 23	@ Phillies	2–4	Bennett	Schwall (6–9)	Baldschun	18,126	64–62
127	August 24	@ Phillies	7–0	Cardwell (12–12)	Short	—	18,276	65–62
128	August 25	@ Phillies	2–4 (11)	Baldschun	Face (3–7)	—	10,183	65–63
129	August 27	Mets	2–1	Friend (16–11)	Cisco	—	7,819	66–63
130	August 28	Mets	7–2	Cardwell (13–12)	Jackson	Face (15)	6,123	67–63
131	August 29	Mets	4–7	Craig	Gibbon (5–9)	Bearnarth	10,148	67–64
132	August 30	Reds	1–2	Nuxhall	Schwall (6–10)	Henry	10,924	67–65
133	August 31	Reds	0–6	O'Toole	Friend (16–12)	Zanni	7,759	67–66

September: 7–22 (Home: 5–10; Away: 2–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
134	September 1	Reds	6–4	Francis (4–5)	Worthington	—	8,820	68–66
135	September 2	@ Cardinals	1–6	Gibson	Veale (1–1)	—		68–67
136	September 2	@ Cardinals	2–6	Taylor	Gibbon (5–10)	—	22,458	68–68
137	September 3	@ Cardinals	5–10	Shantz	Face (3–8)	—	3,925	68–69
138	September 4	@ Braves	0–1	Spahn	Friend (16–13)	—	6,219	68–70
139	September 5	@ Braves	0–8	Sadowski	Parsons (0–1)	—	4,699	68–71
140	September 6	Cardinals	1–5	Gibson	Cardwell (13–13)	—		68–72
141	September 6	Cardinals	5–0	Veale (2–1)	Taylor	—	11,825	69–72
142	September 7	Cardinals	5–6	Schultz	Haddix (2–4)	Burdette	8,427	69–73
143	September 8	Cardinals	2–3	Broglio	Friend (16–14)	Taylor	14,866	69–74
144	September 10	Dodgers	2–4	Koufax	Cardwell (13–14)	—	11,152	69–75
145	September 11	Dodgers	4–9	Richert	Veale (2–2)	Perranoski	8,514	69–76
146	September 12	Dodgers	3–5	Podres	Friend (16–15)	Perranoski	2,644	69–77
147	September 13	Giants	5–4 (13)	Friend (17–15)	Garibaldi	—	6,100	70–77
148	September 14	Giants	3–7	Sanford	Cardwell (13–15)	Pierce	5,489	70–78
149	September 15	Giants	5–13	O'Dell	Schwall (6–11)	—	18,916	70–79
150	September 16	Cubs	1–0	Veale (3–2)	Jackson	—	2,917	71–79
151	September 17	Cubs	1–3	Buhl	Friend (17–16)	McDaniel		71–80
152	September 17	Cubs	4–3	Haddix (3–4)	McDaniel	McBean (11)	5,160	72–80
153	September 18	Cubs	1–2	Elston	Gibbon (5–11)	—	5,891	72–81
154	September 20	@ Dodgers	0–2	Drysdale	Schwall (6–12)	—	40,476	72–82
155	September 21	@ Dodgers	3–5	Miller	Sisk (1–1)	—	48,038	72–83
156	September 22	@ Dodgers	4–0	Veale (4–2)	Podres	Face (16)	36,878	73–83
157	September 24	@ Colt .45s	2–3	Zachary	Francis (4–6)	Woodeshick	3,144	73–84
158	September 25	@ Colt .45s	1–2	Johnson	Sisk (1–2)	Farrell	3,118	73–85
159	September 26	@ Colt .45s	4–5 (11)	McMahon	Face (3–9)	—	2,782	73–86
160	September 27	@ Giants	8–3	Veale (5–2)	Bolin	—	10,725	74–86
161	September 28	@ Giants	2–3	Marichal	Gibbon (5–12)	—	10,332	74–87
162	September 29	@ Giants	2–4	Sanford	Sisk (1–3)	O'Dell	33,301	74–88

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

April 4, 1963: Howie Goss and cash were traded by the Pirates to the Houston Colt .45s for Manny Mota.^[4]

Roster

1963 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

5 Larry Elliot

Manager

40 Danny Murtaugh

Coaches

Statistics

Batting

Regular Season^[5]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
J. Gotay	4	2	1	0.500	0	0
T. Butters	6	3	1	0.333	0	1
R. Clemente	152	600	192	0.320	17	76
E. Francis	34	26	8	0.308	0	3
R. Brand	46	66	19	0.288	1	7
S. Burgess	91	264	74	0.280	6	37
D. Clendenon	154	563	155	0.275	15	57
B. Skinner	34	122	33	0.270	0	8
M. Mota	59	126	34	0.270	0	7
B. Virdon	142	554	149	0.269	8	53
J. Lynch	88	237	63	0.266	10	36
R. Face	56	8	2	0.250	0	1
D. Schofield	138	541	133	0.246	3	32
B. Mazeroski	142	534	131	0.245	8	52
W. Stargell	108	304	74	0.243	11	47
J. Logan	81	181	42	0.232	0	9
J. Pagliaroni	92	252	58	0.230	11	26
B. Bailey	154	570	130	0.228	12	45
V. Law	21	23	5	0.217	0	0
G. Alley	17	51	11	0.216	0	0
T. Savage	85	149	29	0.195	5	14
A. McBean	59	31	6	0.194	1	3
H. Haddix	50	11	2	0.182	0	2
D. Schwall	33	50	8	0.160	0	1
E. Plaskett	10	21	3	0.143	0	2
B. Friend	39	86	9	0.105	0	2
J. Gibbon	40	43	4	0.093	0	0
B. Veale	35	23	2	0.087	0	0
D. Cardwell	33	71	6	0.085	0	2
T. Sisk	57	16	1	0.063	0	0
L. Elliot	4	4	0	0.000	0	0
T. Parsons	1	2	0	0.000	0	0
T. Sturdivant	3	2	0	0.000	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[6]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
B. Veale	34	Template:Sortfrac	5	2	1.04	68
B. Friend	39	Template:Sortfrac	17	16	2.34	144
A. McBean	55	Template:Sortfrac	13	3	2.57	74
T. Sisk	57	108	1	3	2.92	73
D. Cardwell	33	Template:Sortfrac	13	15	3.07	112
R. Face	56	Template:Sortfrac	3	9	3.23	41
J. Gibbon	37	Template:Sortfrac	5	12	3.30	110
D. Schwall	33	Template:Sortfrac	6	12	3.33	86
H. Haddix	49	70	3	4	3.34	70
T. Butters	6	Template:Sortfrac	0	0	4.41	11
E. Francis	33	Template:Sortfrac	4	6	4.53	72
V. Law	18	Template:Sortfrac	4	5	4.93	31
T. Sturdivant	3	Template:Sortfrac	0	0	6.48	6
T. Parsons	1	Template:Sortfrac	0	1	8.31	2

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Bill Mazeroski, Second Base, (Selected as Starter but did not play due to injury)
Roberto Clemente, Reserve^[7]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Jets	International League	Larry Shepard
AA	Asheville Tourists	Sally League	Ray Hathaway
A	Reno Silver Sox	California League	Tom Saffell
A	Kinston Eagles	Carolina League	Harding "Pete" Peterson
A	Batavia Pirates	New York–Penn League	Buddy Hancken
A	Gastonia Pirates	Western Carolinas League	Bob Clear
Rookie	Kingsport Pirates	Appalachian League	Al Kubski

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Batavia

Notes

^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
^ Don Cardwell page at Baseball-Reference
^ Pete Rose page at Baseball-Reference
^ Manny Mota page at Baseball-Reference
^ "Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
^ "Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
^ http://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1963as.shtml

References

1963 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1963 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] Don Cardwell page at Baseball-Reference

[3] Pete Rose page at Baseball-Reference

[4] Manny Mota page at Baseball-Reference

[5] "Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[6] "Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[7] ttp://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1963as.shtml

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v t e 1963 MLB season by team
American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Minnesota New York Washington
National League	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco
1963 All-Star Game 1963 World Series