1963 Houston Colt .45s season
1963 Houston Colt .45s | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Colt Stadium |
City | Houston, Texas |
Record | 66–96 (.407) |
League place | 9th |
Owners | Roy Hofheinz |
General managers | Paul Richards |
Managers | Harry Craft |
Television | KHOU (TV) (Gene Elston, Guy Savage, Loel Passe) |
Radio | KPRC (AM) (Gene Elston, Loel Passe, Mickey Herskowitz) |
The Houston Colt .45s' 1963 season was a season in American baseball. The team finished ninth in the National League with a record of 66–96, 33 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Offseason
[edit]- November 1, 1962: Joe Morgan was signed as an amateur free agent by the Colt .45s.[1]
- November 26, 1962: Conrad Cardinal was drafted by the Colt .45s from the Detroit Tigers in the 1962 first-year draft.[2]
- November 26, 1962: Ellis Burton was drafted by the Colt .45s from the Milwaukee Braves in the 1962 rule 5 draft.[3]
- November 26, 1962: Don Taussig was drafted from the Colt .45s by the Milwaukee Braves in the 1962 minor league draft.[4]
- November 30, 1962: Joey Amalfitano was traded by the Colt .45s to the San Francisco Giants for Manny Mota and Dick LeMay.[5]
- November 30, 1962: Norm Larker was traded by the Colt .45s to the Milwaukee Braves for Jim Bolger, Don Nottebart, and Connie Grob.[6]
- March 28, 1963: Hal Haydel, Dick LeMay and Merritt Ranew were traded by the Colt .45s to the Chicago Cubs for Dave Gerard and Danny Murphy.[7]
Regular season
[edit]Broadcaster Harry Kalas made his major league debut in 1963 with Houston, replacing Al Helfer and working alongside Gene Elston and Loel Passe.[8][9]
On May 17, Don Nottebart pitched the first no-hitter for an expansion team when Houston defeated Philadelphia by a score of 4–1.[10]
Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | |||||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- April 2, 1963: Ellis Burton was purchased from the Colt .45s by the Cleveland Indians.[3]
- April 4, 1963: Manny Mota was traded by the Colt .45s to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Howie Goss and cash.[5]
Roster
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Positional abbreviations: C = Catcher; 1B = First base; 2B = Second base; 3B = Third base; SS = Shortstop; LF = Left field; CF = Center field; RF = Right field
Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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C | John Bateman | 128 | 404 | 23 | 85 | 8 | 6 | .210 | 10 | 59 | 0 |
1B | Rusty Staub | 150 | 513 | 43 | 115 | 17 | 4 | .224 | 6 | 45 | 0 |
2B | Ernie Fazio | 102 | 228 | 31 | 42 | 10 | 3 | .184 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
3B | Bob Aspromonte | 136 | 468 | 42 | 100 | 9 | 5 | .214 | 8 | 49 | 3 |
SS | Bob Lillis | 147 | 469 | 31 | 93 | 13 | 1 | .198 | 1 | 19 | 3 |
LF | Al Spangler | 120 | 430 | 52 | 121 | 25 | 4 | .281 | 4 | 27 | 5 |
CF | Howie Goss | 133 | 411 | 37 | 86 | 18 | 2 | .209 | 9 | 44 | 4 |
RF | Carl Warwick | 150 | 528 | 49 | 134 | 19 | 5 | .209 | 7 | 47 | 3 |
Other batters
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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Pete Runnels | 124 | 388 | 35 | 98 | 9 | 1 | .253 | 2 | 23 | 2 |
Johnny Temple | 100 | 322 | 22 | 85 | 12 | 1 | .264 | 1 | 17 | 7 |
Jim Wynn | 70 | 250 | 31 | 61 | 10 | 5 | .244 | 4 | 27 | 4 |
Jim Campbell | 55 | 158 | 9 | 35 | 3 | 0 | .222 | 4 | 19 | 0 |
J. C. Hartman | 39 | 90 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .122 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Johnny Weekly | 34 | 80 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .225 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
Hal Smith | 31 | 58 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .241 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Brock Davis | 34 | 55 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .200 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Carroll Hardy | 15 | 44 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .227 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Glenn Vaughan | 9 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Joe Morgan | 8 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .240 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Dave Adlesh | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike White | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry Grote | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Ivan Murrell | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aaron Pointer | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Paciorek | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Sonny Jackson | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | R | ER | BB | K |
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Ken Johnson | 37 | 32 | 224.0 | 11 | 17 | 2.65 | 86 | 66 | 50 | 148 |
Turk Farrell | 34 | 26 | 202.1 | 14 | 13 | 3.02 | 76 | 68 | 35 | 141 |
Don Nottebart | 31 | 27 | 193.0 | 11 | 8 | 3.17 | 80 | 68 | 39 | 118 |
Bob Bruce | 30 | 25 | 170.1 | 5 | 9 | 3.59 | 73 | 68 | 60 | 123 |
Hal Brown | 26 | 20 | 141.1 | 5 | 11 | 3.31 | 54 | 52 | 60 | 68 |
Larry Yellen | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Jay Dahl | 1 | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 16.88 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | R | ER | BB | K |
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Dick Drott | 27 | 14 | 97.2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4.98 | 61 | 54 | 49 | 58 |
Chris Zachary | 22 | 7 | 57.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.89 | 38 | 31 | 22 | 42 |
Conrad Cardinal | 6 | 1 | 13.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.08 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
George Brunet | 5 | 2 | 12.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7.11 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 11 |
Jim Golden | 3 | 1 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.68 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | R | ER | BB | K |
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Hal Woodeshick | 55 | 114.0 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1.97 | 29 | 25 | 42 | 94 |
Don McMahon | 49 | 80.0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4.05 | 38 | 36 | 26 | 51 |
Jim Umbricht | 35 | 76.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.61 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 48 |
Russ Kemmerer | 17 | 36.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.65 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 12 |
Jim Dickson | 13 | 14.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6.14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 6 |
Joe Hoerner | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Danny Coombs | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Awards and honors
[edit]- Hal Woodeshick, reserve
Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Oklahoma City
References
[edit]- ^ Joe Morgan at Baseball Reference
- ^ Conrad Cardinal at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b Ellis Burton at Baseball Reference
- ^ Don Taussig at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b Manny Mota at Baseball Reference
- ^ Norm Larker at Baseball Reference
- ^ Hal Haydel at Baseball Reference
- ^ Reed, Robert. A Six-Gun Salute: An Illustrated History of the Colt .45s. Houston, Texas: Gulf Publishing Co., 1999.
- ^ Barron, David "Phillies announcer Kalas dies after collapsing in booth" Houston Chronicle, Monday, April 13, 2009
- ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 143, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ^ Geisler Young, LLC –. "1963 Houston Colt .45s Roster by Baseball Almanac". Archived from the original on March 23, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- ^ "1963 All-Star Game".