1963 MLB Leaders and Award Winners

2 leagues · 162 team games · 46 ranking tables · 23 awards

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Elston HowardAmerican League
Sandy KoufaxNational League

Cy Young Award

Sandy KoufaxBoth leagues — one award across both

Rookie of the Year

Gary PetersAmerican League
Pete RoseNational League

Gold Glove

Ken BoyerNational League
Roberto ClementeNational League
Johnny EdwardsNational League
Curt FloodNational League
Elston HowardAmerican League
Jim KaatAmerican League
Al KalineAmerican League
Jim LandisAmerican League
Willie MaysNational League
Bill MazeroskiNational League
Vic PowerAmerican League
Bobby RichardsonAmerican League
Brooks RobinsonAmerican League
Bobby ShantzNational League
Zoilo VersallesAmerican League
Bill WhiteNational League
Bobby WineNational League
Carl YastrzemskiAmerican League

Not every award existed in this season. This database has Silver Slugger (from 1980). Their absence here is not a statement about these players: those awards had not been invented yet.

American League

Led the American League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Bob Allison	99
2	Albie Pearson	92
3	Rocky Colavito	91
3	Tom Tresh	91
3	Carl Yastrzemski	91
6	Al Kaline	89
7	Jimmie Hall	88
7	Harmon Killebrew	88
9	Bill Bruton	84
10	Jim Fregosi	83

HitsH

1	Carl Yastrzemski	183
2	Pete Ward	177
3	Albie Pearson	176
4	Al Kaline	172
5	Jim Fregosi	170
6	Frank Malzone	169
7	Bobby Richardson	167
8	Max Alvis	165
9	Billy Moran	164
10	Rich Rollins	163

Doubles2B

1	Carl Yastrzemski	40
2	Pete Ward	34
3	Max Alvis	32
3	Wayne Causey	32
3	Felix Torres	32
6	Zoilo Versalles	31
7	Rocky Colavito	29
7	Tito Francona	29
7	Jim Fregosi	29
7	Billy Moran	29

Triples3B

1	Zoilo Versalles	13
2	Jim Fregosi	12
2	Chuck Hinton	12
4	Gino Cimoli	11
5	Luis Aparicio	8
5	Bill Bruton	8
7	Max Alvis	7
7	Lou Clinton	7
7	Jerry Lumpe	7
10	Eddie Bressoud	6
10	Elston Howard	6
10	Jim Landis	6
10	Dick McAuliffe	6
10	Bobby Richardson	6
10	Floyd Robinson	6
10	Lee Thomas	6
10	Pete Ward	6

Home RunsHR

1	Harmon Killebrew	45
2	Dick Stuart	42
3	Bob Allison	35
4	Jimmie Hall	33
5	Elston Howard	28
6	Al Kaline	27
6	Don Lock	27
6	Joe Pepitone	27
9	Earl Battey	26
9	Norm Cash	26
9	Leon Wagner	26

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Dick Stuart	118
2	Al Kaline	101
3	Harmon Killebrew	96
4	Bob Allison	91
4	Rocky Colavito	91
6	Leon Wagner	90
7	Joe Pepitone	89
8	Elston Howard	85
9	Earl Battey	84
9	Pete Ward	84

WalksBB

1	Carl Yastrzemski	95
2	Albie Pearson	92
3	Bob Allison	90
4	Norm Cash	89
5	Rocky Colavito	84
6	Tom Tresh	83
7	Norm Siebern	79
8	Ron Hansen	78
9	Jim Gentile	76
10	Harmon Killebrew	72

Stolen BasesSB

1	Luis Aparicio	40
2	Chuck Hinton	25
3	Russ Snyder	18
3	Jake Wood	18
5	Albie Pearson	17
6	Jose Tartabull	16
7	Ed Charles	15
7	Tommy McCraw	15
7	Bobby Richardson	15
7	Al Weis	15

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Bob Allison	8.0
2	Carl Yastrzemski	7.2
3	Earl Battey	6.9
4	Albie Pearson	6.8
5	Pete Ward	6.6
6	Elston Howard	6.5
7	Jimmie Hall	6.4
8	Tom Tresh	6.2
9	Don Lock	6.2
10	Al Kaline	5.8

Batting Averagemin 502 PA

1	Carl Yastrzemski	.321
2	Al Kaline	.312
3	Rich Rollins	.307
4	Albie Pearson	.304
5	Pete Ward	.295
6	Frank Malzone	.291
6	Leon Wagner	.291
8	Jim Fregosi	.287
8	Elston Howard	.287
10	Earl Battey	.285

On-Base Percentagemin 502 PA

1	Carl Yastrzemski	.418
2	Albie Pearson	.402
3	Norm Cash	.386
4	Bob Allison	.378
5	Al Kaline	.375
6	Tom Tresh	.371
7	Earl Battey	.369
8	Floyd Robinson	.361
9	Rich Rollins	.359
10	Rocky Colavito	.358
10	Norm Siebern	.358

Slugging Percentagemin 502 PA

1	Harmon Killebrew	.555
2	Bob Allison	.533
3	Elston Howard	.528
4	Jimmie Hall	.521
4	Dick Stuart	.521
6	Al Kaline	.514
7	Tom Tresh	.487
8	Pete Ward	.482
9	Earl Battey	.476
10	Carl Yastrzemski	.475

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 502 PA

1	Bob Allison	.911
2	Harmon Killebrew	.904
3	Carl Yastrzemski	.894
4	Al Kaline	.889
5	Elston Howard	.869
6	Jimmie Hall	.863
7	Tom Tresh	.857
8	Norm Cash	.856
9	Earl Battey	.845
10	Pete Ward	.835

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Whitey Ford	24
2	Jim Bouton	21
2	Camilo Pascual	21
4	Steve Barber	20
4	Bill Monbouquette	20
6	Gary Peters	19
7	Ralph Terry	17
8	Milt Pappas	16
8	Juan Pizarro	16
10	Dick Radatz	15
10	Phil Regan	15
10	Dick Stigman	15

SavesSV

1	Stu Miller	27
2	Dick Radatz	25
3	Bill Dailey	21
3	Hoyt Wilhelm	21
3	John Wyatt	21
6	Hal Reniff	18
7	Ron Kline	17
8	Jim Brosnan	14
9	Ted Abernathy	12
9	Dick Hall	12
9	Julio Navarro	12

StrikeoutsSO

1	Camilo Pascual	202
2	Jim Bunning	196
3	Dick Stigman	193
4	Whitey Ford	189
4	Gary Peters	189
6	Steve Barber	180
7	Bill Monbouquette	174
8	Al Downing	171
9	Pedro Ramos	169
10	Dean Chance	168

Innings PitchedIP

1	Whitey Ford	269.3
2	Ralph Terry	268.0
3	Bill Monbouquette	266.7
4	Steve Barber	258.7
5	Robin Roberts	251.3
6	Ken McBride	251.0
7	Jim Bouton	249.3
8	Jim Bunning	248.3
8	Camilo Pascual	248.3
10	Dean Chance	248.0

Complete GamesCG

1	Camilo Pascual	18
1	Ralph Terry	18
3	Dick Stigman	15
4	Hank Aguirre	14
4	Ray Herbert	14
6	Whitey Ford	13
6	Bill Monbouquette	13
6	Gary Peters	13
9	Jim Bouton	12
10	Steve Barber	11
10	Jack Kralick	11
10	Ken McBride	11
10	Milt Pappas	11

ShutoutsSHO

1	Ray Herbert	7
2	Jim Bouton	6
3	Tom Cheney	4
3	Al Downing	4
3	Jack Kralick	4
3	Milt Pappas	4
3	Gary Peters	4
8	Hank Aguirre	3
8	John Buzhardt	3
8	Dick Donovan	3
8	Whitey Ford	3
8	Camilo Pascual	3
8	Orlando Peña	3
8	Juan Pizarro	3
8	Dick Stigman	3
8	Ralph Terry	3
8	Earl Wilson	3

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Gary Peters	5.3
2	Steve Barber	4.5
3	Whitey Ford	4.3
4	Ray Herbert	4.3
5	Camilo Pascual	4.3
6	Bill Monbouquette	4.0
7	Al Downing	4.0
8	Juan Pizarro	3.9
9	Dean Chance	3.8
10	Jack Kralick	3.0

Earned Run Averagemin 162 IP

1	Gary Peters	2.33
2	Juan Pizarro	2.39
3	Camilo Pascual	2.46
4	Jim Bouton	2.53
5	Al Downing	2.56
6	Lee Stange	2.62
7	Whitey Ford	2.74
8	Steve Barber	2.75
9	Jack Kralick	3.03
10	Milt Pappas	3.03

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 162 IP

1	Ralph Terry	1.06
2	Pedro Ramos	1.07
3	Gary Peters	1.07
4	Robin Roberts	1.07
5	Whitey Ford	1.10
6	Al Downing	1.10
7	Jim Bouton	1.11
8	Ken McBride	1.12
9	Juan Pizarro	1.12
10	Bill Monbouquette	1.13

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 162 IP

1	Gary Peters	2.34
2	Al Downing	2.42
3	Juan Pizarro	2.73
4	Ray Herbert	2.73
5	Steve Barber	2.80
6	Dean Chance	2.86
7	Camilo Pascual	2.97
8	Whitey Ford	2.98
9	Bill Monbouquette	3.16
10	Jack Kralick	3.22

National League

Led the National League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Hank Aaron	121
2	Willie Mays	115
3	Curt Flood	112
4	Bill White	106
5	Willie McCovey	103
6	Tony Taylor	102
7	Pete Rose	101
8	Orlando Cepeda	100
9	Johnny Callison	96
9	Vada Pinson	96

HitsH

1	Vada Pinson	204
2	Hank Aaron	201
2	Dick Groat	201
4	Curt Flood	200
4	Bill White	200
6	Roberto Clemente	192
7	Willie Mays	187
7	Ron Santo	187
9	Orlando Cepeda	183
10	Tommy Davis	181

Doubles2B

1	Dick Groat	43
2	Vada Pinson	37
3	Johnny Callison	36
3	Tony Gonzalez	36
3	Billy Williams	36
6	Curt Flood	34
7	Orlando Cepeda	33
8	Willie Mays	32
9	Felipe Alou	31
10	Hank Aaron	29
10	Ron Santo	29

Triples3B

1	Vada Pinson	14
2	Tony Gonzalez	12
3	Lou Brock	11
3	Johnny Callison	11
3	Dick Groat	11
6	Tony Taylor	10
7	Felipe Alou	9
7	Curt Flood	9
7	Julian Javier	9
7	Pete Rose	9
7	Billy Williams	9

Home RunsHR

1	Hank Aaron	44
1	Willie McCovey	44
3	Willie Mays	38
4	Orlando Cepeda	34
5	Frank Howard	28
6	Bill White	27
7	Johnny Callison	26
8	Ron Santo	25
8	Billy Williams	25
10	Ken Boyer	24

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Hank Aaron	130
2	Ken Boyer	111
3	Bill White	109
4	Vada Pinson	106
5	Willie Mays	103
6	Willie McCovey	102
7	Ron Santo	99
8	Orlando Cepeda	97
9	Billy Williams	95
10	Frank Robinson	91

WalksBB

1	Eddie Mathews	124
2	Frank Robinson	81
3	Hank Aaron	78
4	Ken Boyer	70
5	Dick Schofield	69
6	Billy Williams	68
7	Willie Mays	66
8	Andre Rodgers	65
9	Jim Gilliam	60
10	Rusty Staub	59
10	Bill White	59

Stolen BasesSB

1	Maury Wills	40
2	Hank Aaron	31
3	Vada Pinson	27
4	Frank Robinson	26
5	Willie Davis	25
6	Lou Brock	24
7	Tony Taylor	23
8	Donn Clendenon	22
9	Jim Gilliam	19
10	Julian Javier	18

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Willie Mays	10.8
2	Hank Aaron	8.9
3	Eddie Mathews	7.7
4	Vada Pinson	7.4
5	Dick Groat	6.6
6	Willie McCovey	6.5
7	Ron Santo	6.4
8	Orlando Cepeda	6.2
9	Johnny Callison	6.1
10	Billy Williams	5.4

Batting Averagemin 502 PA

1	Tommy Davis	.326
2	Roberto Clemente	.320
3	Hank Aaron	.319
3	Dick Groat	.319
5	Orlando Cepeda	.316
6	Willie Mays	.314
7	Vada Pinson	.313
8	Tony Gonzalez	.306
9	Bill White	.304
10	Curt Flood	.302
10	Maury Wills	.302

On-Base Percentagemin 502 PA

1	Eddie Mathews	.399
2	Hank Aaron	.391
3	Willie Mays	.380
4	Frank Robinson	.379
5	Dick Groat	.377
6	Tony Gonzalez	.372
7	Orlando Cepeda	.366
8	Bill White	.360
9	Tommy Davis	.359
10	Ken Boyer	.358
10	Billy Williams	.358

Slugging Percentagemin 502 PA

1	Hank Aaron	.586
2	Willie Mays	.582
3	Willie McCovey	.566
4	Orlando Cepeda	.563
5	Vada Pinson	.514
6	Johnny Callison	.502
7	Billy Williams	.497
8	Bill White	.491
9	Ron Santo	.481
10	Felipe Alou	.474

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 502 PA

1	Hank Aaron	.977
2	Willie Mays	.962
3	Orlando Cepeda	.929
4	Willie McCovey	.915
5	Vada Pinson	.861
6	Billy Williams	.854
7	Eddie Mathews	.852
8	Bill White	.851
9	Johnny Callison	.840
10	Dick Groat	.827

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Sandy Koufax	25
1	Juan Marichal	25
3	Jim Maloney	23
3	Warren Spahn	23
5	Dick Ellsworth	22
6	Don Drysdale	19
7	Ernie Broglio	18
7	Bob Gibson	18
9	Bob Friend	17
9	Jim O'Toole	17

SavesSV

1	Lindy McDaniel	22
2	Ron Perranoski	21
3	Jack Baldschun	16
3	Roy Face	16
5	Bill Henry	14
6	Bob Shaw	13
7	Al McBean	11
7	Bobby Shantz	11
7	Ron Taylor	11
10	Hal Woodeshick	10
10	Al Worthington	10

StrikeoutsSO

1	Sandy Koufax	306
2	Jim Maloney	265
3	Don Drysdale	251
4	Juan Marichal	248
5	Bob Gibson	204
6	Denny Lemaster	190
7	Dick Ellsworth	185
8	Ray Culp	176
9	Joe Nuxhall	169
10	Chris Short	160

Innings PitchedIP

1	Juan Marichal	321.3
2	Don Drysdale	315.3
3	Sandy Koufax	311.0
4	Dick Ellsworth	290.7
5	Jack Sanford	284.3
6	Larry Jackson	275.0
7	Bob Friend	268.7
8	Warren Spahn	259.7
9	Bob Gibson	254.7
10	Jim Maloney	250.3

Complete GamesCG

1	Warren Spahn	22
2	Sandy Koufax	20
3	Dick Ellsworth	19
4	Juan Marichal	18
5	Don Drysdale	17
6	Roger Craig	14
6	Bob Gibson	14
6	Joe Nuxhall	14
9	Larry Jackson	13
9	Jim Maloney	13

ShutoutsSHO

1	Sandy Koufax	11
2	Warren Spahn	7
3	Jim Maloney	6
3	Curt Simmons	6
5	Ernie Broglio	5
5	Ray Culp	5
5	Juan Marichal	5
5	Jim O'Toole	5
5	Johnny Podres	5
10	Dick Ellsworth	4
10	Bob Friend	4
10	Larry Jackson	4
10	Carl Willey	4

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Sandy Koufax	9.2
2	Juan Marichal	6.6
3	Don Drysdale	6.5
4	Dick Ellsworth	6.5
5	Larry Jackson	6.4
6	Jim Maloney	6.2
7	Bob Friend	5.8
8	Joe Nuxhall	5.0
9	Curt Simmons	4.7
10	Jim O'Toole	4.7

Earned Run Averagemin 162 IP

1	Sandy Koufax	1.88
2	Dick Ellsworth	2.11
3	Bob Friend	2.35
4	Juan Marichal	2.41
5	Curt Simmons	2.48
6	Larry Jackson	2.55
7	Warren Spahn	2.60
8	Joe Nuxhall	2.61
9	Don Drysdale	2.63
10	Ken Johnson	2.65

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 162 IP

1	Sandy Koufax	0.88
2	Turk Farrell	0.97
3	Juan Marichal	1.00
4	Dick Ellsworth	1.02
5	Bob Friend	1.04
6	Joe Nuxhall	1.07
7	John Tsitouris	1.07
8	Jim Maloney	1.08
8	Don Nottebart	1.08
10	Don Drysdale	1.09

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 162 IP

1	Sandy Koufax	1.85
2	Jim Maloney	2.37
3	Joe Nuxhall	2.38
4	Turk Farrell	2.40
5	Larry Jackson	2.54
6	Don Nottebart	2.55
7	Don Drysdale	2.56
8	Bob Friend	2.58
9	Juan Marichal	2.62
10	Dick Ellsworth	2.63

How this page is built

The qualifying line for 1963 is 502 plate appearances and 162 innings pitched. It comes from the length of the schedule — 162 games per team, measured from the season files themselves — at the official rate of 3.1 plate appearances and one inning per team game. Batting average, on-base, slugging, OPS, earned run average and WHIP all use it; a player who came to the plate twice and got two hits does not appear at the top of the batting average table, which is exactly what that line is for. Counting statistics such as home runs and strikeouts have no minimum, because none is needed.

How the rankings were made

Wins above replacement in these tables is ours rather than the source database's, so it will not match a published figure exactly. Also: why every ranking stops at one league, and why some categories are missing on purpose.

Every ranking on this page is worked out inside one league. 1963 is counted as 2 separate leagues — American League and National League, and a player is ranked only against the men in his own. Leading the American League and leading baseball are different claims, and the one we can make from these files is the first. There is no combined table anywhere on this page, because adding two leagues together would produce a number that no record book recognises.

There are 46 ranking tables here, 17 places deep. Players tied on a value share a place, so a table can run past ten rows when the tenth spot is shared, and a league with fewer than ten qualified players in a category is left out rather than shown as a top ten that is not one. A player who did none of the thing is not ranked in it either — a shutout table lists the pitchers who threw one, not the hundreds who threw none tied on zero. Some categories are missing on purpose: nobody leads a league in strikeouts at the plate, in losses, or in home runs allowed. A ranking is meant to mark an achievement, so only achievements are ranked.

Wins above replacement on this page is ours, not the source database's. The hitting and pitching files carry a WAR column that we compute here from the same season lines you see, using park factors and a run environment worked out per season. Published versions elsewhere use different methods and will not match ours exactly. Every other column is the record as the database supplies it.

Names on this page lead to that player's own record. Most of them open a full career page with every season he appeared in. Some open a summary screen instead — we pre-build pages for the players people look for, and everyone else is assembled on demand from the same files, so the numbers are identical either way even though the address looks different.

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