After ending 1962 in a tie and then losing the playoff, the Dodgers captured the 1963 pennant, then swept the Yankees in the World Series. The Cardinals made it a race, but finished second, six games off the pace. San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati were in a knot for the 3-5 spots, with Milwaukee 6th and Chicago springing up to an above-.500 7th. Pittsburgh dropped to 8th, with Houston 9th and the Mets losing 111 for last. Sandy Koufax won the MVP with a strong season for the winners.
The Dodgers were 6th in the 10-team league in runs scored, while allowing the least runs, but a lot of that was the effect of their park, heavily weighted toward pitchers. In road games, the Dodgers were second in runs scored, fifth in runs allowed. They were actually a stronger offensive team than on their pitching or defense for the year.
Tommy Davis won the batting title at .326, and Roberto Clemente was second at .320. Hank Aaron lead in RBI with 130 and tying for the HR lead with Willie McCovey at 44. Aaron also led in slugging and OPS, and runs with 121. Ken Boyer was second in RBI with 111. Vada Pinson led with 204 hits and 14 triples, and Dick Groat with 43 doubles. Maury Wills led in steals, but was down to a more normal-looking 40.
Koufax and Juan Marichal tied for the wins lead at 25, while Jim Maloney and Warren Spahn won 23. Dick Ellsworth posted 22 victories. Koufax lead in ERA with a Chavez Ravine-aided 1.88. Ellsworth was second at 2.11. Koufax also led in strikeouts, with 306, while Lindy McDaniel led in saves with 22, followed by Ron Perranoski at 21. Spahn pitched 22 complete games, while Koufax tossed 11 shutouts.
Win Shares leaders, players; Hank Aaron (Milwaukee) 41, Willie Mays, (San Francisco) 38, Johnny Callison (Philadelphia) 32, Vada Pinson (Cincinnati), Eddie Mathews (Milwaukee) and Dick Groat (St. Louis) 31, Orlando Cepeda (San Francisco) 30, Tommy Davis (Los Angeles) and Willie McCovey (San Francisco) 29, Billy Williams (Chicago) and Junior Gilliam (Los Angeles) 28, Maury Wills (Los Angeles) and Bill White (St. Louis) 27, Ron Santo (Chicago) and Tony Gonzalez (Philadelphia) 26, Curt Flood (St. Louis) 24.
WS leaders, pitchers; Dick Ellsworth (Chicago) and Sandy Koufax (Los Angeles) 32, Juan Marichal (San Francisco) 27, Larry Jackson (Chicago), Jim Maloney (Cincinnati) and Warren Spahn (Milwaukee) 22, Don Drysdale (Los Angeles) and Bob Friend (Pittsburgh) 21, Ron Perranoski (Los Angeles) 20, Joe Nuxhall (Cincinnati) 19.
WARP3 leaders, position players: Mays 11.5, Groat 10.0, Aaron 9.8, Mathews 9.5, Flood 7.8, Callison, McCovey, and Pinson 7.7, Williams 7.5, Cepeda 6.9, White 6.6, Ken Boyer (St. Louis) 6.2, Gilliam and Santo 6.1, Johnny Edwards (Cincinnati) 6.0.
WARP3 leaders, pitchers: Koufax 10.3, Ellsworth 9.8, Marichal 8.0, Friend 6.9, Hal Woodeshick (Houston) 6.6, Carl Willey (New York) 6.0, Turk Farrell (Houston) 5.7, Perranoski and Maloney 5.6, Spahn 5.5.
WAR leaders, position players (fWAR): Mays 10.2, Aaron 8.8, Mathews 8.2, Groat 7.6, Callison 7.5, Pinson 6.9, Santo 6.7, McCovey 6.6, Williams 6.2, Cepeda 5.7, White 5.5, Boyer 5.3, Flood 5.1, Clemente 4.9, Taylor 4.7, Alou and Torre 4.6. Pitchers, (bWAR): Koufax 10.8, Ellsworth 10.3, Marichal 8.1, Friend 6.2, Maloney 5.3, Jackson 5.2, Nuxhall 5.1, Drysdale 5.0, Simmons 4.8, Johnson 4.7, O'Toole and Spahn 4.6, Perranoski 4.3.
Actual award voting:
MVP: | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+--+
1 Sandy Koufax LAD 14 237 280 0.85 | 110 7 1 .064 .202 0| 25-5 311 1.88 0.875 306
2 Dick Groat STL 4 190 280 0.68 | 631 201 6 .319 .827 3
3 Hank Aaron MLN 1 135 280 0.48 | 631 201 44 .319 .977 31
4 Ron Perranoski LAD 0 130 280 0.46 | 24 3 0 .125 .317 0| 16-3 129 1.67 1.202 75 21
5 Willie Mays SFG 0 102 280 0.36 | 596 187 38 .314 .962 8
6 Jim Gilliam LAD 1 62 280 0.22 | 525 148 6 .282 .737 19
7 Bill White STL 0 56 280 0.20 | 658 200 27 .304 .851 10
8 Tommy Davis LAD 0 41 280 0.15 | 556 181 16 .326 .816 15
8 Ron Santo CHC 0 41 280 0.15 | 630 187 25 .297 .820 6
10 Vada Pinson CIN 0 32 280 0.11 | 652 204 22 .313 .861 27
11 Juan Marichal SFG 0 31 280 0.11 | 112 20 1 .179 .423 0| 25-8 321 2.41 0.996 248
12 Warren Spahn MLN 0 30 280 0.11 | 90 16 2 .178 .508 0| 23-7 260 2.60 1.117 102
13 Ken Boyer STL 0 19 280 0.07 | 617 176 24 .285 .812 1
14 Roberto Clemente PIT 0 12 280 0.04 | 600 192 17 .320 .826 12
15 Johnny Callison PHI 0 11 280 0.04 | 626 178 26 .284 .840 8
16 Tony Taylor PHI 0 10 280 0.04 | 640 180 5 .281 .698 23
17 Willie McCovey SFG 0 9 280 0.03 | 564 158 44 .280 .915 1
17 Maury Wills LAD 0 9 280 0.03 | 527 159 0 .302 .704 40
19 Dick Ellsworth CHC 0 7 280 0.02 | 94 9 0 .096 .262 0| 22-10 291 2.11 1.025 185
19 Jim Maloney CIN 0 7 280 0.02 | 89 15 0 .169 .373 0| 23-7 250 2.77 1.083 265
21 Don Demeter PHI 0 3 280 0.01 | 515 133 22 .258 .739 1
21 Don Drysdale LAD 0 3 280 0.01 | 96 16 0 .167 .439 0| 19-17 315 2.63 1.091 251
23 Tony Gonzalez PHI 0 2 280 0.01 | 555 170 4 .306 .808 13
24 Curt Flood STL 0 1 280 0.00 | 662 200 5 .302 .748 17|
Koufax was not a unanimous choice, as Groat among others drew support. But he was a clear winner.
Cy Young: Koufax was a unanimous choice.
Rookie | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+--------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
1 Pete Rose CIN 17 17 20 0.85 | 623 170 6 .273 .705 13
2 Ron Hunt NYM 2 2 20 0.10 | 533 145 10 .272 .730 5
3 Ray Culp PHI 1 1 20 0.05 | 66 9 0 .136 .325 0| 14-11 203 2.97 1.230 176
Best player: Hank Aaron, by a small margin over Mays, with Callison not far behind. Aaron was relatively unacclaimed (even with his 1957 MVP), but would eventually put his name on the marquee.
#1 Hank Aaron, #2 Willie Mays, #3 Johnny Callison, #4 Dick Groat, #5 Eddie Mathews, #6 Vada Pinson.
Best pitcher: Sandy Koufax. Ellsworth's 22-10, 2.10 in Wrigley is almost as good as Koufax's 25-5, 1.88 in Dodger Stadium. Almost. Going with the winner here.
#1 Sandy Koufax, #2 Dick Ellsworth, #3 Juan Marichal, #4 Ron Perranoski, #5 Jim Maloney.
Best rookie: Pete Rose. Guy had "star" written all over him. Hunt and Culp also played well.
Best manager: Walt Alston rode a strong pitching staff and a pitchers' park.
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