1963 Athletics roster

Manager: Eddie Lopat

38 players appeared for the Athletics in the 1963 MLB season.

1963 Athletics roster: batting

1963 Athletics batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Ed Charles3015860382161157915.267.332.727
Jerry Lumpe30157595751615593.271.333.696
Norm Siebern291525568015116831.272.358.768
Wayne Causey26139554721558444.280.345.740
Gino Cimoli33145529561394483.263.313.675
Bobby Delgreco3012130640658291.212.311.631
Jose Tartabull2479242275811916.240.290.616
Chuck Essegian3110123123525270.225.285.614
Ken Harrelson217922616526231.230.299.662
George Alusik288722128599370.267.345.784
Manny Jimenez246015712440150.280.361.699
Haywood Sullivan3240113924080.212.300.583
Billy Bryan2424651111370.169.270.624
John Wojcik211959711022.186.284.470
Tony Larussa183444411010.250.346.664
Dick Green221337510140.270.317.722
Jay Hankins27103426140.176.176.500
Sammy Esposito31182535020.200.276.516
Tommie Reynolds2181911000.053.143.248
Hector Martinez2461424130.286.375.875

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1963 Athletics roster: pitching

1963 Athletics pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Dave WickershamP27383412154.09237.21181.361
Orlando PenaP29353312203.69217.01281.250
Moe DrabowskyP2726227133.05174.11091.140
Ed RakowP2734269103.92174.11041.340
Diego SeguiP253823963.77167.01161.470
Ted BowsfieldP284111574.45111.1671.463
Bill FischerP32452963.5795.2341.203
John WyattP28630643.1392.0811.3721
Dale WillisP25250025.0444.2471.591
Dave ThiesP2692014.6225.191.500
Pete LovrichP20201117.8420.2161.690
Dan PfisterP2631101.939.191.180
Norm BassP24310011.747.242.610
Jose SantiagoP2240109.007.061.430
Aurelio MonteagudoP1940002.577.031.000
Fred NormanRP20220111.376.162.530
John O'donoghueP2311011.506.011.330
Bill LandisP2010000.001.230.600

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.