1963 St. Louis Cardinals roster

34 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1963 MLB season.

1963 Cardinals roster: batting

1963 St. Louis Cardinals 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.
Curt Flood15866211220056317.302.345.748
Bill White1626581062002710910.304.360.851
Dick Groat158631852016733.319.377.827
Ken Boyer15961786176241111.285.358.812
Julian Javier1616098216094618.263.296.677
George Altman1354646212794713.274.339.740
Tim McCarver127405391174515.289.333.716
Charlie James116347349310452.268.291.697
Stan Musial124337348612582.255.325.728
Carl Sawatski5610512256142.238.333.743
Gary Kolb759623263102.271.403.883
Dal Maxvill53511212030.235.316.590
Mike Shannon322638120.308.333.756
Corky Withrow6900010.000.000.000
Dave Ricketts3802000.250.250.500
Doug Clemens5611120.167.286.952
Red Schoendienst6500000.000.000.000
Phil Gagliano10512010.400.500.900
Jack Damaska5511010.200.200.400
Jeoff Long5501000.200.200.400
Moe Thacker3400000.000.000.000
Jerry Buchek3401000.250.250.500
Jim Beauchamp4300000.000.000.000

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

1963 Cardinals roster: pitching

1963 St. Louis Cardinals 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.
Bob GibsonP36331893.39254.22041.260
Ernie BroglioP39351882.99250.01451.170
Curt SimmonsP32321592.48232.21271.100
Ray SadeckiP362810104.10193.11361.431
Ron TaylorP549972.84133.1911.1211
Bobby ShantzP550642.6179.1700.9111
Ray WashburnP1111533.0864.1470.990
Harry FanokP120215.2625.2251.751
Diomedes OlivoP190055.4013.191.880
Sam JonesP110209.0011.081.822
Bob HumphreysP90015.0610.281.690

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.