1963 Texas Rangers roster

30 players appeared for the Texas Rangers in the 1963 MLB season.

1963 Rangers roster: batting

1963 Texas Rangers 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.
Chuck Hinton15056680152155525.269.340.766
Don Lock1495317113427827.252.338.784
Ed Brinkman145514441177455.228.276.595
Jim King1364596110624623.231.300.744
Bobo Osborne125358427612440.212.308.666
Chuck Cottier11333730695212.205.257.577
Dick Phillips124321337610321.237.300.655
Minnie Minoso10931538724308.229.315.632
Ken Retzer9526521645312.242.290.626
Don Leppert7321120506240.237.305.679
Tom Brown61116817142.147.227.433
John Kennedy3662311042.177.261.487
Bob Schmidt91533000.200.333.600
Johnny Schaive3300000.000.000.000
Barry Shetrone2200000.000.000.000

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

1963 Rangers roster: pitching

1963 Texas Rangers 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.
Claude OsteenP40299143.35212.11091.330
Don RudolphP37267194.55174.0701.291
Bennie DanielsP35245104.38168.2881.311
Tom CheneyP2321892.71136.1971.020
Jim DuckworthP37154126.04120.2661.640
Ron KlineP621382.7993.2491.2317
Steve RidzikP2010564.8289.2471.301
Dave StenhouseSP1616394.5587.0471.550
Jim BronstadP250135.6557.1221.531
Jim HannanP132224.8827.2141.450
Carl BouldinP103225.7923.1101.670
Art QuirkP73104.2921.0121.480
Ed HobaughP91006.1916.0111.630
Jack JenkinsP42025.8412.152.270
Bob BairdP53037.7111.271.630

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.