Kansas City Athletics History - 1963 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1963 Kansas City Athletics	87	75	.537	3^rd	3	84-78	3	.250	3.44	X		2,951,711	$46,657,186	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Robert Moses Grove Award	Billy Pierce	1
Ozzie Award	Paul O'Neill (RF)	1
All-Star	Rod Carew, Tim Hendryx, Kent Hrbek, Billy Pierce	4
Batter of the Month	Kent Hrbek (Apr), Tim Hendryx (May)	2
Rookie of the Month	Rod Carew (May)	1
Player of the Week	Tim Hendryx (Apr 22), Rod Carew (May 13, Aug 12), Jimmy Barrett (Sep 16)	4

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
3B	George J Burns	24	156	644	168	44	6	3	60	103	61	5	4	4	75	51	10	.261	.328	.362	.690	4.1	104
CF	Jimmy Barrett	24	156	597	153	27	4	8	46	94	74	15	4	0	110	46	11	.256	.353	.355	.708	4.8	110
SS	Red Schoendienst	29	143	526	146	31	5	11	75	49	29	2	0	9	31	2	4	.278	.313	.418	.731	2.9	114
LF	Tim Hendryx	23	144	483	135	38	6	10	65	59	60	6	10	1	77	1	4	.280	.365	.445	.811	3.7	138
1B	Kent Hrbek	22	137	467	135	33	2	22	92	81	61	8	0	12	69	1	0	.289	.372	.510	.882	4.3	158
C	Harry Danning	25	133	488	105	16	3	4	34	28	31	7	1	1	48	0	1	.215	.271	.285	.556	0.2	65
2B	Rod Carew	21	107	424	132	34	5	5	62	55	30	8	0	4	59	6	3	.311	.365	.450	.815	4.2	140
RF	Paul O'Neill	35	115	388	92	11	1	12	53	42	30	1	1	7	65	2	1	.237	.289	.363	.652	0.7	91
LF	Garret Anderson	22	122	228	53	12	0	2	16	15	9	0	2	1	33	1	2	.232	.261	.311	.572	-0.8	68
1B	George C Scott	24	107	190	40	9	1	6	32	30	22	10	0	5	46	0	0	.211	.317	.363	.680	0.5	101
RF	Vladimir Guerrero	20	48	196	54	10	3	4	24	30	11	9	0	3	18	3	2	.276	.338	.418	.756	1.2	122
2B	Brian Roberts	25	55	181	44	12	1	1	18	16	17	0	2	3	17	2	5	.243	.303	.337	.640	0.4	89
SS	Bill Russell	34	71	106	24	2	0	0	7	11	19	2	1	1	9	0	1	.226	.352	.245	.597	0.3	80
C	Johnnie Heving	23	36	108	23	10	1	0	10	9	4	2	0	1	12	0	0	.213	.252	.324	.576	0.0	69
P	Billy Pierce	27	33	87	16	2	0	0	5	5	2	0	17	0	29	0	0	.184	.202	.207	.409	-1.0	21
P	Kevin Gross	25	32	69	15	4	0	0	6	7	0	0	17	1	22	0	0	.217	.214	.275	.490	-0.6	44
P	A J Burnett	34	32	74	3	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	11	0	35	0	0	.041	.066	.054	.120	-1.5	-64
P	Luis Tiant, Jr.	26	32	71	11	2	0	0	3	6	6	0	9	0	27	0	0	.155	.221	.183	.404	-0.8	21
P	Milt Pappas	22	26	59	6	3	0	1	8	4	0	0	12	0	32	0	0	.102	.102	.203	.305	-1.0	-12
2B	Mark Grudzielanek	30	63	33	9	3	0	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	.273	.314	.364	.678	0.2	100
P	Joel Pineiro	29	42	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	-100
1B	Hal Trosky Sr	33	17	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-0.2	-26
P	Ossie Orwoll	27	33	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Carlos Torres	25	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Jack Taschner	31	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Neal Cotts	33	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
26 Players		25.1	1900	5457	1366	304	38	89	621	648	468	77	98	53	824	115	44	.250	.316	.369	.684	20.9	101
AL Rank				3	2	1	2	6	2	2	4	3	1	1	5	2	2	1	2	4	4	4
ABBA Rank				7	7	1	4	12	7	7	8	5	1	1	9	3	4	7	8	10	10	7

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Billy Pierce	27	33	33	20	9	0	2.18	268.7	184	71	65	17	77	237	0	20	6	.97	.236	7.6	160
Kevin Gross	25	32	32	16	13	0	3.33	243.0	198	105	90	23	98	121	0	11	2	1.22	.236	1.3	105
A J Burnett	34	32	32	12	14	0	3.53	239.7	224	102	94	20	114	158	0	8	3	1.41	.280	2.0	99
Luis Tiant, Jr.	26	32	32	11	12	0	3.26	237.3	192	94	86	34	60	172	0	12	3	1.06	.234	2.2	107
Milt Pappas	22	26	26	13	7	0	3.97	188.0	181	89	83	21	69	117	0	8	1	1.33	.272	1.3	88
Joel Pineiro	29	42	7	5	3	1	3.99	103.7	108	56	46	10	27	41	0	1	1	1.30	.278	0.3	87
Neal Cotts	33	35	0	2	4	8	3.48	54.3	43	24	21	4	22	29	1	0	0	1.20	.239	0.0	100
Ossie Orwoll	27	33	0	2	7	11	5.98	46.7	57	32	31	6	30	49	1	0	0	1.86	.372	-0.1	58
Joe Krakauskas	32	41	0	3	5	4	6.12	42.7	39	31	29	5	28	22	3	0	0	1.57	.262	-0.8	57
Jack Taschner	31	16	0	2	0	0	3.38	24.0	17	9	9	0	14	21	0	0	0	1.29	.254	0.4	103
Carlos Torres	25	9	0	0	0	0	2.70	13.3	10	4	4	1	10	13	0	0	0	1.50	.273	0.0	129
Skinny Graham	26	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	.000	0.0	0
Johnnie Heving	23	2	0	1	1	0	9.00	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.00	.000	-0.3	39
13 Pitchers	27.6	334	162	87	75	24	3.44	1464.3	1254	618	559	142	550	980	5	60	16	1.23	.257	13.8	108
AL Rank		4	1	3	4	6	4	4	2	4	4	5	6	2	5	2	2	4	1	5
ABBA Rank		10	1	3	9	11	5	7	3	5	5	5	11	4	11	2	2	5	2	10

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Pierce	33	33	20	21	0	44	3	.932	268.7	1.37	-1.0
K. Gross	32	32	17	29	2	47	1	.979	243.0	1.70	-0.4
A. Burnett	32	32	15	22	3	40	3	.925	239.7	1.39	0.1
L. Tiant, Jr.	32	32	11	21	1	34	2	.941	237.3	1.21	-1.5
M. Pappas	26	26	14	26	2	42	2	.952	188.0	1.91	-1.3
J. Pineiro	42	7	10	14	1	24	0	1.000	103.7	2.08	0.4
N. Cotts	35	0	3	8	0	12	1	.917	54.3	1.82	-0.6
O. Orwoll	32	0	2	6	1	8	0	1.000	46.7	1.54	-0.1
J. Krakauskas	40	0	11	11	0	22	0	1.000	42.7	4.64	0.5
J. Taschner	16	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	24.0	0.75	-0.1
C. Torres	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	13.3	0.00	-0.0
S. Graham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	-0.0
J. Heving	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	-0.0
Totals	331	162	104	159	10	275	12	.956	1464.3	1.62	-4.0

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
H. Danning	132	132	822	62	8	893	9	.990	1194.0	6.66	0.2	13	38.3
J. Heving	33	30	186	15	0	203	2	.990	270.3	6.69	-0.8	5	30.0
Totals	165	162	1008	77	8	1096	11	.990	1464.3	6.67	-0.6	18	36.8

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Hrbek	125	125	1060	86	84	1157	11	.990	1119.0	9.22	0.9
G. Scott	38	37	328	26	28	358	4	.989	336.3	9.47	-0.4
B. Russell	1	0	6	1	1	7	0	1.000	8.0	7.88	0.0
H. Trosky Sr	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.0	18.00	0.0
Totals	165	162	1396	113	113	1524	15	.990	1464.3	9.27	0.5

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Carew	106	106	225	276	62	505	4	.992	911.3	4.95	-0.4
B. Roberts	54	53	115	146	31	263	2	.992	462.0	5.08	0.3
M. Grudzielanek	46	2	15	24	6	40	1	.975	90.0	3.90	-0.2
B. Russell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	207	161	355	446	99	808	7	.991	1464.3	4.92	-0.3

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Burns	156	156	88	336	23	449	25	.944	1408.7	2.71	-0.0
B. Russell	9	6	2	11	0	13	0	1.000	55.7	2.10	0.2
Totals	165	162	90	347	23	462	25	.946	1464.3	2.69	0.1

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Schoendienst	137	136	163	354	70	532	15	.972	1169.7	3.98	-5.9
B. Russell	60	26	44	96	17	143	3	.979	280.7	4.49	-1.2
M. Grudzielanek	3	0	1	6	3	7	0	1.000	14.0	4.50	-0.0
Totals	200	162	208	456	90	682	18	.974	1464.3	4.08	-7.2

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Hendryx	130	126	286	4	1	295	5	.983	1090.7	2.39	-0.6
G. Anderson	66	36	105	5	2	113	3	.973	367.7	2.69	-0.5
P. O'Neill	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	6.0	1.50	-0.0
Totals	198	162	392	9	3	409	8	.980	1464.3	2.46	-1.1

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Barrett	156	156	427	12	2	447	8	.982	1392.7	2.84	0.7
G. Anderson	9	5	13	0	0	13	0	1.000	57.7	2.03	-1.1
T. Hendryx	3	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	13.0	2.08	-0.1
V. Guerrero	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	169	162	443	12	2	463	8	.983	1464.3	2.80	-0.5

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
P. O'Neill	108	107	260	4	2	266	2	.992	953.0	2.49	2.6
V. Guerrero	48	48	108	3	0	115	4	.965	438.0	2.28	0.3
G. Anderson	9	6	21	0	0	21	0	1.000	58.3	3.24	-1.9
T. Hendryx	3	1	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	12.3	2.19	-0.0
G. Scott	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	2.7	6.75	-0.0
Totals	170	162	393	8	2	407	6	.985	1464.3	2.46	1.0

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Kent Hrbek	.289
On-Base Percentage	Kent Hrbek	.372
Slugging Percentage	Kent Hrbek	.510
OPS	Kent Hrbek	.882
Games	George J Burns, Jimmy Barrett	156
At-Bats	George J Burns	644
Runs	George J Burns	103
Hits	George J Burns	168
Doubles	George J Burns	44
Triples	George J Burns, Tim Hendryx	6
Home Runs	Kent Hrbek	22
Runs Batted In	Kent Hrbek	92
Stolen Bases	George J Burns	51
Caught Stealing	Jimmy Barrett	11
Walks	Jimmy Barrett	74
Strikeouts	Jimmy Barrett	110

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Billy Pierce	20
Losses	A J Burnett	14
Saves	Ossie Orwoll	11
Games	Joel Pineiro	42
Games Started	Billy Pierce	33
Complete Games	Billy Pierce	20
Shutouts	Billy Pierce	6
Innings Pitched	Billy Pierce	268.7
Hits Allowed	A J Burnett	224
Home Runs Allowed	Luis Tiant, Jr.	34
Strikeouts	Billy Pierce	237
Walks Allowed	A J Burnett	114
Earned Run Average	Billy Pierce	2.18
Walks + Hits per IP	Billy Pierce	0.97
BABIP	Luis Tiant, Jr.	.234