1963 Boston Red Sox season
The 1963 Boston Red Sox season was the 63rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished seventh in the American League with a record of 76 wins and 85 losses, 28 games behind the AL champion New York Yankees.Offseason
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
C | | 96 | 307 | 69 | .225 | 8 | 32 |
1B | | 157 | 612 | 160 | .261 | 42 | 118 |
2B | | 146 | 576 | 135 | .234 | 8 | 33 |
3B | | 151 | 580 | 169 | .291 | 15 | 71 |
SS | | 140 | 497 | 129 | .260 | 20 | 60 |
LF | | 151 | 570 | 183 | .321 | 14 | 68 |
CF | | 121 | 399 | 105 | .263 | 16 | 44 |
RF | | 148 | 560 | 130 | .232 | 22 | 77 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| 111 | 357 | 81 | .227 | 11 | 39 |
| 98 | 287 | 77 | .268 | 5 | 30 |
| 66 | 178 | 56 | .315 | 6 | 15 |
| 79 | 136 | 35 | .257 | 2 | 12 |
| 36 | 84 | 16 | .190 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | 16 | 1 | .063 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 37 | 266.2 | 20 | 10 | 3.81 | 173 |
| 37 | 210.2 | 11 | 16 | 3.76 | 123 |
| 29 | 174.2 | 10 | 13 | 3.81 | 136 |
| 20 | 124.2 | 4 | 9 | 4.26 | 77 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 11 | 41.1 | 1 | 4 | 6.10 | 35 |
| 9 | 40.2 | 3 | 4 | 6.64 | 14 |
| 6 | 32.0 | 1 | 2 | 4.50 | 23 |
| 6 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 6 |
| 9 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 5 |
| 7 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 13.09 | 6 |
| 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 3 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| 66 | 15 | 6 | 23 | 1.97 | 162 |
| 65 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3.15 | 93 |
| 53 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4.75 | 97 |
| 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.76 | 28 |
| 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4.78 | 27 |
Awards and honors
;All-Star Game
- Bill Monbouquette, reserve P
- Carl Yastrzemski, reserve OF
Farm system