1963 Pacific Coast League

1963 > Class AAA > League History
Overall: 789 games, 10 teams, approx. 157 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1962 / 1964
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1962 / 1964

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1962 / 1964

League Standings

Regular Season

April 13, 1963 to September 8, 1963 · 158 games

North Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties	W-L%	GB
Spokane Indians	LAD	98	60	1	.620	--
Hawaii Islanders	LAA	81	77	1	.513	17
Tacoma Giants	SFG	79	79	0	.500	19
Portland Beavers	KCA	73	84	0	.465	24.5
Seattle Rainiers	BOS	68	90	0	.430	30

South Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Oklahoma City 89ers	HOU	84	74	.532	--
San Diego Padres	CIN	83	74	.529	0.5
Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers	MIN	79	79	.500	5
Salt Lake City Bees	CHC	73	85	.462	11
Denver Bears	MLN	71	87	.449	13

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Denver Bears	MLN	25.1	5.34	158	5956	5383	843	1512	252	64	173	808	53	32	448	975	.281	.338	.448	.786	2411	41	33	51	33
Hawaii Islanders	LAA	28.6	4.44	158	5923	5249	702	1403	195	27	132	648	44	34	563	1013	.267	.339	.390	.730	2048	31	39	41	40
Spokane Indians	LAD	24.9	4.44	158	6033	5332	702	1417	242	42	90	644	97	44	557	951	.266	.336	.378	.714	2013	27	84	33	63
Salt Lake City Bees	CHC	26.7	4.41	158	5735	5148	697	1364	223	56	83	640	91	43	478	1004	.265	.326	.378	.705	1948	17	40	52	32
Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers	MIN	26.3	4.28	158	5757	5207	677	1347	227	43	147	617	47	31	442	1004	.259	.319	.403	.723	2101	36	41	31	48
San Diego Padres	CIN	24.8	4.25	157	5803	5220	668	1319	233	36	159	620	69	33	442	924	.253	.316	.402	.719	2101	56	55	30	45
Oklahoma City 89ers	HOU	27.6	4.22	158	5694	5087	667	1320	227	53	135	634	45	28	473	1013	.259	.322	.405	.726	2058	18	67	49	33
Portland Beavers	KCA	25.7	4.18	157	5630	5070	657	1307	216	34	126	605	62	43	451	992	.258	.320	.388	.708	1969	29	40	40	39
Tacoma Giants	SFG	25.0	4.16	158	5857	5338	657	1396	178	35	106	597	46	17	392	912	.262	.313	.368	.681	1962	28	58	41	54
Seattle Rainiers	BOS	26.9	3.65	158	5642	5106	577	1263	195	44	93	521	52	35	422	858	.247	.305	.357	.663	1825	22	51	41	46
League Totals		26.2	4.34	1578	58030	52140	6847	13648	2188	434	1244	6334	606	340	4668	9646	.262	.324	.392	.716	20436	305	508	409	433

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	G	GS
Hawaii Islanders	LAA	27.3		81	77	.513	158	158
Spokane Indians	LAD	23.9		98	60	.620	158	158
Tacoma Giants	SFG	25.6		79	79	.500	158	158
Seattle Rainiers	BOS	24.4		68	90	.430	158	158
Oklahoma City 89ers	HOU	28.3		84	74	.532	158	158
Denver Bears	MLN	26.5		71	87	.449	158	158
Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers	MIN	25.6		79	79	.500	158	158
Portland Beavers	KCA	23.1		73	84	.465	157	157
Salt Lake City Bees	CHC	25.9		73	85	.462	158	158
San Diego Padres	CIN	25.6		83	74	.529	157	157
League Totals		25.6	0.00	789	789	.500	1578	1578

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	Managers
San Diego Padres	CIN	157	4085	1606	154	134	.974	12	Don Heffner
Tacoma Giants	SFG	158	4110	1683	164	152	.972	12	Andy Gilbert
Oklahoma City 89ers	HOU	158	3977	1654	161	135	.972	18	Grady Hatton and Cot Deal
Spokane Indians	LAD	158	4210	1611	173	138	.971	19	Danny Ozark
Seattle Rainiers	BOS	158	4002	1594	165	122	.971	20	Mel Parnell
Portland Beavers	KCA	157	3938	1520	166	147	.970	23	Les Peden and Danny Carnevale
Hawaii Islanders	LAA	158	4062	1759	188	150	.969	27	Irv Noren
Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers	MIN	158	4023	1557	186	125	.968	13	Jack McKeon
Salt Lake City Bees	CHC	158	3945	1692	191	122	.967	18	El Tappe
Denver Bears	MLN	158	4027	1602	210	159	.964	15	Jack Tighe
League Totals		1578	40379	16278	1758	1384	.970	177

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