1963 World Series - Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Yankees (4-0)

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1963 World Series (4-0): Los Angeles Dodgers (99-63) over New York Yankees (104-57)

1962 WS / 1964 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 2, 1963 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  4  1    0  0  0    0  0  0     5  9  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0     2  6  0

    PITCHERS: LAD - Koufax
              NYY - Ford, Williams (6), Hamilton (9)

               WP - Sandy Koufax
	       LP - Whitey Ford
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - Roseboro
              NYY - Tresh

  ATTENDANCE: 69,000

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 3, 1963 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          2  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0     4 10  1
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1     1  7  0

    PITCHERS: LAD - Podres, Perranoski (9)
              NYY - Downing, Terry (6), Reniff (9)

               WP - Johnny Podres
	       LP - Al Downing
             SAVE - Ron Perranoski

   HOME RUNS: LAD - Skowron
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 66,455

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 5, 1963 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  3  0
    Los Angeles Dodgers          1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  x     1  4  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Bouton, Reniff (8)
              LAD - Drysdale

               WP - Don Drysdale
	       LP - Jim Bouton
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              LAD - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,912

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 6, 1963 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     1  6  1
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  x     2  2  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Ford, Reniff (8)
              LAD - Koufax

               WP - Sandy Koufax
	       LP - Whitey Ford
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Mantle
              LAD - Howard

  ATTENDANCE: 55,912

Series MVP - Sandy Koufax

Series Batting Stats

Los Angeles Dodgers Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Tommy Davis	4	15	0	6	0	2	0	2	0	2	.400	.400	.667	1.067	1	0	146	556	69	181	16	88	15	.326	.816
Willie Davis	4	12	2	2	2	0	0	3	0	6	.167	.154	.333	.487	0	0	156	515	60	126	9	60	25	.245	.646
Don Drysdale	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	42	96	5	16	0	5	0	.167	.439
Ron Fairly	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000	.750	.000	.750	0	0	152	490	62	133	12	77	5	.271	.735
Jim Gilliam	4	13	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	.154	.313	.154	.466	0	1	148	525	77	148	6	49	19	.282	.737
Frank Howard	3	10	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	2	.300	.300	.700	1.000	0	0	123	417	58	114	28	64	1	.273	.848
Sandy Koufax	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	40	110	3	7	1	7	0	.064	.202
Ron Perranoski	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	69	24	1	3	0	0	0	.125	.317
Johnny Podres	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	37	64	6	9	1	8	0	.141	.366
John Roseboro	4	14	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	4	.143	.143	.357	.500	0	0	135	470	50	111	9	49	7	.236	.642
Bill Skowron	4	13	2	5	0	0	1	3	1	3	.385	.429	.615	1.044	0	0	89	237	19	48	4	19	0	.203	.539
Dick Tracewski	4	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.154	.214	.154	.368	0	0	104	217	23	49	1	10	2	.226	.545
Maury Wills	4	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	.133	.188	.133	.321	1	0	134	527	83	159	0	34	40	.302	.704
Totals	40	117	12	25	3	2	3	12	11	25	.214	.279	.350	.629	2	1	163	5428	640	1361	110		124	.251	.666

New York Yankees Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Yogi Berra	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	64	147	20	43	8	28	1	.293	.856
Johnny Blanchard	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	76	218	22	49	16	45	0	.225	.768
Jim Bouton	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	40	83	0	6	0	5	0	.072	.168
Clete Boyer	4	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.077	.143	.077	.220	0	0	152	557	59	140	12	54	4	.251	.657
Harry Bright	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*61	158	15	37	7	23	0	.234	.706
Al Downing	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	24	58	4	6	0	2	0	.103	.285
Whitey Ford	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	38	92	5	13	1	4	2	.141	.390
Steve Hamilton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*37	14	2	4	0	2	0	.286	.714
Elston Howard	4	15	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	135	487	75	140	28	85	0	.287	.869
Tony Kubek	4	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	.188	.188	.188	.375	0	0	135	557	72	143	7	44	4	.257	.637
Phil Linz	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	72	186	22	50	2	12	1	.269	.678
Hector Lopez	3	8	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	0	0	130	433	54	108	14	52	1	.249	.699
Mickey Mantle	4	15	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	5	.133	.188	.333	.521	0	0	65	172	40	54	15	35	2	.314	1.063
Roger Maris	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	90	312	53	84	23	53	1	.269	.887
Joe Pepitone	4	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	.154	.267	.154	.421	0	0	157	580	79	157	27	89	3	.271	.752
Hal Reniff	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	48	15	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.118
Bobby Richardson	4	14	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	3	.214	.267	.286	.552	0	0	151	630	72	167	3	48	15	.265	.624
Ralph Terry	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	40	87	2	7	0	3	0	.080	.180
Tom Tresh	4	15	1	3	0	0	1	2	1	6	.200	.250	.400	.650	0	0	145	520	91	140	25	71	3	.269	.857
Stan Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	29	49	2	5	0	5	0	.102	.317
Totals	50	129	4	22	3	0	2	4	5	37	.171	.207	.240	.448	0	0	161	5506	714	1387	188		42	.252	.711

Los Angeles Dodgers Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Don Drysdale	1	1	0.00	1	0	0	1	9.0	3	0	1	9	0.444	42	42	2.63	19	17	0	315.1	287	57	251	1.091
Sandy Koufax	2	2	1.50	2	0	0	2	18.0	12	3	3	23	0.833	40	40	1.88	25	5	0	311.0	214	58	306	0.875
Ron Perranoski	1	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	0.2	1	0	0	1	1.500	69	0	1.67	16	3	21	129.0	112	43	75	1.202
Johnny Podres	1	1	1.08	1	0	0	0	8.1	6	1	1	4	0.840	37	34	3.54	14	12	1	198.1	196	64	134	1.311
Totals	5	4	1.00	4	0	1	3	36.0	22	4	5	37	0.750	163	163	2.854	99	63		1469.2	1329	402	1095	1.178

New York Yankees Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Jim Bouton	1	1	1.29	0	1	0	0	7.0	4	1	5	4	1.286	40	30	2.53	21	7	1	249.1	191	87	148	1.115
Al Downing	1	1	5.40	0	1	0	0	5.0	7	3	1	6	1.600	24	22	2.56	13	5	0	175.2	114	80	171	1.104
Whitey Ford	2	2	4.50	0	2	0	0	12.0	10	6	3	8	1.083	38	37	2.74	24	7	1	269.1	240	56	189	1.099
Steve Hamilton	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0.000	*37	0	2.94	5	2	5	64.1	54	26	64	1.244
Hal Reniff	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	1	1	0.333	48	0	2.62	4	3	18	89.1	63	42	56	1.175
Ralph Terry	1	0	3.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	1.333	40	37	3.22	17	15	1	268.0	246	39	114	1.063
Stan Williams	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	5	0.333	29	21	3.21	9	8	0	146.0	137	57	98	1.329
Totals	10	4	2.91	0	4	0	0	34.0	25	11	11	25	1.059	161	161	3.075	104	57		1449.0	1239	476	965	1.184

1962 WS / 1964 WS

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