1963 Los Angeles Dodgers season

1963 Los Angeles Dodgers
1963 World Series Champions National League champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Dodger Stadium (since 1962)
Los Angeles (since 1958)
Other information
Owner(s)	Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey
General manager(s)	Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s)	Walter Alston
Local television	KTTV (11)
Local radio	KFI Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett KWKW Jose Garcia, Jaime Jarrín
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The 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers were led by pitcher Sandy Koufax, who won both the Cy Young Award and the Most Valuable Player Award. The team went 99–63 to win the National League title by six games over the runner-up St. Louis Cardinals and beat the New York Yankees in four games to win the 1963 World Series, marking the first time that the Yankees were ever swept in the postseason.

Offseason

October 14, 1962: Norm Sherry and Dick Smith was purchased from the Dodgers by the New York Mets.^[1]
November 26, 1962: Stan Williams was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Yankees for Bill Skowron.^[2]
November 30, 1962: Tim Harkness and Larry Burright were traded by the Dodgers to the New York Mets for Bob Miller.^[3]
January 24, 1963: Scott Breeden (minors) was traded by the Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds for Don Zimmer.^[4]
April 1, 1963: Duke Snider was purchased from the Dodgers by the New York Mets.^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	99	63	0.611	—	50–31	49–32
St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	0.574	6	53–28	40–41
San Francisco Giants	88	74	0.543	11	50–31	38–43
Philadelphia Phillies	87	75	0.537	12	45–36	42–39
Cincinnati Reds	86	76	0.531	13	46–35	40–41
Milwaukee Braves	84	78	0.519	15	45–36	39–42
Chicago Cubs	82	80	0.506	17	43–38	39–42
Pittsburgh Pirates	74	88	0.457	25	42–39	32–49
Houston Colt .45s	66	96	0.407	33	44–37	22–59
New York Mets	51	111	0.315	48	34–47	17–64

Record vs. opponents

1963 National League Records Sources:
Team	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Chicago	—	9–9	9–9	7–11	12–6	11–7	9–9	8–10	10–8	7–11
Cincinnati	9–9	—	11–7	8–10	10–8	10–8	8–10	11–7	8–10	11–7
Houston	9–9	7–11	—	5–13	5–13	13–5	8–10	6–12	8–10	5–13
Los Angeles	11–7	10–8	13–5	—	8–10–1	16–2	7–11	13–5	9–9	12–6
Milwaukee	6–12	8–10	13–5	10–8–1	—	12–6	10–8	7–11	10–8	8–10
New York	7–11	8–10	5–13	2–16	6–12	—	8–10	4–14	6–12	5–13
Philadelphia	9–9	10–8	10–8	11–7	8–10	10–8	—	13–5	8–10	8–10
Pittsburgh	10–8	7–11	12–6	5–13	11–7	14–4	5–13	—	5–13	5–13
San Francisco	8–10	10–8	10–8	9–9	8–10	12–6	10–8	13–5	—	8–10
St. Louis	11–7	7–11	13–5	6–12	10–8	13–5	10–8	13–5	10–8	—

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day starters
Name	Position
Maury Wills	Shortstop
Nate Oliver	Second baseman
Willie Davis	Center fielder
Tommy Davis	Left fielder
Bill Skowron	First baseman
Johnny Roseboro	Catcher
Ron Fairly	Right fielder
Ken McMullen	Third baseman
Don Drysdale	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

June 24, 1963: Don Zimmer was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators.^[4]
July 20, 1963: Ed Roebuck was traded by the Dodgers to the Washington Senators for Marv Breeding.^[6]

Roster

1963 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster

Pitchers

23 Dick Calmus

53 Don Drysdale

32 Sandy Koufax

15 Bob Miller

17 Phil Ortega

16 Ron Perranoski

22 Johnny Podres

45 Pete Richert

37 Ed Roebuck

39 Ken Rowe

20 Dick Scott

51 Larry Sherry

41 Jack Smith

28 Nick Willhite

Catchers

35 Doug Camilli

8 Johnny Roseboro

Infielders

23 Marv Breeding

6 Ron Fairly

19 Jim Gilliam

26 Derrell Griffith

11 Ken McMullen

5 Dick Nen

29 Nate Oliver

14 Bill Skowron

20 Daryl Spencer

44 Dick Tracewski

30 Maury Wills

23 Don Zimmer

Outfielders

12 Tommy Davis

3 Willie Davis

20 Al Ferrara

25 Frank Howard

9 Wally Moon

7 Lee Walls

Other batters

36 Roy Gleason

Manager

24 Walter Alston

Coaches

33 Joe Becker

2 Leo Durocher

31 Greg Mulleavy

27 Pete Reiser

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	Roseboro, JohnnyJohnny Roseboro	135	470	111	.236	9	49
1B	Fairly, RonRon Fairly	152	490	133	.271	12	77
2B	Gilliam, JimJim Gilliam	148	525	148	.282	6	49
3B	McMullen, KenKen McMullen	79	233	55	.236	5	28
SS	Wills, MauryMaury Wills	134	527	159	.302	0	34
LF	Davis, TommyTommy Davis	146	556	181	.326	16	88
CF	Davis, WillieWillie Davis	156	515	126	.245	9	60
RF	Howard, FrankFrank Howard	123	417	114	.273	28	64

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
Skowron, BillBill Skowron	89	237	48	.203	4	19
Zimmer, DonDon Zimmer	22	23	5	.217	1	2

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
Drysdale, DonDon Drysdale	42	315.1	19	17	2.63	251
Koufax, SandySandy Koufax	40	311	25	5	1.88	306

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
Miller, BobBob Miller	42	187	10	8	2.89	125

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
Calmus, DickDick Calmus	21	3	1	0	2.66	25

Game log

1963 Game Log

April
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 9	@ Cubs	5–1	Drysdale (1–0)	Jackson (0–1)		18,589	1–0
2	April 10	@ Cubs	2–1	Koufax (1–0)	Buhl (0–1)		2,673	2–0
3	April 11	@ Cubs	2–0	Ellsworth (1–0)	Podres (0–1)		3,735	2–1
4	April 12	@ Colt .45s	2 – 1 (12)	Farrell (1–1)	Roebuck (0–1)		12,044	2–2
5	April 13	@ Colt .45s	3–1	Drysdale (2–0)	Brunet (0–1)		15,164	3–2
6	April 14	@ Colt .45s	5–4	Nottebart (1–0)	Koufax (1–1)	McMahon (1)	10,180	3–3
7	April 16	Cubs	2 – 1 (12)	McDaniel (1–0)	Roebuck (0–2)	Schultz (1)	33,758	3–4
8	April 17	Cubs	1 – 0 (10)	Perranoski (1–0)	Ellsworth (1–1)		15,617	4–4
9	April 18	Cubs	5–1	Hobbie (1–0)	Drysdale (2–1)	Elston (1)	16,412	4–5
10	April 19	Colt .45s	2–0	Koufax (2–1)	Farrell (1–2)		15,654	5–5
11	April 20	Colt. 45s	9–6	Nottebart (2–0)	Podres (0–2)	McMahon (3)	17,110	5–6
12	April 21	Colt .45s	11–3	Miller (1–0)	Cardinal (0–1)	Perranoski (1)		6–6
13	April 21	Colt .45s	6–5	Roebuck (1–2)	Brunet (0–3)		33,196	7–6
14	April 22	Braves	10–2	Hendley (2–1)	Drysdale (2–2)		18,795	7–7
15	April 23	Braves	2–1	Perranoski (2–0)	Raymond (2–2)		20,298	8–7
16	April 24	Reds	7–0	Podres (1–2)	Owens (0–1)		19,089	9–7
17	April 25	Reds	7–1	Miller (2–0)	Jay (0–4)		17,067	10–7
18	April 26	Cardinals	8–7	Bauta (1–1)	Perranoski (2–1)	Shantz (1)	24,959	10–8
19	April 27	Cardinals	3–0	Washburn (4–0)	Sherry (0–1)		33,949	10–9
20	April 28	Cardinals	9–5	Broglio (3–0)	Podres (1–3)	Taylor (1)	36,245	10–10
21	April 29	@ Mets	4–2	Craig (2–2)	Miller (2–1)		23,494	10–11

May
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
22	May 2	@ Phillies	3–2	Perranoski (3–1)	Mahaffey (2–3)		11,288	11–11
23	May 3	@ Pirates	13–2	McBean (2–1)	Sherry (0–2)		16,960	11–12
24	May 4	@ Pirates	5–0	Schwall (2–0)	Miller (2–2)		12,037	11–13
25	May 5	@ Pirates	7–3	Perranoski (4–1)	Law (0–1)		18,743	12–13
26	May 6	@ Pirates	7–4	Gibbon (2–0)	Drysdale (2–3)	Face (4)	5,376	12–14
27	May 7	@ Cardinals	11–1	Koufax (3–1)	Washburn (5–1)	Rowe (1)	16,609	13–14
28	May 8	@ Cardinals	11–5	Perranoski (5–1)	Shantz (1–2)	Scott (1)	10,918	14–14
29	May 9	@ Cardinals	10–7	Gibson (1–1)	Richert (0–1)	Fanok (1)	10,762	14–15
30	May 10	Giants	2–1	Drysdale (3–3)	Sanford (5–2)		50,407	15–15
31	May 11	Giants	8–0	Koufax (4–1)	Marichal (4–3)		49,807	16–15
32	May 12	Giants	6–5	Calmus (1–0)	Fisher (3–3)	Perranoski (2)	43,964	17–15
33	May 14	Phillies	5–1	McLish (1–2)	Drysdale (3–4)		19,294	17–16
34	May 15	Phillies	3 – 2 (12)	Koufax (5–1)	Klippstein (1–2)		20,512	18–16
35	May 16	Pirates	1–0	Podres (2–3)	Schwall (2–2)		21,287	19–16
36	May 17	Pirates	9–3	Miller (3–2)	Gibbon (2–1)	Scott (2)	34,216	20–16
37	May 18	Pirates	6–4	Drysdale (4–4)	Law (1–2)		21,140	21–16
38	May 19	Mets	1–0	Koufax (6–1)	Craig (2–6)			22–16
39	May 19	Mets	4 – 2 (13)	Perranoski (6–1)	MacKenzie (3–1)		42,541	23–16
40	May 21	Mets	4–2	Podres (3–3)	Cisco (1–4)		21,108	24–16
41	May 22	Mets	7–3	Drysdale (5–4)	Willey (4–3)		22,714	25–16
42	May 24	@ Giants	7–1	Marichal (6–3)	Koufax (6–2)		40,676	25–17
43	May 25	@ Giants	6–2	O'Dell (7–0)	Podres (3–4)	Larsen (1)	39,858	25–18
44	May 26	@ Giants	4 – 3 (10)	Drysdale (6–4)	Larsen (0–2)		41,668	26–18
45	May 28	@ Braves	7–0	Koufax (7–2)	Lemaster (2–3)		4,573	27–18
46	May 29	@ Braves	3–3				11,968	27–18
47	May 30	@ Braves	7–4	Spahn (7–3)	Drysdale (6–5)	Raymond (3)	12,403	27–19
48	May 31	@ Reds	7–4	Maloney (7–2)	Roebuck (1–3)	Worthington (4)	14,171	27–20

June
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
49	June 1	@ Reds	1–0	Jay (2–8)	Koufax (7–3)		23,737	27–21
50	June 2	@ Reds	5–2	O'Toole (9–3)	Podres (3–5)	Henry (5)	18,682	27–22
51	June 3	@ Colt .45s	2–1	Farrell (5–6)	Drysdale (6–6)		15,659	27–23
52	June 4	@ Colt. 45s	2–1	Miller (4–2)	Drott (2–3)	Perranoski (3)	10,429	28–23
53	June 5	@ Colt. 45s	5–1	Koufax (8–3)	Johnson (3–8)		15,365	29–23
54	June 7	@ Cubs	4–1	Drysdale (7–6)	Toth (1–3)		12,741	30–23
55	June 8	@ Cubs	9–5	Perranoski (7–1)	Elston (2–1)		26,577	31–23
56	June 9	@ Cubs	11–8	Sherry (1–2)	Ellsworth (8–4)		35,743	32–23
57	June 10	Giants	7–3	Larsen (1–3)	Perranoski (7–2)		52,993	32–24
58	June 11	Giants	3–0	Marichal (9–3)	Drysdale (7–7)		53,436	32–25
59	June 12	Colt .45s	9–1	Podres (4–5)	Nottebart (5–4)		17,389	33–25
60	June 13	Colt .45s	3–0	Koufax (9–3)	Bruce (3–4)		21,873	34–25
61	June 14	Cubs	4–1	Hobbie (2–5)	Miller (4–3)		32,648	34–26
62	June 15	Cubs	4–1	Drysdale (8–7)	Jackson (7–6)		22,179	35–26
63	June 16	Cubs	8–3	Buhl (6–5)	Podres (4–6)			35–27
64	June 16	Cubs	2–0	Willhite (1–0)	Toth (1–4)		45,239	36–27
65	June 17	@ Giants	2–0	Koufax (10–3)	O'Dell (9–3)		36,818	37–27
66	June 18	@ Giants	9–3	Sanford (9–5)	Miller (4–4)		37,780	37–28
67	June 19	@ Giants	8–3	Marichal (11–3)	Drysdale (8–8)	Pierce (3)	41,384	37–29
68	June 21	@ Cardinals	5–3	Koufax (11–3)	Simmons (7–3)	Perranoski (4)	28,423	38–29
69	June 22	@ Cardinals	2–1	Gibson (6–3)	Willhite (1–1)	Taylor (4)	20,875	38–30
70	June 23	@ Cardinals	4–3	Miller (5–4)	Broglio (8–3)	Perranoski (5)	26,553	39–30
71	June 24	@ Reds	5–4	Drysdale (9–8)	Jay (3–11)	Perranoski (6)	17,273	40–30
72	June 25	@ Reds	4–1	Koufax (12–3)	O'Toole (13–4)		22,831	41–30
73	June 26	@ Reds	5–2	Perranoski (8–2)	Maloney (11–3)		19,122	42–30
74	June 28	Braves	1–0	Spahn (11–3)	Drysdale (9–9)		44,894	42–31
75	June 29	Braves	6 – 5 (11)	Perranoski (9–2)	Shaw (3–6)		44,075	43–31
76	June 30	Braves	7–0	Cloninger (4–4)	Willhite (1–2)		29,953	43–32

July
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
77	July 1	Braves	2–1	Podres (5–6)	Sadowski (0–2)		21,603	44–32
78	July 2	Cardinals	1–0	Drysdale (10–9)	Simmons (7–4)		39,824	45–32
79	July 3	Cardinals	5–0	Koufax (13–3)	Gibson (7–4)		51,898	46–32
80	July 4	Cardinals	10–7	Roebuck (2–3)	Broglio (9–4)	Perranoski (7)	30,726	47–32
81	July 5	Reds	1–0	Podres (6–6)	O'Toole (13–6)		35,536	48–32
82	July 6	Reds	3–1	Maloney (13–3)	Drysdale (10–10)		27,793	48–33
83	July 7	Reds	4–0	Koufax (14–3)	Purkey (3–5)			49–33
84	July 7	Reds	3–1	Willhite (2–2)	Tsitouris (4–3)	Perranoski (8)	53,856	50–33
85	July 10	@ Mets	1–0	Podres (7–6)	Willey (6–8)		17,106	51–33
86	July 11	@ Mets	4–3	Drysdale (11–10)	Craig (2–14)	Perranoski (9)	23,890	52–33
87	July 12	@ Mets	6–0	Koufax (15–3)	Jackson (6–10)		34,889	53–33
88	July 13	@ Mets	11–2	Miller (6–4)	Stallard (3–7)		21,461	54–33
89	July 14	@ Phillies	3 – 2 (6)	Podres (8–6)	McLish (9–5)		23,542	55–33
90	July 15	@ Phillies	5 – 4 (11)	Baldschun (7–4)	Roebuck (2–4)		19,488	55–34
91	July 16	@ Phillies	5–2	Koufax (16–3)	Mahaffey (6–10)			56–34
92	July 16	@ Phillies	10–2	Green (2–3)	Willhite (2–3)		35,353	56–35
93	July 17	@ Pirates	3–2	Miller (7–4)	Law (4–4)	Perranoski (10)	16,658	57–35
94	July 18	@ Pirates	10–5	Podres (9–6)	Francis (3–4)	Sherry (1)	15,883	58–35
95	July 19	@ Braves	4–2	Drysdale (12–10)	Hendley (5–6)		18,547	59–35
96	July 20	@ Braves	5–4	Perranoski (10–2)	Raymond (4–5)		11,804	60–35
97	July 21	@ Braves	7–2	Sadowski (1–4)	Miller (7–5)	Shaw (7)		60–36
98	July 21	@ Braves	13–7	Cloninger (7–6)	Sherry (1–3)		28,534	60–37
99	July 23	Pirates	6–0	Podres (10–6)	Friend (11–9)		33,167	61–37
100	July 24	Pirates	5–1	Drysdale (13–10)	Francis (3–5)		30,462	62–37
101	July 25	Pirates	6–2	Sisk (1–0)	Koufax (16–4)		41,154	62–38
102	July 26	Phillies	6–5	Short (3–8)	Miller (7–6)	Baldschun (11)	30,589	62–39
103	July 27	Phillies	4–1	Bennett (3–0)	Podres (10–7)	Klippstein (6)	36,262	62–40
104	July 28	Phillies	7–4	Boozer (2–2)	Drysdale (13–11)		32,996	62–41
105	July 29	Phillies	6–2	Koufax (17–4)	McLish (10–6)		32,835	63–41
106	July 30	Mets	5–1	Stallard (4–9)	Miller (7–7)		24,515	63–42
107	July 31	Mets	5–3	Richert (1–1)	Craig (2–19)	Perranoski (11)	24,589	64–42

August
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
108	August 2	@ Colt .45s	4–1	Farrell (9–8)	Drysdale (13–12)		13,054	64–43
109	August 3	@ Colt .45s	2–0	Koufax (18–4)	Bruce (5–8)		25,473	65–43
110	August 4	@ Colt .45s	4–0	Podres (11–7)	Johnson (6–15)	Sherry (2)	14,237	66–43
111	August 6	@ Cubs	4–1	Drysdale (14–12)	Jackson (12–10)		15,276	67–43
112	August 7	@ Cubs	3 – 1 (11)	Perranoski (11–2)	McDaniel (7–5)		27,184	68–43
113	August 8	@ Cubs	5 – 4 (10)	McDaniel (8–5)	Sherry (1–4)		16,408	68–44
114	August 9	@ Reds	8–4	Nuxhall (10–5)	Podres (11–8)	Worthington (7)	18,178	68–45
115	August 10	@ Reds	10–3	Drysdale (15–12)	Purkey (5–8)		29,034	69–45
116	August 11	@ Reds	9–4	O'Toole (15–9)	Koufax (18–5)	Worthington (8)	26,195	69–46
117	August 13	@ Braves	4–3	Spahn (14–5)	Miller (7–8)		13,529	69–47
118	August 14	@ Braves	5–3	Sadowski (2–5)	Drysdale (15–13)	Lemaster (1)	13,429	69–48
119	August 15	@ Braves	7–5	Perranoski (12–2)	Fischer (4–3)		13,425	70–48
120	August 16	@ Mets	9–7	Perranoski (13–2)	Bearnarth (2–4)	Miller (1)	31,405	71–48
121	August 17	@ Mets	3–2	Koufax (19–5)	Stallard (6–11)	Perranoski (12)	21,841	72–48
122	August 18	@ Mets	7–0	Drysdale (16–13)	Jackson (8–15)			73–48
123	August 18	@ Mets	3–2	Calmus (2–0)	Willey (7–11)		46,184	74–48
124	August 20	Cardinals	7–5	Miller (8–8)	Burdette (8–10)		50,122	75–48
125	August 21	Cardinals	2 – 1 (16)	Sherry (2–4)	Taylor (7–5)		54,125	76–48
126	August 22	Cardinals	3–2	Broglio (14–8)	Drysdale (16–14)	Jones (2)	48,569	76–49
127	August 23	Braves	6–1	Spahn (16–5)	Calmus (2–1)		36,013	76–50
128	August 24	Braves	2–1	Lemaster (10–8)	Podres (11–9)	Shaw (12)	36,479	76–51
129	August 25	Braves	2–1	Miller (9–8)	Shaw (5–10)		32,137	77–51
130	August 26	Reds	3–1	O'Toole (16–11)	Drysdale (16–15)		36,694	77–52
131	August 27	Reds	3–2	Richert (2–1)	Purkey (6–9)	Perranoski (13)	28,070	78–52
132	August 28	Reds	9–5	Maloney (19–6)	Podres (11–10)	Jay (1)	28,921	78–53
133	August 29	Giants	11–1	Koufax (20–5)	Pierce (3–10)		54,978	79–53
134	August 30	Giants	3–1	Drysdale (17–15)	Marichal (19–8)		54,843	80–53
135	August 31	Giants	4 – 3 (12)	Larsen (6–5)	Sherry (2–5)		54,858	80–54

September
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
136	September 1	Giants	5–3	Calmus (3–1)	Larsen (6–6)	Podres (1)	54,263	81–54
137	September 2	Colt .45s	7–3	Koufax (21–5)	Farrell (10–12)			82–54
138	September 2	Colt .45s	7–1	Podres (12–10)	Zachary (0–2)	Perranoski (14)	39,378	83–54
139	September 3	Colt .45s	4 – 3 (10)	Perranoski (14–2)	Farrell (10–13)		23,235	84–54
140	September 4	Cubs	2 – 1 (11)	McDaniel (11–6)	Rowe (0–1)		21,840	84–55
141	September 5	Cubs	4–0	Richert (3–1)	Buhl (9–13)	Sherry (3)	35,256	85–55
142	September 6	@ Giants	5–2	Koufax (22–5)	O'Dell (12–7)	Perranoski (15)	38,161	86–55
143	September 7	@ Giants	5–3	Marichal (21–8)	Drysdale (17–16)		36,879	86–56
144	September 8	@ Giants	5–4	Larsen (7–6)	Perranoski (14–3)		38,569	86–57
145	September 10	@ Pirates	4–2	Koufax (23–5)	Cardwell (13–14)		11,152	87–57
146	September 11	@ Pirates	9–4	Richert (4–1)	Veale (2–2)	Perranoski (16)	8,514	88–57
147	September 12	@ Pirates	5–3	Podres (13–10)	Friend (16–15)	Perranoski (17)	2,644	89–57
148	September 13	@ Phillies	3–2	Short (7–11)	Sherry (2–6)			89–58
149	September 13	@ Phillies	2–1	Perranoski (15–3)	Bennett (8–4)		26,024	90–58
150	September 14	@ Phillies	5–1	Richert (5–1)	Boozer (2–4)		10,410	91–58
151	September 15	@ Phillies	6–1	Green (6–4)	Drysdale (17–17)		16,796	91–59
152	September 16	@ Cardinals	3–1	Podres (14–10)	Shantz (6–4)	Perranoski (18)	32,442	92–59
153	September 17	@ Cardinals	4–0	Koufax (24–5)	Simmons (15–8)		30,450	93–59
154	September 18	@ Cardinals	6 – 5 (13)	Perranoski (16–3)	Burdette (9–12)		25,975	94–59
155	September 20	Pirates	2–0	Drysdale (18–17)	Schwall (6–12)		40,476	95–59
156	September 21	Pirates	5–3	Miller (10–8)	Sisk (1–1)		48,038	96–59
157	September 22	Pirates	4–0	Veale (4–2)	Podres (14–11)	Face (16)	36,878	96–60
158	September 24	Mets	4–1	Drysdale (19–17)	Stallard (6–17)	Perranoski (19)	27,988	97–60
159	September 25	Mets	1–0	Koufax (25–5)	Craig (5–22)	Perranoski (20)	24,181	98–60
160	September 26	Mets	5–4	Rowe (1–1)	Cisco (7–15)	Perranoski (21)	18,546	99–60
161	September 27	Phillies	5–3	Boozer (3–4)	Richert (5–2)	Duren (2)	34,689	99–61
162	September 28	Phillies	12–3	Bennett (9–5)	Podres (14–12)		37,212	99–62
163	September 29	Phillies	3–1	Short (9–12)	Richert (5–3)		19,237	99–63

1963 World Series

Main article: 1963 World Series

Game 1

October 2, 1963, at Yankee Stadium in New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (N)	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	0
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	0
W: Sandy Koufax (1–0) L: Whitey Ford (0–1)
HR: LAD – Johnny Roseboro (1) NYY – Tom Tresh (1)

Game 2

October 3, 1963, at Yankee Stadium in New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (N)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	10	1
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	0
W: Johnny Podres (1–0) L: Al Downing (0–1) S: Ron Perranoski (1)
HR: LAD – Bill Skowron (1)

Game 3

October 5, 1963, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Los Angeles (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	x	1	4	1
W: Don Drysdale (1–0) L: Jim Bouton (0–1)

Game 4

October 6, 1963, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	1
Los Angeles (N)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	1
W: Sandy Koufax (2–0) L: Whitey Ford (0–2)
HR: NYY – Mickey Mantle (1) LAD – Frank Howard (1)

Awards and honors

Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax

All-Stars

1963 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Tommy Davis starter
- Don Drysdale reserve
- Sandy Koufax reserve
- Maury Wills reserve^[7]

Sporting News

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Spokane Indians	Pacific Coast League	Danny Ozark
AA	Albuquerque Dukes	Texas League	Clay Bryant
A	Great Falls Electrics	Pioneer League	Al Ronning
A	Salem Dodgers	Northwest League	Stan Wasiak
A	Salisbury Dodgers	Western Carolinas League	George Scherger
A	Santa Barbara Rancheros	California League	James B. Williams
A	St. Petersburg Saints	Florida State League	Roy Hartsfield

Notes

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Los Angeles Dodgers 1963 World Series Champions

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