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The 1963 season of the American League was the sixty-third season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Yankees	161	104	57	0	.646	-.-	714 (4.43)	547 (3.40)	0.252	0.307	0.403	3.07	0.982
2	Chicago White Sox	162	94	68	0	.580	10.5	683 (4.22)	544 (3.36)	0.250	0.321	0.365	2.97	0.979
3	Minnesota Twins	161	91	70	0	.565	13.0	767 (4.76)	602 (3.74)	0.255	0.322	0.430	3.28	0.976
4	Baltimore Orioles	162	86	76	0	.531	18.5	644 (3.98)	621 (3.83)	0.249	0.309	0.380	3.45	0.984
5	Detroit Tigers	162	79	83	0	.488	25.5	700 (4.32)	703 (4.34)	0.252	0.325	0.382	3.90	0.981
6	Cleveland Indians	162	79	83	0	.488	25.5	635 (3.92)	702 (4.33)	0.239	0.299	0.381	3.79	0.977
7	Boston Red Sox	161	76	85	0	.472	28.0	666 (4.14)	704 (4.37)	0.252	0.310	0.400	3.97	0.978
8	Kansas City Athletics	162	73	89	0	.451	31.5	615 (3.80)	704 (4.35)	0.247	0.313	0.353	3.92	0.980
9	Los Angeles Angels	161	70	91	0	.435	34.0	597 (3.71)	660 (4.10)	0.250	0.307	0.354	3.52	0.974
10	Washington Senators	162	56	106	0	.346	48.5	578 (3.57)	812 (5.01)	0.227	0.292	0.351	4.42	0.971

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	161
At Bats	Bobby Richardson	New York Yankees	630
Runs Scored	Bob Allison	Minnesota Twins	99
Hits	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	183
Doubles	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	40
Triples	Zoilo Versalles	Minnesota Twins	13
Home Runs	Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota Twins	45
Total Bases	Dick Stuart	Boston Red Sox	319
Runs Batted In	Dick Stuart	Boston Red Sox	118
Stolen Bases	Luis Aparicio	Baltimore Orioles	40
Caught Stealing	Albie Pearson	Los Angeles Angels	10
Walks	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	95
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	12
Hit by Pitch	Max Alvis	Cleveland Indians	10
Strikeouts	Dave Nicholson	Chicago White Sox	175
Sacrifice Hits	Vic Power	Minnesota Twins	13
Sacrifice Flies	Bubba Phillips	Detroit Tigers	10
Grounded into Double Plays	Frank Malzone Dick Stuart	Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox	24
Batting Average	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	0.321
On-Base Percentage	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	0.418
Slugging Percentage	Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota Twins	0.555
On-Base plus Slugging	Bob Allison	Minnesota Twins	0.911
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Bob Allison	Minnesota Twins	151

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Whitey Ford	New York Yankees	24
Losses	Orlando Pena	Kansas City Athletics	20
Win-Loss Percentage	Whitey Ford	New York Yankees	0.774
Appearances	Stu Miller	Baltimore Orioles	71
Games Started	Whitey Ford Ralph Terry	New York Yankees New York Yankees	37
Complete Games	Camilo Pascual Ralph Terry	Minnesota Twins New York Yankees	18
Shutouts	Ray Herbert	Chicago White Sox	7
Games Finished	Stu Miller	Baltimore Orioles	59
Saves	Stu Miller	Baltimore Orioles	27
Innings Pitched	Whitey Ford	New York Yankees	269.1
Batters Faced	Steve Barber	Baltimore Orioles	1096
Hits Allowed	Bill Monbouquette	Boston Red Sox	258
Home Runs Allowed	Jim Bunning	Detroit Tigers	38
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Earl Wilson	Boston Red Sox	105
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Stu Miller Dick Radatz	Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox	13
Hit Batsmen	Ken McBride	Los Angeles Angels	14
Strikeouts	Camilo Pascual	Minnesota Twins	202
Wild Pitches	Earl Wilson	Boston Red Sox	21
Balks	Jim Duckworth Bill Faul	Washington Senators Detroit Tigers	3
Runs Allowed	Jim Bunning Bill Monbouquette	Detroit Tigers Boston Red Sox	119
Earned Runs Allowed	Bill Monbouquette	Boston Red Sox	113
Earned Run Average	Gary Peters	Chicago White Sox	2.33
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Ralph Terry	New York Yankees	1.063

All-Star Game

The American League lost the thirty-fourth midsummer classic at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, OH on Tuesday, July 9, 1963 by a score of 5 to 3. The league's manager was Ralph Houk.

Postseason

In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees were defeated by the National League's Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 0.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Elston Howard, a catcher with the New York Yankees. In the award's voting, he had 248 out of a possible 280 points and 15 first place votes.

The winner of the Cy Young Award, given to the best pitcher in Major League Baseball irrespective of league, was Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers (NL). In the award's voting, he had 20 out of a possible 20 points and 20 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Gary Peters, a pitcher with the Chicago White Sox. In the award's voting, he had 10 out of a possible 20 points and 10 first place votes.

Gold Gloves

The following players won the Gold Glove Award, given to the league's best fielders as voted upon by sportswriters, at their respective position.

Position	Player	Team
P	Jim Kaat	Minnesota Twins
C	Elston Howard	New York Yankees
1B	Vic Power	Minnesota Twins
2B	Bobby Richardson	New York Yankees
3B	Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles
SS	Zoilo Versalles	Minnesota Twins
OF	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox
	Jim Landis	Chicago White Sox
	Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers

Hall of Fame Game

The twenty-first annual Hall of Fame Game was played on August 5 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the game, the American League's Boston Red Sox defeated the Milwaukee Braves of the National League by a score of 7 to 3.

Umpires

• Sam Carrigan
• Nestor Chylak
• Lou DiMuro
• Cal Drummond
• Red Flaherty
• Bill Haller
• Jim Honochick
• Eddie Hurley
• Bill Kinnamon
• Bill McKinley
• Larry Napp
• Joe Paparella
• John Rice
• Ed Runge
• Al Salerno
• Al Smith
• Hank Soar
• Johnny Stevens
• Bob Stewart
• Frank Umont
• Bill Valentine