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The 1963 season of the National League was the eighty-eighth 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	Los Angeles Dodgers	163	99	63	1	.607	-.-	640 (3.93)	550 (3.37)	0.251	0.308	0.357	2.85	0.975
2	St. Louis Cardinals	162	93	69	0	.574	6.0	747 (4.61)	628 (3.88)	0.271	0.326	0.403	3.32	0.976
3	San Francisco Giants	162	88	74	0	.543	11.0	725 (4.48)	641 (3.96)	0.258	0.313	0.414	3.35	0.975
4	Philadelphia Phillies	162	87	75	0	.537	12.0	642 (3.96)	578 (3.57)	0.252	0.303	0.381	3.09	0.978
5	Cincinnati Reds	162	86	76	0	.531	13.0	648 (4.00)	594 (3.67)	0.246	0.307	0.371	3.29	0.978
6	Milwaukee Braves	163	84	78	1	.515	15.0	677 (4.15)	603 (3.70)	0.244	0.309	0.370	3.27	0.980
7	Chicago Cubs	162	82	80	0	.506	17.0	570 (3.52)	578 (3.57)	0.238	0.295	0.363	3.08	0.976
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	74	88	0	.457	25.0	567 (3.50)	595 (3.67)	0.250	0.307	0.359	3.10	0.972
9	Houston Colt .45's	162	66	96	0	.407	31.0	464 (2.86)	640 (3.95)	0.220	0.281	0.301	3.44	0.974
10	New York Mets	162	51	111	0	.315	48.0	501 (3.09)	774 (4.78)	0.219	0.281	0.315	4.12	0.967

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Vada Pinson Ron Santo Bill White	Cincinnati Reds Chicago Cubs St. Louis Cardinals	162
At Bats	Curt Flood	St. Louis Cardinals	662
Runs Scored	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	121
Hits	Vada Pinson	Cincinnati Reds	204
Doubles	Dick Groat	St. Louis Cardinals	43
Triples	Vada Pinson	Cincinnati Reds	14
Home Runs	Hank Aaron Willie McCovey	Milwaukee Braves San Francisco Giants	44
Total Bases	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	370
Runs Batted In	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	130
Stolen Bases	Maury Wills	Los Angeles Dodgers	40
Caught Stealing	Maury Wills	Los Angeles Dodgers	19
Walks	Eddie Mathews	Milwaukee Braves	124
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Frank Robinson	Cincinnati Reds	20
Hit by Pitch	Frank Robinson	Cincinnati Reds	14
Strikeouts	Donn Clendenon	Pittsburgh Pirates	136
Sacrifice Hits	Frank Bolling	Milwaukee Braves	17
Sacrifice Flies	Ron Santo	Chicago Cubs	11
Grounded into Double Plays	Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh Pirates	24
Batting Average	Tommy Davis	Los Angeles Dodgers	0.326
On-Base Percentage	Eddie Mathews	Milwaukee Braves	0.399
Slugging Percentage	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	0.586
On-Base plus Slugging	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	0.977
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	179

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Sandy Koufax Juan Marichal	Los Angeles Dodgers San Francisco Giants	25
Losses	Roger Craig	New York Mets	22
Win-Loss Percentage	Ron Perranoski	Los Angeles Dodgers	0.842
Appearances	Ron Perranoski	Los Angeles Dodgers	69
Games Started	Don Drysdale Jack Sanford	Los Angeles Dodgers San Francisco Giants	42
Complete Games	Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves	22
Shutouts	Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers	11
Games Finished	Lindy McDaniel	Chicago Cubs	48
Saves	Lindy McDaniel	Chicago Cubs	22
Innings Pitched	Juan Marichal	San Francisco Giants	321.1
Batters Faced	Juan Marichal	San Francisco Giants	1270
Hits Allowed	Don Drysdale	Los Angeles Dodgers	287
Home Runs Allowed	Denny Lemaster	Milwaukee Braves	30
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Ray Culp	Philadelphia Phillies	102
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Joe Gibbon	Pittsburgh Pirates	15
Hit Batsmen	Don Cardwell	Pittsburgh Pirates	16
Strikeouts	Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers	306
Wild Pitches	Jim Maloney	Cincinnati Reds	19
Balks	Bob Shaw	Milwaukee Braves	8
Runs Allowed	Al Jackson	New York Mets	128
Earned Runs Allowed	Jack Sanford	San Francisco Giants	111
Earned Run Average	Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers	1.88
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers	0.875

All-Star Game

The National League won 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 Alvin Dark.

Postseason

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

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Sandy Koufax, a pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers. In the award's voting, he had 237 out of a possible 280 points and 14 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 Pete Rose (rosepe01), a second baseman with the Cincinnati Reds. In the award's voting, he had 17 out of a possible 20 points and 17 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	Bobby Shantz	St. Louis Cardinals
C	Johnny Edwards	Cincinnati Reds
1B	Bill White	St. Louis Cardinals
2B	Bill Mazeroski	Pittsburgh Pirates
3B	Bobby Wine	Philadelphia Phillies
SS	Ken Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals
OF	Curt Flood	St. Louis Cardinals
	Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh Pirates
	Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants

Monthly Awards

• Player of the Month Award
  • April: none
  • May: Dick Ellsworth, Chicago Cubs
  • June: Ron Santo, Chicago Cubs
  • July: Willie McCovey, San Francisco Giants
  • August: Willie Mays, San Francisco Giants
  • September: none

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 National League's Milwaukee Braves lost to the Boston Red Sox of the American League by a score of 7 to 3.

Umpires

• Al Barlick
• Ken Burkhart
• Jocko Conlan
• Shag Crawford
• Augie Donatelli
• Al Forman
• Tom Gorman
• Doug Harvey
• Bill Jackowski
• John Kibler
• Stan Landes
• Chris Pelekoudas
• Paul Pryor
• Frank Secory
• Vinnie Smith
• Mel Steiner
• Ed Sudol
• Ed Vargo
• Tony Venzon
• Frank Walsh
• Lee Weyer
• Bill Williams