1963 Major League Baseball season
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The 1963 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 8 to October 6, 1963. The American League and National League both featured ten teams, with each team playing a 162-game schedule.
This article is about the 1963 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1963 in baseball.
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1963 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 8 – October 6, 1963 |
Number of games | 162 |
Number of teams | 20 |
TV partner(s) | NBC, CBS |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | AL: Elston Howard (NYY) NL: Sandy Koufax (LAD) |
AL champions | New York Yankees |
AL runners-up | Chicago White Sox |
NL champions | Los Angeles Dodgers |
NL runners-up | St. Louis Cardinals |
World Series | |
Champions | Los Angeles Dodgers |
Runners-up | New York Yankees |
World Series MVP | Sandy Koufax (LAD) |
MLB seasons | |
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In the World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers swept the New York Yankees in four straight games. The Dodgers' stellar pitching staff, anchored by left-hander Sandy Koufax and right-hander Don Drysdale, was so dominant that the vaunted Yankees, despite the presence of sluggers such as Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris in their lineup, never took a lead against Los Angeles the entire Series.