1963 Houston Colt .45s season

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1963 Houston Colt .45s
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1962)
Location
Colt Stadium (Since 1962) Houston, Texas (Since 1962)
1963 Information
Owner(s)	Roy Hofheinz
General Manager(s)	Paul Richards
Manager(s)	Harry Craft
Local television	KTVT (Gene Elston, Guy Savage, Loel Passe)
Local radio	KPRC (AM) (Gene Elston, Loel Passe, Mickey Herskowitz)

The Houston Colt .45s' 1963 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Colt .45s attempting to win the National League.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Standings 2.2 Transactions 2.3 Game log 3 References

[edit] Offseason

• November 1, 1962: Joe Morgan was signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent.
• November 30, 1962: Manny Mota was traded by the San Francisco Giants with Dick LeMay to the Houston Colt .45's for Joey Amalfitano. ^[1]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	99	63	--	.611
St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	6	.574
San Francisco Giants	88	74	11	.543
Philadelphia Phillies	87	75	12	.537
Cincinnati Reds	86	76	13	.531
Milwaukee Braves	84	78	15	.519
Chicago Cubs	82	80	17	.506
Pittsburgh Pirates	74	88	25	.457
Houston Colt .45's	66	96	33	.407
New York Mets	51	111	48	.315

[edit] Transactions

April 4, 1963: Manny Mota was traded by the Houston Colt .45's to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Howie Goss and cash. ^[2]

[edit] Game log

1963 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
May # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
June # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
July # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
August # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
September # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
October # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record

[edit] References

v • d • e 1963 MLB season by team American League Baltimore • Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Kansas City • Los Angeles • Minnesota • New York • Washington National League Chicago • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • Milwaukee • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • San Francisco • St. Louis 1963 All-Star Game • 1963 World Series

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