1963 Kansas City Athletics Roster

The 1963 Kansas City Athletics team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1963 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1963 Kansas City Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1963 Kansas City Athletics salary list, a 1963 Kansas City Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1963 Kansas City Athletics primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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1963 Kansas City Athletics



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Complete Roster  
 

22 Norm Bass 6-03 205 Right Right 1939-01-21
43 Ted Bowsfield 6-01 190 Left Right 1935-01-10
25 Moe Drabowsky 6-02 200 Right Right 1935-07-21
28 Bill Fischer 6-00 190 Right Right 1930-10-11
35 Bill Landis 6-02 178 Left Left 1942-10-08
32 Pete Lovrich 6-04 200 Right Right 1942-10-16
31 Aurelio Monteagudo 5-11 185 Right Right 1943-11-19
27, 36 Fred Norman 5-08 160 Left Both 1942-08-20
35 John O'Donoghue 6-03 210 Left Right 1939-10-07
19 Orlando Pena 5-11 154 Right Right 1933-11-17
27 Dan Pfister 6-00 187 Right Right 1936-12-20
21 Ed Rakow 5-11 178 Right Both 1935-05-30
22 Jose Santiago 6-02 185 Right Right 1940-08-15
23 Diego Segui 6-00 190 Right Right 1937-08-17
18 Tom Sturdivant 6-01 186 Right Left 1930-04-28
25 Dave Thies 6-04 205 Right Right 1937-03-21
26 Dave Wickersham 6-03 190 Right Right 1935-09-27
20 Dale Willis 5-11 165 Right Right 1938-05-29
33 John Wyatt 5-11½ 200 Right Right 1935-04-19
10 Joe Azcue 6-00 200 Right Right 1939-08-18
18 Billy Bryan 6-04 200 Right Left 1938-12-04
10 Doc Edwards 6-02 215 Right Right 1936-12-10
14 Charlie Lau 6-00 190 Right Left 1933-04-12
8 Haywood Sullivan 6-04 215 Right Right 1930-12-15
2 Wayne Causey 5-10½ 175 Right Left 1936-12-26
16 Ed Charles 5-10 170 Right Right 1933-04-29
1 Sammy Esposito 5-09 165 Right Right 1931-12-15
8 Dick Green 5-10 180 Right Right 1941-04-21
12 Ken Harrelson 6-02 190 Right Right 1941-09-04
1 Dick Howser 5-08 155 Right Right 1936-05-14
29 Tony La Russa 6-01 190 Right Right 1944-10-04
11 Jerry Lumpe 6-02 185 Right Left 1933-06-02
7 Norm Siebern 6-03 205 Right Left 1933-07-26
3 George Alusik 6-03½ 175 Right Right 1935-02-11
4 Gino Cimoli 6-02 200 Right Right 1929-12-18
5 Bobby Del Greco 5-11 190 Right Right 1933-04-07
6 Chuck Essegian 5-11 202 Right Right 1931-08-09
9 Jay Hankins 5-07 170 Right Left 1935-11-07
12, 20 Manny Jimenez 6-01 195 Right Left 1938-11-19
9 Hector Martinez 5-10 160 Right Right 1939-05-11
9 Tommie Reynolds 6-02 190 Right Right 1941-08-15
15 Jose Tartabull 5-11 165 Left Left 1938-11-27
17 John Wojcik 6-00 175 Right Left 1942-04-06
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The 1963 Kansas City Athletics played 162 games during the regular season, won 73 games, lost 89 games, and finished in eighth position. They played their home games at Municipal Stadium (Park Factors: 104/106) where 762,364 fans witnessed their 1963 Athletics finish the season with a .451 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1963 Kansas City Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1963 Kansas City Athletics salary list, a 1963 Kansas City Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1963 Kansas City Athletics primary starters list:

1963 Kansas City Athletics
Opening Day Starters


Billy Bryan
Wayne Causey
Gino Cimoli
Chuck Essegian
Dick Howser
Jerry Lumpe
Diego Segui
Norm Siebern
Jose Tartabull

1963 Kansas City Athletics
Most Games by Position

C Doc Edwards (63)
1B Norm Siebern (131)
2B Jerry Lumpe (155)
3B Ed Charles (158)
SS Wayne Causey (135)
LF Chuck Essegian (53)
CF Bobby Del Greco (85)
RF Gino Cimoli (130)
  
SP Moe Drabowsky
SP Orlando Pena
SP Ed Rakow
SP Diego Segui
SP Dave Wickersham
  
RP Bill Fischer
RP Pete Lovrich
RP Dale Willis
CL John Wyatt


1963 Kansas City Athletics
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1963 Kansas City Athletics
Uniform Numbers

#1 Sammy Esposito
#1 Dick Howser
#2 Wayne Causey
#3 George Alusik
#4 Gino Cimoli
#5 Bobby Del Greco
#6 Chuck Essegian
#7 Norm Siebern
#8 Dick Green
#8 Haywood Sullivan
#9 Jay Hankins
#9 Hector Martinez
#9 Tommie Reynolds
#10 Joe Azcue
#10 Doc Edwards
#11 Jerry Lumpe
#12 Ken Harrelson
#12 Manny Jimenez
#14 Charlie Lau
#15 Jose Tartabull
#16 Ed Charles
#17 John Wojcik
#18 Billy Bryan
#18 Tom Sturdivant
#19 Orlando Pena
#20 Manny Jimenez
#20 Dale Willis
#21 Ed Rakow
#22 Norm Bass
#22 Jose Santiago
#23 Diego Segui
#25 Moe Drabowsky
#25 Dave Thies
#26 Dave Wickersham
#27 Fred Norman
#27 Dan Pfister
#28 Bill Fischer
#29 Tony La Russa
#31 Aurelio Monteagudo
#32 Pete Lovrich
#33 John Wyatt
#35 Bill Landis
#35 John O'Donoghue
#36 Fred Norman
#43 Ted Bowsfield

Did you know that a 1963 Kansas City Athletics Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?