1963 Major League Baseball season
| 1963 MLB season | |
|---|---|
| League | American League (AL) National League (NL) |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | Regular season:
|
| Number of games | 162 |
| Number of teams | 20 (10 per league) |
| 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) |
The 1963 major league baseball season began on April 8, 1963. The regular season ended on September 29, with the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 60th World Series on October 2 and ended with Game 4 on October 6. In the eighth iteration of this World Series matchup, and their first since the Dodgers relocated to Los Angeles from Brooklyn, New York, the Dodgers swept the Yankees in four games, capturing their third championship in franchise history, since their previous in 1959, and second in Los Angeles. 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. This was the eighth World Series between the two teams. Going into the season, the defending World Series champions were the New York Yankees from the 1962 season.
In a return to the single-game-in-a-season format, the 34th Major League Baseball All-Star Game, was held on July 9 at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio, home of the Cleveland Indians. The National League won, 5–3.