| Breaking News |  | Wednesday, August 21st, 1963: Mathews Slugs 400th Home Run
Chicago's 6-3 victory over Boston was highlighted by Eddie Mathews's 400th career home run. His teammates congratulated him at home plate after he circled the bases.
"I didn't see all of them out there," Mathews said with a chuckle, "until I rounded third base." He added sheepishly: "It was only a home run. It's not like I won us a World Series!"
In 5 at-bats the White Sox third baseman collected 1 hit in his historic game, scored 2 runs, and had 1 RBI.
Lifetime Mathews has hit .284 with 1673 hits, 400 home runs, 1079 RBIs and scored 1111 runs.
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 | Friday, August 2nd, 1963: Monbouquette Tosses Shutout for Boston
Bill Monbouquette held the Senators to 6 harmless hits as the Boston Red Sox whitewashed Washington by a 10-0. Monbouquette had no walks and 9 strikeouts in the win.
In 1963 Monbouquette has logged 13 wins and 11 losses and struck out 123 batters in 181.1 innings while compiling a 2.63 ERA.
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 | Thursday, July 4th, 1963: Craig Dominates Cleveland
Today at Fenway Park II Roger Craig of the Boston Red Sox permitted 3 hits, walked 0 and fanned 4 during the 4-0 shutout win over the Cleveland Indians.
On his 1963 stats sheet Craig shows a 5-9 record, 17 starts, 112.2 innings, 63 strikeouts and a 3.75 ERA.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P Arnold Earley | back spasms | 3 days | On DL, eligible for return |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 59-95, .383 PCT | | Position in Division | 10th, 31.5 GB | | Record at home | 28-46, .378 PCT | | Record on the road | 31-49, .388 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 8-8, .500 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 18-33, .353 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 18-32, .360 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 41-63, .394 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in April | 8-9, .471 PCT | | Record in May | 10-20, .333 PCT | | Record in June | 10-21, .323 PCT | | Record in July | 15-16, .484 PCT | | Record in August | 11-18, .379 PCT | | Record in September | 5-11, .313 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .241 - 5th in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .302 - 6th in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .340 - 8th in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .643 - 7th in AL | | Runs Scored | 567 - 7th in AL | | Hits | 1287 - 3rd in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 318 - 7th in AL | | Home Runs | 88 - 9th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 457 - 6th in AL | | Strikeouts | 974 - 9th in AL | | Stolen Bases | 50 - 6th in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.67 - 10th in AL | | Starters' ERA | 3.81 - 10th in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.27 - 7th in AL | | Runs allowed | 668 - 9th in AL | | Hits allowed | 1276 - 7th in AL | | Opponents AVG | .241 - 6th in AL | | BABIP | .270 - 5th in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 128 - 9th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 567 - 9th in AL | | Strikeouts | 906 - 6th in AL |
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