Monday, September 16th , 1963 | Released SP Hogai Tani. | Sunday, September 15th , 1963 | Released RP Sho Sumi. | Signed free agent SP Hogai Tani to a minor league contract. | Saturday, September 14th , 1963 | Signed free agent LF Ryuuta Oda to a minor league contract. | Thursday, September 12th , 1963 | Signed free agent SP Gene Bowyer to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Wednesday, September 11th , 1963 | Signed free agent SP Sadakazu Minami to a 2-year contract worth a total of $34,800. | Released RP Otoya Maehara. | Monday, September 9th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Tadahito Koike to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Kenichiro Ri to a minor league contract. | Thursday, September 5th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Joe Hitchcock to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Released SP Kouji Koga. | Sunday, September 1st , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Kikunojo Sakoda to a 2-year contract worth a total of $34,800. | Signed free agent RP Jim Dunlap to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Yasutoki Nakamura to a minor league contract. | Friday, August 30th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Otoya Maehara to a 2-year contract worth a total of $29,200. | Monday, August 26th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Joe Hitchcock to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Released SP Jinkichi Ito. | Sunday, August 25th , 1963 | Signed free agent SP Jinkichi Ito to a minor league contract. | Friday, August 16th , 1963 | Released SP Joe Ewing. | Thursday, August 15th , 1963 | Signed free agent SP Joe Ewing to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Sunday, August 11th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Joe Hitchcock to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Signed free agent SP Joe Ewing to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Friday, August 9th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Juan Rueda to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Morimichi Kagawa to a minor league contract. | Friday, August 2nd , 1963 | Signed free agent SP Kenichiro Ri to a minor league contract. | Thursday, August 1st , 1963 | Released RP Juan Rueda. | Monday, July 29th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Joe Hitchcock to a minor league contract. | Saturday, July 27th , 1963 | Placed CF Toshimasa Ikeda on the 14-day injured list, retroactive to 07/26/1963. | Thursday, July 25th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Tommy Aigen to a minor league contract. | Sunday, July 21st , 1963 | Signed free agent SP Herb Salyers to a minor league contract. | Thursday, July 18th , 1963 | Signed free agent SP Tetsushi Kondo to a minor league contract. | Monday, July 15th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Dave Barton to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Released RP Yasutoki Nakamura. | Signed free agent SP Kenichiro Ri to a minor league contract. | Saturday, July 13th , 1963 | Released SP Ed Metz. | Released RP Sho Sumi. | Signed free agent RP Juan Rueda to a minor league contract. | Friday, July 12th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Sho Sumi to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Ed Metz to a minor league contract. | Thursday, July 11th , 1963 | Released SP Hogai Tani. | Wednesday, July 10th , 1963 | Released SP Jinkichi Ito. | Signed free agent SP Hogai Tani to a minor league contract. | Monday, July 8th , 1963 | Signed free agent 1B Yohachi Hiramoto to a minor league contract. | Thursday, July 4th , 1963 | Signed free agent SP Tetsushi Kondo to a minor league contract. | Monday, June 24th , 1963 | Signed free agent SS Takanori Ide to a minor league contract. | Thursday, June 20th , 1963 | Signed free agent SP Kouji Koga to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Morimichi Kagawa to a minor league contract. | Monday, June 17th , 1963 | Signed free agent SP Jinkichi Ito to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, June 12th , 1963 | Signed free agent SS Gekko Shimizu to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, June 11th , 1963 | Signed free agent 3B Ippei Katayama to a minor league contract. | Sunday, June 9th , 1963 | Signed free agent 1B Yohachi Hiramoto to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, June 5th , 1963 | Drafted CF Go Yagi in the 1963 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 4, 4th overall pick). | Drafted C Motohiro Nishimoto in the 1963 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 4, 16th overall pick). | Drafted RF Morimichi Kagawa in the 1963 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 4, 28th overall pick). | Drafted SP Kouyou Tamura in the 1963 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 4, 40th overall pick). | Drafted RF Naoya Sano in the 1963 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 4, 52nd overall pick). | Friday, May 31st , 1963 | CL Kojiro Kawasaki did not elect for free agency and will remain in the Vesutan organization. | Signed free agent RP Teruhi Mori to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, May 28th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Sadao Arai to a 1-year contract worth a total of $21,400. | Signed free agent SS Gekko Shimizu to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Atsunori Matsuda to a minor league contract. | Saturday, May 25th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Ushio Noguchi to a 1-year contract worth a total of $13,200. | Thursday, May 23rd , 1963 | Signed free agent RP So Miyagawa to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, May 21st , 1963 | Signed free agent SP Atsunori Matsuda to a minor league contract. | Thursday, May 2nd , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Tadahito Koike to a 1-year contract worth a total of $17,800. | Signed free agent CL Kojiro Kawasaki to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Signed free agent 1B Yohachi Hiramoto to a minor league contract. | Sunday, April 28th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Chotaro Sasaki to a 1-year contract worth a total of $22,400. | Released RP Hyotaru Saito. | Thursday, April 25th , 1963 | Signed free agent SP Osamu Rin to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Sunday, April 21st , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Sadao Arai to a 1-year contract worth a total of $20,400. | Signed free agent RP Hiroshi Sakai to a 1-year contract worth a total of $23,000. | Signed free agent SP Hujime Shindo to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, April 17th , 1963 | Signed free agent 3B Takuma Shimada to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Munenori Takeda to a minor league contract. | Saturday, April 13th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Munenori Takeda to a minor league contract. | Thursday, April 11th , 1963 | Signed free agent SS Gekko Shimizu to a minor league contract. | Sunday, April 7th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Hyotaru Saito to a 1-year contract worth a total of $19,400. | Signed free agent RP Teizo Ozawa to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, April 3rd , 1963 | Signed free agent SP Bill O'Grady to a 1-year contract worth a total of $22,400. | Released RP Takuho Takenaka. | Monday, April 1st , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Tommy Aigen to a minor league contract. | Sunday, March 24th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Juan Rueda to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, March 19th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Carroll Foster to a minor league contract. | Friday, March 15th , 1963 | Signed free agent 1B Yohachi Hiramoto to a minor league contract. | Sunday, March 10th , 1963 | Signed free agent SP Ryoji Miyamoto to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, March 6th , 1963 | Signed free agent SP Shinichi Kimura to a minor league contract. | Saturday, March 2nd , 1963 | Signed free agent SP Kuma Abe to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Signed free agent SS Kuranosuke Miyamoto to a minor league contract. | Thursday, February 28th , 1963 | Signed free agent SP Shinichi Kimura to a minor league contract. | Sunday, February 24th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Yasutoki Nakamura to a minor league contract. | Thursday, February 21st , 1963 | Released RP Sadao Arai. | Signed free agent RP Teruhi Mori to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, February 20th , 1963 | Signed free agent SP Etsuya Yoshida to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Released RP Uchuu Fujimoto. | Tuesday, February 19th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Sadao Arai to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,460. | Sunday, February 17th , 1963 | Signed free agent 3B Hitoshi Onishi to a minor league contract. | Thursday, February 14th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Uchuu Fujimoto to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,760. | Friday, February 8th , 1963 | Signed free agent 1B Yohachi Hiramoto to a minor league contract. | Sunday, February 3rd , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Munenori Takeda to a minor league contract. | Friday, February 1st , 1963 | Signed free agent SP Hujime Shindo to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Yasutoki Nakamura to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, January 29th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP So Miyagawa to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, January 23rd , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Munenori Takeda to a minor league contract. | Friday, January 18th , 1963 | Released RP Teruhi Mori. | Signed free agent RP Teizo Ozawa to a minor league contract. | Thursday, January 17th , 1963 | Released SP Seisaku Sato. | Signed free agent RP Teruhi Mori to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, January 15th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Yasutoki Nakamura to a minor league contract. | Thursday, January 10th , 1963 | Signed free agent SP Seisaku Sato to a minor league contract. | Monday, January 7th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP So Miyagawa to a minor league contract. | Saturday, January 5th , 1963 | Signed free agent RP Yoshino Ikeda to a minor league contract. | |