1962 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1962 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1962 in baseball.

The 1962 Major League Baseball season was contested from April to October 1962. The National League played a 162-game schedule for the first time, having added the Houston Colt .45s and the New York Mets as expansion teams. The American League had played its first 162-game schedule a year earlier. The NL returned to New York City after a four-year absence, though the Mets would finish in last place.

In the World Series the New York Yankees defeated the San Francisco Giants 4 games to 3.

MLB statistical leaders

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Pete Runnels BOS	.326	Tommy Davis LAD	.346
HR	Harmon Killebrew MIN	48	Willie Mays SFG	49
RBI	Harmon Killebrew MIN	126	Tommy Davis LAD	153
Wins	Ralph Terry NYY	23	Mike McCormick SFG	22
ERA	Hank Aguirre DET	2.21	Sandy Koufax LAD	2.54
SO	Camilo Pascual MIN	206	Don Drysdale LAD	232
SV	Dick Radatz BOS	24	Roy Face PIT	28
SB	Luis Aparicio CHW	31	Maury Wills LAD	104

Major league baseball final standings

American League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
New York Yankees	96	66	.593	–
Minnesota Twins	91	71	.562	5
Los Angeles Angels	86	76	.531	10
Detroit Tigers	85	76	.528	10½
Chicago White Sox	85	77	.525	11
Cleveland Indians	80	82	.494	16
Baltimore Orioles	77	85	.475	19
Boston Red Sox	76	84	.475	19
Kansas City Athletics	72	90	.444	24
Washington Senators	60	101	.373	35½

National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Ties	Win %	GB
San Francisco Giants	103	62		.624	–
Los Angeles Dodgers	102	63		.618	1
Cincinnati Reds	98	64		.605	3½
Pittsburgh Pirates	93	68		.578	8
Milwaukee Braves	86	76		.531	15½
St. Louis Cardinals	84	78	1	.519	17½
Philadelphia Phillies	81	80		.503	20
Houston Colt .45s	64	96	2	.400	36½
Chicago Cubs	59	103		.364	42½
New York Mets	40	120	1	.250	60½

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Baltimore Orioles	Billy Hitchcock
Boston Red Sox	Pinky Higgins
Chicago White Sox	Al López
Cleveland Indians	Mel McGaha	Replaced during the season by Mel Harder
Detroit Tigers	Bob Scheffing
Kansas City Athletics	Hank Bauer
Los Angeles Angels	Bill Rigney
Minnesota Twins	Sam Mele
New York Yankees	Ralph Houk	Won the World Series
Washington Senators	Mickey Vernon

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Chicago Cubs	College of Coaches
Cincinnati Reds	Fred Hutchinson
Houston Colt .45's	Harry Craft	Expansion team
Los Angeles Dodgers	Walter Alston
Milwaukee Braves	Birdie Tebbetts
New York Mets	Casey Stengel	Expansion team
Philadelphia Phillies	Gene Mauch
Pittsburgh Pirates	Danny Murtaugh
San Francisco Giants	Alvin Dark	Won the National League pennant
St. Louis Cardinals	Johnny Keane

References

External links

1962 season at Baseball-reference.com

1962 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 St. Louis San Francisco

1962 First All-Star Game 1962 Second All-Star Game 1962 World Series

Major League Baseball seasons

Pre-modern era

Beginnings	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881

Competition	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891

NL monopoly	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

Modern era

Deadball era	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920

Liveball era	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941

World War II	1942 1943 1944 1945

Postwar	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960

First expansion	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Birth of division play	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

Wildcard begins	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Wildcard expansion	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017