1962 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1962 New York Yankees season was the 60th season for the team. The team finished with a record of 96–66, winning their 27th pennant, finishing 5 games ahead of the Minnesota Twins. New York was managed by Ralph Houk. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the San Francisco Giants in 7 games. It was their 20th World Championship in franchise history, and their last until 1977.

LeagueAmerican League
BallparkYankee Stadium
Record96–66 (.593)
OwnersDan Topping and Del Webb
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1962 New York Yankees
World Series champions
American League champions
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York City
Record96–66 (.593)
League place1st
OwnersDan Topping and Del Webb
General managersRoy Hamey
ManagersRalph Houk
TelevisionWPIX–TV 11
(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)
RadioWCBS–AM 880
(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)
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Offseason

Regular season

  • May 22, 1962: Roger Maris drew four intentional walks in a game.
  • September 11, 1962: Former Ole Miss football quarterback Jake Gibbs made his Major League Baseball debut with the Yankees.[2]

Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9666 .593 — 50‍–‍30 46‍–‍36
Minnesota Twins 9171 .562 5 45‍–‍36 46‍–‍35
Los Angeles Angels 8676 .531 10 40‍–‍41 46‍–‍35
Detroit Tigers 8576 .528 10½ 49‍–‍33 36‍–‍43
Chicago White Sox 8577 .525 11 43‍–‍38 42‍–‍39
Cleveland Indians 8082 .494 16 43‍–‍38 37‍–‍44
Baltimore Orioles 7785 .475 19 44‍–‍38 33‍–‍47
Boston Red Sox 7684 .475 19 39‍–‍40 37‍–‍44
Kansas City Athletics 7290 .444 24 39‍–‍42 33‍–‍48
Washington Senators 60101 .373 35½ 27‍–‍53 33‍–‍48
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Record vs. opponents

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1962 American League record

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Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA LAA MIN NYY WAS
Baltimore —8–109–911–72–1610–88–106–1211–712–6
Boston 10–8—8–107–1111–610–86–1210–86–128–9
Chicago 9–910–8—12–69–99–910–88–108–1010–8
Cleveland 7–1111–76–12—10–811–79–96–1211–79–9
Detroit 16–26–119–98–10—12–611–75–137–1111–7
Kansas City 8–108–109–97–116–12—6–128–105–1315–3
Los Angeles 10–812–68–109–97–1112–6—9–98–1011–7
Minnesota 12–68–1010–812–613–510–89–9—7–1110–8–1
New York 7–1112–610–87–1111–713–510–811–7—15–3
Washington 6–129–88–109–97–113–157–118–10–13–15—
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Notable transactions

Roster

1962 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

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1962 regular season game log: 96–66 (Home: 50–30; Away: 46–36)[4]
April: 10–5 (Home: 3–3; Away: 7–2)
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May: 15–13 (Home: 9–6; Away: 6–7)
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30May 188:02 p.m. ESTTwinsL 3–4Lee (3–2)Ford (3–3)Stigman (1)2:2120,97418–12L1
31May 192:02 p.m. ESTTwinsW 2–1Terry (5–4)Bonikowski (3–2)—2:0513,89619–12W1
32 (1)May 202:03 p.m. ESTTwinsW 4–3Coates (3–0)Moore (1–1)—2:23—20–12W2
33 (2)May 204:55 p.m. ESTTwinsL 2–4 (13)Moore (2–1)Coates (3–1)Stigman (2)3:5127,99820–13L1
34May 228:03 p.m. ESTAngelsW 2–1 (12)Turley (2–0)Morgan (0–1)—2:5413,84121–13W1
42 (1)May 3012:04 p.m. EST@ TwinsW 10–1Stafford (4–3)Bonikowski (3–4)—2:4139,72025–17W1
43 (2)May 309:04 p.m. EST@ TwinsL 4–5 (11)Stigman (3–1)Coates (4–2)—3:1135,63525–18L1
June: 14–13 (Home: 8–5; Away: 6–8)
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44June 111:01 p.m.@ AngelsW 6–2Terry (6–4)Belinsky (6–2)—2:2151,58226–18W1
45June 211:01 p.m.@ AngelsL 1–6McBride (4–3)Ford (3–4)—1:5750,12726–19L1
46June 34:34 p.m.@ AngelsW 6–3Sheldon (3–2)Grba (2–2)Bridges (4)2:1744,91227–19W1
66June 268:01 p.m. ESTTwinsL 0–5Pascual (11–4)Sheldon (4–4)—2:4128,05136–30L1
67June 272:02 p.m. ESTTwinsW 7–3Terry (9–7)Kaat (8–5)—2:3418,31237–30W1
68June 282:03 p.m. ESTTwinsW 4–2Stafford (7–5)Karlick (5–7)Bridges (9)2:4518,53938–30W2
69June 298:01 p.m.AngelsW 6–3Ford (6–4)Spring (4–2)—2:1028,00739–30W3
70June 302:02 p.m.AngelsL 3–5Bowsfield (3–3)Daley (2–2)Chance (3)2:2317,89439–31L1
July: 23–8 (Home: 12–6; Away: 11–2)
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71 (1)July 12:02 p.m.AngelsW 6–3Terry (10–7)Lee (6–5)Arroyo (4)2:29—40–31W1
72 (2)July 15:01 p.m.AngelsL 5–12Fowler (3–3)Coates (5–5)—3:2435,88440–32L1
77July 69:04 p.m. EST@ TwinsW 7–5Terry (11–7)Pascual (12–5)Arroyo (5)2:5040,94444–33W2
78July 72:15 p.m. EST@ TwinsW 6–3Stafford (8–5)Kralick (6–8)Bridges (11)2:4339,66545–33W3
79July 82:15 p.m. EST@ TwinsW 9–8Ford (7–4)Kaat (8–8)Arroyo (6)2:4440,34746–33W4
—July 1032nd All-Star Game in Washington, D.C.
80July 1211:01 p.m. EST@ AngelsL 4–5Bowsfield (5–3)Ford (7–5)Chance (5)1:4840,25946–34L1
81July 1311:01 p.m. EST@ AngelsL 2–5McBride (9–3)Terry (11–8)—2:2253,59146–35L2
82July 1411:01 p.m. EST@ AngelsW 9–8 (10)Bridges (2–0)Chance (6–5)—3:0738,67847–35W1
—July 3033rd All-Star Game in Chicago, IL
August: 17–18 (Home: 8–5; Away: 97–13)
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107August 62:49 p.m. ESTTwinsL 4–5Stigman (6–3)Sheldon (6–7)Sullivan (3)2:3525,28265–42L3
108August 78:00 p.m. ESTTwinsW 14–1Terry (16–9)Pascual (15–7)—2:1317,70366–42W1
115August 139:04 p.m. EST@ TwinsL 4–6Moore (8–3)Daley (5–3)Sullivan (4)2:1544,36670–45L1
116August 149:04 p.m. EST@ TwinsW 5–2Ford (13–5)Pleis (2–2)—2:2841,20771–45W1
117August 159:04 p.m. EST@ TwinsW 9–3Terry (17–10)Kaat (12–11)—2:0041,53672–45W2
118August 1612:04 p.m. EST@ TwinsL 8–9 (10)Sullivan (3–0)Bridges (6–1)—3:0541,58872–46L1
124August 2111:01 p.m. EST@ AngelsW 11–4 (10)Daley (6–3)Duren (2–9)—3:3250,83075–49W1
125August 2211:01 p.m. EST@ AngelsW 4–3Sheldon (7–8)Osinski (3–2)Bridges (16)2:2539,38976–49W2
126August 2311:01 p.m. EST@ AngelsL 4–5 (13)Osinski (4–2)Stafford (10–8)—3:5134,13376–50L1
September: 17–9 (Home: 10–5; Away: 7–4)
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140 (1)September 31:34 p.m. ESTAngelsW 8–2Stafford (12–8)Belinsky (8–9)Bridges (18)2:41—80–52W4
140 (2)September 34:48 p.m. ESTAngelsL 5–6Morgan (2–9)Arroyo (1–3)Osinski (4)2:4456,96480–53L1
141September 42:02 p.m. ESTAngelsL 6–7Navarro (1–0)Daley (7–5)—2:4317,96880–54L2
—September 58:00 p.m. ESTAngelsPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 6)
142September 62:03 p.m. ESTAngelsW 6–5Coates (7–6)Chance (12–8)—2:1613,49181–54W1
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Detailed records

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Postseason Game log

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1962 Postseason game log: 4–3 (Home: 2–1; Away: 2–2)
World Series vs San Francisco Giants (Home: 2–1; Away: 2–2)[5]
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1October 43:00 p.m. EST@ GiantsW 6–2Ford (1–0)O'Dell (0–1)—2:4343,852NYA 1–0W1
2October 53:00 p.m. EST@ GiantsL 0–2Sanford (1–0)Terry (0–1)—2:1143,910Tied 1–1L1
3October 72:00 p.m. ESTGiantsW 3–2Stafford (1–0)Pierce (0–1)—2:0671,434NYA 2–1W1
4October 81:00 p.m. ESTGiantsL 3–7Larsen (1–0)Coates (0–1)O'Dell (1)2:5566,607Tied 2–2L1
—October 91:00 p.m. ESTGiantsPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: October 10)
5October 101:00 p.m. ESTGiantsW 5–3Terry (1–1)Sanford (1–1)—2:4263,165NYA 3–2W1
—October 123:00 p.m. EST@ GiantsPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: October 15)
—October 133:00 p.m. EST@ GiantsPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: October 15)
—October 143:00 p.m. EST@ GiantsPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: October 15)
6October 153:00 p.m. EST@ GiantsL 2–5Pierce (1–1)Ford (1–1)—2:0043,948Tied 3–3L1
7October 163:00 p.m. EST@ GiantsW 1–0Terry (2–1)Sanford (1–2)—2:2943,948NYA 4–3W1
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Player stats

= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Pos. Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CElston Howard136494138.2792191
1BBill Skowron140478129.2702380
2BBobby Richardson161692209.302859
3BClete Boyer158566154.2721868
SSTom Tresh157622178.2862093
LFHéctor López10633592.275648
CFMickey Mantle123377121.3213089
RFRoger Maris157590151.25633100
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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Johnny Blanchard9324657.2321339
Yogi Berra8623252.2241035
Tony Kubek4516953.314417
Joe Pepitone6313833.239717
Phil Linz7112937.287114
Dale Long419428.298417
Jack Reed884313.30214
Bob Cerv14172.11800
Billy Gardner410.00000
Jake Gibbs200----00
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ralph Terry43298.223123.19176
Whitey Ford38257.21782.90160
Bill Stafford35213.11493.67109
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Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Bouton36133.0773.9971
Rollie Sheldon34118.0785.4954
Bob Turley2469.0334.5742
Hal Brown26.2016.752
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Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G W L SV ERA SO
Marshall Bridges5284183.1466
Jim Coates507664.4467
Bud Daley437543.5955
Luis Arroyo271374.8121
Tex Clevenger212002.8411
Hal Reniff20007.361
Jack Cullen20010.002
Al Downing10000.001
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1962 World Series

Main article: 1962 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL San Francisco Giants (3)

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Game Score Date Location Attendance
1Yankees – 6, Giants – 2October 4Candlestick Park43,852
2Yankees – 0, Giants – 2October 5Candlestick Park43,910
3Giants – 2, Yankees – 3October 7Yankee Stadium71,434
4Giants – 7, Yankees – 3October 8Yankee Stadium66,607
5Giants – 3, Yankees – 5October 10Yankee Stadium63,165
6Yankees – 2, Giants – 5October 15Candlestick Park43,948
7Yankees – 1, Giants – 0October 16Candlestick Park43,948
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Awards and honors

All-Star Game (first game) All-Star Game (second game)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
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Level Team League Manager
AAA Richmond Virginians International League Sheriff Robinson
AA Amarillo Gold Sox Texas League Rube Walker
A Augusta Yankees Sally League Ernie White
B Greensboro Yankees Carolina League Vern Rapp and Steve Souchock
C Idaho Falls Yankees Pioneer League Loren Babe
D Harlan Smokies Appalachian League Chips Sobek and Lamar North
D Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Bob Bauer
D Shelby Colonels Western Carolinas League Joe Abernethy and Cloyd Boyer
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Lauderdale

Harlan affiliation shared with Chicago White Sox[7]

Notes

References

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