1962 Washington Senators season

The 1962 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing tenth in the American League with a record of 60 wins and 101 losses, 35+1⁄2 games behind the World Champion New York Yankees. 1962 was the first season in which the Senators played their home games at D.C. Stadium.

LeagueAmerican League

BallparkD.C. Stadium

Record60–101 (.373)

OwnersElwood Richard Quesada

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1962 Washington Senators

League	American League
Ballpark	D.C. Stadium
City	Washington, D.C.
Record	60–101 (.373)
League place	10th
Owners	Elwood Richard Quesada
General managers	Ed Doherty
Managers	Mickey Vernon
Television	WTOP
Radio	WTOP (Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
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Offseason

October 5, 1961: Dick Donovan, Gene Green, and Jim Mahoney were traded by the Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Jimmy Piersall.^[1]
November 21, 1961: Coot Veal was purchased from the Senators by the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[2]
December 15, 1961: Marty Keough and Johnny Klippstein were traded by the Senators to the Cincinnati Reds for Dave Stenhouse and Bob Schmidt.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	96	66	.593	—	50‍–‍30	46‍–‍36
Minnesota Twins	91	71	.562	5	45‍–‍36	46‍–‍35
Los Angeles Angels	86	76	.531	10	40‍–‍41	46‍–‍35
Detroit Tigers	85	76	.528	10½	49‍–‍33	36‍–‍43
Chicago White Sox	85	77	.525	11	43‍–‍38	42‍–‍39
Cleveland Indians	80	82	.494	16	43‍–‍38	37‍–‍44
Baltimore Orioles	77	85	.475	19	44‍–‍38	33‍–‍47
Boston Red Sox	76	84	.475	19	39‍–‍40	37‍–‍44
Kansas City Athletics	72	90	.444	24	39‍–‍42	33‍–‍48
Washington Senators	60	101	.373	35½	27‍–‍53	33‍–‍48

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Record vs. opponents

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1962 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KCA	LAA	MIN	NYY	WAS
Baltimore	—	8–10	9–9	11–7	2–16	10–8	8–10	6–12	11–7	12–6
Boston	10–8	—	8–10	7–11	11–6	10–8	6–12	10–8	6–12	8–9
Chicago	9–9	10–8	—	12–6	9–9	9–9	10–8	8–10	8–10	10–8
Cleveland	7–11	11–7	6–12	—	10–8	11–7	9–9	6–12	11–7	9–9
Detroit	16–2	6–11	9–9	8–10	—	12–6	11–7	5–13	7–11	11–7
Kansas City	8–10	8–10	9–9	7–11	6–12	—	6–12	8–10	5–13	15–3
Los Angeles	10–8	12–6	8–10	9–9	7–11	12–6	—	9–9	8–10	11–7
Minnesota	12–6	8–10	10–8	12–6	13–5	10–8	9–9	—	7–11	10–8–1
New York	7–11	12–6	10–8	7–11	11–7	13–5	10–8	11–7	—	15–3
Washington	6–12	9–8	8–10	9–9	7–11	3–15	7–11	8–10–1	3–15	—

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Roster

1962 Washington Senators

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

9 Ken Retzer
12 Bob Schmidt

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

3 Mickey Vernon

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

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Legend
	Senators win
	Senators loss
	Senators tie
	Postponement
	Eliminated from playoff race
Bold	Senators team member

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1962 regular season game log: 60–101–1 (Home: 27–53; Away: 33–48–1)^[4]

April: 2–13 (Home: 1–7; Away: 1–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
12	April 27	Yankees	L 8–10	Stafford (1–2)	Burnside (1–1)	Bridges (1)	3:17	20,120	2–10	L10
13	April 28	Yankees	L 3–10				2:34	9,299	2–11	L11
14 (1)	April 29	Yankees	L 2–3			—	2:00	—	2–12	L12
15 (2)	April 29	Yankees	L 6–11			—	2:44	31,466	2–13	L13

May: 11–18 (Home: 6–10; Away: 5–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
18	May 5	@ Yankees	L 6–7		2:35	16,992	3–15	L2
19 (1)	May 6	@ Yankees	W 4–2		2:02	—	4–15	W1
20 (2)	May 6	@ Yankees	L 0–8	—	2:34	23,940	4–16	L1

June: 13–16 (Home: 8–8; Away: 5–8)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

July: 13–15 (Home: 4–8; Away: 9–7)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
—	July 10	1:00 p.m. EDT	32nd All-Star Game	National League vs. American League (D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.)
90	July 20		@ Yankees	L 2–3			Bridges (12)	1:56	20,255	33–57	L1
91	July 21		@ Yankees	L 3–4				2:17	23,565	33–58	L2
92 (1)	July 22		@ Yankees	W 3–2		Stafford (8–6)	—	2:12	—	34–58	W1
93 (2)	July 22		@ Yankees	W 8–3			—	2:14	27,548	35–58	W2
—	July 30	2:00 p.m. EDT	33rd All-Star Game	American League vs. National League (Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois)
101	July 31		Yankees	L 5–9	Stafford (9–6)			2:41	30,421	39–62	L2

August: 14–22–1 (Home: 4–11; Away: 10–11–1)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
102 (1)	August 1		Yankees	L 4–6			—	2:23	—	39–63	L3
103 (2)	August 1		Yankees	L 2–5 (11)				2:48	48,147	39–64	L4

September: 7–17 (Home: 4–9; Away: 3–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
155	September 18	Yankees	L 1–7		—	2:05	16,824	58–96–1	L2
156	September 19	Yankees	L 5–8	Bridges (8–3)		2:46	12,126	58–97–1	L3
159	September 25	@ Yankees	L 3–8		—	2:24	11,702	59–99–1	L1
160	September 26	@ Yankees	L 5–9			2:03	4,140	59–100–1	L2

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Detailed records

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American League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
New York Yankees	3	15	0.167	70	115
Washington Senators
Season Total	3	15	0.167	70	115

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April
May
June
July
August
September
Total

Home
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Away
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Player stats

= Indicates team 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
C	Ken Retzer	109	340	97	.285	8	37
1B	Harry Bright	113	392	107	.273	17	67
2B	Chuck Cottier	136	443	107	.242	6	40
SS	Ken Hamlin	98	292	74	.253	3	22
3B	Bob Johnson	135	466	134	.288	12	43
LF	Don Lock	71	225	57	.253	12	37
CF	Jimmy Piersall	135	471	115	.244	4	31
RF	Jim King	132	333	81	.243	11	35

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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
Chuck Hinton	151	542	168	.310	17	75
Bob Schmidt	88	256	62	.242	10	31
Danny O'Connell	84	236	62	.263	2	18
Johnny Schaive	82	225	57	.253	6	29
Dale Long	67	191	46	.241	4	24
Bud Zipfel	68	184	44	.239	6	21
Joe Hicks	102	174	39	.224	6	14
Ed Brinkman	54	133	22	.165	0	4
Gene Woodling	44	107	30	.280	5	16
John Kennedy	14	42	11	.262	1	2
Willie Tasby	11	34	7	.206	0	0
Ron Stillwell	6	22	6	.273	0	2

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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
Dave Stenhouse	34	197.0	11	12	3.65	123
Claude Osteen	28	150.1	8	13	3.65	59
Bob Baird	3	10.2	0	1	6.75	3

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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
Don Rudolph	37	176.1	8	10	3.62	68
Tom Cheney	37	173.1	7	9	3.17	147
Bennie Daniels	44	161.1	7	16	4.85	66
Pete Burnside	40	149.2	5	11	4.45	74
Steve Hamilton	41	107.1	3	8	3.77	83
Joe McClain	10	24.0	0	4	9.38	6
Carl Bouldin	6	20.0	1	2	5.85	12
Jack Jenkins	3	13.1	0	1	4.05	10

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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
Jim Hannan	42	2	4	4	3.31	39
Marty Kutyna	54	5	6	0	4.04	25
Ed Hobaugh	26	2	1	1	3.76	37
Ray Rippelmeyer	18	1	2	0	5.49	17
Fred Green	5	0	1	0	6.43	2

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Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Dave Stenhouse, Pitcher, Reserve in first game, Starter in second game

Farm system

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Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Frank Verdi and Johnny Vander Meer
B	Raleigh Capitals	Carolina League	Archie Wilson
D	Pensacola Senators	Alabama–Florida League	Wayne Terwilliger
D	Middlesboro Senators	Appalachian League	Lew Morton

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Syracuse affiliation shared with New York Mets

1962 Washington Senators season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

Game log

Regular season

Detailed records

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and honors

Farm system

References

External links

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