1962 Cleveland Indians season
Cleveland, Ohio | ||
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Owners | William R. Daley | |
General managers | Gabe Paul | |
Managers | Mel McGaha | |
Television | WJW-TV (Ken Coleman, Bob Neal) | |
Radio | WERE (Jimmy Dudley, Harry Jones) | |
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The 1962
Offseason
- October 5, 1961:
- November 16, 1961: Johnny Temple was traded by the Indians to the Baltimore Orioles for Harry Chiti, Ray Barker and Art Kay (minors).[1]
- March 1962: Duke Carmel was purchased by the Indians from the St. Louis Cardinals.[2]
- Prior to 1962 season: Rubén Gómez was acquired by the Indians from the Philadelphia Phillies.[3]
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 96 | 66 | 0.593 | — | 50–30 | 46–36 |
Minnesota Twins | 91 | 71 | 0.562 | 5 | 45–36 | 46–35 |
Los Angeles Angels | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 10 | 40–41 | 46–35 |
Detroit Tigers | 85 | 76 | 0.528 | 10½ | 49–33 | 36–43 |
Chicago White Sox | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 11 | 43–38 | 42–39 |
Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 16 | 43–38 | 37–44 |
Baltimore Orioles | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 19 | 44–38 | 33–47 |
Boston Red Sox | 76 | 84 | 0.475 | 19 | 39–40 | 37–44 |
Kansas City Athletics | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | 24 | 39–42 | 33–48 |
Washington Senators | 60 | 101 | 0.373 | 35½ | 27–53 | 33–48 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CHW | CLE | DET | KCA | LAA | MIN | NYY | WSH | |||
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 | — |
Notable transactions
- April 2, 1962:
- April 26, 1962: Harry Chiti was purchased from the Indians by the New York Mets.[1]
- April 29, 1962: Bob Nieman was purchased from the Indians by the San Francisco Giants.[5]
- June 9, 1962: Lou Piniella was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.[6]
- June 15, 1962: Harry Chiti was returned to the Indians by the New York Mets.[1]
- August 20, 1962: Rubén Gómez was traded by the Indians to the Minnesota Twins for Jackie Collum, a player to be named later and cash. The Twins completed the deal by sending Georges Maranda to the Indians on October 9.[7]
Opening Day Lineup
Opening Day Starters | ||
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# | Name | Position |
9 | Ty Cline | CF |
14 | Tito Francona | 1B |
30 | Chuck Essegian | LF |
8 | Willie Kirkland | RF |
11 | Johnny Romano | C |
3 | Woodie Held | SS |
5 | Bubba Phillips | 3B |
1 | Jerry Kindall | 2B |
20 | Dick Donovan | P |
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
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
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Johnny Romano | 135 | 459 | 120 | .261 | 25 | 81 |
1B | Tito Francona | 158 | 621 | 169 | .272 | 14 | 70 |
2B | Jerry Kindall | 154 | 530 | 123 | .232 | 13 | 55 |
SS | Woodie Held | 139 | 466 | 116 | .249 | 19 | 58 |
3B | Bubba Phillips | 148 | 562 | 145 | .258 | 10 | 54 |
LF | Chuck Essegian | 106 | 336 | 92 | .274 | 21 | 50 |
CF | Ty Cline | 118 | 375 | 93 | .248 | 2 | 28 |
RF | Willie Kirkland | 137 | 419 | 84 | .200 | 21 | 72 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Al Luplow | 97 | 318 | 88 | .277 | 14 | 45 |
Willie Tasby | 75 | 199 | 48 | .241 | 4 | 17 |
Don Dillard | 95 | 174 | 40 | .230 | 5 | 14 |
Doc Edwards | 53 | 143 | 39 | .273 | 3 | 9 |
Gene Green | 66 | 143 | 40 | .280 | 11 | 28 |
Jim Mahoney | 41 | 74 | 18 | .243 | 3 | 5 |
Jack Kubiszyn | 25 | 59 | 10 | .169 | 1 | 2 |
Max Alvis | 12 | 51 | 11 | .216 | 0 | 3 |
Walt Bond | 12 | 50 | 19 | .380 | 6 | 17 |
Ken Aspromonte | 20 | 28 | 4 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Hal Jones | 5 | 16 | 5 | .313 | 0 | 1 |
Tommie Agee | 5 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 2 |
Mike de la Hoz | 12 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
Marlan Coughtry | 3 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Nieman | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Dick Donovan | 34 | 250.2 | 20 | 10 | 3.59 | 94 |
Pedro Ramos | 37 | 201.1 | 10 | 12 | 3.71 | 96 |
Jim Perry | 35 | 193.2 | 12 | 12 | 4.14 | 74 |
Mudcat Grant | 26 | 149.2 | 7 | 10 | 4.27 | 90 |
Floyd Weaver | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.80 | 8 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Barry Latman | 45 | 179.1 | 8 | 13 | 4.17 | 117 |
Sam McDowell | 25 | 87.2 | 3 | 7 | 6.06 | 70 |
Rubén Gómez | 15 | 45.1 | 1 | 2 | 4.37 | 21 |
Ron Taylor | 8 | 33.1 | 2 | 2 | 5.94 | 15 |
Bob Hartman | 8 | 17.1 | 0 | 1 | 3.12 | 11 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Gary Bell | 57 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 4.26 | 80 |
Frank Funk | 47 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3.24 | 49 |
Bob Allen | 30 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5.87 | 23 |
Bill Dailey | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.59 | 24 |
Dave Tyriver | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.22 | 7 |
Wynn Hawkins | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 0 |
Jackie Collum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |
Don Rudolph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Jacksonville Suns
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International League | Ben Geraghty |
AAA | Salt Lake City Bees | Pacific Coast League | Bob Kennedy |
A
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Charleston Indians | Eastern League
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Johnny Lipon |
B
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Burlington Indians | Carolina League | Gene Verble |
D
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Selma Cloverleafs | Alabama–Florida League | Pinky May |
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Dubuque Packers
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Midwest League | Walt Novick |
References
- ^ a b c Harry Chiti page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Duke Carmel page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Rubén Gómez page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Pedro Ramos page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bob Nieman page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Lou Piniella page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jackie Collum page at Baseball Reference
- ^ 1962 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007