1962 New York Yankees season

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1962 New York Yankees
World Series Champions
American League Champions
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York City
OwnersDan Topping and Del Webb
General managersRoy Hamey
ManagersRalph Houk
TelevisionWPIX
(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)
RadioWCBS (AM)
(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)
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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.

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]

Game log

Season standings

American League
W
L
 Pct. GB Home Road
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

1962 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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

  • June 26, 1962:
    Houston Colt .45s.[3]

Roster

1962 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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

Pos. Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Elston Howard 136 494 138 .279 21 91
1B Bill Skowron 140 478 129 .270 23 80
2B Bobby Richardson 161 692 209 .302 8 59
3B Clete Boyer 158 566 154 .272 18 68
SS Tom Tresh 157 622 178 .286 20 93
LF Héctor López 106 335 92 .275 6 48
CF Mickey Mantle 123 377 121 .321 30 89
RF Roger Maris 157 590 151 .256 33 100

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
Johnny Blanchard 93 246 57 .232 13 39
Yogi Berra 86 232 52 .224 10 35
Tony Kubek 45 169 53 .314 4 17
Joe Pepitone 63 138 33 .239 7 17
Phil Linz 71 129 37 .287 1 14
Dale Long 41 94 28 .298 4 17
Jack Reed 88 43 13 .302 1 4
Bob Cerv 14 17 2 .118 0 0
Billy Gardner 4 1 0 .000 0 0
Jake Gibbs 2 0 0 ---- 0 0

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
Ralph Terry 43 298.2 23 12 3.19 176
Whitey Ford 38 257.2 17 8 2.90 160
Bill Stafford 35 213.1 14 9 3.67 109

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
Jim Bouton 36 133.0 7 7 3.99 71
Rollie Sheldon 34 118.0 7 8 5.49 54
Bob Turley 24 69.0 3 3 4.57 42
Hal Brown 2 6.2 0 1 6.75 2

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
Marshall Bridges 52 8 4 18 3.14 66
Jim Coates 50 7 6 6 4.44 67
Bud Daley 43 7 5 4 3.59 55
Luis Arroyo 27 1 3 7 4.81 21
Tex Clevenger 21 2 0 0 2.84 11
Hal Reniff 2 0 0 0 7.36 1
Jack Cullen 2 0 0 1 0.00 2
Al Downing 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

1962 World Series

Main article: 1962 World Series

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

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Yankees – 6, Giants – 2 October 4 Candlestick Park 43,852
2 Yankees – 0, Giants – 2 October 5 Candlestick Park 43,910
3 Giants – 2, Yankees – 3 October 7 Yankee Stadium 71,434
4 Giants – 7, Yankees – 3 October 8 Yankee Stadium 66,607
5 Giants – 3, Yankees – 5 October 10 Yankee Stadium 63,165
6 Yankees – 2, Giants – 5 October 15 Candlestick Park 43,948
7 Yankees – 1, Giants – 0 October 16 Candlestick Park 43,948

Awards and honors

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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Lauderdale

Harlan affiliation shared with Chicago White Sox[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Jesse Gonder page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Jake Gibbs page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Bob Cerv page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ "1962 All-Star Game". Baseball-almanac.com. July 30, 1962. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  5. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

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