1962 Kansas City Athletics season

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1962  Kansas City Athletics
League American League
Ballpark Municipal Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Owners Charles O. Finley
General managers Pat Friday
Managers Hank Bauer
Television KCMO-TV
Radio KCMO (AM)
(Monte Moore, Bruce Rice)
  1961
1963  

The 1962 Kansas City Athletics season was the eighth season in Kansas City, and the 62nd in franchise history. It involved the Athletics finishing ninth in the American League with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses, 24 games behind the World Series Champion New York Yankees. The A's were last in the American League in paid attendance. [1]

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 96660.59350–3046–36
Minnesota Twins 91710.562545–3646–35
Los Angeles Angels 86760.5311040–4146–35
Detroit Tigers 85760.52810½49–3336–43
Chicago White Sox 85770.5251143–3842–39
Cleveland Indians 80820.4941643–3837–44
Baltimore Orioles 77850.4751944–3833–47
Boston Red Sox 76840.4751939–4037–44
Kansas City Athletics 72900.4442439–4233–48
Washington Senators 601010.37335½27–5333–48

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCHWCLEDETKCALAAMINNYYWSH
Baltimore 8–109–911–72–1610–88–106–1211–712–6
Boston 10–88–107–1111–610–86–1210–86–128–9
Chicago 9–910–812–69–99–910–88–108–1010–8
Cleveland 7–1111–76–1210–811–79–96–1211–79–9
Detroit 16–26–119–98–1012–611–75–137–1111–7
Kansas City 8–108–109–97–116–126–128–105–1315–3
Los Angeles 10–812–68–109–97–1112–69–98–1011–7
Minnesota 12–68–1010–812–613–510–89–97–1110–8–1
New York 7–1112–610–87–1111–713–510–811–715–3
Washington 6–129–88–109–97–113–157–118–10–13–15

Roster

1962 Kansas City Athletics
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Haywood Sullivan 9527468.248429
1B Norm Siebern 162600185.30825117
2B Jerry Lumpe 156641193.3011083
SS Dick Howser 8328668.238634
3B Ed Charles 147535154.2881774
LF Manny Jiménez 139479144.3011169
CF Bobby Del Greco 13233886.254938
RF Gino Cimoli 152550151.2751071

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
José Tartabull 10731086.277022
Wayne Causey 11730577.252438
Joe Azcue 7222351.229225
George Alusik 9020957.2731135
Billy Consolo 5415437.240016
Billy Bryan 257411.14927
Leo Posada 29469.19603
John Wojcik 164313.30209
Deron Johnson 17192.10500
Gordie Windhorn 14193.15801
Bill Kern 8164.25011
Marlan Coughtry 6112.18201
Charlie Shoemaker 5112.18200
Gene Stephens 540.00000
Héctor Martínez 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ed Rakow 42235.114174.25159
Orlando Peña 1389.2643.0156
Art Ditmar 621.2026.6513

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dan Pfister 41196.14144.54123
Jerry Walker 31143.1895.9057
Bill Fischer 34127.24123.9538
John Wyatt 59125.01074.46106
Diego Seguí 37116.2853.8671
Dave Wickersham 30110.01144.1761
Norm Bass 2275.1266.0933
Moe Drabowsky 1028.0115.1419
Bob Giggie 414.1116.284

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Gordon Jones 213266.3428
Danny McDevitt 330325.8228
Jim Archer 180109.4312
Bob Grim 120136.233
Bill Kunkel 90003.526
Dan Osinski 400017.364
Don Williams 30009.001
Granny Hamner 30109.000
Fred Norman 20002.252
Rupe Toppin 200013.501

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Les Peden
AA Albuquerque Dukes Texas League Bobby Hofman
A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Granny Hamner and Dan Carnevale
B Lewiston Broncos Northwest League John McNamara
C Minot Mallards Northern League Grady Wilson
D Daytona Beach Islanders Florida State League Bill Robertson

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