1962 Kansas City Athletics | |
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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) |
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]
American League | W | L | 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 |
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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 | — |
1962 Kansas City Athletics | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Infielders
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Other batters | Manager Coaches
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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 | Haywood Sullivan | 95 | 274 | 68 | .248 | 4 | 29 |
1B | Norm Siebern | 162 | 600 | 185 | .308 | 25 | 117 |
2B | Jerry Lumpe | 156 | 641 | 193 | .301 | 10 | 83 |
SS | Dick Howser | 83 | 286 | 68 | .238 | 6 | 34 |
3B | Ed Charles | 147 | 535 | 154 | .288 | 17 | 74 |
LF | Manny Jiménez | 139 | 479 | 144 | .301 | 11 | 69 |
CF | Bobby Del Greco | 132 | 338 | 86 | .254 | 9 | 38 |
RF | Gino Cimoli | 152 | 550 | 151 | .275 | 10 | 71 |
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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José Tartabull | 107 | 310 | 86 | .277 | 0 | 22 |
Wayne Causey | 117 | 305 | 77 | .252 | 4 | 38 |
Joe Azcue | 72 | 223 | 51 | .229 | 2 | 25 |
George Alusik | 90 | 209 | 57 | .273 | 11 | 35 |
Billy Consolo | 54 | 154 | 37 | .240 | 0 | 16 |
Billy Bryan | 25 | 74 | 11 | .149 | 2 | 7 |
Leo Posada | 29 | 46 | 9 | .196 | 0 | 3 |
John Wojcik | 16 | 43 | 13 | .302 | 0 | 9 |
Deron Johnson | 17 | 19 | 2 | .105 | 0 | 0 |
Gordie Windhorn | 14 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 1 |
Bill Kern | 8 | 16 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 1 |
Marlan Coughtry | 6 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 1 |
Charlie Shoemaker | 5 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
Gene Stephens | 5 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Héctor Martínez | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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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Ed Rakow | 42 | 235.1 | 14 | 17 | 4.25 | 159 |
Orlando Peña | 13 | 89.2 | 6 | 4 | 3.01 | 56 |
Art Ditmar | 6 | 21.2 | 0 | 2 | 6.65 | 13 |
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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Dan Pfister | 41 | 196.1 | 4 | 14 | 4.54 | 123 |
Jerry Walker | 31 | 143.1 | 8 | 9 | 5.90 | 57 |
Bill Fischer | 34 | 127.2 | 4 | 12 | 3.95 | 38 |
John Wyatt | 59 | 125.0 | 10 | 7 | 4.46 | 106 |
Diego Seguí | 37 | 116.2 | 8 | 5 | 3.86 | 71 |
Dave Wickersham | 30 | 110.0 | 11 | 4 | 4.17 | 61 |
Norm Bass | 22 | 75.1 | 2 | 6 | 6.09 | 33 |
Moe Drabowsky | 10 | 28.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.14 | 19 |
Bob Giggie | 4 | 14.1 | 1 | 1 | 6.28 | 4 |
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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Gordon Jones | 21 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6.34 | 28 |
Danny McDevitt | 33 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5.82 | 28 |
Jim Archer | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.43 | 12 |
Bob Grim | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6.23 | 3 |
Bill Kunkel | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.52 | 6 |
Dan Osinski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.36 | 4 |
Don Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
Granny Hamner | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Fred Norman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 2 |
Rupe Toppin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |
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