1962 Kansas City Athletics season

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)
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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]

Offseason

• October 11, 1961: Stan Johnson, Bobby Prescott and Jay Ward were traded by the Athletics to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Gordie Windhorn and Bill Lajoie (minors). ^[2]
• December 15, 1961: Lou Klimchock and Bob Shaw were traded by the Athletics to the Milwaukee Braves for Joe Azcue, Ed Charles and Manny Jiménez. ^[3]
• Prior to 1962 season: Don Williams was acquired by the Athletics from the Chicago White Sox. ^[4]

Regular season

• April 22, 1962: Future Basketball Hall of Famer Dave DeBusschere made his major league baseball debut for the Chicago White Sox in a game against the Athletics. ^[5] He pitched one inning and gave up one base on balls.
• August 26, 1962: Jack Kralick threw the first no-hitter in Minnesota Twins history against the Athletics. ^[6] The Twins beat the Athletics by a score of 1–0.

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

Record vs. opponents

1962 American League record v t e Sources:
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	—

Roster

1962 Kansas City Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 20 Jim Archer 22 Norm Bass 28 Art Ditmar 25 Moe Drabowsky 28 Bill Fischer 22 Bob Giggie 34 Bob Grim 36 Granny Hamner 34 Gordon Jones 25 Bill Kunkel 29 Danny McDevitt 36 Fred Norman 31 Dan Osinski 19 Orlando Peña 27 Dan Pfister 21 Ed Rakow 24 Diego Seguí 31 Rupe Toppin 23 Jerry Walker 26 Dave Wickersham 22 Don Williams 33 John Wyatt		Catchers 10 Joe Azcue 18 Billy Bryan  8 Haywood Sullivan Infielders  2 Wayne Causey 16 Ed Charles  6 Billy Consolo 30 Marlan Coughtry  1 Dick Howser 14 Deron Johnson 11 Jerry Lumpe 29 Charlie Shoemaker  7 Norm Siebern		Outfielders  3 George Alusik  4 Gino Cimoli  5 Bobby Del Greco 12 Manny Jiménez 14 Bill Kern 19 Leo Posada 15 José Tartabull 17 Gordie Windhorn 17 John Wojcik Other batters 17 Héctor Martínez  3 Gene Stephens		Manager  9 Hank Bauer Coaches 40 Dario Lodigiani 37 Eddie Lopat 42 Gus Niarhos 41 Jo-Jo White

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
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

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
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

Pitching

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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
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

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
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

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
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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

References

1. Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, pp.66, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN   978-0-8027-1745-0
2. Stan Johnson page at Baseball Reference
3. Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference
4. Don Williams page at Baseball Reference
5. Dave DeBuscchere page at Baseball Reference
6. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0

External links

• 1962 Kansas City Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1962 Kansas City Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com