1962 New York Yankees season

1962  New York Yankees
World Series champions American League champions
League	American League
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Record	96–66 (.593)
League place	1st
Owners	Dan Topping and Del Webb
General managers	Roy Hamey
Managers	Ralph Houk
Television	WPIX–TV 11 (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)
Radio	WCBS–AM 880 (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

• December 14, 1961: Jesse Gonder was traded by the Yankees to the Cincinnati Reds for Marshall Bridges. ^[1]

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]

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	CWS	CLE	DET	KCA	LAA	MIN	NYY	WAS
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: Bob Cerv was purchased from the Yankees by the Houston Colt .45s. ^[3]

Roster

1962 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 47 Luis Arroyo 56 Jim Bouton 30 Marshall Bridges 29 Hal Brown 21,26 Tex Clevenger 39 Jim Coates 40 Jack Cullen 28 Bud Daley 24 Al Downing 16 Whitey Ford 18 Hal Reniff 45 Rollie Sheldon 22 Bill Stafford 23 Ralph Terry 19 Bob Turley		Catchers  8 Yogi Berra 32 Elston Howard Infielders  6 Clete Boyer 12 Billy Gardner 41 Jake Gibbs 10 Tony Kubek 34 Phil Linz 26 Dale Long  1 Bobby Richardson 14 Bill Skowron 15 Tom Tresh		Outfielders 38 Johnny Blanchard 17 Bob Cerv 11 Héctor López  7 Mickey Mantle  9 Roger Maris 25 Joe Pepitone 27 Jack Reed		Manager 35 Ralph Houk Coaches  2 Frankie Crosetti (Third base) 44 Jim Hegan (Bullpen) 36 Wally Moses (First base/Hitting) 31 Johnny Sain (Pitching)

Game log

Regular season

Legend
	Yankees win
	Yankees loss
	Yankees tie
	Postponement
	Clinched pennant
Bold	Yankees team member

1962 regular season game log: 96–66 (Home: 50–30; Away: 46–36) [4]
April: 10–5 (Home: 3–3; Away: 7–2) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
May: 15–13 (Home: 9–6; Away: 6–7) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 30 May 18 8:02 p.m. EST Twins L 3–4 Lee (3–2) Ford (3–3) Stigman (1) 2:21 20,974 18–12 L1 31 May 19 2:02 p.m. EST Twins W 2–1 Terry (5–4) Bonikowski (3–2) — 2:05 13,896 19–12 W1 32 (1) May 20 2:03 p.m. EST Twins W 4–3 Coates (3–0) Moore (1–1) — 2:23 — 20–12 W2 33 (2) May 20 4:55 p.m. EST Twins L 2–4(13) Moore (2–1) Coates (3–1) Stigman (2) 3:51 27,998 20–13 L1 34 May 22 8:03 p.m. EST Angels W 2–1(12) Turley (2–0) Morgan (0–1) — 2:54 13,841 21–13 W1 42 (1) May 30 12:04 p.m. EST @ Twins W 10–1 Stafford (4–3) Bonikowski (3–4) — 2:41 39,720 25–17 W1 43 (2) May 30 9:04 p.m. EST @ Twins L 4–5(11) Stigman (3–1) Coates (4–2) — 3:11 35,635 25–18 L1
June: 14–13 (Home: 8–5; Away: 6–8) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 44 June 1 11:01 p.m. @ Angels W 6–2 Terry (6–4) Belinsky (6–2) — 2:21 51,582 26–18 W1 45 June 2 11:01 p.m. @ Angels L 1–6 McBride (4–3) Ford (3–4) — 1:57 50,127 26–19 L1 46 June 3 4:34 p.m. @ Angels W 6–3 Sheldon (3–2) Grba (2–2) Bridges (4) 2:17 44,912 27–19 W1 66 June 26 8:01 p.m. EST Twins L 0–5 Pascual (11–4) Sheldon (4–4) — 2:41 28,051 36–30 L1 67 June 27 2:02 p.m. EST Twins W 7–3 Terry (9–7) Kaat (8–5) — 2:34 18,312 37–30 W1 68 June 28 2:03 p.m. EST Twins W 4–2 Stafford (7–5) Karlick (5–7) Bridges (9) 2:45 18,539 38–30 W2 69 June 29 8:01 p.m. Angels W 6–3 Ford (6–4) Spring (4–2) — 2:10 28,007 39–30 W3 70 June 30 2:02 p.m. Angels L 3–5 Bowsfield (3–3) Daley (2–2) Chance (3) 2:23 17,894 39–31 L1
July: 23–8 (Home: 12–6; Away: 11–2) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 71 (1) July 1 2:02 p.m. Angels W 6–3 Terry (10–7) Lee (6–5) Arroyo (4) 2:29 — 40–31 W1 72 (2) July 1 5:01 p.m. Angels L 5–12 Fowler (3–3) Coates (5–5) — 3:24 35,884 40–32 L1 77 July 6 9:04 p.m. EST @ Twins W 7–5 Terry (11–7) Pascual (12–5) Arroyo (5) 2:50 40,944 44–33 W2 78 July 7 2:15 p.m. EST @ Twins W 6–3 Stafford (8–5) Kralick (6–8) Bridges (11) 2:43 39,665 45–33 W3 79 July 8 2:15 p.m. EST @ Twins W 9–8 Ford (7–4) Kaat (8–8) Arroyo (6) 2:44 40,347 46–33 W4 — July 10 32nd All-Star Game in Washington, D.C. 80 July 12 11:01 p.m. EST @ Angels L 4–5 Bowsfield (5–3) Ford (7–5) Chance (5) 1:48 40,259 46–34 L1 81 July 13 11:01 p.m. EST @ Angels L 2–5 McBride (9–3) Terry (11–8) — 2:22 53,591 46–35 L2 82 July 14 11:01 p.m. EST @ Angels W 9–8(10) Bridges (2–0) Chance (6–5) — 3:07 38,678 47–35 W1 — July 30 33rd All-Star Game in Chicago, IL
August: 17–18 (Home: 8–5; Away: 97–13) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 107 August 6 2:49 p.m. EST Twins L 4–5 Stigman (6–3) Sheldon (6–7) Sullivan (3) 2:35 25,282 65–42 L3 108 August 7 8:00 p.m. EST Twins W 14–1 Terry (16–9) Pascual (15–7) — 2:13 17,703 66–42 W1 115 August 13 9:04 p.m. EST @ Twins L 4–6 Moore (8–3) Daley (5–3) Sullivan (4) 2:15 44,366 70–45 L1 116 August 14 9:04 p.m. EST @ Twins W 5–2 Ford (13–5) Pleis (2–2) — 2:28 41,207 71–45 W1 117 August 15 9:04 p.m. EST @ Twins W 9–3 Terry (17–10) Kaat (12–11) — 2:00 41,536 72–45 W2 118 August 16 12:04 p.m. EST @ Twins L 8–9(10) Sullivan (3–0) Bridges (6–1) — 3:05 41,588 72–46 L1 124 August 21 11:01 p.m. EST @ Angels W 11–4(10) Daley (6–3) Duren (2–9) — 3:32 50,830 75–49 W1 125 August 22 11:01 p.m. EST @ Angels W 4–3 Sheldon (7–8) Osinski (3–2) Bridges (16) 2:25 39,389 76–49 W2 126 August 23 11:01 p.m. EST @ Angels L 4–5(13) Osinski (4–2) Stafford (10–8) — 3:51 34,133 76–50 L1
September: 17–9 (Home: 10–5; Away: 7–4) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 140 (1) September 3 1:34 p.m. EST Angels W 8–2 Stafford (12–8) Belinsky (8–9) Bridges (18) 2:41 — 80–52 W4 140 (2) September 3 4:48 p.m. EST Angels L 5–6 Morgan (2–9) Arroyo (1–3) Osinski (4) 2:44 56,964 80–53 L1 141 September 4 2:02 p.m. EST Angels L 6–7 Navarro (1–0) Daley (7–5) — 2:43 17,968 80–54 L2 — September 5 8:00 p.m. EST Angels Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: September 6) 142 September 6 2:03 p.m. EST Angels W 6–5 Coates (7–6) Chance (12–8) — 2:16 13,491 81–54 W1

Detailed records

American League Opponent W L WP RS RA Los Angeles Angels 10 8 0.556 94 85 Minnesota Twins 11 7 0.611 102 70 New York Yankees Season Total 21 15 0.583 196 155

Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA April 15 10 5 0.667 85 66 May 28 15 13 0.536 125 111 June 27 14 13 0.519 103 101 July 31 23 8 0.742 181 145 August 35 17 18 0.486 182 147 September 26 17 9 0.654 141 110 Total 162 96 66 0.593 817 680 Games Won Lost Win % RS RA Home 80 50 30 0.625 369 306 Away 82 46 36 0.561 448 374 Total 162 96 66 0.593 817 680

Postseason Game log

Legend
	Yankees win
	Yankees loss
	Postponement
Bold	Yankees team member

1962 Postseason game log: 4–3 (Home: 2–1; Away: 2–2)

World Series vs San Francisco Giants (Home: 2–1; Away: 2–2) [5] # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/ Streak 1 October 4 3:00 p.m. EST @ Giants W 6–2 Ford (1–0) O'Dell (0–1) — 2:43 43,852 NYA 1–0 W1 2 October 5 3:00 p.m. EST @ Giants L 0–2 Sanford (1–0) Terry (0–1) — 2:11 43,910 Tied 1–1 L1 3 October 7 2:00 p.m. EST Giants W 3–2 Stafford (1–0) Pierce (0–1) — 2:06 71,434 NYA 2–1 W1 4 October 8 1:00 p.m. EST Giants L 3–7 Larsen (1–0) Coates (0–1) O'Dell (1) 2:55 66,607 Tied 2–2 L1 — October 9 1:00 p.m. EST Giants Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: October 10) 5 October 10 1:00 p.m. EST Giants W 5–3 Terry (1–1) Sanford (1–1) — 2:42 63,165 NYA 3–2 W1 — October 12 3:00 p.m. EST @ Giants Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: October 15) — October 13 3:00 p.m. EST @ Giants Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: October 15) — October 14 3:00 p.m. EST @ Giants Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: October 15) 6 October 15 3:00 p.m. EST @ Giants L 2–5 Pierce (1–1) Ford (1–1) — 2:00 43,948 Tied 3–3 L1 7 October 16 3:00 p.m. EST @ Giants W 1–0 Terry (2–1) Sanford (1–2) — 2:29 43,948 NYA 4–3 W1

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

= Indicates league 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

• Mickey Mantle, American League MVP
• Ralph Terry, Babe Ruth Award

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

• Elston Howard, All-Star Game ^[6]

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 ^[7]

Notes

1. "Jesse Gonder Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
2. Jake Gibbs page at Baseball Reference
3. Bob Cerv page at Baseball Reference
4. "1962 New York Yankees Schedule & Results". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
5. "1962 World Series - New York Yankees over San Francisco Giants (4-3)". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
6. "1962 All-Star Game". Baseball-almanac.com. July 30, 1962. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
7. 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

• 1962 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
• 1962 World Series
• 1962 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com