1962 San Francisco Giants season

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1962  San Francisco Giants
National League Champions
League National League
Ballpark Candlestick Park
City San Francisco
Owners Horace Stoneham
General managers Chub Feeney
Managers Alvin Dark
Television KTVU
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons)
Radio KSFO
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill King)
  1961 Seasons 1963  

The 1962 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 80th year in Major League Baseball, their fifth year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their third at Candlestick Park. The team finished in first place in the National League with a record of 103 wins and 62 losses. They finished the season tied with their arch-rivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers, for first place in the league, necessitating a three-game tiebreaker playoff to determine the pennant winner. The Giants won two of the three games to take their first National League title since moving to San Francisco, making the Giants the first NL Champions of the 162-game schedule era. They went on to the 1962 World Series, where they lost in seven games to the New York Yankees. The Giants had 1,552 hits in the regular season, the most in the club's San Francisco era. [1]

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 10362.62461214241
Los Angeles Dodgers 10263.618154294834
Cincinnati Reds 9864.60558234041
Pittsburgh Pirates 9368.578851304238
Milwaukee Braves 8676.53115½49323744
St. Louis Cardinals 8478.51917½44374041
Philadelphia Phillies 8180.5032046343546
Houston Colt .45s 6496.40036½32483248
Chicago Cubs 59103.36442½32492754
New York Mets 40120.25060½22581862

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamCHCCINHOULADMILNYMPHIPITSFSTL
Chicago 4–147–114–148–109–910–84–146–127–11
Cincinnati 14–413–59–913–513–58–1013–57–118–10
Houston 11–75–136–127–1113–3–11–175–137–119–9–1
Los Angeles 14–49–912–610–816–214–410–810–117–11
Milwaukee 10–85–1311–78–1012–611–710–87–1112–6
New York 9–95–133–13–12–166–124–142–164–145–13
Philadelphia 8–1010–817–14–147–1114–47–105–139–9
Pittsburgh 14–45–1313–58–108–1016–210–77–1112–6
San Francisco 12–611–711–711–1011–714–413–511–79–9
St. Louis 11–710–89–9–111–76–1213–59–96–129–9

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Game log and schedule

Legend
 Giants win
 Giants loss
 Postponement
BoldGiants team member
1962 Game Log (102–63) (Home: 61–21; Road: 42–41)
April (15–5) (Home: 11–2; Road: 4–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
1April 10 Braves 6–0 Marichal (1–0) Candlestick Park 39,1771–0 W1
2April 11 Braves 3–1 O'Dell (1–0) Candlestick Park 16,7212–0 W2
3April 12 Braves 8–4 Sanford (1–0) Miller (1) Candlestick Park 9,1773–0 W3
4April 13 Reds 7–2 Pierce (1–0) Miller (2) Candlestick Park 23,7754–0 W4
5April 14 Reds 13–6 Larsen (1–0) Candlestick Park 18,0865–0 W5
6April 15 Reds 3–4 Marichal (1–1) Candlestick Park 28,6975–1 L1
7April 16 Dodgers 19–8 O'Dell (2–0) Candlestick Park 32,8196–1 W1
8April 17 Dodgers 7–8 McCormick (0–1) Candlestick Park 25,8416–2 L1
9April 18@ Braves 4–6 Miller (0–1) County Stadium 30,0016–3 L2
10April 19@ Braves 7–6 Marichal (2–1) County Stadium 4,5707–3 W1
11April 21@ Reds 8–6 Larsen (2–0) LeMay (1) Crosley Field 6,0068–3 W2
12April 22@ Reds 4–6 Sanford (1–1) Crosley Field 6,5838–4 L1
13April 23@ Reds 4–1 Pierce (2–0) Crosley Field 6,4839–4 W1
14April 24@ Pirates 3–7 Marichal (2–2) Forbes Field 18,6209–5 L1
15April 25@ Pirates 8–3 Perry (1–0) Larsen (1) Forbes Field 21,65210–5 W1
16April 27 Cubs 5–4 Miller (1–1) Candlestick Park 8,71011–5 W2
17April 28 Cubs 11–2 Marichal (3–2) Candlestick Park 14,42712–5 W3
18April 29 Cubs 7–0 Sanford (2–1) Candlestick Park n/a13–5 W4
19April 29 Cubs 6–0 Pierce (3–0) Candlestick Park 40,97314–5 W5
20April 30 Pirates 4–1 Perry (2–0) Candlestick Park 9,54315–5 W6
May (20–10) (Home: 12–4; Road: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
21May 1 Pirates 4–2 O'Dell (3–0) Candlestick Park 23,65716–5 W7
22May 2 Pirates 3–2 Marichal (4–2) Candlestick Park 9,92617–5 W8
23May 3 Pirates 8–4 Sanford (3–1) Candlestick Park 10,72318–5 W9
24May 4@ Cubs 11–6 Pierce (4–0) Larsen (2) Wrigley Field 5,01119–5 W10
25May 5@ Cubs 8–12 Duffalo (0–1) Wrigley Field 11,36219–6 L1
26May 6@ Cubs 7–3 O'Dell (4–0) Wrigley Field 14,09020–6 W1
27May 8@ Cardinals 4–3 Marichal (5–2) Busch Stadium 14,61821–6 W2
28May 9@ Cardinals 3–7 Sanford (3–2) Busch Stadium 12,42121–7 L1
29May 10@ Cardinals 6–0 O'Dell (5–0) Busch Stadium 15,56722–7 W1
30May 11@ Colt .45s 0–7 Perry (2–1) Colt Stadium 19,00322–8 L1
31May 12@ Colt .45s 11–0 Marichal (6–2) Colt Stadium 26,31123–8 W1
32May 13@ Colt .45s 7–2 Sanford (4–2) Colt Stadium 19,87924–8 W2
33May 15 Cardinals 6–3 Pierce (5–0) Miller (3) Candlestick Park 30,48425–8 W3
34May 16 Cardinals 7–2 Marichal (7–2) Candlestick Park 12,92526–8 W4
35May 17 Cardinals 0–1 O'Dell (5–1) Candlestick Park 10,97626–9 L1
36May 18 Colt .45s 2–3 (10) Sanford (4–3) Candlestick Park 18,54426–10 L2
37May 19 Colt .45s 10–2 McCormick (1–1) Larsen (3) Candlestick Park 16,70127–10 W1
38May 20 Colt .45s 5–6 Marichal (7–3) Candlestick Park n/a27–11 L1
39May 20 Colt .45s 7–4 Pierce (6–0) Candlestick Park 40,93228–11 W1
40May 21@ Dodgers 1–8 O'Dell (5–2) Dodger Stadium 45,19228–12 L1
41May 22@ Dodgers 1–5 Sanford (4–4) Dodger Stadium 46,63628–13 L2
42May 23 Phillies 7–10 McCormick (1–2) Candlestick Park 7,31428–14 L3
43May 24 Phillies 7–4 Miller (2–1) Candlestick Park 5,68029–14 W1
44May 25 Phillies 10–7 Pierce (7–0) Miller (4) Candlestick Park 11,53830–14 W2
45May 26 Mets 7–6 (10) Larsen (3–0) Candlestick Park 18,79131–14 W3
46May 27 Mets 7–1 Sanford (5–4) Miller (5) Candlestick Park n/a32–14 W4
47May 27 Mets 6–5 Duffalo (1–1) Miller (6) Candlestick Park 39,55133–14 W5
48May 30@ Phillies 4–3 (12) Miller (3–1) Connie Mack Stadium n/a34–14 W6
49May 30@ Phillies 5–2 McCormick (2–2) Miller (7) Connie Mack Stadium 29,73935–14 W7
50May 31@ Phillies 1–2 O'Dell (5–3) Connie Mack Stadium 9,39335–15 L1
June (16–13) (Home: 9–5; Road: 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
51June 1@ Mets 9–6 Pierce (8–0) Miller (8) Polo Grounds 43,74236–15 W1
52June 2@ Mets 10–1 Sanford (6–4) Polo Grounds n/a37–15 W2
53June 2@ Mets 6–4 O'Dell (6–3) Miller (9) Polo Grounds 41,00138–15 W3
54June 3@ Mets 6–1 Marichal (8–3) Polo Grounds 34,10239–15 W4
55June 5@ Cubs 11–6 O'Dell (7–3) Wrigley Field 6,08740–15 W5
56June 6@ Cubs 3–4 Larsen (3–1) Wrigley Field 3,78340–16 L1
57June 7@ Cubs 3–4 Pierce (8–1) Wrigley Field 6,65640–17 L2
58June 8@ Cardinals 4–8 Marichal (8–4) Busch Stadium 16,20940–18 L3
59June 9@ Cardinals 4–8 Sanford (6–5) Busch Stadium 17,36840–19 L4
60June 10@ Cardinals 5–6 O'Dell (7–4) Busch Stadium n/a40–20 L5
61June 10@ Cardinals 3–13 Duffalo (1–2) Busch Stadium 33,67940–21 L6
62June 12@ Reds 2–1 Marichal (9–4) Crosley Field n/a41–21 W1
63June 12@ Reds 7–5 McCormick (3–2) Larsen (4) Crosley Field 18,21542–21 W2
64June 13@ Reds 0–5 Sanford (6–6) Crosley Field 15,83742–22 L1
65June 14@ Reds 0–8 Pierce (8–2) Crosley Field 16,75642–23 L2
66June 15 Cardinals 2–5 O'Dell (7–5) Candlestick Park 23,42742–24 L3
67June 16 Cardinals 5–0 Marichal (10–4) Candlestick Park 24,84443–24 W1
68June 17 Cardinals 6–3 Sanford (7–6) Candlestick Park 40,53344–24 W2
69June 19 Colt .45s 4–6 O'Dell (7–6) Candlestick Park 18,74944–25 L1
70June 20 Colt .45s 5–9 Miller (3–2) Candlestick Park 10,43044–26 L2
71June 22 Braves 9–11 Miller (3–3) Candlestick Park 20,51344–27 L3
72June 23 Braves 4–2 McCormick (4–2) Candlestick Park 17,34545–27 W1
73June 24 Braves 3–1 Marichal (11–4) Candlestick Park 26,13046–27 W2
74June 25 Reds 3–1 O'Dell (8–6) Candlestick Park 9,19547–27 W3
75June 26 Reds 6–5 (10) Miller (4–3) Candlestick Park 15,96748–27 W4
76June 27 Reds 6–3 Bolin (1–0) Candlestick Park 12,53749–27 W5
77June 28 Phillies 2–7 Marichal (11–5) Candlestick Park 7,17449–28 L1
78June 29 Phillies 4–3 (12) O'Dell (9–6) Candlestick Park 11,08850–28 W1
79June 30 Phillies 8–3 Bolin (2–0) Miller (10) Candlestick Park 11,71651–28 W2
July (16–11) (Home: 6–3; Road: 10–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
80July 1 Phillies 5–4 Larsen (4–1) Miller (11) Candlestick Park 17,61252–28 W3
81July 2 Mets 5–8 Miller (4–4) Candlestick Park 11,05852–29 L1
82July 3 Mets 10–1 Sanford (8–6) Candlestick Park 7,08353–29 W1
83July 4 Mets 11–4 Bolin (3–0) Candlestick Park n/a54–29 W2
84July 4 Mets 10–3 O'Dell (10–6) Candlestick Park 33,25355–29 W3
85July 5 Dodgers 3–11 McCormick (4–3) Candlestick Park 24,91555–30 L1
86July 6 Dodgers 12–3 Marichal (12–5) Candlestick Park 41,56956–30 W1
87July 7 Dodgers 10–3 Sanford (9–6) Miller (12) Candlestick Park 40,18657–30 W2
88July 8 Dodgers 0–2 O'Dell (10–7) Candlestick Park 41,71757–31 L1
89July 12@ Phillies 5–3 Sanford (10–6) Miller (13) Connie Mack Stadium 17,15158–31 W1
90July 13@ Phillies 2–3 O'Dell (10–8) Connie Mack Stadium 18,69358–32 L1
91July 14@ Phillies 5–6 (10) Miller (4–5) Connie Mack Stadium 7,71658–33 L2
92July 15@ Mets 3–5 Pierce (8–3) Polo Grounds n/a58–34 L3
93July 15@ Mets 9–8 Bolin (4–0) Marichal (1) Polo Grounds 35,46359–34 W1
94July 16@ Mets 3–2 Sanford (11–6) Polo Grounds 23,28060–34 W2
95July 17@ Braves 4–3 O'Dell (11–8) Bolin (1) County Stadium 14,58461–34 W3
96July 18@ Braves 0–6 Marichal (12–6) County Stadium 15,32461–35 L1
97July 19@ Braves 7–3 Bolin (5–0) County Stadium 14,15862–35 W1
98July 20@ Pirates 6–3 Sanford (12–6) Larsen (5) Forbes Field 37,70563–35 W2
99July 21@ Pirates 6–7 (11) Larsen (4–2) Forbes Field 23,91763–36 L1
100July 22@ Pirates 5–4 Marichal (13–6) Forbes Field 27,97364–36 W1
101July 23@ Colt .45s 5–1 Bolin (6–0) Colt Stadium 12,09665–36 W2
102July 24@ Colt .45s 3–1 Sanford (13–6) Larsen (6) Colt Stadium 11,28966–36 W3
103July 25@ Colt .45s 3–2 O'Dell (12–8) Miller (14) Colt Stadium 12,34467–36 W4
104July 27@ Dodgers 1–3 Marichal (13–7) Dodger Stadium 54,09567–37 L1
105July 28@ Dodgers 6–8 Bolin (6–1) Dodger Stadium 49,22867–38 L2
106July 29@ Dodgers 1–11 O'Dell (12–9) Dodger Stadium 53,79267–39 L3
August (18–10) (Home: 12–4; Road: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
107August 1 Cubs 2–3 (10) O'Dell (12–10) Candlestick Park 8,93067–40 L4
108August 2 Cubs 4–3 Pierce (9–3) Larsen (7) Candlestick Park 7,45468–40 W1
109August 3 Pirates 2–5 Marichal (13–8) Candlestick Park 15,91068–41 L1
110August 4 Pirates 6–5 Sanford (14–6) Bolin (2) Candlestick Park 29,37069–41 W1
111August 5 Pirates 2–1 O'Dell (13–10) Candlestick Park 25,53270–41 W2
112August 6 Phillies 9–2 Pierce (10–3) Candlestick Park 6,22271–41 W3
113August 7 Phillies 4–2 Marichal (14–8) Candlestick Park 8,53172–41 W4
114August 8 Mets 2–5 Bolin (6–2) Candlestick Park 11,41172–42 L1
115August 9 Mets 7–1 Sanford (15–6) Candlestick Park 9,98873–42 W1
116August 10 Dodgers 11–2 O'Dell (14–10) Candlestick Park 40,30474–42 W2
117August 11 Dodgers 5–4 Pierce (11–3) Miller (15) Candlestick Park 41,26875–42 W3
118August 12 Dodgers 5–1 Marichal (15–8) Candlestick Park 41,81276–42 W4
119August 14@ Cubs 9–2 Sanford (16–6) Wrigley Field 13,60977–42 W5
120August 15@ Cubs 5–7 Miller (4–5) Wrigley Field 13,13177–43 L1
121August 16@ Cubs 0–6 Pierce (11–4) Wrigley Field 11,87077–44 L2
122August 17@ Braves 4–6 Marichal (15–9) County Stadium 20,78177–45 L3
123August 18@ Braves 6–4 Sanford (17–6) Bolin (3) County Stadium 20,16278–45 W1
124August 19@ Braves 8–13 O'Dell (14–11) County Stadium 20,00578–46 L1
125August 20@ Braves 4–9 Larsen (4–3) County Stadium 15,90678–47 L2
126August 22@ Mets 4–5 Larsen (4–4) Polo Grounds 33,56978–48 L3
127August 23@ Mets 2–1 (10) Marichal (16–9) Polo Grounds 18,81579–48 W1
128August 24@ Phillies 6–0 O'Dell (15–11) Connie Mack Stadium 19,45480–48 W2
129August 25@ Phillies 6–1 Pierce (12–4) Connie Mack Stadium 16,73881–48 W3
130August 26@ Phillies 7–4 Sanford (18–6) Bolin (4) Connie Mack Stadium 14,85582–48 W4
131August 28 Braves 4–3 Marichal (17–9) Candlestick Park 24,02783–48 W5
132August 29 Braves 3–10 O'Dell (15–12) Candlestick Park 14,39983–49 L1
133August 30 Braves 3–2 Sanford (19–6) Larsen (8) Candlestick Park 12,49684–49 W1
134August 31 Reds 10–2 Pierce (13–4) Candlestick Park 26,54785–49 W2
September (16–12) (Home: 10–3; Road: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
135September 1 Reds 5–10 Marichal (17–10) Candlestick Park 26,49885–50 L1
136September 2 Reds 6–4 O'Dell (16–12) Candlestick Park 34,31286–50 W1
137September 3@ Dodgers 7–3 Sanford (20–6) Dodger Stadium 54,41887–50 W2
138September 4@ Dodgers 4–5 Pierce (13–5) Dodger Stadium 51,56787-51 L1
139September 5@ Dodgers 3–0 Marichal (18–10) Bolin (5) Dodger Stadium 54,39588-51 W1
140September 6@ Dodgers 9–6 Bolin (7–2) Miller (16) Dodger Stadium 54,26389–51 W2
141September 7 Cubs 6–5 Sanford (21–6) Miller (17) Candlestick Park 14,65290–51 W3
142September 8 Cubs 7–2 Pierce (14–5) Bolin (6) Candlestick Park 17,64391–51 W4
143September 9 Cubs 5–4 McCormick (5–3) Larsen (9) Candlestick Park 26,04992–51 W5
144September 10 Pirates 4–1 O'Dell (17–12) Candlestick Park 19,49893–51 W6
145September 11 Pirates 2–0 Sanford (22–6) Candlestick Park 10,28394–51 W7
146September 12@ Reds 1–4 Pierce (14–6) Crosley Field 17,56494–52 L1
147September 13@ Reds 2–7 McCormick (5–4) Crosley Field 16,42194–53 L2
148September 14@ Pirates 1–5 O'Dell (17–13) Forbes Field 14,35494–54 L3
149September 15@ Pirates 1–5 Sanford (22–7) Forbes Field 10,34094–55 L4
150September 16@ Pirates 4–6 (10) Miller (4–6) Forbes Field 14,21694–56 L5
151September 17@ Pirates 2–5 McCormick (5–5) Forbes Field 8,36494–57 L6
152September 19@ Cardinals 7–4 O'Dell (18–13) Busch Stadium 8,31495–57 W1
153September 20@ Cardinals 4–5 LeMay (0–1) Busch Stadium 6,49795–58 L1
154September 21@ Colt .45s 11–5 Perry (3–1) Miller (18) Colt Stadium 12,18096–58 W1
155September 22@ Colt .45s 5–6 Miller (4–7) Colt Stadium 17,12596–59 L1
156September 23@ Colt .45s 10–3 O'Dell (19–13) Colt Stadium 9,62397–59 W1
157September 25 Cardinals 4–2 Sanford (23–7) Candlestick Park 10,96598–59 W2
158September 26 Cardinals 6–3 Pierce (15–6) Larsen (10) Candlestick Park 6,24799–59 W3
159September 27 Cardinals 4–7 O'Dell (19–14) Candlestick Park 6,81299–60 L1
160September 29 Colt .45s 11–5 Sanford (24–7) Miller (19) Candlestick Park n/a100–60 W1
161September 29 Colt .45s 2–4 Marichal (18–11) Candlestick Park 26,268101–60 L1
162September 30 Colt .45s 2–1 Miller (5–7) Candlestick Park 41,327101–61 W1
October (2–1) (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
163October 1 Dodgers 8–0 Pierce (16–6) Koufax (14–7) Candlestick Park 32,652102–61 W2
164October 2@ Dodgers 7–8 Williams (14–12) Bolin (7–3) Dodger Stadium 25,321102–62 L1
165October 3@ Dodgers 6–4 Larsen (5–4) Roebuck (10–2) Pierce (1) Dodger Stadium 45,693103–62 W1

Postseason

1962 Postseason Game Log
GameDateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceSeriesReport
1 WS October 4 Yankees 2–6 Ford (1–0) O'Dell (0–1) Candlestick Park 43,8520–1 L1
2 WS October 5 Yankees 2–0 Sanford (1–0) Terry (0–1) Candlestick Park 43,9101–1 W1
3 WS October 7@ Yankees 2–3 Stafford (1–0) Pierce (0–1) Yankee Stadium 71,4341–2 L1
4 WS October 8@ Yankees 7–3 Larsen (1–0) Coates (0–1) O'Dell (1) Yankee Stadium 66,6072–2 W1
5 WS October 10@ Yankees 3–5 Terry (1–1) Sanford (1–1) Yankee Stadium 63,1652–3 L1
6 WS October 15 Yankees 5–2 Pierce (1–1) Ford (1–1) Candlestick Park 43,9483–3 W1
7 WS October 16 Yankees 0–1 Terry (2–1) Sanford (1–2) Candlestick Park 43,9483–4 L1

Roster

1962 San Francisco Giants
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos.PlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
C Tom Haller 992725371.26118551
1B Orlando Cepeda 162625105191.3063511410
2B Chuck Hiller 16160294166.2763485
3B Jim Davenport 14448583144.29714582
SS José Pagán 16458073150.25975713
LF Harvey Kuenn 13048773148.30410683
CF Willie Mays 162621130189.3044914118
RF Felipe Alou 15456196177.316259810

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Other batters

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

PlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
Ed Bailey 962543259.23217451
Willie McCovey 912294167.29320543
Matty Alou 781952857.2923143
Manny Mota 4774913.176093
John Orsino 1848413.271040
Ernie Bowman 464298.190140
Bob Nieman 303019.300130
Carl Boles 192449.375010
Cap Peterson 4611.167000
Joe Pignatano 7521.200000
Dick Phillips 5310.000010

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Billy O'Dell 43280.219143.53195
Jack Sanford 39265.12473.43147
Juan Marichal 37262.218113.36153
Billy Pierce 30162.11663.4976

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike McCormick 2898.2555.3842
Gaylord Perry 1343.0315.2320

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Stu Miller 5958194.1278
Don Larsen 4954114.3858
Bobby Bolin 417353.6274
Jim Duffalo 241203.6429
Bob Garibaldi 90015.119
Dick LeMay 90117.715

1962 World Series

Game 1

October 4, 1962, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco

Team123456789RHE
New York (A)2000001216110
San Francisco (N)0110000002100
W: Whitey Ford (1–0)  L: Billy O'Dell (0–1)
HR: NYYClete Boyer (1)

Roger Maris' two-run double in the first inning set up Yankee starter Whitey Ford with a lead, but Willie Mays scored for the Giants in the second, ending Ford's record consecutive scoreless inning streak at 3323. Chuck Hiller's double and Felipe Alou's hit in the third tied the game, but the Yankees broke the tie in the 7th on Clete Boyer's HR and scored three insurance runs in the final two innings. Ford's complete game victory was the first of six in the series, four for the Yankees and two for the Giants.

Game 2

October 5, 1962, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco

Team123456789RHE
New York (A)000000000031
San Francisco (N)10000010x260
W: Jack Sanford (1–0)  L: Ralph Terry (0–1)
HR: SFGWillie McCovey (1)

With the Giants protecting a 1–0 lead in the 7th inning, Willie McCovey smashed a tremendous home run over the right field fence to boost 24-game winner Jack Sanford to 2–0 shutout of the Yankees, who managed only 3 hits.

Game 3

October 7, 1962, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team123456789RHE
San Francisco (N)000000002243
New York (A)00000030x351
W:Bill Stafford (1–0)   L: Billy Pierce (0–1)
HR: SFGEd Bailey (1)

The Yankees ended a scoreless tie in the 7th, scoring three times. Roger Maris drove a base hit off starter Billy Pierce for two runs batted in, and alert base-running allowed him to score the winning run in a 3–2 Yankee victory. Giants catcher Ed Bailey's 2-run homer in the top of the 9th left the Giants a run short.

Game 4

October 8, 1962, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team123456789RHE
San Francisco (N)020000401791
New York (A)000002001391
W: Don Larsen (1–0)   L: Jim Coates (0–1)
HR: SFGTom Haller (1), Chuck Hiller (1)

For the second time in two days, a Giants' catcher stroked a two-run homer when Tom Haller hit his off Whitey Ford in the second inning. After the Yankees tied the score at 2–2, second baseman Chuck Hiller hit the first National League grand slam in World Series history in the 7th, and the Giants went on to win 7–3. The game marked the only appearance in this series of future Hall-of-famer Juan Marichal, who started for the Giants.

Don Larsen was the winning pitcher in relief, six years to the day of his perfect game in the 1956 World Series.

Game 5

October 10, 1962, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team123456789RHE
San Francisco (N)001010001382
New York (A)00010103x560
W: Ralph Terry (1–1)   L: Jack Sanford (1–1)
HR: SFGJosé Pagán (1)   NYYTom Tresh (1)

Hot hitting José Pagán drove in two runs with a single in the third and a home run in the 5th, but with the score tied 2–2 in the 8th, Tom Tresh walloped what proved to be the winning homer, a three-run shot that scored Bobby Richardson and Tony Kubek in front of him. With the series returning to San Francisco the Yankees had the edge, 3 games to 2, only to have the sixth game delayed four days by rain.

Game 6

October 15, 1962, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco

Team123456789RHE
New York (A)000010010232
San Francisco (N)00032000x5101
W: Billy Pierce (1–1)  L: Whitey Ford (1–1)
HR: NYYRoger Maris (1)

In a battle of left-handed starting pitchers, Pierce out-dueled Ford and tossed a brilliant complete-game 3-hitter as the Giants evened the series at three wins apiece with a 5–2 victory. The Yankees' only runs came on a Maris solo home run in the 5th inning and an RBI single by Tony Kubek in the 8th inning.

Game 7

October 16, 1962, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco

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W: Ralph Terry (2–1)  L: Jack Sanford (1–2)

The only run of this classic game occurred in the 5th inning when Tony Kubek grounded into a double play, with Bill Skowron scoring from third. Ralph Terry, pitching the seventh game instead of Jim Bouton because of the rain delays, had given up Bill Mazeroski's Series-winning walk-off home run two years earlier in Pittsburgh but in his third start completely stifled the Giants' power hitters.

In the bottom of the 9th, pinch-hitter Matty Alou, batting for relief pitcher Billy O'Dell, led off the inning with a bunt base hit after first having a foul ball dropped, but Terry struck out the next two batters, Felipe Alou and Hiller. Mays hit a double into the right field corner, but Maris brilliantly played the carom, then hit cut-off man Richardson with a throw that was relayed perfectly to home. Alou, already aware of Maris' great arm, stopped at third. Facing Willie McCovey with two outs, Terry elected to pitch to him rather than walk the bases loaded and bring up Orlando Cepeda. Terry's inside fastball on the second pitch completely handcuffed McCovey, who nonetheless adjusted his bat in mid-swing to extend his arms and hit what he later claimed was the hardest ball he had ever struck. The line drive appeared at first to be going over the head of a perfectly positioned Richardson, but was in fact sinking from topspin, and Richardson made the catch without leaping to end the game. The Yankees won their 20th World Championship; they would not win another World Championship until 1977. The Giants would not return to the World Series themselves until 1989.

Awards and honors

1962 All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Tacoma Giants Pacific Coast League Red Davis
AA El Paso Sun Kings Texas League George Genovese
A Springfield Giants Eastern League Andy Gilbert
B Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Bud Byerly
C Fresno Giants California League Sal Taormina
D Salem Rebels Appalachian League Alex Cosmidis
D Lakeland Giants Florida State League Bert Haas and Max Lanier
D Decatur Commodores Midwest League Richie Klaus

Notes

  1. "For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2020, Playing for SFG, H>=1500, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest Hits". Stathead. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  2. "Joey Amalfitano". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  3. "Hobie Landrith". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 "Billy Loes". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  5. "Georges Maranda". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  6. "Bob Nieman". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  7. "1962 San Francisco Giants Statistics and Roster – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2008. Retrieved September 10, 2024.

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