1962 Washington Senators season

1962  Washington Senators
League	American League
Ballpark	D.C. Stadium
City	Washington, D.C.
Record	60–101 (.373)
League place	10th
Owners	Elwood Richard Quesada
General managers	Ed Doherty
Managers	Mickey Vernon
Television	WTOP
Radio	WTOP (Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
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The 1962 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing tenth in the American League with a record of 60 wins and 101 losses, 35+1⁄2 games behind the World Champion New York Yankees. 1962 was the first season in which the Senators played their home games at D.C. Stadium.

Offseason

• October 5, 1961: Dick Donovan, Gene Green, and Jim Mahoney were traded by the Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Jimmy Piersall. ^[1]
• November 21, 1961: Coot Veal was purchased from the Senators by the Pittsburgh Pirates. ^[2]
• December 15, 1961: Marty Keough and Johnny Klippstein were traded by the Senators to the Cincinnati Reds for Dave Stenhouse and Bob Schmidt. ^[3]

Regular season

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	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 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers 17 Bob Baird 27,38 Carl Bouldin 16 Pete Burnside 23 Tom Cheney 21 Bennie Daniels 17 Fred Green 28 Steve Hamilton 19 Jim Hannan 18 Ed Hobaugh  1 Jack Jenkins 22 Marty Kutyna 27 Joe McClain 24,34 Claude Osteen 20 Ray Rippelmeyer 33 Don Rudolph 15 Dave Stenhouse		Catchers  9 Ken Retzer 12 Bob Schmidt Infielders 10 Harry Bright 38 Ed Brinkman  7 Chuck Cottier  5 Ken Hamlin 29 Bob Johnson 34 John Kennedy 25 Dale Long  4 Danny O'Connell 6,48 Johnny Schaive  8 Ron Stillwell 11 Bud Zipfel		Outfielders 31 Joe Hicks 32 Chuck Hinton 30 Jim King 25 Don Lock 37 Jimmy Piersall  1 Willie Tasby 14 Gene Woodling		Manager  3 Mickey Vernon Coaches 41 George Case 42 Rollie Hemsley 40 Sid Hudson 43 George Susce

Game log

Regular season

Legend
	Senators win
	Senators loss
	Senators tie
	Postponement
	Eliminated from playoff race
Bold	Senators team member

1962 regular season game log: 60–101–1 (Home: 27–53; Away: 33–48–1) [4]
April: 2–13 (Home: 1–7; Away: 1–6) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 12 April 27 Yankees L 8–10 Stafford (1–2) Burnside (1–1) Bridges (1) 3:17 20,120 2–10 L10 13 April 28 Yankees L 3–10 2:34 9,299 2–11 L11 14 (1) April 29 Yankees L 2–3 — 2:00 — 2–12 L12 15 (2) April 29 Yankees L 6–11 — 2:44 31,466 2–13 L13
May: 11–18 (Home: 6–10; Away: 5–8) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 18 May 5 @ Yankees L 6–7 2:35 16,992 3–15 L2 19 (1) May 6 @ Yankees W 4–2 2:02 — 4–15 W1 20 (2) May 6 @ Yankees L 0–8 — 2:34 23,940 4–16 L1
June: 13–16 (Home: 8–8; Away: 5–8) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
July: 13–15 (Home: 4–8; Away: 9–7) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak — July 10 32nd All-Star Game in Washington, D.C. 90 July 20 @ Yankees L 2–3 Bridges (12) 1:56 20,255 33–57 L1 91 July 21 @ Yankees L 3–4 2:17 23,565 33–58 L2 92 (1) July 22 @ Yankees W 3–2 Stafford (8–6) — 2:12 — 34–58 W1 93 (2) July 22 @ Yankees W 8–3 — 2:14 27,548 35–58 W2 — July 30 33rd All-Star Game in Chicago, IL 101 July 31 Yankees L 5–9 Stafford (9–6) 2:41 30,421 39–62 L2
August: 14–22–1 (Home: 4–11; Away: 10–11–1) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 102 (1) August 1 Yankees L 4–6 — 2:23 — 39–63 L3 103 (2) August 1 Yankees L 2–5(11) 2:48 48,147 39–64 L4
September: 7–17 (Home: 4–9; Away: 3–8) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 155 September 18 Yankees L 1–7 — 2:05 16,824 58–96–1 L2 156 September 19 Yankees L 5–8 Bridges (8–3) 2:46 12,126 58–97–1 L3 159 September 25 @ Yankees L 3–8 — 2:24 11,702 59–99–1 L1 160 September 26 @ Yankees L 5–9 2:03 4,140 59–100–1 L2

Detailed records

American League Opponent W L WP RS RA New York Yankees 3 15 0.167 70 115 Washington Senators Season Total 3 15 0.167 70 115

Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA April May June July August September Total Games Won Lost Win % RS RA Home Away Total

Player stats

= Indicates team 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	Ken Retzer	109	340	97	.285	8	37
1B	Harry Bright	113	392	107	.273	17	67
2B	Chuck Cottier	136	443	107	.242	6	40
SS	Ken Hamlin	98	292	74	.253	3	22
3B	Bob Johnson	135	466	134	.288	12	43
LF	Don Lock	71	225	57	.253	12	37
CF	Jimmy Piersall	135	471	115	.244	4	31
RF	Jim King	132	333	81	.243	11	35

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
Chuck Hinton	151	542	168	.310	17	75
Bob Schmidt	88	256	62	.242	10	31
Danny O'Connell	84	236	62	.263	2	18
Johnny Schaive	82	225	57	.253	6	29
Dale Long	67	191	46	.241	4	24
Bud Zipfel	68	184	44	.239	6	21
Joe Hicks	102	174	39	.224	6	14
Ed Brinkman	54	133	22	.165	0	4
Gene Woodling	44	107	30	.280	5	16
John Kennedy	14	42	11	.262	1	2
Willie Tasby	11	34	7	.206	0	0
Ron Stillwell	6	22	6	.273	0	2

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
Dave Stenhouse	34	197.0	11	12	3.65	123
Claude Osteen	28	150.1	8	13	3.65	59
Bob Baird	3	10.2	0	1	6.75	3

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
Don Rudolph	37	176.1	8	10	3.62	68
Tom Cheney	37	173.1	7	9	3.17	147
Bennie Daniels	44	161.1	7	16	4.85	66
Pete Burnside	40	149.2	5	11	4.45	74
Steve Hamilton	41	107.1	3	8	3.77	83
Joe McClain	10	24.0	0	4	9.38	6
Carl Bouldin	6	20.0	1	2	5.85	12
Jack Jenkins	3	13.1	0	1	4.05	10

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
Jim Hannan	42	2	4	4	3.31	39
Marty Kutyna	54	5	6	0	4.04	25
Ed Hobaugh	26	2	1	1	3.76	37
Ray Rippelmeyer	18	1	2	0	5.49	17
Fred Green	5	0	1	0	6.43	2

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

• Dave Stenhouse, Pitcher, Reserve in first game, Starter in second game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Frank Verdi and Johnny Vander Meer
B	Raleigh Capitals	Carolina League	Archie Wilson
D	Pensacola Senators	Alabama–Florida League	Wayne Terwilliger
D	Middlesboro Senators	Appalachian League	Lew Morton

Syracuse affiliation shared with New York Mets

References

1. Jim Piersall page at Baseball Reference
2. Coot Veal page at Baseball Reference
3. Marty Keough page at Baseball Reference
4. "1962 Washington Senators Schedule & Results". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 12, 2025.

External links

• 1962 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference
• 1962 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com