JoséConcepción Herrera Ontiveros was a Venezuelan professional baseball player who appeared as an outfielder and second baseman in Major League Baseball for the Houston Astros (1967–1968) and Montreal Expos (1969–1970). He batted and threw right-handed,stood 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m) tall and weighed 165 pounds (75 kg).
Robert Thomas Aspromonte is an American former professional baseball player and business entrepreneur. He played as a third baseman in Major League Baseball in 1956 and then from 1960 to 1971,most prominently as a member of the newly formed Houston Colt .45s expansion team where,he became the regular third baseman for the first seven seasons of the young franchise. As well as being the first-ever batter for Houston,he was also the last Brooklyn Dodger to appear in a major league game. He also played for the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets in addition to the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers.
The following are the baseball events of the year 1962 throughout the world.
Merritt Thomas Ranew was an American professional baseball catcher who appeared in 269 games over all or parts of five Major League Baseball seasons for five different teams. He batted left-handed,threw right-handed,and was listed as 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and 170 pounds (77 kg).
Harry Francis Craft was an American Major League Baseball player and manager. Born in Ellisville,Mississippi,he was a center fielder for the Cincinnati Reds from 1937 to 1942. Craft attended Mississippi College,threw and batted right-handed,stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).
Norman Howard John Larker was an American professional baseball player. A first baseman who,early in his career,also frequently played corner outfielder,he appeared in 667 games in Major League Baseball (MLB) (1958–1963) for four National League clubs,most notably the Los Angeles Dodgers. Larker also spent two years in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He was listed as 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and 185 pounds (84 kg),and batted and threw left-handed.
Walter Franklin Bond was an American professional baseball player who appeared in 365 games over six Major League Baseball seasons between 1960 and 1967 for the Cleveland Indians,Houston Colt .45s/Astros and Minnesota Twins. An outfielder and first baseman,he played the last five seasons of his 11-year professional career after being diagnosed with leukemia while serving as a private first class in the United States Army in 1962. Bond died of the disease in the closing weeks of the 1967 baseball season —a year during which he had made the Twins' roster coming out of spring training.
Román Mejías Gómez was a Cuban professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1955 and from 1957–1964 for the Pittsburgh Pirates,Houston Colt .45s and Boston Red Sox. He also played one season in Japan,in 1966,for the Sankei Atoms. Listed as standing 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighing 175 pounds (79 kg),he threw and batted right-handed.
James Edward Beauchamp was an American Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder who played from 1963 to 1973 for the St. Louis Cardinals,Houston Colt .45s/Astros,Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves,Cincinnati Reds,and New York Mets. He attended Grove High School in Grove,Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University before being signed by the Cardinals in 1957. He was the father of former minor league baseball player Kash Beauchamp. He was 6'2' and weighed 205 pounds.
Billy Rolland Cowan is an American former professional baseball player. Appearing primarily as an outfielder,Cowan totalled 493 games played,over all or part of eight Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons,for the Chicago Cubs (1963–64),New York Mets (1965),Milwaukee Braves (1965),Philadelphia Phillies (1967),New York Yankees (1969),and California Angels (1969–72).
Carl Wayne Warwick is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played six seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1961 to 1966 for the Los Angeles Dodgers,St. Louis Cardinals,Houston Colt .45s,Baltimore Orioles and Chicago Cubs. During the 1964 World Series,he set a record by reaching base in his first four plate appearances as a pinch hitter,as he helped his Cardinals defeat the New York Yankees in seven games.
The Houston Colt .45s' 1963 season was a season in American baseball. The team finished ninth in the National League with a record of 66–96,33 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The 1962 Houston Colt .45s were an expansion team in American Major League Baseball's National League,and 1962 was the first season in franchise history. Harry Craft was Houston's first manager. The .45s finished eighth among the National League's ten teams with a record of 64–96,36+1⁄2 games behind the league champion San Francisco Giants.
Alfred Michael Heist was an American professional baseball player,coach and scout. After a long career in the Pacific Coast League of the 1950s,the outfielder made his Major League debut at the age of 32 and appeared in 177 big-league games for the Chicago Cubs (1960–61) and the Houston Colt .45s (1962). He threw and batted right-handed,stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).
John Charles Anderson was an American professional baseball player and right-handed pitcher who appeared in 24 games during parts of three seasons in Major League Baseball between 1958 and 1962 for the Philadelphia Phillies,Baltimore Orioles,St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Colt .45s. His professional career spanned 472 games and 16 seasons,from 1952 to 1967,most of which were spent in the minor leagues.
John Weekly was an American professional baseball player whose career extended from 1956 through 1965. The outfielder appeared in 53 Major League games for the Houston Colt .45s from 1962 to 1964. Weekly batted and threw right-handed;he stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg).
Bryshear Barnett "Brock" Davis is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder whose professional career,including minor league service,lasted for 13 seasons (1963–1975). Davis was born in Oakland,California and attended John C. Fremont High School in Los Angeles and California State University,Los Angeles. Davis attended high school with future professional baseball players Leon McFadden,Willie Crawford,Bobby Tolan and Bob Watson. He threw and batted left-handed,stood 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighed 165 pounds (75 kg).
James Robert Campbell is an American former professional baseball player,a catcher who played 82 games in the Major Leagues for the Houston Colt .45s during 1962 and 1963. He threw and batted right-handed,stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg).
Jacke Sylvesta Davis,often misspelled "Jack" Davis,was an American former professional baseball outfielder,who spent eight seasons in professional baseball,including part of one season in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Philadelphia Phillies.
Prentice Almont "Pidge" Browne Jr. was an American professional baseball player. A first baseman,he was a longtime minor league star who had a half-season trial in Major League Baseball in 1962 in his 13th and final professional season at the age of 33. That year,as a member of the first-ever Houston Colt .45s squad,he participated in another unusual feat,representing a Houston-based professional baseball team at three different levels —Double-A,Triple-A and MLB.
