1962_Kansas_City_Athletics_season

1962 Kansas City Athletics
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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1962 Kansas City Athletics season

Major League Baseball team season

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]

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v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	96	66	0.593	—	50–30	46–36
Minnesota Twins	91	71	0.562	5	45–36	46–35
Los Angeles Angels	86	76	0.531	10	40–41	46–35
Detroit Tigers	85	76	0.528	10½	49–33	36–43
Chicago White Sox	85	77	0.525	11	43–38	42–39
Cleveland Indians	80	82	0.494	16	43–38	37–44
Baltimore Orioles	77	85	0.475	19	44–38	33–47
Boston Red Sox	76	84	0.475	19	39–40	37–44
Kansas City Athletics	72	90	0.444	24	39–42	33–48
Washington Senators	60	101	0.373	35½	27–53	33–48

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	—

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

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

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

1962_Kansas_City_Athletics_season

1962 Kansas City Athletics season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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Relief pitchers

Farm system

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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

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

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