1962_New_York_Yankees_season

1962 New York Yankees
1962 New York Yankees
World Series Champions; American League Champions
League	American League
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Owners	Dan Topping and Del Webb
General managers	Roy Hamey
Managers	Ralph Houk
Television	WPIX; (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)
Radio	WCBS (AM); (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)

1962 New York Yankees season

Major League Baseball team season

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.

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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	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

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

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

1962_New_York_Yankees_season

1962 New York Yankees season

Offseason

Regular season

Game log

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

1962 World Series

Awards and honors

Farm system

Notes

References

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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

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

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

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