1962 Kansas City Athletics season

1962 Kansas City Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Municipal Stadium (since 1955)
Kansas City, Missouri (since 1955)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles O. Finley
General manager(s)	Pat Friday
Manager(s)	Hank Bauer
Local television	KCMO
Local radio	KCMO (AM) (Monte Moore, Bruce Rice)
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The 1962 Kansas City Athletics season was the eight 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 Champion New York Yankees. The A's were last in the American League in paid attendance.^[1]

Offseason

• October 11, 1961: Stan Johnson, Bobby Prescott and Jay Ward were traded by the Athletics to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Gordie Windhorn and Bill Lajoie (minors).^[2]
• December 15, 1961: Lou Klimchock and Bob Shaw were traded by the Athletics to the Milwaukee Braves for Joe Azcue, Ed Charles and Manny Jiménez.^[3]
• Prior to 1962 season: Don Williams was acquired by the Athletics from the Chicago White Sox.^[4]

Regular season

• April 22, 1962: Future Basketball Hall of Famer Dave DeBusschere made his major league baseball debut for the Chicago White Sox in a game against the Athletics.^[5] He pitched one inning and gave up one base on balls.
• August 26, 1962: Jack Kralick threw the first no-hitter in Minnesota Twins history against the Athletics.^[6] The Twins beat the Athletics by a score of 1–0.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	96	66	.593	--
Minnesota Twins	91	71	.562	5
Los Angeles Angels	85	76	.531	10
Detroit Tigers	85	76	.528	10.5
Chicago White Sox	85	77	.525	11
Cleveland Indians	80	82	.494	16
Baltimore Orioles	77	85	.475	19
Boston Red Sox	76	84	.475	19
Kansas City Athletics	72	90	.444	24
Washington Senators	60	101	.373	35.5

Record vs. opponents

1962 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	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 Kansas City Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 20 Jim Archer 22 Norm Bass 28 Art Ditmar 25 Moe Drabowsky 28 Bill Fischer 22 Bob Giggie 34 Bob Grim 36 Granny Hamner 34 Gordon Jones 25 Bill Kunkel 29 Danny McDevitt 36 Fred Norman 31 Dan Osinski 19 Orlando Peña 27 Dan Pfister 21 Ed Rakow 24 Diego Seguí 31 Rupe Toppin 23 Jerry Walker 26 Dave Wickersham 22 Don Williams 33 John Wyatt		Catchers 10 Joe Azcue 18 Billy Bryan  8 Haywood Sullivan Infielders  2 Wayne Causey 16 Ed Charles  6 Billy Consolo 30 Marlan Coughtry  1 Dick Howser 14 Deron Johnson 11 Jerry Lumpe 29 Charlie Shoemaker  7 Norm Siebern		Outfielders  3 George Alusik  4 Gino Cimoli  5 Bobby Del Greco 12 Manny Jiménez 14 Bill Kern 19 Leo Posada 15 José Tartabull 17 Gordie Windhorn 17 John Wojcik Other batters 17 Héctor Martínez  3 Gene Stephens		Manager  9 Hank Bauer Coaches 40 Dario Lodigiani 37 Eddie Lopat 42 Gus Niarhos 41 Jo-Jo White

Player stats

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
1B	Siebern, NormNorm Siebern	162	600	185	.308	25	117
3B	Charles, EdEd Charles	147	535	154	.288	17	74
LF	Jiménez, MannyManny Jiménez	139	479	144	.301	11	69
CF	Del Greco, BobbyBobby Del Greco	132	338	86	.254	9	38

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
Tartabull, JoséJosé Tartabull	107	310	86	.277	0	22
Azcue, JoeJoe Azcue	72	223	51	.229	2	25
Bryan, BillyBilly Bryan	25	74	11	.149	2	7
Windhorn, GordieGordie Windhorn	14	19	3	.158	0	1
Kern, BillBill Kern	8	16	4	.250	1	1
Martínez, HéctorHéctor Martínez	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Peña, OrlandoOrlando Peña	13	89.2	6	4	3.01	56
Ditmar, ArtArt Ditmar	6	21.2	0	2	6.65	13

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
Fischer, BillBill Fischer	34	127.2	4	12	3.95	38
Wyatt, JohnJohn Wyatt	59	125	10	7	4.46	106
Seguí, DiegoDiego Seguí	37	116.2	8	5	3.86	71
Bass, NormNorm Bass	22	75.1	2	6	6.09	33
Drabowsky, MoeMoe Drabowsky	10	28	1	1	5.14	19
Giggie, BobBob Giggie	4	14.1	1	1	6.28	4

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
McDevitt, DannyDanny McDevitt	33	0	3	2	5.82	28
Jones, GordonGordon Jones	21	3	2	6	6.34	28
Archer, JimJim Archer	18	0	1	0	9.43	12
Grim, BobBob Grim	12	0	1	3	6.23	3
Kunkel, BillBill Kunkel	9	0	0	0	3.52	6
Williams, DonDon Williams	3	0	0	0	9.00	1
Hamner, GrannyGranny Hamner	3	0	1	0	9.00	0
Norman, FredFred Norman	2	0	0	0	2.25	2

Farm system

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

References

1. Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, pp.66, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
2. Stan Johnson page at Baseball Reference
3. Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference
4. Don Williams page at Baseball Reference
5. Dave DeBuscchere page at Baseball Reference
6. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

External links

• 1962 Kansas City Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1962 Kansas City Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com