1962 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1962 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1962 in baseball.

The 1962 Major League Baseball season was contested from April to October 1962. The National League played a 162 game schedule for the first time, having added the Houston Colt .45s and the New York Mets as expansion teams. The American League had played its first 162-game schedule a year earlier. The NL returned to New York City after a four-year absence, though the Mets would finish in last place.

In the World Series the New York Yankees defeated the San Francisco Giants 4 games to 3.

MLB statistical leaders

  American League National League
Type Name Stat Name Stat
AVG Pete Runnels BOS .326 Tommy Davis LAD .346
HR Harmon Killebrew MIN 48 Willie Mays SFG 49
RBI Harmon Killebrew MIN 126 Tommy Davis LAD 153
Wins Ralph Terry NYY 23 Mike McCormick SFG 22
ERA Hank Aguirre DET 2.21 Sandy Koufax LAD 2.54
SO Camilo Pascual MIN 206 Don Drysdale LAD 232
SV Dick Radatz BOS 24 Roy Face PIT 28
SB Luis Aparicio CHW 31 Maury Wills LAD 104

Major league baseball final standings

American League
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
New York Yankees 96 66 .593 –
Minnesota Twins 91 71 .562 5
Los Angeles Angels 86 76 .531 10
Detroit Tigers 85 76 .528 10½
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 35½
National League
Club Wins Losses Ties Win %   GB
San Francisco Giants 103 62 .624 –
Los Angeles Dodgers 102 63 .618 1
Cincinnati Reds 98 64 .605 3½
Pittsburgh Pirates 93 68 .578 8
Milwaukee Braves 86 76 .531 15½
St. Louis Cardinals 84 78 1 .519 17½
Philadelphia Phillies 81 80 .503 20
Houston Colt .45s 64 96 2 .400 36½
Chicago Cubs 59 103 .364 42½
New York Mets 40 120 1 .250 60½

Managers

American League

Team Manager Comments
Baltimore Orioles Billy Hitchcock
Boston Red Sox Pinky Higgins
Chicago White Sox Al López
Cleveland Indians Mel McGaha Replaced during the season by Mel Harder
Detroit Tigers Bob Scheffing
Kansas City Athletics Hank Bauer
Los Angeles Angels Bill Rigney
Minnesota Twins Sam Mele
New York Yankees Ralph Houk Won the World Series
Washington Senators Mickey Vernon

National League

Team Manager Comments
Chicago Cubs College of Coaches
Cincinnati Reds Fred Hutchinson
Houston Colt .45's Harry Craft Expansion team
Los Angeles Dodgers Walter Alston
Milwaukee Braves Birdie Tebbetts
New York Mets Casey Stengel Expansion team
Philadelphia Phillies Gene Mauch
Pittsburgh Pirates Danny Murtaugh
San Francisco Giants Alvin Dark Won the National League pennant
St. Louis Cardinals Johnny Keane

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