1962 Washington Senators season

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1962  Washington Senators
League American League
Ballpark D.C. Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
Record60–101 (.373)
League place10th
Owners Elwood Richard Quesada
General managers Ed Doherty
Managers Mickey Vernon
Television WTOP
Radio WTOP
(Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
←  1961 Seasons 1963  →

The 1962 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing tenth in the American League with a record of 60 wins and 101 losses, 35+1⁄2 games behind the World Champion New York Yankees. 1962 was the first season in which the Senators played their home games at D.C. Stadium.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 96660.593—50–3046–36
Minnesota Twins 91710.562545–3646–35
Los Angeles Angels 86760.5311040–4146–35
Detroit Tigers 85760.52810½49–3336–43
Chicago White Sox 85770.5251143–3842–39
Cleveland Indians 80820.4941643–3837–44
Baltimore Orioles 77850.4751944–3833–47
Boston Red Sox 76840.4751939–4037–44
Kansas City Athletics 72900.4442439–4233–48
Washington Senators 601010.37335½27–5333–48

Record vs. opponents

1962 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCHWCLEDETKCALAAMINNYYWSH
Baltimore —8–109–911–72–1610–88–106–1211–712–6
Boston 10–8—8–107–1111–610–86–1210–86–128–9
Chicago 9–910–8—12–69–99–910–88–108–1010–8
Cleveland 7–1111–76–12—10–811–79–96–1211–79–9
Detroit 16–26–119–98–10—12–611–75–137–1111–7
Kansas City 8–108–109–97–116–12—6–128–105–1315–3
Los Angeles 10–812–68–109–97–1112–6—9–98–1011–7
Minnesota 12–68–1010–812–613–510–89–9—7–1110–8–1
New York 7–1112–610–87–1111–713–510–811–7—15–3
Washington 6–129–88–109–97–113–157–118–10–13–15—

Roster

1962 Washington Senators
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Ken Retzer 10934097.285837
1B Harry Bright 113392107.2731767
2B Chuck Cottier 136443107.242640
SS Ken Hamlin 9829274.253322
3B Bob Johnson 135466134.2881243
LF Don Lock 7122557.2531237
CF Jimmy Piersall 135471115.244431
RF Jim King 13233381.2431135

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Chuck Hinton 151542168.3101775
Bob Schmidt 8825662.2421031
Danny O'Connell 8423662.263218
Johnny Schaive 8222557.253629
Dale Long 6719146.241424
Bud Zipfel 6818444.239621
Joe Hicks 10217439.224614
Ed Brinkman 5413322.16504
Gene Woodling 4410730.280516
John Kennedy 144211.26212
Willie Tasby 11347.20600
Ron Stillwell 6226.27302

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dave Stenhouse 34197.011123.65123
Claude Osteen 28150.18133.6559
Bob Baird 310.2016.753

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Don Rudolph 37176.18103.6268
Tom Cheney 37173.1793.17147
Bennie Daniels 44161.17164.8566
Pete Burnside 40149.25114.4574
Steve Hamilton 41107.1383.7783
Joe McClain 1024.0049.386
Carl Bouldin 620.0125.8512
Jack Jenkins 313.1014.0510

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jim Hannan 422443.3139
Marty Kutyna 545604.0425
Ed Hobaugh 262113.7637
Ray Rippelmeyer 181205.4917
Fred Green 50106.432

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Frank Verdi and Johnny Vander Meer
B Raleigh Capitals Carolina League Archie Wilson
D Pensacola Senators Alabama–Florida League Wayne Terwilliger
D Middlesboro Senators Appalachian League Lew Morton

Syracuse affiliation shared with New York Mets

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References

  1. ↑ Jim Piersall page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Coot Veal page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Marty Keough page at Baseball Reference


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