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1962 American League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings Team W L WL% GB NewYorkY NYY 96 66 .593 -- Minnesta MIN 91 71 .562 5.0 LosAngls LAA 86 76 .531 10.0 Detroit DET 85 76 .528 10.5 ChicagoW CHW 85 77 .525 11.0 Clvlnd CLE 80 82 .494 16.0 Bltmore BAL 77 85 .475 19.0 BostonRS BOS 76 84 .475 19.0 KansasCy KCA 72 90 .444 24.0 Washngtn WSA 60 101 .373 35.5 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: AL Postseason World Series (4-3):   New York Yankees over San Francisco Giants BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1962 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
  Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
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League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 NYY  5.04   817  162  5644  1509  240  29  199  584   842  .267  .336  .426   42   29 116  4.61  5.46
 MIN  4.90   798  163  5561  1445  215  39  185  649   823  .260  .337  .412   33   20 104  5.09  4.70
 DET  4.71   758  161  5456  1352  191  36  209  651   894  .248  .328  .411   69   21 103  5.46  3.92
 KCA  4.60   745  162  5576  1467  220  58  116  556   803  .263  .330  .386   76   21  98  5.00  4.20
 LAA  4.43   718  162  5499  1377  232  35  137  602   917  .250  .324  .380   46   27  99  4.41  4.46
 BOS  4.42   707  160  5530  1429  257  53  146  525   923  .258  .323  .403   39   33 100  4.67  4.17
 CHW  4.36   707  162  5514  1415  250  56   92  620   674  .257  .332  .372   76   40  96  3.89  4.84
 CLE  4.21   682  162  5484  1341  202  22  180  502   939  .245  .308  .388   35   16  96  4.30  4.12
 BAL  4.02   652  162  5491  1363  225  34  156  516   931  .248  .313  .387   45   32  99  3.82  4.24
 WSA  3.70   599  162  5484  1370  206  38  132  466   789  .250  .309  .373   99   53  90  3.66  3.73
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.44  7183 1618 55239 14068 2238 400 1552 5671  8535  .255  .325  .394  560  292

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 BAL  4.20   680  162  3.69  1462  1373   8.5   549  3.4  147   898   32     4     8  33 100  3.37  5.05
 LAA  4.36   706  162  3.70  1466  1412   8.7   616  3.8  118   858   23    11    15  47 104  4.54  4.17
 NYY  4.20   680  162  3.70  1470  1375   8.5   499  3.1  146   838   33     6    10  42 102  3.83  4.56
 CHW  4.06   658  162  3.73  1451  1380   8.5   537  3.3  123   821   50    11    13  28 105  3.94  4.19
 DET  4.30   692  161  3.81  1443  1452   9.0   503  3.1  169   873   46     7     8  35 106  4.49  4.10
 MIN  4.37   713  163  3.89  1463  1400   8.6   493  3.0  166   948   53    11    11  27 105  4.61  4.14
 WSA  4.42   716  162  4.04  1445  1400   8.6   593  3.7  151   771   38    10    11  13 100  4.55  4.29
 CLE  4.60   745  162  4.14  1441  1410   8.7   594  3.7  174   780   45    12    12  31  93  4.32  4.88
 BOS  4.73   756  160  4.22  1437  1416   8.9   632  4.0  159   923   34    10    12  40  98  4.77  4.68
 KCA  5.17   837  162  4.79  1434  1450   9.0   655  4.0  199   825   32     4     4  33  88  5.47  4.86
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.44  7183 1618  3.97 14512 14068   8.7  5671  3.5 1552  8535  386         104 329

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 NYY  131  151  .979   .719  1,493,574  18,670   94-68  50-30 46-36  97  95 28.2 27.7   3  13  34 Houk
 MIN  129  173  .979   .708  1,433,116  17,477   89-73  45-36 46-35 104 103 26.6 26.7   1   7  23 Mele
 LAA  175  153  .972   .701  1,144,063  14,124   82-80  40-41 46-35  97  97 27.7 27.3   0   7  19 Rigney
 CHW  110  153  .982   .713  1,131,562  13,970   86-76  43-38 42-39 100  99 28.9 29.2   3   5  28 Lopez
 DET  156  114  .974   .702  1,207,881  14,730   87-74  49-33 36-43 103 102 28.3 29.5   2   7  20 Scheffing
 CLE  139  168  .977   .712    716,076   8,840   74-88  43-38 37-44  97  97 27.7 26.8   0   4  13 McGaha and Harder
 BAL  122  152  .980   .714    790,254   9,637   78-84  44-38 33-47  94  93 27.2 28.0   4   8  22 Hitchcock
 BOS  128  152  .979   .702    733,080   9,279   75-85  39-40 37-44 103 104 27.8 27.6   1   2  11 Higgins
 KCA  132  131  .978   .708    635,675   7,848   72-90  39-42 33-48 104 106 27.2 26.7   0   2  13 Bauer
 WSA  139  160  .978   .713    729,775   9,122   67-94  27-53 33-48 100 102 28.5 27.4   0   2  17 Vernon
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Mickey Mantle NYY .321/.486/.605 Cy Young Award Don Drysdale (ML) LAD 25-9  2.83 232 SO Rookie of the Year Tom Tresh NYY .286/.359/.441 (ML) - Award for both leagues

Gold Glove Winners Pitcher Jim Kaat Catcher Earl Battey First Base Vic Power Second Base Bobby Richardson Third Base Brooks Robinson Shortstop Luis Aparicio Outfield Al Kaline, Jim Landis, and Mickey Mantle

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Runnels-BOS .326 Mantle-NYY .321 Robinson-CHW .312 Hinton-WSA .310 Siebern-KCA .308	On-base % Mantle-NYY .486 Siebern-KCA .412 Cunningham-CHW .410 Runnels-BOS .408 Robinson-CHW .384	Slugging % Mantle-NYY .605 Killebrew-MIN .545 Colavito-DET .514 Cash-DET .513 Allison-MIN .511	OPS Mantle-NYY 1.091 Killebrew-MIN .912 Siebern-KCA .907 Cash-DET .894 Colavito-DET .885
Games Robinson-BAL 162 Siebern-KCA 162 Colavito-DET 161 Richardson-NYY 161 Moran-LAA 160 Pearson-LAA 160 Thomas-LAA 160 Versalles-MIN 160 Wagner-LAA 160 Yastrzemski-BOS 160	At Bats Richardson-NYY 692 Moran-LAA 659 Yastrzemski-BOS 646 Lumpe-KCA 641 Robinson-BAL 634	Plate Appearances (approx.) Richardson-NYY 754 Green-MIN 724 Moran-LAA 721 Rollins-MIN 721 Siebern-KCA 719 Yastrzemski-BOS 719	Runs Pearson-LAA 115 Siebern-KCA 114 Allison-MIN 102 Richardson-NYY 99 Yastrzemski-BOS 99
Hits Richardson-NYY 209 Lumpe-KCA 193 Robinson-BAL 192 Yastrzemski-BOS 191 Robinson-CHW 187	Total Bases Colavito-DET 309 Robinson-BAL 308 Wagner-LAA 306 Yastrzemski-BOS 303 Killebrew-MIN 301	Doubles Robinson-CHW 45 Yastrzemski-BOS 43 Bressoud-BOS 40 Richardson-NYY 38 Lumpe-KCA 34 Maris-NYY 34 Rodgers-LAA 34	Triples Cimoli-KCA 15 Clinton-BOS 10 Lumpe-KCA 10 Robinson-CHW 10 Bressoud-BOS 9 Robinson-BAL 9
Home Runs Killebrew-MIN 48 Cash-DET 39 Colavito-DET 37 Wagner-LAA 37 Gentile-BAL 33 Maris-NYY 33	RBI Killebrew-MIN 126 Siebern-KCA 117 Colavito-DET 112 Robinson-CHW 109 Wagner-LAA 107	Bases on Balls Mantle-NYY 122 Siebern-KCA 110 Killebrew-MIN 106 Cash-DET 104 Cunningham-CHW 101	Strikeouts Killebrew-MIN 142 Bressoud-BOS 118 Allison-MIN 115 Held-CLE 107 Kindall-CLE 107
Stolen Bases Aparicio-CHW 31 Hinton-WSA 28 Wood-DET 24 Charles-KCA 20 Howser-KCA 19 Landis-CHW 19 Tartabull-KCA 19	Singles Richardson-NYY 158 Rollins-MIN 142 Moran-LAA 141 Lumpe-KCA 139 Runnels-BOS 135	Adjusted OPS+ Mantle-NYY 196 Siebern-KCA 140 Killebrew-MIN 138 Cash-DET 136 Colavito-DET 133	Runs Created Siebern-KCA 129 Mantle-NYY 126 Colavito-DET 117 Killebrew-MIN 113 Robinson-CHW 113
Adjusted Batting Runs Mantle-NYY 61 Siebern-KCA 39 Killebrew-MIN 31 Colavito-DET 30 Kaline-DET 29	Batting Wins Mantle-NYY 5.9 Siebern-KCA 3.8 Killebrew-MIN 3.0 Colavito-DET 2.9 Cash-DET 2.8 Kaline-DET 2.8 Robinson-CHW 2.8	Extra-Base Hits Killebrew-MIN 70 Colavito-DET 69 Maris-NYY 68 Yastrzemski-BOS 68 Robinson-CHW 66	Times on Base Siebern-KCA 296 Rollins-MIN 267 Runnels-BOS 265 Green-MIN 264 Cunningham-CHW 263
Offensive Win% Mantle-NYY .871 Siebern-KCA .734 Runnels-BOS .714 Robinson-CHW .686 Killebrew-MIN .683	Hit By Pitch Cash-DET 13 Del Greco-KCA 13 Held-CLE 11 Jimenez-KCA 11 Landis-CHW 9	Sac. Hits Richardson-NYY 20 Moran-LAA 14 Fox-CHW 13 Fernandez-DET 12 Power-MIN 11 Terry-NYY 11	Sac. Flies Gentile-BAL 10 Robinson-BAL 10 Howard-NYY 9 Lumpe-KCA 9 Rollins-MIN 9 Romano-CLE 9
Intentional Walks Gentile-BAL 16 Cash-DET 12 Maris-NYY 11 Runnels-BOS 11 Allen-MIN 10	Grounded into Double Plays Yastrzemski-BOS 27 Battey-MIN 20 Hershberger-CHW 20 Howard-NYY 20 Johnson-WSA 19 Torres-LAA 19	Caught Stealing Aparicio-CHW 12 Geiger-BOS 11 Hinton-WSA 10 Richardson-NYY 9 Cottier-WSA 8 Rodgers-LAA 8 Tresh-NYY 8	Power/Speed Number Hinton-WSA 21.2 Charles-KCA 18.4 Geiger-BOS 16.9 Landis-CHW 16.8 Bruton-DET 14.9
At Bats per Strikeout Fox-CHW 51.8 Richardson-NYY 28.8 Power-MIN 17.5 Green-MIN 17.2 Pearson-LAA 17.1	At Bats per Home Run Killebrew-MIN 11.5 Mantle-NYY 12.6 Cash-DET 13.0 Colavito-DET 16.2 Gentile-BAL 16.5 Wagner-LAA 16.5	Outs Richardson-NYY 529 Moran-LAA 501 Yastrzemski-BOS 490 Fox-CHW 488 Robinson-BAL 481	ERA Aguirre-DET 2.21 Roberts-BAL 2.78 Ford-NYY 2.90 Chance-LAA 2.96 Fisher-CHW 3.10
Wins Terry-NYY 23 Donovan-CLE 20 Herbert-CHW 20 Pascual-MIN 20 Bunning-DET 19	Won-Loss % Wickersham-KCA .733 Stigman-MIN .706 Herbert-CHW .690 McBride-LAA .688 Ford-NYY .680	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Aguirre-DET 1.051 Terry-NYY 1.051 Roberts-BAL 1.134 Pascual-MIN 1.145 Fisher-CHW 1.172	Hits Allowed/9IP Aguirre-DET 6.75 Cheney-WSA 6.96 Belinsky-LAA 7.16 Wilson-BOS 7.67 Stenhouse-WSA 7.72
Bases on Balls/9IP Donovan-CLE 1.69 Terry-NYY 1.72 Mossi-DET 1.80 Roberts-BAL 1.93 Pascual-MIN 2.06	Strikeouts/9IP Pizarro-CHW 7.66 Cheney-WSA 7.63 Pascual-MIN 7.20 Belinsky-LAA 6.97 Estrada-BAL 6.65	Games Radatz-BOS 62 Wyatt-KCA 59 Bell-CLE 57 Fisher-CHW 57 Hoeft-BAL 57 Spring-LAA 57	Saves Radatz-BOS 24 Bridges-NYY 18 Fox-DET 16 Wilhelm-BAL 15 Bell-CLE 12
Innings Terry-NYY 298.7 Kaat-MIN 269.0 Bunning-DET 258.0 Ford-NYY 257.7 Pascual-MIN 257.7	Strikeouts Pascual-MIN 206 Bunning-DET 184 Terry-NYY 176 Kaat-MIN 173 Pizarro-CHW 173	Games Started Terry-NYY 39 Ford-NYY 37 Kralick-MIN 37 Bunning-DET 35 Herbert-CHW 35 Kaat-MIN 35 Monbouquette-BOS 35 Rakow-KCA 35	Comp. Games Pascual-MIN 18 Donovan-CLE 16 Kaat-MIN 16 Terry-NYY 14 Bunning-DET 12 Herbert-CHW 12
Shutouts Donovan-CLE 5 Kaat-MIN 5 Pascual-MIN 5 McBride-LAA 4 Monbouquette-BOS 4	Home Runs Allow. Terry-NYY 40 Pappas-BAL 31 Rakow-KCA 31 Kralick-MIN 30 Bunning-DET 28 Conley-BOS 28 Ramos-CLE 28	Bases On Balls Allow. Belinsky-LAA 122 Estrada-BAL 121 Schwall-BOS 121 Wilson-BOS 111 Pfister-KCA 106	Hits Allowed Bunning-DET 262 Terry-NYY 257 Donovan-CLE 255 Ford-NYY 243 Kaat-MIN 243
SO to Walk Pascual-MIN 3.49 Mossi-DET 3.36 Terry-NYY 3.09 Bunning-DET 2.49 Roberts-BAL 2.49	Losses Estrada-BAL 17 Rakow-KCA 17 Daniels-WSA 16 Schwall-BOS 15 Wynn-CHW 15	Earned Runs Allow. Rakow-KCA 111 Conley-BOS 106 Terry-NYY 106 Kralick-MIN 104 Bunning-DET 103	Wild Pitches Kaat-MIN 13 McDevitt-KCA 11 Wilhelm-BAL 11 Wilson-BOS 11 Pfister-KCA 10 Stigman-MIN 10
Hit Batsmen Kaat-MIN 18 Belinsky-LAA 13 Bunning-DET 13 Estrada-BAL 10 Lee-TOT 10 Schwall-BOS 10	Batters Faced Terry-NYY 1191 Kaat-MIN 1112 Bunning-DET 1103 Ford-NYY 1070 Pascual-MIN 1053	Games Finished Radatz-BOS 53 Wilhelm-BAL 44 Bell-CLE 37 Moore-MIN 36 Bridges-NYY 35	Adjusted ERA+ Aguirre-DET 183 Roberts-BAL 133 Ford-NYY 130 Chance-LAA 130 Kaat-MIN 130
Oldest Player Wynn-CHW 1920-01-06 (42) Philley-BOS 1920-05-16 (42) Fowler-LAA 1922-07-03 (39) Wilhelm-BAL 1922-07-26 (39) Woodling-WSA 1922-08-16 (39)	Youngest Player Kirkpatrick-LAA 1944-10-08 (17) Simpson-LAA 1943-07-28 (18) Manning-MIN 1943-07-21 (18) Etchebarren-BAL 1943-06-20 (19) Degerick-CHW 1943-04-01 (19)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Jim Bunning (DET) C. Earl Battey (MIN) 1B. Jim Gentile (BAL) 2B. Billy Moran (LAA) 3B. Rich Rollins (MIN) SS. Luis Aparicio (CHW) LF. Leon Wagner (LAA) CF. Roger Maris (NYY) RF. Mickey Mantle (NYY)		Hank Aguirre (DET) Rocky Colavito* (DET) Dick Donovan* (CLE) Elston Howard (NYY) Jim Landis* (CHW) Bill Monbouquette (BOS) Milt Pappas* (BAL) Camilo Pascual* (MIN) Bobby Richardson* (NYY)		Brooks Robinson* (BAL) Johnny Romano* (CLE) Norm Siebern* (KCA) Dave Stenhouse (WSA) Ralph Terry (NYY) Lee Thomas* (LAA) Tom Tresh (NYY) Hoyt Wilhelm (BAL)

Second All-Star Game Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Dave Stenhouse (WSA) C. Earl Battey (MIN) 1B. Jim Gentile (BAL) 2B. Billy Moran (LAA) 3B. Rich Rollins (MIN) SS. Luis Aparicio (CHW) LF. Leon Wagner (LAA) CF. Roger Maris (NYY) RF. Rocky Colavito (DET)		Hank Aguirre* (DET) Yogi Berra* (NYY) Jim Bunning (DET) Dick Donovan (CLE) Ray Herbert* (CHW) Elston Howard* (NYY) Jim Kaat (MIN) Al Kaline* (DET) Jim Landis (CHW)		Mickey Mantle (NYY) Ken McBride (LAA) Milt Pappas* (BAL) Camilo Pascual (MIN) Bobby Richardson* (NYY) Brooks Robinson* (BAL) Johnny Romano (CLE) Pete Runnels* (BOS) Norm Siebern (KCA)		Ralph Terry (NYY) Lee Thomas* (LAA) Tom Tresh* (NYY) Hoyt Wilhelm (BAL)

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