1962 Kansas City Athletics season

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1962 Kansas City Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
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

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:

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
1B Norm Siebern 162 600 185 .308 25 117
3B Ed Charles 147 535 154 .288 17 74
LF Manny Jiménez 139 479 144 .301 11 69
CF Bobby 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
José Tartabull 107 310 86 .277 0 22
Joe Azcue 72 223 51 .229 2 25
Billy Bryan 25 74 11 .149 2 7
Gordie Windhorn 14 19 3 .158 0 1
Bill Kern 8 16 4 .250 1 1
Héctor 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
Orlando Peña 13 89.2 6 4 3.01 56
Art 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
Bill Fischer 34 127.2 4 12 3.95 38
John Wyatt 59 125 10 7 4.46 106
Diego Seguí 37 116.2 8 5 3.86 71
Norm Bass 22 75.1 2 6 6.09 33
Moe Drabowsky 10 28 1 1 5.14 19
Bob 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
Danny McDevitt 33 0 3 2 5.82 28
Gordon Jones 21 3 2 6 6.34 28
Jim Archer 18 0 1 0 9.43 12
Bob Grim 12 0 1 3 6.23 3
Bill Kunkel 9 0 0 0 3.52 6
Don Williams 3 0 0 0 9.00 1
Granny Hamner 3 0 1 0 9.00 0
Fred Norman 2 0 0 0 2.25 2

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
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

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