1962 Cleveland Indians season

The 1962 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 80–82, 16 games behind the World Champion New York Yankees. Once again, the Indians got off to another fast start (48-36 at the All Star break), however they would lose their next nine games, 19 of their next 24, and 28 of their next 38 games to fall into the lower half of the standings. After the slump, the Indians would rebound slightly to win 22 of their final 40 games, but it was way too little far too late, and manager Mel McGaha would be finished by the end of the season. The Indians were one of only two American League teams to win the season series (Baltimore being the other one) against the Yankees (who would win the pennant, and later the World Series in 7 games over the San Francisco Giants), taking 11 of the 18 contests. However, they would go 9-9 against the 60-102 Senators.

1962 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersWilliam R. Daley
General managersGabe Paul
ManagersMel McGaha
Local televisionWJW-TV
(Ken Coleman, Bob Neal)
Local radioWERE
(Jimmy Dudley, Harry Jones)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9666 0.593 — 50–30 46–36
Minnesota Twins 9171 0.562 5 45–36 46–35
Los Angeles Angels 8676 0.531 10 40–41 46–35
Detroit Tigers 8576 0.528 10½ 49–33 36–43
Chicago White Sox 8577 0.525 11 43–38 42–39
Cleveland Indians 8082 0.494 16 43–38 37–44
Baltimore Orioles 7785 0.475 19 44–38 33–47
Boston Red Sox 7684 0.475 19 39–40 37–44
Kansas City Athletics 7290 0.444 24 39–42 33–48
Washington Senators 60101 0.373 35½ 27–53 33–48

Record vs. opponents
1962 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CHW CLE DET KCA LAA MIN NYY WSH
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—

Notable transactions

Opening Day Lineup
Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
9Ty ClineCF
14Tito Francona1B
30Chuck EssegianLF
8Willie KirklandRF
11Johnny RomanoC
3Woodie HeldSS
5Bubba Phillips3B
1Jerry Kindall2B
20Dick DonovanP

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Roster
1962 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CJohnny Romano135459120.2612581
1BTito Francona158621169.2721470
2BJerry Kindall154530123.2321355
SSWoodie Held139466116.2491958
3BBubba Phillips148562145.2581054
LFChuck Essegian10633692.2742150
CFTy Cline11837593.248228
RFWillie Kirkland13741984.2002172

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
Al Luplow9731888.2771445
Willie Tasby7519948.241417
Don Dillard9517440.230514
Doc Edwards5314339.27339
Gene Green6614340.2801128
Jim Mahoney417418.24335
Jack Kubiszyn255910.16912
Max Alvis125111.21603
Walt Bond125019.380617
Ken Aspromonte20284.14301
Hal Jones5165.31301
Tommie Agee5143.21402
Mike de la Hoz12121.08300
Marlan Coughtry321.50001
Bob Nieman210.00001

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
Dick Donovan34250.220103.5994
Pedro Ramos37201.110123.7196
Jim Perry35193.212124.1474
Mudcat Grant26149.27104.2790
Floyd Weaver15.0101.808

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
Barry Latman45179.18134.17117
Sam McDowell2587.2376.0670
Rubén Gómez1545.1124.3721
Ron Taylor833.1225.9415
Bob Hartman817.1013.1211

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
Gary Bell57109124.2680
Frank Funk472163.2449
Bob Allen301145.8723
Bill Dailey272213.5924
Dave Tyriver40004.227
Wynn Hawkins31007.360
Jackie Collum100013.501
Don Rudolph10000.000

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Jacksonville Suns International League Ben Geraghty
AAA Salt Lake City Bees Pacific Coast League Bob Kennedy
A Charleston Indians Eastern League Johnny Lipon
B Burlington Indians Carolina League Gene Verble
D Selma Cloverleafs Alabama–Florida League Pinky May
D Dubuque Packers Midwest League Walt Novick
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Selma, Dubuque
Salt Lake City affiliation shared with Chicago Cubs[9]

References
  1. Harry Chiti page at Baseball Reference
  2. Duke Carmel page at Baseball Reference
  3. Rubén Gómez page at Baseball Reference
  4. Pedro Ramos page at Baseball Reference
  5. Bob Nieman page at Baseball Reference
  6. Lou Piniella page at Baseball Reference
  7. Jackie Collum page at Baseball Reference
  8. 1962 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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