1962 Washington Senators season

The 1962 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing 10th in the American League with a record of 60 wins and 101 losses, 35½ 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.

1962 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record60–101 (.373)
League place10th
Other information
OwnersElwood Richard Quesada
General managersEd Doherty
ManagersMickey Vernon
Local televisionWTOP
Local radioWTOP
(Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
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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—

Roster
1962 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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
CKen Retzer10934097.285837
1BHarry Bright113392107.2731767
2BChuck Cottier136443107.242640
SSKen Hamlin9829274.253322
3BBob Johnson135466134.2881243
LFDon Lock7122557.2531237
CFJimmy Piersall135471115.244431
RFJim King13233381.2431135

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
Chuck Hinton151542168.3101775
Bob Schmidt8825662.2421031
Danny O'Connell8423662.263218
Johnny Schaive8222557.253629
Dale Long6719146.241424
Bud Zipfel6818444.239621
Joe Hicks10217439.224614
Ed Brinkman5413322.16504
Gene Woodling4410730.280516
John Kennedy144211.26212
Willie Tasby11347.20600
Ron Stillwell6226.27302

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
Dave Stenhouse34197.011123.65123
Claude Osteen28150.18133.6559
Bob Baird310.2016.753

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
Don Rudolph37176.18103.6268
Tom Cheney37173.1793.17147
Bennie Daniels44161.17164.8566
Pete Burnside40149.25114.4574
Steve Hamilton41107.1383.7783
Joe McClain1024.0049.386
Carl Bouldin620.0125.8512
Jack Jenkins313.1014.0510

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
Jim Hannan422443.3139
Marty Kutyna545604.0425
Ed Hobaugh262113.7637
Ray Rippelmeyer181205.4917
Fred Green50106.432

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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

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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