1962 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1962 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1962

World Series Champions

New York Yankees

Runner Up

San Francisco Giants

Most Valuable Players

AL: Mickey Mantle NL: Maury Wills

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: Tom Tresh NL: Ken Hubbs

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

Chicago,Illinois

Teams

Players

702

Attendance

21,375,215

Payroll

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1962 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	4	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	96	66	.593	--	817	680	137	Won World Series (Giants)	1,493,574	3	Roy Hamey	Ralph Houk	Yankee Stadium I
2	2	6	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	5.0	798	713	85	dnq	1,433,116	4	Calvin Griffith	Sam Mele	Metropolitan Stadium
3	3	7	Los Angeles Angels	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	10.0	718	706	12	dnq	1,144,063	6	Fred Haney	Bill Rigney	Dodger Stadium
4	4	9	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	161	85	76	.528	10.5	758	692	66	dnq	1,207,881	5	Rick Ferrell	Bob Scheffing	Tiger Stadium
5	5	10	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	11.0	707	658	49	dnq	1,131,562	7	Ed Short	Al Lopez	Comiskey Park
6	6	13	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	16.0	682	745	-63	dnq	716,076	18	Gabe Paul	Mel McGaha, Mel Harder	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
7	7	14	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	19.0	652	680	-28	dnq	790,254	13	Lee MacPhail	Billy Hitchcock	Memorial Stadium
8	8	15	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	160	76	84	.475	19.0	707	756	-49	dnq	733,080	16	Dick O'Connell	Pinky Higgins	Fenway Park
9	9	16	Kansas City Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	72	90	.444	24.0	745	837	-92	dnq	635,675	19	Pat Friday	Hank Bauer	Municipal Stadium
10	10	18	Washington Senators II	T - S - R - L	161	60	101	.373	35.5	599	716	-117	dnq	729,775	17	Ed Doherty	Mickey Vernon	RFK Memorial Stadium
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	165	103	62	.624	--	878	690	188	Lost World Series (Yankees)	1,592,594	2	Chub Feeney	Alvin Dark	Candlestick Park
2	2	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	165	102	63	.618	1.0	842	697	145	dnq	2,755,184	1	Buzzie Bavasi	Walter Alston	Dodger Stadium
3	3	3	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	98	64	.605	3.5	802	685	117	dnq	982,095	9	Bill DeWitt	Fred Hutchinson	Crosley Field
4	4	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	161	93	68	.578	8.0	706	626	80	dnq	1,090,648	8	Joe Brown	Danny Murtaugh	Forbes Field
5	5	8	Milwaukee Braves	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	15.5	730	665	65	dnq	766,921	14	John McHale	Birdie Tebbetts	County Stadium
6	6	11	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	84	78	.519	17.5	774	664	110	dnq	953,895	10	Bing Devine	Johnny Keane	Sportsman's Park
7	7	12	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	161	81	80	.503	20.0	705	759	-54	dnq	762,034	15	John Quinn	Gene Mauch	Connie Mack Stadium
8	8	17	Houston Colt 45s	T - S - R - L	160	64	96	.400	36.5	592	717	-125	dnq	924,456	11	Paul Richards	Harry Craft	Colt Stadium
9	9	19	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	59	103	.364	42.5	632	827	-195	dnq	609,802	20	John Holland	Charlie Metro, Lou Klein, El Tappe	Wrigley Field
10	10	20	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	160	40	120	.250	60.5	617	948	-331	dnq	922,530	12	George Weiss	Casey Stengel	Polo Grounds
20 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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