1962 Baltimore Orioles season explained

Baltimore Orioles
Season:	1962
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Memorial Stadium
City:	Baltimore, Maryland
Record:	77–85 (.475)
League Place:	7th
Owners:	Jerold Hoffberger, Joseph Iglehart
General Managers:	Lee MacPhail
Managers:	Billy Hitchcock
Television:	WBAL-TV
Radio:	WBAL (AM) (Jack Dunn, Chuck Thompson)

The 1962 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing seventh in the American League with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses.

Offseason

October 9, 1961: Dave Philley was released by the Orioles.^[1]
November 16, 1961: Harry Chiti, Ray Barker and Art Kay (minors) were traded by the Orioles to the Cleveland Indians for Johnny Temple.^[2]
November 27, 1961: 1961 rule 5 draft
- Bo Belinsky was drafted from the Orioles by the Los Angeles Angels.^[3]
- John Anderson was drafted from the Orioles by the St. Louis Cardinals.^[4]

April 24, 1962: Darrell Johnson was signed by Orioles as a free agent.^[5]
May 9, 1962: Marv Throneberry was sold by the Orioles to the New York Mets.^[6]
June 7, 1962 The New York Mets sell Hobie Landrith to the Orioles.^[7]
June 19, 1962: Mark Belanger was signed as an amateur free agent by the Orioles.^[8]
August 11, 1962: Johnny Temple was acquired from the Orioles by the Houston Colt .45s in exchange for cash.^[9]
September 7, 1962: Hal Brown was acquired from the Orioles by the New York Yankees in exchange for cash.^[10]

= Indicates team leader

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	66	207	33	.159	6	23
1B	152	545	137	.251	33	87
2B	78	270	71	.263	1	17
3B	162	634	192	.303	23	86
SS	139	538	153	.284	11	48
LF	124	400	97	.243	15	53
CF	143	505	129	.255	19	75
RF	99	263	70	.266	7	35

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
139	416	127	.305	9	40
95	240	59	.246	2	18
81	197	58	.294	6	37
71	196	34	.173	3	17
82	178	44	.247	1	18
97	173	30	.173	9	15
60	167	37	.222	4	17
29	63	18	.286	1	4
21	24	6	.250	1	1
6	22	4	.182	0	1
8	21	5	.238	0	3
8	21	3	.143	0	2
9	9	0	.000	0	0
5	9	2	.222	0	0
2	6	2	.333	0	1
6	4	0	.000	0	0
1	1	0	.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
34	223.1	9	17	3.83	165
35	205.1	12	10	4.03	130
27	191.1	10	9	2.78	102
32	152.0	7	9	5.09	81
28	140.1	9	6	3.46	89
7	27.1	2	2	5.93	18
1	9.0	1	0	0.00	4

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	22	85.2	6	4	4.10	25
	2	10.0	1	1	0.90	4

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
52	7	10	15	1.94	90
57	4	8	7	4.59	73
53	3	2	3	4.43	34
43	6	6	6	2.28	71
10	0	1	0	2.70	7
6	0	0	0	1.86	2
5	0	0	0	15.75	3
1	0	0	0	27.00	0

Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1962 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
1962 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com