1962 Cleveland Indians season explained

Cleveland Indians
Season:	1962
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City:	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners:	William R. Daley
General Managers:	Gabe Paul
Managers:	Mel McGaha
Television:	WJW-TV (Ken Coleman, Bob Neal)
Radio:	WERE (Jimmy Dudley, Harry Jones)

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.

Offseason

• October 5, 1961: Jimmy Piersall was traded by the Indians to the Washington Senators for Dick Donovan, Gene Green, and Jim Mahoney
• November 16, 1961: Johnny Temple was traded by the Indians to the Baltimore Orioles for Harry Chiti, Ray Barker and Art Kay (minors).^[1]
• March 1962: Duke Carmel was purchased by the Indians from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[2]
• Prior to 1962 season: Rubén Gómez was acquired by the Indians from the Philadelphia Phillies.^[3]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• April 2, 1962: Vic Power and Dick Stigman were traded by the Indians to the Minnesota Twins for Pedro Ramos.^[4]
• April 26, 1962: Harry Chiti was purchased from the Indians by the New York Mets.^[1]
• April 29, 1962: Bob Nieman was purchased from the Indians by the San Francisco Giants.^[5]
• June 9, 1962: Lou Piniella was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.^[6]
• June 15, 1962: Harry Chiti was returned to the Indians by the New York Mets.^[1]
• August 20, 1962: Rubén Gómez was traded by the Indians to the Minnesota Twins for Jackie Collum, a player to be named later and cash. The Twins completed the deal by sending Georges Maranda to the Indians on October 9.^[7]

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters

	Name	Position
9		CF
14		1B
30		LF
8		RF
11		C
3		SS
5		3B
1		2B
20		P

^[8]

Roster

1962 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches (Pitching) (Bullpen catcher) (First base) (Third base)

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
C		135	459	120	.261	25	81
1B		158	621	169	.272	14	70
2B		154	530	123	.232	13	55
SS		139	466	116	.249	19	58
3B		148	562	145	.258	10	54
LF		106	336	92	.274	21	50
CF		118	375	93	.248	2	28
RF		137	419	84	.200	21	72

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
	97	318	88	.277	14	45
	75	199	48	.241	4	17
	95	174	40	.230	5	14
	53	143	39	.273	3	9
	66	143	40	.280	11	28
	41	74	18	.243	3	5
	25	59	10	.169	1	2
	12	51	11	.216	0	3
	12	50	19	.380	6	17
	20	28	4	.143	0	1
	5	16	5	.313	0	1
	5	14	3	.214	0	2
	12	12	1	.083	0	0
	3	2	1	.500	0	1
	2	1	0	.000	0	1

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
	34	250.2	20	10	3.59	94
	37	201.1	10	12	3.71	96
	35	193.2	12	12	4.14	74
	26	149.2	7	10	4.27	90
	1	5.0	1	0	1.80	8

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
	45	179.1	8	13	4.17	117
	25	87.2	3	7	6.06	70
	15	45.1	1	2	4.37	21
	8	33.1	2	2	5.94	15
	8	17.1	0	1	3.12	11

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
	57	10	9	12	4.26	80
	47	2	1	6	3.24	49
	30	1	1	4	5.87	23
	27	2	2	1	3.59	24
	4	0	0	0	4.22	7
	3	1	0	0	7.36	0
	1	0	0	0	13.50	1
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

External links

• 1962 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chitiha01.shtml Harry Chiti page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carmedu01.shtml Duke Carmel page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gomezru01.shtml Rubén Gómez page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramospe01.shtml Pedro Ramos page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/niemabo01.shtml Bob Nieman page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pinielo01.shtml Lou Piniella page at Baseball Reference
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colluja01.shtml Jackie Collum page at Baseball Reference
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET196104110.shtml 1962 Opening Day Lineup