1962 Kansas City Athletics season explained

Kansas City Athletics
Season:	1962
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Municipal Stadium
City:	Kansas City, Missouri
Owners:	Charles O. Finley
General Managers:	Pat Friday
Managers:	Hank Bauer
Television:	KCMO-TV
Radio:	KCMO (AM) (Monte Moore, Bruce Rice)

The 1962 Kansas City Athletics season was the eighth season in Kansas City, and the 62nd in franchise history. It involved the Athletics finishing ninth in the American League with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses, 24 games behind the World Series Champion New York Yankees. The A's were last in the American League in paid attendance.^[1]

Offseason

October 11, 1961: Stan Johnson, Bobby Prescott and Jay Ward were traded by the Athletics to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Gordie Windhorn and Bill Lajoie (minors).^[2]
December 15, 1961: Lou Klimchock and Bob Shaw were traded by the Athletics to the Milwaukee Braves for Joe Azcue, Ed Charles and Manny Jiménez.^[3]
Prior to 1962 season: Don Williams was acquired by the Athletics from the Chicago White Sox.^[4]

Regular season

April 22, 1962: Future Basketball Hall of Famer Dave DeBusschere made his major league baseball debut for the Chicago White Sox in a game against the Athletics.^[5] He pitched one inning and gave up one base on balls.
August 26, 1962: Jack Kralick threw the first no-hitter in Minnesota Twins history against the Athletics.^[6] The Twins beat the Athletics by a score of 1–0.

Roster

1962 Kansas City Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	95	274	68	.248	4	29
1B	162	600	185	.308	25	117
2B	156	641	193	.301	10	83
SS	83	286	68	.238	6	34
3B	147	535	154	.288	17	74
LF	139	479	144	.301	11	69
CF	132	338	86	.254	9	38
RF	152	550	151	.275	10	71

Other batters

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
107	310	86	.277	0	22
117	305	77	.252	4	38
72	223	51	.229	2	25
90	209	57	.273	11	35
54	154	37	.240	0	16
25	74	11	.149	2	7
29	46	9	.196	0	3
16	43	13	.302	0	9
17	19	2	.105	0	0
14	19	3	.158	0	1
8	16	4	.250	1	1
6	11	2	.182	0	1
5	11	2	.182	0	0
5	4	0	.000	0	0
1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
42	235.1	14	17	4.25	159
13	89.2	6	4	3.01	56
6	21.2	0	2	6.65	13

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
41	196.1	4	14	4.54	123
31	143.1	8	9	5.90	57
34	127.2	4	12	3.95	38
59	125.0	10	7	4.46	106
37	116.2	8	5	3.86	71
30	110.0	11	4	4.17	61
22	75.1	2	6	6.09	33
10	28.0	1	1	5.14	19
4	14.1	1	1	6.28	4

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
21	3	2	6	6.34	28
33	0	3	2	5.82	28
18	0	1	0	9.43	12
12	0	1	3	6.23	3
9	0	0	0	3.52	6
4	0	0	0	17.36	4
3	0	0	0	9.00	1
3	0	1	0	9.00	0
2	0	0	0	2.25	2
2	0	0	0	13.50	1

Farm system

External links

Notes and References

Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, pp.66, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010,
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsst01.shtml Stan Johnson page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/azcuejo01.shtml Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willido01.shtml Don Williams page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/debusda01.shtml Dave DeBuscchere page at Baseball Reference
Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,