1962 Minnesota Twins season explained

Minnesota Twins
Season:	1962
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Metropolitan Stadium
City:	Bloomington, Minnesota
Owners:	Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes)
General Managers:	Calvin Griffith
Managers:	Sam Mele
Television:	WTCN-TV
Radio:	830 WCCO AM (Ray Scott, Herb Carneal, Halsey Hall)

The 1962 Minnesota Twins improved to 91–71, finishing second in the American League, five games short of the World Champion New York Yankees. 1,433,116 fans attended Twins games, the second highest total in the American League.

Offseason

November 27, 1961: Georges Maranda was drafted by the Twins from the San Francisco Giants in the 1961 rule 5 draft.^[1]
Prior to the 1962 Season: Joe Foy was signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent.^[2]

Regular season

Statistically, many members of the Twins had seasons in which they led the American League. Harmon Killebrew hit 48 home runs and drove in 126, leading the AL in both categories. Bob Allison hit 29 home runs, drove in 102 runs, and led the Twins in runs scored with 102. Camilo Pascual became the Twins' first 20-game winner and led the AL with 206 strikeouts.

On July 18, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota, two Twins made major league history by hitting grand slam home runs in the same inning. In the first inning -- off Cleveland Indians pitcher Barry Latman -- Bob Allison homered to clear the loaded bases. Indians pitcher Jim Perry subsequently replaced Latman, and Harmon Killebrew greeted him by driving in Bill Tuttle, Vic Power and Rich Rollins. Minnesota scored eleven runs in their half of the first inning.

Four Twins made the All-Star Game. The selections were third baseman Rich Rollins, catcher Earl Battey and pitchers Jim Kaat and Camilo Pascual.

On August 26, Jack Kralick threw the first no-hitter in Minnesota Twins history. The Twins beat the Kansas City Athletics by a score of 1–0.^[3]

First baseman Vic Power won his fifth Gold Glove, catcher Earl Battey won his third, and Jim Kaat won his first.

Notable transactions

April 2, 1962: Pedro Ramos was traded by the Twins to the Cleveland Indians for Vic Power and Dick Stigman.^[4]
April 3, 1962: Billy Martin was released by the Twins.^[5]
August 20, 1962: Jackie Collum, a player to be named later and cash were traded by the Twins to the Cleveland Indians for Rubén Gómez. The Twins completed the deal by sending Georges Maranda to the Indians on October 9.^[6]

Roster

1962 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers	CatchersInfielders	Outfielders	ManagerCoaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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	148	522	146	.280	11	57
1B	144	611	177	.290	16	63
2B	159	573	154	.269	12	64
3B	159	624	186	.298	16	96
SS	160	568	137	.241	17	67
LF	155	552	134	.243	48	126
CF	158	619	168	.271	14	63
RF	149	519	138	.266	29	102

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
110	123	26	.211	1	13
86	121	29	.240	9	29
63	103	26	.252	4	15
34	62	17	.274	0	7
24	35	8	.229	0	3
37	26	5	.192	2	2
37	18	3	.167	0	3
12	17	3	.176	1	5
12	10	1	.100	0	1
9	9	4	.444	0	3

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
39	269.0	18	14	3.14	173
34	257.2	20	11	3.32	206
39	242.2	12	11	3.86	139
9	52.0	3	3	4.50	28

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
40	142.2	12	5	3.66	116
30	99.2	5	7	3.88	45
6	19.1	1	1	4.66	8
8	15.1	0	2	11.15	5
6	10.1	0	1	6.97	3
5	7.0	0	0	5.14	3

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
49	8	3	9	4.73	58
44	4	3	3	4.45	70
32	1	3	0	4.46	36
21	2	5	3	4.40	31
21	4	1	5	3.24	10
19	1	1	0	5.03	15
1	0	0	0	0.00	1
1	0	0	0	18.00	1

Farm system

External links

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/marange01.shtml Georges Maranda
Web site: Joe Foy Stats.
Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramospe01.shtml Pedro Ramos
https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martibi02.shtml Billy Martin
https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colluja01.shtml Jackie Collum