1962 New York Yankees season explained

New York Yankees
Season:	1962
Misc:	World Series Champions American League Champions
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Yankee Stadium
City:	New York City
Owners:	Dan Topping and Del Webb
General Managers:	Roy Hamey
Managers:	Ralph Houk
Television:	WPIX (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)
Radio:	WCBS (AM) (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)

The 1962 New York Yankees season was the 60th season for the team. The team finished with a record of 96–66, winning their 27th pennant, finishing 5 games ahead of the Minnesota Twins. New York was managed by Ralph Houk. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the San Francisco Giants in 7 games. It was their 20th World Championship in franchise history, and their last until 1977.

Offseason

December 14, 1961: Jesse Gonder was traded by the Yankees to the Cincinnati Reds for Marshall Bridges.^[1]

Regular season

May 22, 1962: Roger Maris drew four intentional walks in a game.
September 11, 1962: Former Ole Miss football quarterback Jake Gibbs made his Major League Baseball debut with the Yankees.^[2]

Notable transactions

June 26, 1962: Bob Cerv was purchased from the Yankees by the Houston Colt .45s.^[3]

Roster

1962 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (Third base) (Bullpen) (First base/Hitting) (Pitching)

Game log

Regular season

Legend
	Yankees win
	Yankees loss
	Postponement
	Clinched pennant
Bold	Yankees team member

|-|-|-|-style=background:#bbbfff| — || || || colspan="9"|32nd All-Star Game in Washington, D.C.|-style=background:#bbbfff| — || || || colspan="9"|33rd All-Star Game in Chicago, IL|-|-|-

Postseason Game log

Legend
	Yankees win
	Yankees loss
	Postponement
Bold	Yankees team member

|- style="background:#bfb;"| 1 || || 3:00p.m. EDT || @ Giants || W 6–2 || Ford (1–0) || O'Dell (0–1) || — || 2:43 || 43,852 || NYA 1–0 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 2 || || 3:00p.m. EDT || @ Giants || L 0–2 || Sanford (1–0) || Terry (0–1) || — || 2:11 || 43,910 || Tied 1–1 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 3 || || 2:00p.m. EDT || Giants || W 3–2 || Stafford (1–0) || Pierce (0–1) || — || 2:06 || 71,434 || NYA 2–1 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 4 || || 1:00p.m. EDT || Giants || L 3–7 || Larsen (1–0) || Coates (0–1) || O'Dell (1) || 2:55 || 66,607 || Tied 2–2 || L1|- style="background:#bbb;"| — || || || Giants || colspan=8| Postponed (rain); Makeup: October 9|- style="background:#bfb;"| 5 || || 1:00p.m. EDT || Giants || W 5–3 || Terry (1–1) || Sanford (1–1) || — || 2:42 || 63,165 || NYA 3–2 || W1|- style="background:#bbb;"| — || || || @ Giants || colspan=8| Postponed (rain); Makeup: October 15|- style="background:#bbb;"| — || || || @ Giants || colspan=8| Postponed (rain); Makeup: October 15|- style="background:#bbb;"| — || || || @ Giants || colspan=8| Postponed (rain); Makeup: October 15|- style="background:#bbb;"| — || || || @ Giants || colspan=8| Postponed (rain); Makeup: October 15|- style="background:#fbb;"| 6 || || 3:00p.m. EDT || @ Giants || L 2–5 || Pierce (1–1) || Ford (1–0) || — || 2:00 || 43,948 || Tied 3–3 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 7 || || 3:00p.m. EDT || @ Giants || W 1–0 || Terry (2–1) || Sanford (1–2) || — || 2:29 || 43,948 || NYA 4–3 || W1|-

Detailed records

Opponents

American League
Opponent	Total	Pct.	Home	Pct.	Away	Pct.	Ref.
Season Total

Month-by-Month

Month-by-Month
Month	Total	Pct. !			Home	Pct.			Away	Pct.			Position		Ref.

Composite Box

1962 New York Yankees Inning–by–Inning Boxscore
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	R	H	E
Opponents	88	56	76	85	51	85	68	101	61	3	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	680	1375	146
Yankees	103	76	86	98	84	75	88	103	79	18	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	817	1509	131

Sources:https://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1962/TNYA01962.htm https://baseball-reference.com/teams/NYA/1962.shtml

Starting lineups

Regular season

Regular season
Hitting
Batting order
	Date	Opponent	9th

Regular season
Fielding
Defensive lineup
	Date	Opponent	P

World Series

	Date	Opponent									9th
World Series
Hitting
Batting order
1		@ Giants
2		@ Giants
3		Giants
4		Giants
5		Giants
6		@ Giants
7		@ Giants

	Date	Opponent									P
World Series
Fielding
Defensive lineup
1		@ Giants
2		@ Giants
3		Giants
4		Giants
5		Giants
6		@ Giants
7		@ Giants

Game Umpires

World Series

	Opponent	HP	1B	2B	3B	LF	RF
World Series
1	@ SF	Al Barlick (NL)	Charlie Berry (AL)	Stan Landes (NL)	Jim Honochick (AL)	Ken Burkhart (NL)	Hank Soar (AL)
2	@ SF	Charlie Berry (AL)	Stan Landes (NL)	Jim Honochick (AL)	Al Barlick (NL)	Ken Burkhart (NL)	Hank Soar (AL)
3	SF	Stan Landes (NL)	Jim Honochick (AL)	Al Barlick (NL)	Charlie Berry (AL)	Hank Soar (AL)	Ken Burkhart (NL)
4	SF	Jim Honochick (AL)	Al Barlick (NL)	Charlie Berry (AL)	Stan Landes (NL)	Hank Soar (AL)	Ken Burkhart (NL)
5	SF	Al Barlick (NL)	Charlie Berry (AL)	Stan Landes (NL)	Jim Honochick (AL)	Hank Soar (AL)	Ken Burkhart (NL)
6	@ SF	Charlie Berry (AL)	Stan Landes (NL)	Jim Honochick (AL)	Al Barlick (NL)	Ken Burkhart (NL)	Hank Soar (AL)
7	@ SF	Stan Landes (NL)	Jim Honochick (AL)	Al Barlick (NL)	Charlie Berry (AL)	Ken Burkhart (NL)	Hank Soar (AL)

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	136	494	138	.279	21	91
1B	140	478	129	.270	23	80
2B	161	692	209	.302	8	59
3B	158	566	154	.272	18	68
SS	157	622	178	.286	20	93
LF	106	335	92	.275	6	48
CF	123	377	121	.321	30	89
RF	157	590	151	.256	33	100

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
93	246	57	.232	13	39
86	232	52	.224	10	35
45	169	53	.314	4	17
63	138	33	.239	7	17
71	129	37	.287	1	14
41	94	28	.298	4	17
88	43	13	.302	1	4
14	17	2	.118	0	0
4	1	0	.000	0	0
2	0	0	----	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
43	298.2	23	12	3.19	176
38	257.2	17	8	2.90	160
35	213.1	14	9	3.67	109

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
36	133.0	7	7	3.99	71
34	118.0	7	8	5.49	54
24	69.0	3	3	4.57	42
2	6.2	0	1	6.75	2

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
52	8	4	18	3.14	66
50	7	6	6	4.44	67
43	7	5	4	3.59	55
27	1	3	7	4.81	21
21	2	0	0	2.84	11
2	0	0	0	7.36	1
2	0	0	1	0.00	2
1	0	0	0	0.00	1

1962 World Series

See main article: 1962 World Series. AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL San Francisco Giants (3)

width=10	Game	width=100	Score	width=80	Date	width=100	Location	width=100	Attendance
1	Yankees – 6, Giants – 2	October 4		43,852
2	Yankees – 0, Giants – 2	October 5	Candlestick Park	43,910
3	Giants – 2, Yankees – 3	October 7		71,434
4	Giants – 7, Yankees – 3	October 8	Yankee Stadium	66,607
5	Giants – 3, Yankees – 5	October 10	Yankee Stadium	63,165
6	Yankees – 2, Giants – 5	October 15	Candlestick Park	43,948
7	Yankees – 1, Giants – 0	October 16	Candlestick Park	43,948

Awards and honors

Mickey Mantle, American League MVP
Ralph Terry, Babe Ruth Award

All-Star Game (first game)All-Star Game (second game)

Elston Howard, All-Star Game ^[4]

Farm system

References

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gondeje01.shtml Jesse Gonder page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gibbsja01.shtml Jake Gibbs page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cervbo01.shtml Bob Cerv page at Baseball Reference
Web site: 1962 All-Star Game . Baseball-almanac.com . July 30, 1962 . July 31, 2012.
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007