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This article is about the 1962 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1962 in baseball.

The 1962 Major League Baseball season was the 62nd held between the American and National Leagues. This was the first 162-game schedule for the National League, as they added the Houston Colt .45s and the New York Mets to their lineup, as the NL returned to New York City, after a four-year absence. The American League had played its first 162-game schedule a year earlier.

[edit] Statistical Leaders

[edit] MLB Statistical Leaders

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Pete Runnels BOS	.326	Tommy Davis LAD	.346
HR	Harmon Killebrew MIN	48	Willie Mays SFG	49
RBI	Harmon Killebrew MIN	126	Tommy Davis LAD	153
Wins	Ralph Terry NYY	23	Mike McCormick SFG	22
ERA	Hank Aguirre DET	2.21	Sandy Koufax LAD	2.54
SO	Camilo Pascual MIN	206	Don Drysdale LAD	232
SV	Dick Radatz BOS	24	Roy Face PIT	28
SB	Luis Aparicio CHW	31	Maury Wills LAD	104

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

American League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
New York Yankees	96	66	.593	--
Minnesota Twins	91	71	.562	5
Los Angeles Angels	86	76	.531	10
Detroit Tigers	85	76	.528	10.5
Chicago White Sox	85	77	.525	11
Cleveland Indians	80	82	.494	16
Baltimore Orioles	77	85	.475	19
Boston Red Sox	76	84	.475	19
Kansas City Athletics	72	90	.444	24
Washington Senators	60	101	.373	35.5

National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Ties	Win %	GB
San Francisco Giants	103	62		.624	--
Los Angeles Dodgers	102	63		.618	1
Cincinnati Reds	98	64		.605	3.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	93	68		.578	8
Milwaukee Braves	86	76		.531	15.5
St. Louis Cardinals	84	78	1	.519	17.5
Philadelphia Phillies	81	80		.503	20
Houston Colt .45s	64	96	2	.400	36.5
Chicago Cubs	59	103		.364	42.5
New York Mets	40	120	1	.250	60.5

[edit] Managers

[edit] American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Baltimore Orioles	Billy Hitchcock
Boston Red Sox	Pinky Higgins
Chicago White Sox	Al Lopez
Cleveland Indians	Mel McGaha	Replaced during the season by Mel Harder
Detroit Tigers	Bob Scheffing
Kansas City Athletics	Hank Bauer
Los Angeles Angels	Bill Rigney
Minnesota Twins	Sam Mele
New York Yankees	Ralph Houk	Won the World Series
Washington Senators	Mickey Vernon

[edit] National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Chicago Cubs	College of Coaches
Cincinnati Reds	Fred Hutchinson
Houston Colt .45's	Harry Craft	Expansion team
Los Angeles Dodgers	Walter Alston
Milwaukee Braves	Birdie Tebbetts
New York Mets	Casey Stengel	Expansion team
Philadelphia Phillies	Gene Mauch
Pittsburgh Pirates	Danny Murtaugh
San Francisco Giants	Alvin Dark	Won the National League pennant
St. Louis Cardinals	Johnny Keane

[edit] External links

1962 season at Baseball-reference.com

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