1962 Washington Senators season

1962 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1961);
Location
	D.C. Stadium (since 1962); Washington, D.C. (since 1961);
Results
Record	60–101 (.373)
League place	10th
Other information
Owner(s)	Elwood Richard Quesada
General manager(s)	Ed Doherty
Manager(s)	Mickey Vernon
Local television	WTOP
Local radio	WTOP; (Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
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The 1962 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing 10th in the American League with a record of 60 wins and 101 losses, 35½ games behind the World Champion New York Yankees. 1962 was the first season in which the Senators played their home games at D.C. Stadium.

Offseason

October 5, 1961: Dick Donovan, Gene Green, and Jim Mahoney were traded by the Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Jimmy Piersall.^[1]
November 21, 1961: Coot Veal was purchased from the Senators by the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[2]
December 15, 1961: Marty Keough and Johnny Klippstein were traded by the Senators to the Cincinnati Reds for Dave Stenhouse and Bob Schmidt.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	96	66	0.593	—	50–30	46–36
Minnesota Twins	91	71	0.562	5	45–36	46–35
Los Angeles Angels	86	76	0.531	10	40–41	46–35
Detroit Tigers	85	76	0.528	10½	49–33	36–43
Chicago White Sox	85	77	0.525	11	43–38	42–39
Cleveland Indians	80	82	0.494	16	43–38	37–44
Baltimore Orioles	77	85	0.475	19	44–38	33–47
Boston Red Sox	76	84	0.475	19	39–40	37–44
Kansas City Athletics	72	90	0.444	24	39–42	33–48
Washington Senators	60	101	0.373	35½	27–53	33–48

Record vs. opponents

1962 American League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	WSH
Baltimore	—	8–10	9–9	11–7	2–16	10–8	8–10	6–12	11–7	12–6
Boston	10–8	—	8–10	7–11	11–6	10–8	6–12	10–8	6–12	8–9
Chicago	9–9	10–8	—	12–6	9–9	9–9	10–8	8–10	8–10	10–8
Cleveland	7–11	11–7	6–12	—	10–8	11–7	9–9	6–12	11–7	9–9
Detroit	16–2	6–11	9–9	8–10	—	12–6	11–7	5–13	7–11	11–7
Kansas City	8–10	8–10	9–9	7–11	6–12	—	6–12	8–10	5–13	15–3
Los Angeles	10–8	12–6	8–10	9–9	7–11	12–6	—	9–9	8–10	11–7
Minnesota	12–6	8–10	10–8	12–6	13–5	10–8	9–9	—	7–11	10–8–1
New York	7–11	12–6	10–8	7–11	11–7	13–5	10–8	11–7	—	15–3
Washington	6–12	9–8	8–10	9–9	7–11	3–15	7–11	8–10–1	3–15	—

Roster

1962 Washington Senators

Roster

Pitchers

17 Bob Baird
27,38 Carl Bouldin
16 Pete Burnside
23 Tom Cheney
21 Bennie Daniels
17 Fred Green
28 Steve Hamilton
19 Jim Hannan
18 Ed Hobaugh
1 Jack Jenkins
22 Marty Kutyna
27 Joe McClain
24,34 Claude Osteen
20 Ray Rippelmeyer
33 Don Rudolph
15 Dave Stenhouse

Catchers

9 Ken Retzer
12 Bob Schmidt

Infielders

10 Harry Bright
38 Ed Brinkman
7 Chuck Cottier
5 Ken Hamlin
29 Bob Johnson
34 John Kennedy
25 Dale Long
4 Danny O'Connell
6,48 Johnny Schaive
8 Ron Stillwell
11 Bud Zipfel

Outfielders

31 Joe Hicks
32 Chuck Hinton
30 Jim King
25 Don Lock
37 Jimmy Piersall
1 Willie Tasby
14 Gene Woodling

Manager

3 Mickey Vernon

Coaches

41 George Case
42 Rollie Hemsley
40 Sid Hudson
43 George Susce

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
CF	Jimmy Piersall	135	471	115	.244	4	31

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
Bob Schmidt	88	256	62	.242	10	31

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
Dave Stenhouse	34	197	11	12	3.65	123
Bob Baird	3	10.2	0	1	6.75	3

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
Carl Bouldin	6	20	1	2	5.85	12

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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Frank Verdi and Johnny Vander Meer
B	Raleigh Capitals	Carolina League	Archie Wilson
D	Pensacola Senators	Alabama–Florida League	Wayne Terwilliger
D	Middlesboro Senators	Appalachian League	Lew Morton

Syracuse affiliation shared with New York Mets

References

External links

[1] Jim Piersall page at Baseball Reference

[2] Coot Veal page at Baseball Reference

[3] Marty Keough page at Baseball Reference

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1962 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
Location
D.C. Stadium (since 1962) Washington, D.C. (since 1961)
Results
Record	60–101 (.373)
League place	10th
Other information
Owner(s)	Elwood Richard Quesada
General manager(s)	Ed Doherty
Manager(s)	Mickey Vernon
Local television	WTOP
Local radio	WTOP (Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
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