Baseball Wiki
Advertisement

The following are the baseball events of the year 1962 throughout the world.  

This year in baseball

2020s

2029 • 2028 • 2027 • 2026 • 2025
2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020

2010s

2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015
2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011 • 2010

2000s

2009 • 2008 • 2007 • 2006 • 2005
2004 • 2003 • 2002 • 2001 • 2000

1990s

1999 • 1998 • 1997 • 1996 • 1995
1994 • 1993 • 1992 • 1991 • 1990

1980s

1989 • 1988 • 1987 • 1986 • 1985
1984 • 1983 • 1982 • 1981 • 1980

1970s

1979 • 1978 • 1977 • 1976 • 1975
1974 • 1973 • 1972 • 1971 • 1970

1960s

1969 • 1968 • 1967 • 1966 • 1965
1964 • 1963 • 1962 • 1961 • 1960

1950s

1959 • 1958 • 1957 • 1956 • 1955
1954 • 1953 • 1952 • 1951 • 1950

1940s

1949 • 1948 • 1947 • 1946 • 1945
1944 • 1943 • 1942 • 1941 • 1940

1930s

1939 • 1938 • 1937 • 1936 • 1935
1934 • 1933 • 1932 • 1931 • 1930

1920s

1929 • 1928 • 1927 • 1926 • 1925
1924 • 1923 • 1922 • 1921 • 1920

1910s

1919 • 1918 • 1917 • 1916 • 1915
1914 • 1913 • 1912 • 1911 • 1910

1900s

1909 • 1908 • 1907 • 1906 • 1905
1904 • 1903 • 1902 • 1901 • 1900

1890s

1899 • 1898 • 1897 • 1896 • 1895
1894 • 1893 • 1892 • 1891 • 1890

1880s

1889 • 1888 • 1887 • 1886 • 1885
1884 • 1883 • 1882 • 1881 • 1880

1870s

1879 • 1878 • 1877 • 1876 • 1875
1874 • 1873 • 1872 • 1871 • 1870

1860s

1869 • 1868 • 1867 • 1866 • 1865
1864 • 1863 • 1862 • 1861 • 1860

See also
Sources
 The 1962 season is perhaps most notable for the dismal 40-120 record of the New York Mets, which has been a continuing source of humor among baseball fans, as well as comedians such as Dennis Miller.

This article is currently under construction.

Champions[]

Major League Baseball[]

Other champions[]

Awards and honors[]

Statistical Leaders[]

MLB Statistical Leaders[]

American League National League
AVG Pete Runnels BOS .326 Tommy Davis LAD .346
HR Harmon Killebrew MIN 48 Willie Mays SFG 49
RBI Dick Stuart BOS 118 Tommy Davis LAD 153
Wins Ralph Terry NYY 23 Don Drysdale LAD 25
ERA Hank Aguirre DET 2.21 Sandy Koufax LAD 2.54
Ks Camilo Pascual MIN 206 Don Drysdale LAD 232

Major League Baseball final standings[]

American League final standings[]

Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
1st New York Yankees 96   66 .593     --
2nd Minnesota Twins 91   71 .562   5.0
3rd Los Angeles Angels 86   76 .531   10.0
4th Detroit Tigers 85   76 .528   10.0
5th Chicago White Sox 85   77 .525   11.0
6th Cleveland Indians 80   82 .494   16.0
7th Baltimore Orioles 77   85 .475   19.0
8th Boston Red Sox 76   84 .475   19.0
9th Kansas City Athletics 72   90 .444   24.0
10th Washington Senators 60   101 .373   35.5

National League final standings[]

Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
1st San Francisco Giants 103   62 .624     --
2nd Los Angeles Dodgers 102   63 .618   1.0
3rd Cincinnati Reds 98   64 .605   3.5
4th Pittsburgh Pirates 93   68 .578   8.0
5th Milwaukee Braves 86   76 .531   15.5
6th St. Louis Cardinals 84   78 .519   17.5
7th Philadelphia Phillies 81   80 .503   20.0
8th Houston Colt .45s 64   96 .400   36.5
9th Chicago Cubs 59   103 .364   42.5
10th New York Mets 40   120 .250   60.5

Events[]

  • January 28 - Edd Roush and Bill McKechnie are added to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.
  • July 9 - At a meeting held in conjunction with the All-Star Game, the ML players request a reduced schedule for the 1963 season. They also vote unanimously to continue playing two All-Star Games each year.
  • July 10 - At newly opened D.C. Stadium, John F. Kennedy becomes the only U.S. president ever to throw the ceremonial first pitch at an All-Star Game, as the National League beats the American League, 3–1, in the first All-Star Game of 1962. Maury Wills, scoring two of the team's three runs, Roberto Clemente with three hits, and Willie Mays's amazing game-ending catch, are the game highlights. Wills receives the first All-Star MVP honors.

Movies[]

  • Safe at Home

Births[]

January-June[]

July-December[]

Deaths[]

  • January 5 - Frank Snyder, 68, catcher for the Cardinals and Giants, including the 1921-22 World Series champions
  • January 14 - Les Mann, 68, outfielder for five NL teams who in the 1914 World Series drove in Game 2's only run in the top of the 9th and scored the winning run in the 12th inning of Game 3 for the "Miracle Braves"
  • January 26 - Steve O'Neill, 70, longtime Indians catcher who later managed the Tigers to the 1945 World Series title
  • January 27 - Joe Vosmik, 51, All-Star outfielder who hit .307 lifetime, over .300 six times
  • February 6 - Ernest Lanigan, 89, statistician, sportswriter and historian who in the 1890s devised the run batted in and other statistics, in 1922 wrote the sport's first comprehensive biographical encyclopedia; later historian at the Hall of Fame for ten years
  • February 24 - Max Bishop, 62, second baseman for the Athletics' pennant winners from 1929-1931, coach at the Naval Academy since 1938
  • March 29 - Otto Miller, 72, catcher for the Dodgers from 1910 to 1922, including two NL champions
  • April 30 - Al Demaree, 77, pitcher who won 80 games for four NL teams, later a noted sports cartoonist
  • May 23 - Rip Radcliff, 56, All-Star outfielder who batted .311 for the White Sox, Browns and Tigers, led AL in hits in 1940
  • June 28 - Mickey Cochrane, 59, Hall of Fame catcher who was MVP in 1928 and 1934, batting .320 lifetime, and managed Tigers to World Series title in 1935
  • July 29 - Burt Shotton, 77, outfielder for the Browns and Cardinals, later managed Dodgers to two NL pennants
  • September 12 - Spot Poles, 74, star outfielder of the Negro Leagues
  • November 14 - Dick Hoblitzel, 74, first baseman on Red Sox champions of 1915-1916
  • November 29 - Red Kress, 57, coach for the Mets, previously an AL shortstop during the 1930s
  • December 7 - Bobo Newsom, 55, much-traveled All-Star pitcher who won 211 games with nine different teams, including five stints with the Senators
  • December 7 - J.G. Taylor Spink, 74, publisher and editor of The Sporting News since 1914 and a tireless champion of the sport
Advertisement