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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">Baseball</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Duration</th><td class="infobox-data">Regular season:<div><ul><li><span class="nowrap">April 9 – September 30, 1962 (AL)</span></li><li><span class="nowrap">April 9 – October 3, 1962 (NL)</span></li></ul></div><a href="/wiki/1962_World_Series" title="1962 World Series">World Series</a>:<div><ul><li><span class="nowrap">October 4–16, 1962</span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of games</th><td class="infobox-data">162</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">20 (10 per league)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">TV partner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_NBC" title="Major League Baseball on NBC">NBC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_CBS" title="Major League Baseball on CBS">CBS</a></td></tr><tr><th 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data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><b><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">Cardinals</a></b></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png" title="File:Usa edcp relief location map.png">class=notpageimage| </a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Locations of teams for the 1962–1963 <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> seasons<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ButtonBlue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/8px-ButtonBlue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/12px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/16px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a></div></div></div></div> <p>The <b>1962 major league baseball season</b> began on April 9, 1962. The regular season ended on October 3, with the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> as the regular season champions of the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> and <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a>, respectively. The Giants defeated the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> in a regular season best-of-three tiebreaker, for the National League title in three games, after both teams finished their 162-game schedules with identical 101–61 records. This was the fifth regular season tie-breaker. The postseason began with Game 1 of the <a href="/wiki/1962_World_Series" title="1962 World Series">59th World Series</a> on October 4 and ended with Game 7 on October 16. In the seventh iteration of this World Series matchup, and their first since the Giants relocated to <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> from <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>, the Yankees defeated the Giants, four games to three, capturing their 20th championship in franchise history, winning back-to-back World Series. </p><p>For the fourth and final year, there were two separate All-Star Games played. The first, the <a href="/wiki/1962_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game_(first_game)" title="1962 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (first game)">32nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game</a>, was played on July 11, hosted by the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%931971)" title="Washington Senators (1961–1971)">Washington Senators</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> winning, 3–1. The second, the <a href="/wiki/1962_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game_(second_game)" title="1962 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game)">33rd Major League Baseball All-Star Game</a>, was played on July 31, hosted by the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago, Illinois</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> winning, 9–4. </p><p>In response to the proposed <a href="/wiki/Continental_League" title="Continental League">Continental League</a>, the National League announced <a href="/wiki/1962_Major_League_Baseball_expansion" title="1962 Major League Baseball expansion">expansion</a> during the <a href="/wiki/1960_World_Series" title="1960 World Series">1960 World Series</a>, with a new team in <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston, Texas</a> and a new team in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York, New York</a>. The 1962 season would see the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Colt .45s</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> enfranchised, the latter being the National League's return to New York City after a four-year absence. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schedule">Schedule</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Schedule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_schedule" title="Major League Baseball schedule">Major League Baseball schedule</a></div> <p>The 1962 schedule consisted of 162 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had ten teams. Each team was scheduled to play 18 games against the other nine teams of their respective league. The 162-game, 18 games per team format had previously been used by the American League since the <a href="/wiki/1961_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1961 Major League Baseball season">previous season</a> due to <a href="/wiki/1961_Major_League_Baseball_expansion" title="1961 Major League Baseball expansion">expansion</a> and was the first season that the National League used it due to their <a href="/wiki/1962_Major_League_Baseball_expansion" title="1962 Major League Baseball expansion">own expansion</a>. The format would be used until <a href="/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1969 Major League Baseball season">1969</a>. </p><p>Opening Day took place on April 9, featuring four teams. The final day of the scheduled regular season was on October 1, which saw all 20 teams play, the first time all existing teams played on the final day since <a href="/wiki/1960_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1960 Major League Baseball season">1960</a>. Due to the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> finishing with the same record of 101–61, a <a href="/wiki/1962_National_League_tie-breaker_series" title="1962 National League tie-breaker series">best-of-three tie-breaker</a> was scheduled, to be considered an extension of the regular season, and took place between October 1 and October 3. The <a href="/wiki/1962_World_Series" title="1962 World Series">World Series</a> took place between October 4 and October 16. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teams">Teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">League </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col">City </th> <th scope="col">Stadium </th> <th scope="col">Capacity </th> <th scope="col">Manager </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="10" style="background-color: #CC0000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;"><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">American League</span></a> </th> <td scope="row"><b><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore, Maryland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Memorial_Stadium" title="Baltimore Memorial Stadium">Baltimore Memorial Stadium</a> </td> <td>49,373 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Hitchcock" title="Billy Hitchcock">Billy Hitchcock</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston, Massachusetts</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a> </td> <td>33,357 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pinky_Higgins" title="Pinky Higgins">Pinky Higgins</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><b><a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago, Illinois</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Comiskey_Park" title="Comiskey Park">White Sox Park</a> </td> <td>46,550 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Al_L%C3%B3pez" title="Al López">Al López</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><b><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Indians</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland, Ohio</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Stadium" title="Cleveland Stadium">Cleveland Stadium</a> </td> <td>73,811 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mel_McGaha" title="Mel McGaha">Mel McGaha</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Mel_Harder" title="Mel Harder">Mel Harder</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit, Michigan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiger_Stadium_(Detroit)" title="Tiger Stadium (Detroit)">Tiger Stadium</a> </td> <td>52,850 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Scheffing" title="Bob Scheffing">Bob Scheffing</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><b><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Municipal_Stadium_(Kansas_City,_Missouri)" title="Municipal Stadium (Kansas City, Missouri)">Municipal Stadium</a> </td> <td>34,165 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hank_Bauer" title="Hank Bauer">Hank Bauer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles Angels</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles, California</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dodger_Stadium" title="Dodger Stadium">Dodger Stadium</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>56,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Rigney" title="Bill Rigney">Bill Rigney</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><b><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Minnesota" title="Bloomington, Minnesota">Bloomington, Minnesota</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Stadium" title="Metropolitan Stadium">Metropolitan Stadium</a> </td> <td>39,525 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_Mele" title="Sam Mele">Sam Mele</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><b><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York, New York</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)" title="Yankee Stadium (1923)">Yankee Stadium</a> </td> <td>67,337 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Houk" title="Ralph Houk">Ralph Houk</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><b><a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%931971)" title="Washington Senators (1961–1971)">Washington Senators</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Memorial_Stadium" title="Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium">District of Columbia Stadium</a> </td> <td>43,500 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Vernon" title="Mickey Vernon">Mickey Vernon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="10" style="background-color: #000088 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;"><a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">National League</span></a> </th> <td scope="row"><b><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago, Illinois</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a> </td> <td>36,755 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/College_of_Coaches" title="College of Coaches">College of Coaches</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><b><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati, Ohio</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Crosley_Field" title="Crosley Field">Crosley Field</a> </td> <td>30,322 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fred_Hutchinson" title="Fred Hutchinson">Fred Hutchinson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><b><a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Colt .45s</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston, Texas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colt_Stadium" title="Colt Stadium">Colt Stadium</a> </td> <td>32,601 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Craft" title="Harry Craft">Harry Craft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles, California</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dodger_Stadium" title="Dodger Stadium">Dodger Stadium</a> </td> <td>56,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Alston" title="Walter Alston">Walter Alston</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><b><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Milwaukee Braves</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_County_Stadium" title="Milwaukee County Stadium">Milwaukee County Stadium</a> </td> <td>43,768 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birdie_Tebbetts" title="Birdie Tebbetts">Birdie Tebbetts</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><b><a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York, New York</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polo_Grounds" title="Polo Grounds">Polo Grounds</a> </td> <td>56,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Casey_Stengel" title="Casey Stengel">Casey Stengel</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><b><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shibe_Park" title="Shibe Park">Connie Mack Stadium</a> </td> <td>33,608 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href="/wiki/1962_San_Francisco_Giants_season" title="1962 San Francisco Giants season">San Francisco Giants</a> </td> <td>103</td> <td>62 </td> <td>.624 </td> <td>— </td> <td>61‍–‍21 </td> <td>42‍–‍41 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1962_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="1962 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> </td> <td>102</td> <td>63 </td> <td>.618 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>54‍–‍29 </td> <td>48‍–‍34 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1962_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1962 Cincinnati Reds season">Cincinnati Reds</a> </td> <td>98</td> <td>64 </td> <td>.605 </td> <td>3½ </td> <td>58‍–‍23 </td> <td>40‍–‍41 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1962_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season" title="1962 Pittsburgh Pirates season">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> </td> <td>93</td> <td>68 </td> <td>.578 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>51‍–‍30 </td> <td>42‍–‍38 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1962_Milwaukee_Braves_season" title="1962 Milwaukee Braves season">Milwaukee Braves</a> </td> <td>86</td> <td>76 </td> <td>.531 </td> <td>15½ </td> <td>49‍–‍32 </td> <td>37‍–‍44 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1962_St._Louis_Cardinals_season" title="1962 St. Louis Cardinals season">St. Louis Cardinals</a> </td> <td>84</td> <td>78 </td> <td>.519 </td> <td>17½ </td> <td>44‍–‍37 </td> <td>40‍–‍41 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1962_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1962 Philadelphia Phillies season">Philadelphia Phillies</a> </td> <td>81</td> <td>80 </td> <td>.503 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>46‍–‍34 </td> <td>35‍–‍46 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1962_Houston_Colt_.45s_season" title="1962 Houston Colt .45s season">Houston Colt .45s</a> </td> <td>64</td> <td>96 </td> <td>.400 </td> <td>36½ </td> <td>32‍–‍48 </td> <td>32‍–‍48 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1962_Chicago_Cubs_season" title="1962 Chicago Cubs season">Chicago Cubs</a> </td> <td>59</td> <td>103 </td> <td>.364 </td> <td>42½ </td> <td>32‍–‍49 </td> <td>27‍–‍54 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1962_New_York_Mets_season" title="1962 New York Mets season">New York Mets</a> </td> <td>40</td> <td>120 </td> <td>.250 </td> <td>60½ </td> <td>22‍–‍58 </td> <td>18‍–‍62 </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1232882159"></div></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/1962_San_Francisco_Giants_season" title="1962 San Francisco Giants season">San Francisco Giants</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/1962_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="1962 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> in a best-of-three <a href="/wiki/1962_National_League_tie-breaker_series" title="1962 National League tie-breaker series">tie-breaker series</a> to earn the National League pennant.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Postseason">Postseason</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Postseason"><span>edit</span></a><span 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<td>.326 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/On-base_plus_slugging" title="On-base plus slugging">OPS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mickey Mantle</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">NYY</a>) </td> <td>1.091 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">HR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harmon_Killebrew" title="Harmon Killebrew">Harmon Killebrew</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">MIN</a>) </td> <td>48 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">RBI</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harmon_Killebrew" title="Harmon Killebrew">Harmon Killebrew</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">MIN</a>) </td> <td>48 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">R</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albie_Pearson" title="Albie Pearson">Albie Pearson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">LAA</a>) </td> <td>115 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">H</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Richardson" title="Bobby Richardson">Bobby Richardson</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">NYY</a>) </td> <td>209 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stolen_base" title="Stolen base">SB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luis_Aparicio" title="Luis Aparicio">Luis Aparicio</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">CWS</a>) </td> <td>31 </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1232882159"></div><div class="flexboxWrapComponent"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Pitching leaders </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:15%;">Stat </th> <th>Player </th> <th style="width:15%;">Total </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Winning_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">W</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Terry" title="Ralph Terry">Ralph Terry</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">NYY</a>) </td> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Losing_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">L</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Estrada" title="Chuck Estrada">Chuck Estrada</a> (<a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">BAL</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Ed_Rakow" title="Ed Rakow">Ed Rakow</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">CWS</a>) </td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">ERA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hank_Aguirre" title="Hank Aguirre">Hank Aguirre</a> (<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">DET</a>) </td> <td>2.21 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">K</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Camilo_Pascual" title="Camilo Pascual">Camilo Pascual</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">MIN</a>) </td> <td>206 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Innings_pitched" title="Innings pitched">IP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Terry" title="Ralph Terry">Ralph Terry</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">NYY</a>) </td> <td>298.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">SV</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Radatz" title="Dick Radatz">Dick Radatz</a> (<a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">BOS</a>) </td> <td>24 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Walks_plus_hits_per_inning_pitched" title="Walks plus hits per inning pitched">WHIP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hank_Aguirre" title="Hank Aguirre">Hank Aguirre</a> (<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">DET</a>) </td> <td>1.051 </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1232882159"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_League_2">National League</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: National League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1232882159"><div class="flexboxWrapContainer"><div class="flexboxWrapComponent"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Hitting leaders </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:15%;">Stat </th> <th>Player </th> <th style="width:15%;">Total </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">AVG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Davis_(outfielder)" title="Tommy Davis (outfielder)">Tommy Davis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">LAD</a>) </td> <td>.346 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/On-base_plus_slugging" title="On-base plus slugging">OPS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Robinson" title="Frank Robinson">Frank Robinson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">CIN</a>) </td> <td>1.045 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">HR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a> (<a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">SF</a>) </td> <td>49 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">RBI</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Davis_(outfielder)" title="Tommy Davis (outfielder)">Tommy Davis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">LAD</a>) </td> <td>153 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">R</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Robinson" title="Frank Robinson">Frank Robinson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">CIN</a>) </td> <td>134 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">H</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Davis_(outfielder)" title="Tommy Davis (outfielder)">Tommy Davis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">LAD</a>) </td> <td>230 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stolen_base" title="Stolen base">SB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maury_Wills" title="Maury Wills">Maury Wills</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">LAD</a>) </td> <td>104 </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1232882159"></div><div class="flexboxWrapComponent"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Pitching leaders </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:15%;">Stat </th> <th>Player </th> <th style="width:15%;">Total </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Winning_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">W</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Drysdale" title="Don Drysdale">Don Drysdale</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">LAD</a>) </td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Losing_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">L</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roger_Craig_(baseball)" title="Roger Craig (baseball)">Roger Craig</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">NYM</a>) </td> <td>24 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">ERA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">LAD</a>) </td> <td>2.54 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">K</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Drysdale" title="Don Drysdale">Don Drysdale</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">LAD</a>) </td> <td>232 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Innings_pitched" title="Innings pitched">IP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Drysdale" title="Don Drysdale">Don Drysdale</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">LAD</a>) </td> <td>314.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">SV</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roy_Face" title="Roy Face">Roy Face</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">PIT</a>) </td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Walks_plus_hits_per_inning_pitched" title="Walks plus hits per inning pitched">WHIP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">LAD</a>) </td> <td>1.036 </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1232882159"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_the_baseball_player_Maury_Willis_ca1960_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Portrait_of_the_baseball_player_Maury_Willis_ca1960_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Portrait_of_the_baseball_player_Maury_Willis_ca1960_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="309" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Portrait_of_the_baseball_player_Maury_Willis_ca1960_%28cropped%29.jpg/375px-Portrait_of_the_baseball_player_Maury_Willis_ca1960_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Portrait_of_the_baseball_player_Maury_Willis_ca1960_%28cropped%29.jpg/500px-Portrait_of_the_baseball_player_Maury_Willis_ca1960_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="693" data-file-height="857" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> MVP <a href="/wiki/Maury_Wills" title="Maury Wills">Maury Wills</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Regular season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Baseball_Writers%27_Association_of_America" title="Baseball Writers' Association of America">Baseball Writers' Association of America</a> Awards </th></tr> <tr> <th>BBWAA Award </th> <th>National League </th> <th>American League </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" title="Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ken_Hubbs" title="Ken Hubbs">Ken Hubbs</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">CHC</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Tresh" title="Tom Tresh">Tom Tresh</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">NYY</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Drysdale" title="Don Drysdale">Don Drysdale</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">LAD</a>) </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">Most Valuable Player</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maury_Wills" title="Maury Wills">Maury Wills</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">LAD</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mickey Mantle</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">NYY</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Gold_Glove_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Gold Glove Awards">Gold Glove Awards</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Position </th> <th>National League </th> <th>American League </th></tr> <tr> <td>Pitcher </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Shantz" title="Bobby Shantz">Bobby Shantz</a> (<a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">STL</a>/<small><a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">HOU</a></small>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kaat" title="Jim Kaat">Jim Kaat</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">MIN</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Catcher </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Del_Crandall" title="Del Crandall">Del Crandall</a> (<a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">MIL</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earl_Battey" title="Earl Battey">Earl Battey</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">MIN</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1st Base </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_White_(first_baseman)" title="Bill White (first baseman)">Bill White</a> (<a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">STL</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vic_Power" title="Vic Power">Vic Power</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">MIN</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd Base </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ken_Hubbs" title="Ken Hubbs">Ken Hubbs</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">CHC</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Richardson" title="Bobby Richardson">Bobby Richardson</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">NYY</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd Base </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Davenport" title="Jim Davenport">Jim Davenport</a> (<a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">SF</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brooks_Robinson" title="Brooks Robinson">Brooks Robinson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">BAL</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shortstop </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maury_Wills" title="Maury Wills">Maury Wills</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">LAD</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luis_Aparicio" title="Luis Aparicio">Luis Aparicio</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">CWS</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Outfield </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Virdon" title="Bill Virdon">Bill Virdon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">PIT</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Landis" title="Jim Landis">Jim Landis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">CWS</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Clemente" title="Roberto Clemente">Roberto Clemente</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">PIT</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Al_Kaline" title="Al Kaline">Al Kaline</a> (<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">DET</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a> (<a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">SF</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mickey Mantle</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">NYY</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_awards">Other awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Other awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sport_(American_magazine)" title="Sport (American magazine)"><i>Sport</i> Magazine's</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Series_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="World Series Most Valuable Player Award">World Series Most Valuable Player Award</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Terry" title="Ralph Terry">Ralph Terry</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">NYY</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth_Award" title="Babe Ruth Award">Babe Ruth Award</a> (<a href="/wiki/Baseball_Writers%27_Association_of_America" title="Baseball Writers' Association of America">BBWAA</a> World Series MVP): <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Terry" title="Ralph Terry">Ralph Terry</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">NYY</a>)</li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News" title="The Sporting News">The Sporting News</a></i> <a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News#Major_League_Baseball" title="The Sporting News">Awards</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Award </th> <th>National League </th> <th>American League </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News_MLB_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="The Sporting News MLB Player of the Year Award">Player of the Year</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Drysdale" title="Don Drysdale">Don Drysdale</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">LAD</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Maury_Wills" title="Maury Wills">Maury Wills</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">LAD</a>) </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News_Pitcher_of_the_Year_Award" title="The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award">Pitcher of the Year</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Drysdale" title="Don Drysdale">Don Drysdale</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">LAD</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Donovan" title="Dick Donovan">Dick Donovan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">CLE</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sporting_News_Reliever_of_the_Year_Award" title="Sporting News Reliever of the Year Award">Fireman of the Year</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(<a href="/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher">Relief pitcher</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roy_Face" title="Roy Face">Roy Face</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">PIT</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Radatz" title="Dick Radatz">Dick Radatz</a> (<a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">BOS</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" title="The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ken_Hubbs" title="Ken Hubbs">Ken Hubbs</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">CHC</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Tresh" title="Tom Tresh">Tom Tresh</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">NYY</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News_Manager_of_the_Year_Award" title="The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award">Manager of the Year</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Rigney" title="Bill Rigney">Bill Rigney</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">LAA</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News_Executive_of_the_Year_Award" title="The Sporting News Executive of the Year Award">Executive of the Year</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fred_Haney" title="Fred Haney">Fred Haney</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">LAA</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Monthly_awards">Monthly awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Monthly awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Player_of_the_Month">Player of the Month</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Player of the Month"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Player_of_the_Month_Award" 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id="Baseball_Hall_of_Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Baseball Hall of Fame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Feller" title="Bob Feller">Bob Feller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edd_Roush" title="Edd Roush">Edd Roush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_McKechnie" title="Bill McKechnie">Bill McKechnie</a> (manager)</li></ul> <link 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href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>102 </td> <td>14.6% </td> <td>2,755,184 </td> <td>52.7% </td> <td>33,195 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>103 </td> <td>21.2% </td> <td>1,592,594 </td> <td>14.5% </td> <td>19,422 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>96 </td> <td>−11.9% </td> <td>1,493,574 </td> <td>−14.5% </td> <td>18,670 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>91 </td> <td>30.0% </td> <td>1,433,116 </td> <td>14.0% </td> <td>17,477 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>85 </td> <td>−15.8% </td> <td>1,207,881 </td> <td>−24.5% </td> <td>14,730 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles Angels</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>86 </td> <td>22.9% </td> <td>1,144,063 </td> <td>89.6% </td> <td>14,124 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>85 </td> <td>−1.2% </td> <td>1,131,562 </td> <td>−1.3% </td> <td>13,970 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>93 </td> <td>24.0% </td> <td>1,090,648 </td> <td>−9.0% </td> <td>13,465 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>98 </td> <td>5.4% </td> <td>982,095 </td> <td>−12.1% </td> <td>12,125 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>84 </td> <td>5.0% </td> <td>953,895 </td> <td>11.5% </td> <td>11,776 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Colt .45s</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>64 </td> <td> </td> <td>924,456 </td> <td> </td> <td>11,274 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>40 </td> <td> </td> <td>922,530 </td> <td> </td> <td>11,532 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>77 </td> <td>−18.9% </td> <td>790,254 </td> <td>−16.9% </td> <td>9,637 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Milwaukee Braves</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>86 </td> <td>3.6% </td> <td>766,921 </td> <td>−30.4% </td> <td>9,468 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>81 </td> <td>72.3% </td> <td>762,034 </td> <td>29.1% </td> <td>9,525 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>76 </td> <td>0.0% </td> <td>733,080 </td> <td>−13.8% </td> <td>9,279 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%931971)" title="Washington Senators (1961–1971)">Washington Senators</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>60 </td> <td>−1.6% </td> <td>729,775 </td> <td>22.2% </td> <td>9,122 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Indians</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>80 </td> <td>2.6% </td> <td>716,076 </td> <td>−1.3% </td> <td>8,840 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>72 </td> <td>18.0% </td> <td>635,675 </td> <td>−7.0% </td> <td>7,848 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>59 </td> <td>−7.8% </td> <td>609,802 </td> <td>−9.4% </td> <td>7,528 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Television_coverage">Television coverage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Television coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span 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CBS dropped its Sunday broadcasts once the <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_CBS" title="NFL on CBS">NFL season</a> started in mid-September, dropping the option clause for affiliates to carry baseball or football in place since <a href="/wiki/1957_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1957 Major League Baseball season">1957</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/1962_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1962 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a>, the <a href="/wiki/1962_National_League_tie-breaker_series" title="1962 National League tie-breaker series">National League tie-breaker series</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/1962_World_Series" title="1962 World Series">World Series</a> aired on NBC. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retired_numbers">Retired numbers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Retired numbers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Robin Roberts (baseball)">Robin Roberts</a> had his No. 36 retired by the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> on March 21. This was the first number retired by the team.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1962_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1962 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1962 Nippon Professional Baseball season</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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title="1952 Major League Baseball season">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1953 Major League Baseball season">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1954 Major League Baseball season">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1955 Major League Baseball season">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1956 Major League Baseball season">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1957 Major League Baseball season">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1958 Major League Baseball season">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1959 Major League Baseball season">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1960 Major League Baseball season">1960</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1961_Major_League_Baseball_expansion" title="1961 Major League Baseball expansion">First expansion</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1961_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1961 Major League Baseball season">1961</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1963 Major League Baseball season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1964 Major League Baseball season">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1965 Major League Baseball season">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1966 Major League Baseball season">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1967 Major League Baseball season">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1968 Major League Baseball season">1968</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_expansion" title="1969 Major League Baseball expansion">Birth of division play</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1969 Major League Baseball season">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1970 Major League Baseball season">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1971 Major League Baseball season">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1972 Major League Baseball season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1973 Major League Baseball season">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1974 Major League Baseball season">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1975 Major League Baseball season">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1976 Major League Baseball season">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1977 Major League Baseball season">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1978 Major League Baseball season">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1979 Major League Baseball season">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1980 Major League Baseball season">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1981 Major League Baseball season">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1982 Major League Baseball season">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1983 Major League Baseball season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1984 Major League Baseball season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1985 Major League Baseball season">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1986 Major League Baseball season">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1987 Major League Baseball season">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1988 Major League Baseball season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1989 Major League Baseball season">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1990 Major League Baseball season">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1991 Major League Baseball season">1991</a></li> <li><a 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