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1962 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Boston Red Sox
season	1962
league	American League
ballpark	Fenway Park
city	Boston, Massachusetts
record	76–84 (.475)
league_place	8th
owners	Tom Yawkey
president	Tom Yawkey
general_managers	Pinky Higgins
managers	Pinky Higgins
television	WHDH-TV, Ch. 5
radio	WHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Ned Martin, Art Gleeson)
espntn	bos
brtn	BOS

(Curt Gowdy, Ned Martin, Art Gleeson) The 1962 Boston Red Sox season was the 62nd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished eighth in the American League (AL) with a record of 76 wins and 84 losses, 19 games behind the AL pennant winner and eventual World Series champion New York Yankees.

Offseason

October 20, 1961: Joe Ginsberg was released by the Red Sox.
March 24, 1962: Tom Borland was traded by the Red Sox to the Houston Colt .45s for Dave Philley.

Regular season

Earl Wilson (June 26) Bill Monbouquette (August 1) and each threw no-hitters for the Red Sox. Wilson no-hit the Los Angeles Angels and hit a home run in the process, while Monbouquette threw his against the Chicago White Sox.
On September 30, Don Gile hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.
On October 6, field manager Pinky Higgins, 53, was promoted to executive vice president and general manager. Former Red Sox shortstop/third baseman Johnny Pesky, 43, was promoted from Triple-A Seattle to Boston as Higgins' successor.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

August 14, 1962: Dave Philley was released by the Red Sox.
September 7, 1962: Galen Cisco was selected off waivers from the Red Sox by the New York Mets.

Roster

1962 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league 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	90	260	67	.258	11	37
1B	152	562	183	.326	10	60
2B	119	413	95	.230	7	35
3B	156	619	175	.283	21	95
SS	153	599	166	.277	14	68
LF	160	646	191	.296	19	94
CF	131	466	116	.249	16	54
RF	114	398	117	.294	18	75

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
115	362	78	.215	8	36
81	249	57	.229	14	38
53	199	54	.271	0	12
65	151	42	.278	1	19
56	91	21	.231	2	11
38	42	6	.143	0	4
18	41	2	.049	1	3

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
	34	241.2	15	14	3.95	134
	35	235.1	15	13	3.33	153
	31	191.1	12	8	3.91	137
Don Schwall	33	182.1	9	15	4.94	89
	17	86.1	4	5	3.75	49
	1	7.2	0	0	3.52	3
	1	4.0	0	0	9.00	1
	1	3.2	0	1	19.64	1

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
	23	83.0	4	7	6.72	43

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
62	9	6	24	2.24	144
42	3	6	5	5.36	36
38	4	5	5	5.80	59
27	0	2	2	5.43	36
29	1	1	3	3.00	33
4	0	0	0	4.50	3
2	0	1	0	5.40	2
1	0	0	0	0.00	0
1	0	0	0	inf	0

Farm system

Source:

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/ginsbjo01.shtml Joe Ginsberg page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/phillda01.shtml Dave Philley page at Baseball Reference]
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats18.shtml Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac]
. (October 7, 1962). ["Pesky is Appointed Red Sox' Manager"](https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1962/10/07/issue.html). *The New York Times*.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/ciscoga01.shtml Galen Cisco page at Baseball Reference]
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
(1962). "Boston Red Sox Yearbook".

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