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1962 Chicago White Sox season

Field	Value
name	Chicago White Sox
season	1962
league	American League
ballpark	White Sox Park
city	Chicago
record
league_place	5th
owners	Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
general_managers	Ed Short
managers	Al López
television	WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
radio	WCFL
(Bob Elson, Milo Hamilton)

(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd) (Bob Elson, Milo Hamilton) |}} The 1962 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 62nd season in the major leagues, and its 63rd season overall. They finished with a record of 85–77, good enough for fifth place in the American League, 11 games behind the first-place New York Yankees.

Offseason

November 27, 1961: Minnie Miñoso was traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joe Cunningham.
November 28, 1961: Roy Sievers was traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for Charley Smith and John Buzhardt.
March 24, 1962: Andy Carey was traded by the White Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Ramón Conde and Jim Koranda (minors).
Prior to 1962 season: Future basketball star Dave DeBusschere was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.

Regular season

April 22, 1962: Dave DeBusschere made his major league baseball debut in a game against the Kansas City Athletics. He pitched one inning and gave up one walk.

Opening Day lineup

Luis Aparicio, SS
Nellie Fox, 2B
Joe Cunningham, 1B
Floyd Robinson, RF
Al Smith, LF
Mike Hershberger, CF
Charley Smith, 3B
Sherm Lollar, C
Juan Pizarro, P

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1962 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates league leader

Batting

Note: G=Games played; AB=At bats; R=Runs scored; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home runs; RBI=Runs batted in; BB=Base on balls; SO=Strikeouts; AVG=Batting average; SB=Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Luis Aparicio, SS	153	581	72	140	23	5	7	40	32	36	.241	31
Ken Berry, OF	3	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	0
Cam Carreon, C	106	313	31	80	19	1	4	37	33	37	.256	1
Ramón Conde, 3B	14	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	.000	0
Joe Cunningham, 1B, RF	149	526	91	155	32	7	8	70	101	59	.295	3
Sammy Esposito, SS, 3B	75	81	14	19	1	0	0	4	17	13	.235	0
Bob Farley, 1B	35	53	7	10	1	1	1	4	13	13	.189	0
Nellie Fox, 2B	157	621	79	166	27	7	2	54	38	12	.267	1
Mike Hershberger, RF, CF	148	427	54	112	14	2	4	46	37	36	.262	10
Deacon Jones, 1B	18	28	3	9	2	0	0	8	4	6	.321	0
Dick Kenworthy, 2B	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Jim Landis, CF	149	534	82	122	21	6	15	61	80	105	.228	19
Sherm Lollar, C	84	220	17	59	12	0	2	26	32	23	.268	1
J. C. Martin, C	18	26	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	.077	0
Charlie Maxwell, LF, RF, 1B	69	206	30	61	8	3	9	43	34	32	.296	0
Brian McCall, CF	4	8	2	3	0	0	2	3	0	2	.375	0
Floyd Robinson, LF, RF	156	600	89	187	45	10	11	109	72	47	.312	4
Bob Roselli, C	35	64	4	12	3	1	1	5	11	15	.188	1
Bob Sadowski, 3B, 2B	79	130	22	30	3	3	6	24	13	22	.231	0
Al Smith, 3B, LF	142	511	62	149	23	8	16	82	57	60	.292	3
Charley Smith, 3B	65	145	11	30	4	0	2	17	9	32	.207	0
Al Weis, SS	7	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	.083	1

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Frank Baumann, P	40	30	3	8	2	1	0	4	6	9	.267	0
John Buzhardt, P	28	51	2	6	0	0	0	1	2	22	.118	0
Eddie Fisher, P	57	46	2	6	2	1	0	2	2	12	.130	0
Ray Herbert, P	35	82	6	16	5	0	2	9	5	16	.195	0
Joe Horlen, P	20	38	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	11	.053	0
Mike Joyce, P	25	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.429	0
Russ Kemmerer, P	20	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	0
Turk Lown, P	42	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Juan Pizarro, P	37	69	10	11	1	0	0	5	4	17	.159	0
Dean Stone, P	27	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	0
Early Wynn, P	27	54	5	7	1	0	0	2	7	17	.130	0
Dom Zanni, P	44	18	2	5	0	0	0	3	3	3	.278	1
	162	5514	707	1415	250	56	92	662	620	674	.257	76

Pitching

Note: W=Wins; L=Losses; ERA=Earned run average; G=Games pitched; GS=Games started; SV=Saves; IP=Innings pitched; H=Hits allowed; R=Runs allowed; ER=Earned runs allowed; HR=Home runs allowed; BB=Walks allowed; K=Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Frank Baumann	7	6	3.38	40	10	4	119.2	117	46	45	10	41	55
John Buzhardt	8	12	4.19	28	25	0	152.1	156	75	71	16	62	64
Dave DeBusschere	0	0	2.00	12	0	0	18.0	5	7	4	1	24	8
Mike DeGerick	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Eddie Fisher	9	5	3.10	57	12	5	182.2	169	74	63	17	46	88
Ray Herbert	20	9	3.27	35	35	0	236.2	228	90	86	13	78	115
Joe Horlen	7	6	4.89	20	19	0	108.2	108	62	59	10	45	63
Mike Joyce	2	1	3.32	25	1	2	43.1	40	17	16	2	16	9
Russ Kemmerer	2	1	3.86	20	0	0	28.0	30	14	12	3	12	17
Frank Kreutzer	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Turk Lown	4	2	3.04	42	0	6	56.1	58	21	19	3	30	40
Gary Peters	0	1	5.68	5	0	0	6.1	8	5	4	0	1	4
Juan Pizarro	12	14	3.81	36	32	1	203.1	182	97	86	16	100	173
Herb Score	0	0	4.50	4	0	0	6.0	6	3	3	1	4	3
Dean Stone	1	0	3.26	27	0	5	30.1	28	11	11	3	11	23
Verle Tiefenthaler	0	0	9.82	3	0	0	3.2	6	4	4	1	7	1
Early Wynn	7	15	4.46	27	26	0	167.2	171	90	83	15	62	91
Dom Zanni	6	5	3.75	44	2	5	86.1	67	42	36	12	34	66
	85	77	3.73	162	162	28	1451.2	1380	658	602	123	575	821

Farm system

Savannah franchise moved to Lynchburg, August 26, 1962; Harlan affiliation shared with New York Yankees

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/minosmi01.shtml Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithch04.shtml Charley Smith page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/condera01.shtml Ramón Conde page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/debusda01.shtml Dave DeBusschere page at Baseball Reference]
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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