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1962 Kansas City Athletics season

Field	Value
name	Kansas City Athletics
season	1962
league	American League
ballpark	Municipal Stadium
city	Kansas City, Missouri
record
league_place	9th
owners	Charles O. Finley
general_managers	Pat Friday
managers	Hank Bauer
television	KCMO-TV
radio	KCMO (AM)
(Monte Moore, Bruce Rice)

(Monte Moore, Bruce Rice) |}} The 1962 Kansas City Athletics season was the eighth season in Kansas City, and the 62nd in franchise history. It involved the Athletics finishing ninth in the American League with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses, 24 games behind the World Series Champion New York Yankees. The A's were last in the American League in paid attendance.

Offseason

October 11, 1961: Stan Johnson, Bobby Prescott and Jay Ward were traded by the Athletics to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Gordie Windhorn and Bill Lajoie (minors).
December 15, 1961: Lou Klimchock and Bob Shaw were traded by the Athletics to the Milwaukee Braves for Joe Azcue, Ed Charles and Manny Jiménez.
Prior to 1962 season: Don Williams was acquired by the Athletics from the Chicago White Sox.

Regular season

April 22, 1962: Future Basketball Hall of Famer Dave DeBusschere made his major league baseball debut for the Chicago White Sox in a game against the Athletics. He pitched one inning and gave up one base on balls.
August 26, 1962: Jack Kralick threw the first no-hitter in Minnesota Twins history against the Athletics. The Twins beat the Athletics by a score of 1–0.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1962 Kansas City Athletics
Roster
Pitchers

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
C	Haywood Sullivan	95	274	68	.248	4	29
1B		162	600	185	.308	25	117
2B	Jerry Lumpe	156	641	193	.301	10	83
SS	Dick Howser	83	286	68	.238	6	34
3B		147	535	154	.288	17	74
LF		139	479	144	.301	11	69
CF		132	338	86	.254	9	38
RF	Gino Cimoli	152	550	151	.275	10	71

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
	107	310	86	.277	0	22
Wayne Causey	117	305	77	.252	4	38
	72	223	51	.229	2	25
George Alusik	90	209	57	.273	11	35
Billy Consolo	54	154	37	.240	0	16
	25	74	11	.149	2	7
Leo Posada	29	46	9	.196	0	3
John Wojcik	16	43	13	.302	0	9
Deron Johnson	17	19	2	.105	0	0
	14	19	3	.158	0	1
	8	16	4	.250	1	1
Marlan Coughtry	6	11	2	.182	0	1
Charlie Shoemaker	5	11	2	.182	0	0
Gene Stephens	5	4	0	.000	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

	= Indicates league leader

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
Ed Rakow	42	235.1	14	17	4.25	159
	13	89.2	6	4	3.01	56
	6	21.2	0	2	6.65	13

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
Dan Pfister	41	196.1	4	14	4.54	123
Jerry Walker	31	143.1	8	9	5.90	57
	34	127.2	4	12	3.95	38
	59	125.0	10	7	4.46	106
	37	116.2	8	5	3.86	71
Dave Wickersham	30	110.0	11	4	4.17	61
	22	75.1	2	6	6.09	33
	10	28.0	1	1	5.14	19
	4	14.1	1	1	6.28	4

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
	21	3	2	6	6.34	28
	33	0	3	2	5.82	28
	18	0	1	0	9.43	12
	12	0	1	3	6.23	3
	9	0	0	0	3.52	6
Dan Osinski	4	0	0	0	17.36	4
	3	0	0	0	9.00	1
	3	0	1	0	9.00	0
	2	0	0	0	2.25	2
Rupe Toppin	2	0	0	0	13.50	1

Farm system

References

Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, pp.66, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, {{ISBN. 978-0-8027-1745-0
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsst01.shtml Stan Johnson page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/azcuejo01.shtml Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willido01.shtml Don Williams page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/debusda01.shtml Dave DeBuscchere page at Baseball Reference]
''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p. 144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0

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