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1962 Los Angeles Angels season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Los Angeles Angels
season	1962
league	American League
ballpark	Chávez Ravine
city	Los Angeles
record
league_place	3rd
owners	Gene Autry
general_managers	Fred Haney
managers	Bill Rigney
television	KHJ
radio	KMPC
(Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)

(Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey) |}}

The 1962 Los Angeles Angels season was the 2nd season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 2nd in Los Angeles, and their 1st season playing their home games at Chávez Ravine. The Angels finished the season third in the American League with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses, ten games behind the World Series Champion New York Yankees. The 1962 Angels are one of only two expansion teams to achieve a winning record in its second season of existence in the history of Major League Baseball (the other is the 1999 Arizona Diamondbacks of the National League, who finished as NL West Champions at 100–62). The 1962 Angels was the first Angels team to reside at Dodger Stadium, called Chavez Ravine by the team.

Offseason

October 19, 1961: Del Rice was released by the Angels.
November 27, 1961: Bo Belinsky was drafted by the Angels from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1961 rule 5 draft.
December 4, 1961: Ramón Hernández was purchased by the Angels from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Regular season

On May 5, Bo Belinsky threw the first no-hitter in the history of the Angels and the first one at Dodger Stadium, beating the Baltimore Orioles 2–0.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

September 8, 1962: Art Fowler was released by the Angels.

Roster

1962 Los Angeles Angels
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team 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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Buck Rodgers	155	565	146	.258	6	61
1B		160	583	169	.290	26	104
2B		160	659	186	.282	17	74
SS	Joe Koppe	128	375	85	.227	4	40
3B		127	451	117	.259	11	74
LF		160	612	164	.268	37	107
CF		160	614	160	.261	5	42
RF	George Thomas	56	181	43	.238	4	12

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
Earl Averill Jr.	92	187	41	.219	4	22
Jim Fregosi	58	175	51	.291	3	23
Steve Bilko	64	164	47	.287	8	38
Tom Burgess	87	143	28	.196	2	13
Eddie Yost	52	104	25	.240	0	10
	19	64	17	.266	4	14
Ed Sadowski	27	55	11	.200	1	3
Gordie Windhorn	40	45	8	.178	0	1
Marlan Coughtry	11	22	4	.182	0	2
Billy Consolo	28	20	2	.100	0	0
Tom Satriano	10	19	8	.421	2	6
Frank Leja	7	16	0	.000	0	0
Gene Leek	7	14	2	.143	0	0
	13	11	2	.182	1	1
Dick Simpson	6	8	2	.250	0	1
Chuck Tanner	7	8	1	.125	0	0
Ed Kirkpatrick	3	6	0	.000	0	0

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
	33	187.1	10	11	3.56	145
	40	176.1	8	9	4.54	90
Don Lee	27	153.1	8	8	3.11	74
	24	149.1	11	5	3.50	83
	34	139.0	9	8	4.40	52
Bobby Darwin	1	3.1	0	1	10.80	6

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
	50	206.2	14	10	2.96	127
George Witt	5	10.0	1	1	8.10	10
Fred Newman	4	6.1	0	1	9.95	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
	48	5	2	9	2.91	29
Jack Spring	57	4	2	6	4.02	31
	48	4	3	5	2.81	38
	42	2	9	8	4.42	74
	35	2	1	2	3.43	24
Dan Osinski	33	6	4	4	2.82	44
Jim Donohue	12	1	0	0	3.70	14
Julio Navarro	9	1	1	0	4.70	11
Joe Nuxhall	5	0	0	0	10.13	2

Awards and honors

Bill Rigney, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Jose

Dallas-Fort Worth affiliation shared with Philadelphia Phillies

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ricede01.shtml Del Rice page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/belinbo01.shtml Bo Belinsky page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hernara01.shtml Ramón Hernández page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fowlear01.shtml Art Fowler page at Baseball-Reference]

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