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1962 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

FieldValue
nameNew York Yankees
season1962
miscWorld Series champions
American League champions
leagueAmerican League
ballparkYankee Stadium
cityNew York City
record96–66 ()
league_place1st
ownersDan Topping and Del Webb
general_managersRoy Hamey
managersRalph Houk
televisionWPIX–TV 11
(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)
radioWCBS–AM 880
(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)

American League champions (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto) (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto) |}}

The 1962 New York Yankees season was the 60th season for the team. The team finished with a record of 96–66, winning their 27th pennant, finishing 5 games ahead of the Minnesota Twins. New York was managed by Ralph Houk. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the San Francisco Giants in 7 games. It was their 20th World Championship in franchise history, and their last until 1977.

Offseason

  • December 14, 1961: Jesse Gonder was traded by the Yankees to the Cincinnati Reds for Marshall Bridges.

Regular season

  • May 22, 1962: Roger Maris drew four intentional walks in a game.
  • September 11, 1962: Former Ole Miss football quarterback Jake Gibbs made his Major League Baseball debut with the Yankees.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

  • June 26, 1962: Bob Cerv was purchased from the Yankees by the Houston Colt .45s.

Roster

1962 New York Yankees
**Roster**
**Pitchers**

Game log

Regular season

Legend
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Detailed records

American LeagueOpponentWLWPRSRASeason Total2115196155
[Los Angeles Angels](1962-los-angeles-angels-season)108
[Minnesota Twins](1962-minnesota-twins-season)117
**New York Yankees**
MonthGamesWonLostWin %RSRATotal1629666817680
April151058566
May281513125111
June271413103101
July31238181145
August351718182147
September26179141110
GamesWonLostWin %RSRAHomeAwayTotal1629666817680
805030369306
824636448374

Postseason Game log

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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.PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C136494138.2792191
1B140478129.2702380
2B161692209.302859
3B158566154.2721868
SS157622178.2862093
LF10633592.275648
CF123377121.3213089
RF157590151.25633100

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
9324657.2321339
8623252.2241035
4516953.314417
6313833.239717
7112937.287114
419428.298417
884313.30214
14172.11800
410.00000
200----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
43298.223123.19176
38257.21782.90160
35213.11493.67109

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
36133.0773.9971
34118.0785.4954
2469.0334.5742
26.2016.752

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
5284183.1466
507664.4467
437543.5955
271374.8121
212002.8411
20007.361
20010.002
10000.001

1962 World Series

Main article: 1962 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL San Francisco Giants (3)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1**Yankees – 6**, Giants – 2October 4Candlestick Park43,852
2Yankees – 0, **Giants – 2**October 5Candlestick Park43,910
3Giants – 2, **Yankees – 3**October 7Yankee Stadium71,434
4**Giants – 7**, Yankees – 3October 8Yankee Stadium66,607
5Giants – 3, **Yankees – 5**October 10Yankee Stadium63,165
6Yankees – 2, **Giants – 5**October 15Candlestick Park43,948
7**Yankees – 1**, Giants – 0October 16Candlestick Park43,948

Awards and honors

  • Mickey Mantle, American League MVP
  • Ralph Terry, Babe Ruth Award All-Star Game (first game) All-Star Game (second game)
  • Elston Howard, All-Star Game

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Lauderdale

Harlan affiliation shared with Chicago White Sox

Notes

References

References

  1. "Jesse Gonder Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More".
  2. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gibbsja01.shtml Jake Gibbs page at Baseball Reference]
  3. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cervbo01.shtml Bob Cerv page at Baseball Reference]
  4. "1962 New York Yankees Schedule & Results".
  5. "1962 World Series - New York Yankees over San Francisco Giants (4-3)".
  6. (July 30, 1962). "1962 All-Star Game". Baseball-almanac.com.
  7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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