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1962 Kansas City Athletics
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Municipal Stadium (Since 1955) Kansas City, Missouri (Since 1955)
1962 Information
Owner(s)	Charles O. Finley
General manager(s)	Pat Friday
Manager(s)	Hank Bauer
Local television	KCMO
Local radio	KCMO (AM) (Monte Moore, Bruce Rice)
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The 1962 Kansas City Athletics season was the eight 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 Champion New York Yankees. The A's were last in the American League in paid attendance.^[1]

Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Season standings
- 2.2 Roster
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 References
6 External links

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).^[2]
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.^[3]
Prior to 1962 season: Don Williams was acquired by the Athletics from the Chicago White Sox.^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6] The Twins beat the Athletics by a score of 1-0.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	96	66	.593	--
Minnesota Twins	91	71	.562	5
Los Angeles Angels	85	76	.531	10
Detroit Tigers	85	76	.528	10.5
Chicago White Sox	85	77	.525	11
Cleveland Indians	80	82	.494	16
Baltimore Orioles	77	85	.475	19
Boston Red Sox	76	84	.475	19
Kansas City Athletics	72	90	.444	24
Washington Senators	60	101	.373	35.5

Roster

1962 Kansas City Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

17 Héctor Martínez
3 Gene Stephens

Manager

9 Hank Bauer

Coaches

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
1B	Siebern, NormNorm Siebern	162	600	185	.308	25	117
3B	Charles, EdEd Charles	147	535	154	.288	17	74
LF	Jiménez, MannyManny Jiménez	139	479	144	.301	11	69
CF	Del Greco, BobbyBobby Del Greco	132	338	86	.254	9	38

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
Tartabull, JoséJosé Tartabull	107	310	86	.277	0	22
Azcue, JoeJoe Azcue	72	223	51	.229	2	25
Bryan, BillyBilly Bryan	25	74	11	.149	2	7
Windhorn, GordieGordie Windhorn	14	19	3	.158	0	1
Kern, BillBill Kern	8	16	4	.250	1	1
Martínez, HéctorHéctor Martínez	1	1	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
Peña, OrlandoOrlando Peña	13	89.2	6	4	3.01	56
Ditmar, ArtArt Ditmar	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
Fischer, BillBill Fischer	34	127.2	4	12	3.95	38
Wyatt, JohnJohn Wyatt	59	125	10	7	4.46	106
Seguí, DiegoDiego Seguí	37	116.2	8	5	3.86	71
Bass, NormNorm Bass	22	75.1	2	6	6.09	33
Drabowsky, MoeMoe Drabowsky	10	28	1	1	5.14	19
Giggie, BobBob Giggie	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
McDevitt, DannyDanny McDevitt	33	0	3	2	5.82	28
Jones, GordonGordon Jones	21	3	2	6	6.34	28
Archer, JimJim Archer	18	0	1	0	9.43	12
Grim, BobBob Grim	12	0	1	3	6.23	3
Kunkel, BillBill Kunkel	9	0	0	0	3.52	6
Williams, DonDon Williams	3	0	0	0	9.00	1
Hamner, GrannyGranny Hamner	3	0	1	0	9.00	0
Norman, FredFred Norman	2	0	0	0	2.25	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Portland Beavers	Pacific Coast League	Les Peden
AA	Albuquerque Dukes	Texas League	Bobby Hofman
A	Binghamton Triplets	Eastern League	Granny Hamner and Dan Carnevale
B	Lewiston Broncos	Northwest League	John McNamara
C	Minot Mallards	Northern League	Grady Wilson
D	Daytona Beach Islanders	Florida State League	Bill Robertson

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
^ Stan Johnson page at Baseball Reference
^ Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference
^ Don Williams page at Baseball Reference
^ 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, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

External links

v t e 1962 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Minnesota New York Washington

National League	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco

1962 First All-Star Game 1962 Second All-Star Game 1962 World Series

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

The Franchise

History • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Players • Owners and executives • Managers • Broadcasters • Award winners and league leaders • First-round draft picks

Ballparks

Columbia Park • Shibe Park • Municipal Stadium • Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum • Cashman Field • Cisco Field (proposed)

Spring Training: Barrs Field; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium

Culture

Philadelphia Athletics (football) • Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame • Athletics Nation • Charlie-O • Stomper • $100,000 Infield • "Holy Toledo!" • Billyball • Celebration • White Cleats • Moneyball (book • film)

Lore

The Mack Attack • Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run • 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake • Dallas Braden's perfect game

Rivalries

City Series • Bay Bridge Series

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker Chief Bender Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter Reggie Jackson Nap Lajoie Connie Mack Eddie Plank Al Simmons Rube Waddell Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman Jack Coombs Jimmy Dykes George Earnshaw Ferris Fain Bob Johnson Eddie Joost Bing Miller Wally Moses Rube Oldring Bobby Shantz Eddie Rommel Elmer Valo Rube Walberg Gus Zernial

Franchise record holders	Don Baylor Bert Campaneris José Canseco Jason Giambi Ben Grieve Dave Kingman Bill Lamar Mark McGwire Cy Morgan Danny Murphy Elmer Myers Roy Grover Blue Moon Odom Scott Perry Vic Power Pete Suder

Retired numbers

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

Minors

AAA: Sacramento River Cats
AA: Midland RockHounds
A: Stockton Ports; Burlington Bees; Vermont Lake Monsters
Rookie: Arizona League Athletics, DSL Athletics

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