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.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,
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).Stan Johnson page at Baseball Reference 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.Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference Prior to 1962 season: Don Williams was acquired by the Athletics from the Chicago White Sox.Don Williams page at Baseball Reference
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.Dave DeBuscchere page at Baseball Reference 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.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, The Twins beat the Athletics by a score of 1–0.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1962 Kansas City Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
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 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
External links 1962 Kansas City Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1962 Kansas City Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com