1962 Boston Red Sox season

The 1962 Boston Red Sox season was the 62nd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished eighth in the American League (AL) with a record of 76 wins and 84 losses, 19 games behind the AL pennant winner and eventual World Series champion New York Yankees.

1962 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record76–84 (.475)
League place8th (19 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)Pinky Higgins
Manager(s)Pinky Higgins
Local televisionWHDH-TV, Ch. 5
Local radioWHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Ned Martin, Art Gleeson)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Regular season

Bill Monbouquette and Earl Wilson each threw no-hitters for the Red Sox. Monbouquette threw his no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox, while Wilson no-hit the Los Angeles Angels.

On September 3, Don Gile hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.[3]

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9666 0.593 — 50–30 46–36
Minnesota Twins 9171 0.562 5 45–36 46–35
Los Angeles Angels 8676 0.531 10 40–41 46–35
Detroit Tigers 8576 0.528 10½ 49–33 36–43
Chicago White Sox 8577 0.525 11 43–38 42–39
Cleveland Indians 8082 0.494 16 43–38 37–44
Baltimore Orioles 7785 0.475 19 44–38 33–47
Boston Red Sox 7684 0.475 19 39–40 37–44
Kansas City Athletics 7290 0.444 24 39–42 33–48
Washington Senators 60101 0.373 35½ 27–53 33–48

Record vs. opponents
1962 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore —8–109–911–72–1610–88–106–1211–712–6
Boston 10–8—8–107–1111–610–86–1210–86–128–9
Chicago 9–910–8—12–69–99–910–88–108–1010–8
Cleveland 7–1111–76–12—10–811–79–96–1211–79–9
Detroit 16–26–119–98–10—12–611–75–137–1111–7
Kansas City 8–108–109–97–116–12—6–128–105–1315–3
Los Angeles 10–812–68–109–97–1112–6—9–98–1011–7
Minnesota 12–68–1010–812–613–510–89–9—7–1110–8–1
New York 7–1112–610–87–1111–713–510–811–7—15–3
Washington 6–129–88–109–97–113–157–118–10–13–15—

Opening Day lineup
  3Pete Runnels1B
  2Chuck Schilling2B
  7Gary GeigerCF
  8Carl Yastrzemski    LF
11Frank Malzone3B
22Russ NixonC
16Carroll HardyRF
  1Eddie BressoudSS
37Don Schwall    P

Notable transactions
  • August 14, 1962: Dave Philley was released by the Red Sox.[2]
  • September 7, 1962: Galen Cisco was selected off waivers from the Red Sox by the New York Mets.[4]

Roster
1962 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

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
CJim Pagliaroni9026067.2581137
1BPete Runnels152562183.3261060
2BChuck Schilling11941395.230735
3BFrank Malzone156619175.2832195
SSEddie Bressoud153599166.2771468
LFCarl Yastrzemski160646191.2961994
CFGary Geiger131466116.2491654
RFLou Clinton114398117.2941875

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
Carroll Hardy11536278.215836
Bob Tillman8124957.2291438
Billy Gardner5319954.271012
Russ Nixon6515142.278119
Pumpsie Green569121.231211
Dave Philley38426.14304
Don Gile18412.04913

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
Gene Conley34241.215143.95134
Bill Monbouquette35235.115133.33153
Earl Wilson31191.11283.91137
Ike Delock1786.1453.7549
Pete Smith13.20119.641

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
Galen Cisco2383.0476.7243
Wilbur Wood17.2003.523
Merlin Nippert46.0004.503
Billy Muffett14.0009.001
Pete Smith13.20119.641
Billy MacLeod21.2015.402
Tracy Stallard11.0000.000
Ted Wills10.000inf0

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
Dick Radatz6296242.24144
Mike Fornieles423655.3636
Arnold Earley384555.8059
Hal Kolstad270225.4336
Chet Nichols Jr.291133.0033

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Seattle Rainiers Pacific Coast League Johnny Pesky
A York White Roses Eastern League Mel Parnell
B Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Eddie Popowski and Mace Brown
C Pocatello Chiefs Pioneer League Bill Slack
D Waterloo Hawks Midwest League Matt Sczesny
D Olean Red Sox New York–Penn League Harold Holland

Notes
  1. Joe Ginsberg page at Baseball Reference
  2. Dave Philley page at Baseball Reference
  3. Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac
  4. Galen Cisco page at Baseball Reference

References
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