1962 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1962 throughout the world.  

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Contents 1 Champions 1.1 Major League Baseball 1.2 Other champions 2 Awards and honors 3 Statistical Leaders 4 MLB Statistical Leaders 5 Major League Baseball final standings 5.1 American League final standings 5.2 National League final standings 6 Events 7 Movies 8 Births 8.1 January-June 8.2 July-December 9 Deaths

[edit] Champions

[edit] Major League Baseball

• World Series: New York Yankees over San Francisco Giants (4-3); Ralph Terry, MVP
• All-Star Game (#1), July 10 at D.C. Stadium: National League, 3-1; Maury Wills, MVP
• All-Star Game (#2), July 30 at Wrigley Field: American League, 9-4; Leon Wagner, MVP

[edit] Other champions

• College World Series: Michigan
• Cuban National Series: Industriales
• Japan Series: Toei Flyers over Hanshin Tigers (4-2-1)
• Little League World Series: Moreland, San Jose, California

[edit] Awards and honors

• Most Valuable Player
  • Mickey Mantle (AL)
  • Maury Wills (NL)
• Cy Young Award
  • Don Drysdale
• Rookie of the Year
  • Tom Tresh (AL)
  • Ken Hubbs (NL)

[edit] Statistical Leaders

[edit] MLB Statistical Leaders

	American League		National League
AVG	Pete Runnels BOS	.326	Tommy Davis LAD	.346
HR	Harmon Killebrew MIN	48	Willie Mays SFG	49
RBI	Dick Stuart BOS	118	Tommy Davis LAD	153
Wins	Ralph Terry NYY	23	Don Drysdale LAD	25
ERA	Hank Aguirre DET	2.21	Sandy Koufax LAD	2.54
Ks	Camilo Pascual MIN	206	Don Drysdale LAD	232

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

[edit] American League final standings

Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	New York Yankees	96	66	.593	--
2nd	Minnesota Twins	91	71	.562	5.0
3rd	Los Angeles Angels	86	76	.531	10.0
4th	Detroit Tigers	85	76	.528	10.0
5th	Chicago White Sox	85	77	.525	11.0
6th	Cleveland Indians	80	82	.494	16.0
7th	Baltimore Orioles	77	85	.475	19.0
8th	Boston Red Sox	76	84	.475	19.0
9th	Kansas City Athletics	72	90	.444	24.0
10th	Washington Senators	60	101	.373	35.5

[edit] National League final standings

Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	San Francisco Giants	103	62	.624	--
2nd	Los Angeles Dodgers	102	63	.618	1.0
3rd	Cincinnati Reds	98	64	.605	3.5
4th	Pittsburgh Pirates	93	68	.578	8.0
5th	Milwaukee Braves	86	76	.531	15.5
6th	St. Louis Cardinals	84	78	.519	17.5
7th	Philadelphia Phillies	81	80	.503	20.0
8th	Houston Colt .45s	64	96	.400	36.5
9th	Chicago Cubs	59	103	.364	42.5
10th	New York Mets	40	120	.250	60.5

[edit] Events

• January 23 - In their first year of eligibility, Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson are selected for the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America.

• January 28 - Edd Roush and Bill McKechnie are added to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.

• July 9 - At a meeting held in conjunction with the All-Star Game, the ML players request a reduced schedule for the 1963 season. They also vote unanimously to continue playing two All-Star Games each year.

• July 10 - At newly opened D.C. Stadium, John F. Kennedy becomes the only U.S. president ever to throw the ceremonial first pitch at an All-Star Game, as the National League beats the American League, 3–1, in the first All-Star Game of 1962. Maury Wills, scoring two of the team's three runs, Roberto Clemente with three hits, and Willie Mays's amazing game-ending catch, are the game highlights. Wills receives the first All-Star MVP honors.

• July 11 - For the first time since 1938, when the brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner pulled the trick, brothers Hank and Tommie Aaron hit home runs in the same inning. Both were hit in the last of the 9th, and Hank's grand slam provides the winning margin in an 8–6 Braves win over the Cardinals.

• July 18 - The Minnesota Twins becomes the first 20th-century major league club to hit two grand slams in one inning when Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew connect in a team-record, 11-run first inning, against the Cleveland Indians. Pitchers Barry Latman and Jim Perry serve the grand gophers.

• July 30 - Home runs by Leon Wagner, Pete Runnels, and Rocky Colavito power the American League past the National League 9–4 in the second All-Star Game of 1962. Wagner is selected MVP.

• October 16 - In Game Seven of the World Series, the New York Yankees scores the game’s only run, giving the Yankees a 1–0 win over the San Francisco Giants for a second straight WS victory and the 20th championship in team history. Pitcher Ralph Terry is named World Series MVP.

[edit] Movies

• Safe at Home

[edit] Births

[edit] January-June

January 3 - Darren Daulton January 4 - Jay Tibbs January 5 - Danny Jackson January 7 - Jeff Montgomery January 13 - Kevin Mitchell January 19 - Chris Sabo January 23 - Benny Distefano February 4 - Dan Plesac February 19 - Alvaro Espinoza

February 26 - Kelly Gruber February 27 - Greg Cadaret March 2 - Terry Steinbach March 7 - Germán González March 12 - Darryl Strawberry March 19 - Ivan Calderón March 25 - Jeff Kunkel March 26 - Kevin Seitzer March 29 - Billy Beane

April 1 - Rich Amaral May 8 - Orestes Destrade May 10 - Robby Thompson May 29 - Eric Davis May 31 - Joe Orsulak June 2 - Darnell Coles June 16 - Wally Joyner June 16 - Calvin Schiraldi June 30 - Tony Fernández

[edit] July-December

July 25 - Doug Drabek July 26 - Jody Reed July 30 - Tom Pagnozzi August 3 - Mackey Sasser August 4 - Roger Clemens August 12 - Urbano Lugo August 14 - Mark Gubicza August 22 - Darrin Jackson August 25 - Oddibe McDowell

September 2 - Johnny Paredes September 8 - Al Pardo September 19 - Randy Myers October 4 - Dennis Cook October 12 - Sid Fernandez October 30 - Mark Portugal October 30 - Danny Tartabull November 9 - Dion James November 11 - Cory Snyder

November 12 - Jeff Reed November 18 - Jamie Moyer November 21 - Dick Schofield November 24 - Randy Velarde November 26 - Chuck Finley November 30 - Bo Jackson December 19 - Bill Wegman December 29 - Devon White

[edit] Deaths

• January 5 - Frank Snyder, 68, catcher for the Cardinals and Giants, including the 1921-22 World Series champions
• January 14 - Les Mann, 68, outfielder for five NL teams who in the 1914 World Series drove in Game 2's only run in the top of the 9th and scored the winning run in the 12th inning of Game 3 for the "Miracle Braves"
• January 26 - Steve O'Neill, 70, longtime Indians catcher who later managed the Tigers to the 1945 World Series title
• January 27 - Joe Vosmik, 51, All-Star outfielder who hit .307 lifetime, over .300 six times
• February 6 - Ernest Lanigan, 89, statistician, sportswriter and historian who in the 1890s devised the run batted in and other statistics, in 1922 wrote the sport's first comprehensive biographical encyclopedia; later historian at the Hall of Fame for ten years
• February 24 - Max Bishop, 62, second baseman for the Athletics' pennant winners from 1929-1931, coach at the Naval Academy since 1938
• March 29 - Otto Miller, 72, catcher for the Dodgers from 1910 to 1922, including two NL champions
• April 30 - Al Demaree, 77, pitcher who won 80 games for four NL teams, later a noted sports cartoonist
• May 23 - Rip Radcliff, 56, All-Star outfielder who batted .311 for the White Sox, Browns and Tigers, led AL in hits in 1940
• June 28 - Mickey Cochrane, 59, Hall of Fame catcher who was MVP in 1928 and 1934, batting .320 lifetime, and managed Tigers to World Series title in 1935
• July 29 - Burt Shotton, 77, outfielder for the Browns and Cardinals, later managed Dodgers to two NL pennants
• September 12 - Spot Poles, 74, star outfielder of the Negro Leagues
• November 14 - Dick Hoblitzel, 74, first baseman on Red Sox champions of 1915-1916
• November 29 - Red Kress, 55, coach for the Mets, previously an AL shortstop during the 1930s
• December 7 - Bobo Newsom, 55, much-traveled All-Star pitcher who won 211 games with nine different teams, including five stints with the Senators
• December 7 - J.G. Taylor Spink, 74, publisher and editor of The Sporting News since 1914 and a tireless champion of the sport