The 1962 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 80–82, 16 games behind the World Champion New York Yankees. Once again, the Indians got off to another fast start (48–36 at the All Star break), however they would lose their next nine games, 19 of their next 24, and 28 of their next 38 games to fall into the lower half of the standings. After the slump, the Indians would rebound slightly to win 22 of their final 40 games, but it was way too little far too late, and manager Mel McGaha would be finished by the end of the season. The Indians were one of only two American League teams to win the season series (Baltimore being the other one) against the Yankees (who would win the pennant, and later the World Series in 7 games over the San Francisco Giants), taking 11 of the 18 contests. However, they would go 9–9 against the 60–102 Senators.
1962 Cleveland Indians | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | |
City | Cleveland, Ohio | |
Owners | William R. Daley | |
General managers | Gabe Paul | |
Managers | Mel McGaha | |
Television | WJW-TV (Ken Coleman, Bob Neal) | |
Radio | WERE (Jimmy Dudley, Harry Jones) | |
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American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 96 | 66 | 0.593 | — | 50–30 | 46–36 |
Minnesota Twins | 91 | 71 | 0.562 | 5 | 45–36 | 46–35 |
Los Angeles Angels | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 10 | 40–41 | 46–35 |
Detroit Tigers | 85 | 76 | 0.528 | 10½ | 49–33 | 36–43 |
Chicago White Sox | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 11 | 43–38 | 42–39 |
Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 16 | 43–38 | 37–44 |
Baltimore Orioles | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 19 | 44–38 | 33–47 |
Boston Red Sox | 76 | 84 | 0.475 | 19 | 39–40 | 37–44 |
Kansas City Athletics | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | 24 | 39–42 | 33–48 |
Washington Senators | 60 | 101 | 0.373 | 35½ | 27–53 | 33–48 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CHW | CLE | DET | KCA | LAA | MIN | NYY | WSH | |||
Baltimore | — | 8–10 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 2–16 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 12–6 | |||
Boston | 10–8 | — | 8–10 | 7–11 | 11–6 | 10–8 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 6–12 | 8–9 | |||
Chicago | 9–9 | 10–8 | — | 12–6 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 10–8 | |||
Cleveland | 7–11 | 11–7 | 6–12 | — | 10–8 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 9–9 | |||
Detroit | 16–2 | 6–11 | 9–9 | 8–10 | — | 12–6 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 7–11 | 11–7 | |||
Kansas City | 8–10 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 6–12 | — | 6–12 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 15–3 | |||
Los Angeles | 10–8 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 12–6 | — | 9–9 | 8–10 | 11–7 | |||
Minnesota | 12–6 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 13–5 | 10–8 | 9–9 | — | 7–11 | 10–8–1 | |||
New York | 7–11 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 7–11 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 10–8 | 11–7 | — | 15–3 | |||
Washington | 6–12 | 9–8 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 3–15 | 7–11 | 8–10–1 | 3–15 | — |
Opening Day Starters | ||
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# | Name | Position |
9 | Ty Cline | CF |
14 | Tito Francona | 1B |
30 | Chuck Essegian | LF |
8 | Willie Kirkland | RF |
11 | Johnny Romano | C |
3 | Woodie Held | SS |
5 | Bubba Phillips | 3B |
1 | Jerry Kindall | 2B |
20 | Dick Donovan | P |
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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 |
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C | Johnny Romano | 135 | 459 | 120 | .261 | 25 | 81 |
1B | Tito Francona | 158 | 621 | 169 | .272 | 14 | 70 |
2B | Jerry Kindall | 154 | 530 | 123 | .232 | 13 | 55 |
SS | Woodie Held | 139 | 466 | 116 | .249 | 19 | 58 |
3B | Bubba Phillips | 148 | 562 | 145 | .258 | 10 | 54 |
LF | Chuck Essegian | 106 | 336 | 92 | .274 | 21 | 50 |
CF | Ty Cline | 118 | 375 | 93 | .248 | 2 | 28 |
RF | Willie Kirkland | 137 | 419 | 84 | .200 | 21 | 72 |
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 |
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Al Luplow | 97 | 318 | 88 | .277 | 14 | 45 |
Willie Tasby | 75 | 199 | 48 | .241 | 4 | 17 |
Don Dillard | 95 | 174 | 40 | .230 | 5 | 14 |
Doc Edwards | 53 | 143 | 39 | .273 | 3 | 9 |
Gene Green | 66 | 143 | 40 | .280 | 11 | 28 |
Jim Mahoney | 41 | 74 | 18 | .243 | 3 | 5 |
Jack Kubiszyn | 25 | 59 | 10 | .169 | 1 | 2 |
Max Alvis | 12 | 51 | 11 | .216 | 0 | 3 |
Walt Bond | 12 | 50 | 19 | .380 | 6 | 17 |
Ken Aspromonte | 20 | 28 | 4 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Hal Jones | 5 | 16 | 5 | .313 | 0 | 1 |
Tommie Agee | 5 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 2 |
Mike de la Hoz | 12 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
Marlan Coughtry | 3 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Nieman | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Dick Donovan | 34 | 250.2 | 20 | 10 | 3.59 | 94 |
Pedro Ramos | 37 | 201.1 | 10 | 12 | 3.71 | 96 |
Jim Perry | 35 | 193.2 | 12 | 12 | 4.14 | 74 |
Mudcat Grant | 26 | 149.2 | 7 | 10 | 4.27 | 90 |
Floyd Weaver | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.80 | 8 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Barry Latman | 45 | 179.1 | 8 | 13 | 4.17 | 117 |
Sam McDowell | 25 | 87.2 | 3 | 7 | 6.06 | 70 |
Rubén Gómez | 15 | 45.1 | 1 | 2 | 4.37 | 21 |
Ron Taylor | 8 | 33.1 | 2 | 2 | 5.94 | 15 |
Bob Hartman | 8 | 17.1 | 0 | 1 | 3.12 | 11 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Gary Bell | 57 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 4.26 | 80 |
Frank Funk | 47 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3.24 | 49 |
Bob Allen | 30 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5.87 | 23 |
Bill Dailey | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.59 | 24 |
Dave Tyriver | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.22 | 7 |
Wynn Hawkins | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 0 |
Jackie Collum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |
Don Rudolph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |