The 1962 Los Angeles Angels season involved the Angels finishing third in the American League with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses, ten games behind the World Series Champion New York Yankees. The 1962 Angels are one of only two expansion teams to achieve a winning record in its second season of existence in the history of Major League Baseball (the other is the 1999 Arizona Diamondbacks of the National League, who finished as NL West Champions at 100–62). The 1962 Angels was the first Angels team to reside at Dodger Stadium, called Chavez Ravine by the team.
1962 Los Angeles Angels | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Chávez Ravine | |
City | Los Angeles | |
Owners | Gene Autry | |
General managers | Fred Haney | |
Managers | Bill Rigney | |
Television | KHJ | |
Radio | KMPC (Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey) | |
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On May 5, Bo Belinsky threw the first no-hitter in the history of the Angels and the first one at Dodger Stadium, beating the Baltimore Orioles 2–0.
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 | — |
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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 | Buck Rodgers | 155 | 565 | 146 | .258 | 6 | 61 |
1B | Lee Thomas | 160 | 583 | 169 | .290 | 26 | 104 |
2B | Billy Moran | 160 | 659 | 186 | .282 | 17 | 74 |
SS | Joe Koppe | 128 | 375 | 85 | .227 | 4 | 40 |
3B | Félix Torres | 127 | 451 | 117 | .259 | 11 | 74 |
LF | Leon Wagner | 160 | 583 | 169 | .290 | 26 | 104 |
CF | Albie Pearson | 160 | 614 | 160 | .261 | 5 | 42 |
RF | George Thomas | 56 | 181 | 43 | .238 | 4 | 12 |
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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Earl Averill Jr. | 92 | 187 | 41 | .219 | 4 | 22 |
Jim Fregosi | 58 | 175 | 51 | .291 | 3 | 23 |
Steve Bilko | 64 | 164 | 47 | .287 | 8 | 38 |
Tom Burgess | 87 | 143 | 28 | .196 | 2 | 13 |
Eddie Yost | 52 | 104 | 25 | .240 | 0 | 10 |
Leo Burke | 19 | 64 | 17 | .266 | 4 | 14 |
Ed Sadowski | 27 | 55 | 11 | .200 | 1 | 3 |
Gordie Windhorn | 40 | 45 | 8 | .178 | 0 | 1 |
Marlan Coughtry | 11 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 2 |
Billy Consolo | 28 | 20 | 2 | .100 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Satriano | 10 | 19 | 8 | .421 | 2 | 6 |
Frank Leja | 7 | 16 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Gene Leek | 7 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Hunt | 13 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 1 | 1 |
Dick Simpson | 6 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
Chuck Tanner | 7 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Kirkpatrick | 3 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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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Bo Belinsky | 33 | 187.1 | 10 | 11 | 3.56 | 145 |
Eli Grba | 40 | 176.1 | 8 | 9 | 4.54 | 90 |
Don Lee | 27 | 153.1 | 8 | 8 | 3.11 | 74 |
Ken McBride | 24 | 149.1 | 11 | 5 | 3.50 | 83 |
Ted Bowsfield | 34 | 139.0 | 9 | 8 | 4.40 | 52 |
Bobby Darwin | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 10.80 | 6 |
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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Dean Chance | 50 | 206.2 | 14 | 10 | 2.96 | 127 |
George Witt | 5 | 10.0 | 1 | 1 | 8.10 | 10 |
Fred Newman | 4 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 9.95 | 4 |
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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Tom Morgan | 48 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2.91 | 29 |
Jack Spring | 57 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4.02 | 31 |
Art Fowler | 48 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2.81 | 38 |
Ryne Duren | 42 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4.42 | 74 |
Bob Botz | 35 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3.43 | 24 |
Dan Osinski | 33 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2.82 | 44 |
Jim Donohue | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.70 | 14 |
Julio Navarro | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.70 | 11 |
Joe Nuxhall | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 2 |