1962 Los Angeles Angels season

The 1962 Los Angeles Angels season involved the Angels finishing 3rd 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 teams to achieve a winning record in its second season of existence in the history of Major League Baseball (the other would be 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
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Gene Autry
General manager(s)Fred Haney
Manager(s)Bill Rigney
Local televisionKHJ
Local radioKMPC
(Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)
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Offseason

Regular season

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.

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—

Notable transactions

Roster
1962 Los Angeles Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  •  8 Earl Averill
 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
1BLee Thomas160583169.29026104
2BBilly Moran160659186.2821774
3BFélix Torres127451117.2591174
LFLeon Wagner160583169.29026104
CFAlbie Pearson160614160.261542

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
Leo Burke196417.266414
Ken Hunt13112.18211

Pitching

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
Bo Belinsky33187.110113.56145
Eli Grba40176.1894.5490
Ken McBride24149.11153.5083
Ted Bowsfield34139984.4052

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
Dean Chance50206.214102.96127

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
Tom Morgan485292.9129
Art Fowler484352.8138
Ryne Duren422984.4274
Bob Botz352123.4324

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers American Association Dick Littlefield and Ray Murray
AAA Hawaii Islanders Pacific Coast League Irv Noren
C San Jose Bees California League Red Marion
D Quad Cities Angels Midwest League John Fitzpatrick

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Jose

Dallas-Fort Worth affiliation shared with Philadelphia Phillies

Notes
  1. Del Rice page at Baseball-Reference
  2. Bo Belinsky page at Baseball Reference
  3. Ramón Hernández page at Baseball Reference
  4. Art Fowler page at Baseball-Reference

References
  • 1962 Los Angeles Angels team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1962 Los Angeles Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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