1962 Washington Senators season

The 1962 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing 10th in the American League with a record of 60 wins and 101 losses, 35½ games behind the World Champion New York Yankees. 1962 was the first season in which the Senators played their home games at D.C. Stadium.

1962 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
Location
  • D.C. Stadium (since 1962)
  • Washington, D.C. (since 1961)
Results
Record60–101 (.373)
League place10th
Other information
Owner(s)Elwood Richard Quesada
General manager(s)Ed Doherty
Manager(s)Mickey Vernon
Local televisionWTOP
Local radioWTOP
(Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
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Offseason

Regular season

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—

Roster
1962 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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
CFJimmy Piersall135471115.244431

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
Bob Schmidt8825662.2421031

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
Dave Stenhouse3419711123.65123
Bob Baird310.2016.753

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
Carl Bouldin620125.8512

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

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Frank Verdi and Johnny Vander Meer
B Raleigh Capitals Carolina League Archie Wilson
D Pensacola Senators Alabama–Florida League Wayne Terwilliger
D Middlesboro Senators Appalachian League Lew Morton

Syracuse affiliation shared with New York Mets

References
  1. Jim Piersall page at Baseball Reference
  2. Coot Veal page at Baseball Reference
  3. Marty Keough page at Baseball Reference


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