1962 Washington Senators season

1962 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkD.C. Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
Record60–101 (.373)
League place10th
OwnersElwood Richard Quesada
General managersEd Doherty
ManagersMickey Vernon
TelevisionWTOP
RadioWTOP
(Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
Seasons

The 1962 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing tenth in the American League with a record of 60 wins and 101 losses, 35+1⁄2 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.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 96 66 .593 — 50‍–‍30 46‍–‍36
Minnesota Twins 91 71 .562 5 45‍–‍36 46‍–‍35
Los Angeles Angels 86 76 .531 10 40‍–‍41 46‍–‍35
Detroit Tigers 85 76 .528 10½ 49‍–‍33 36‍–‍43
Chicago White Sox 85 77 .525 11 43‍–‍38 42‍–‍39
Cleveland Indians 80 82 .494 16 43‍–‍38 37‍–‍44
Baltimore Orioles 77 85 .475 19 44‍–‍38 33‍–‍47
Boston Red Sox 76 84 .475 19 39‍–‍40 37‍–‍44
Kansas City Athletics 72 90 .444 24 39‍–‍42 33‍–‍48
60 101 .373 35½ 27‍–‍53 33‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

1962 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team BAL BOS CWS 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
6–12 9–8 8–10 9–9 7–11 3–15 7–11 8–10–1 3–15 —


Roster

1962 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

Legend
  Senators win
  Senators loss
  Senators tie
  Postponement
  Eliminated from playoff race
Bold Senators team member
1962 regular season game log: 60–101–1 (Home: 27–53; Away: 33–48–1)[4]
April: 2–13 (Home: 1–7; Away: 1–6)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
12
13
14
15
May: 11–18 (Home: 6–10; Away: 5–8)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
18
19
20
June: 13–16 (Home: 8–8; Away: 5–8)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
July: 13–15 (Home: 4–8; Away: 9–7)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
— July 10 32nd All-Star Game in Washington, D.C.
90
91
92
93
— July 30 33rd All-Star Game in Chicago, IL
101
August: 14–22–1 (Home: 4–11; Away: 10–11–1)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
102
103
September: 7–17 (Home: 4–9; Away: 3–8)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
155
156
159
160

Detailed records

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
C Ken Retzer 109 340 97 .285 8 37
1B Harry Bright 113 392 107 .273 17 67
2B Chuck Cottier 136 443 107 .242 6 40
SS Ken Hamlin 98 292 74 .253 3 22
3B Bob Johnson 135 466 134 .288 12 43
LF Don Lock 71 225 57 .253 12 37
CF Jimmy Piersall 135 471 115 .244 4 31
RF Jim King 132 333 81 .243 11 35

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
Chuck Hinton 151 542 168 .310 17 75
Bob Schmidt 88 256 62 .242 10 31
Danny O'Connell 84 236 62 .263 2 18
Johnny Schaive 82 225 57 .253 6 29
Dale Long 67 191 46 .241 4 24
Bud Zipfel 68 184 44 .239 6 21
Joe Hicks 102 174 39 .224 6 14
Ed Brinkman 54 133 22 .165 0 4
Gene Woodling 44 107 30 .280 5 16
John Kennedy 14 42 11 .262 1 2
Willie Tasby 11 34 7 .206 0 0
Ron Stillwell 6 22 6 .273 0 2

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 Stenhouse 34 197.0 11 12 3.65 123
Claude Osteen 28 150.1 8 13 3.65 59
Bob Baird 3 10.2 0 1 6.75 3

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
Don Rudolph 37 176.1 8 10 3.62 68
Tom Cheney 37 173.1 7 9 3.17 147
Bennie Daniels 44 161.1 7 16 4.85 66
Pete Burnside 40 149.2 5 11 4.45 74
Steve Hamilton 41 107.1 3 8 3.77 83
Joe McClain 10 24.0 0 4 9.38 6
Carl Bouldin 6 20.0 1 2 5.85 12
Jack Jenkins 3 13.1 0 1 4.05 10

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
Jim Hannan 42 2 4 4 3.31 39
Marty Kutyna 54 5 6 0 4.04 25
Ed Hobaugh 26 2 1 1 3.76 37
Ray Rippelmeyer 18 1 2 0 5.49 17
Fred Green 5 0 1 0 6.43 2

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
  4. ^ "1962 Washington Senators Schedule & Results". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 12, 2025.


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