# 1962 Boston Red Sox season

The 1962 Boston Red Sox season was the 62nd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished eighth in the American League (AL) with a record of 76 wins and 84 losses, 19 games behind the AL pennant winner and eventual World Series champion New York Yankees.

## Offseason

* October 20, 1961: Joe Ginsberg was released by the Red Sox.
* March 24, 1962: Tom Borland was traded by the Red Sox to the Houston Colt .45s for Dave Philley.

## Regular season

Bill Monbouquette and Earl Wilson each threw no-hitters for the Red Sox. Monbouquette threw his no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox, while Wilson no-hit the Los Angeles Angels.
On September 3, Don Gile hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.

### Season standings

vteAmerican 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 |
| Washington Senators | 60 | 101 | .373 | 35½ | 27‍–‍53 | 33‍–‍48 |

### Record vs. opponents

1962 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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 lineup

| 3 | Pete Runnels | 1B |
| 2 | Chuck Schilling | 2B |
| 7 | Gary Geiger | CF |
| 8 | Carl Yastrzemski | LF |
| 11 | Frank Malzone | 3B |
| 22 | Russ Nixon | C |
| 16 | Carroll Hardy | RF |
| 1 | Ed Bressoud | SS |
| 37 | Don Schwall | P |

### Notable transactions

* August 14, 1962: Dave Philley was released by the Red Sox.
* September 7, 1962: Galen Cisco was selected off waivers from the Red Sox by the New York Mets.

### Roster
## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader

### 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 | Jim Pagliaroni | 90 | 260 | 67 | .258 | 11 | 37 |
| 1B | Pete Runnels | 152 | 562 | 183 | .326 | 10 | 60 |
| 2B | Chuck Schilling | 119 | 413 | 95 | .230 | 7 | 35 |
| 3B | Frank Malzone | 156 | 619 | 175 | .283 | 21 | 95 |
| SS | Ed Bressoud | 153 | 599 | 166 | .277 | 14 | 68 |
| LF | Carl Yastrzemski | 160 | 646 | 191 | .296 | 19 | 94 |
| CF | Gary Geiger | 131 | 466 | 116 | .249 | 16 | 54 |
| RF | Lou Clinton | 114 | 398 | 117 | .294 | 18 | 75 |

#### 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 |
| Carroll Hardy | 115 | 362 | 78 | .215 | 8 | 36 |
| Bob Tillman | 81 | 249 | 57 | .229 | 14 | 38 |
| Billy Gardner | 53 | 199 | 54 | .271 | 0 | 12 |
| Russ Nixon | 65 | 151 | 42 | .278 | 1 | 19 |
| Pumpsie Green | 56 | 91 | 21 | .231 | 2 | 11 |
| Dave Philley | 38 | 42 | 6 | .143 | 0 | 4 |
| Don Gile | 18 | 41 | 2 | .049 | 1 | 3 |

### 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 |
| Gene Conley | 34 | 241.2 | 15 | 14 | 3.95 | 134 |
| Bill Monbouquette | 35 | 235.1 | 15 | 13 | 3.33 | 153 |
| Earl Wilson | 31 | 191.1 | 12 | 8 | 3.91 | 137 |
| Don Schwall | 33 | 182.1 | 9 | 15 | 4.94 | 89 |
| Ike Delock | 17 | 86.1 | 4 | 5 | 3.75 | 49 |
| Wilbur Wood | 1 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 3.52 | 3 |
| Billy Muffett | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| Pete Smith | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 1 | 19.64 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Galen Cisco | 23 | 83.0 | 4 | 7 | 6.72 | 43 |

#### 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 |
| Dick Radatz | 62 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 2.24 | 144 |
| Mike Fornieles | 42 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5.36 | 36 |
| Arnold Earley | 38 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5.80 | 59 |
| Hal Kolstad | 27 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5.43 | 36 |
| Chet Nichols Jr. | 29 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 33 |
| Merlin Nippert | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 |
| Billy MacLeod | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 |
| Tracy Stallard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Ted Wills | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Seattle Rainiers | Pacific Coast League | Johnny Pesky |
| A | York White Roses | Eastern League | Mel Parnell |
| B | Winston-Salem Red Sox | Carolina League | Eddie Popowski and Mace Brown |
| C | Pocatello Chiefs | Pioneer League | Bill Slack |
| D | Waterloo Hawks | Midwest League | Matt Sczesny |
| D | Olean Red Sox | New York–Penn League | Harold Holland |
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