# 1962 New York Yankees season

The 1962 New York Yankees season was the 60th season for the team. The team finished with a record of 96–66, winning their 27th pennant, finishing 5 games ahead of the Minnesota Twins. New York was managed by Ralph Houk. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the San Francisco Giants in 7 games. It was their 20th World Championship in franchise history, and their last until 1977.

## Offseason

* December 14, 1961: Jesse Gonder was traded by the Yankees to the Cincinnati Reds for Marshall Bridges.

## Regular season

* May 22, 1962: Roger Maris drew four intentional walks in a game.
* September 11, 1962: Former Ole Miss football quarterback Jake Gibbs made his Major League Baseball debut with the Yankees.

### 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 26, 1962: Bob Cerv was purchased from the Yankees by the Houston Colt .45s.

### 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 | Elston Howard | 136 | 494 | 138 | .279 | 21 | 91 |
| 1B | Bill Skowron | 140 | 478 | 129 | .270 | 23 | 80 |
| 2B | Bobby Richardson | 161 | 692 | 209 | .302 | 8 | 59 |
| 3B | Clete Boyer | 158 | 566 | 154 | .272 | 18 | 68 |
| SS | Tom Tresh | 157 | 622 | 178 | .286 | 20 | 93 |
| LF | Héctor López | 106 | 335 | 92 | .275 | 6 | 48 |
| CF | Mickey Mantle | 123 | 377 | 121 | .321 | 30 | 89 |
| RF | Roger Maris | 157 | 590 | 151 | .256 | 33 | 100 |

#### 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 |
| Johnny Blanchard | 93 | 246 | 57 | .232 | 13 | 39 |
| Yogi Berra | 86 | 232 | 52 | .224 | 10 | 35 |
| Tony Kubek | 45 | 169 | 53 | .314 | 4 | 17 |
| Joe Pepitone | 63 | 138 | 33 | .239 | 7 | 17 |
| Phil Linz | 71 | 129 | 37 | .287 | 1 | 14 |
| Dale Long | 41 | 94 | 28 | .298 | 4 | 17 |
| Jack Reed | 88 | 43 | 13 | .302 | 1 | 4 |
| Bob Cerv | 14 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Gardner | 4 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Gibbs | 2 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| Ralph Terry | 43 | 298.2 | 23 | 12 | 3.19 | 176 |
| Whitey Ford | 38 | 257.2 | 17 | 8 | 2.90 | 160 |
| Bill Stafford | 35 | 213.1 | 14 | 9 | 3.67 | 109 |

#### 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 |
| Jim Bouton | 36 | 133.0 | 7 | 7 | 3.99 | 71 |
| Rollie Sheldon | 34 | 118.0 | 7 | 8 | 5.49 | 54 |
| Bob Turley | 24 | 69.0 | 3 | 3 | 4.57 | 42 |
| Hal Brown | 2 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Marshall Bridges | 52 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 3.14 | 66 |
| Jim Coates | 50 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4.44 | 67 |
| Bud Daley | 43 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3.59 | 55 |
| Luis Arroyo | 27 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4.81 | 21 |
| Tex Clevenger | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 11 |
| Hal Reniff | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 1 |
| Jack Cullen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 2 |
| Al Downing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |

## 1962 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL San Francisco Giants (3)
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
| 1 | Yankees – 6, Giants – 2 | October 4 | Candlestick Park | 43,852 |
| 2 | Yankees – 0, Giants – 2 | October 5 | Candlestick Park | 43,910 |
| 3 | Giants – 2, Yankees – 3 | October 7 | Yankee Stadium | 71,434 |
| 4 | Giants – 7, Yankees – 3 | October 8 | Yankee Stadium | 66,607 |
| 5 | Giants – 3, Yankees – 5 | October 10 | Yankee Stadium | 63,165 |
| 6 | Yankees – 2, Giants – 5 | October 15 | Candlestick Park | 43,948 |
| 7 | Yankees – 1, Giants – 0 | October 16 | Candlestick Park | 43,948 |

## Awards and honors

* Mickey Mantle, American League MVP
* Ralph Terry, Babe Ruth Award
All-Star Game (first game) All-Star Game (second game)
* Elston Howard, All-Star Game

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Richmond Virginians | International League | Sheriff Robinson |
| AA | Amarillo Gold Sox | Texas League | Rube Walker |
| A | Augusta Yankees | Sally League | Ernie White |
| B | Greensboro Yankees | Carolina League | Vern Rapp and Steve Souchock |
| C | Idaho Falls Yankees | Pioneer League | Loren Babe |
| D | Harlan Smokies | Appalachian League | Chips Sobek and Lamar North |
| D | Fort Lauderdale Yankees | Florida State League | Bob Bauer |
| D | Shelby Colonels | Western Carolinas League | Joe Abernethy and Cloyd Boyer |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Lauderdale
Harlan affiliation shared with Chicago White Sox