# 1962 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1962 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing seventh in the American League with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses.

## Offseason

* October 9, 1961: Dave Philley was released by the Orioles.
* November 16, 1961: Harry Chiti, Ray Barker and Art Kay (minors) were traded by the Orioles to the Cleveland Indians for Johnny Temple.
* November 27, 1961: 1961 rule 5 draft
** Bo Belinsky was drafted from the Orioles by the Los Angeles Angels.
** John Anderson was drafted from the Orioles by the St. Louis Cardinals.

## Regular season
### 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

* April 24, 1962: Darrell Johnson was signed by Orioles as a free agent.
* May 9, 1962: Marv Throneberry was sold by the Orioles to the New York Mets.
* June 7, 1962 The New York Mets sell Hobie Landrith to the Orioles.
* June 19, 1962: Mark Belanger was signed as an amateur free agent by the Orioles.
* August 11, 1962: Johnny Temple was acquired from the Orioles by the Houston Colt .45s in exchange for cash.
* September 7, 1962: Hal Brown was acquired from the Orioles by the New York Yankees in exchange for cash.

### 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 | Gus Triandos | 66 | 207 | 33 | .159 | 6 | 23 |
| 1B | Jim Gentile | 152 | 545 | 137 | .251 | 33 | 87 |
| 2B | Johnny Temple | 78 | 270 | 71 | .263 | 1 | 17 |
| 3B | Brooks Robinson | 162 | 634 | 192 | .303 | 23 | 86 |
| SS | Jerry Adair | 139 | 538 | 153 | .284 | 11 | 48 |
| LF | Boog Powell | 124 | 400 | 97 | .243 | 15 | 53 |
| CF | Jackie Brandt | 143 | 505 | 129 | .255 | 19 | 75 |
| RF | Whitey Herzog | 99 | 263 | 70 | .266 | 7 | 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 |
| Russ Snyder | 139 | 416 | 127 | .305 | 9 | 40 |
| Marv Breeding | 95 | 240 | 59 | .246 | 2 | 18 |
| Charley Lau | 81 | 197 | 58 | .294 | 6 | 37 |
| Ron Hansen | 71 | 196 | 34 | .173 | 3 | 17 |
| Dick Williams | 82 | 178 | 44 | .247 | 1 | 18 |
| Dave Nicholson | 97 | 173 | 30 | .173 | 9 | 15 |
| Hobie Landrith | 60 | 167 | 37 | .222 | 4 | 17 |
| Earl Robinson | 29 | 63 | 18 | .286 | 1 | 4 |
| Barry Shetrone | 21 | 24 | 6 | .250 | 1 | 1 |
| Darrell Johnson | 6 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Saverine | 8 | 21 | 5 | .238 | 0 | 3 |
| Pete Ward | 8 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 2 |
| Marv Throneberry | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Smith | 5 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Etchebarren | 2 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Mickey McGuire | 6 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ozzie Virgil | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Chuck Estrada | 34 | 223.1 | 9 | 17 | 3.83 | 165 |
| Milt Pappas | 35 | 205.1 | 12 | 10 | 4.03 | 130 |
| Robin Roberts | 27 | 191.1 | 10 | 9 | 2.78 | 102 |
| Jack Fisher | 32 | 152.0 | 7 | 9 | 5.09 | 81 |
| Steve Barber | 28 | 140.1 | 9 | 6 | 3.46 | 89 |
| Art Quirk | 7 | 27.1 | 2 | 2 | 5.93 | 18 |
| Dave McNally | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Hal Brown | 22 | 85.2 | 6 | 4 | 4.10 | 25 |
| John Miller | 2 | 10.0 | 1 | 1 | 0.90 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | 52 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 1.94 | 90 |
| Billy Hoeft | 57 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4.59 | 73 |
| Wes Stock | 53 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4.43 | 34 |
| Dick Hall | 43 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2.28 | 71 |
| Dick Luebke | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.70 | 7 |
| Jim Lehew | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.86 | 2 |
| Bill Short | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.75 | 3 |
| John Papa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Rochester Red Wings | International League | Clyde King |
| A | Elmira Pioneers | Eastern League | Earl Weaver |
| C | Stockton Ports | California League | Harry Dunlop |
| C | Aberdeen Pheasants | Northern League | Billy DeMars |
| D | Bluefield Orioles | Appalachian League | Billy Hunter |
| D | Fox Cities Foxes | Midwest League | Cal Ripken Sr. |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bluefield