# 1962 Kansas City Athletics season

The 1962 Kansas City Athletics season was the eighth season in Kansas City, and the 62nd in franchise history. It involved the Athletics finishing ninth in the American League with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses, 24 games behind the World Series Champion New York Yankees. The A's were last in the American League in paid attendance.

## Offseason

* October 11, 1961: Stan Johnson, Bobby Prescott and Jay Ward were traded by the Athletics to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Gordie Windhorn and Bill Lajoie (minors).
* December 15, 1961: Lou Klimchock and Bob Shaw were traded by the Athletics to the Milwaukee Braves for Joe Azcue, Ed Charles and Manny Jiménez.
* Prior to 1962 season: Don Williams was acquired by the Athletics from the Chicago White Sox.

## Regular season

* April 22, 1962: Future Basketball Hall of Famer Dave DeBusschere made his major league baseball debut for the Chicago White Sox in a game against the Athletics. He pitched one inning and gave up one base on balls.
* August 26, 1962: Jack Kralick threw the first no-hitter in Minnesota Twins history against the Athletics. The Twins beat the Athletics by a score of 1–0.

### 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 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Haywood Sullivan | 95 | 274 | 68 | .248 | 4 | 29 |
| 1B | Norm Siebern | 162 | 600 | 185 | .308 | 25 | 117 |
| 2B | Jerry Lumpe | 156 | 641 | 193 | .301 | 10 | 83 |
| SS | Dick Howser | 83 | 286 | 68 | .238 | 6 | 34 |
| 3B | Ed Charles | 147 | 535 | 154 | .288 | 17 | 74 |
| LF | Manny Jiménez | 139 | 479 | 144 | .301 | 11 | 69 |
| CF | Bobby Del Greco | 132 | 338 | 86 | .254 | 9 | 38 |
| RF | Gino Cimoli | 152 | 550 | 151 | .275 | 10 | 71 |

#### 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 |
| José Tartabull | 107 | 310 | 86 | .277 | 0 | 22 |
| Wayne Causey | 117 | 305 | 77 | .252 | 4 | 38 |
| Joe Azcue | 72 | 223 | 51 | .229 | 2 | 25 |
| George Alusik | 90 | 209 | 57 | .273 | 11 | 35 |
| Billy Consolo | 54 | 154 | 37 | .240 | 0 | 16 |
| Billy Bryan | 25 | 74 | 11 | .149 | 2 | 7 |
| Leo Posada | 29 | 46 | 9 | .196 | 0 | 3 |
| John Wojcik | 16 | 43 | 13 | .302 | 0 | 9 |
| Deron Johnson | 17 | 19 | 2 | .105 | 0 | 0 |
| Gordie Windhorn | 14 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Kern | 8 | 16 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 1 |
| Marlan Coughtry | 6 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 1 |
| Charlie Shoemaker | 5 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Stephens | 5 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Héctor Martínez | 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 |
| Ed Rakow | 42 | 235.1 | 14 | 17 | 4.25 | 159 |
| Orlando Peña | 13 | 89.2 | 6 | 4 | 3.01 | 56 |
| Art Ditmar | 6 | 21.2 | 0 | 2 | 6.65 | 13 |

#### 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 |
| Dan Pfister | 41 | 196.1 | 4 | 14 | 4.54 | 123 |
| Jerry Walker | 31 | 143.1 | 8 | 9 | 5.90 | 57 |
| Bill Fischer | 34 | 127.2 | 4 | 12 | 3.95 | 38 |
| John Wyatt | 59 | 125.0 | 10 | 7 | 4.46 | 106 |
| Diego Seguí | 37 | 116.2 | 8 | 5 | 3.86 | 71 |
| Dave Wickersham | 30 | 110.0 | 11 | 4 | 4.17 | 61 |
| Norm Bass | 22 | 75.1 | 2 | 6 | 6.09 | 33 |
| Moe Drabowsky | 10 | 28.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.14 | 19 |
| Bob Giggie | 4 | 14.1 | 1 | 1 | 6.28 | 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 |
| Gordon Jones | 21 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6.34 | 28 |
| Danny McDevitt | 33 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5.82 | 28 |
| Jim Archer | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.43 | 12 |
| Bob Grim | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6.23 | 3 |
| Bill Kunkel | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.52 | 6 |
| Dan Osinski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.36 | 4 |
| Don Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| Granny Hamner | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
| Fred Norman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 2 |
| Rupe Toppin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Portland Beavers | Pacific Coast League | Les Peden |
| AA | Albuquerque Dukes | Texas League | Bobby Hofman |
| A | Binghamton Triplets | Eastern League | Granny Hamner and Dan Carnevale |
| B | Lewiston Broncos | Northwest League | John McNamara |
| C | Minot Mallards | Northern League | Grady Wilson |
| D | Daytona Beach Islanders | Florida State League | Bill Robertson |