# 1962 Washington Senators season

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

* October 5, 1961: Dick Donovan, Gene Green, and Jim Mahoney were traded by the Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Jimmy Piersall.
* November 21, 1961: Coot Veal was purchased from the Senators by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
* December 15, 1961: Marty Keough and Johnny Klippstein were traded by the Senators to the Cincinnati Reds for Dave Stenhouse and Bob Schmidt.

## 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 | — |

### 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 | 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

| 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 |
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