1962 Boston Red Sox season

1962 Boston Red Sox

League| American League
Ballpark| Fenway Park
City| Boston, Massachusetts
Record| 76–84 (.475)
League place| 8th (19 GB)
Owners| Tom Yawkey
President| Tom Yawkey
General managers| Pinky Higgins
Managers| Pinky Higgins
Television| WHDH-TV, Ch. 5
Radio| WHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Ned Martin, Art Gleeson)
Stats| ESPN.com
BB-reference
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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[edit]

* October 20, 1961: Joe Ginsberg was released by the Red Sox.[1]
* March 24, 1962: Tom Borland was traded by the Red Sox to the Houston Colt .45s for Dave Philley.[2]

## Regular season[edit]

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.[3]

### Season standings[edit]

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American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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New York Yankees | 96 | 66  | 0.593  | —  | 50–30  | 46–36
Minnesota Twins | 91 | 71  | 0.562  | 5  | 45–36  | 46–35
Los Angeles Angels | 86 | 76  | 0.531  | 10  | 40–41  | 46–35
Detroit Tigers | 85 | 76  | 0.528  | 10½  | 49–33  | 36–43
Chicago White Sox | 85 | 77  | 0.525  | 11  | 43–38  | 42–39
Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82  | 0.494  | 16  | 43–38  | 37–44
Baltimore Orioles | 77 | 85  | 0.475  | 19  | 44–38  | 33–47
Boston Red Sox | 76 | 84  | 0.475  | 19  | 39–40  | 37–44
Kansas City Athletics | 72 | 90  | 0.444  | 24  | 39–42  | 33–48
Washington Senators | 60 | 101  | 0.373  | 35½  | 27–53  | 33–48

### Record vs. opponents[edit]

1962 American League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

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[edit]

3 | Pete Runnels | 1B

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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[edit]

* August 14, 1962: Dave Philley was released by the Red Sox.[2]
* September 7, 1962: Galen Cisco was selected off waivers from the Red Sox by the New York Mets.[4]

### Roster[edit]

1962 Boston Red Sox

Roster
Pitchers

* 15 Galen Cisco
* 18 Gene Conley
* 14 Ike Delock
* 21 Arnold Earley
* 20 Mike Fornieles
* 28 Hal Kolstad
* 47 Billy MacLeod
* 27 Bill Monbouquette
* 36 Billy Muffett
* 31 Chet Nichols Jr.
* 15 Merlin Nippert
* 17 Dick Radatz
* 37 Don Schwall
* 49 Pete Smith
* 39 Tracy Stallard
* 25 Ted Wills
* 26 Earl Wilson
* 41 Wilbur Wood

|  | Catchers

* 22 Russ Nixon
* 29 Jim Pagliaroni
* 30 Bob Tillman

Infielders

* 1 Ed Bressoud
* 10 Billy Gardner
* 38 Don Gile
* 12 Pumpsie Green
* 11 Frank Malzone
* 3 Pete Runnels
* 2 Chuck Schilling

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* 6 Lou Clinton
* 7 Gary Geiger
* 16 Carroll Hardy
* 19 Dave Philley
* 8 Carl Yastrzemski

|  | Manager

* 5 Pinky Higgins

Coaches

* 35 Billy Herman (Third base)
* 33 Sal Maglie (Pitching)
* 32 Len Okrie (Bullpen)
* 34 Rudy York (First base & Hitting)

## Player stats[edit]

| = Indicates team leader

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### Batting[edit]

#### Starters by position[edit]

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

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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[edit]

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

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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[edit]

#### Starting pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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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[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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

#### Relief pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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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[edit]

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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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

Source:[5][6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Joe Ginsberg page at Baseball Reference
2. ^ a b Dave Philley page at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac
4. ^ Galen Cisco page at Baseball Reference
5. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
6. ^ Boston Red Sox Yearbook. 1962. p. 37. Retrieved March 14, 2021 - via Wayback Machine.

## External links[edit]

* 1962 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
* 1962 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com

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