1962 Los Angeles Angels
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkChávez Ravine
CityLos Angeles
OwnersGene Autry
General managersFred Haney
ManagersBill Rigney
TelevisionKHJ
RadioKMPC
(Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)
← 1961 Seasons 1963 →

The 1962 Los Angeles Angels season involved the Angels finishing third in the American League with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses, ten games behind the World Series Champion New York Yankees. The 1962 Angels are one of only two expansion teams to achieve a winning record in its second season of existence in the history of Major League Baseball (the other is the 1999 Arizona Diamondbacks of the National League, who finished as NL West Champions at 100–62). The 1962 Angels was the first Angels team to reside at Dodger Stadium, called Chavez Ravine by the team.

Offseason

Regular season

On May 5, Bo Belinsky threw the first no-hitter in the history of the Angels and the first one at Dodger Stadium, beating the Baltimore Orioles 2–0.

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1962 American League record

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 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1962 Los Angeles Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Buck Rodgers 155 565 146 .258 6 61
1B Lee Thomas 160 583 169 .290 26 104
2B Billy Moran 160 659 186 .282 17 74
SS Joe Koppe 128 375 85 .227 4 40
3B Félix Torres 127 451 117 .259 11 74
LF Leon Wagner 160 583 169 .290 26 104
CF Albie Pearson 160 614 160 .261 5 42
RF George Thomas 56 181 43 .238 4 12

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
Earl Averill Jr. 92 187 41 .219 4 22
Jim Fregosi 58 175 51 .291 3 23
Steve Bilko 64 164 47 .287 8 38
Tom Burgess 87 143 28 .196 2 13
Eddie Yost 52 104 25 .240 0 10
Leo Burke 19 64 17 .266 4 14
Ed Sadowski 27 55 11 .200 1 3
Gordie Windhorn 40 45 8 .178 0 1
Marlan Coughtry 11 22 4 .182 0 2
Billy Consolo 28 20 2 .100 0 0
Tom Satriano 10 19 8 .421 2 6
Frank Leja 7 16 0 .000 0 0
Gene Leek 7 14 2 .143 0 0
Ken Hunt 13 11 2 .182 1 1
Dick Simpson 6 8 2 .250 0 1
Chuck Tanner 7 8 1 .125 0 0
Ed Kirkpatrick 3 6 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
Bo Belinsky 33 187.1 10 11 3.56 145
Eli Grba 40 176.1 8 9 4.54 90
Don Lee 27 153.1 8 8 3.11 74
Ken McBride 24 149.1 11 5 3.50 83
Ted Bowsfield 34 139.0 9 8 4.40 52
Bobby Darwin 1 3.1 0 1 10.80 6

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
Dean Chance 50 206.2 14 10 2.96 127
George Witt 5 10.0 1 1 8.10 10
Fred Newman 4 6.1 0 1 9.95 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
Tom Morgan 48 5 2 9 2.91 29
Jack Spring 57 4 2 6 4.02 31
Art Fowler 48 4 3 5 2.81 38
Ryne Duren 42 2 9 8 4.42 74
Bob Botz 35 2 1 2 3.43 24
Dan Osinski 33 6 4 4 2.82 44
Jim Donohue 12 1 0 0 3.70 14
Julio Navarro 9 1 1 0 4.70 11
Joe Nuxhall 5 0 0 0 10.13 2

Awards and honors

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers American Association Dick Littlefield and Ray Murray
AAA Hawaii Islanders Pacific Coast League Irv Noren
C San Jose Bees California League Red Marion
D Quad Cities Angels Midwest League John Fitzpatrick
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Jose
Dallas-Fort Worth affiliation shared with Philadelphia Phillies

Notes

  1. ^ Del Rice page at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Bo Belinsky page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Ramón Hernández page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Art Fowler page at Baseball-Reference

References

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