1962 Los Angeles Angels season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Los Angeles Angels 1962 American League Chávez Ravine Los Angeles 86 76 y 3rd Gene Autry Fred Haney Bill Rigney KHJ KMPC(Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey) The 1962 Los Angeles Angels season was the 2nd season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 2nd in Los Angeles, and their 1st season playing their home games at Chávez Ravine. The Angels finished the season 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 October 19, 1961: Del Rice was released by the Angels.Del Rice page at Baseball-Reference November 27, 1961: Bo Belinsky was drafted by the Angels from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1961 rule 5 draft.Bo Belinsky page at Baseball Reference December 4, 1961: Ramón Hernández was purchased by the Angels from the Pittsburgh Pirates.Ramón Hernández page at Baseball Reference 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 Los Angeles Angels Record vs. opponents LAA Notable transactions September 8, 1962: Art Fowler was released by the Angels.Art Fowler page at Baseball-Reference Roster 1962 Los Angeles Angels Roster Pitchers 36 Bo Belinsky 22 Bob Botz 43 Ted Bowsfield 31 Dean Chance 34 Bobby Darwin 40 Jim Donohue 30 Ryne Duren 24 Art Fowler 33 Eli Grba 48 Don Lee 37 Ken McBride 47 Tom Morgan 35 Julio Navarro 17 Fred Newman 39 Joe Nuxhall 40 Dan Osinski 41 Jack Spring 48 George Witt Catchers 39 Ed Kirkpatrick  7 Buck Rodgers  6 Ed Sadowski Infielders 20 Steve Bilko 15 Tom Burgess 11 Billy Consolo 14 Marlan Coughtry 11,16 Jim Fregosi 26 Ken Hunt  1 Joe Koppe 14 Gene Leek  2 Frank Leja 12 Billy Moran 29 Tom Satriano 32 Lee Thomas 19 Félix Torres 23 Eddie Yost Outfielders  8 Earl Averill 16 Leo Burke 28 Albie Pearson 10 Dick Simpson 11 Chuck Tanner  4 George Thomas 27 Leon Wagner 14,35 Gordie Windhorn Manager 18 Bill Rigney Coaches 21 Rocky Bridges  5 Marv Grissom  3 Jack Paepke  9 Del Rice 23 Eddie Yost 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 Buck Rodgers 155 565 146 .258 6 61 1B Lee Thomas Lee Thomas (baseball) 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 Félix Torres (baseball) 127 451 117 .259 11 74 LF Leon Wagner 160 612 164 .268 37 107 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 Leo Burke (baseball) 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 Ken Hunt (outfielder) 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 Tom Morgan (baseball) 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 Bill Rigney, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 2 References 1962 Los Angeles Angels team page at Baseball Reference 1962 Los Angeles Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 Category:Los Angeles Angels seasons Los Angeles Angels season