1962 Kansas City Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Kansas City Athletics 1962 American League Municipal Stadium Kansas City, Missouri 72 90 y 9th Charles O. Finley Pat Friday Hank Bauer KCMO-TV KCMO (AM)(Monte Moore, Bruce Rice) 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.Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, pp.66, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, 978-0-8027-1745-0 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).Stan Johnson page at Baseball Reference 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.Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference Prior to 1962 season: Don Williams was acquired by the Athletics from the Chicago White Sox.Don Williams page at Baseball Reference 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.Dave DeBuscchere page at Baseball Reference 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.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 The Twins beat the Athletics by a score of 1–0. Season standings Kansas City Athletics Record vs. opponents KCA Roster 1962 Kansas City Athletics Roster Pitchers 20 Jim Archer 22 Norm Bass 28 Art Ditmar 25 Moe Drabowsky 28 Bill Fischer 22 Bob Giggie 34 Bob Grim 36 Granny Hamner 34 Gordon Jones 25 Bill Kunkel 29 Danny McDevitt 36 Fred Norman 31 Dan Osinski 19 Orlando Peña 27 Dan Pfister 21 Ed Rakow 24 Diego Seguí 31 Rupe Toppin 23 Jerry Walker 26 Dave Wickersham 22 Don Williams 33 John Wyatt Catchers 10 Joe Azcue 18 Billy Bryan  8 Haywood Sullivan Infielders  2 Wayne Causey 16 Ed Charles  6 Billy Consolo 30 Marlan Coughtry  1 Dick Howser 14 Deron Johnson 11 Jerry Lumpe 29 Charlie Shoemaker  7 Norm Siebern Outfielders  3 George Alusik  4 Gino Cimoli  5 Bobby Del Greco 12 Manny Jiménez 14 Bill Kern 19 Leo Posada 15 José Tartabull 17 Gordie Windhorn 17 John Wojcik Other batters 17 Héctor Martínez  3 Gene Stephens Manager  9 Hank Bauer Coaches 40 Dario Lodigiani 37 Eddie Lopat 42 Gus Niarhos 41 Jo-Jo White 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 Billy Bryan (baseball) 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 Bill Kern (baseball) 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 Héctor Martínez (outfielder) 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 Bill Fischer (baseball) 34 127.2 4 12 3.95 38 John Wyatt John Wyatt (baseball) 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 Norm Bass (baseball) 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 Gordon Jones (baseball) 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 Bob Grim (baseball) 12 0 1 3 6.23 3 Bill Kunkel Bill Kunkel (baseball) 9 0 0 0 3.52 6 Dan Osinski 4 0 0 0 17.36 4 Don Williams Don Williams (1958–1962 pitcher) 3 0 0 0 9.00 1 Granny Hamner 3 0 1 0 9.00 0 Fred Norman Fred Norman (baseball) 2 0 0 0 2.25 2 Rupe Toppin 2 0 0 0 13.50 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 References 2 External links 1962 Kansas City Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1962 Kansas City Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Kansas City Athletics seasons Kansas City Athletics season Category:1962 in sports in Missouri