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1962 Cleveland Indians season

Field	Value
name	Cleveland Indians
season	1962
league	American League
ballpark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
city	Cleveland, Ohio
owners	William R. Daley
general_managers	Gabe Paul
managers	Mel McGaha
television	WJW-TV
(Ken Coleman, Bob Neal)
radio	WERE
(Jimmy Dudley, Harry Jones)

(Ken Coleman, Bob Neal) (Jimmy Dudley, Harry Jones) |}} The 1962 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 80–82, 16 games behind the World Champion New York Yankees. Once again, the Indians got off to another fast start (48–36 at the All Star break), however they would lose their next nine games, 19 of their next 24, and 28 of their next 38 games to fall into the lower half of the standings. After the slump, the Indians would rebound slightly to win 22 of their final 40 games, but it was way too little far too late, and manager Mel McGaha would be finished by the end of the season. The Indians were one of only two American League teams to win the season series (Baltimore being the other one) against the Yankees (who would win the pennant, and later the World Series in 7 games over the San Francisco Giants), taking 11 of the 18 contests. However, they would go 9–9 against the 60–102 Senators.

Offseason

October 5, 1961: Jimmy Piersall was traded by the Indians to the Washington Senators for Dick Donovan, Gene Green, and Jim Mahoney
November 16, 1961: Johnny Temple was traded by the Indians to the Baltimore Orioles for Harry Chiti, Ray Barker and Art Kay (minors).
March 1962: Duke Carmel was purchased by the Indians from the St. Louis Cardinals.
Prior to 1962 season: Rubén Gómez was acquired by the Indians from the Philadelphia Phillies.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 2, 1962: Vic Power and Dick Stigman were traded by the Indians to the Minnesota Twins for Pedro Ramos.
April 26, 1962: Harry Chiti was purchased from the Indians by the New York Mets.
April 29, 1962: Bob Nieman was purchased from the Indians by the San Francisco Giants.
June 9, 1962: Lou Piniella was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.
June 15, 1962: Harry Chiti was returned to the Indians by the New York Mets.
August 20, 1962: Rubén Gómez was traded by the Indians to the Minnesota Twins for Jackie Collum, a player to be named later and cash. The Twins completed the deal by sending Georges Maranda to the Indians on October 9.

Opening Day Lineup

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9	Ty Cline	CF
14	Tito Francona	1B
30	Chuck Essegian	LF
8	Willie Kirkland	RF
11	Johnny Romano	C
3	Woodie Held	SS
5	Bubba Phillips	3B
1	Jerry Kindall	2B
20	Dick Donovan	P

Roster

1962 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers

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	Johnny Romano	135	459	120	.261	25	81
1B	Tito Francona	158	621	169	.272	14	70
2B	Jerry Kindall	154	530	123	.232	13	55
SS	Woodie Held	139	466	116	.249	19	58
3B	Bubba Phillips	148	562	145	.258	10	54
LF	Chuck Essegian	106	336	92	.274	21	50
CF	Ty Cline	118	375	93	.248	2	28
RF	Willie Kirkland	137	419	84	.200	21	72

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
Al Luplow	97	318	88	.277	14	45
Willie Tasby	75	199	48	.241	4	17
Don Dillard	95	174	40	.230	5	14
Doc Edwards	53	143	39	.273	3	9
Gene Green	66	143	40	.280	11	28
Jim Mahoney	41	74	18	.243	3	5
Jack Kubiszyn	25	59	10	.169	1	2
Max Alvis	12	51	11	.216	0	3
Walt Bond	12	50	19	.380	6	17
Ken Aspromonte	20	28	4	.143	0	1
Hal Jones	5	16	5	.313	0	1
Tommie Agee	5	14	3	.214	0	2
Mike de la Hoz	12	12	1	.083	0	0
Marlan Coughtry	3	2	1	.500	0	1
Bob Nieman	2	1	0	.000	0	1

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
Dick Donovan	34	250.2	20	10	3.59	94
	37	201.1	10	12	3.71	96
Jim Perry	35	193.2	12	12	4.14	74
Mudcat Grant	26	149.2	7	10	4.27	90
Floyd Weaver	1	5.0	1	0	1.80	8

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
Barry Latman	45	179.1	8	13	4.17	117
Sam McDowell	25	87.2	3	7	6.06	70
	15	45.1	1	2	4.37	21
Ron Taylor	8	33.1	2	2	5.94	15
Bob Hartman	8	17.1	0	1	3.12	11

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
Gary Bell	57	10	9	12	4.26	80
Frank Funk	47	2	1	6	3.24	49
	30	1	1	4	5.87	23
Bill Dailey	27	2	2	1	3.59	24
Dave Tyriver	4	0	0	0	4.22	7
Wynn Hawkins	3	1	0	0	7.36	0
Jackie Collum	1	0	0	0	13.50	1
Don Rudolph	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

Dick Donovan, Sporting News AL Pitcher of the Year. All-Star Game
Dick Donovan, Pitcher, Reserve (both games)
Johnny Romano, Catcher, Reserve (both games)

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Selma, Dubuque

Salt Lake City affiliation shared with Chicago Cubs

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chitiha01.shtml Harry Chiti page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carmedu01.shtml Duke Carmel page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gomezru01.shtml Rubén Gómez page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramospe01.shtml Pedro Ramos page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/niemabo01.shtml Bob Nieman page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pinielo01.shtml Lou Piniella page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colluja01.shtml Jackie Collum page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET196104110.shtml 1962 Opening Day Lineup] at ''Baseball-Reference''
United Press International. (November 21, 1962). "Yankees' Mickey Mantle Named 'Most Valuable'". The Rome News-Tribune.
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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