1962 Washington Senators season

1962 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1961);
Location
	D.C. Stadium (since 1962);
	Washington, D.C. (since 1961);
Other information
Owner(s)	Elwood Richard Quesada
Manager(s)	Mickey Vernon
Local television	WTOP
Local radio	WTOP; (Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
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The 1962 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing 10th in the American League with a record of 60 wins and 101 losses, 35½ games behind the World Champion New York Yankees. 1962 was the first season in which the Senators played their home games at D.C. Stadium.

Offseason

October 5, 1961: Dick Donovan, Gene Green, and Jim Mahoney were traded by the Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Jimmy Piersall.^[1]
November 21, 1961: Coot Veal was purchased from the Senators by the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[2]
December 15, 1961: Marty Keough and Johnny Klippstein were traded by the Senators to the Cincinnati Reds for Dave Stenhouse and Bob Schmidt.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	96	66	.593	--
Minnesota Twins	91	71	.562	5
Los Angeles Angels	85	76	.531	10
Detroit Tigers	85	76	.528	10.5
Chicago White Sox	85	77	.525	11
Cleveland Indians	80	82	.494	16
Baltimore Orioles	77	85	.475	19
Boston Red Sox	76	84	.475	19
Kansas City Athletics	72	90	.444	24
Washington Senators	60	101	.373	35.5

Roster

1962 Washington Senators

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

9 Ken Retzer
12 Bob Schmidt

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

3 Mickey Vernon

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
CF	Piersall, JimmyJimmy Piersall	135	471	115	.244	4	31

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
Schmidt, BobBob Schmidt	88	256	62	.242	10	31

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
Stenhouse, DaveDave Stenhouse	34	197	11	12	3.65	123
Baird, BobBob Baird	3	10.2	0	1	6.75	3

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
Bouldin, CarlCarl Bouldin	6	20	1	2	5.85	12

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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager

Syracuse affiliation shared with New York Mets

References

External links

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[1] Jim Piersall page at Baseball Reference

[2] Coot Veal page at Baseball Reference

[3] Marty Keough page at Baseball Reference

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