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20 teams in AL, NL · 1621 regular-season games · 1962-04-09 to 1962-10-03 · attendance 21,375,215

◀ 1961 1963 ▶

World Series champion

New York Yankees

MVP

Mickey Mantle AL
Maury Wills NL

Cy Young

Don Drysdale

Rookie of the Year

Tom Tresh AL
Ken Hubbs NL

All-Star Games

1962-07-10 at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
1962-07-30 at Wrigley Field

Hall of Fame class of 1962

Bill McKechnie, Bob Feller, Edd Roush, Jackie Robinson

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
World Series	New York Yankees 4–3 San Francisco Giants	7

Standings

AL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Yankees	96	66	.593	—	680	1,493,574	Ralph Houk	World Series
2	Minnesota Twins	91	71	.562	5	713	1,433,116	Sam Mele
3	Los Angeles Angels	86	76	.531	10	706	1,144,063	Bill Rigney
4	Detroit Tigers	85	76	.528	10.5	692	1,207,881	Bob Scheffing
5	Chicago White Sox	85	77	.525	11	658	1,131,562	Al Lopez
6	Cleveland Indians	80	82	.494	16	745	716,076	Mel McGaha, Mel Harder
7	Baltimore Orioles	77	85	.475	19	680	790,254	Billy Hitchcock
8	Boston Red Sox	76	84	.475	19	756	733,080	Pinky Higgins
9	Kansas City Athletics	72	90	.444	24	837	635,675	Hank Bauer
10	Washington Senators	60	101	.373	35.5	716	729,775	Mickey Vernon

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	San Francisco Giants	103	62	.624	—	690	1,592,594	Al Dark	Pennant
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	102	63	.618	1	697	2,755,184	Walter Alston
3	Cincinnati Reds	98	64	.605	3.5	685	982,095	Fred Hutchinson
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	93	68	.578	8	626	1,090,648	Danny Murtaugh
5	Milwaukee Braves	86	76	.531	15.5	665	766,921	Birdie Tebbetts
6	St. Louis Cardinals	84	78	.519	17.5	664	953,895	Johnny Keane
7	Philadelphia Phillies	81	80	.503	20	759	762,034	Gene Mauch
8	Houston Colt .45's	64	96	.400	36.5	717	924,456	Harry Craft
9	Chicago Cubs	59	103	.364	42.5	827	609,802	El Tappe, Lou Klein, Charlie Metro
10	New York Mets	40	120	.250	60.5	948	922,530	Casey Stengel

Leaders

AL

HR

1. 48Harmon Killebrew
2. 39Norm Cash
3. 37Leon Wagner

RBI

1. 126Harmon Killebrew
2. 117Norm Siebern
3. 112Rocky Colavito

AVG

1. .326Pete Runnels
2. .312Floyd Robinson
3. .310Chuck Hinton

SB

1. 31Luis Aparicio
2. 28Chuck Hinton
3. 24Jake Wood

W

1. 23Ralph Terry
2. 20Camilo Pascual
3. 20Ray Herbert

ERA

1. 2.21Hank Aguirre
2. 2.78Robin Roberts
3. 2.90Whitey Ford

SO

1. 206Camilo Pascual
2. 184Jim Bunning
3. 176Ralph Terry

SV

1. 24Dick Radatz
2. 18Marshall Bridges
3. 16Terry Fox

NL

HR

1. 49Willie Mays
2. 45Hank Aaron
3. 39Frank Robinson

RBI

1. 153Tommy Davis
2. 141Willie Mays
3. 136Frank Robinson

AVG

1. .346Tommy Davis
2. .342Frank Robinson
3. .330Stan Musial

SB

1. 104Maury Wills
2. 32Willie Davis
3. 26Vada Pinson

W

1. 25Don Drysdale
2. 24Jack Sanford
3. 23Bob Purkey

ERA

1. 2.54Sandy Koufax
2. 2.80Bob Shaw
3. 2.81Bob Purkey

SO

1. 232Don Drysdale
2. 216Sandy Koufax
3. 208Bob Gibson

SV

1. 28Roy Face
2. 20Ron Perranoski
3. 19Stu Miller

No-hitters

• Bo Belinsky, Los Angeles Angels vs. Baltimore Orioles, 1962-05-05
• Earl Wilson, Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels, 1962-06-26
• Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Mets, 1962-06-30
• Bill Monbouquette, Boston Red Sox vs. Chicago White Sox, 1962-08-01
• Jack Kralick, Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Athletics, 1962-08-26