1962 Washington Senators season

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox baseball team season The 1962 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing tenth in the American League with a record of 60 wins and 101 losses, 35+1⁄2 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.
• November 21, 1961: Coot Veal was purchased from the Senators by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
• December 15, 1961: Marty Keough and Johnny Klippstein were traded by the Senators to the Cincinnati Reds for Dave Stenhouse and Bob Schmidt.

Regular season

Roster

1962 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers 17 Bob Baird 27,38 Carl Bouldin 16 Pete Burnside 23 Tom Cheney 21 Bennie Daniels 17 Fred Green 28 Steve Hamilton 19 Jim Hannan 18 Ed Hobaugh  1 Jack Jenkins 22 Marty Kutyna 27 Joe McClain 24,34 Claude Osteen 20 Ray Rippelmeyer 33 Don Rudolph 15 Dave Stenhouse		Catchers  9 Ken Retzer 12 Bob Schmidt Infielders 10 Harry Bright 38 Ed Brinkman  7 Chuck Cottier  5 Ken Hamlin 29 Bob Johnson 34 John Kennedy 25 Dale Long  4 Danny O'Connell 6,48 Johnny Schaive  8 Ron Stillwell 11 Bud Zipfel		Outfielders 31 Joe Hicks 32 Chuck Hinton 30 Jim King 25 Don Lock 37 Jimmy Piersall  1 Willie Tasby 14 Gene Woodling		Manager  3 Mickey Vernon Coaches 41 George Case 42 Rollie Hemsley 40 Sid Hudson 43 George Susce

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	Ken Retzer	109	340	97	.285	8	37
1B	Harry Bright	113	392	107	.273	17	67
2B	Chuck Cottier	136	443	107	.242	6	40
SS	Ken Hamlin	98	292	74	.253	3	22
3B	Bob Johnson	135	466	134	.288	12	43
LF	Don Lock	71	225	57	.253	12	37
CF		135	471	115	.244	4	31
RF	Jim King	132	333	81	.243	11	35

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
Chuck Hinton	151	542	168	.310	17	75
	88	256	62	.242	10	31
Danny O'Connell	84	236	62	.263	2	18
Johnny Schaive	82	225	57	.253	6	29
Dale Long	67	191	46	.241	4	24
Bud Zipfel	68	184	44	.239	6	21
Joe Hicks	102	174	39	.224	6	14
Ed Brinkman	54	133	22	.165	0	4
Gene Woodling	44	107	30	.280	5	16
John Kennedy	14	42	11	.262	1	2
Willie Tasby	11	34	7	.206	0	0
Ron Stillwell	6	22	6	.273	0	2

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
	34	197.0	11	12	3.65	123
Claude Osteen	28	150.1	8	13	3.65	59
	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
Don Rudolph	37	176.1	8	10	3.62	68
Tom Cheney	37	173.1	7	9	3.17	147
Bennie Daniels	44	161.1	7	16	4.85	66
Pete Burnside	40	149.2	5	11	4.45	74
Steve Hamilton	41	107.1	3	8	3.77	83
Joe McClain	10	24.0	0	4	9.38	6
	6	20.0	1	2	5.85	12
Jack Jenkins	3	13.1	0	1	4.05	10

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
Jim Hannan	42	2	4	4	3.31	39
Marty Kutyna	54	5	6	0	4.04	25
Ed Hobaugh	26	2	1	1	3.76	37
Ray Rippelmeyer	18	1	2	0	5.49	17
Fred Green	5	0	1	0	6.43	2

Farm system

Template:MLB Farm System Syracuse affiliation shared with New York Mets

External links

• 1962 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference
• 1962 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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