1962 Philadelphia Phillies season

1962 Philadelphia Phillies
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1883)
Location
Connie Mack Stadium (Since 1938) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Since 1883)
1962 Information
Owner(s)	R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr.
General manager(s)	John Quinn
Manager(s)	Gene Mauch
Local television	WFIL
Local radio	WFIL (By Saam, Claude Haring, Frank Sims)
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The 1962 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 80th season for the National League franchise. The Phillies finished the season in seventh place in the National League with a record of 81-80, a dramatic improvement over the 47-107 mark of the previous season. Gene Mauch managed the Phillies, who played their home games at Connie Mack Stadium.

Offseason

October 10, 1961: 1961 Major League Baseball expansion draft
- Choo Choo Coleman was drafted from the Phillies by the New York Mets.^[1]
- Bobby Gene Smith was drafted from the Phillies by the New York Mets.^[2]
November 28, 1961: Charley Smith and John Buzhardt were traded by the Phillies to the Chicago White Sox for Roy Sievers.^[3]
Prior to 1962 season: Rubén Gómez was acquired from the Phillies by the Cleveland Indians.^[4]

Offseason

Spring training

The Phillies had sold pitcher Robin Roberts to the New York Yankees shortly after the 1961 season. On February 6, 1962, the Phillies announced that Roberts' uniform number 36 would be retired by the team on March 21, 1962, when the Yankees would visit Clearwater to play the Phillies in a spring training game. It was the first uniform number to be retired by the organization and only the second time (after the Yankees retired Babe Ruth's number 3) that a uniform number was retired while the player was still active.^[5] Roberts started for the Yankees in the spring game, gave up four runs in three innings, and was the winning pitcher in the game which the Yankees won 13-10.^[6]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
San Francisco Giants	103	62	--	.624
Los Angeles Dodgers	102	63	1	.618
Cincinnati Reds	98	64	3.5	.605
Pittsburgh Pirates	93	68	8	.578
Milwaukee Braves	86	76	15.5	.531
St. Louis Cardinals	84	78	17.5	.519
Philadelphia Phillies	81	80	20	.503
Houston Colt .45s	64	96	36.5	.400
Chicago Cubs	59	103	42.5	.364
New York Mets	40	120	60.5	.250

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

September 12, 1962: Johnny Briggs was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.^[7]

Roster

1962 Philadelphia Phillies

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

17 Jimmie Coker

Manager

4 Gene Mauch

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
1B	Sievers, RoyRoy Sievers	144	477	125	.262	21	80

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
Herrnstein, JohnJohn Herrnstein	6	5	1	.200	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

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

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
Baldschun, JackJack Baldschun	67	12	7	13	2.96	95

Awards and honors

Gene Mauch, Associated Press NL Manager of the Year
Robin Roberts, Lou Gehrig Award

All-Stars

1962 Major League Baseball All-Star Game -first game

Johnny Callison

1962 Major League Baseball All-Star Game -second game

Art Mahaffey

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers	American Association	Dick Littlefield and Ray Murray
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	Kerby Farrell
A	Williamsport Grays	Eastern League	Frank Lucchesi
C	Bakersfield Bears	California League	Bob Wellman
C	Magic Valley Cowboys	Pioneer League	Jack Phillips
D	Dothan Phillies	Alabama-Florida League	Moose Johnson
D	Miami Marlins	Florida State League	Andy Seminick

Notes

^ Choo Choo Coleman page at Baseball-Reference
^ Bobby Gene Smith page at Baseball-Reference
^ Charley Smith page at Baseball Reference
^ Rubén Gómez page at Baseball Reference
^ "Roberts is 'Retired'". St. Petersburg Times: p. 3-C. 1962-02-07. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fiQMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e1IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5915,3321691&dq=phillies+uniform&hl=en.
^ John Drebinger (1962-03-22). "Yanks' Two Homers Help Beat Phils, 13–10; Mets 1-0 Victors Over Tigers". New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F50811F6385C137A93C0AB1788D85F468685F9.
^ Johnny Briggs page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

1962 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore • Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Kansas City • Los Angeles • Minnesota • New York • Washington

National League	Chicago • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • Milwaukee • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis • San Francisco

1962 First All-Star Game • 1962 Second All-Star Game • 1962 World Series

Philadelphia Phillies

Formerly the Philadelphia Quakers • Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The franchise

History • Seasons • Records • Players • Owners and executives • Managers • Opening Day starters • First-round picks • No-hitters • Award winners and league leaders

Ballparks

Recreation Park • Baker Bowl • Shibe Park • Veterans Stadium • Citizens Bank Park
Spring Training: Coffee Pot Park • Rickwood Field • McKechnie Field • Wilmington Park • Flamingo Field • Clearwater Athletic Field • Jack Russell Memorial Stadium • Carpenter Complex / Bright House Field

Culture

Phillie Phanatic • Curse of Billy Penn • Hot Pants Patrol • Whiz Kids • Baseball Wall of Fame • Sports Hall of Fame • Philadelphia Phillies (NFL) • "High Hopes" • Franchise awards • "Team to Beat" • Roy Halladay's perfect game

Rivalries

New York Mets • Pittsburgh Pirates • Philadelphia Athletics (City Series)

Important figures

Wall of Fame members	Grover Cleveland Alexander • Dick Allen • Richie Ashburn • Bob Boone • Larry Bowa • Jim Bunning • Johnny Callison • Steve Carlton • Gavvy Cravath • Darren Daulton • Ed Delahanty • Del Ennis • Dallas Green • Billy Hamilton • Granny Hamner • Willie Jones • Harry Kalas • Chuck Klein • John Kruk • Greg Luzinski • Garry Maddox • Sherry Magee • Gene Mauch • Tug McGraw • Pat Moran • Paul Owens • Robin Roberts • Pete Rose • Juan Samuel • Eddie Sawyer • Mike Schmidt • Chris Short • Curt Simmons • Tony Taylor • Sam Thompson • John Vukovich • Cy Williams

Franchise record holders	John Coleman • Bill Duggleby • Lenny Dykstra • Kid Gleason • Ryan Howard • George McQuillan • José Mesa • Lefty O'Doul • Jimmy Rollins • Curt Schilling • Kent Tekulve • Chase Utley

Retired numbers

1 • 14 • 20 • 32 • 36 • 42 • P • P

Key personnel

Owner: Bill Giles • President: David Montgomery • General Manager: Rubén Amaro, Jr. • Manager: Charlie Manuel

World Series
championships (2)

1980 • 2008

NL pennants (7)

1915 • 1950 • 1980 • 1983 • 1993 • 2008 • 2009

Division
championships (10)

1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1980 • 1983 • 1993 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011

Minor league
affiliates

AAA: Lehigh Valley IronPigs • AA: Reading Phillies • A: Clearwater Threshers, Lakewood BlueClaws, Williamsport Crosscutters • Rookie: Gulf Coast League Phillies, VSL Phillies, DSL Phillies • Rosters: Minor league rosters

Broadcasting

Television	Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia • WPHL-TV • Comcast Network

Radio	WPHT • WDAS • Phillies radio network affiliates

Broadcasters:	TV: Tom McCarthy • Chris Wheeler • Gary Matthews Radio: Scott Franzke • Larry Andersen

Seasons (128)

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1890s	1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899

1900s	1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909

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1920s	1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929

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1940s	1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949

1950s	1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959

1960s	1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

1970s	1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

1980s	1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

1990s	1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000s	2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

2010s	2010 • 2011 • 2012

1962 Philadelphia Phillies season

Contents

Offseason

Offseason

Spring training

Regular season

Season standings

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Farm system

Notes

References