1962 San Francisco Giants season

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1962 San Francisco Giants
National League Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Candlestick Park (since 1960)
San Francisco, California (since 1958)
Other information
Owner(s)	Horace Stoneham
Manager(s)	Alvin Dark
Local television	KTVU (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons)
Local radio	KSFO (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons)
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The 1962 San Francisco Giants season saw the Giants finish in first place in the National League with a record of 103 wins and 62 losses. They finished the season tied with their arch-rivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers, for first place in the league, necessitating a three-game tiebreaker playoff to determine the pennant winner. The Giants won two of the three games to take their first National League title since moving to San Francisco, making the Giants the first NL Champions of the 162-game schedule era. They went on to the 1962 World Series, where they lost in seven games to the New York Yankees.

Offseason

October 10, 1961: 1961 Major League Baseball expansion draft
- Joey Amalfitano was drafted from the Giants by the Houston Colt .45s.^[1]
- Hobie Landrith was drafted from the Giants by the New York Mets.^[2]
October 16, 1961: Billy Loes was purchased from the Giants by the New York Mets.^[3]
November 27, 1961: Georges Maranda was drafted from the Giants by the Minnesota Twins in the 1961 rule 5 draft.^[4]
November 30, 1961: Eddie Fisher, Dom Zanni, Bob Farley and a player to be named later were traded by the Giants to the Chicago White Sox for Don Larsen and Billy Pierce. The Giants completed the deal by sending Verle Tiefenthaler to the White Sox on August 17, 1962.
March 2, 1962: Billy Loes was returned to the Giants by the New York Mets.^[3]
March 2, 1962: Billy Loes was released by the Giants.^[3]

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 starters

Notable transactions

April 29, 1962: Bob Nieman was purchased by the Giants from the Cleveland Indians.^[5]

Roster

1962 San Francisco Giants

Roster

Pitchers

42 Bobby Bolin

45 Jim Duffalo

28 Bob Garibaldi

18 Don Larsen

39 Dick LeMay

27 Juan Marichal

40 Mike McCormick

37 Stu Miller

31 Billy O'Dell

22,28 Gaylord Perry

19 Billy Pierce

33 Jack Sanford

Catchers

6 Ed Bailey

5 Tom Haller

34 John Orsino

2 Joe Pignatano

Infielders

21 Ernie Bowman

30 Orlando Cepeda

12 Jim Davenport

26 Chuck Hiller

15 José Pagán

17 Cap Peterson

14 Dick Phillips

Outfielders

23 Felipe Alou

41 Matty Alou

14 Carl Boles

7 Harvey Kuenn

24 Willie Mays

44 Willie McCovey

38 Manny Mota

20 Bob Nieman

Manager

1 Alvin Dark

Coaches

46 Larry Jansen (pitching)

3 Whitey Lockman (third base)

9 Wes Westrum (first base)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

= Indicates team leader

Pos.	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Haller, TomTom Haller	99	272	53	71	.261	18	55	1
1B	Cepeda, OrlandoOrlando Cepeda	162	625	105	191	.306	35	114	10
2B	Hiller, ChuckChuck Hiller	161	602	94	166	.276	3	48	5
3B	Davenport, JimJim Davenport	144	485	83	144	.297	14	58	2
SS	Pagán, JoséJosé Pagán	164	580	73	150	.259	7	57	13
LF	Kuenn, HarveyHarvey Kuenn	130	487	73	148	.304	10	68	3
CF	Mays, WillieWillie Mays	162	621	130	189	.304	49	141	18
RF	Alou, FelipeFelipe Alou	154	561	96	177	.316	25	98	10

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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Bailey, EdEd Bailey	96	254	32	59	.232	17	45	1
McCovey, WillieWillie McCovey	91	229	41	67	.293	20	54	3
Alou, MattyMatty Alou	78	195	28	57	.292	3	14	3
Mota, MannyManny Mota	47	74	9	13	.176	0	9	3
Orsino, JohnJohn Orsino	18	48	4	13	.271	0	4	0
Nieman, BobBob Nieman	30	30	1	9	.300	1	3	0

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
O'Dell, BillyBilly O'Dell	43	280.2	19	14	3.53	195
Sanford, JackJack Sanford	39	265.1	24	7	3.43	147
Marichal, JuanJuan Marichal	37	262.2	18	11	3.36	153
Pierce, BillyBilly Pierce	30	162.1	16	6	3.49	76

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
McCormick, MikeMike McCormick	28	98.2	5	5	5.38	42
Perry, GaylordGaylord Perry	13	43	3	1	5.23	20

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
Miller, StuStu Miller	59	5	8	19	4.12	78
Larsen, DonDon Larsen	49	5	4	11	4.38	58
Bolin, BobbyBobby Bolin	41	7	3	5	3.62	74
Duffalo, JimJim Duffalo	24	1	2	0	3.64	29
Garibaldi, BobBob Garibaldi	9	0	0	1	5.11	9
LeMay, DickDick LeMay	9	0	1	1	7.71	5

1962 World Series

Main article: 1962 World Series

Game 1

October 4, 1962 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	6	11	0
San Francisco (N)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0
W: Whitey Ford (1-0) L: Billy O'Dell (0-1)
HR: NYY – Clete Boyer (1)

Roger Maris' two-run double in the first inning set up Yankee starter Whitey Ford with a lead, but Willie Mays scored for the Giants in the second, ending Ford's record consecutive scoreless inning streak at 33⅔. Chuck Hiller's double and Felipe Alou's hit in the third tied the game, but the Yankees broke the tie in the 7th on Clete Boyer's HR and scored three insurance runs in the final two innings. Ford's complete game victory was the first of six in the series, four for the Yankees and two for the Giants.

Game 2

October 5, 1962 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
San Francisco (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	x	2	6	0
W: Jack Sanford (1-0) L: Ralph Terry (0-1)
HR: SFG – Willie McCovey (1)

With the Giants protecting a 1-0 lead in the 7th inning, Willie McCovey smashed a tremendous home run over the right field fence to boost 24-game winner Jack Sanford to 2-0 shutout of the Yankees, who managed only 3 hits.

Game 3

October 7, 1962 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Francisco (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	3
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	x	3	5	1
W:Bill Stafford (1-0) L: Billy Pierce (0-1)
HR: SFG – Ed Bailey (1)

The Yankees ended a scoreless tie in the 7th, scoring three times. Roger Maris drove a base hit off starter Billy Pierce for two runs batted in, and alert base-running allowed him to score the winning run in a 3-2 Yankee victory. Giants catcher Ed Bailey's 2-run homer in the top of the 9th left the Giants a run short.

Game 4

October 8, 1962 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Francisco (N)	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	7	9	1
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	9	1
W: Don Larsen (1-0) L: Jim Coates (0-1)
HR: SFG – Tom Haller (1), Chuck Hiller (1)

For the second time in two days, a Giants' catcher stroked a two-run homer when Tom Haller hit his off Whitey Ford in the second inning. After the Yankees tied the score at 2-2, second baseman Chuck Hiller hit the first National League grand slam in World Series history in the 7th, and the Giants went on to win 7-3. The game marked the only appearance in this series of future Hall-of-famer Juan Marichal, who started for the Giants.

Don Larsen was the winning pitcher in relief, six years to the day of his perfect game in the 1956 World Series.

Game 5

October 10, 1962 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Francisco (N)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	8	2
New York (A)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	x	5	6	0
W: Ralph Terry (1-1) L: Jack Sanford (1-1)
HR: SFG – José Pagán (1) NYY – Tom Tresh (1)

Hot hitting José Pagán drove in two runs with a single in the third and a home run in the 5th, but with the score tied 2-2 in the 8th, Tom Tresh walloped what proved to be the winning homer, a three-run shot that scored Bobby Richardson and Tony Kubek in front of him. With the series returning to San Francisco the Yankees had the edge, 3 games to 2, only to have the sixth game delayed four days by rain.

Game 6

October 15, 1962 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	2
San Francisco (N)	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	x	5	10	1
W: Billy Pierce (1-1) L: Whitey Ford (1-1)
HR: NYY – Roger Maris (1)

In a battle of left-handed starting pitchers, Pierce out-dueled Ford and tossed a brilliant complete-game 3-hitter as the Giants evened the series at three wins apiece with a 5-2 victory. The Yankees' only runs came on a Maris solo home run in the 5th inning and an RBI single by Tony Kubek in the 8th inning.

Game 7

October 16, 1962 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
San Francisco (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
W: Ralph Terry (2-1) L: Jack Sanford (1-2)

The only run of this classic game occurred in the 5th inning when Tony Kubek grounded into a double play, with Bill Skowron scoring from third. Ralph Terry, pitching the seventh game instead of Jim Bouton because of the rain delays, had given up Bill Mazeroski's Series-winning walk-off home run two years earlier in Pittsburgh but in his third start completely stifled the Giants' power hitters.

In the bottom of the 9th, pinch-hitter Matty Alou, batting for relief pitcher Billy O'Dell, led off the inning with a bunt base hit after first having a foul ball dropped, but Terry struck out the next two batters, Felipe Alou and Hiller. Mays hit a double into the right field corner, but Maris brilliantly played the carom, then hit cut-off man Richardson with a throw that was relayed perfectly to home. Alou, already aware of Maris' great arm, stopped at third. Facing Willie McCovey with two outs, Terry elected to pitch to him rather than walk the bases loaded and bring up Orlando Cepeda. Terry's inside fastball on the second pitch completely handcuffed McCovey, who nonetheless adjusted his bat in mid-swing to extend his arms and hit what he later claimed was the hardest ball he had ever struck. The line drive appeared at first to be going over the head of a perfectly-positioned Richardson, but was in fact sinking from topspin and Richardson made the catch without leaping to end the game. The Yankees won their 20th World Championship; they would not win another World Championship until 1977.

Awards and honors

1962 All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tacoma Giants	Pacific Coast League	Red Davis
AA	El Paso Sun Kings	Texas League	George Genovese
A	Springfield Giants	Eastern League	Andy Gilbert
B	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	Bud Byerly
C	Fresno Giants	California League	Sal Taormina
D	Salem Rebels	Appalachian League	Alex Cosmidis
D	Lakeland Giants	Florida State League	Bert Haas and Max Lanier
D	Decatur Commodores	Midwest League	Richie Klaus

Notes

↑ Joey Amalfitano page at Baseball Reference
↑ Hobie Landrith page at Baseball Reference
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Billy Loes page at Baseball Reference
↑ Georges Maranda page at Baseball Reference
↑ Bob Neiman page at Baseball-Reference
↑ "1962 San Francisco Giants Statistics and Roster - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-reference.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2008. Retrieved September 5, 2008.

References

1962 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Reference
1962 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

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

Preceded by Cincinnati Reds 1961	National League Championship Season 1962	Succeeded by Los Angeles Dodgers 1963

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