1962 Cleveland Indians

80-82 • .494 Win% • 6th in AL

The 1962 Cleveland Indians went 80-82 (.494) finishing 6th in the AL. The club scored 682 runs, allowed 745, and played home games at Cleveland Stadium. Team leaders included John Romano (25 HR, 81 RBI) and Dick Donovan (20-10, 3.59 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

80 Wins
82 Losses
.494 Win %
6th Rank
682 R 745 RA
Diff -63

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682 Runs Scored
745 Runs Allowed
-63 Run Diff
753K Attendance

📈 vs. 1962 AL Average

Batting Avg .244 4% below the 1962 league average (.254)
OBP .311 4% below the 1962 league average (.325)
SLG .387 2% below the 1962 league average (.393)
Team ERA 4.14 4% worse than the 1962 league average (3.97)
Runs Scored 682 5% below the 1962 league average (718 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCleveland Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 753,256
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Avg per Game 9,299

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1962

Batting Avg

1 Walt Bond 0.380 2 Gene Green 0.280 3 Al Luplow 0.277 4 Chuck Essegian 0.274 5 Doc Edwards 0.273

Home Runs

1 John Romano 25 2 Chuck Essegian 21 3 Willie Kirkland 21 4 Woodie Held 19 5 Tito Francona 14

RBI

1 John Romano 81 2 Willie Kirkland 72 3 Tito Francona 70 4 Woodie Held 58 5 Jerry Kindall 55
1962 Cleveland Indians — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Tito Francona 158 621 82 169 28 5 14 70 47 74 3 0.272
Bubba Phillips 148 562 53 145 26 0 10 54 20 55 4 0.258
Jerry Kindall 154 530 51 123 21 1 13 55 45 107 4 0.232
Woodie Held 139 466 55 116 12 2 19 58 73 107 5 0.249
John Romano 135 459 71 120 19 3 25 81 73 64 0 0.261
Willie Kirkland 137 419 56 84 9 1 21 72 43 62 9 0.200
Ty Cline 118 375 53 93 15 5 2 28 28 50 5 0.248
Chuck Essegian 106 336 59 92 12 0 21 50 42 68 0 0.274
Al Luplow 97 318 54 88 15 3 14 45 36 44 1 0.277
Willie Tasby 75 199 25 48 7 0 4 17 25 41 0 0.241
Don Dillard 95 174 22 40 5 1 5 14 11 25 0 0.230
Doc Edwards 53 143 13 39 6 0 3 9 9 14 0 0.273
Gene Green 66 143 16 40 4 1 11 28 8 21 0 0.280
Dick Donovan 34 89 8 16 1 0 4 9 7 32 0 0.180
Jim Mahoney 41 74 12 18 4 0 3 5 3 14 0 0.243
Pedro Ramos 39 68 6 10 3 0 3 8 1 29 0 0.147
Jim Perry 35 60 8 11 1 0 0 0 2 8 0 0.183
Jack Kubiszyn 25 59 3 10 2 0 1 2 5 7 0 0.169
Mudcat Grant 30 53 4 8 3 0 0 3 2 18 0 0.151
Barry Latman 45 53 7 10 1 0 1 5 4 16 0 0.189
Max Alvis 12 51 1 11 2 0 0 3 2 13 3 0.216
Walt Bond 12 50 10 19 3 0 6 17 4 9 1 0.380
Ken Aspromonte 20 28 4 4 2 0 0 1 6 5 0 0.143
Sam McDowell 25 26 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 0.154
Gary Bell 57 24 2 5 0 0 0 2 3 9 0 0.208
Hal Jones 5 16 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.312
Frank Funk 47 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.067
Tommie Agee 5 14 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0.214
Ruben Gomez 16 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.231
Miguel de la Hoz 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.083
Ron Taylor 8 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.273
Bob Hartman 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.000
Bob Allen 30 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Bill Dailey 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dave Tyriver 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Marlan Coughtry 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.500
Floyd Weaver 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.500
Bob Nieman 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.000
Jackie Collum 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wynn Hawkins 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.000
Don Rudolph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1962

ERA

1 Frank Funk 3.24 2 Bill Dailey 3.59 3 Dick Donovan 3.59 4 Pedro Ramos 3.71 5 Jim Perry 4.14

Wins

1 Dick Donovan 20 2 Jim Perry 12 3 Gary Bell 10 4 Pedro Ramos 10 5 Barry Latman 8

Strikeouts

1 Barry Latman 117 2 Pedro Ramos 96 3 Dick Donovan 94 4 Mudcat Grant 90 5 Gary Bell 80
1962 Cleveland Indians — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dick Donovan 20 10 3.59 34 34 0 250.2 255 100 47 94
Pedro Ramos 10 12 3.71 37 27 1 201.1 189 83 85 96
Jim Perry 12 12 4.14 35 27 0 193.2 213 89 59 74
Barry Latman 8 13 4.17 45 21 5 179.1 179 83 72 117
Mudcat Grant 7 10 4.27 26 23 0 149.2 128 71 81 90
Gary Bell 10 9 4.26 57 6 12 107.2 104 51 52 80
Sam McDowell 3 7 6.06 25 13 1 87.2 81 59 70 70
Frank Funk 2 1 3.24 47 0 6 80.2 62 29 32 49
Ruben Gomez 1 2 4.37 15 4 1 45.1 50 22 25 21
Bill Dailey 2 2 3.59 27 0 1 42.2 43 17 17 24
Ron Taylor 2 2 5.94 8 4 0 33.1 36 22 13 15
Bob Allen 1 1 5.87 30 0 4 30.2 29 20 25 23
Bob Hartman 0 1 3.12 8 2 0 17.1 14 6 8 11
Dave Tyriver 0 0 4.22 4 0 0 10.2 10 5 7 7
Floyd Weaver 1 0 1.80 1 1 0 5.0 3 1 0 8
Wynn Hawkins 1 0 7.36 3 0 0 3.2 9 3 1 0
Jackie Collum 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 1.1 4 2 0 1
Don Rudolph 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0

👥 Roster (41)

Tommie Agee Bob Allen Max Alvis Ken Aspromonte Gary Bell Walt Bond Ty Cline Jackie Collum Marlan Coughtry Bill Dailey Don Dillard Dick Donovan +29 more

41 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1962 Cleveland Indians

What was the 1962 Cleveland Indians record?
The 1962 Cleveland Indians finished 80-82 (.494 win pct).
Who led the 1962 Cleveland Indians in home runs?
John Romano led the 1962 Cleveland Indians with 25 home runs.
What was the 1962 Cleveland Indians team ERA?
The 1962 Cleveland Indians posted a team ERA of 4.14.
Did the 1962 Cleveland Indians win the World Series?
No. The 1962 Cleveland Indians did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1962 Cleveland Indians play?
The 1962 Cleveland Indians played home games at Cleveland Stadium.
Who led the 1962 Cleveland Indians in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were John Romano (25 HR, 81 RBI) and Dick Donovan (20-10, 3.59 ERA).
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