1962 Kansas City Athletics

72-90 • .444 Win% • 9th in AL

The 1962 Kansas City Athletics went 72-90 (.444) finishing 9th in the AL. The club scored 745 runs, allowed 837, and played home games at Municipal Stadium I. Team leaders included Norm Siebern (25 HR, 117 RBI) and Ed Rakow (14-17, 4.25 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

72 Wins
90 Losses
.444 Win %
9th Rank
745 R 837 RA
Diff -92

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745 Runs Scored
837 Runs Allowed
-92 Run Diff
635K Attendance

📈 vs. 1962 AL Average

Batting Avg .263 3% above the 1962 league average (.254)
OBP .331 2% above the 1962 league average (.325)
SLG .385 2% below the 1962 league average (.393)
Team ERA 4.79 21% worse than the 1962 league average (3.97)
Runs Scored 745 4% above the 1962 league average (718 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMunicipal Stadium I
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 635,224
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Avg per Game 7,842

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1962

Batting Avg

1 Norm Siebern 0.308 2 Jerry Lumpe 0.301 3 Manny Jimenez 0.301 4 Ed Charles 0.288 5 Jose Tartabull 0.277

Home Runs

1 Norm Siebern 25 2 Ed Charles 17 3 George Alusik 11 4 Manny Jimenez 11 5 Gino Cimoli 10

RBI

1 Norm Siebern 117 2 Jerry Lumpe 83 3 Ed Charles 74 4 Gino Cimoli 71 5 Manny Jimenez 69
1962 Kansas City Athletics — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jerry Lumpe 156 641 89 193 34 10 10 83 44 38 0 0.301
Norm Siebern 162 600 114 185 25 6 25 117 110 88 3 0.308
Gino Cimoli 152 550 67 151 20 15 10 71 40 89 2 0.275
Ed Charles 147 535 81 154 24 7 17 74 54 70 20 0.288
Manny Jimenez 139 479 48 144 24 2 11 69 31 34 0 0.301
Bobby Del Greco 132 338 61 86 21 1 9 38 49 62 4 0.254
Jose Tartabull 107 310 49 86 6 5 0 22 20 19 19 0.277
Wayne Causey 117 305 40 77 14 1 4 38 41 30 2 0.252
Dick Howser 83 286 53 68 8 3 6 34 38 8 19 0.238
Haywood Sullivan 95 274 33 68 7 2 4 29 31 54 1 0.248
Joe Azcue 72 223 18 51 9 1 2 25 17 27 1 0.229
George Alusik 90 209 29 57 10 1 11 35 16 29 1 0.273
Billy Consolo 54 154 11 37 4 2 0 16 23 33 1 0.240
Ed Rakow 42 82 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 31 0 0.098
Billy Bryan 25 74 5 11 2 1 2 7 5 32 0 0.149
Dan Pfister 52 65 7 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0.185
Jerry Walker 36 57 7 15 2 0 3 5 0 15 0 0.263
Leo Posada 29 46 6 9 1 1 0 3 7 14 0 0.196
John Wojcik 16 43 8 13 4 0 0 9 13 4 3 0.302
Bill Fischer 34 38 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 8 0 0.105
Dave Wickersham 30 35 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 13 0 0.057
Diego Segui 37 34 3 8 1 0 1 2 1 15 0 0.235
Orlando Peña 13 31 2 5 0 0 0 4 2 19 0 0.161
John Wyatt 59 29 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 0.103
Norm Bass 22 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 0 0.045
Deron Johnson 17 19 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 8 0 0.105
Gordie Windhorn 14 19 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.158
Bill Kern 8 16 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0.250
Marlan Coughtry 6 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 0.182
Charlie Shoemaker 5 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.182
Danny McDevitt 33 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.222
Art Ditmar 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.167
Moe Drabowsky 10 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.167
Gordon Jones 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Giggie 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Gene Stephens 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Bob Grim 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jim Archer 18 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.000
Hector Martinez 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Rupe Toppin 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Don Williams 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Granny Hamner 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Kunkel 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fred Norman 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Osinski 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1962

ERA

1 Orlando Peña 3.01 2 Diego Segui 3.86 3 Bill Fischer 3.95 4 Dave Wickersham 4.17 5 Ed Rakow 4.25

Wins

1 Ed Rakow 14 2 Dave Wickersham 11 3 John Wyatt 10 4 Diego Segui 8 5 Jerry Walker 8

Strikeouts

1 Ed Rakow 159 2 Dan Pfister 123 3 John Wyatt 106 4 Diego Segui 71 5 Dave Wickersham 61
1962 Kansas City Athletics — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Ed Rakow 14 17 4.25 42 35 1 235.1 232 111 98 159
Dan Pfister 4 14 4.54 41 25 1 196.1 175 99 106 123
Jerry Walker 8 9 5.90 31 21 0 143.1 165 94 78 57
Bill Fischer 4 12 3.95 34 16 2 127.2 150 56 8 38
John Wyatt 10 7 4.46 59 9 11 125.0 121 62 80 106
Diego Segui 8 5 3.86 37 13 6 116.2 89 50 46 71
Dave Wickersham 11 4 4.17 30 9 1 110.0 105 51 43 61
Orlando Peña 6 4 3.01 13 12 0 89.2 71 30 27 56
Norm Bass 2 6 6.09 22 10 0 75.1 96 51 46 33
Danny McDevitt 0 3 5.82 33 1 2 51.0 47 33 41 28
Gordon Jones 3 2 6.34 21 0 6 32.2 31 23 14 28
Moe Drabowsky 1 1 5.14 10 3 0 28.0 29 16 10 19
Jim Archer 0 1 9.43 18 1 0 27.2 40 29 10 12
Art Ditmar 0 2 6.65 6 5 0 21.2 31 16 13 13
Bob Giggie 1 1 6.28 4 2 0 14.1 17 10 3 4
Bob Grim 0 1 6.23 12 0 3 13.0 14 9 8 3
Bill Kunkel 0 0 3.52 9 0 0 7.2 8 3 4 6
Dan Osinski 0 0 17.36 4 0 0 4.2 8 9 8 4
Granny Hamner 0 1 9.00 3 0 0 4.0 10 4 6 0
Fred Norman 0 0 2.25 2 0 0 4.0 4 1 1 2
Don Williams 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 4.0 6 4 0 1
Rupe Toppin 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 2.0 1 3 5 1

👥 Roster (45)

George Alusik Jim Archer Joe Azcue Norm Bass Billy Bryan Wayne Causey Ed Charles Gino Cimoli Billy Consolo Marlan Coughtry Bobby Del Greco Art Ditmar +33 more

45 players

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The 1962 Kansas City Athletics in brief

In 1962 the Kansas City Athletics posted a 72-90 mark (.444) and finished 9th in the AL. With 745 runs scored and 837 given up, the 1962 differential was -92. The team batting average of .263 was 3% above the 1962 league mark of .254. The Kansas City Athletics staff finished with a 4.79 ERA; the league as a whole was at 3.97. The 1962 Kansas City Athletics outscored the average club by 4% (745 against 718).

Municipal Stadium I was home in 1962, drawing a total attendance of 635,224. Norm Siebern topped the Kansas City Athletics with 25 home runs. The hits leader was Jerry Lumpe with 193. On the mound, Ed Rakow won 14 games to lead the staff. The saves leader was John Wyatt with 11.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1962 Kansas City Athletics

What was the 1962 Kansas City Athletics record?
The 1962 Kansas City Athletics finished 72-90 (.444 win pct).
Who led the 1962 Kansas City Athletics in home runs?
Norm Siebern led the 1962 Kansas City Athletics with 25 home runs.
What was the 1962 Kansas City Athletics team ERA?
The 1962 Kansas City Athletics posted a team ERA of 4.79.
Did the 1962 Kansas City Athletics win the World Series?
No. The 1962 Kansas City Athletics did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1962 Kansas City Athletics play?
The 1962 Kansas City Athletics played home games at Municipal Stadium I.
Who led the 1962 Kansas City Athletics in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Norm Siebern (25 HR, 117 RBI) and Ed Rakow (14-17, 4.25 ERA).
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