1962 Washington Senators season

The 1962 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing tenth in the American League with a record of 60 wins and 101 losses, 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

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

Game log

Regular season

|- style="background:#fbb;" | style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">12</span> || || || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;">Yankees</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">L 8–10</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;">Stafford</span> <span style="color:#1c2841;">(1–2)</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">Burnside</span> <span style="color:#CE1141;">(1–1)</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;">Bridges</span> <span style="color:#1c2841;">(1)</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">3:17</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">20,120</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">2–10</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">L10</span> |- style="background:#fbb;" | style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">13</span> || || || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;">Yankees</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">L 3–10</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;"></span> <span style="color:#1c2841;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;"></span> <span style="color:#CE1141;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;"></span> <span style="color:#1c2841;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">2:34</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">9,299</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">2–11</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">L11</span> |- style="background:#fbb;" | style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">14</span> <span style="color:#CE1141;"></span> || || || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;">Yankees</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">L 2–3</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;"></span> <span style="color:#1c2841;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;"></span> <span style="color:#CE1141;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;">—</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">2:00</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">—</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">2–12</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">L12</span> |- style="background:#fbb;" | style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">15</span> <span style="color:#CE1141;"></span> || || || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;">Yankees</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">L 6–11</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;"></span> <span style="color:#1c2841;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;"></span> <span style="color:#CE1141;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;">—</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">2:44</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">31,466</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">2–13</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">L13</span> |-

|- style="background:#fbb;" | style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">18</span> || || || style=";" |<span style="color:white;">@</span> <span style="color:white;">Yankees</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">L 6–7</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:white;"></span> <span style="color:white;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> <span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:white;"></span> <span style="color:white;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">2:35</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">16,992</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">3–15</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">L2</span> |- style="background:#bfb;" | style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">19</span> <span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> || || || style=";" |<span style="color:white;">@</span> <span style="color:white;">Yankees</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">W 4–2</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> <span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:white;"></span> <span style="color:white;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> <span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">2:02</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">—</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">4–15</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">W1</span> |- style="background:#fbb;" | style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">20</span> <span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> || || || style=";" |<span style="color:white;">@</span> <span style="color:white;">Yankees</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">L 0–8</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:white;"></span> <span style="color:white;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> <span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:white#1c2841;">—</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">2:34</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">23,940</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">4–16</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">L1</span> |-

|-

|- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | <span style="color:#CE1141;">—</span> || || <span style="color:#CE1141;">1:00</span><span style="color:#CE1141;">p.m.</span> <span style="color:#CE1141;">EDT</span> || <span style="color:#CE1141;">32nd All-Star Game</span> || colspan=8 | <span style="color:#CE1141;">National League</span> <span style="color:#CE1141;">vs.</span> <span style="color:#CE1141;">American League</span> (<span style="color:#CE1141;">D.C. Stadium</span><span style="color:#CE1141;">,</span> <span style="color:#CE1141;">Washington, D.C.</span>) |- style="background:#fbb;" | style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">90</span> || || || style=";" |<span style="color:white;">@</span> <span style="color:white;">Yankees</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">L 2–3</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:white;"></span> <span style="color:white;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> <span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:white;">Bridges</span> <span style="color:white;">(12)</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">1:56</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">20,255</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">33–57</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">L1</span> |- style="background:#fbb;" | style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">91</span> || || || style=";" |<span style="color:white;">@</span> <span style="color:white;">Yankees</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">L 3–4</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:white;"></span> <span style="color:white;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> <span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:white;"></span> <span style="color:white;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">2:17</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">23,565</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">33–58</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">L2</span> |- style="background:#bfb;" | style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">92</span> <span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> || || || style=";" |<span style="color:white;">@</span> <span style="color:white;">Yankees</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">W 3–2</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> <span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:white;">Stafford</span> <span style="color:white;">(8–6)</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">—</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">2:12</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">—</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">34–58</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">W1</span> |- style="background:#bfb;" | style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">93</span> <span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> || || || style=";" |<span style="color:white;">@</span> <span style="color:white;">Yankees</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">W 8–3</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> <span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:white;"></span> <span style="color:white;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">—</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">2:14</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">27,548</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">35–58</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">W2</span> |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | <span style="color:#CE1141;">—</span> || || <span style="color:#CE1141;">2:00</span><span style="color:#CE1141;">p.m.</span> <span style="color:#CE1141;">EDT</span> || <span style="color:#CE1141;">33rd All-Star Game</span> || colspan=8 | <span style="color:#CE1141;">American League</span> vs. <span style="color:#CE1141;">National League</span> (<span style="color:#CE1141;">Wrigley Field</span><span style="color:#CE1141;">,</span> <span style="color:#CE1141;">Chicago, Illinois</span>) |- style="background:#fbb;" | style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">101</span> || || || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;">Yankees</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">L 5–9</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;">Stafford</span> <span style="color:#1c2841;">(9–6)</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;"></span> <span style="color:#CE1141;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;"></span> <span style="color:#1c2841;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">2:41</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">30,421</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">39–62</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">L2</span> |-

|- style="background:#fbb;" | style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">102</span> <span style="color:#CE1141;"></span> || || || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;">Yankees</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">L 4–6</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;"></span> <span style="color:#1c2841;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;"></span> <span style="color:#CE1141;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;">—</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">2:23</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">—</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">39–63</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">L3</span> |- style="background:#fbb;" | style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">103</span> <span style="color:#CE1141;"></span> || || || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;">Yankees</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">L 2–5</span> <span style="color:#CE1141;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;"></span> <span style="color:#1c2841;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;"></span> <span style="color:#CE1141;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;"></span> <span style="color:#1c2841;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">2:48</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">48,147</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">39–64</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">L4</span> |-

|- style="background:#fbb;" | style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">155</span> || || || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;">Yankees</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">L 1–7</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;"></span> <span style="color:#1c2841;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;"></span> <span style="color:#CE1141;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;">—</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">2:05</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">16,824</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">58–96–1</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">L2</span> |- style="background:#fbb;" | style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">156</span> || || || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;">Yankees</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">L 5–8</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;">Bridges</span> <span style="color:#1c2841;">(8–3)</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;"></span> <span style="color:#CE1141;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#1c2841;"></span> <span style="color:#1c2841;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">2:46</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">12,126</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">58–97–1</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#CE1141;">L3</span> |- style="background:#fbb;" | style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">159</span> || || || style=";" |<span style="color:white;">@</span> <span style="color:white;">Yankees</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">L 3–8</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:white;"></span> <span style="color:white;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> <span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:white#1c2841;">—</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">2:24</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">11,702</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">59–99–1</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">L1</span> |- style="background:#fbb;" | style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">160</span> || || || style=";" |<span style="color:white;">@</span> <span style="color:white;">Yankees</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">L 5–9</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:white;"></span> <span style="color:white;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> <span style="color:#002B5C;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:white;"></span> <span style="color:white;"></span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">2:03</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">4,140</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">59–100–1</span> || style=";" |<span style="color:#002B5C;">L2</span> |-

Detailed records

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

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

• Dave Stenhouse, Pitcher, Reserve in first game, Starter in second game

Farm system

<small>Syracuse affiliation shared with New York Mets</small>

References

External links

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