The 1962 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing seventh in the American League with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses.

Offseason October 9, 1961: Dave Philley was released by the Orioles.Dave Philley page at Baseball Reference November 16, 1961: Harry Chiti, Ray Barker and Art Kay (minors) were traded by the Orioles to the Cleveland Indians for Johnny Temple.Harry Chiti page at Baseball Reference November 27, 1961: 1961 rule 5 draft Bo Belinsky was drafted from the Orioles by the Los Angeles Angels.Bo Belinsky page at Baseball Reference John Anderson was drafted from the Orioles by the St. Louis Cardinals.John Anderson page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 24, 1962: Darrell Johnson was signed by Orioles as a free agent.Darrell Johnson transactions at Baseball-Reference May 9, 1962: Marv Throneberry was sold by the Orioles to the New York Mets.Flurry of trades as Majors cut their rosters June 7, 1962 The New York Mets sell Hobie Landrith to the Orioles. June 19, 1962: Mark Belanger was signed as an amateur free agent by the Orioles.Mark Belanger page at Baseball-Reference August 11, 1962: Johnny Temple was acquired from the Orioles by the Houston Colt .45s in exchange for cash.Johnny Temple transactions at Baseball-Reference September 7, 1962: Hal Brown was acquired from the Orioles by the New York Yankees in exchange for cash.Hal Brown transactions at Baseball-Reference

Roster 1962 Baltimore Orioles Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader

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 C 66 207 33 .159 6 23 1B 152 545 137 .251 33 87 2B 78 270 71 .263 1 17 3B 162 634 192 .303 23 86 SS 139 538 153 .284 11 48 LF 124 400 97 .243 15 53 CF 143 505 129 .255 19 75 RF 99 263 70 .266 7 35

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 139 416 127 .305 9 40 95 240 59 .246 2 18 81 197 58 .294 6 37 71 196 34 .173 3 17 82 178 44 .247 1 18 97 173 30 .173 9 15 60 167 37 .222 4 17 29 63 18 .286 1 4 21 24 6 .250 1 1 6 22 4 .182 0 1 8 21 5 .238 0 3 8 21 3 .143 0 2 9 9 0 .000 0 0 5 9 2 .222 0 0 2 6 2 .333 0 1 6 4 0 .000 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

= Indicates league leader

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 34 223.1 9 17 3.83 165 35 205.1 12 10 4.03 130 27 191.1 10 9 2.78 102 32 152.0 7 9 5.09 81 28 140.1 9 6 3.46 89 7 27.1 2 2 5.93 18 1 9.0 1 0 0.00 4

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 22 85.2 6 4 4.10 25 2 10.0 1 1 0.90 4

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 52 7 10 15 1.94 90 57 4 8 7 4.59 73 53 3 2 3 4.43 34 43 6 6 6 2.28 71 10 0 1 0 2.70 7 6 0 0 0 1.86 2 5 0 0 0 15.75 3 1 0 0 0 27.00 0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bluefield

Notes

References

1962 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference 1962 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com