1962 Chicago White Sox season

The 1962 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 62nd season in the major leagues, and its 63rd season overall. They finished with a record 85–77, good enough for fifth place in the American League, 11 games behind the first-place New York Yankees.

1962 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
White Sox Park (since 1910) Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
General manager(s)	Ed Short
Manager(s)	Al López
Local television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
Local radio	WCFL (Bob Elson, Milo Hamilton)
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Offseason

• November 27, 1961: Minnie Miñoso was traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joe Cunningham.[1]
• November 28, 1961: Roy Sievers was traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for Charley Smith and John Buzhardt.[2]
• March 24, 1962: Andy Carey was traded by the White Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Ramón Conde and Jim Koranda (minors).[3]
• Prior to 1962 season: Future basketball star Dave DeBusschere was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.[4]

Regular season

• April 22, 1962: Dave DeBusschere made his major league baseball debut in a game against the Kansas City Athletics.[4] He pitched one inning and gave up one walk.

Opening Day lineup

• Luis Aparicio, SS
• Nellie Fox, 2B
• Joe Cunningham, 1B
• Floyd Robinson, RF
• Al Smith, LF
• Mike Hershberger, CF
• Charley Smith, 3B
• Sherm Lollar, C
• Juan Pizarro, P

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	96	66	0.593	—	50–30	46–36
Minnesota Twins	91	71	0.562	5	45–36	46–35
Los Angeles Angels	86	76	0.531	10	40–41	46–35
Detroit Tigers	85	76	0.528	10½	49–33	36–43
Chicago White Sox	85	77	0.525	11	43–38	42–39
Cleveland Indians	80	82	0.494	16	43–38	37–44
Baltimore Orioles	77	85	0.475	19	44–38	33–47
Boston Red Sox	76	84	0.475	19	39–40	37–44
Kansas City Athletics	72	90	0.444	24	39–42	33–48
Washington Senators	60	101	0.373	35½	27–53	33–48

Record vs. opponents

1962 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	WSH
Baltimore	—	8–10	9–9	11–7	2–16	10–8	8–10	6–12	11–7	12–6
Boston	10–8	—	8–10	7–11	11–6	10–8	6–12	10–8	6–12	8–9
Chicago	9–9	10–8	—	12–6	9–9	9–9	10–8	8–10	8–10	10–8
Cleveland	7–11	11–7	6–12	—	10–8	11–7	9–9	6–12	11–7	9–9
Detroit	16–2	6–11	9–9	8–10	—	12–6	11–7	5–13	7–11	11–7
Kansas City	8–10	8–10	9–9	7–11	6–12	—	6–12	8–10	5–13	15–3
Los Angeles	10–8	12–6	8–10	9–9	7–11	12–6	—	9–9	8–10	11–7
Minnesota	12–6	8–10	10–8	12–6	13–5	10–8	9–9	—	7–11	10–8–1
New York	7–11	12–6	10–8	7–11	11–7	13–5	10–8	11–7	—	15–3
Washington	6–12	9–8	8–10	9–9	7–11	3–15	7–11	8–10–1	3–15	—

Roster

1962 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 38 Frank Baumann 30 John Buzhardt 22 Dave DeBusschere 36 Mike DeGerick 28 Eddie Fisher 21 Ray Herbert 20 Joe Horlen 23 Mike Joyce 44 Russ Kemmerer 29 Frank Kreutzer 27 Turk Lown 23 Gary Peters 32 Juan Pizarro 18 Herb Score 44 Dean Stone 41 Verle Tiefenthaler 24 Early Wynn 19 Dom Zanni		Catchers 45 Cam Carreon 10 Sherm Lollar 12 J. C. Martin 31 Bob Roselli Infielders 11 Luis Aparicio  9 Ramón Conde  5 Joe Cunningham 14 Sammy Esposito  7 Bob Farley  2 Nellie Fox 20,50 Deacon Jones 25 Dick Kenworthy 15 Bob Sadowski 16 Al Smith  9 Charley Smith  6 Al Weis		Outfielders  4 Ken Berry 40 Mike Hershberger  1 Jim Landis  7 Charlie Maxwell  8 Brian McCall  3 Floyd Robinson		Manager 42 Al López Coaches 37 Ray Berres 34 Johnny Cooney 33 Tony Cuccinello 39 Don Gutteridge

Player stats

Batting

Note: G=Games played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs scored; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home runs; RBI=Runs batted in; BB=Base on balls; SO=Strikeouts; AVG=Batting average; SB=Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Luis Aparicio, SS	153	581	72	140	23	5	7	40	32	36	.241	31
Ken Berry, OF	3	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	0
Cam Carreon, C	106	313	31	80	19	1	4	37	33	37	.256	1
Ramón Conde, 3B	14	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	.000	0
Joe Cunningham, 1B, RF	149	526	91	155	32	7	8	70	101	59	.295	3
Sammy Esposito, SS, 3B	75	81	14	19	1	0	0	4	17	13	.235	0
Bob Farley, 1B	35	53	7	10	1	1	1	4	13	13	.189	0
Nellie Fox, 2B	157	621	79	166	27	7	2	54	38	12	.267	1
Mike Hershberger, RF, CF	148	427	54	112	14	2	4	46	37	36	.262	10
Deacon Jones, 1B	18	28	3	9	2	0	0	8	4	6	.321	0
Dick Kenworthy, 2B	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Jim Landis, CF	149	534	82	122	21	6	15	61	80	105	.228	19
Sherm Lollar, C	84	220	17	59	12	0	2	26	32	23	.268	1
J. C. Martin, C	18	26	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	.077	0
Charlie Maxwell, LF, RF, 1B	69	206	30	61	8	3	9	43	34	32	.296	0
Brian McCall, CF	4	8	2	3	0	0	2	3	0	2	.375	0
Floyd Robinson, LF, RF	156	600	89	187	45	10	11	109	72	47	.312	4
Bob Roselli, C	35	64	4	12	3	1	1	5	11	15	.188	1
Bob Sadowski, 3B, 2B	79	130	22	30	3	3	6	24	13	22	.231	0
Al Smith, 3B, LF	142	511	62	149	23	8	16	82	57	60	.292	3
Charley Smith, 3B	65	145	11	30	4	0	2	17	9	32	.207	0
Al Weis, SS	7	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	.083	1

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Frank Baumann, P	40	30	3	8	2	1	0	4	6	9	.267	0
John Buzhardt, P	28	51	2	6	0	0	0	1	2	22	.118	0
Eddie Fisher, P	57	46	2	6	2	1	0	2	2	12	.130	0
Ray Herbert, P	35	82	6	16	5	0	2	9	5	16	.195	0
Joe Horlen, P	20	38	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	11	.053	0
Mike Joyce, P	25	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.429	0
Russ Kemmerer, P	20	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	0
Turk Lown, P	42	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Juan Pizarro, P	37	69	10	11	1	0	0	5	4	17	.159	0
Dean Stone, P	27	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	0
Early Wynn, P	27	54	5	7	1	0	0	2	7	17	.130	0
Dom Zanni, P	44	18	2	5	0	0	0	3	3	3	.278	1
Team totals	162	5514	707	1415	250	56	92	662	620	674	.257	76

Pitching

Note: W=Wins; L=Losses; ERA=Earned run average; G=Games pitched; GS=Games started; SV=Saves; IP=Innings pitched; H=Hits allowed; R=Runs allowed; ER=Earned runs allowed; HR=Home runs allowed; BB=Walks allowed; K=Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Frank Baumann	7	6	3.38	40	10	4	119.2	117	46	45	10	41	55
John Buzhardt	8	12	4.19	28	25	0	152.1	156	75	71	16	62	64
Dave DeBusschere	0	0	2.00	12	0	0	18.0	5	7	4	1	24	8
Mike DeGerick	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Eddie Fisher	9	5	3.10	57	12	5	182.2	169	74	63	17	46	88
Ray Herbert	20	9	3.27	35	35	0	236.2	228	90	86	13	78	115
Joe Horlen	7	6	4.89	20	19	0	108.2	108	62	59	10	45	63
Mike Joyce	2	1	3.32	25	1	2	43.1	40	17	16	2	16	9
Russ Kemmerer	2	1	3.86	20	0	0	28.0	30	14	12	3	12	17
Frank Kreutzer	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Turk Lown	4	2	3.04	42	0	6	56.1	58	21	19	3	30	40
Gary Peters	0	1	5.68	5	0	0	6.1	8	5	4	0	1	4
Juan Pizarro	12	14	3.81	36	32	1	203.1	182	97	86	16	100	173
Herb Score	0	0	4.50	4	0	0	6.0	6	3	3	1	4	3
Dean Stone	1	0	3.26	27	0	5	30.1	28	11	11	3	11	23
Verle Tiefenthaler	0	0	9.82	3	0	0	3.2	6	4	4	1	7	1
Early Wynn	7	15	4.46	27	26	0	167.2	171	90	83	15	62	91
Dom Zanni	6	5	3.75	44	2	5	86.1	67	42	36	12	34	66
Team totals	85	77	3.73	162	162	28	1451.2	1380	658	602	123	575	821

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	American Association	Luke Appling
A	Savannah/Lynchburg White Sox	Sally League	Les Moss
C	Visalia White Sox	California League	Dick Kinaman
D	Harlan Smokies	Appalachian League	Chips Sobek and Lamar North
D	Sarasota Sun Sox	Florida State League	George Noga
D	Clinton C-Sox	Midwest League	Ira Hutchinson

Savannah franchise moved to Lynchburg, August 26, 1962; Harlan affiliation shared with New York Yankees[5]

Notes

1. Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference
2. Charley Smith page at Baseball Reference
3. Ramón Conde page at Baseball Reference
4. Dave DeBusschere page at Baseball Reference
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

External links

• 1962 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference