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1962 Chicago White Sox season

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{{Infobox baseball team season

|name=Chicago White Sox

|season=1962

|misc=

|league=American League

|ballpark=White Sox Park

|city=Chicago

|owners=Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn

|general_managers=Ed Short

|managers=Al López

|television=WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)

|radio=WCFL
(Bob Elson, Milo Hamilton)

|}}

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 of 85–77, good enough for fifth place in the American League, 11 games behind the first-place New York Yankees.

Offseason

  • November 27, 1961: Minnie Miñoso was traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joe Cunningham.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/minosmi01.shtml Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference]
  • November 28, 1961: Roy Sievers was traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for Charley Smith and John Buzhardt.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithch04.shtml Charley Smith page at Baseball Reference]
  • March 24, 1962: Andy Carey was traded by the White Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Ramón Conde and Jim Koranda (minors).[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/condera01.shtml Ramón Conde page at Baseball Reference]
  • Prior to 1962 season: Future basketball star Dave DeBusschere was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/debusda01.shtml Dave DeBusschere page at Baseball Reference]

Regular season

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

= Opening Day lineup =

= Season standings =

{{1962 American League standings}}

= Record vs. opponents =

{{1962 AL Record vs. opponents|team=CWS}}

= Roster =

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colspan="10" style="background:black; color:white; text-align:center;"|1962 Chicago White Sox
colspan="10" style="background:black; color:white; text-align:center;"|Roster
valign="top"|Pitchers

{{MLBplayer|38|Frank Baumann}}

{{MLBplayer|30|John Buzhardt}}

{{MLBplayer|22|Dave DeBusschere}}

{{MLBplayer|36|Mike DeGerick}}

{{MLBplayer|28|Eddie Fisher}}

{{MLBplayer|21|Ray Herbert}}

{{MLBplayer|20|Joe Horlen}}

{{MLBplayer|23|Mike Joyce}}

{{MLBplayer|44|Russ Kemmerer}}

{{MLBplayer|29|Frank Kreutzer}}

{{MLBplayer|27|Turk Lown}}

{{MLBplayer|23|Gary Peters}}

{{MLBplayer|32|Juan Pizarro}}

{{MLBplayer|18|Herb Score}}

{{MLBplayer|44|Dean Stone}}

{{MLBplayer|41|Verle Tiefenthaler}}

{{MLBplayer|24|Early Wynn}}

{{MLBplayer|19|Dom Zanni}}

|style="width:25px;"|

|valign="top"|Catchers

{{MLBplayer|45|Cam Carreon}}

{{MLBplayer|10|Sherm Lollar}}

{{MLBplayer|12|J. C. Martin}}

{{MLBplayer|31|Bob Roselli}}

Infielders

{{MLBplayer|11|Luis Aparicio}}

{{MLBplayer| 9|Ramón Conde}}

{{MLBplayer| 5|Joe Cunningham}}

{{MLBplayer|14|Sammy Esposito}}

{{MLBplayer| 7|Bob Farley}}

{{MLBplayer| 2|Nellie Fox}}

{{MLBplayer|20,50|Deacon Jones}}

{{MLBplayer|25|Dick Kenworthy}}

{{MLBplayer|15|Bob Sadowski}}

{{MLBplayer|16|Al Smith}}

{{MLBplayer| 9|Charley Smith}}

{{MLBplayer| 6|Al Weis}}

|style="width:25px;"|

|valign="top"|Outfielders

{{MLBplayer| 4|Ken Berry}}

{{MLBplayer|40|Mike Hershberger}}

{{MLBplayer| 1|Jim Landis}}

{{MLBplayer| 7|Charlie Maxwell}}

{{MLBplayer| 8|Brian McCall}}

{{MLBplayer| 3|Floyd Robinson}}

|style="width:25px;"|

|valign="top"|Manager

{{MLBplayer|42|Al López}}

Coaches

{{MLBplayer|37|Ray Berres}}

{{MLBplayer|34|Johnny Cooney}}

{{MLBplayer|33|Tony Cuccinello}}

{{MLBplayer|39|Don Gutteridge}}

Player stats

style="background:#DDFFDD; border:1px solid #aaa; width:2em;"|

| = Indicates league leader

= 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

class="wikitable sortable"
style="width:24%;"|Player

! style="width:6%;"|G

! style="width:6%;"|AB

! style="width:6%;"|R

! style="width:6%;"|H

! style="width:6%;"|2B

! style="width:6%;"|3B

! style="width:6%;"|HR

! style="width:6%;"|RBI

! style="width:6%;"|BB

! style="width:6%;"|SO

! style="width:6%;"|AVG

! style="width:6%;"|SB

Luis Aparicio, SS

|153

|581

|72

|140

|23

|5

|7

|40

|32

|36

|.241

|style="background:#DDFFDD;|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

|style="background:#DDFFDD;|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

class="wikitable sortable"
style="width:24%;"|Player

! style="width:6%;"|G

! style="width:6%;"|AB

! style="width:6%;"|R

! style="width:6%;"|H

! style="width:6%;"|2B

! style="width:6%;"|3B

! style="width:6%;"|HR

! style="width:6%;"|RBI

! style="width:6%;"|BB

! style="width:6%;"|SO

! style="width:6%;"|AVG

! style="width:6%;"|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

class="sortbottom"

|{{center|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

class="wikitable sortable"
style="width:20%;"|Player

! style="width:5%;"|W

! style="width:5%;"|L

! style="width:5%;"|ERA

! style="width:5%;"|G

! style="width:5%;"|GS

! style="width:5%;"|SV

! style="width:5%;"|IP

! style="width:5%;"|H

! style="width:5%;"|R

! style="width:5%;"|ER

! style="width:5%;"|HR

! style="width:5%;"|BB

! style="width:5%;"|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

class="sortbottom"

|{{center|Team Totals}}

|85

|77

|3.73

|162

|162

|28

|1451.2

|1380

|658

|602

|123

|575

|821

Farm system

{{See also|Minor League Baseball}}

{{MLB Farm System|level15=AAA|team15=Indianapolis Indians|league15=American Association|manager15=Luke Appling

|level16=A|team16=Savannah/Lynchburg White Sox|league16=Sally League|manager16=Les Moss

|level17=C|team17=Visalia White Sox|league17=California League|manager17=Dick Kinaman

|level18=D|team18=Harlan Smokies|league18=Appalachian League|manager18=Chips Sobek and Lamar North

|level19=D|team19=Sarasota Sun Sox|league19=Florida State League|manager19=George Noga

|level20=D|team20=Clinton C-Sox|league20=Midwest League|manager20=Ira Hutchinson

}}

Savannah franchise moved to Lynchburg, August 26, 1962; Harlan affiliation shared with New York YankeesJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

Notes

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1962.shtml 1962 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference]

{{1962 MLB season by team}}

{{Chicago White Sox}}

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