The 1962 Los Angeles Angels season was the 2nd season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 2nd in Los Angeles, and their 1st season playing their home games at Chávez Ravine. The Angels finished the season third in the American League with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses, ten games behind the World Series Champion New York Yankees. The 1962 Angels are one of only two expansion teams to achieve a winning record in its second season of existence in the history of Major League Baseball (the other is the 1999 Arizona Diamondbacks of the National League, who finished as NL West Champions at 100–62). The 1962 Angels was the first Angels team to reside at Dodger Stadium, called Chavez Ravine by the team.

Offseason October 19, 1961: Del Rice was released by the Angels.Del Rice page at Baseball-Reference November 27, 1961: Bo Belinsky was drafted by the Angels from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1961 rule 5 draft.Bo Belinsky page at Baseball Reference December 4, 1961: Ramón Hernández was purchased by the Angels from the Pittsburgh Pirates.Ramón Hernández page at Baseball Reference

Regular season On May 5, Bo Belinsky threw the first no-hitter in the history of the Angels and the first one at Dodger Stadium, beating the Baltimore Orioles 2–0.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions September 8, 1962: Art Fowler was released by the Angels.Art Fowler page at Baseball-Reference

Roster 1962 Los Angeles Angels Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders 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 Buck Rodgers 155 565 146 .258 6 61 1B 160 583 169 .290 26 104 2B 160 659 186 .282 17 74 SS Joe Koppe 128 375 85 .227 4 40 3B 127 451 117 .259 11 74 LF 160 612 164 .268 37 107 CF 160 614 160 .261 5 42 RF George Thomas 56 181 43 .238 4 12

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 Earl Averill Jr. 92 187 41 .219 4 22 Jim Fregosi 58 175 51 .291 3 23 Steve Bilko 64 164 47 .287 8 38 Tom Burgess 87 143 28 .196 2 13 Eddie Yost 52 104 25 .240 0 10 19 64 17 .266 4 14 Ed Sadowski 27 55 11 .200 1 3 Gordie Windhorn 40 45 8 .178 0 1 Marlan Coughtry 11 22 4 .182 0 2 Billy Consolo 28 20 2 .100 0 0 Tom Satriano 10 19 8 .421 2 6 Frank Leja 7 16 0 .000 0 0 Gene Leek 7 14 2 .143 0 0 13 11 2 .182 1 1 Dick Simpson 6 8 2 .250 0 1 Chuck Tanner 7 8 1 .125 0 0 Ed Kirkpatrick 3 6 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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 33 187.1 10 11 3.56 145 40 176.1 8 9 4.54 90 Don Lee 27 153.1 8 8 3.11 74 24 149.1 11 5 3.50 83 34 139.0 9 8 4.40 52 Bobby Darwin 1 3.1 0 1 10.80 6

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 50 206.2 14 10 2.96 127 George Witt 5 10.0 1 1 8.10 10 Fred Newman 4 6.1 0 1 9.95 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 48 5 2 9 2.91 29 Jack Spring 57 4 2 6 4.02 31 48 4 3 5 2.81 38 42 2 9 8 4.42 74 35 2 1 2 3.43 24 Dan Osinski 33 6 4 4 2.82 44 Jim Donohue 12 1 0 0 3.70 14 Julio Navarro 9 1 1 0 4.70 11 Joe Nuxhall 5 0 0 0 10.13 2

Awards and honors Bill Rigney, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year

Farm system

Notes

References 1962 Los Angeles Angels team page at Baseball Reference 1962 Los Angeles Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com