1962 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1962 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 80th season for the National League franchise. The Phillies finished the season in seventh place in the newly expanded National League with a record of 81–80, a dramatic improvement of 30½ games over the 47–107 mark of the previous season. Gene Mauch managed the Phillies, who played their home games at Connie Mack Stadium.

1962 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr.
General manager(s)John J. Quinn
Manager(s)Gene Mauch
Local televisionWFIL
Local radioWFIL
(By Saam, Claude Haring, Frank Sims)
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Offseason

Spring training

The Phillies had sold pitcher Robin Roberts to the New York Yankees shortly after the 1961 season. On February 6, 1962, the Phillies announced that Roberts' uniform number 36 would be retired by the team on March 21, 1962, when the Yankees would visit Clearwater to play the Phillies in a spring training game. It was the first uniform number to be retired by the organization and only the second time (after the Yankees retired Babe Ruth's number 3) that a uniform number was retired while the player was still active.[5] Roberts started for the Yankees in the spring game, gave up four runs in three innings, and was the winning pitcher in the game as the Yankees won 13–10.[6]

Regular season

'Phillies Special' Rail Accident

The Pennsylvania Railroad ran a line from Harrisburg to Philadelphia that often carried fans from central Pennsylvania to games at Connie Mack Stadium. It was advertised on Phillies radio broadcasts as the "Phillies Special". At 5:07 PM on July 28, 1962, en route to the Phillies 8:05 PM game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, four cars of Pennsylvania Railroad’s Extra 4878 East derailed 3.7 miles east of Harrisburg at Steelton, Pennsylvania. Three of the cars toppled down a 30-foot embankment to the Susquehanna River. There were 19 fatalities and 119 were injured. The following day, on Sunday, July 29, 1962 at Connie Mack, the Phillies honored the victims with a moment of silence prior to the game's start.[7] The Pennsylvania Railroad would later report the track was out of alignment.[8]

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 10362 0.624 — 61–21 42–41
Los Angeles Dodgers 10263 0.618 1 54–29 48–34
Cincinnati Reds 9864 0.605 3½ 58–23 40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 9368 0.578 8 51–30 42–38
Milwaukee Braves 8676 0.531 15½ 49–32 37–44
St. Louis Cardinals 8478 0.519 17½ 44–37 40–41
Philadelphia Phillies 8180 0.503 20 46–34 35–46
Houston Colt .45s 6496 0.400 36½ 32–48 32–48
Chicago Cubs 59103 0.364 42½ 32–49 27–54
New York Mets 40120 0.250 60½ 22–58 18–62

Record vs. opponents
1962 National League Records

Sources:
Team CHC CIN HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago —4–147–114–148–109–910–84–146–127–11
Cincinnati 14–4—13–59–913–513–58–1013–57–118–10
Houston 11–75–13—6–127–1113–3–11–175–137–119–9–1
Los Angeles 14–49–912–6—10–816–214–410–810–117–11
Milwaukee 10–85–1311–78–10—12–611–710–87–1112–6
New York 9–95–133–13–12–166–12—4–142–164–145–13
Philadelphia 8–1010–817–14–147–1114–4—7–105–139–9
Pittsburgh 14–45–1313–58–108–1016–210–7—7–1112–6
San Francisco 12–611–711–711–1011–714–413–511–7—9–9
St. Louis 11–710–89–9–111–76–1213–59–96–129–9—

Opening Day lineup

Tony Taylor, 2B[9]
Johnny Callison, RF[9]
Tony González, CF[9]
Roy Sievers, 1B[9]
Wes Covington, LF[9]
Don Demeter, 3B[9]
Clay Dalrymple, C[9]
Rubén Amaro, SS[9]
Art Mahaffey, P[9]

Notable transactions
  • September 12, 1962: Johnny Briggs was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.[10]

Game log
Legend
 Phillies win
 Phillies loss
 Postponement
BoldPhillies team member
1962 Game Log[11]
Overall Record: 81–80

Roster
1962 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
1BRoy Sievers144477125.2622180

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
John Herrnstein651.20001

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

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

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
Jack Baldschun67127132.9695

Awards and honors

All-Stars

1962 Major League Baseball All-Star Game -first game

1962 Major League Baseball All-Star Game -second game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers American Association Dick Littlefield and Ray Murray
AAA Buffalo Bisons International League Kerby Farrell
A Williamsport Grays Eastern League Frank Lucchesi
C Bakersfield Bears California League Bob Wellman
C Magic Valley Cowboys Pioneer League Jack Phillips
D Dothan Phillies Alabama–Florida League Moose Johnson
D Miami Marlins Florida State League Andy Seminick

Dallas-Fort Worth affiliation shared with Los Angeles Angels[27]

Notes
  1. Choo-Choo Coleman at Baseball-Reference
  2. Bob Smith at Baseball-Reference
  3. Charley Smith at Baseball Reference
  4. Rubén Gómez at Baseball Reference
  5. "Roberts is 'Retired'". St. Petersburg Times. February 7, 1962. p. 3-C.
  6. John Drebinger (March 22, 1962). "Yanks' Two Homers Help Beat Phils, 13–10; Mets 1–0 Victors Over Tigers". New York Times.
  7. Fitzpatrick, Frank (January 17, 2020). "'Phillies Special': A train crash 57½ years ago remains the worst Philly sports tragedy". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  8. "19 Killed on U.S. Baseball Special; Track Believed Out of Alignment". Globe and Mail. Toronto. July 30, 1962. p. 1.
  9. "Apr 9, 1962, Phillies at Reds Box Score and Play by Play". baseball-reference.com. sports-reference.com. April 9, 1962. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  10. Johnny Briggs at Baseball Reference
  11. "1962 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits". Baseball-Reference.com.
  12. Jordan, Jimmy (April 12, 1962). "Pirates Rained Out, To Head for New York: Murtaugh Plans Polo Grounds Drill; Sturdivant Faces Mets on Friday". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 33. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  13. "Major Leagues". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 16, 1962. p. 21. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  14. "Baseball". The Gazette. Montreal. April 18, 1962. p. 28. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  15. "The Nutshell". Milwaukee Sentinel. April 24, 1962. p. 3, part 2. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  16. Thisted, Red (May 2, 1962). "Cold Idles Braves; Lew Sent Home". Milwaukee Sentinel. pp. 6 and 10, part 2. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  17. Thisted, Red (May 3, 1962). "Is McMahon Next to Go?". Milwaukee Sentinel. pp. 2 and 5, part 2. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  18. Wolf, Bob (May 3, 1962). "Aaron, Sievers in 'Worst' Slumps". Milwaukee Journal. pp. 16–17, part 2. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  19. "Major Leagues". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 7, 1962. p. 27. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  20. "Spahn Wins 312th, Musial Sets Record". The Gazette. Montreal. Associated Press (AP). May 7, 1962. p. 22. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  21. "Major Leagues". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 6, 1962. p. 23. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  22. "Scoreboard: National League". The Gazette. Montreal. June 21, 1962. p. 24. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  23. Thisted, Red (August 4, 1962). "Braves, Phils Play Two Here Today After Washout". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 2, part 2. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  24. "Phillies Make It 13 in Row Over Houston". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press (AP). August 21, 1962. p. 3, part 2. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  25. Hernon, Jack (September 3, 1962). "Bucs-Phils Final Game Rained Out: Pirates to Face Mets in Holiday Pair Here Today". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 53. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  26. "Major Leagues". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. September 20, 1962. p. 34. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  27. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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