Kansas City Athletics History - 1962 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1962 Kansas City Athletics	80	82	.494	4^th	8.5	75-87	5	.241	3.36			2,608,924	$47,281,739	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Jack Roosevelt Robinson Award	Jimmy Barrett	1
Ozzie Award	Jimmy Barrett (CF)	1
All-Star	Jimmy Barrett, Bill Russell	2
Rookie of the Month	Jimmy Barrett (Aug)	1
Player of the Week	Paul O'Neill (Apr 16), Bill Russell (May 7), Jimmy Barrett (Aug 27)	3

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
2B	Red Schoendienst	28	155	561	151	37	5	8	67	53	45	6	1	8	34	3	0	.269	.326	.396	.722	2.8	112
RF	Paul O'Neill	34	147	541	119	27	6	16	60	61	60	2	0	5	78	0	3	.220	.298	.381	.678	1.2	99
CF	Jimmy Barrett	23	139	513	141	15	1	10	45	82	75	4	4	2	81	39	16	.275	.370	.366	.737	5.2	118
LF	George J Burns	23	142	475	123	32	1	1	35	52	36	6	4	4	65	26	10	.259	.317	.337	.654	1.7	93
SS	Bill Russell	33	121	405	113	23	4	0	40	48	27	5	1	4	36	1	2	.279	.329	.356	.684	2.5	102
C	Jerry May	26	109	383	91	28	1	4	34	27	27	0	0	2	64	0	0	.238	.286	.347	.634	1.7	86
3B	Tim Hendryx	22	109	355	86	25	2	4	37	36	35	3	10	1	48	3	3	.242	.315	.358	.672	1.1	98
1B	Hal Trosky Sr	32	114	325	75	20	1	5	43	37	35	3	0	9	46	0	0	.231	.304	.345	.648	0.3	91
1B	George C Scott	23	111	304	69	8	6	12	38	37	21	5	0	0	49	1	0	.227	.288	.411	.699	0.6	104
3B	Pepper Martin	35	83	269	67	15	2	0	21	21	16	2	0	0	75	2	2	.249	.296	.320	.616	0.3	82
LF	Garret Anderson	21	91	246	63	13	1	10	37	24	6	0	0	5	31	0	1	.256	.268	.439	.708	0.1	105
C	Harry Danning	24	62	202	49	8	1	4	17	17	10	4	2	0	29	0	0	.243	.292	.351	.643	1.2	89
SS	Mark Grudzielanek	29	77	190	42	6	0	4	19	10	8	4	0	0	27	0	0	.221	.267	.316	.583	0.4	71
CF	Denard Span	28	48	161	39	8	1	0	6	19	9	1	0	0	17	3	2	.242	.287	.304	.591	0.3	74
3B	Bill Almon	35	66	89	18	7	1	0	10	5	6	0	0	0	28	0	0	.202	.253	.303	.556	0.0	63
P	Billy Pierce	26	32	67	15	3	0	1	2	7	3	0	18	0	16	0	0	.224	.257	.313	.571	-0.3	68
P	Milt Pappas	21	32	73	11	2	0	1	8	6	1	0	10	1	37	0	0	.151	.160	.219	.379	-0.7	11
P	A J Burnett	33	31	73	4	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	10	0	31	0	0	.055	.092	.055	.147	-1.3	-56
P	Luis Tiant, Jr.	25	31	64	11	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	13	1	29	0	0	.172	.182	.188	.369	-0.7	9
P	Kevin Gross	24	22	51	8	2	0	0	2	3	2	0	7	0	23	0	0	.157	.189	.196	.385	-0.5	14
P	Joel Pineiro	28	27	28	1	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	18	0	0	.036	.129	.036	.165	-0.4	-49
2B	Brian Roberts	24	15	21	5	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	.238	.273	.333	.606	-0.0	78
P	Ossie Orwoll	26	58	8	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	0.2	228
P	Skinny Graham	25	46	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Jack Taschner	30	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	-0.0	60
25 Players		27.4	1891	5410	1305	280	34	80	524	557	433	45	81	42	869	79	40	.241	.301	.350	.651	15.8	91
AL Rank				5	4	2	5	6	6	5	4	5	2	2	3	2	2	4	5	6	5	6
ABBA Rank				11	10	3	8	12	12	11	10	11	4	7	7	6	5	10	11	12	11	11

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Billy Pierce	26	32	32	13	16	0	3.50	241.7	221	102	94	19	70	178	0	12	4	1.20	.285	4.6	96
Milt Pappas	21	32	32	16	12	0	3.20	239.3	225	100	85	15	88	130	0	10	0	1.31	.277	3.0	106
A J Burnett	33	31	31	11	13	0	3.30	229.0	192	95	84	14	111	148	0	10	3	1.32	.259	2.0	102
Luis Tiant, Jr.	25	31	31	8	17	0	3.58	226.0	218	103	90	20	88	147	0	4	0	1.35	.282	2.0	94
Kevin Gross	24	22	22	12	5	0	3.09	160.0	131	59	55	11	45	101	0	6	1	1.10	.253	2.4	109
Joel Pineiro	28	27	14	5	9	0	5.37	109.0	128	65	65	18	24	33	0	0	0	1.39	.283	-0.8	63
Ossie Orwoll	26	58	0	6	7	32	2.43	89.0	69	27	24	6	29	91	5	0	0	1.10	.281	2.0	139
Skinny Graham	25	46	0	1	2	1	2.99	69.3	53	28	23	4	39	19	0	0	0	1.33	.219	-0.6	113
Joe Krakauskas	31	37	0	7	0	3	1.50	48.0	36	9	8	3	20	36	5	0	0	1.17	.244	0.4	225
Jack Taschner	30	23	0	1	1	1	2.97	36.3	33	16	12	3	17	15	0	0	0	1.38	.248	-0.3	114
10 Pitchers	26.3	339	162	80	82	37	3.36	1447.7	1306	604	540	113	531	898	10	42	8	1.27	.270	14.7	105
AL Rank		5	3	4	3	4	5	6	3	5	3	5	6	2	1	4	4	5	3	5
ABBA Rank		10	3	7	6	4	5	11	3	5	3	5	9	4	4	5	5	7	4	8

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Pierce	32	32	19	30	3	51	2	.961	241.7	1.82	0.2
M. Pappas	32	32	21	29	2	51	1	.980	239.3	1.88	0.2
A. Burnett	31	31	17	21	3	40	2	.950	229.0	1.49	0.2
L. Tiant, Jr.	31	31	23	24	2	49	2	.959	226.0	1.87	0.7
K. Gross	22	22	10	20	1	31	1	.968	160.0	1.69	0.3
J. Pineiro	27	14	17	13	0	33	3	.909	109.0	2.48	0.4
O. Orwoll	58	0	7	6	0	14	1	.929	89.0	1.31	-0.1
S. Graham	46	0	7	8	1	16	1	.938	69.3	1.95	0.9
J. Krakauskas	37	0	4	4	0	8	0	1.000	48.0	1.50	-0.1
J. Taschner	23	0	3	5	0	8	0	1.000	36.3	1.98	-0.1
Totals	339	162	128	160	12	301	13	.957	1447.7	1.79	2.5

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
J. May	109	108	642	52	17	700	6	.991	966.3	6.46	1.4	8	36.0
H. Danning	57	54	293	22	0	315	0	1.000	481.3	5.89	1.6	2	42.9
Totals	166	162	935	74	17	1015	6	.994	1447.7	6.27	2.9	10	37.9

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
H. Trosky Sr	87	86	737	70	70	817	10	.988	759.0	9.57	-1.6
G. Scott	78	69	623	64	56	698	11	.984	626.3	9.87	-3.5
B. Almon	9	7	67	5	7	73	1	.986	62.3	10.40	0.1
Totals	174	162	1427	139	133	1588	22	.986	1447.7	9.74	-4.9

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Schoendienst	154	152	325	464	111	797	8	.990	1354.0	5.24	-4.5
B. Russell	8	7	12	22	4	34	0	1.000	59.0	5.19	-0.2
B. Roberts	5	3	2	8	2	11	1	.909	29.3	3.07	-0.6
M. Grudzielanek	4	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	5.3	3.38	-0.0
Totals	171	162	339	496	117	844	9	.989	1447.7	5.19	-5.3

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Hendryx	91	89	51	165	18	228	12	.947	784.0	2.48	-2.2
P. Martin	70	65	40	111	12	159	8	.950	565.3	2.40	-2.9
B. Almon	30	8	5	21	3	26	0	1.000	97.3	2.40	1.1
B. Russell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	192	162	96	297	33	413	20	.952	1447.7	2.44	-4.1

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Russell	113	109	149	327	70	493	17	.966	951.7	4.50	-0.3
M. Grudzielanek	51	46	55	114	22	174	5	.971	407.7	3.73	-0.2
B. Almon	26	7	15	26	7	41	0	1.000	84.0	4.39	-0.1
B. Roberts	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	4.3	4.15	-0.0
Totals	194	162	221	467	99	710	22	.969	1447.7	4.28	-0.6

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Burns	119	111	248	5	3	258	5	.981	1003.3	2.27	3.9
G. Anderson	52	51	130	0	0	130	0	1.000	441.3	2.65	-2.2
T. Hendryx	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	172	162	378	5	3	388	5	.987	1447.7	2.38	1.7

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Barrett	129	126	322	18	5	346	6	.983	1146.0	2.67	9.4
D. Span	35	33	91	1	1	92	0	1.000	272.7	3.04	4.2
G. Anderson	3	3	4	0	0	5	1	.800	25.0	1.44	-2.4
T. Hendryx	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	4.0	2.25	-0.0
Totals	169	162	418	19	6	444	7	.984	1447.7	2.72	11.3

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
P. O'Neill	146	146	344	16	6	365	5	.986	1278.7	2.53	-1.1
D. Span	8	6	19	0	0	19	0	1.000	66.3	2.58	-3.4
J. Barrett	6	6	17	1	1	18	0	1.000	50.0	3.24	-0.3
G. Anderson	5	3	5	1	0	6	0	1.000	35.7	1.51	-1.6
G. Burns	3	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	11.0	1.64	-0.0
T. Hendryx	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	6.0	3.00	-0.0
Totals	171	162	389	18	7	412	5	.988	1447.7	2.53	-6.6

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Jimmy Barrett	.275
On-Base Percentage	Jimmy Barrett	.370
Slugging Percentage	Red Schoendienst	.396
OPS	Jimmy Barrett	.737
Games	Red Schoendienst	155
At-Bats	Red Schoendienst	561
Runs	Jimmy Barrett	82
Hits	Red Schoendienst	151
Doubles	Red Schoendienst	37
Triples	Paul O'Neill, George C Scott	6
Home Runs	Paul O'Neill	16
Runs Batted In	Red Schoendienst	67
Stolen Bases	Jimmy Barrett	39
Caught Stealing	Jimmy Barrett	16
Walks	Jimmy Barrett	75
Strikeouts	Jimmy Barrett	81

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Milt Pappas	16
Losses	Luis Tiant, Jr.	17
Saves	Ossie Orwoll	32
Games	Ossie Orwoll	58
Games Started	Billy Pierce, Milt Pappas	32
Complete Games	Billy Pierce	12
Shutouts	Billy Pierce	4
Innings Pitched	Billy Pierce	241.7
Hits Allowed	Milt Pappas	225
Home Runs Allowed	Luis Tiant, Jr.	20
Strikeouts	Billy Pierce	178
Walks Allowed	A J Burnett	111
Earned Run Average	Milt Pappas	3.20
Walks + Hits per IP	Billy Pierce	1.20
BABIP	A J Burnett	.259

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
July 16th	CF Denard Span	to the Boston Americans for	2B Brian Roberts 3rd Round Draft Pick