The 1962

1962 in baseball

The 1962 season is perhaps most notable for the dismal 40–120 record of the New York Mets, the third-worst winning percentage and the record for most games lost since 1900.-Major League Baseball:...

 Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...

 season was a season in American baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

. It involved the Red Sox finishing 8th in the American League

American League

The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...

 with a record of 76 wins and 84 losses.

Offseason

• October 20, 1961: Joe Ginsberg
  Joe Ginsberg
  Myron Nathan "Joe" Ginsberg was a catcher for the Detroit Tigers , Cleveland Indians , Kansas City Athletics , Baltimore Orioles , Chicago White Sox , Boston Red Sox , and New York Mets...
  
   was released by the Red Sox.
• March 24, 1962: Tom Borland
  Tom Borland
  Thomas Bruce "Spike" Borland is an American former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1960 through 1961 for the Boston Red Sox...
  
   was traded by the Red Sox to the Houston Colt .45s
  Houston Astros
  The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team located in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the National League Central division. The Astros are expected to join the American League West division in 2013. Since , they have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, known as Enron Field...
  
   for Dave Philley
  Dave Philley
  David Earl Philley is a former outfielder who played in Major League Baseball. A switch-hitter who threw right-handed, he debuted on September 6, and played his final game on August 6, . He was born in Paris, Texas....
  
  .

Regular season

Bill Monbouquette

Bill Monbouquette

William Charles Monbouquette is an American former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher...

 and Earl Wilson each threw no-hitter

No-hitter

A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...

s for the Red Sox. Monbouquette threw his no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox

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....

, while Wilson no-hit the Los Angeles Angels

1962 Los Angeles Angels season

The Los Angeles Angels season involved the Angels finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses.- Offseason :* October 19, 1961: Del Rice was released by the Angels....

.

On September 3, Don Gile

Don Gile

Donald Loren Gile is a former utility first baseman/catcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1959 through 1962 for the Boston Red Sox. Nicknamed "Bear" — he was listed at and — Gile batted and threw right-handed...

 hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.

Opening Day lineup

3	Pete Runnels Pete Runnels James Edward "Pete" Runnels was a Major League Baseball infielder who played for the Washington Senators , Boston Red Sox and Houston Colt .45s . He batted left-handed and threw right-handed....	1B
2	Chuck Schilling Chuck Schilling Charles Thomas Schilling is an American former second baseman in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox from 1961-65...	2B
7	Gary Geiger Gary Geiger Gary Merle Geiger was a major league outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, and Houston Astros from . He was born in Sand Ridge, Illinois. His offseason home while a major leaguer was Murphysboro, Illinois. His wife Lyn's parents were St...	CF
8	Carl Yastrzemski Carl Yastrzemski Carl Michael Yastrzemski is a former American Major League Baseball left fielder and first baseman. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989. Yastrzemski played his entire 23-year baseball career with the Boston Red Sox . He was primarily a left fielder, with part of his later career...	LF
11	Frank Malzone Frank Malzone Frank James Malzone is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and right-handed slugger who played for the Boston Red Sox and California Angels ....	3B
22	Russ Nixon Russ Nixon Russell Eugene Nixon is a former catcher, coach and manager in American Major League Baseball. A veteran of 55 years in professional baseball, Nixon has managed at virtually every level of the sport, from the lowest minor league to MLB assignments with the Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves...	C
16	Carroll Hardy Carroll Hardy Carroll William Hardy is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians , Boston Red Sox , Houston Colt .45s and Minnesota Twins...	RF
1	Eddie Bressoud Eddie Bressoud Edward Francis Bressoud is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played from through for the New York & San Francisco Giants , Boston Red Sox , New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals...	SS
37	Don Schwall Don Schwall Donald Bernard Schwall is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who played with the Boston Red Sox , Pittsburgh Pirates and Atlanta Braves ....	P

Notable transactions

• August 14, 1962: Dave Philley was released by the Red Sox.
• September 7, 1962: Galen Cisco
  Galen Cisco
  Galen Bernard Cisco is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between and . Listed at 6' 0", 200 lb., Cisco batted and threw right-handed...
  
   was selected off waivers from the Red Sox by the New York Mets
  New York Mets
  The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
  
  .

Roster

1962 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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		90	260	67	.258	11	37
1B		152	562	183	.326	10	60
2B		119	413	95	.230	7	35
3B		156	619	175	.283	21	95
SS		153	599	166	.277	14	68
LF		160	646	191	.296	19	94
CF		131	466	116	.249	16	54
RF		114	398	117	.294	18	75

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
	38	42	6	.143	0	4

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
	34	241.2	15	14	3.95	134
	35	235.1	15	13	3.33	153
	31	191.1	12	8	3.91	137
	17	86.1	4	5	3.75	49
	1	3.2	0	1	19.64	1

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
	23	83	4	7	6.72	43

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
	2	0	1	0	5.40	2

Farm system