1962 Kansas City Athletics

72-90 • 0.444 Win% • 9th in AL

📊 Season Record

72 Wins
90 Losses
0.444 Win %
9th Rank
745 R 837 RA
Diff -92

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⚡ Quick Stats

745 Runs Scored
837 Runs Allowed
-92 Run Diff
635K Attendance

📈 vs. 1962 AL Average

Batting Avg .263 3% above the 1962 league average (.254)
OBP .329 2% above the 1962 league average (.324)
SLG .325 4% below the 1962 league average (.338)
Team ERA 4.79 21% worse than the 1962 league average (3.97)
Runs Scored 745 4% above the 1962 league average (718 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMunicipal Stadium I
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 635,224
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Avg per Game 7,842

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Norm Siebern 0.308 2 Jerry Lumpe 0.301 3 Manny Jimenez 0.301 4 Ed Charles 0.288 5 Jose Tartabull 0.277

Home Runs

1 Norm Siebern 25 2 Ed Charles 17 3 George Alusik 11 4 Manny Jimenez 11 5 Gino Cimoli 10

RBI

1 Norm Siebern 117 2 Jerry Lumpe 83 3 Ed Charles 74 4 Gino Cimoli 71 5 Manny Jimenez 69
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jerry Lumpe 156 641 89 193 0 0 10 83 44 38 0 0.301
Norm Siebern 162 600 114 185 0 0 25 117 110 88 3 0.308
Gino Cimoli 152 550 67 151 0 0 10 71 40 89 2 0.275
Ed Charles 147 535 81 154 0 0 17 74 54 70 20 0.288
Manny Jimenez 139 479 48 144 0 0 11 69 31 34 0 0.301
Bobby Del Greco 132 338 61 86 0 0 9 38 49 62 4 0.254
Jose Tartabull 107 310 49 86 0 0 0 22 20 19 19 0.277
Wayne Causey 117 305 40 77 0 0 4 38 41 30 2 0.252
Dick Howser 83 286 53 68 0 0 6 34 38 8 19 0.238
Haywood Sullivan 95 274 33 68 0 0 4 29 31 54 1 0.248
Joe Azcue 72 223 18 51 0 0 2 25 17 27 1 0.229
George Alusik 90 209 29 57 0 0 11 35 16 29 1 0.273
Billy Consolo 54 154 11 37 0 0 0 16 23 33 1 0.240
Ed Rakow 42 82 3 8 0 0 0 1 1 31 0 0.098
Billy Bryan 25 74 5 11 0 0 2 7 5 32 0 0.149
Dan Pfister 52 65 7 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0.185
Jerry Walker 36 57 7 15 0 0 3 5 0 15 0 0.263
Leo Posada 29 46 6 9 0 0 0 3 7 14 0 0.196
John Wojcik 16 43 8 13 0 0 0 9 13 4 3 0.302
Bill Fischer 34 38 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0.105
Dave Wickersham 30 35 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 13 0 0.057
Diego Segui 37 34 3 8 0 0 1 2 1 15 0 0.235
Orlando Peña 13 31 2 5 0 0 0 4 2 19 0 0.161
John Wyatt 59 29 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 0.103
Norm Bass 22 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 0 0.045
Deron Johnson 17 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 8 0 0.105
Gordie Windhorn 14 19 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.158
Bill Kern 8 16 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0.250
Marlan Coughtry 6 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 0.182
Charlie Shoemaker 5 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.182
Danny McDevitt 33 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.222
Art Ditmar 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.167
Moe Drabowsky 10 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.167
Gordon Jones 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Giggie 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Gene Stephens 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Bob Grim 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jim Archer 18 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.000
Hector Martinez 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Rupe Toppin 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Don Williams 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Granny Hamner 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Kunkel 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fred Norman 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Osinski 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Orlando Peña 3.01 2 Diego Segui 3.86 3 Bill Fischer 3.95 4 Dave Wickersham 4.17 5 Ed Rakow 4.25

Wins

1 Ed Rakow 14 2 Dave Wickersham 11 3 John Wyatt 10 4 Diego Segui 8 5 Jerry Walker 8

Strikeouts

1 Ed Rakow 159 2 Dan Pfister 123 3 John Wyatt 106 4 Diego Segui 71 5 Dave Wickersham 61
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Ed Rakow 14 17 4.25 42 35 1 235.1 98 159
Dan Pfister 4 14 4.54 41 25 1 196.1 106 123
Jerry Walker 8 9 5.90 31 21 0 143.1 78 57
Bill Fischer 4 12 3.95 34 16 2 127.2 8 38
John Wyatt 10 7 4.46 59 9 11 125.0 80 106
Diego Segui 8 5 3.86 37 13 6 116.2 46 71
Dave Wickersham 11 4 4.17 30 9 1 110.0 43 61
Orlando Peña 6 4 3.01 13 12 0 89.2 27 56
Norm Bass 2 6 6.09 22 10 0 75.1 46 33
Danny McDevitt 0 3 5.82 33 1 2 51.0 41 28
Gordon Jones 3 2 6.34 21 0 6 32.2 14 28
Moe Drabowsky 1 1 5.14 10 3 0 28.0 10 19
Jim Archer 0 1 9.43 18 1 0 27.2 10 12
Art Ditmar 0 2 6.65 6 5 0 21.2 13 13
Bob Giggie 1 1 6.28 4 2 0 14.1 3 4
Bob Grim 0 1 6.23 12 0 3 13.0 8 3
Bill Kunkel 0 0 3.52 9 0 0 7.2 4 6
Dan Osinski 0 0 17.36 4 0 0 4.2 8 4
Granny Hamner 0 1 9.00 3 0 0 4.0 6 0
Fred Norman 0 0 2.25 2 0 0 4.0 1 2
Don Williams 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 4.0 0 1
Rupe Toppin 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 2.0 5 1

👥 Roster (45)

George Alusik Jim Archer Joe Azcue Norm Bass Billy Bryan Wayne Causey Ed Charles Gino Cimoli Billy Consolo Marlan Coughtry Bobby Del Greco Art Ditmar +33 more

45 players

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