| 1962 Boston Red Sox | ||||
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| League | American League | |||
| Ballpark | Fenway Park | |||
| City | Boston, Massachusetts | |||
| Record | 76–84 (.475) | |||
| League place | 8th (19GB) | |||
| Owners | Tom Yawkey | |||
| President | Tom Yawkey | |||
| General managers | Pinky Higgins | |||
| Managers | Pinky Higgins | |||
| Television | WHDH-TV, Ch. 5 | |||
| Radio | WHDH-AM 850 (Curt Gowdy, Ned Martin, Art Gleeson) | |||
| Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |||
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The 1962 Boston Red Sox season was the 62nd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished eighth in the American League (AL) with a record of 76 wins and 84 losses, 19 games behind the AL pennant winner and eventual World Series champion New York Yankees.
Bill Monbouquette and Earl Wilson each threw no-hitters for the Red Sox. Monbouquette threw his no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox, while Wilson no-hit the Los Angeles Angels.
On September 3, Don Gile hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.[3]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| New York Yankees | 96 | 66 | .593 | — | 50–30 | 46–36 |
| Minnesota Twins | 91 | 71 | .562 | 5 | 45–36 | 46–35 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 86 | 76 | .531 | 10 | 40–41 | 46–35 |
| Detroit Tigers | 85 | 76 | .528 | 10½ | 49–33 | 36–43 |
| Chicago White Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 11 | 43–38 | 42–39 |
| Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | .494 | 16 | 43–38 | 37–44 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 77 | 85 | .475 | 19 | 44–38 | 33–47 |
| Boston Red Sox | 76 | 84 | .475 | 19 | 39–40 | 37–44 |
| Kansas City Athletics | 72 | 90 | .444 | 24 | 39–42 | 33–48 |
| Washington Senators | 60 | 101 | .373 | 35½ | 27–53 | 33–48 |
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| Team | BAL | BOS | CHW | CLE | DET | KCA | LAA | MIN | NYY | WSH | |||
| Baltimore | — | 8–10 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 2–16 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 12–6 | |||
| Boston | 10–8 | — | 8–10 | 7–11 | 11–6 | 10–8 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 6–12 | 8–9 | |||
| Chicago | 9–9 | 10–8 | — | 12–6 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 10–8 | |||
| Cleveland | 7–11 | 11–7 | 6–12 | — | 10–8 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 9–9 | |||
| Detroit | 16–2 | 6–11 | 9–9 | 8–10 | — | 12–6 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 7–11 | 11–7 | |||
| Kansas City | 8–10 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 6–12 | — | 6–12 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 15–3 | |||
| Los Angeles | 10–8 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 12–6 | — | 9–9 | 8–10 | 11–7 | |||
| Minnesota | 12–6 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 13–5 | 10–8 | 9–9 | — | 7–11 | 10–8–1 | |||
| New York | 7–11 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 7–11 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 10–8 | 11–7 | — | 15–3 | |||
| Washington | 6–12 | 9–8 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 3–15 | 7–11 | 8–10–1 | 3–15 | — | |||
| 3 | Pete Runnels | 1B |
| 2 | Chuck Schilling | 2B |
| 7 | Gary Geiger | CF |
| 8 | Carl Yastrzemski | LF |
| 11 | Frank Malzone | 3B |
| 22 | Russ Nixon | C |
| 16 | Carroll Hardy | RF |
| 1 | Ed Bressoud | SS |
| 37 | Don Schwall | P |
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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 |
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| C | Jim Pagliaroni | 90 | 260 | 67 | .258 | 11 | 37 |
| 1B | Pete Runnels | 152 | 562 | 183 | .326 | 10 | 60 |
| 2B | Chuck Schilling | 119 | 413 | 95 | .230 | 7 | 35 |
| 3B | Frank Malzone | 156 | 619 | 175 | .283 | 21 | 95 |
| SS | Ed Bressoud | 153 | 599 | 166 | .277 | 14 | 68 |
| LF | Carl Yastrzemski | 160 | 646 | 191 | .296 | 19 | 94 |
| CF | Gary Geiger | 131 | 466 | 116 | .249 | 16 | 54 |
| RF | Lou Clinton | 114 | 398 | 117 | .294 | 18 | 75 |
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 |
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| Carroll Hardy | 115 | 362 | 78 | .215 | 8 | 36 |
| Bob Tillman | 81 | 249 | 57 | .229 | 14 | 38 |
| Billy Gardner | 53 | 199 | 54 | .271 | 0 | 12 |
| Russ Nixon | 65 | 151 | 42 | .278 | 1 | 19 |
| Pumpsie Green | 56 | 91 | 21 | .231 | 2 | 11 |
| Dave Philley | 38 | 42 | 6 | .143 | 0 | 4 |
| Don Gile | 18 | 41 | 2 | .049 | 1 | 3 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Gene Conley | 34 | 241.2 | 15 | 14 | 3.95 | 134 |
| Bill Monbouquette | 35 | 235.1 | 15 | 13 | 3.33 | 153 |
| Earl Wilson | 31 | 191.1 | 12 | 8 | 3.91 | 137 |
| Don Schwall | 33 | 182.1 | 9 | 15 | 4.94 | 89 |
| Ike Delock | 17 | 86.1 | 4 | 5 | 3.75 | 49 |
| Wilbur Wood | 1 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 3.52 | 3 |
| Billy Muffett | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| Pete Smith | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 1 | 19.64 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Galen Cisco | 23 | 83.0 | 4 | 7 | 6.72 | 43 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Dick Radatz | 62 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 2.24 | 144 |
| Mike Fornieles | 42 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5.36 | 36 |
| Arnold Earley | 38 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5.80 | 59 |
| Hal Kolstad | 27 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5.43 | 36 |
| Chet Nichols Jr. | 29 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 33 |
| Merlin Nippert | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 |
| Billy MacLeod | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 |
| Tracy Stallard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Ted Wills | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |
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