This article is about the 1962 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see
1962 in baseball .
The 1962 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 9 to October 16, 1962. The National League (NL) added two teams via expansion , the Houston Colt .45s and New York Mets . This marked the return of the NL to New York City after a four-year absence, although the Mets would lose 120 games and finish in last place. All major league teams now played 162-game schedules, which had been adopted by the American League (AL) the prior season, with each team facing the nine other clubs in the same league 18 times during the season.
The New York Yankees won the AL pennant, while the NL regular season concluded with the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers having identical records, 101–61. A three-game tie-breaker series was held, which was won by the Giants, two games to one. The Yankees then defeated the Giants in the World Series , four games to three.
Home field attendance
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Team name
Wins
%±
Home attendance
%±
Per game
Los Angeles Dodgers [ 1] 102
14.6%
2,755,184
52.7%
33,195
San Francisco Giants [ 2] 103
21.2%
1,592,594
14.5%
19,422
New York Yankees [ 3] 96
−11.9%
1,493,574
−14.5%
18,670
Minnesota Twins [ 4] 91
30.0%
1,433,116
14.0%
17,477
Detroit Tigers [ 5] 85
−15.8%
1,207,881
−24.5%
14,730
Los Angeles Angels [ 6] 86
22.9%
1,144,063
89.6%
14,124
Chicago White Sox [ 7] 85
−1.2%
1,131,562
−1.3%
13,970
Pittsburgh Pirates [ 8] 93
24.0%
1,090,648
−9.0%
13,465
Cincinnati Reds [ 9] 98
5.4%
982,095
−12.1%
12,125
St. Louis Cardinals [ 10] 84
5.0%
953,895
11.5%
11,776
Houston Colt .45s [ 11] 64
924,456
11,274
New York Mets [ 12] 40
922,530
11,532
Baltimore Orioles [ 13] 77
−18.9%
790,254
−16.9%
9,637
Milwaukee Braves [ 14] 86
3.6%
766,921
−30.4%
9,468
Philadelphia Phillies [ 15] 81
72.3%
762,034
29.1%
9,525
Boston Red Sox [ 16] 76
0.0%
733,080
−13.8%
9,279
Washington Senators [ 17] 60
−1.6%
729,775
22.2%
9,122
Cleveland Indians [ 18] 80
2.6%
716,076
−1.3%
8,840
Kansas City Athletics [ 19] 72
18.0%
635,675
−7.0%
7,848
Chicago Cubs [ 20] 59
−7.8%
609,802
−9.4%
7,528
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