1962 MLB season (Jayverse)

The 1962 MLB Season is the 62nd Season for Major League Baseball

Expanding to 32 Teams in '62
Major League Baseball adds 8 more teams for the '62 season as the AL East expanded to Canada by putting a Team in Toronto, ON to be called the Blue Jays as for the Philadelphia Athletics have relocated to Miami, FL and left the AL East to join the AL South by adding 2 teams in New Orleans, LA (Pelicans) and Oklahoma City, OK (89ers) and the AL West to Portland, OR by bringing the Portland Beavers from AAA

The National League added only one team from the south by adding the Tampa Bay Rays while the remaining three are from the Western Division by adding the Denver Rockies, Oakland Panthers and the San Diego Padres.

Rookie Selections
Steve Carlton (SP) - Philadelphia Phillies

Carmen Fanzone (3B) - Boston Red Sox

Skip Guinn (SP) - Atlanta Braves

Hiroshi Kito (RP) - Los Angeles Knights

Marcel Lachemann (RP) - Kansas City Monarchs

Ray Lamb (RP) - Los Angeles Knights

Josh LeVan (CL) - Miami Athletics

Celerino Sanchez (3B) - New York Yankees

Tom Seaver (SP) - New York Giants

John Briggs (CF) - Philadelphia Phillies

Sam Koone (SP) - Milwaukee Brewers

Billy McCool (SP) - Cincinnati Reds

Jim Price (3B) - Pittsburgh Pirates

Chuck Dobson (SP) - Kansas City Monarchs

Rob Gardner (SP) - New York Yankees

Sparky Lyle (RP) - New York Yankees

Jim McAndrew (SP) - New York Giants

John Miller (3B) - New York Yankees

Final Standings
AL East: Boston Red Sox (104-52), New York Yankees (102-54), Chicago White Sox (91-65), Detroit Tigers (91-65), Buffalo Bisons (75-81), Baltimore Orioles (71-85), Toronto Blue Jays (59-97)

AL West: San Francisco Athletics (100-56), Los Angeles Angels (93-63), Minnesota Twins (71-85), New Orleans Browns (66-90), Seattle Rainiers (59-97), Dallas Rangers (57-99), Kansas City Royals (53-103)

NL East: New York Giants (98-58), Chicago Cubs (90-66), Philadelphia Phillies (87-69), Brooklyn Dodgers (84-72), Pittsburgh Pirates (81-75), Washington Nationals (78-78)

NL West: St. Louis Cardinals (88-68), Cincinnati Reds (87-69), Atlanta Braves (74-82), Los Angeles Blues (74-82), Milwaukee Brewers (73-83), Cleveland Buckeyes (68-88), Oakland Oaks (49-107)

ALCS: Boston def. San Francisco 4-2

NLCS: NY Giants def. St. Louis 4-3

World Series: Boston def. NY Giants 4-2

League Leaders
Batting Average - Emilio Vazquez (San Francisco) .348

Home Runs - Omar Duenas (Chicago Cubs) 47

RBI - Ted Savage (Philadelphia) 142

Stolen Bases - Maury Wills (Philadelphia) 38

ERA - Bob Gibson (St. Louis) 2.19

Wins - Hal Kolstad (Boston) 21

Strikeouts - Tom Butters (LA Angels) 331