1962 San Francisco Giants season

1962 San Francisco Giants
National League Champions
League	National League
Ballpark	Candlestick Park
City	San Francisco
Owners	Horace Stoneham
General managers	Chub Feeney
Managers	Alvin Dark
Television	KTVU (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons)
Radio	KSFO (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill King)
Seasons

The 1962 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 80th year in Major League Baseball, their fifth year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their third at Candlestick Park. The team finished in first place in the National League with a record of 103 wins and 62 losses. They finished the season tied with their arch-rivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers, for first place in the league, necessitating a three-game tiebreaker playoff to determine the pennant winner. The Giants won two of the three games to take their first National League title since moving to San Francisco, making the Giants the first NL Champions of the 162-game schedule era. They went on to the 1962 World Series, where they lost in seven games to the New York Yankees. The Giants had 1,552 hits in the regular season, the most in the club's San Francisco era.

Offseason

• October 10, 1961: 1961 Major League Baseball expansion draft
  • Joey Amalfitano was drafted from the Giants by the Houston Colt .45s.
  • Hobie Landrith was drafted from the Giants by the New York Mets.
• October 16, 1961: Billy Loes was purchased from the Giants by the New York Mets.
• November 27, 1961: Georges Maranda was drafted from the Giants by the Minnesota Twins in the 1961 rule 5 draft.
• November 30, 1961: Eddie Fisher, Dom Zanni, Bob Farley and a player to be named later were traded by the Giants to the Chicago White Sox for Don Larsen and Billy Pierce. The Giants completed the deal by sending Verle Tiefenthaler to the White Sox on August 17, 1962.
• March 2, 1962: Billy Loes was returned to the Giants by the New York Mets.
• March 2, 1962: Billy Loes was released by the Giants.

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Francisco Giants	103	62	.624	—	61‍–‍21	42‍–‍41
Los Angeles Dodgers	102	63	.618	1	54‍–‍29	48‍–‍34
Cincinnati Reds	98	64	.605	3½	58‍–‍23	40‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates	93	68	.578	8	51‍–‍30	42‍–‍38
Milwaukee Braves	86	76	.531	15½	49‍–‍32	37‍–‍44
St. Louis Cardinals	84	78	.519	17½	44‍–‍37	40‍–‍41
Philadelphia Phillies	81	80	.503	20	46‍–‍34	35‍–‍46
Houston Colt .45s	64	96	.400	36½	32‍–‍48	32‍–‍48
Chicago Cubs	59	103	.364	42½	32‍–‍49	27‍–‍54
New York Mets	40	120	.250	60½	22‍–‍58	18‍–‍62

Record vs. opponents

1962 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Chicago	—	4–14	7–11	4–14	8–10	9–9	10–8	4–14	6–12	7–11
Cincinnati	14–4	—	13–5	9–9	13–5	13–5	8–10	13–5	7–11	8–10
Houston	11–7	5–13	—	6–12	7–11	13–3–1	1–17	5–13	7–11	9–9–1
Los Angeles	14–4	9–9	12–6	—	10–8	16–2	14–4	10–8	10–11	7–11
Milwaukee	10–8	5–13	11–7	8–10	—	12–6	11–7	10–8	7–11	12–6
New York	9–9	5–13	3–13–1	2–16	6–12	—	4–14	2–16	4–14	5–13
Philadelphia	8–10	10–8	17–1	4–14	7–11	14–4	—	7–10	5–13	9–9
Pittsburgh	14–4	5–13	13–5	8–10	8–10	16–2	10–7	—	7–11	12–6
San Francisco	12–6	11–7	11–7	11–10	11–7	14–4	13–5	11–7	—	9–9
St. Louis	11–7	10–8	9–9–1	11–7	6–12	13–5	9–9	6–12	9–9	—

Opening Day starters

• Felipe Alou
• Ed Bailey
• Orlando Cepeda
• Jim Davenport
• Chuck Hiller
• Harvey Kuenn
• Juan Marichal
• Willie Mays
• José Pagán

Notable transactions

• April 29, 1962: Bob Nieman was purchased by the Giants from the Cleveland Indians.

Game log and schedule

Legend
	Giants win
	Giants loss
	Postponement
Bold	Giants team member

1962 Game Log (102–63) (Home: 61–21; Road: 42–41)
April (15–5) (Home: 11–2; Road: 4–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Report 1 April 10 Braves 6–0 Marichal (1–0) Candlestick Park 39,177 1–0 W1 2 April 11 Braves 3–1 O'Dell (1–0) Candlestick Park 16,721 2–0 W2 3 April 12 Braves 8–4 Sanford (1–0) Miller (1) Candlestick Park 9,177 3–0 W3 4 April 13 Reds 7–2 Pierce (1–0) Miller (2) Candlestick Park 23,775 4–0 W4 5 April 14 Reds 13–6 Larsen (1–0) Candlestick Park 18,086 5–0 W5 6 April 15 Reds 3–4 Marichal (1–1) Candlestick Park 28,697 5–1 L1 7 April 16 Dodgers 19–8 O'Dell (2–0) Candlestick Park 32,819 6–1 W1 8 April 17 Dodgers 7–8 McCormick (0–1) Candlestick Park 25,841 6–2 L1 9 April 18 @ Braves 4–6 Miller (0–1) County Stadium 30,001 6–3 L2 10 April 19 @ Braves 7–6 Marichal (2–1) County Stadium 4,570 7–3 W1 11 April 21 @ Reds 8–6 Larsen (2–0) LeMay (1) Crosley Field 6,006 8–3 W2 12 April 22 @ Reds 4–6 Sanford (1–1) Crosley Field 6,583 8–4 L1 13 April 23 @ Reds 4–1 Pierce (2–0) Crosley Field 6,483 9–4 W1 14 April 24 @ Pirates 3–7 Marichal (2–2) Forbes Field 18,620 9–5 L1 15 April 25 @ Pirates 8–3 Perry (1–0) Larsen (1) Forbes Field 21,652 10–5 W1 16 April 27 Cubs 5–4 Miller (1–1) Candlestick Park 8,710 11–5 W2 17 April 28 Cubs 11–2 Marichal (3–2) Candlestick Park 14,427 12–5 W3 18 April 29 Cubs 7–0 Sanford (2–1) Candlestick Park n/a 13–5 W4 19 April 29 Cubs 6–0 Pierce (3–0) Candlestick Park 40,973 14–5 W5 20 April 30 Pirates 4–1 Perry (2–0) Candlestick Park 9,543 15–5 W6
May (20–10) (Home: 12–4; Road: 8–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Report 21 May 1 Pirates 4–2 O'Dell (3–0) Candlestick Park 23,657 16–5 W7 22 May 2 Pirates 3–2 Marichal (4–2) Candlestick Park 9,926 17–5 W8 23 May 3 Pirates 8–4 Sanford (3–1) Candlestick Park 10,723 18–5 W9 24 May 4 @ Cubs 11–6 Pierce (4–0) Larsen (2) Wrigley Field 5,011 19–5 W10 25 May 5 @ Cubs 8–12 Duffalo (0–1) Wrigley Field 11,362 19–6 L1 26 May 6 @ Cubs 7–3 O'Dell (4–0) Wrigley Field 14,090 20–6 W1 27 May 8 @ Cardinals 4–3 Marichal (5–2) Busch Stadium 14,618 21–6 W2 28 May 9 @ Cardinals 3–7 Sanford (3–2) Busch Stadium 12,421 21–7 L1 29 May 10 @ Cardinals 6–0 O'Dell (5–0) Busch Stadium 15,567 22–7 W1 30 May 11 @ Colt .45s 0–7 Perry (2–1) Colt Stadium 19,003 22–8 L1 31 May 12 @ Colt .45s 11–0 Marichal (6–2) Colt Stadium 26,311 23–8 W1 32 May 13 @ Colt .45s 7–2 Sanford (4–2) Colt Stadium 19,879 24–8 W2 33 May 15 Cardinals 6–3 Pierce (5–0) Miller (3) Candlestick Park 30,484 25–8 W3 34 May 16 Cardinals 7–2 Marichal (7–2) Candlestick Park 12,925 26–8 W4 35 May 17 Cardinals 0–1 O'Dell (5–1) Candlestick Park 10,976 26–9 L1 36 May 18 Colt .45s 2–3 (10) Sanford (4–3) Candlestick Park 18,544 26–10 L2 37 May 19 Colt .45s 10–2 McCormick (1–1) Larsen (3) Candlestick Park 16,701 27–10 W1 38 May 20 Colt .45s 5–6 Marichal (7–3) Candlestick Park n/a 27–11 L1 39 May 20 Colt .45s 7–4 Pierce (6–0) Candlestick Park 40,932 28–11 W1 40 May 21 @ Dodgers 1–8 O'Dell (5–2) Dodger Stadium 45,192 28–12 L1 41 May 22 @ Dodgers 1–5 Sanford (4–4) Dodger Stadium 46,636 28–13 L2 42 May 23 Phillies 7–10 McCormick (1–2) Candlestick Park 7,314 28–14 L3 43 May 24 Phillies 7–4 Miller (2–1) Candlestick Park 5,680 29–14 W1 44 May 25 Phillies 10–7 Pierce (7–0) Miller (4) Candlestick Park 11,538 30–14 W2 45 May 26 Mets 7–6 (10) Larsen (3–0) Candlestick Park 18,791 31–14 W3 46 May 27 Mets 7–1 Sanford (5–4) Miller (5) Candlestick Park n/a 32–14 W4 47 May 27 Mets 6–5 Duffalo (1–1) Miller (6) Candlestick Park 39,551 33–14 W5 48 May 30 @ Phillies 4–3 (12) Miller (3–1) Connie Mack Stadium n/a 34–14 W6 49 May 30 @ Phillies 5–2 McCormick (2–2) Miller (7) Connie Mack Stadium 29,739 35–14 W7 50 May 31 @ Phillies 1–2 O'Dell (5–3) Connie Mack Stadium 9,393 35–15 L1
June (16–13) (Home: 9–5; Road: 7–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Report 51 June 1 @ Mets 9–6 Pierce (8–0) Miller (8) Polo Grounds 43,742 36–15 W1 52 June 2 @ Mets 10–1 Sanford (6–4) Polo Grounds n/a 37–15 W2 53 June 2 @ Mets 6–4 O'Dell (6–3) Miller (9) Polo Grounds 41,001 38–15 W3 54 June 3 @ Mets 6–1 Marichal (8–3) Polo Grounds 34,102 39–15 W4 55 June 5 @ Cubs 11–6 O'Dell (7–3) Wrigley Field 6,087 40–15 W5 56 June 6 @ Cubs 3–4 Larsen (3–1) Wrigley Field 3,783 40–16 L1 57 June 7 @ Cubs 3–4 Pierce (8–1) Wrigley Field 6,656 40–17 L2 58 June 8 @ Cardinals 4–8 Marichal (8–4) Busch Stadium 16,209 40–18 L3 59 June 9 @ Cardinals 4–8 Sanford (6–5) Busch Stadium 17,368 40–19 L4 60 June 10 @ Cardinals 5–6 O'Dell (7–4) Busch Stadium n/a 40–20 L5 61 June 10 @ Cardinals 3–13 Duffalo (1–2) Busch Stadium 33,679 40–21 L6 62 June 12 @ Reds 2–1 Marichal (9–4) Crosley Field n/a 41–21 W1 63 June 12 @ Reds 7–5 McCormick (3–2) Larsen (4) Crosley Field 18,215 42–21 W2 64 June 13 @ Reds 0–5 Sanford (6–6) Crosley Field 15,837 42–22 L1 65 June 14 @ Reds 0–8 Pierce (8–2) Crosley Field 16,756 42–23 L2 66 June 15 Cardinals 2–5 O'Dell (7–5) Candlestick Park 23,427 42–24 L3 67 June 16 Cardinals 5–0 Marichal (10–4) Candlestick Park 24,844 43–24 W1 68 June 17 Cardinals 6–3 Sanford (7–6) Candlestick Park 40,533 44–24 W2 69 June 19 Colt .45s 4–6 O'Dell (7–6) Candlestick Park 18,749 44–25 L1 70 June 20 Colt .45s 5–9 Miller (3–2) Candlestick Park 10,430 44–26 L2 71 June 22 Braves 9–11 Miller (3–3) Candlestick Park 20,513 44–27 L3 72 June 23 Braves 4–2 McCormick (4–2) Candlestick Park 17,345 45–27 W1 73 June 24 Braves 3–1 Marichal (11–4) Candlestick Park 26,130 46–27 W2 74 June 25 Reds 3–1 O'Dell (8–6) Candlestick Park 9,195 47–27 W3 75 June 26 Reds 6–5 (10) Miller (4–3) Candlestick Park 15,967 48–27 W4 76 June 27 Reds 6–3 Bolin (1–0) Candlestick Park 12,537 49–27 W5 77 June 28 Phillies 2–7 Marichal (11–5) Candlestick Park 7,174 49–28 L1 78 June 29 Phillies 4–3 (12) O'Dell (9–6) Candlestick Park 11,088 50–28 W1 79 June 30 Phillies 8–3 Bolin (2–0) Miller (10) Candlestick Park 11,716 51–28 W2
July (16–11) (Home: 6–3; Road: 10–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Report 80 July 1 Phillies 5–4 Larsen (4–1) Miller (11) Candlestick Park 17,612 52–28 W3 81 July 2 Mets 5–8 Miller (4–4) Candlestick Park 11,058 52–29 L1 82 July 3 Mets 10–1 Sanford (8–6) Candlestick Park 7,083 53–29 W1 83 July 4 Mets 11–4 Bolin (3–0) Candlestick Park n/a 54–29 W2 84 July 4 Mets 10–3 O'Dell (10–6) Candlestick Park 33,253 55–29 W3 85 July 5 Dodgers 3–11 McCormick (4–3) Candlestick Park 24,915 55–30 L1 86 July 6 Dodgers 12–3 Marichal (12–5) Candlestick Park 41,569 56–30 W1 87 July 7 Dodgers 10–3 Sanford (9–6) Miller (12) Candlestick Park 40,186 57–30 W2 88 July 8 Dodgers 0–2 O'Dell (10–7) Candlestick Park 41,717 57–31 L1 89 July 12 @ Phillies 5–3 Sanford (10–6) Miller (13) Connie Mack Stadium 17,151 58–31 W1 90 July 13 @ Phillies 2–3 O'Dell (10–8) Connie Mack Stadium 18,693 58–32 L1 91 July 14 @ Phillies 5–6 (10) Miller (4–5) Connie Mack Stadium 7,716 58–33 L2 92 July 15 @ Mets 3–5 Pierce (8–3) Polo Grounds n/a 58–34 L3 93 July 15 @ Mets 9–8 Bolin (4–0) Marichal (1) Polo Grounds 35,463 59–34 W1 94 July 16 @ Mets 3–2 Sanford (11–6) Polo Grounds 23,280 60–34 W2 95 July 17 @ Braves 4–3 O'Dell (11–8) Bolin (1) County Stadium 14,584 61–34 W3 96 July 18 @ Braves 0–6 Marichal (12–6) County Stadium 15,324 61–35 L1 97 July 19 @ Braves 7–3 Bolin (5–0) County Stadium 14,158 62–35 W1 98 July 20 @ Pirates 6–3 Sanford (12–6) Larsen (5) Forbes Field 37,705 63–35 W2 99 July 21 @ Pirates 6–7 (11) Larsen (4–2) Forbes Field 23,917 63–36 L1 100 July 22 @ Pirates 5–4 Marichal (13–6) Forbes Field 27,973 64–36 W1 101 July 23 @ Colt .45s 5–1 Bolin (6–0) Colt Stadium 12,096 65–36 W2 102 July 24 @ Colt .45s 3–1 Sanford (13–6) Larsen (6) Colt Stadium 11,289 66–36 W3 103 July 25 @ Colt .45s 3–2 O'Dell (12–8) Miller (14) Colt Stadium 12,344 67–36 W4 104 July 27 @ Dodgers 1–3 Marichal (13–7) Dodger Stadium 54,095 67–37 L1 105 July 28 @ Dodgers 6–8 Bolin (6–1) Dodger Stadium 49,228 67–38 L2 106 July 29 @ Dodgers 1–11 O'Dell (12–9) Dodger Stadium 53,792 67–39 L3
August (18–10) (Home: 12–4; Road: 6–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Report 107 August 1 Cubs 2–3 (10) O'Dell (12–10) Candlestick Park 8,930 67–40 L4 108 August 2 Cubs 4–3 Pierce (9–3) Larsen (7) Candlestick Park 7,454 68–40 W1 109 August 3 Pirates 2–5 Marichal (13–8) Candlestick Park 15,910 68–41 L1 110 August 4 Pirates 6–5 Sanford (14–6) Bolin (2) Candlestick Park 29,370 69–41 W1 111 August 5 Pirates 2–1 O'Dell (13–10) Candlestick Park 25,532 70–41 W2 112 August 6 Phillies 9–2 Pierce (10–3) Candlestick Park 6,222 71–41 W3 113 August 7 Phillies 4–2 Marichal (14–8) Candlestick Park 8,531 72–41 W4 114 August 8 Mets 2–5 Bolin (6–2) Candlestick Park 11,411 72–42 L1 115 August 9 Mets 7–1 Sanford (15–6) Candlestick Park 9,988 73–42 W1 116 August 10 Dodgers 11–2 O'Dell (14–10) Candlestick Park 40,304 74–42 W2 117 August 11 Dodgers 5–4 Pierce (11–3) Miller (15) Candlestick Park 41,268 75–42 W3 118 August 12 Dodgers 5–1 Marichal (15–8) Candlestick Park 41,812 76–42 W4 119 August 14 @ Cubs 9–2 Sanford (16–6) Wrigley Field 13,609 77–42 W5 120 August 15 @ Cubs 5–7 Miller (4–5) Wrigley Field 13,131 77–43 L1 121 August 16 @ Cubs 0–6 Pierce (11–4) Wrigley Field 11,870 77–44 L2 122 August 17 @ Braves 4–6 Marichal (15–9) County Stadium 20,781 77–45 L3 123 August 18 @ Braves 6–4 Sanford (17–6) Bolin (3) County Stadium 20,162 78–45 W1 124 August 19 @ Braves 8–13 O'Dell (14–11) County Stadium 20,005 78–46 L1 125 August 20 @ Braves 4–9 Larsen (4–3) County Stadium 15,906 78–47 L2 126 August 22 @ Mets 4–5 Larsen (4–4) Polo Grounds 33,569 78–48 L3 127 August 23 @ Mets 2–1 (10) Marichal (16–9) Polo Grounds 18,815 79–48 W1 128 August 24 @ Phillies 6–0 O'Dell (15–11) Connie Mack Stadium 19,454 80–48 W2 129 August 25 @ Phillies 6–1 Pierce (12–4) Connie Mack Stadium 16,738 81–48 W3 130 August 26 @ Phillies 7–4 Sanford (18–6) Bolin (4) Connie Mack Stadium 14,855 82–48 W4 131 August 28 Braves 4–3 Marichal (17–9) Candlestick Park 24,027 83–48 W5 132 August 29 Braves 3–10 O'Dell (15–12) Candlestick Park 14,399 83–49 L1 133 August 30 Braves 3–2 Sanford (19–6) Larsen (8) Candlestick Park 12,496 84–49 W1 134 August 31 Reds 10–2 Pierce (13–4) Candlestick Park 26,547 85–49 W2
September (16–12) (Home: 10–3; Road: 6–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Report 135 September 1 Reds 5–10 Marichal (17–10) Candlestick Park 26,498 85–50 L1 136 September 2 Reds 6–4 O'Dell (16–12) Candlestick Park 34,312 86–50 W1 137 September 3 @ Dodgers 7–3 Sanford (20–6) Dodger Stadium 54,418 87–50 W2 138 September 4 @ Dodgers 4–5 Pierce (13–5) Dodger Stadium 51,567 87-51 L1 139 September 5 @ Dodgers 3–0 Marichal (18–10) Bolin (5) Dodger Stadium 54,395 88-51 W1 140 September 6 @ Dodgers 9–6 Bolin (7–2) Miller (16) Dodger Stadium 54,263 89–51 W2 141 September 7 Cubs 6–5 Sanford (21–6) Miller (17) Candlestick Park 14,652 90–51 W3 142 September 8 Cubs 7–2 Pierce (14–5) Bolin (6) Candlestick Park 17,643 91–51 W4 143 September 9 Cubs 5–4 McCormick (5–3) Larsen (9) Candlestick Park 26,049 92–51 W5 144 September 10 Pirates 4–1 O'Dell (17–12) Candlestick Park 19,498 93–51 W6 145 September 11 Pirates 2–0 Sanford (22–6) Candlestick Park 10,283 94–51 W7 146 September 12 @ Reds 1–4 Pierce (14–6) Crosley Field 17,564 94–52 L1 147 September 13 @ Reds 2–7 McCormick (5–4) Crosley Field 16,421 94–53 L2 148 September 14 @ Pirates 1–5 O'Dell (17–13) Forbes Field 14,354 94–54 L3 149 September 15 @ Pirates 1–5 Sanford (22–7) Forbes Field 10,340 94–55 L4 150 September 16 @ Pirates 4–6 (10) Miller (4–6) Forbes Field 14,216 94–56 L5 151 September 17 @ Pirates 2–5 McCormick (5–5) Forbes Field 8,364 94–57 L6 152 September 19 @ Cardinals 7–4 O'Dell (18–13) Busch Stadium 8,314 95–57 W1 153 September 20 @ Cardinals 4–5 LeMay (0–1) Busch Stadium 6,497 95–58 L1 154 September 21 @ Colt .45s 11–5 Perry (3–1) Miller (18) Colt Stadium 12,180 96–58 W1 155 September 22 @ Colt .45s 5–6 Miller (4–7) Colt Stadium 17,125 96–59 L1 156 September 23 @ Colt .45s 10–3 O'Dell (19–13) Colt Stadium 9,623 97–59 W1 157 September 25 Cardinals 4–2 Sanford (23–7) Candlestick Park 10,965 98–59 W2 158 September 26 Cardinals 6–3 Pierce (15–6) Larsen (10) Candlestick Park 6,247 99–59 W3 159 September 27 Cardinals 4–7 O'Dell (19–14) Candlestick Park 6,812 99–60 L1 160 September 29 Colt .45s 11–5 Sanford (24–7) Miller (19) Candlestick Park n/a 100–60 W1 161 September 29 Colt .45s 2–4 Marichal (18–11) Candlestick Park 26,268 101–60 L1 162 September 30 Colt .45s 2–1 Miller (5–7) Candlestick Park 41,327 101–61 W1
October (2–1) (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Report 163 October 1 Dodgers 8–0 Pierce (16–6) Koufax (14–7) Candlestick Park 32,652 102–61 W2 164 October 2 @ Dodgers 7–8 Williams (14–12) Bolin (7–3) Dodger Stadium 25,321 102–62 L1 165 October 3 @ Dodgers 6–4 Larsen (5–4) Roebuck (10–2) Pierce (1) Dodger Stadium 45,693 103–62 W1

Postseason

1962 Postseason Game Log

World Series (3–4) Game Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Series Report 1 WS October 4 Yankees 2–6 Ford (1–0) O'Dell (0–1) Candlestick Park 43,852 0–1 L1 2 WS October 5 Yankees 2–0 Sanford (1–0) Terry (0–1) Candlestick Park 43,910 1–1 W1 3 WS October 7 @ Yankees 2–3 Stafford (1–0) Pierce (0–1) Yankee Stadium 71,434 1–2 L1 4 WS October 8 @ Yankees 7–3 Larsen (1–0) Coates (0–1) O'Dell (1) Yankee Stadium 66,607 2–2 W1 5 WS October 10 @ Yankees 3–5 Terry (1–1) Sanford (1–1) Yankee Stadium 63,165 2–3 L1 6 WS October 15 Yankees 5–2 Pierce (1–1) Ford (1–1) Candlestick Park 43,948 3–3 W1 7 WS October 16 Yankees 0–1 Terry (2–1) Sanford (1–2) Candlestick Park 43,948 3–4 L1

Roster

1962 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers 42 Bobby Bolin 45 Jim Duffalo 28 Bob Garibaldi 18 Don Larsen 39 Dick LeMay 27 Juan Marichal 40 Mike McCormick 37 Stu Miller 31 Billy O'Dell 22,28 Gaylord Perry 19 Billy Pierce 33 Jack Sanford		Catchers  6 Ed Bailey  5 Tom Haller 34 John Orsino  2 Joe Pignatano Infielders 21 Ernie Bowman 30 Orlando Cepeda 12 Jim Davenport 26 Chuck Hiller 15 José Pagán 17 Cap Peterson 14 Dick Phillips		Outfielders 23 Felipe Alou 41 Matty Alou 14 Carl Boles  7 Harvey Kuenn 24 Willie Mays 44 Willie McCovey 38 Manny Mota 20 Bob Nieman		Manager  1 Alvin Dark Coaches 46 Larry Jansen (Pitching)  3 Whitey Lockman (Third base)  9 Wes Westrum (First base)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos.	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Tom Haller	99	272	53	71	.261	18	55	1
1B	Orlando Cepeda	162	625	105	191	.306	35	114	10
2B	Chuck Hiller	161	602	94	166	.276	3	48	5
3B	Jim Davenport	144	485	83	144	.297	14	58	2
SS	José Pagán	164	580	73	150	.259	7	57	13
LF	Harvey Kuenn	130	487	73	148	.304	10	68	3
CF	Willie Mays	162	621	130	189	.304	49	141	18
RF	Felipe Alou	154	561	96	177	.316	25	98	10

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Ed Bailey	96	254	32	59	.232	17	45	1
Willie McCovey	91	229	41	67	.293	20	54	3
Matty Alou	78	195	28	57	.292	3	14	3
Manny Mota	47	74	9	13	.176	0	9	3
John Orsino	18	48	4	13	.271	0	4	0
Ernie Bowman	46	42	9	8	.190	1	4	0
Bob Nieman	30	30	1	9	.300	1	3	0
Carl Boles	19	24	4	9	.375	0	1	0
Cap Peterson	4	6	1	1	.167	0	0	0
Joe Pignatano	7	5	2	1	.200	0	0	0
Dick Phillips	5	3	1	0	.000	0	1	0

Pitching

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
Billy O'Dell	43	280.2	19	14	3.53	195
Jack Sanford	39	265.1	24	7	3.43	147
Juan Marichal	37	262.2	18	11	3.36	153
Billy Pierce	30	162.1	16	6	3.49	76

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
Mike McCormick	28	98.2	5	5	5.38	42
Gaylord Perry	13	43.0	3	1	5.23	20

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
Stu Miller	59	5	8	19	4.12	78
Don Larsen	49	5	4	11	4.38	58
Bobby Bolin	41	7	3	5	3.62	74
Jim Duffalo	24	1	2	0	3.64	29
Bob Garibaldi	9	0	0	1	5.11	9
Dick LeMay	9	0	1	1	7.71	5

1962 World Series

Main article: 1962 World Series

Game 1

October 4, 1962, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	6	11	0
San Francisco (N)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0
W: Whitey Ford (1–0)  L: Billy O'Dell (0–1)
HR: NYY – Clete Boyer (1)

Roger Maris' two-run double in the first inning set up Yankee starter Whitey Ford with a lead, but Willie Mays scored for the Giants in the second, ending Ford's record consecutive scoreless inning streak at 332⁄3. Chuck Hiller's double and Felipe Alou's hit in the third tied the game, but the Yankees broke the tie in the 7th on Clete Boyer's HR and scored three insurance runs in the final two innings. Ford's complete game victory was the first of six in the series, four for the Yankees and two for the Giants.

Game 2

October 5, 1962, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
San Francisco (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	x	2	6	0
W: Jack Sanford (1–0)  L: Ralph Terry (0–1)
HR: SFG – Willie McCovey (1)

With the Giants protecting a 1–0 lead in the 7th inning, Willie McCovey smashed a tremendous home run over the right field fence to boost 24-game winner Jack Sanford to 2–0 shutout of the Yankees, who managed only 3 hits.

Game 3

October 7, 1962, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Francisco (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	3
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	x	3	5	1
W:Bill Stafford (1–0)   L: Billy Pierce (0–1)
HR: SFG – Ed Bailey (1)

The Yankees ended a scoreless tie in the 7th, scoring three times. Roger Maris drove a base hit off starter Billy Pierce for two runs batted in, and alert base-running allowed him to score the winning run in a 3–2 Yankee victory. Giants catcher Ed Bailey's 2-run homer in the top of the 9th left the Giants a run short.

Game 4

October 8, 1962, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Francisco (N)	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	7	9	1
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	9	1
W: Don Larsen (1–0)   L: Jim Coates (0–1)
HR: SFG – Tom Haller (1), Chuck Hiller (1)

For the second time in two days, a Giants' catcher stroked a two-run homer when Tom Haller hit his off Whitey Ford in the second inning. After the Yankees tied the score at 2–2, second baseman Chuck Hiller hit the first National League grand slam in World Series history in the 7th, and the Giants went on to win 7–3. The game marked the only appearance in this series of future Hall-of-famer Juan Marichal, who started for the Giants.

Don Larsen was the winning pitcher in relief, six years to the day of his perfect game in the 1956 World Series.

Game 5

October 10, 1962, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Francisco (N)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	8	2
New York (A)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	x	5	6	0
W: Ralph Terry (1–1)   L: Jack Sanford (1–1)
HR: SFG – José Pagán (1)   NYY – Tom Tresh (1)

Hot hitting José Pagán drove in two runs with a single in the third and a home run in the 5th, but with the score tied 2–2 in the 8th, Tom Tresh walloped what proved to be the winning homer, a three-run shot that scored Bobby Richardson and Tony Kubek in front of him. With the series returning to San Francisco the Yankees had the edge, 3 games to 2, only to have the sixth game delayed four days by rain.

Game 6

October 15, 1962, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	2
San Francisco (N)	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	x	5	10	1
W: Billy Pierce (1–1)  L: Whitey Ford (1–1)
HR: NYY – Roger Maris (1)

In a battle of left-handed starting pitchers, Pierce out-dueled Ford and tossed a brilliant complete-game 3-hitter as the Giants evened the series at three wins apiece with a 5–2 victory. The Yankees' only runs came on a Maris solo home run in the 5th inning and an RBI single by Tony Kubek in the 8th inning.

Game 7

October 16, 1962, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
San Francisco (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
W: Ralph Terry (2–1)  L: Jack Sanford (1–2)

The only run of this classic game occurred in the 5th inning when Tony Kubek grounded into a double play, with Bill Skowron scoring from third. Ralph Terry, pitching the seventh game instead of Jim Bouton because of the rain delays, had given up Bill Mazeroski's Series-winning walk-off home run two years earlier in Pittsburgh but in his third start completely stifled the Giants' power hitters.

In the bottom of the 9th, pinch-hitter Matty Alou, batting for relief pitcher Billy O'Dell, led off the inning with a bunt base hit after first having a foul ball dropped, but Terry struck out the next two batters, Felipe Alou and Hiller. Mays hit a double into the right field corner, but Maris brilliantly played the carom, then hit cut-off man Richardson with a throw that was relayed perfectly to home. Alou, already aware of Maris' great arm, stopped at third. Facing Willie McCovey with two outs, Terry elected to pitch to him rather than walk the bases loaded and bring up Orlando Cepeda. Terry's inside fastball on the second pitch completely handcuffed McCovey, who nonetheless adjusted his bat in mid-swing to extend his arms and hit what he later claimed was the hardest ball he had ever struck. The line drive appeared at first to be going over the head of a perfectly positioned Richardson, but was in fact sinking from topspin, and Richardson made the catch without leaping to end the game. The Yankees won their 20th World Championship; they would not win another World Championship until 1977.

Awards and honors

1962 All-Star Game

• Felipe Alou
• Orlando Cepeda (starting 1B)
• Jim Davenport
• Juan Marichal
• Willie Mays (starting CF)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tacoma Giants	Pacific Coast League	Red Davis
AA	El Paso Sun Kings	Texas League	George Genovese
A	Springfield Giants	Eastern League	Andy Gilbert
B	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	Bud Byerly
C	Fresno Giants	California League	Sal Taormina
D	Salem Rebels	Appalachian League	Alex Cosmidis
D	Lakeland Giants	Florida State League	Bert Haas and Max Lanier
D	Decatur Commodores	Midwest League	Richie Klaus

References

• 1962 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
• 1962 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.