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1962 American League Team Statistics

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NL

Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Mickey Mantle

ML Cy Young: Don Drysdale

AL Rookie of the Year: Tom Tresh

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American League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

American League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	GBsum	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	New York Yankees	96	66	.593	--		5.0	4.2	0.8	-0.1	0.8	94-68	2	50-30	46-36	10-6	28-26	64-52	32-14	42-30	54-36
2	Minnesota Twins	91	71	.562	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.4	0.5	-0.1	0.5	89-73	2	45-36	46-35	9-6	21-25	81-65	10-6	39-33	52-38
3	Los Angeles Angels	86	76	.531	10.0	15.0	4.4	4.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	82-80	4	40-41	46-35	10-9	28-26	56-52	30-24	32-40	54-36
4	Detroit Tigers	85	76	.528	10.5	16.5	4.7	4.3	0.4	0.0	0.4	87-74	-2	49-33	36-43	7-8	28-24	67-57	18-19	32-40	53-36
5	Chicago White Sox	85	77	.525	11.0	18.5	4.4	4.1	0.3	0.0	0.3	86-76	-1	43-38	42-39	9-4	30-25	68-61	17-16	35-37	50-40
6	Cleveland Indians	80	82	.494	16.0	43.5	4.2	4.6	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	74-88	6	43-38	37-44	5-7	24-21	65-53	15-29	42-48	38-34
7	Baltimore Orioles	77	85	.475	19.0	61.5	4.0	4.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	78-84	-1	44-38	33-47	6-13	28-32	52-59	25-26	36-54	41-31
8	Boston Red Sox	76	84	.475	19.0	61.5	4.4	4.7	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	75-85	1	39-40	37-44	7-8	20-19	60-61	16-23	41-48	35-36
9	Kansas City Athletics	72	90	.444	24.0	101.5	4.6	5.2	-0.6	0.1	-0.5	72-90	0	39-42	33-48	3-6	25-25	47-62	25-28	34-56	38-34
10	Washington Senators	60	101	.373	35.5	205.0	3.7	4.4	-0.7	0.1	-0.6	67-94	-7	27-53	33-48	8-7	22-31	38-82	22-19	33-57	27-44
	Average	80	80	.500			4.4	4.5				80-81		41-38	38-41	7-7	25-25	59-60	21-20	36-44	44-36

Postseason

Team Standard Batting

Team Standard Batting Table
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB
Baltimore Orioles	42	27.2	4.02	162	6160	5491	652	1363	225	34	156	617	45	32	516	931	.248	.314	.387	.701	93	2124	131	32	75	44	36	1117
Boston Red Sox	33	27.8	4.42	160	6178	5530	707	1429	257	53	146	671	39	33	525	923	.258	.324	.403	.727	93	2230	129	27	59	36	39	1144
Chicago White Sox	40	28.9	4.36	162	6298	5514	707	1415	250	56	92	662	76	40	620	674	.257	.334	.372	.706	90	2053	132	41	82	40	41	1241
Cleveland Indians	41	27.7	4.21	162	6138	5484	682	1341	202	22	180	644	35	16	502	939	.245	.312	.388	.700	90	2127	117	54	52	45	27	1128
Detroit Tigers	37	28.4	4.71	161	6236	5456	758	1352	191	36	209	719	69	21	651	894	.248	.330	.411	.740	95	2242	122	33	56	38	40	1161
Kansas City Athletics	45	27.4	4.60	162	6303	5576	745	1467	220	58	116	691	76	21	556	803	.263	.332	.386	.718	90	2151	108	42	78	50	35	1224
Los Angeles Angels	43	27.7	4.43	162	6262	5499	718	1377	232	35	137	667	46	27	602	917	.250	.325	.380	.705	92	2090	110	29	82	43	40	1159
Minnesota Twins	36	26.6	4.90	163	6362	5561	798	1445	215	39	185	758	33	20	649	823	.260	.338	.412	.750	98	2293	129	31	71	50	36	1209
New York Yankees	33	28.1	5.04	162	6394	5644	817	1509	240	29	199	791	42	29	584	842	.267	.337	.426	.762	106	2404	123	32	79	54	46	1205
Washington Senators	36	28.5	3.70	162	6075	5484	599	1370	206	38	132	566	99	53	466	789	.250	.308	.373	.682	83	2048	135	15	71	36	26	1078
League Average	37	27.8	4.44	162	6241	5524	718	1407	224	40	155	679	56	29	567	854	.255	.325	.394	.719	93	2176	124	34	70	44	37	1167
	369	27.8	4.44	1618	62406	55239	7183	14068	2238	400	1552	6786	560	292	5671	8535	.255	.325	.394	.719	93	21762	1236	336	705	436	366	11666

Team Standard Pitching

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For seasons prior to 1969, some play-by-play data is missing, so some positional splits will be slightly less than 100% complete. Marked with '-i'

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