1962 AL Standings

 August 1, 1962

 My Detroit Tigers continue their impressive play and hold 1st place in the AL as the calendar turns to August. I've been pleasantly surprised at how well they've over-performed. Detroit has been winning with their offense. Colavito and Cash have been pounding the ball, but it's been players like CF Billy Bruton (15 HR, .338 BA good for 3rd in the AL), SS Chico Fernandez (18 HR, 50 RBI), and the Catchers Dick Brown (15 HR, 45 RBI) and Mike Roarke (.304 BA) that have been fun to watch. Al Kaline is now back after missing 2 months of the season and he's been hitting well since his return. Detroit is now 14 games over their Actual record at this point in the season. But the most surprising team is still the Washington Senators. They're in 3rd place only 5.5 games behind Detroit. Washington is 19 games better than their Actual and it doesn't look like they're going to falter. The 2nd place Minnesota Twins still look like the team Detroit is going to have to hold off to Win the Pennant. Then there is New York, the team that actually won the pennant in 1962. The Yankees had the best record in July (22-9) and have moved into 4th place. Their slow start has put them behind the eight ball but there is still a lot of baseball to be played. All of the teams have played at least 100 games. That means there are 60 or so games left. Enough to see big changes in the standings.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1962 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1962 Detroit DEA             63  37  .630 ----    59    49  51 .490   85  76 .528
1962 Minnesota MNA           63  41  .606  2.0          57  47 .548   91  71 .562
1962 Washington WAA          58  43  .574  5.5          39  62 .386   60 101 .373
1962 New York NYA            54  47  .535  9.5          62  39 .614   96  66 .593
1962 Cleveland CLA           48  53  .475 15.5          52  49 .515   80  82 .494
1962 Baltimore BAA           49  56  .467 16.5          54  51 .514   77  85 .475
1962 Boston BOA              46  56  .451 18.0          46  56 .451   76  84 .475
1962 Los Angeles LAA         46  57  .447 18.5          57  46 .553   86  76 .531
1962 Chicago CHA             45  60  .429 20.5          52  53 .495   85  77 .525
1962 Kansas City KCA         41  63  .394 24.0          45  59 .433   72  90 .444
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     49   56  .467 27-23 22-33 13-21 36-35  4- 6 22-16     6-4     Won 2
BOA     46   56  .451 26-27 20-29 14- 8 32-48  3- 4 13-13     5-5     Lost 2
CHA     45   60  .429 27-23 18-37  8-12 37-48  5- 6 15-26     3-7     Won 1
CLA     48   53  .475 25-23 23-30 14-15 34-38  3- 3 14-11     3-7     Lost 1
DEA     63   37  .630 31-17 32-20  9-10 54-27  7- 3 20-11     7-3     Won 3
KCA     41   63  .394 23-31 18-32 13-22 28-41  3- 5 15-12     3-7     Lost 1
LAA     46   57  .447 27-27 19-30 16-19 30-38  6- 7 10-23     6-4     Won 1
MNA     63   41  .606 29-23 34-18  5- 3 58-38  4- 4 12-17     5-5     Lost 2
NYA     54   47  .535 28-24 26-23 19-11 35-36  3- 6 16-14     6-4     Lost 2
WAA     58   43  .574 32-20 26-23 17-10 41-33  7- 1 20-14     6-4     Won 3
TOTAL  513  513  .500
HOME   275  238  .536
ROAD   238  275  .464
LEFT   128  131  .494
RIGHT  385  382  .502
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA      5-11 13-16 15-16 16-13  0- 0  0- 0    404   474  -70
BOA      3-13 14-14 13-18 16-11  0- 0  0- 0    481   493  -12
CHA      9- 9 15-14 10-20 11-17  0- 0  0- 0    402   447  -45
CLA      8- 7 17-11 16-14  7-21  0- 0  0- 0    461   498  -37
DEA     11- 3 15-14 19-11 18- 9  0- 0  0- 0    541   469  +72
KCA      9-10  9-21 12-16 11-16  0- 0  0- 0    414   597 -183
LAA      4-12 16-12 16-14 10-19  0- 0  0- 0    474   465   +9
MNA     14- 4 19-11 19-11 11-15  0- 0  0- 0    559   420 +139
NYA      9- 6 10-18 13-14 22- 9  0- 0  0- 0    473   394  +79
WAA      9- 6 16-13 15-14 18-10  0- 0  0- 0    502   454  +48