1962 AL Standings and League Leaders

 September 10, 1962

  It's 10 days into September and the Detroit Tigers magic # to win the AL Pennant is down to 11. Only 3 teams have a shot at overtaking Detroit. The improbable  2nd place Washington Senators are 7 GB, followed by Minnesota and New York. While the Tigers have played above their actual by 15 games, the amazing Senators are 27 games above. 

  Boston's Pete Runnels and Baltimore's Brooks Robinson continue their battle for top BA in the AL. They're currently tied at .338. Minnesota's Harmon Killebrew continues to lead the league in HR and RBI. The Detroit Tigers have 5 players among the League Leaders: Rocky Colavito (37 HR, 128 RBI), Norm Cash (41 HR, 104 RBI), Don Mossi (16 Wins), Terry Fox (26 Saves), and Hank Aguirre (2.29 ERA). New York's Ralph Terry is still #1 in Wins with 20 and LA's Leon Wagner (46 HR, 118 RBI) continues to impress with his season's performance. 

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1962 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1962 Detroit DEA             88  55  .615 ----    11    73  70 .510   85  76 .528
1962 Washington WAA          83  64  .565  7.0          56  91 .381   60 101 .373
1962 Minnesota MNA           82  64  .562  7.5          82  64 .562   91  71 .562
1962 New York NYA            82  65  .558  8.0          86  61 .585   96  66 .593
1962 Cleveland CLA           72  74  .493 17.5          71  75 .486   80  82 .494
1962 Baltimore BAA           70  76  .479 19.5          72  74 .493   77  85 .475
1962 Los Angeles LAA         65  80  .448 24.0          81  64 .559   86  76 .531
1962 Kansas City KCA         63  82  .434 26.0          63  82 .434   72  90 .444
1962 Chicago CHA             62  84  .425 27.5          76  70 .521   85  77 .525
1962 Boston BOA              61  84  .421 28.0          68  77 .469   76  84 .475
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     70   76  .479 39-35 31-41 20-25 50-51 10-10 31-26     3-7     Won 1
BOA     61   84  .421 34-38 27-46 19-17 42-67  3- 8 16-21     4-6     Lost 5
CHA     62   84  .425 40-35 22-49 14-15 48-69  7-11 20-36     3-7     Lost 1
CLA     72   74  .493 40-34 32-40 18-20 54-54  5- 4 24-14     6-4     Lost 1
DEA     88   55  .615 46-27 42-28 18-16 70-39 11- 6 28-20     5-5     Won 1
KCA     63   82  .434 34-38 29-44 19-27 44-55  7- 8 22-18     4-6     Won 2
LAA     65   80  .448 35-36 30-44 20-30 45-50  8-11 19-30     6-4     Lost 1
MNA     82   64  .562 39-30 43-34  5-10 77-54  8- 6 17-22     5-5     Won 2
NYA     82   65  .558 42-33 40-32 25-18 57-47  6- 9 26-21     6-4     Lost 1
WAA     83   64  .565 45-28 38-36 24-14 59-50 10- 2 26-21     7-3     Lost 1
TOTAL  728  728  .500
HOME   394  334  .541
ROAD   334  394  .459
LEFT   182  192  .487
RIGHT  546  536  .505
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA      5-11 13-16 15-16 16-13 17-13  4- 7    571   636  -65
BOA      3-13 14-14 13-18 16-11 11-21  4- 7    687   720  -33
CHA      9- 9 15-14 10-20 11-17 13-17  4- 7    585   640  -55
CLA      8- 7 17-11 16-14  7-21 18-17  6- 4    622   680  -58
DEA     11- 3 15-14 19-11 18- 9 20-13  5- 5    760   639 +121
KCA      9-10  9-21 12-16 11-16 18-13  4- 6    633   824 -191
LAA      4-12 16-12 16-14 10-19 13-19  6- 4    653   673  -20
MNA     14- 4 19-11 19-11 11-15 14-18  5- 5    768   652 +116
NYA      9- 6 10-18 13-14 22- 9 21-14  7- 4    718   584 +134
WAA      9- 6 16-13 15-14 18-10 18-18  7- 3    711   660  +51
 
 
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1962 American League                 Date: 9/11/1962
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1962 DEA  88  55    B.Robinso BAA .338  H.Killebr MNA   48  H.Killebr MNA  140
1962 WAA  83  64    P.Runnels BOA .338  L.Wagner  LAA   46  R.Colavit DEA  128
1962 MNA  82  64    R.Rollins MNA .329  N.Cash    DEA   41  L.Wagner  LAA  118
1962 NYA  82  65    C.Hinton  WAA .327  R.Colavit DEA   37  N.Siebern KCA  108
1962 CLA  72  74    N.Siebern KCA .325  L.Thomas  LAA   32  N.Cash    DEA  104
1962 BAA  70  76
1962 LAA  65  80    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1962 KCA  63  82    R.Terry   NYA   20  T.Fox     DEA   26  R.Roberts BAA 2.25
1962 CHA  62  84    C.Pascual MNA   17  R.Moore   MNA   15  H.Aguirre DEA 2.29
1962 BOA  61  84    D.Mossi   DEA   16  D.Radatz  BOA   12  R.Terry   NYA 2.91
                    J.Kralick MNA   16  T.Lown    CHA   10  T.Cheney  WAA 2.93
                    W.Ford    NYA   16  M.Bridges NYA    8  M.Grant   CLA 3.14
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    H.Killebr MNA   15  L.Aparici CHA   35  C.Pascual MNA  176
                    A.Smith   CHA   11  C.Hinton  WAA   34  J.Kaat    MNA  169
                    J.Azcue   KCA    9  B.Richard NYA   23  J.Pizarro CHA  166
                    V.Power   MNA    8  C.Cottier WAA   19  R.Terry   NYA  166
                    OTHERS TIED W    7  E.Charles KCA   17  C.Estrada BAA  161
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
BOA  0  at  BAA  6  LAA-Grba(10-12, 4.32) at MNA-Kaat(13-14, 3.89)
KCA  4  at  CHA  1  NYA-Coates(6-9, 3.60) at DEA-Lary(3-7, 5.70)
LAA  5  at  MNA  7  WAA-Osteen(11-4, 3.19) at CLA-Perry(9-11, 4.67)
NYA  1  at  DEA  8