1962 AL Awards

 October 14, 1962

  The Awards for the AL in the 1962 MLB season were announced today. The Detroit Tiger's Rocky Colavito was named AL MVP. He narrowly edged out Minnesota's Harmon Killebrew. 

New York's Ralph Terry was named the AL Cy Young Award winner.

Here are the stat lines of each player:

NAME              BAVG  GM  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO HB SH DP  SB CS  E
R.Colavito        .278 161 598 112 166 29  3 43 150 104  65  5  0 23   0  0  3 

 
NAME               ERA  W  L   PCT   G GS CG SH SV    IP   H   R  ER HR  BB  SO
R.Terry           3.02 22 11  .667  39 39 21  3  0 316.1 288 116 106 38  63 185

Detroit's Bob Scheffing was named Manager of the Year. 
Detroit's Terry Fox won the Rolaids Fireman Relief Award.
Here is the complete list of Awards and Honors for the AL:
AWARDS VOTING FOR 1962 American League                         Date: 10/14/1962
 
MVP AWARD                               CY YOUNG AWARD
R.Colavito(DEA) 387                     R.Terry(NYA) 114
H.Killebrew(MNA) 375                    C.Pascual(MNA) 101
N.Cash(DEA) 210                         H.Aguirre(DEA) 52
B.Robinson(BAA) 131                     J.Kralick(MNA) 14
C.Hinton(WAA) 95                        T.Fox(DEA) 6
 
ALL-STAR SELECTIONS BY POSITION
C  E.Howard(NYA) 1,666,464              J.Romano(CLA) 1,528,143
1B N.Siebern(KCA) 3,199,460             N.Cash(DEA) 2,832,521
2B B.Richardson(NYA) 2,068,418          J.Lumpe(KCA) 2,009,098
3B B.Robinson(BAA) 3,129,351            R.Rollins(MNA) 2,187,432
SS T.Tresh(NYA) 2,261,814               E.Bressoud(BOA) 1,578,904
LF R.Colavito(DEA) 3,701,991            H.Killebrew(MNA) 3,669,612
CF L.Green(MNA) 2,202,802               B.Bruton(DEA) 2,104,101
RF C.Hinton(WAA) 2,554,695              B.Allison(MNA) 2,264,342
Pi H.Aguirre(DEA) 3,553,912             R.Terry(NYA) 2,950,905
   C.Pascual(MNA) 2,605,776             T.Cheney(WAA) 2,023,916
   W.Ford(NYA) 1,865,054                T.Fox(DEA) 1,765,455
   B.Stafford(NYA) 1,632,538            J.Kralick(MNA) 1,532,404
   G.Conley(BOA) 1,328,178              B.Belinsky(LAA) 1,301,645
   R.Roberts(BAA) 1,214,878             C.Osteen(WAA) 1,168,845
 
GOLD GLOVE SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
P  D.Pfister(KCA)                       T.Cheney(WAA) 
C  B.Rodgers(LAA)                       E.Howard(NYA) 
1B V.Power(MNA)                         N.Siebern(KCA) 
2B B.Richardson(NYA)                    J.Lumpe(KCA) 
3B B.Robinson(BAA)                      B.Phillips(CLA) 
SS L.Aparicio(CHA)                      Z.Versalles(MNA) 
OF J.Landis(CHA)                        J.Brandt(BAA) 
OF J.Piersall(WAA)                      C.Yastrzemski(BOA) 
OF M.Mantle(NYA)                        R.Maris(NYA) 
 
SILVER SLUGGER SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
C  E.Howard(NYA)                        J.Romano(CLA) 
1B N.Siebern(KCA)                       N.Cash(DEA) 
2B J.Lumpe(KCA)                         B.Allen(MNA) 
3B B.Robinson(BAA)                      F.Malzone(BOA) 
SS T.Tresh(NYA)                         C.Fernandez(DEA) 
LF H.Killebrew(MNA)                     R.Colavito(DEA) 
CF B.Bruton(DEA)                        L.Green(MNA) 
RF C.Hinton(WAA)                        B.Allison(MNA) 
 
ROLAIDS FIREMAN RELIEF AWARD            MANAGER OF THE YEAR
T.Fox(DEA) 76                           Bob Scheffing(DEA) 
R.Moore(MNA) 45                         Mickey Vernon(WAA) 
D.Radatz(BOA) 37                        Sam Mele(MNA) 
M.Bridges(NYA) 27                       Ralph Houk(NYA) 
F.Funk(CLA) 24                          Mel McGaha(CLA)