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1962 Kansas City A's  (1961)  (1963) 82-80, 3rd in American League Scored 759 runs, Allowed 746 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .698 Park Factor: Batting - 105 / Pitching - 105 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 80-82   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 72-90 Manager(s): Drew Kennedy

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *Norm Siebern         28  162  631  101  198  31   4  26  119   0   0  103   86  .314  .402  .499  127   7.2  2e10       -6  
 OF *Roger Maris          27  162  626   82  151  34   2  36  108   2   0   69   89  .241  .325  .474   97   5.3  3(-3)e3   -41  
 2B *Bernie Allen         23  162  613   75  163  43   8  12   72   0   0   67   83  .266  .336  .421   86   4.9  2e14       16  
 OF *Al Spangler          29  126  415   57  127  12  16   3   60   0   0   54   50  .306  .384  .434   72   6.5  4(+2)e13   41  
 C  *Clay Dalrymple       25  121  419   61  107  16   3  13   45   0   1   65   33  .255  .364  .401   63   5.3  3(-1)e6   -44  
 OF  Bobby Del Greco      29  122  378   50  101  23   2  11   54   3   1   48   70  .267  .367  .426   63   6.0  2(-2)e6    21  
 UT  Joe Koppe            31  128  418   64  100  18   0   5   34   2   0   75   96  .239  .355  .318   54   4.5             20  
 3B  Don Hoak             34  142  432   50  105  13  11  10   46   0   0   37   42  .243  .301  .394   49   3.9  2e15       25  
 OF  George Alusik        27   85  231   32   58  18   1  12   47   0   0   18   35  .251  .310  .494   31   4.5  3(0)e11    -3  
 SS  Ken Hamlin           27   82  226   29   70   5   1   3   24   3   1   17   25  .310  .355  .381   31   5.3  3e26      107  
 OF  Mike Hershberger     22  111  265   34   69   9   1   0   21   1   0   32   25  .260  .342  .302   27   3.5  2(-3)e5   -12  
 PH *John Wojcik          20   61   45   12   19   7   0   0    9   2   0   16    5  .422  .574  .578   17  18.6            283  
 PH *Don Mincher          24   99   67   17   14   2   0   5   18   0   0   28   17  .209  .424  .463   16   7.4             -7  
 C   Haywood Sullivan     31   70  185   19   42   2   1   5   14   0   0   12   22  .227  .274  .330   15   2.8  4(+1)e11  -53  
 SS #Dick Schofield       27   53  111   22   26   2   0   1    9   0   0   22   31  .234  .358  .279   13   4.2  3e19     -120  
 SS  Dick Howser          26   72  110   16   19   1   1   1    7   1   1    8    8  .173  .229  .227    5   1.6  3e30     -220  
 OF  Joe Gaines           25   32   31    5    9   1   0   0    2   0   0    7    8  .290  .410  .323    5   5.9  4(+2)e22   53  
 C   Jim Campbell         25   30   40    4    8   0   0   2    7   0   0    4   11  .200  .273  .350    3   2.7  4(+2)e16  -21  
 OF  Leo Posada           26    9   24    2    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .250  .280  .292    1   2.5  4(0)e11     9  
 3B  Billy Consolo        27    5    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  3e37     -599  
 3B  Gene Freese          28    7    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  4e10     -417  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           783                   -1

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Bill Stafford        23  18   8  .692  38  35   2   2   1   0   1  233.2  247  109  106  28   83  121  4.08  124   4.8   32  
  P *Billy O'Dell         29  16  15  .516  42  41   5   1   0   0   0  286.0  294  148  128  29   85  206  4.03  133   4.1   13  
  P  Bill Fischer         31   7   8  .467  37  16   2   7   1   3   0  140.2  183   76   71  27   10   49  4.54   96   6.3   50  
  P  Glen Hobbie          26   6   3  .667  15  15   2   0   0   0   0   98.2  113   53   50   9   19   49  4.56   51   4.7 -118  
  P  Rollie Sheldon       25   6   6  .500  27  16   1   6   2   1   0  112.0  126   48   46  11   18   49  3.70   55   4.5  -61  
  P  Frank Funk           26   6   7  .462  69   0   0  40  11   8   0   88.2   66   23   20   5   42   62  2.03   28   2.8 -136  
  P  Diego Segui          24   6   8  .429  35  12   0  14   3   0   0  129.0   96   58   55  20   34   73  3.84   45   3.1  -57  
  P  Dallas Green         27   6   9  .400  50  10   0  21   5   3   0  124.0  145   71   69  14   32   55  5.01   70   5.1    0  
  P  Dom Zanni            30   5   5  .500  54   0   0  28   8   3   0   95.0   82   30   29  13   23   56  2.75   34   3.3  -37  
  P  Dave Wickersham      26   3   7  .300  64   9   2  18   4   0   1  108.2  121   71   68  16   44   83  5.63   67   5.6    9  
  P *Danny McDevitt       29   1   0 1.000   7   0   0   4   0   1   0   11.1   13   12   12   1    9    8  9.53    8   6.8   33  
  P *Jim Archer           30   1   1  .500   7   1   0   4   0   1   0   11.0   20   13   11   3    6    4  9.00   14  11.2   50  
  P  Norm Bass            23   1   2  .333   7   5   0   2   0   0   0   26.2   39   19   19   1   15   10  6.41   20   7.0  -52  
  P *Bill Smith           28   0   0  .000   3   1   0   1   0   0   0    3.2    7    2    1   0    0    4  2.45    3   7.9  173  
  P  Howie Koplitz        24   0   1  .000   4   1   0   0   0   0   0    8.2   19   13   11   1    1    6 11.42   11  12.1  180  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      766        -12

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Clay Dalrymple 963 105 118 625 40 4 9 .994 17 12 Haywood Sullivan 452 50 62 276 19 10 5 .967 18 8 Jim Campbell 63 7 13 46 5 3 0 .944 3 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Norm Siebern 1477 162 162 1484 124 5 163 .997 9.80 Don Mincher 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bernie Allen 1460 162 162 400 447 10 132 .988 5.22 Joe Koppe 8 0 6 1 2 0 2 1.000 3.38 Ken Hamlin 6 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.26 Dick Schofield 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Don Mincher 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Hoak 1045 122 139 105 227 9 30 .974 2.86 Joe Koppe 379 40 55 49 76 18 11 .874 2.97 Gene Freese 24 0 7 1 8 0 0 1.000 3.38 Dick Schofield 24 0 10 4 2 0 1 1.000 2.28 Billy Consolo 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 Dick Howser 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Koppe 529 65 72 93 192 5 42 .983 4.85 Ken Hamlin 472 50 68 80 193 5 36 .982 5.20 Dick Schofield 247 22 39 49 80 2 16 .985 4.71 Dick Howser 228 25 47 42 88 4 19 .970 5.14 Billy Consolo 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Spangler 902 111 116 162 4 9 0 .949 1.66 Mike Hershberger 454 40 70 97 2 3 1 .971 1.96 Leo Posada 47 6 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.57 George Alusik 36 1 12 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.77 Joe Gaines 29 4 9 6 0 1 0 .857 1.86 Bobby Del Greco 8 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 John Wojcik 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Del Greco 842 86 108 286 8 1 2 .997 3.14 Roger Maris 433 55 56 113 9 2 2 .984 2.54 Mike Hershberger 203 21 33 69 2 0 1 1.000 3.14 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roger Maris 1037 107 123 222 13 4 4 .983 2.04 George Alusik 435 55 57 117 5 2 0 .984 2.53 Mike Hershberger 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 John Wojcik 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1962 Draft

Round 1 (#6):	Don Hoak
Round 2 (#22):	Dick Howser
Round 3 (#37):	Frank Funk
Round 4 (#52):	Ken Hamlin
Round 5 (#65):	Dom Zanni

Transactions

• 1962-01: traded Vic Power to LAN for Joe Koppe
• 1962-01: acquired Joe Gaines as a free agent
• 1962-02: acquired Jim Campbell as a free agent
• 1962-16: acquired Howie Koplitz as a free agent
• 1962-17: acquired Bill Smith as a free agent

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