Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and his culture
In 1962, my Uncle Floyd (my godfather) gave me the two best
presents I ever got in a year – for my birthday, two official major league baseball score books; for Christmas, a transistor radio. My life was forever changed.
American League National League
AVG Pete Runnels BOS .326 Tommy Davis LAD .346
HR Harmon Killebrew MIN 48 Willie Mays SFG 49
RBI Harmon Killebrew MIN 126 Tommy Davis LAD 153
Wins Ralph Terry NYY 23 Don Drysdale LAD 25
ERA Hank Aguirre DET 2.21 Sandy Koufax LAD 2.54
Ks Camilo Pascual MIN 206 Don Drysdale LAD 232
American League final standings
American League final standings
Rank Club Wins Losses
NYY 96 66
2nd Twins 91 71
3rd Angels 86 76
4th Tigers 85 76
5th Chi 85 77
6th Clev 80 82
7th Balt 77 85
8th Boston 76 84
9th KC 72 90
10th WASH 60 101
National League final standings
Rank Club Wins Losses Win % GB
1st San Francisco Giants 103 62 .624 --
2nd Los Angeles Dodgers 102 63 .618 1.0
3rd Cincinnati Reds 98 64 .605 3.5
4th Pittsburgh Pirates 93 68 .578 8.0
5th Milwaukee Braves 86 76 .531 15.5
6th St. Louis Cardinals 84 78 .519 17.5
7th Philadelphia Phillies 81 80 .503 20.0
8th Houston Colt .45s 64 96 .400 36.5
9th Chicago Cubs 59 103 .364 42.5
10th New York Mets 40 120 .250 60.5
January-April
• January 23 - In their first year of eligibility, Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson are selected for the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
• January 28 - Edd Roush and Bill McKechnie are added to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.
• April 10 - In the very first regular season game ever at Dodger Stadium, the Cincinnati Reds spoiled the Dodgers' opening-day party by beating them 6-3.
• April 11 - The New York Mets play the first official game in franchise history, an 11-4 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri.
• April 12 - In his Major League debut, Pete Richert of the Los Angeles Dodgers ties Karl Spooner's record by striking out the first six Major League batters he faces. He enters the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium with two out in the second inning and strikes out Vada Pinson for the final out. He then records a four-strikeout third inning; the victims are Frank Robinson, Gordy Coleman (who reaches first on a
Johnny Roseboro passed ball), Wally Post and Johnny Edwards. To date, Richert is the only pitcher to strike out four batters in one inning in his Major League debut. His record-tying sixth strikeout is of Tommy Harper leading off the fourth inning. The Dodgers defeat the Reds 11-7 with Richert gaining the victory, having struck out seven batters, walking none, and allowing no hits in 3 1/3 innings.
• April 13 - National League baseball officially returns to New York, as the New York Mets play the first home game in franchise history, a 4-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates at the Polo Grounds.
• April 18 - Ernie Banks hits 300th career home run helping Chicago Cubs beab Houston Colt .45's 3-2.
• April 23 - The New York Mets earn their first victory in franchise history, 9-1 over the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh.
• May 5 - Bo Belinsky of the Los Angeles Angels no-hits the Baltimore Orioles 2-0 at Dodger Stadium. The no-hitter is the first in both the franchise's and the stadium's history.
• May 29 - Ernie Banks hits 3 home runs.
• June 26 - At Fenway Park, Boston Red Sox pitcher Earl Wilson no-hits the Los Angeles Angels 2-0 and helps his own cause by homering in the same game. He becomes the second no-hit pitcher, after Wes Ferrell in 1931, to hit a home run. Rick Wise will join them in 1971, homering twice in his no-hitter.
• June 30 - At Dodger Stadium, Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers no-hits the New York Mets 5-0. He begins the game by striking out the first three batters (Richie Ashburn, Rod Kaneh l Félix Mantilla ) on nine pitches. The no-hitter is the first by a Dodger since the franchise's move from Brooklyn after the 1957 season as well as, to date, the only one to feature a nine-pitch, three strikeout half-inning. Koufax will go on to pitch no-hitters in each of the next three seasons, including a perfect game in 1965; his record of four career no-hitters will be broken by Nolan Ryan 1981 . and in
• July 9 - At a meeting held in conjunction with the All-Star Game, the ML players request a reduced schedule
for the 1963 season. They also vote unanimously to continue playing two All-Star Games each year.
• July 10 - At newly opened D.C. Stadium, John F. Kennedy becomes the only U.S. president ever to throw the
ceremonial first pitch at an All-Star Game, as the National League beats the American League, 3–1, in the
first All-Star Game of 1962. Maury Wills, scoring two of the team's three runs, Roberto Clemente with three hits, and Willie Mays's amazing game-ending catch, are the game highlights. Wills receives the first All-Star MVP honors.
• July 11 - For the first time since 1938, when the brothers Lloyd Paul Waner pulled the trick, brothers Hank and Tommie Aaron grand slam provides the winning margin in an 8–6 Braves win over the Cardinals. and hit home runs in the same inning. Both were hit in the last of the 9th, and Hank's
• July 18 - The Minnesota Twins becomes the first 20th-century major league club to hit two grand slams in one inning when Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew connect in a team-record, 11-run first inning, against the Cleveland Indians. Pitchers Barry Latman Jim Perry serve the grand gophers. and
• July 26 - Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves set the National League record for home runs by a pitcher when he hit his 31st off New York's Craig Anderson. Spahn dealt the Mets their 11th straight loss with a 6-1 victory.
• July 30 - Home runs by Leon Wagner, Pete Runnels, and Rocky Colavito power the American League past the National League 9–4 in the second All-Star Game of 1962. Wagner is selected MVP.
• August 1 - Bill Monbouquette of the Boston Red Sox no-hits the Chicago White Sox 1-0 at Comiskey Park, the Red Sox' second no-hitter of the season. A second-inning walk to Al Smith is the only baserunner Monbouquette allows. Monbouquette's catcher, Jim Pagliaroni, scores the game's lone run, on a Lou Clinton single in the eighth inning.
• August 26 - At Metropolitan Stadium, Jack Kralick of the Minnesota Twins no-hits the Kansas City Athletics,
1-0. The no-hitter is the first in the franchise's Minnesota history; they had moved from Washington, D. C. after the 1960 season. Kralick retires the first 25 batters before a walk to the 26th (George Alusik) spoils his bid for a perfect game.
September-December
• September 10 - Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hit his 400th career home run, helping the to beat the Detroit Tigers 3–1.
• October 3 - Eleven years to the day the New York Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers for the National League pennant on Bobby Thomson's Shot 'Heard Round the World home run, the SF Giants scored four runs in the ninth to defeat the LA Dodgers at Dodger Stadium, 6–4, in the third game of a playoff to determine the 1962 NL pennant.
• October 16 - In Game Seven of the World Series, the New York Yankees scores the game’s only run, giving the Yankees a 1–0 win over the San Francisco Giants for a second straight WS victory and the 20th championship in team history. Pitcher Ralph Terry is named the Series MVP.
• November 23 - Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills, whose 104 stolen bases broke a major league season-record set by Ty Cobb, wins the National League Most Valuable Player Award. In a controversial vote, Wills beats out teammate Tommy Davis, who led the league with a .346 batting average and 153 RBI.
• November 29:
• After 61 years, the American Association (AAA) folds, with some of the franchises being absorbed by the International League and the Pacific Coast League. The PCL adds the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX; Denver, CO and Oklahoma City, OK Clubs and drops the Vancouver, BC club. The International League adds the Indianapolis, IN and Little Rock, AR clubs. As a result, both leagues became ten club leagues.
• MLB officials and player representatives agree to return to a single All-Star Game in 1963. The players' pension fund will receive 95 percent of the one game's proceeds (rather than 60 percent of the two games).
The 1962 NFL season was the 43rd regular season of the National Football League. Before the season, CBS signed a contract with the league to televise all regular-season games for a $4.65 million annual fee.
The season ended on December 30th, when the Green Bay Packers New York Giants 16–7 in the NFL Championship Game at Yankee Stadium. The Packers successfully defended their 1961 NFL title, finishing the 1962 season at 14- 1; their only loss was to the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving.
Eastern Conference
Team W L T PCT PF PA
New York Giants 12 2 0 .857 398 283
Pittsburgh Steelers 9 5 0 .643 312 363
Cleveland Browns 7 6 1 .538 291 257
Washington Redskins 5 7 2 .417 305 376
Dallas Cowboys 5 8 1 .385 398 402
St. Louis Cardinals 4 9 1 .308 287 361
Philadelphia Eagles 3 10 1 .231 282 356
The 1962 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in
single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball
in the United States. It began on March 12, 1962, and ended with the championship game on March 24 in
Louisville, Kentucky. A total of 29 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a
national third place game, which was won by Wake Forest.
Cincinnati, coached by Ed Jucker, won the national title with a 71–59 victory in the final game over Ohio
State, coached by Fred Taylor. Paul Hogue of Cincinnati was named the tournament's Most Outstanding
Player. The total attendance for the tournament was 177,469, a new record.[1]
Western Conference
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Green Bay Packers 13 1 0 .929 415 148
Detroit Lions 11 3 0 .786 315 177
Chicago Bears 9 5 0 .643 321 287
Baltimore Colts 7 7 0 .500 293 288
San Francisco 49ers 6 8 0 .429 282 331
Minnesota Vikings 2 11 1 .154 254 410
Los Angeles Rams 1 12 1 .077 220 334
East region
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
St. Joseph's
85
*
Wake Forest 96
Wake Forest 92
Yale
82
*
Wake
Forest
79
Villanova 69
NYU 70
Massachusett
s
50
NYU 76
Villanova 79
Villanova 90
West Virginia 75
[edit] Mideast region
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Kentucky 81
Butler 60
Butler 56
Bowling Green 55
Kentucky 64
Ohio State 74
Ohio State 93
Western
Kentucky
73
Western Kentucky 90
Detroit 81
[edit] Midwest region
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Colorado 67
Texas
Tech
60
Texas Tech 68
Air Force 66
Colorado 46
Cincinnat
i
73
Cincinnat
i
66
Creighto
n
46
Creighton 87
Memphis
State
83
[edit] West region
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Pepperdine 67
Oregon
State
69
Oregon State 69
Seattle
65
*
Oregon
State
69
UCLA 88
UCLA 73
Utah State 62
Utah State 78
Arizona State 73
[edit] Final Four
National Semifinals National Championship Game
E Wake Forest 68
ME Ohio State 84
ME Ohio State 59
MW Cincinnati 71
MW Cincinnati 72
W UCLA 70 National Third Place Game
E Wake Forest 82
W UCLA 80
The 1962 U.S. Open Championship was the 62nd U.S. Open played June 14-17 at Oakmont Country Club
in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. Jack Nicklaus Arnold Palmer (71 to 74). won the championship in an 18-hole
playoff over
[edit] Final leaderboard
# Player Country Score To par Winnings ($)
1 Jack Nicklaus United States 72-70-72-69=283 -1 17,500
2 Arnold Palmer United States 71-68-73-71=283 10,500
T3
Bobby Nichols United States 70-72-70-73=285
+1 5,500
Phil Rodgers United States 74-70-69-72=285
5 Gay Brewer United States 73-72-73-69=287 +3 4,000
T6 Tommy Jacobs United States 74-71-73-70=288 +4 2,750
Gary Player South Africa 71-71-72-74=288
T8
Doug Ford United States 74-75-71-70=290
Gene Littler United States 69-74-72-75=290 +6 1,767
Billy Maxwell United States 71-70-75-74=290
The 1962 Masters Tournament was contested from April 5 to April 9 at Augusta National Golf Club. It
was the 26th Masters Tournament. 109 players entered the tournament and 51 of them made the cut at
five-over-par (149). The cut was changed this year to low 44 plus ties.
Arnold Palmer won his third Masters title in the Tournament's first three-way playoff. He defeated
defending champion Gary Player and Dow Finsterwald. They played a 18-hole playoff, Palmer shot a 68
while Player shot a 71 and Finsterwald shot a 77.
This would be the last Masters tournament in which 1938 champion Henry Picard would make the cut.
Jack Nicklaus finished tied for 15th.
Bruce Crampton won the Par 3 contest with a score of 22.
[edit] Final leaderboard
# Player Country Score To par Winnings ($)
1 Arnold Palmer* United States 70-66-69-75=280
-8
20,000
2 Gary Player South Africa 67-71-71-71=280 12,000
3 Dow Finsterwald United States 74-68-65-73=280 8,000
4 Gene Littler United States 71-68-71-72=282 -6 6,000
T5
Jerry Barber United States 72-72-69-74=287
-1 3,600
Jimmy Demaret United States 73-73-71-70=287
Billy Maxwell United States 71-73-72-71=287
Mike Souchak United States 70-72-74-71=287
T9 Charles Coe (a) United States 72-74-71-71=288 E 0
Ken Venturi United States 75-70-71-72=288 2,000
*Palmer (68) defeated Player (71) and Finsterwald (77) in an 18-hole playoff.
The 1962 Open Championship was a golf competition held at Royal Troon Golf Club. The competition
was won by Arnold Palmer.
[edit] Final leaderboard
# Player Country Score To par
1 Arnold Palmer United States 71-69-67-69=276 -12
2 Kel Nagle Australia 71-71-70-70=282 -6
T3
Brian Huggett Wales 75-71-74-69=289
+1
Phil Rodgers United States 75-70-72-72=289
5 Bob Charles New Zealand 75-70-70-75=290 +2
T6
Sam Snead United States 76-73-72-71=292
+4
Peter Thomson Australia 70-77-75-70=292
T8
Peter Alliss England 77-69-74-73=293
+5
Dave Thomas Wales 77-70-71-75=293
10 Syd Scott England 77-74-75-68=294 +6
In the state of Illinois boys basketball, Carver wins the championship on a last minute shot by the
Freshman Smedly, avenging a loss in the final game by a team which included Cazzie Russell
1962-63 Carver HS def. Centralia HS (53-52)
And finally, the top 50 popular tunes for 1962
1. I Can't Stop Loving You Ray Charles 26. The Wanderer Dion
2. Big Girls Don't Cry Four Seasons 27.
Can't Help Falling In
Love
Elvis Presley
3. Sherry Four Seasons 28.
Only Love Can Break A
Heart
Gene Pitney
4. Rose's Are Red Bobby Vinton 29. Midnight In Moscow Kenny Ball
5. Peppermint Twist Joey Dee & Starliters 30. You Don't Know Me Ray Charles
6. Telstar Tornadoes 31. I Know Barbara George
7. Duke Of Earl Gene Chandler 32. Do You Love Me Contours
8. Hey Baby Bruce Channel 33. Bobby's Girl Marcie Blane
9. Soldier Boy Shirelles 34. Norman Sue Thompson
10. The Twist Chubby Checker 35. Green Onions Booket T. & MG's
11. He's A Rebel Crystals 36. Palisades Park Freddy Cannon
12. Johnny Angel Shelley Fabares 37. All Alone Am I Brenda Lee
13. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Neil Sedaka 38. Sealed With A Kiss Brian Hyland
14. Monster Mash Bobby Pickett 39.
It Keeps Right On AHurtin'
Johnny Tillotson
15 Sheila Tommy Roe 40. Slow Twistin' Chubby Checker
16. Good Luck Charm Elvis Presley 41. Things Bobby Darin
17. Stranger On The Shore Acker Bilk 42. Lovers Who Wander Dion
18. The Stripper David Rose 43. Let Me In Sensations
19. The Loco-Motion Little Eva 44. Don't Hang Up Orlons
20.
Don't Break The Heart
That Loves You
Connie Francis 45. Let's Dance Chris Montez
21. Return To Sender Elvis Presley 46.
The Man Who Shot
Liberty Valance
Gene Pitney
22. Limbo Rock Chubby Checker 47. Break It To Me Gently Brenda Lee
23. Mashed Potato Time Dee Dee Sharp 48. Dream Baby Roy Orbison
24. Ramblin' Rose Nat King Cole 49. Party Lights Claudine Clark
25. The Wah Watusi Orlons 50. Love Letters Ketty Lester
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