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Sports season
The 1962 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 9 to October 16, 1962. The National League (NL) added two teams via expansion , the Houston Colt .45s and New York Mets . This marked the return of the NL to New York City after a four-year absence, although the Mets would lose 120 games and finish in last place. All major league teams now played 162-game schedules, which had been adopted by the American League (AL) the prior season, with each team facing the nine other clubs in the same league 18 times during the season.
The New York Yankees won the AL pennant, while the NL regular season concluded with both the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers having identical records, 101–61. A three-game tie-breaker series was held, which was won by the Giants, two games to one. The Yankees then defeated the Giants in the World Series , four games to three.
National League MVP Maury Wills Home field attendance [ edit ] Team name Wins %± Home attendance %± Per game Los Angeles Dodgers [ 1] 102 14.6% 2,755,184 52.7% 33,195 San Francisco Giants [ 2] 103 21.2% 1,592,594 14.5% 19,422 New York Yankees [ 3] 96 -11.9% 1,493,574 -14.5% 18,670 Minnesota Twins [ 4] 91 30.0% 1,433,116 14.0% 17,477 Detroit Tigers [ 5] 85 -15.8% 1,207,881 -24.5% 14,730 Los Angeles Angels [ 6] 86 22.9% 1,144,063 89.6% 14,124 Chicago White Sox [ 7] 85 -1.2% 1,131,562 -1.3% 13,970 Pittsburgh Pirates [ 8] 93 24.0% 1,090,648 -9.0% 13,465 Cincinnati Reds [ 9] 98 5.4% 982,095 -12.1% 12,125 St. Louis Cardinals [ 10] 84 5.0% 953,895 11.5% 11,776 Houston Colt .45s [ 11] 64 924,456 11,274 New York Mets [ 12] 40 922,530 11,532 Baltimore Orioles [ 13] 77 -18.9% 790,254 -16.9% 9,637 Milwaukee Braves [ 14] 86 3.6% 766,921 -30.4% 9,468 Philadelphia Phillies [ 15] 81 72.3% 762,034 29.1% 9,525 Boston Red Sox [ 16] 76 0.0% 733,080 -13.8% 9,279 Washington Senators [ 17] 60 -1.6% 729,775 22.2% 9,122 Cleveland Indians [ 18] 80 2.6% 716,076 -1.3% 8,840 Kansas City Athletics [ 19] 72 18.0% 635,675 -7.0% 7,848 Chicago Cubs [ 20] 59 -7.8% 609,802 -9.4% 7,528
Television coverage [ edit ] CBS and NBC continued to air weekend Game of the Week broadcasts. CBS dropped its Sunday broadcasts once the NFL season started in mid-September, dropping the option clause for affiliates to carry baseball or football in place since 1957 .[ 21]
The All-Star Game , the National League tie-breaker series , and the World Series aired on NBC.
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