1962 San Francisco Giants
National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkCandlestick Park
CitySan Francisco
OwnersHorace Stoneham
General managersChub Feeney
ManagersAlvin Dark
TelevisionKTVU
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons)
RadioKSFO
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill King)
Seasons

The 1962 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 80th year in Major League Baseball, their fifth year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their third at Candlestick Park. The team finished in first place in the National League with a record of 103 wins and 62 losses. They finished the season tied with their arch-rivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers, for first place in the league, necessitating a three-game tiebreaker playoff to determine the pennant winner. The Giants won two of the three games to take their first National League title since moving to San Francisco, making the Giants the first NL Champions of the 162-game schedule era. They went on to the 1962 World Series, where they lost in seven games to the New York Yankees. The Giants had 1,552 hits in the regular season, the most in the club's San Francisco era.[1]

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 10362 0.624 — 61–21 42–41
Los Angeles Dodgers 10263 0.618 1 54–29 48–34
Cincinnati Reds 9864 0.605 3½ 58–23 40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 9368 0.578 8 51–30 42–38
Milwaukee Braves 8676 0.531 15½ 49–32 37–44
St. Louis Cardinals 8478 0.519 17½ 44–37 40–41
Philadelphia Phillies 8180 0.503 20 46–34 35–46
Houston Colt .45s 6496 0.400 36½ 32–48 32–48
Chicago Cubs 59103 0.364 42½ 32–49 27–54
New York Mets 40120 0.250 60½ 22–58 18–62

Record vs. opponents

1962 National League record

Sources:
Team CHC CIN HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago —4–147–114–148–109–910–84–146–127–11
Cincinnati 14–4—13–59–913–513–58–1013–57–118–10
Houston 11–75–13—6–127–1113–3–11–175–137–119–9–1
Los Angeles 14–49–912–6—10–816–214–410–810–117–11
Milwaukee 10–85–1311–78–10—12–611–710–87–1112–6
New York 9–95–133–13–12–166–12—4–142–164–145–13
Philadelphia 8–1010–817–14–147–1114–4—7–105–139–9
Pittsburgh 14–45–1313–58–108–1016–210–7—7–1112–6
San Francisco 12–611–711–711–1011–714–413–511–7—9–9
St. Louis 11–710–89–9–111–76–1213–59–96–129–9—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Game log and schedule

Legend
 Giants win
 Giants loss
 Postponement
BoldGiants team member
1962 Game Log (102–63) (Home: 61–21; Road: 42–41)
April (15–5) (Home: 11–2; Road: 4–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
1April 10Braves6–0Marichal (1–0)Candlestick Park39,1771–0W1
2April 11Braves3–1O'Dell (1–0)Candlestick Park16,7212–0W2
3April 12Braves8–4Sanford (1–0)Miller (1)Candlestick Park9,1773–0W3
4April 13Reds7–2Pierce (1–0)Miller (2)Candlestick Park23,7754–0W4
5April 14Reds13–6Larsen (1–0)Candlestick Park18,0865–0W5
6April 15Reds3–4Marichal (1–1)Candlestick Park28,6975–1L1
7April 16Dodgers19–8O'Dell (2–0)Candlestick Park32,8196–1W1
8April 17Dodgers7–8McCormick (0–1)Candlestick Park25,8416–2L1
9April 18@ Braves4–6Miller (0–1)County Stadium30,0016–3L2
10April 19@ Braves7–6Marichal (2–1)County Stadium4,5707–3W1
11April 21@ Reds8–6Larsen (2–0)LeMay (1)Crosley Field6,0068–3W2
12April 22@ Reds4–6Sanford (1–1)Crosley Field6,5838–4L1
13April 23@ Reds4–1Pierce (2–0)Crosley Field6,4839–4W1
14April 24@ Pirates3–7Marichal (2–2)Forbes Field18,6209–5L1
15April 25@ Pirates8–3Perry (1–0)Larsen (1)Forbes Field21,65210–5W1
16April 27Cubs5–4Miller (1–1)Candlestick Park8,71011–5W2
17April 28Cubs11–2Marichal (3–2)Candlestick Park14,42712–5W3
18April 29Cubs7–0Sanford (2–1)Candlestick Parkn/a13–5W4
19April 29Cubs6–0Pierce (3–0)Candlestick Park40,97314–5W5
20April 30Pirates4–1Perry (2–0)Candlestick Park9,54315–5W6
May (20–10) (Home: 12–4; Road: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
21May 1Pirates4–2O'Dell (3–0)Candlestick Park23,65716–5W7
22May 2Pirates3–2Marichal (4–2)Candlestick Park9,92617–5W8
23May 3Pirates8–4Sanford (3–1)Candlestick Park10,72318–5W9
24May 4@ Cubs11–6Pierce (4–0)Larsen (2)Wrigley Field5,01119–5W10
25May 5@ Cubs8–12Duffalo (0–1)Wrigley Field11,36219–6L1
26May 6@ Cubs7–3O'Dell (4–0)Wrigley Field14,09020–6W1
27May 8@ Cardinals4–3Marichal (5–2)Busch Stadium14,61821–6W2
28May 9@ Cardinals3–7Sanford (3–2)Busch Stadium12,42121–7L1
29May 10@ Cardinals6–0O'Dell (5–0)Busch Stadium15,56722–7W1
30May 11@ Colt .45s0–7Perry (2–1)Colt Stadium19,00322–8L1
31May 12@ Colt .45s11–0Marichal (6–2)Colt Stadium26,31123–8W1
32May 13@ Colt .45s7–2Sanford (4–2)Colt Stadium19,87924–8W2
33May 15Cardinals6–3Pierce (5–0)Miller (3)Candlestick Park30,48425–8W3
34May 16Cardinals7–2Marichal (7–2)Candlestick Park12,92526–8W4
35May 17Cardinals0–1O'Dell (5–1)Candlestick Park10,97626–9L1
36May 18Colt .45s2–3 (10)Sanford (4–3)Candlestick Park18,54426–10L2
37May 19Colt .45s10–2McCormick (1–1)Larsen (3)Candlestick Park16,70127–10W1
38May 20Colt .45s5–6Marichal (7–3)Candlestick Parkn/a27–11L1
39May 20Colt .45s7–4Pierce (6–0)Candlestick Park40,93228–11W1
40May 21@ Dodgers1–8O'Dell (5–2)Dodger Stadium45,19228–12L1
41May 22@ Dodgers1–5Sanford (4–4)Dodger Stadium46,63628–13L2
42May 23Phillies7–10McCormick (1–2)Candlestick Park7,31428–14L3
43May 24Phillies7–4Miller (2–1)Candlestick Park5,68029–14W1
44May 25Phillies10–7Pierce (7–0)Miller (4)Candlestick Park11,53830–14W2
45May 26Mets7–6 (10)Larsen (3–0)Candlestick Park18,79131–14W3
46May 27Mets7–1Sanford (5–4)Miller (5)Candlestick Parkn/a32–14W4
47May 27Mets6–5Duffalo (1–1)Miller (6)Candlestick Park39,55133–14W5
48May 30@ Phillies4–3 (12)Miller (3–1)Connie Mack Stadiumn/a34–14W6
49May 30@ Phillies5–2McCormick (2–2)Miller (7)Connie Mack Stadium29,73935–14W7
50May 31@ Phillies1–2O'Dell (5–3)Connie Mack Stadium9,39335–15L1
June (16–13) (Home: 9–5; Road: 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
51June 1@ Mets9–6Pierce (8–0)Miller (8)Polo Grounds43,74236–15W1
52June 2@ Mets10–1Sanford (6–4)Polo Groundsn/a37–15W2
53June 2@ Mets6–4O'Dell (6–3)Miller (9)Polo Grounds41,00138–15W3
54June 3@ Mets6–1Marichal (8–3)Polo Grounds34,10239–15W4
55June 5@ Cubs11–6O'Dell (7–3)Wrigley Field6,08740–15W5
56June 6@ Cubs3–4Larsen (3–1)Wrigley Field3,78340–16L1
57June 7@ Cubs3–4Pierce (8–1)Wrigley Field6,65640–17L2
58June 8@ Cardinals4–8Marichal (8–4)Busch Stadium16,20940–18L3
59June 9@ Cardinals4–8Sanford (6–5)Busch Stadium17,36840–19L4
60June 10@ Cardinals5–6O'Dell (7–4)Busch Stadiumn/a40–20L5
61June 10@ Cardinals3–13Duffalo (1–2)Busch Stadium33,67940–21L6
62June 12@ Reds2–1Marichal (9–4)Crosley Fieldn/a41–21W1
63June 12@ Reds7–5McCormick (3–2)Larsen (4)Crosley Field18,21542–21W2
64June 13@ Reds0–5Sanford (6–6)Crosley Field15,83742–22L1
65June 14@ Reds0–8Pierce (8–2)Crosley Field16,75642–23L2
66June 15Cardinals2–5O'Dell (7–5)Candlestick Park23,42742–24L3
67June 16Cardinals5–0Marichal (10–4)Candlestick Park24,84443–24W1
68June 17Cardinals6–3Sanford (7–6)Candlestick Park40,53344–24W2
69June 19Colt .45s4–6O'Dell (7–6)Candlestick Park18,74944–25L1
70June 20Colt .45s5–9Miller (3–2)Candlestick Park10,43044–26L2
71June 22Braves9–11Miller (3–3)Candlestick Park20,51344–27L3
72June 23Braves4–2McCormick (4–2)Candlestick Park17,34545–27W1
73June 24Braves3–1Marichal (11–4)Candlestick Park26,13046–27W2
74June 25Reds3–1O'Dell (8–6)Candlestick Park9,19547–27W3
75June 26Reds6–5 (10)Miller (4–3)Candlestick Park15,96748–27W4
76June 27Reds6–3Bolin (1–0)Candlestick Park12,53749–27W5
77June 28Phillies2–7Marichal (11–5)Candlestick Park7,17449–28L1
78June 29Phillies4–3 (12)O'Dell (9–6)Candlestick Park11,08850–28W1
79June 30Phillies8–3Bolin (2–0)Miller (10)Candlestick Park11,71651–28W2
July (16–11) (Home: 6–3; Road: 10–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
80July 1Phillies5–4Larsen (4–1)Miller (11)Candlestick Park17,61252–28W3
81July 2Mets5–8Miller (4–4)Candlestick Park11,05852–29L1
82July 3Mets10–1Sanford (8–6)Candlestick Park7,08353–29W1
83July 4Mets11–4Bolin (3–0)Candlestick Parkn/a54–29W2
84July 4Mets10–3O'Dell (10–6)Candlestick Park33,25355–29W3
85July 5Dodgers3–11McCormick (4–3)Candlestick Park24,91555–30L1
86July 6Dodgers12–3Marichal (12–5)Candlestick Park41,56956–30W1
87July 7Dodgers10–3Sanford (9–6)Miller (12)Candlestick Park40,18657–30W2
88July 8Dodgers0–2O'Dell (10–7)Candlestick Park41,71757–31L1
89July 12@ Phillies5–3Sanford (10–6)Miller (13)Connie Mack Stadium17,15158–31W1
90July 13@ Phillies2–3O'Dell (10–8)Connie Mack Stadium18,69358–32L1
91July 14@ Phillies5–6 (10)Miller (4–5)Connie Mack Stadium7,71658–33L2
92July 15@ Mets3–5Pierce (8–3)Polo Groundsn/a58–34L3
93July 15@ Mets9–8Bolin (4–0)Marichal (1)Polo Grounds35,46359–34W1
94July 16@ Mets3–2Sanford (11–6)Polo Grounds23,28060–34W2
95July 17@ Braves4–3O'Dell (11–8)Bolin (1)County Stadium14,58461–34W3
96July 18@ Braves0–6Marichal (12–6)County Stadium15,32461–35L1
97July 19@ Braves7–3Bolin (5–0)County Stadium14,15862–35W1
98July 20@ Pirates6–3Sanford (12–6)Larsen (5)Forbes Field37,70563–35W2
99July 21@ Pirates6–7 (11)Larsen (4–2)Forbes Field23,91763–36L1
100July 22@ Pirates5–4Marichal (13–6)Forbes Field27,97364–36W1
101July 23@ Colt .45s5–1Bolin (6–0)Colt Stadium12,09665–36W2
102July 24@ Colt .45s3–1Sanford (13–6)Larsen (6)Colt Stadium11,28966–36W3
103July 25@ Colt .45s3–2O'Dell (12–8)Miller (14)Colt Stadium12,34467–36W4
104July 27@ Dodgers1–3Marichal (13–7)Dodger Stadium54,09567–37L1
105July 28@ Dodgers6–8Bolin (6–1)Dodger Stadium49,22867–38L2
106July 29@ Dodgers1–11O'Dell (12–9)Dodger Stadium53,79267–39L3
August (18–10) (Home: 12–4; Road: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
107August 1Cubs2–3 (10)O'Dell (12–10)Candlestick Park8,93067–40L4
108August 2Cubs4–3Pierce (9–3)Larsen (7)Candlestick Park7,45468–40W1
109August 3Pirates2–5Marichal (13–8)Candlestick Park15,91068–41L1
110August 4Pirates6–5Sanford (14–6)Bolin (2)Candlestick Park29,37069–41W1
111August 5Pirates2–1O'Dell (13–10)Candlestick Park25,53270–41W2
112August 6Phillies9–2Pierce (10–3)Candlestick Park6,22271–41W3
113August 7Phillies4–2Marichal (14–8)Candlestick Park8,53172–41W4
114August 8Mets2–5Bolin (6–2)Candlestick Park11,41172–42L1
115August 9Mets7–1Sanford (15–6)Candlestick Park9,98873–42W1
116August 10Dodgers11–2O'Dell (14–10)Candlestick Park40,30474–42W2
117August 11Dodgers5–4Pierce (11–3)Miller (15)Candlestick Park41,26875–42W3
118August 12Dodgers5–1Marichal (15–8)Candlestick Park41,81276–42W4
119August 14@ Cubs9–2Sanford (16–6)Wrigley Field13,60977–42W5
120August 15@ Cubs5–7Miller (4–5)Wrigley Field13,13177–43L1
121August 16@ Cubs0–6Pierce (11–4)Wrigley Field11,87077–44L2
122August 17@ Braves4–6Marichal (15–9)County Stadium20,78177–45L3
123August 18@ Braves6–4Sanford (17–6)Bolin (3)County Stadium20,16278–45W1
124August 19@ Braves8–13O'Dell (14–11)County Stadium20,00578–46L1
125August 20@ Braves4–9Larsen (4–3)County Stadium15,90678–47L2
126August 22@ Mets4–5Larsen (4–4)Polo Grounds33,56978–48L3
127August 23@ Mets2–1 (10)Marichal (16–9)Polo Grounds18,81579–48W1
128August 24@ Phillies6–0O'Dell (15–11)Connie Mack Stadium19,45480–48W2
129August 25@ Phillies6–1Pierce (12–4)Connie Mack Stadium16,73881–48W3
130August 26@ Phillies7–4Sanford (18–6)Bolin (4)Connie Mack Stadium14,85582–48W4
131August 28Braves4–3Marichal (17–9)Candlestick Park24,02783–48W5
132August 29Braves3–10O'Dell (15–12)Candlestick Park14,39983–49L1
133August 30Braves3–2Sanford (19–6)Larsen (8)Candlestick Park12,49684–49W1
134August 31Reds10–2Pierce (13–4)Candlestick Park26,54785–49W2
September (16–12) (Home: 10–3; Road: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
135September 1Reds5–10Marichal (17–10)Candlestick Park26,49885–50L1
136September 2Reds6–4O'Dell (16–12)Candlestick Park34,31286–50W1
137September 3@ Dodgers7–3Sanford (20–6)Dodger Stadium54,41887–50W2
138September 4@ Dodgers4–5Pierce (13–5)Dodger Stadium51,56787-51L1
139September 5@ Dodgers3–0Marichal (18–10)Bolin (5)Dodger Stadium54,39588-51W1
140September 6@ Dodgers9–6Bolin (7–2)Miller (16)Dodger Stadium54,26389–51W2
141September 7Cubs6–5Sanford (21–6)Miller (17)Candlestick Park14,65290–51W3
142September 8Cubs7–2Pierce (14–5)Bolin (6)Candlestick Park17,64391–51W4
143September 9Cubs5–4McCormick (5–3)Larsen (9)Candlestick Park26,04992–51W5
144September 10Pirates4–1O'Dell (17–12)Candlestick Park19,49893–51W6
145September 11Pirates2–0Sanford (22–6)Candlestick Park10,28394–51W7
146September 12@ Reds1–4Pierce (14–6)Crosley Field17,56494–52L1
147September 13@ Reds2–7McCormick (5–4)Crosley Field16,42194–53L2
148September 14@ Pirates1–5O'Dell (17–13)Forbes Field14,35494–54L3
149September 15@ Pirates1–5Sanford (22–7)Forbes Field10,34094–55L4
150September 16@ Pirates4–6 (10)Miller (4–6)Forbes Field14,21694–56L5
151September 17@ Pirates2–5McCormick (5–5)Forbes Field8,36494–57L6
152September 19@ Cardinals7–4O'Dell (18–13)Busch Stadium8,31495–57W1
153September 20@ Cardinals4–5LeMay (0–1)Busch Stadium6,49795–58L1
154September 21@ Colt .45s11–5Perry (3–1)Miller (18)Colt Stadium12,18096–58W1
155September 22@ Colt .45s5–6Miller (4–7)Colt Stadium17,12596–59L1
156September 23@ Colt .45s10–3O'Dell (19–13)Colt Stadium9,62397–59W1
157September 25Cardinals4–2Sanford (23–7)Candlestick Park10,96598–59W2
158September 26Cardinals6–3Pierce (15–6)Larsen (10)Candlestick Park6,24799–59W3
159September 27Cardinals4–7O'Dell (19–14)Candlestick Park6,81299–60L1
160September 29Colt .45s11–5Sanford (24–7)Miller (19)Candlestick Parkn/a100–60W1
161September 29Colt .45s2–4Marichal (18–11)Candlestick Park26,268101–60L1
162September 30Colt .45s2–1Miller (5–7)Candlestick Park41,327101–61W1
October (2–1) (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
163October 1Dodgers8–0Pierce (16–6)Koufax (14–7)Candlestick Park32,652102–61W2
164October 2@ Dodgers7–8Williams (14–12)Bolin (7–3)Dodger Stadium25,321102–62L1
165October 3@ Dodgers6–4Larsen (5–4)Roebuck (10–2)Pierce (1)Dodger Stadium45,693103–62W1

Postseason

1962 Postseason Game Log
GameDateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceSeriesReport
1 WSOctober 4Yankees2–6Ford (1–0)O'Dell (0–1)Candlestick Park43,8520–1L1
2 WSOctober 5Yankees2–0Sanford (1–0)Terry (0–1)Candlestick Park43,9101–1W1
3 WSOctober 7@ Yankees2–3Stafford (1–0)Pierce (0–1)Yankee Stadium71,4341–2L1
4 WSOctober 8@ Yankees7–3Larsen (1–0)Coates (0–1)O'Dell (1)Yankee Stadium66,6072–2W1
5 WSOctober 10@ Yankees3–5Terry (1–1)Sanford (1–1)Yankee Stadium63,1652–3L1
6 WSOctober 15Yankees5–2Pierce (1–1)Ford (1–1)Candlestick Park43,9483–3W1
7 WSOctober 16Yankees0–1Terry (2–1)Sanford (1–2)Candlestick Park43,9483–4L1

Roster

1962 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos. Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
CTom Haller992725371.26118551
1BOrlando Cepeda162625105191.3063511410
2BChuck Hiller16160294166.2763485
3BJim Davenport14448583144.29714582
SSJosé Pagán16458073150.25975713
LFHarvey Kuenn13048773148.30410683
CFWillie Mays162621130189.3044914118
RFFelipe Alou15456196177.316259810

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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Ed Bailey962543259.23217451
Willie McCovey912294167.29320543
Matty Alou781952857.2923143
Manny Mota4774913.176093
John Orsino1848413.271040
Ernie Bowman464298.190140
Bob Nieman303019.300130
Carl Boles192449.375010
Cap Peterson4611.167000
Joe Pignatano7521.200000
Dick Phillips5310.000010

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Billy O'Dell43280.219143.53195
Jack Sanford39265.12473.43147
Juan Marichal37262.218113.36153
Billy Pierce30162.11663.4976

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike McCormick2898.2555.3842
Gaylord Perry1343.0315.2320

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Stu Miller5958194.1278
Don Larsen4954114.3858
Bobby Bolin417353.6274
Jim Duffalo241203.6429
Bob Garibaldi90015.119
Dick LeMay90117.715

1962 World Series

Game 1

October 4, 1962, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 200 000 121 6110
San Francisco (N) 011 000 000 2100
W: Whitey Ford (1–0)  L: Billy O'Dell (0–1)
HR: NYY – Clete Boyer (1)

Roger Maris' two-run double in the first inning set up Yankee starter Whitey Ford with a lead, but Willie Mays scored for the Giants in the second, ending Ford's record consecutive scoreless inning streak at 332⁄3. Chuck Hiller's double and Felipe Alou's hit in the third tied the game, but the Yankees broke the tie in the 7th on Clete Boyer's HR and scored three insurance runs in the final two innings. Ford's complete game victory was the first of six in the series, four for the Yankees and two for the Giants.

Game 2

October 5, 1962, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 000 000 000 031
San Francisco (N) 100 000 10x 260
W: Jack Sanford (1–0)  L: Ralph Terry (0–1)
HR: SFG – Willie McCovey (1)

With the Giants protecting a 1–0 lead in the 7th inning, Willie McCovey smashed a tremendous home run over the right field fence to boost 24-game winner Jack Sanford to 2–0 shutout of the Yankees, who managed only 3 hits.

Game 3

October 7, 1962, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco (N) 000 000 002 243
New York (A) 000 000 30x 351
W:Bill Stafford (1–0)   L: Billy Pierce (0–1)
HR: SFG – Ed Bailey (1)

The Yankees ended a scoreless tie in the 7th, scoring three times. Roger Maris drove a base hit off starter Billy Pierce for two runs batted in, and alert base-running allowed him to score the winning run in a 3–2 Yankee victory. Giants catcher Ed Bailey's 2-run homer in the top of the 9th left the Giants a run short.

Game 4

October 8, 1962, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco (N) 020 000 401 791
New York (A) 000 002 001 391
W: Don Larsen (1–0)   L: Jim Coates (0–1)
HR: SFG – Tom Haller (1), Chuck Hiller (1)

For the second time in two days, a Giants' catcher stroked a two-run homer when Tom Haller hit his off Whitey Ford in the second inning. After the Yankees tied the score at 2–2, second baseman Chuck Hiller hit the first National League grand slam in World Series history in the 7th, and the Giants went on to win 7–3. The game marked the only appearance in this series of future Hall-of-famer Juan Marichal, who started for the Giants.

Don Larsen was the winning pitcher in relief, six years to the day of his perfect game in the 1956 World Series.

Game 5

October 10, 1962, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco (N) 001 010 001 382
New York (A) 000 101 03x 560
W: Ralph Terry (1–1)   L: Jack Sanford (1–1)
HR: SFG – José Pagán (1)   NYY – Tom Tresh (1)

Hot hitting José Pagán drove in two runs with a single in the third and a home run in the 5th, but with the score tied 2–2 in the 8th, Tom Tresh walloped what proved to be the winning homer, a three-run shot that scored Bobby Richardson and Tony Kubek in front of him. With the series returning to San Francisco the Yankees had the edge, 3 games to 2, only to have the sixth game delayed four days by rain.

Game 6

October 15, 1962, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 000 010 010 232
San Francisco (N) 000 320 00x 5101
W: Billy Pierce (1–1)  L: Whitey Ford (1–1)
HR: NYY – Roger Maris (1)

In a battle of left-handed starting pitchers, Pierce out-dueled Ford and tossed a brilliant complete-game 3-hitter as the Giants evened the series at three wins apiece with a 5–2 victory. The Yankees' only runs came on a Maris solo home run in the 5th inning and an RBI single by Tony Kubek in the 8th inning.

Game 7

October 16, 1962, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 000 010 000 170
San Francisco (N) 000 000 000 041
W: Ralph Terry (2–1)  L: Jack Sanford (1–2)

The only run of this classic game occurred in the 5th inning when Tony Kubek grounded into a double play, with Bill Skowron scoring from third. Ralph Terry, pitching the seventh game instead of Jim Bouton because of the rain delays, had given up Bill Mazeroski's Series-winning walk-off home run two years earlier in Pittsburgh but in his third start completely stifled the Giants' power hitters.

In the bottom of the 9th, pinch-hitter Matty Alou, batting for relief pitcher Billy O'Dell, led off the inning with a bunt base hit after first having a foul ball dropped, but Terry struck out the next two batters, Felipe Alou and Hiller. Mays hit a double into the right field corner, but Maris brilliantly played the carom, then hit cut-off man Richardson with a throw that was relayed perfectly to home. Alou, already aware of Maris' great arm, stopped at third. Facing Willie McCovey with two outs, Terry elected to pitch to him rather than walk the bases loaded and bring up Orlando Cepeda. Terry's inside fastball on the second pitch completely handcuffed McCovey, who nonetheless adjusted his bat in mid-swing to extend his arms and hit what he later claimed was the hardest ball he had ever struck. The line drive appeared at first to be going over the head of a perfectly positioned Richardson, but was in fact sinking from topspin, and Richardson made the catch without leaping to end the game. The Yankees won their 20th World Championship; they would not win another World Championship until 1977.

Awards and honors

1962 All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Giants Pacific Coast League Red Davis
AA El Paso Sun Kings Texas League George Genovese
A Springfield Giants Eastern League Andy Gilbert
B Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Bud Byerly
C Fresno Giants California League Sal Taormina
D Salem Rebels Appalachian League Alex Cosmidis
D Lakeland Giants Florida State League Bert Haas and Max Lanier
D Decatur Commodores Midwest League Richie Klaus

Notes

  1. ↑ "For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2020, Playing for SFG, H>=1500, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest Hits". Stathead. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  2. ↑ Joey Amalfitano at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Hobie Landrith at Baseball Reference
  4. 1 2 3 Billy Loes at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Georges Maranda at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Bob Neiman at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ "1962 San Francisco Giants Statistics and Roster – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2008. Retrieved September 5, 2008.

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