1962 Minnesota Twins season 1962 Minnesota Twins improved to 91–71, finishing second in the American League , five games short of the World Champion New York Yankees . 1,433,116 fans attended Twins games, the second highest total in the American League.Offseason Statistically, many members of the Twins had seasons in which they led the American League. Harmon Killebrew hit 48 home runs and drove in 126, leading the AL in both categories. Bob Allison hit 29 home runs, drove in 102 runs, and led the Twins in runs scored with 102. Camilo Pascual became the Twins' first 20-game winner and led the AL with 206 strikeouts.July 18 , at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota , two Twins made major league history by hitting grand slam home runs in the same inning. In the first inning -- off Cleveland Indians pitcher Barry Latman -- Bob Allison homered to clear the loaded bases. Indians pitcher Jim Perry subsequently replaced Latman, and Harmon Killebrew greeted him by driving in Bill Tuttle , Vic Power and Rich Rollins . Minnesota scored eleven runs in their half of the first inning.All-Star Game . The selections were third baseman Rich Rollins, catcher Earl Battey and pitchers Jim Kaat and Camilo Pascual.Jack Kralick threw the first no-hitter in Minnesota Twins history. The Twins beat the Kansas City Athletics by a score of 1–0.Gold Glove , catcher Earl Battey won his 3rd, and Jim Kaat won his first.Season standings Record vs. opponents Notable transactions Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats ; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 148 522 146 .280 11 57 1B 144 611 177 .290 16 63 2B 159 573 154 .269 12 64 3B 159 624 186 .298 16 96 SS 160 568 137 .241 17 67 LF 155 552 134 .243 48 126 CF 158 619 168 .271 14 63 RF 149 519 138 .266 29 102
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI 86 121 29 .240 9 29 110 123 26 .211 1 13 63 103 26 .252 4 15 34 62 17 .274 0 7 24 35 8 .229 0 3 37 26 5 .192 2 2 37 18 3 .167 0 3 12 17 3 .176 1 5 9 9 4 .444 0 3 12 10 1 .100 0 1
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 39 269 18 14 3.14 173 34 257.2 20 11 3.32 206 39 242.2 12 11 3.86 139 9 52 3 3 4.50 28
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 40 142.2 12 5 3.66 116 30 99.2 5 7 3.88 45 6 19.1 1 1 4.66 8 8 15.1 0 2 11.15 5 6 10.1 0 1 6.97 3 5 7 0 0 5.14 3
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 49 8 3 9 4.73 58 44 4 3 3 4.45 70 32 1 3 0 4.46 36 21 2 5 3 4.40 31 21 4 1 5 3.24 10 19 1 1 0 5.03 15 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 18.00 1
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