1962 Chicago White Sox season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt
name = Chicago White Sox
season = 1962
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
Uniform
ballpark = White Sox Park
y4 = 1910
city = Chicago, Illinois
y5 = 1900
owners = Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
general manager = Ed Short
managers = Al Lopez
television = WGN-TV
Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
radio =WCFL
(Bob Elson, Milo Hamilton) |The 1962 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 63rd season. They finished with a record 85-77, good enough for 5th place in the American League, 11 games behind of the 1st place New York Yankees.

Offseason

*During the offseason, future basketball star Dave DeBusschere was signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/debusda01.shtml]
*November 27, 1961: Minnie Minoso was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joe Cunningham. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/minosmi01.shtml Minnie Minoso Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

* Dave DeBusschere made his major league baseball debut on April 22, 1962 in a game versus the Kansas City Athletics. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/debusda01.shtml] He pitched one inning and gave up one bases on balls.

eason standings

Roster

1962 Opening Day Lineup

Luis Aparicio, ss

Nellie Fox, 2b

Joe Cunningham, 1b

Floyd Robinson, rf

Al Smith, lf

Mike Hershberger, cf

Charley Smith, 3b

Sherm Lollar, c

Juan Pizarro, p

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1962.shtml 1962 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference]