1962 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 9 – October 16, 1962 |
Regular season | |
Season MVP |
AL: Mickey Mantle (NYY) NL: Maury Wills (LOS) |
Postseason | |
AL champions | New York Yankees |
AL runners-up | Minnesota Twins |
NL champions | San Francisco Giants |
NL runners-up | Los Angeles Dodgers |
World Series | |
Champions | New York Yankees |
Runners-up | San Francisco Giants |
Finals MVP | Ralph Terry (NYY) |
The 1962 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 9 to October 16, 1962. The National League played a 162-game schedule for the first time, having added the Houston Colt .45s and the New York Mets as expansion teams. The American League had played its first 162-game schedule a year earlier. The NL returned to New York City after a four-year absence, though the Mets would finish in last place.
The National League went to a tie-breaker series to decide the Pennant winner won by the San Francisco Giants over the Los Angeles Dodgers 2 games to 1.
In the World Series the New York Yankees defeated the San Francisco Giants 4 games to 3.