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The 1962 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the fifth for the team in Southern California, and the 73rd for the franchise in the National League. After spending the previous four seasons at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum , they began the season by opening Dodger Stadium , the team's new ballpark.
The 1962 National League tie-breaker series was a best-of-three playoff series that extended Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1962 regular season to determine the winner of the National League (NL) pennant. The games were played from October 1 to 3, 1962, between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants. The Giants won the series, two ...
The 1962 major league baseball season began on April 9, 1962. The regular season ended on October 3, with the San Francisco Giants and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League , respectively.
The Dodgers defeat the Reds 11–7 with Richert gaining the victory, having struck out seven batters, walking none, and allowing no hits in 3 1 ⁄ 3 innings. April 13 – National League baseball returns to New York City, as the Mets play the first home game in franchise history, a 4–3 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates at the venerable Polo ...
Los Angeles Dodgers: 1958: MLB NL 7th 71 83 .461 21 1959: MLB ‡ NL * 1st 88 68 .564 — Won World Series 4–2 ‡ Larry Sherry 1960: MLB NL 4th 82 72 .532 13 Frank Howard 1961: MLB NL 2nd 89 65 .578 4 1962: MLB NL 2nd 102 63 .618 1 Maury Wills Don Drysdale 1963: MLB ‡ NL * 1st 99 63 .611 — Won World Series 4–0 ‡
The 1962 Major League Baseball expansion was the formation of two new Major League Baseball (MLB) teams for the 1962 season.The Houston Colt .45s (later renamed the Astros) and the New York Mets were added to the National League (NL), becoming the 19th and 20th teams in MLB's two leagues.
From the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles from Brooklyn in 1958, the Dodgers employed a handful of well-known public address announcers; the most famous of which was John Ramsey, who served as the PA voice of the Dodgers from 1958 until his retirement in 1982; he was also well known for announcing at other venerable Los Angeles venues, including ...
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.