1962 Season
April- 18-8, 2 games up on San Fransisco. McCovey & Clendonon struggling but Pinson, Javier & Robinson crushing it. Jenkins & Cloninger scuffling some but the staff is excellent otherwise.
May- 35-19, 4 games up on the Giants. McClain had a mild shoulder issue, missed two weeks. Lolich & Perkins have been great. Cloninger struggling. McCovey had a great May.
June- 50-31, 1.5 Games up on Pirates & Cubs.
July- We end the month 67-40, 6 games up on the Cubs & Pirates. Hank Aaron tweaked his knee and missed most of July. We also lost closer Jim Lehew for 2 weeks with a shoulder issue. McCovey has 33 homers, 1 behind Roy Sievers for the MLB lead.
August- 89-46, 10 games up.
September- We finished the year 104-58, 9 games ahead of the 2nd place Pirates. McCovey missed a couple weeks. Tony Cloninger hurt his hamstring and is done for the year, Tommy John took a turn in the rotation.
We'll play a powerhouse Yankees team that won the AL with a 114-48 record. Poor Baltimore won more than 100 games for the 2nd year in a row but has nothing to show for it other than two 2nd place finishes.
McCovey missed out on the homer crown by one, his 48 shots coming in 2nd to Roy Sievers 49. Pinson with 223 and Javier with 216 finished 2nd and 3rd in hits to Maury Wills and his 232. Brooks Robinson was 8th with 192. Pinsons 146 runs led the league and Javier was 7th with 116. McCoveys 121 RBI were good for 6th. Joe McClains 2.79 ERA was good for 9th.
We'll face the Yankees in the world series, they feature a starting five all with ERA's below 3. Phil Niekro, Luis Tiant & Phil Ortega all won at least 20 games. The heart of their order features Sluggers 1B Bill White, LF Don Dillard, and our old pal 3B Willie Jones. They are a beast, but we're a beast too baby.