1962 Major League Baseball season

The 1962 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 9 to October 16, 1962. The National League (NL) added two teams via expansion, the Houston Colt .45s and New York Mets. This marked the return of the NL to New York City after a four-year absence, although the Mets would lose 120 games and finish in last place. All major league teams now played 162-game schedules, which had been adopted by the American League (AL) the prior season, with each team facing the nine other clubs in the same league 18 times during the season.

The New York Yankees won the AL pennant, while the NL regular season concluded with both the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers having identical records, 101–61. A three-game tie-breaker series was held, which was won by the Giants, two games to one. The Yankees then defeated the Giants in the World Series, four games to three.

Awards and honors

 * Baseball Hall of Fame
 * Bob Feller
 * Bill McKechnie
 * Jackie Robinson
 * Edd Roush
 * Most Valuable Player
 * Mickey Mantle, New York Yankees, OF (AL)
 * Maury Wills, Los Angeles Dodgers, SS (NL)
 * Cy Young Award
 * Don Drysdale, Los Angeles Dodgers
 * Rookie of the Year
 * Tom Tresh, New York Yankees, SS (AL)
 * Ken Hubbs, Chicago Cubs, 2B (NL)

National League

 * The San Francisco Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in a best-of-three tie-breaker series to earn the National League pennant.

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Television coverage
CBS and NBC continued to air weekend Game of the Week broadcasts. CBS dropped its Sunday broadcasts once the NFL season started in mid-September, dropping the option clause for affiliates to carry baseball or football in place since 1957.

The All-Star Game, the National League tie-breaker series, and the World Series aired on NBC.