1962 . . . Winding down ... the GreenCaps 

1962 Stats

1962 Rosters
1962 Tournaments
1962 Everett (WA) Orioles   

     
SASKATCHEWAN
NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE
North Battleford Beavers 18 8  
Kindersley Klippers 18 10 1.0
Neilburg Monarchs 18 10 1.0
Lloydminster GreenCaps 12 11 4.5
Unity Cardinals 14 13 4.5
Saskatoon Commodores 13 13 5.0
Saskatoon Ambassadors 12 17 7.5
Biggar Pontiacs 3 26 16.5
1962 Game Reports   
1962 Photo Gallery  
1962 Snapshots       
1962 Saskatoon Ambassadors  

SOUTHERN LEAGUE      
Regina Red Sox 26 9  
Moose Jaw Regals 25 10 1.0
Notre Dame Hounds 14 13 8.0
Swift Current Indians 12 16 10.5
Estevan Maple Leafs 7 20 15.0
Fort Qu'Appelle Sioux Indians 6 22 16.5
(Regina won a sudden-death
playoff to claim 1st place) 
1962 Game Reports  
1962 Photo Gallery  
1962 Snapshots  
1962 Moose Jaw Steelers 
1962 Regina Red Sox
       
NORTHEASTERN SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE
NESBL History
       
ALBERTA
BIG SEVEN LEAGUE

City Police Athletics, Fort Saskatchewan Red Sox, Leduc Lions, North Edmonton Rockets, Safeway Skylarks, St. Josaphats Saints
       
1962 Game Reports
1962 Alberta Photo Gallery
1962 Snapshots 
1962 Edmonton St. Josaphats
1962 Champion Red Sox     
1962 Amber Valley Safeway Seals       
       
ROSEBUD LEAGUE
Carstairs, Crossfield, Didsbury, Innisfail, Olds, Red Deer Eskimos, Red Deer Juniors, Sundre
 
SMOKY RIVER LEAGUE
Donnelly Cubs, Falher, McLennan, Tangent
 
WHEAT BELT LEAGUE
Beaverlodge Royals, Dawson Creek Cardinals, Fairview Outlaws, Fort St. John Huskies, Grande Prairie Eskimos, Sexsmith Rainiers
 
EDMONTON & DISTRICT LEAGUE
Beverly Drakes, South Park Motors Pontiacs : , St. Albert
SOUTH IRRIGATION LEAGUE
Bow Island, Burdett : , Foremost Braves, Grassy Lake Panthers , Medicine Hat Red Sox, Redcliff Red Sox
 
SASKALTA LEAGUE
Burstall Braves, Fox Valley, Hilda, Maple Creek Mohawks, Mendham Monarchs, Richmound, Schuler Wheat Kings
 
DRY BELT LEAGUE
Brooks Buffaloes, Enchant Dynamos, Medicine Hat Superiors, Taber Merchants, Vauxhall Jets
 
BIG SIX LEAGUE
Coaldale Imperials, Fort Macleod Chiefs , Lethbridge Niseis, Pincher Creek Jays, Warner Elks
 
SUNBURST INTERMEDIATE LEAGUE
Amber Valley Safeway Seals, Beverly Crest Motor Hotel, Coffee Cup Inn, Edmonton Natives, Mickey’s Bus Depot, Safety Supply, Union Clerks, Winterburn Tomahawks
 
OILFIELD LEAGUE
EASTERN DIVISION - Calmar Cubs, Conjuring Creek Wizards, Devon Legionnaires, Glen Park Aces, Leduc Oilers, Malhurst Elks, , WESTERN DIVISION - Breton Eagles, Drayton Valley Legionnaires, Genessee Gems, Thorsby Canucks, Warburg Buffaloes
 
MANITOBA
MANITOBA SENIOR LEAGUE 
     
Hamiota Red Sox 17 7  
Dauphin Red Birds 12 12 5.0
St. Lazare Athletics 11 13 6.0
Riverside Blues 10 14 7.0
Brandon Cloverleafs 10 14 7.0
* Riverside beat Brandon in a playoff for 4th
* Hamiota beat Dauphin in the playoff final
to win the title.

WINNIPEG METRO SENIOR LEAGUE
Atomic Transfer a.k.a. Atomics, Balmoral Orioles, St. Boniface Native Sons, Tyndall Giants, Vita Mallards, Warren
 
SOUTH-CENTRAL LEAGUE
Belmont, Boissevain Border Kings, Brandon Canucks, Glenboro, Oakland Braves, Souris Cardinals
 
MID-WESTERN SENIOR LEAGUE
Cardale, Isabella, Oak Lake, Rivers Comets
 
POLAR LEAGUE
Cranberry Kings, Creighton Braves, Flin Flon Cardinals, Flin Flon Stylers, The Pas TeePees, The Pas Trappers
1962 Game Reports    
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1962 Brandon Canucks
 
BRITISH COLUMBIA
VANCOUVER INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE
Boilermakers, CYO, Longshoremen, North Vancouver, North Vancouver, Westerns
       
DEWDNEY LEAGUE
Bellingham, Coquitlam, Deming, Duffs, Kingsways/South Burnaby, Maillardville, Maple Ridge/ Haney-Hammond
 
VICTORIA SENIOR LEAGUE
Builder’s Sash & Door, Eagles, Naval Vets, Transport Workers
 
MID-ISLAND LEAGUE 
Chemainus Horsehoe Inn Bay Comets, Duncan Luckies, Lake Cowichan Indians
 
OKANAGAN MAINLINE LEAGUE      
Kelowna Labatts
17
7
Merritt Luckies
17
7
Vernon Luckies
16
8
1.0
Oliver OBCs
14
10
3.0
Trail Smoke Eaters
9
15
8.0
Kamloops Okonots
8
16
9.0
Penticton Red Sox
3
21
14.0
Kelowna won a playoff for first place, Merritt defeated Vernon in the final for the league championship.

1962 BC Photo Gallery     
1962 BC Snapshots
  
1962 Vancouver Game Reports  
1962 VCR Island Game Reports   
1962 BC Interior Game Reports   
1962 Revelstoke Spikes
 
1962 Merritt Luckies  
1962 Vernon Luckies    
       
SHUSWAP-OKANAGAN-MONASHEE LEAGUE 
Enderby, Lumby, Rutland Redcaps, Salmon Arm, Sicamous, Vernon Timberwolves, Winfield
 
WEST KOOTENAY JUNIOR LEAGUE 
East Trail Pirates,Fruitvale, Nelson Texans, Rossland Capilanos, Salmo
 
EAST KOOTENAY SENIOR LEAGUE
Coleman Cubs, Fernie Falcons, Kimberley Dynamos, Kimberley Hobos
 
KASLO-SLOCAN-ARROW LAKES SENIOR BASEBALL LEAGUE 
Kaslo, New Denver-Silverton, Winlaw
 
CARIBOO LEAGUE   
Quesnel Billy Barker, Prince George Legion, Prince George Tire, Williams Lake
 
ONTARIO      
INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE      
Guelph Royals  24 8  
Brantford Red Sox 17 15 7.0
Galt Terriers (b) 14 19 10.0
Kitchener Panthers (a) 14 19 10.0
London Majors 13 21 11.0
(a) Playoff for 4th place
(b) Won coin toss for 3rd place
       
TORONTO WESTERN CITY LEAGUE   
1962 Game Reports  
1962 Photo Gallery  
       
TORONTO NISEI SUNDAY LEAGUE
Japan Camera, Main Auto, Nikko Gardens, Yamada Studios,
       
MARITIME BASEBALL      
       
SOUTH DAKOTA      
BASIN LEAGUE      
Pierre Cowboys 34 15  
Winner Pheasants 27 19 5.5
Watertown Lake Sox 24 24 9.5
Huron Jims 22 24 10.5
Sturgis Titans 19 30 15.0
Rapid City Chiefs 18 32 16.5
Pierre again won the Basin title for the 5th consecutive year defeating Huron in the final.
1962 Game/Playoff Reports
1962 Photo Gallery
       
MINNESOTA      
SOUTHERN MINNY LEAGUE
Austin Packers *
13
7
Mason City Braves
13
7
Bloomington Athletics
11
9
2.0
Albert Lea Colonels
11
9
2.0
Owatonna Aces
8
12
5.0
Mankato Merchants
4
16
9.0
* Won playoff for first place, pennant
1962 Minnesota Photo Gallery    
1962 So.Minny Game Reports   
       
       
       
       

 

The United States embargo against Castro-led Cuba was announced as one of the revolutionary dictator’s responses is to prohibit Cuban baseball players from leaving the tiny island to ply their trade in other countries as professionals.

The first medicare plan was launched in Saskatchewan despite a great protest from doctors.

The National League expanded from eight to ten teams and adopted an 162-game schedule, an increase of eight games from the previous 154-game format.

The New York Yankees won the World Series 4 games to 3 over the San Francisco Giants.

The Hamiota Red Sox had a five-game cushion in annexing the 1962 Manitoba Senior Baseball League pennant and went on to take down the second-place Dauphin Red Birds in the playoff finals. The St. Boniface Native Sons, with an impressive 17– 0 record during league play, were also the playoff champions of the Winnipeg Metro League after breezing to the pennant. Carrying a two-games-to none-lead with one tie after three games in the Manitoba Senior finals, the Red Sox laid claim to a de-facto victory as the series was never completed.

In Vancouver and environs, the playoff titlists were Western Bridge (Industrial League) and Coquitlam (Dewdney League). The Victoria Eagles, riding the wave of outstanding pitching, captured the B.C. Senior Amateur tiara, defeating the defending-champion Kelowna Labatts, Okanagan-Mainline League winners, in the finals of a double-knockout tournament. 

With the demise of the Western Canada Baseball League, Lloydminster would soldier on with an entry in the Northern Saskatchewan League. 

The North Battleford Beavers were the cream of the crop winning both the pennant and playoff for the championship.  In the deciding game of the best-of-seven final, Beavers scored the winning run on a squeeze play in the 9th inning to top Kindersley 3-2.

The GreenCaps, with Curly Williams at the helm, finished in the middle of the pack in their initial season.

Jim Wiley of the Kindersley Klippers won the batting crown swatting the ball for a .421 average, well ahead of runner-up Kenny Nelson of North Battleford, .386, and John Ford, also of the Beavers, at .372.

Neil UrlacherNeil Urlacher (left) of Neilburg Monarchs topped the circuit in home runs, 7, and runs batted in, 32.

Bennie Griggs of North Battleford and Tommy Taylor of Lloydminster tied for the lead in pitching wins, each with nine.

The Beavers' Roy Rowley had the best winning percentage, with a 5-1 record, and finished in the top ten in batting with a .359 average.

Wayne LeBereEd StefureakIn the Southern League, Wayne LeBere (left) fired a three-hit shutout to led Moose Jaw to a 7-0 win over Regina to capture the best-of-seven final in five games. 

It was LeBere's third playoff triumph. 

Al AshEd Stefureak (above right) of Regina captured the batting crown with a .390 mark.

He topped the loop in hits, 55, and home runs, 8.  Stefureak captured the Heinie Rogers memorial trophy, presented annually to the Southern League's most valuable player.

Teammate Al Ash (left) was the leading pitcher during the regular season with a 9-1 won/lost record. Lorne Houk of the Notre Dame Hounds, with an 8 - 1 record, was second.


In Alberta, the two top senior baseball circuits were in the central and northern parts of the Wild Rose province. The North Edmonton Rockets emerged as playoff winners in the Big Seven League while the Fairview Outlaws nosed past the Grande Prairie Eskimos to claim the 1962 Wheat Belt pennant but dropped their playoff series to the Esks. Calgary was once again without senior baseball in 1962 but had a four-team junior circuit.

(June 26)  Mr. Justice J.V.H. Milvain of the Alberta Supreme Court has awarded Clark Rex, the former Edmonton playing manager, $1,179 and costs in an action against the Eskimo Baseball Association. Rex filed a statement of claim against the association, its president A.R. Edwards, office manager R.J. Sharp and general manager Lou Hiatt after he was dismissed from the club's employ last July.

He claimed $1.393 for wages, rent and an airplane fare from Los Angeles. Rex said he was dismissed without reasonable cause. The defendants charged he had behaved in a manner detrimental to the club and said they were fining him the balance of his salary.


(August 04)  Pat Hannigan, forward with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League was barred for life from the Red Deer Baseball Association and fined $100 Saturday for breaking the nose of Umpire W.R. Scott.

Magistrate W.A. Shaw found Hannigan guilty of a July 23 charge that he caused bodily harm to Scott when he grabbed the umpire by the hair and punched him in the face during a game.