the 1962 cleveland indians season was a season in american baseball. the team finished sixth in the american league with a record of 80–82, 16 games behind the world champion new york yankees. once again, the indians got off to another fast start (48-36 at the all star break), however they would lose their next nine games, 19 of their next 24, and 28 of their next 38 games to fall into the lower half of the standings. after the slump, the indians would rebound slightly to win 22 of their final 40 games, but it was way too little far too late, and mel mcgaha would be finished by the end of the season. the indians were one of only two american league teams to win the season series (baltimore being the other one) against the yankees (who would win the pennant, and later the world series in 7 games over the san francisco giants), taking 11 of the 18 contests. however, they would go 9-9 against the 60-102 senators.