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1962 National League Pitching Leaders
1961 NL
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1963 NL
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1962 AL
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1962 MLB
Pitching Leaders
NL Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Koufax
(LAD)
2.539
2.
Shaw
(MLN)
2.800
3.
Purkey
(CIN)
2.809
4.
Drysdale
(LAD)
2.835
5.
Gibson
(STL)
2.850
6.
Broglio
(STL)
2.995
7.
Farrell
(HOU)
3.017
8.
Spahn
(MLN)
3.041
9.
Friend
(PIT)
3.061
10.
Francis
(PIT)
3.068
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Drysdale
(LAD)
25
2.
Sanford
(SFG)
24
3.
Purkey
(CIN)
23
4.
Jay
(CIN)
21
5.
Mahaffey
(PHI)
19
O'Dell
(SFG)
19
7.
Marichal
(SFG)
18
Spahn
(MLN)
18
Friend
(PIT)
18
10.
O'Toole
(CIN)
16
Pierce
(SFG)
16
Jackson
(STL)
16
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Purkey
(CIN)
.821
2.
Sanford
(SFG)
.774
3.
Drysdale
(LAD)
.735
4.
Pierce
(SFG)
.727
5.
Koufax
(LAD)
.667
6.
Baldschun
(PHI)
.632
7.
Shaw
(MLN)
.625
8.
Marichal
(SFG)
.621
9.
Jay
(CIN)
.600
McBean
(PIT)
.600
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Koufax
(LAD)
1.036
2.
Farrell
(HOU)
1.097
3.
Drysdale
(LAD)
1.114
4.
Pierce
(SFG)
1.121
5.
Purkey
(CIN)
1.124
6.
Spahn
(MLN)
1.125
7.
Gibson
(STL)
1.151
8.
Shaw
(MLN)
1.187
9.
Bennett
(PHI)
1.214
10.
Mahaffey
(PHI)
1.219
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Koufax
(LAD)
6.543
2.
Gibson
(STL)
6.702
3.
Bennett
(PHI)
7.420
4.
Drysdale
(LAD)
7.788
5.
Broglio
(STL)
7.813
6.
Farrell
(HOU)
7.821
7.
Francis
(PIT)
7.824
8.
Sanford
(SFG)
7.903
9.
O'Toole
(CIN)
7.939
10.
Marichal
(SFG)
7.984
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Shaw
(MLN)
1.760
2.
Friend
(PIT)
1.823
3.
Spahn
(MLN)
1.838
4.
Pierce
(SFG)
1.941
5.
Purkey
(CIN)
1.998
6.
Farrell
(HOU)
2.048
7.
Johnson
(HOU)
2.102
8.
O'Dell
(SFG)
2.116
9.
Drysdale
(LAD)
2.233
10.
Jackson
(STL)
2.283
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Koufax
(LAD)
10.546
2.
Johnson
(HOU)
8.132
3.
Gibson
(STL)
8.011
4.
Bennett
(PHI)
7.678
5.
Farrell
(HOU)
7.560
6.
Bruce
(HOU)
6.943
7.
Drysdale
(LAD)
6.643
8.
Podres
(LAD)
6.282
9.
O'Dell
(SFG)
6.253
10.
Francis
(PIT)
6.188
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Perranoski
(LAD)
70
2.
Baldschun
(PHI)
67
3.
Roebuck
(LAD)
64
4.
Face
(PIT)
63
5.
Olivo
(PIT)
62
6.
Miller
(SFG)
59
7.
Sherry
(LAD)
58
8.
Elston
(CHC)
57
Anderson
(CHC)
57
10.
McDaniel
(STL)
55
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Face
(PIT)
28
2.
Perranoski
(LAD)
20
3.
Miller
(SFG)
19
4.
McDaniel
(STL)
14
5.
Brosnan
(CIN)
13
Baldschun
(PHI)
13
7.
Sherry
(LAD)
11
Larsen
(SFG)
11
Henry
(CIN)
11
10.
Raymond
(MLN)
10
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Drysdale
(LAD)
314.1
2.
Purkey
(CIN)
288.1
3.
O'Dell
(SFG)
280.2
4.
Mahaffey
(PHI)
274.0
5.
Jay
(CIN)
273.0
6.
Spahn
(MLN)
269.1
7.
Sanford
(SFG)
265.1
8.
Marichal
(SFG)
262.2
9.
Friend
(PIT)
261.2
10.
Podres
(LAD)
255.0
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Drysdale
(LAD)
232
2.
Koufax
(LAD)
216
3.
Gibson
(STL)
208
4.
Farrell
(HOU)
203
5.
O'Dell
(SFG)
195
6.
Podres
(LAD)
178
Johnson
(HOU)
178
8.
Mahaffey
(PHI)
177
9.
O'Toole
(CIN)
170
10.
Jay
(CIN)
155
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Drysdale
(LAD)
41
2.
Podres
(LAD)
40
3.
Mahaffey
(PHI)
39
O'Dell
(SFG)
39
5.
Sanford
(SFG)
38
6.
Purkey
(CIN)
37
Jay
(CIN)
37
8.
Marichal
(SFG)
36
Friend
(PIT)
36
10.
Jackson
(STL)
35
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spahn
(MLN)
22
2.
Mahaffey
(PHI)
20
O'Dell
(SFG)
20
4.
Drysdale
(LAD)
19
5.
Marichal
(SFG)
18
Purkey
(CIN)
18
7.
Jay
(CIN)
16
8.
Gibson
(STL)
15
9.
Sanford
(SFG)
13
Hook
(NYM)
13
Friend
(PIT)
13
Craig
(NYM)
13
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Friend
(PIT)
5
Gibson
(STL)
5
3.
Jay
(CIN)
4
Broglio
(STL)
4
Simmons
(STL)
4
Jackson
(NYM)
4
7.
Shaw
(MLN)
3
Marichal
(SFG)
3
O'Toole
(CIN)
3
10.
Jackson
(STL)
2
Hendley
(MLN)
2
Golden
(HOU)
2
Bennett
(PHI)
2
Farrell
(HOU)
2
Drysdale
(LAD)
2
Koufax
(LAD)
2
Sanford
(SFG)
2
Purkey
(CIN)
2
Pierce
(SFG)
2
O'Dell
(SFG)
2
McBean
(PIT)
2
Stone
(HOU)
2
Mahaffey
(PHI)
2
Law
(PIT)
2
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mahaffey
(PHI)
36
2.
Craig
(NYM)
35
3.
Marichal
(SFG)
34
4.
Hook
(NYM)
31
5.
Purkey
(CIN)
28
6.
Cardwell
(CHC)
27
7.
Burdette
(MLN)
26
Jay
(CIN)
26
9.
Spahn
(MLN)
25
Washburn
(STL)
25
Jackson
(STL)
25
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hamilton
(PHI)
107
2.
Jay
(CIN)
100
3.
Buhl
(TOT)
98
Williams
(LAD)
98
5.
Gibson
(STL)
95
6.
Broglio
(STL)
93
7.
Sanford
(SFG)
92
8.
Marichal
(SFG)
90
9.
O'Toole
(CIN)
87
10.
Koonce
(CHC)
86
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
O'Dell
(SFG)
282
2.
Friend
(PIT)
280
3.
Drysdale
(LAD)
272
4.
Podres
(LAD)
270
5.
Jay
(CIN)
269
6.
Jackson
(STL)
267
7.
Craig
(NYM)
261
8.
Purkey
(CIN)
260
9.
Mahaffey
(PHI)
253
10.
Spahn
(MLN)
248
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Johnson
(HOU)
3.870
2.
Koufax
(LAD)
3.789
3.
Farrell
(HOU)
3.691
4.
Drysdale
(LAD)
2.974
5.
O'Dell
(SFG)
2.955
6.
Shaw
(MLN)
2.818
7.
Friend
(PIT)
2.717
8.
Podres
(LAD)
2.507
9.
Purkey
(CIN)
2.203
10.
Bennett
(PHI)
2.191
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Francis
(PIT)
.409
2.
McBean
(PIT)
.522
3.
O'Dell
(SFG)
.577
4.
Gibson
(STL)
.578
5.
Drysdale
(LAD)
.601
6.
Jackson
(NYM)
.623
7.
Koufax
(LAD)
.635
8.
Podres
(LAD)
.706
9.
O'Toole
(CIN)
.715
10.
Hendley
(MLN)
.765
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Craig
(NYM)
24
2.
Jackson
(NYM)
20
Farrell
(HOU)
20
Ellsworth
(CHC)
20
5.
Hook
(NYM)
19
6.
Anderson
(NYM)
17
7.
Woodeshick
(HOU)
16
Cardwell
(CHC)
16
Johnson
(HOU)
16
10.
Buhl
(TOT)
14
Spahn
(MLN)
14
Mahaffey
(PHI)
14
Friend
(PIT)
14
Jay
(CIN)
14
O'Dell
(SFG)
14
Hobbie
(CHC)
14
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mahaffey
(PHI)
120
2.
Ellsworth
(CHC)
118
3.
Craig
(NYM)
117
4.
Hook
(NYM)
115
5.
Jay
(CIN)
114
6.
Jackson
(NYM)
113
7.
O'Dell
(SFG)
110
8.
Podres
(LAD)
108
9.
Cardwell
(CHC)
107
10.
Jackson
(STL)
105
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hamilton
(PHI)
22
2.
Ellsworth
(CHC)
15
3.
Woodeshick
(HOU)
13
Giusti
(HOU)
13
5.
Miller
(NYM)
12
6.
Gibson
(STL)
11
7.
Maloney
(CIN)
10
8.
Baldschun
(PHI)
9
Farrell
(HOU)
9
Cardwell
(CHC)
9
Hook
(NYM)
9
Jackson
(NYM)
9
Moeller
(LAD)
9
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Purkey
(CIN)
14
2.
Bruce
(HOU)
12
Shaw
(MLN)
12
Mahaffey
(PHI)
12
5.
Drysdale
(LAD)
11
6.
Gibson
(STL)
10
7.
Cardwell
(CHC)
9
8.
Hook
(NYM)
8
Short
(PHI)
8
10.
Craig
(NYM)
7
Johnson
(HOU)
7
McBean
(PIT)
7
O'Dell
(SFG)
7
Koonce
(CHC)
7
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Drysdale
(LAD)
1289
2.
Purkey
(CIN)
1181
3.
O'Dell
(SFG)
1178
4.
Jay
(CIN)
1165
5.
Mahaffey
(PHI)
1138
6.
Marichal
(SFG)
1101
7.
Sanford
(SFG)
1100
8.
Friend
(PIT)
1096
9.
Spahn
(MLN)
1088
10.
Podres
(LAD)
1083
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Face
(PIT)
57
2.
Baldschun
(PHI)
49
3.
McMahon
(TOT)
42
4.
Miller
(SFG)
41
5.
Perranoski
(LAD)
39
6.
McDaniel
(STL)
36
Sherry
(LAD)
36
8.
Brosnan
(CIN)
34
9.
Elston
(CHC)
32
10.
Larsen
(SFG)
25
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Gibson
(STL)
151
2.
Broglio
(STL)
143
3.
Purkey
(CIN)
143
4.
Koufax
(LAD)
141
5.
Shaw
(MLN)
135
6.
Friend
(PIT)
129
7.
Francis
(PIT)
128
8.
Drysdale
(LAD)
127
9.
Spahn
(MLN)
124
10.
Farrell
(HOU)
124
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