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1962 National League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings Team W L WL% GB SanFranc SFG 103 62 .624 -- LosAngls LAD 102 63 .618 1.0 Cincnnti CIN 98 64 .605 3.5 Pittsbgh PIT 93 68 .578 8.0 Milwkee MLN 86 76 .531 15.5 St.Louis STL 84 78 .519 17.5 Phildlpa PHI 81 80 .503 20.0 Houston HOU 64 96 .400 36.5 ChicagoC CHC 59 103 .364 42.5 NewYorkM NYM 40 120 .250 60.5 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: NL Postseason World Series (4-3):   New York Yankees over San Francisco Giants BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1962 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
  Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
  Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft -
League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 SFG  5.32   878  165  5588  1552  235  32  204  523   822  .278  .340  .441   73   50 118  5.84  4.81
 LAD  5.10   842  165  5628  1510  192  65  140  572   886  .268  .336  .400  198   43 113  4.93  5.28
 CIN  4.95   802  162  5645  1523  252  40  167  498   903  .270  .329  .417   66   39 105  5.63  4.27
 STL  4.75   774  163  5643  1528  221  31  137  515   846  .271  .332  .394   86   41  93  5.02  4.48
 MLN  4.51   730  162  5458  1376  204  38  181  581   975  .252  .324  .403   57   27 105  4.62  4.40
 PIT  4.39   706  161  5483  1468  240  65  108  432   836  .268  .321  .394   50   39  96  4.42  4.35
 PHI  4.38   705  161  5420  1410  199  39  142  531   923  .260  .326  .390   79   42 103  4.26  4.49
 CHC  3.90   632  162  5534  1398  196  56  126  504  1044  .253  .315  .377   78   50  90  4.11  3.69
 NYM  3.83   617  161  5492  1318  166  40  139  616   991  .240  .317  .361   59   48  90  4.19  3.48
 HOU  3.65   592  162  5558  1370  170  47  105  493   806  .246  .308  .351   42   30  88  3.27  4.05
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.48  7278 1624 55449 14453 2075 453 1449 5265  9032  .261  .327  .393  788  409

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 PIT  3.89   626  161  3.37  1432  1433   8.9   466  2.9  118   897   40    11    13  41 117  3.89  3.89
 STL  4.07   664  163  3.55  1463  1394   8.6   517  3.2  149   914   53    17    17  25 121  4.47  3.68
 LAD  4.22   697  165  3.62  1488  1386   8.4   588  3.6  115  1104   44     5     8  46  99  3.48  4.98
 MLN  4.10   665  162  3.68  1434  1443   8.9   407  2.5  151   802   59     9    10  24 103  3.79  4.42
 CIN  4.23   685  162  3.75  1460  1397   8.6   567  3.5  149   964   51    10    13  35 107  3.63  4.83
 SFG  4.18   690  165  3.79  1461  1399   8.5   503  3.0  148   886   62     9    10  39 100  3.65  4.71
 HOU  4.43   717  162  3.83  1453  1446   8.9   471  2.9  113  1047   34     8     9  19  98  4.15  4.71
 PHI  4.71   759  161  4.28  1426  1469   9.1   574  3.6  155   863   43     6     7  24  90  4.33  5.10
 CHC  5.10   827  162  4.54  1438  1509   9.3   601  3.7  159   783   29     3     4  26  91  5.63  4.58
 NYM  5.89   948  161  5.04  1430  1577   9.8   571  3.5  192   772   43     4     4  10  82  6.38  5.41
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.48  7278 1624  3.94 14485 14453   9.0  5265  3.3 1449  9032  458          95 289

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 SFG  142  153  .977   .709  1,592,594  19,422  100-65  61-21 42-41  99  96 27.5 29.0   5   9  38 Dark
 LAD  191  144  .970   .690  2,755,184  33,195   97-68  54-29 48-34  93  91 27.0 25.7   3   9  40 Alston
 CIN  143  144  .977   .702    982,095  12,125   93-69  58-23 40-41 104 102 27.1 28.4   1   3  24 Hutchinson
 PIT  152  177  .976   .688  1,090,648  13,465   89-72  51-30 42-38 101 100 29.7 30.5   3   6  21 Murtaugh
 MLN  123  154  .980   .704    766,921   9,468   88-74  49-32 37-44  97  96 28.1 28.9   3  10  29 Tebbetts
 STL  132  170  .979   .707    953,895  11,776   92-70  44-37 40-41 111 109 28.2 27.6   3   6  21 Keane
 PHI  138  167  .977   .691    762,034   9,525   75-86  46-34 35-46  97  98 27.2 25.8   0   3  15 Mauch
 HOU  173  149  .973   .679    924,456  11,274   66-94  32-48 32-48  93  95 29.5 28.8   0   2  21 Craft
 CHC  146  171  .977   .693    609,802   7,528   61-101 32-49 27-54 104 105 25.8 26.6   3   4  16 Tappe, Klein, and Metro
 NYM  210  167  .967   .680    922,530  11,532   50-110 22-58 18-62 100 105 29.0 26.7   1   2  32 Stengel
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Maury Wills LAD .299/.347/.373 Cy Young Award Don Drysdale (ML) LAD 25-9  2.83 232 SO Rookie of the Year Ken Hubbs CHC .260/.299/.346 (ML) - Award for both leagues

Gold Glove Winners Pitcher Bobby Shantz Catcher Del Crandall First Base Bill White Second Base Ken Hubbs Third Base Jim Davenport Shortstop Maury Wills Outfield Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays, and Bill Virdon

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Davis-LAD .346 Robinson-CIN .342 Musial-STL .330 White-STL .324 Aaron-MLN .323	On-base % Robinson-CIN .421 Musial-STL .416 Skinner-PIT .395 Altman-CHC .393 Aaron-MLN .390	Slugging % Robinson-CIN .624 Aaron-MLN .618 Mays-SFG .615 Howard-LAD .560 Davis-LAD .535	OPS Robinson-CIN 1.045 Aaron-MLN 1.008 Mays-SFG .999 Musial-STL .924 Davis-LAD .910
Games Wills-LAD 165 Pagan-SFG 164 Davis-LAD 163 Cepeda-SFG 162 Mays-SFG 162 Robinson-CIN 162 Santo-CHC 162	At Bats Wills-LAD 695 Groat-PIT 678 Davis-LAD 665 Virdon-PIT 663 Hubbs-CHC 661	Plate Appearances (approx.) Wills-LAD 759 Groat-PIT 723 Hubbs-CHC 715 Davis-LAD 711 Mays-SFG 706	Runs Robinson-CIN 134 Mays-SFG 130 Wills-LAD 130 Aaron-MLN 127 Davis-LAD 120
Hits Davis-LAD 230 Robinson-CIN 208 Wills-LAD 208 Groat-PIT 199 White-STL 199	Total Bases Mays-SFG 382 Robinson-CIN 380 Aaron-MLN 366 Davis-LAD 356 Cepeda-SFG 324	Doubles Robinson-CIN 51 Mays-SFG 36 Groat-PIT 34 Cardenas-CIN 31 Pinson-CIN 31 White-STL 31	Triples Callison-PHI 10 Davis-LAD 10 Virdon-PIT 10 Wills-LAD 10 Clemente-PIT 9 Davis-LAD 9 Hubbs-CHC 9 Mazeroski-PIT 9 Neal-NYM 9 Spangler-HOU 9
Home Runs Mays-SFG 49 Aaron-MLN 45 Robinson-CIN 39 Banks-CHC 37 Cepeda-SFG 35	RBI Davis-LAD 153 Mays-SFG 141 Robinson-CIN 136 Aaron-MLN 128 Howard-LAD 119	Bases on Balls Mathews-MLN 101 Gilliam-LAD 93 Ashburn-NYM 81 Mays-SFG 78 Chacon-NYM 76 Robinson-CIN 76 Skinner-PIT 76	Strikeouts Hubbs-CHC 129 Howard-LAD 108 Boyer-STL 104 Jones-MLN 100 Cardenas-CIN 99
Stolen Bases Wills-LAD 104 Davis-LAD 32 Javier-STL 26 Pinson-CIN 26 Taylor-PHI 20	Singles Wills-LAD 179 Davis-LAD 167 Groat-PIT 160 White-STL 145 Flood-STL 141	Adjusted OPS+ Robinson-CIN 173 Aaron-MLN 170 Mays-SFG 165 Davis-LAD 149 Howard-LAD 147	Runs Created Robinson-CIN 160 Mays-SFG 146 Aaron-MLN 140 Davis-LAD 129 White-STL 114
Adjusted Batting Runs Robinson-CIN 66 Aaron-MLN 57 Mays-SFG 56 Davis-LAD 43 Mathews-MLN 31	Batting Wins Robinson-CIN 6.4 Aaron-MLN 5.5 Mays-SFG 5.5 Davis-LAD 4.2 Mathews-MLN 3.0 Skinner-PIT 3.0	Extra-Base Hits Robinson-CIN 92 Mays-SFG 90 Aaron-MLN 79 Banks-CHC 63 Davis-LAD 63	Times on Base Robinson-CIN 295 Mays-SFG 271 Davis-LAD 265 White-STL 263 Wills-LAD 261
Offensive Win% Robinson-CIN .808 Aaron-MLN .767 Mays-SFG .760 Musial-STL .744 Altman-CHC .724	Hit By Pitch Robinson-CIN 11 Demeter-PHI 10 Flood-STL 10 Gonzalez-PHI 9 Aspromonte-HOU 8 Hiller-SFG 8 Thomas-NYM 8	Sac. Hits Gilliam-LAD 15 Hubbs-CHC 13 Javier-STL 13 Fairly-LAD 11 Cardenas-CIN 10 Davis-LAD 10 Mahaffey-PHI 10 O'Dell-SFG 10 Pagan-SFG 10	Sac. Flies Demeter-PHI 11 Banks-CHC 10 Davis-LAD 8 Davis-LAD 8 Cepeda-SFG 7 Hiller-SFG 7 Mantilla-NYM 7 Pinson-CIN 7 Williams-CHC 7
Intentional Walks Mazeroski-PIT 16 Robinson-CIN 16 Aaron-MLN 14 Altman-CHC 14 Mays-SFG 11 Roseboro-LAD 11	Grounded into Double Plays Hubbs-CHC 20 Banks-CHC 19 Mays-SFG 19 Adcock-MLN 18 Clemente-PIT 18 Hoak-PIT 18 Howard-LAD 18 Wine-PHI 18	Caught Stealing Virdon-PIT 13 Wills-LAD 13 Javier-STL 9 Pagan-SFG 9 Robinson-CIN 9 Taylor-PHI 9 Williams-CHC 9	Power/Speed Number Mays-SFG 26.3 Davis-LAD 25.4 Robinson-CIN 24.6 Pinson-CIN 24.4 Aaron-MLN 22.5
At Bats per Strikeout Gilliam-LAD 16.8 Kuenn-SFG 13.2 Hiller-SFG 12.3 Mazeroski-PIT 12.2 Wills-LAD 12.2	At Bats per Home Run Mays-SFG 12.7 Aaron-MLN 13.2 Robinson-CIN 15.6 Howard-LAD 15.9 Banks-CHC 16.5	Outs Hubbs-CHC 532 Virdon-PIT 527 Wills-LAD 518 Groat-PIT 505 Santo-CHC 493	ERA Koufax-LAD 2.54 Shaw-MLN 2.80 Purkey-CIN 2.81 Drysdale-LAD 2.83 Gibson-STL 2.85
Wins Drysdale-LAD 25 Sanford-SFG 24 Purkey-CIN 23 Jay-CIN 21 Mahaffey-PHI 19 O'Dell-SFG 19	Won-Loss % Purkey-CIN .821 Sanford-SFG .774 Drysdale-LAD .735 Pierce-SFG .727 McLish-PHI .688	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Koufax-LAD 1.036 Farrell-HOU 1.097 Drysdale-LAD 1.113 Pierce-SFG 1.121 Purkey-CIN 1.124	Hits Allowed/9IP Koufax-LAD 6.54 Gibson-STL 6.70 Bennett-PHI 7.42 Drysdale-LAD 7.79 Broglio-STL 7.81
Bases on Balls/9IP Shaw-MLN 1.76 Friend-PIT 1.82 Spahn-MLN 1.84 Pierce-SFG 1.94 Purkey-CIN 2.00	Strikeouts/9IP Koufax-LAD 10.55 Johnson-HOU 8.13 Gibson-STL 8.01 Bennett-PHI 7.68 Farrell-HOU 7.56	Games Perranoski-LAD 70 Baldschun-PHI 67 Roebuck-LAD 64 Face-PIT 63 Olivo-PIT 62	Saves Face-PIT 28 Perranoski-LAD 20 Miller-SFG 19 McDaniel-STL 14 Baldschun-PHI 13 Brosnan-CIN 13
Innings Drysdale-LAD 314.3 Purkey-CIN 288.3 O'Dell-SFG 280.7 Mahaffey-PHI 274.0 Jay-CIN 273.0	Strikeouts Drysdale-LAD 232 Koufax-LAD 216 Gibson-STL 208 Farrell-HOU 203 O'Dell-SFG 195	Games Started Drysdale-LAD 41 Podres-LAD 40 Mahaffey-PHI 39 O'Dell-SFG 39 Sanford-SFG 38	Comp. Games Spahn-MLN 22 Mahaffey-PHI 20 O'Dell-SFG 20 Drysdale-LAD 19 Marichal-SFG 18 Purkey-CIN 18
Shutouts Friend-PIT 5 Gibson-STL 5 Broglio-STL 4 Jackson-NYM 4 Jay-CIN 4 Simmons-STL 4	Home Runs Allow. Mahaffey-PHI 36 Craig-NYM 35 Marichal-SFG 34 Hook-NYM 31 Purkey-CIN 28	Bases On Balls Allow. Hamilton-PHI 107 Jay-CIN 100 Buhl-TOT 98 Williams-LAD 98 Gibson-STL 95	Hits Allowed O'Dell-SFG 282 Friend-PIT 280 Drysdale-LAD 272 Podres-LAD 270 Jay-CIN 269
SO to Walk Johnson-HOU 3.87 Koufax-LAD 3.79 Farrell-HOU 3.69 Drysdale-LAD 2.97 O'Dell-SFG 2.95	Losses Craig-NYM 24 Ellsworth-CHC 20 Farrell-HOU 20 Jackson-NYM 20 Hook-NYM 19	Earned Runs Allow. Mahaffey-PHI 120 Ellsworth-CHC 118 Craig-NYM 117 Hook-NYM 115 Jay-CIN 114	Wild Pitches Hamilton-PHI 22 Ellsworth-CHC 15 Giusti-HOU 13 Woodeshick-HOU 13 Miller-NYM 12
Hit Batsmen Purkey-CIN 14 Bruce-HOU 12 Mahaffey-PHI 12 Shaw-MLN 12 Drysdale-LAD 11	Batters Faced Drysdale-LAD 1289 Purkey-CIN 1181 O'Dell-SFG 1178 Jay-CIN 1165 Mahaffey-PHI 1138	Games Finished Face-PIT 57 Baldschun-PHI 49 McMahon-TOT 42 Miller-SFG 41 Perranoski-LAD 39	Adjusted ERA+ Gibson-STL 151 Broglio-STL 143 Purkey-CIN 143 Koufax-LAD 141 Shaw-MLN 135
Oldest Player Olivo-PIT 1919-01-22 (43) Musial-STL 1920-11-21 (41) Spahn-MLN 1921-04-23 (41) Woodling-NYM 1922-08-16 (39) Schoendienst-STL 1923-02-02 (39)	Youngest Player Kranepool-NYM 1944-11-08 (17) Moeller-LAD 1943-02-15 (19) Bailey-PIT 1942-10-13 (19) Murphy-CHC 1942-08-23 (19) Peterson-SFG 1942-08-15 (19)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Don Drysdale (LAD) C. Del Crandall (MLN) 1B. Orlando Cepeda (SFG) 2B. Bill Mazeroski (PIT) 3B. Ken Boyer (STL) SS. Dick Groat (PIT) LF. Tommy Davis (LAD) CF. Willie Mays (SFG) RF. Roberto Clemente (PIT)		Hank Aaron (MLN) Felipe Alou* (SFG) Richie Ashburn (NYM) Ernie Banks* (CHC) Frank Bolling* (MLN) Johnny Callison* (PHI) Jim Davenport* (SFG) Turk Farrell (HOU) Bob Gibson (STL)		Sandy Koufax (LAD) Juan Marichal* (SFG) Stan Musial* (STL) Bob Purkey* (CIN) Johnny Roseboro (LAD) Bob Shaw* (MLN) Warren Spahn (MLN) Maury Wills* (LAD)

Second All-Star Game Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Johnny Podres (LAD) C. Del Crandall (MLN) 1B. Orlando Cepeda (SFG) 2B. Bill Mazeroski (PIT) 3B. Ken Boyer (STL) SS. Dick Groat (PIT) LF. Tommy Davis (LAD) CF. Willie Mays (SFG) RF. Roberto Clemente (PIT)		Hank Aaron* (MLN) George Altman* (CHC) Richie Ashburn* (NYM) Ernie Banks* (CHC) Frank Bolling* (MLN) Johnny Callison* (PHI) Jim Davenport (SFG) Turk Farrell* (HOU) Bob Gibson* (STL)		Art Mahaffey* (PHI) Juan Marichal* (SFG) Eddie Mathews* (MLN) Stan Musial* (STL) Bob Purkey (CIN) Frank Robinson* (CIN) Johnny Roseboro* (LAD) Warren Spahn (MLN) Billy Williams* (CHC)		Maury Wills* (LAD)

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