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1962 National League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
Click Division Name for Divisional History Chart
Association Division Team W L WPct GB Montreal 112 50 .691 -- St. Louis 92 70 .568 20 Brooklyn 86 76 .531 26 Colorado 77 85 .475 35 New York (N) 70 92 .432 42	Federal Division Team W L WPct GB Pittsburgh 112 50 .691 -- San Diego 88 74 .543 24 Washington 72 90 .444 40 Boston (N) 63 99 .389 49 Cleveland (N) 58 104 .358 54

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-3)	Pittsburgh Pirates over Seattle Mariners
NL League Series (4-0)	Pittsburgh Pirates over Montreal Expos
NL Divisional Series (4-3)	Pittsburgh Pirates over San Diego Padres
NL Divisional Series (4-0)	Montreal Expos over St. Louis Cardinals

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
MON	5.2	840	162	5592	1546	266	46	203	458	865	.276	.331	.449	.781
PIT	4.9	787	162	5675	1544	263	34	191	426	804	.272	.323	.431	.754
BRK	4.5	723	162	5549	1403	208	47	143	598	1066	.253	.326	.385	.710
STL	4.2	680	162	5502	1430	223	32	141	455	886	.260	.316	.389	.705
SDP	4.0	648	162	5452	1360	224	30	105	578	886	.249	.321	.359	.681
NYG	3.8	616	162	5502	1355	238	25	124	407	855	.246	.298	.366	.664
COL	3.8	612	162	5468	1308	203	24	158	438	973	.239	.296	.372	.667
BSN	3.6	580	162	5670	1340	258	37	74	440	1131	.236	.291	.334	.625
WAS	3.5	569	162	5536	1344	228	33	119	354	837	.243	.288	.360	.649
CLN	3.3	542	162	5562	1296	219	32	97	428	1032	.233	.288	.336	.624
Totals	4.1	6597	1620	55508	13926	2330	340	1355	4582	9335	.251	.308	.378	.686
Average		660	162	5551	1393	233	34	136	458	934

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
MON	3.1	508	162	2.77	1458.0	1204	7.4	413	2.5	1136	7.0	29
PIT	3.6	579	162	3.22	1486.7	1424	8.8	309	1.9	898	5.5	29
SDP	3.6	582	162	3.35	1459.0	1423	8.8	431	2.7	818	5.0	31
STL	4.0	645	162	3.72	1443.3	1416	8.7	390	2.4	916	5.7	43
WAS	4.1	657	162	3.80	1458.0	1370	8.5	476	2.9	1001	6.2	29
BRK	4.1	663	162	3.68	1453.7	1418	8.8	399	2.5	769	4.7	29
NYG	4.2	684	162	3.89	1447.3	1386	8.6	515	3.2	1068	6.6	32
COL	4.2	684	162	3.74	1445.7	1416	8.7	411	2.5	929	5.7	27
CLN	4.4	705	162	3.98	1452.3	1378	8.5	532	3.3	813	5.0	33
BSN	4.5	724	162	3.90	1479.7	1364	8.4	540	3.3	930	5.7	23
Totals	4.0	6431	1620	3.60	14583.6	13799	8.5	4416	2.7	9278	5.7	305
Average		643	162		1458	1380		442		928		30

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
MON	116	46	-4	8	17	0	2	4	19	0.96	0.90	2,427,222		Hyram the Camel Jockey
SDP	89	73	-1	5	17	0	0	1	14	0.98	0.86	1,359,282		Jamie D'Agostini
PIT	103	59	9	3	12	2	9	0	18	1.03	1.12	2,055,109		Alex Baxter
STL	85	77	7	3	14	0	1	1	17	0.96	1.01	1,291,465		Joel Roltgen
BRK	87	75	-1	2	11	8	0	2	18	1.14	1.24	1,756,450		Ty Kubick
BSN	65	97	-2	1	9	0	0	2	14	1.07	1.19	1,545,228		Ben Thompson
COL	73	89	4	1	11	1	8	1	6	0.96	0.99	903,096		Freddy Wills
NYG	73	89	-3	1	11	3	0	1	19	1.10	1.25	2,187,035		Matt Ida
WAS	70	92	2	1	7	1	1	1	4	0.95	0.95	2,353,375		Jay Zorn
CLN	62	100	-4	0	9	0	0	0	12	1.00	0.83	1,923,805		Shashank Misra

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
PIT	336	171.13	118.84	46.00	8.48	3.16	8.58	5.46	8.63	11.69
MON	336	179.93	112.46	43.58	9.54	1.95	7.15	3.26	7.59	14.11
STL	276	149.54	85.04	41.40	8.85	3.86	6.52	5.65	8.67	7.86
SDP	264	119.55	101.90	42.52	9.15	3.68	8.26	6.30	6.43	8.71
BRK	258	128.95	87.16	41.87	11.18	5.29	4.32	4.43	9.18	7.48
COL	231	118.70	75.98	36.29	8.89	3.57	1.81	6.09	7.47	8.46
WAS	216	96.58	77.75	41.64	0.11	4.11	6.79	7.81	9.73	13.11
NYG	210	94.13	78.02	37.82	9.19	0.23	7.82	3.28	4.35	12.95
BSN	189	81.16	69.51	38.29	3.39	4.27	6.99	2.20	3.05	18.40
CLN	174	74.79	65.05	34.13	7.24	2.04	3.44	4.02	6.23	11.17

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Ernie Banks	PIT	.290, 36 HR, 130 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Chuck Stobbs	PIT	31-7, 2.43, 355.3 IP, 260 K
Bronze Rookie:	Don Mincher	COL	.272, 39 HR, 86 RBI
Gold Glove Winners
P	Ray Herbert	PIT	.988, 20 PO, 64 A, 1 E
C	Charlie Lau	MON	.997, 716 PO, 34 A, 2 E 36.4% (12-33) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Willie McCovey	STL	.994, 1628 PO, 127 A, 11 E
2B	Dick Howser	SDP	.990, 331 PO, 560 A, 9 E
3B	Tony Gonzalez	STL	.978, 63 PO, 285 A, 8 E
SS	Ernie Banks	PIT	.973, 192 PO, 488 A, 19 E
LF	Leon Wagner	STL	.989, 254 PO, 4 A, 3 E
CF	Mickey Mantle	BRK	.986, 420 PO, 6 A, 6 E
RF	Tito Francona	STL	.996, 239 PO, 6 A, 1 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Virdon MON .337* Mays PIT .332* Maris MON .319 Finigan BRK .316 Colavito PIT .309	On-Base Pct Fairly SDP .415 Mays PIT .392* Finigan BRK .386 Mantle BRK .385 Colavito PIT .381	Slugging Pct Mays PIT .650* Virdon MON .579* Banks PIT .545 Boyer MON .534 Covington MON .530	OPS Mays PIT 1.043* Virdon MON .956* Mantle BRK .894 Boyer MON .891 Banks PIT .890
XR Mantle BRK 110.4 Mincher COL 101.0 Boyer MON 99.5 Mays PIT 99.1 Banks PIT 99.0	Games Robinson SDP 160 Mantle BRK 159 Boyer MON 158 Held NYG 158 Fregosi COL 157	At-Bats Koppe BSN 606 Richardson NYG 598 Demeter PIT 585 Francona STL 584 Robinson BSN 584	Runs Mantle BRK 113 Boyer MON 105 Green PIT 95 Bilko MON 93 Del Greco MON 92
Hits Finigan BRK 183 Boyer MON 178 Robinson SDP 171 Maris MON 168 Banks PIT 167	Total Bases Banks PIT 314 Boyer MON 310 Mays PIT 294 Mincher COL 288 Mantle BRK 283	Singles Finigan BRK 143 Richardson NYG 140 Pearson COL 131 Gonzalez STL 129 Koppe BSN 129	Doubles Robinson BSN 39 Colavito PIT 33 Fairly SDP 33 Del Greco MON 32 Banks PIT 31
Triples Allison BRK 9 Virdon MON 9 Koppe BSN 8 Mantle BRK 8 Carmel BSN 7	Homeruns Mincher COL 39 Banks PIT 36 Mays PIT 35 Mantle BRK 34 Bilko MON 33	RBIs Banks PIT 130 Mays PIT 104 Mantle BRK 101 Bilko MON 96 Demeter PIT 96	Stolen Bases Wills   32 Robinson SDP 28 Howser SDP 19 Mantle BRK 9 Allison BRK 8
Caught Stealing Wills   13 Robinson SDP 12 Pagan STL 6 Pearson COL 5 Bond SDP 4	Walks Mantle BRK 112 Fairly SDP 97 Mathews BRK 97 McCovey STL 77 Howser SDP 75	Strikeouts Robinson BSN 150 Carmel BSN 148 Allison BRK 140 Stuart COL 137 Mantle BRK 136

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA O'Toole MON 2.38 Koufax MON 2.43 Stobbs PIT 2.43 Hoeft STL 2.79 Kaat SDP 2.80	Wins Stobbs PIT 31 Gibson PIT 27 Koufax MON 25 Brunet MON 24 Hoeft STL 24	Losses Hamilton BSN 22 Peters SDP 21 Simmons BSN 21 Antonelli NYG 19 Belinsky BSN 19	Winning Pct Stobbs PIT .816 Pena BRK .800 Koufax MON .758 Brunet MON .750 Gibson PIT .730
Saves Grim WAS 23 Paine COL 21 Radatz SDP 19 Piche BRK 18 Dailey STL 16	Games Pitched Nunn CLN 104 Dailey STL 99 Fox NYG 84 Landrum WAS 82 Baldschun CLN 77	Games Started Hamilton BSN 45 Brewer COL 44 Jay COL 44 Keriazakos NYG 44 Sherry STL 44	Complete Games Marichal COL 22 Koufax MON 21 O'Toole MON 21 Friend BRK 20 Gibson PIT 20
Shutouts Koufax MON 8 Stobbs PIT 6 Friend BRK 5 Kaat SDP 5 O'Toole MON 5	Innings Pitched Stobbs PIT 355.3 Hoeft STL 351.7 Simmons BSN 345.0 O'Toole MON 340.7 Gibson PIT 340.3	Hits Allowed Johnson PIT 373 Simmons BSN 366 Friend BRK 347 Stobbs PIT 336 Jay COL 315	Homeruns Allowed Simmons BSN 49 Clevenger STL 41 Rudolph COL 38 Hamilton BSN 37 Jay COL 37
Strikeouts Koufax MON 334 Keriazakos NYG 323 Brewer COL 292 Antonelli NYG 290 Belinsky BSN 264	Walks Allowed Belinsky BSN 136 Keriazakos NYG 122 Antonelli NYG 113 Beamon MON 112 Sherry STL 110	Walks per 9IP Stobbs PIT 1.0 Friend BRK 1.1 Hoeft STL 1.2 Morehead BRK 1.2 Miller   1.3	Hits per 9IP Spooner BRK 6.4 Koufax MON 6.7 Keriazakos NYG 6.9 Brewer COL 6.9 Belinsky BSN 7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Keriazakos NYG 9.3 Brewer COL 9.2 Koufax MON 8.9 Spooner BRK 8.8 Antonelli NYG 8.5	WHiP Hoeft STL 0.98 Koufax MON 1.02 O'Toole MON 1.02 Stobbs PIT 1.06 Spooner BRK 1.07	OAVG Spooner BRK .199 Koufax MON .203 Brewer COL .208 Keriazakos NYG .210 Belinsky BSN .214	OOBP Hoeft STL .251 Koufax MON .260 Stobbs PIT .269 Brunet MON .270 O'Toole MON .271
OSLG Koufax MON .293 Beamon MON .299 O'Toole MON .299 Keriazakos NYG .322 Stobbs PIT .323	OOPS Koufax MON .553 O'Toole MON .570 Hoeft STL .581 Stobbs PIT .592 Beamon MON .601

League All-Stars
Ernie Banks	Charlie Beamon	Don Bessent
Ken Boyer	Dick Brown	George Brunet
Wes Covington	Ron Fairly	Jim Finigan
Tito Francona	Bob Gibson	Tony Gonzalez
Bob Grim	Billy Hoeft	Bobby Hofman
Dick Howser	Jim Kaat	Roger Maris
Eddie Mathews	Bob Nieman	Jim O'Toole
Phil Paine	Floyd Robinson	Chuck Stobbs
Bill Virdon

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Billy Hoeft	STL	$ 24,000,100
2.	Kent Peterson	WAS	$ 16,000,000
3.	Mickey Mantle	BRK	$ 14,000,000
4.	Bob Hazle	WAS	$ 13,251,330
5.	Chuck Stobbs	PIT	$ 12,830,000
6.	Willie Mays	PIT	$ 11,080,000
7.	Bob Miller	STL	$ 10,030,000
8.	Humberto Robinson	BRK	$ 9,500,000
9.	Hank Aaron	NYG	$ 8,840,000
10.	Karl Spooner	BRK	$ 8,750,000
11.	Bobby Hofman	MON	$ 8,170,000
12.	Sandy Koufax	MON	$ 8,000,000
13.	Eddie Mathews	BRK	$ 7,820,000
14.	Rocky Colavito	PIT	$ 7,500,000
15.	Johnny Antonelli	NYG	$ 7,400,000
16.	Steve Bilko	MON	$ 7,000,000
17.	Gus Keriazakos	NYG	$ 6,650,000
18.	Hersh Freeman	CLN	$ 6,500,000
19.	Joey Jay	COL	$ 6,000,000
	Ernie Banks	PIT	$ 6,000,000
21.	Bob Friend	BRK	$ 5,990,000
22.	Bill Virdon	MON	$ 5,800,000
23.	Chico Carrasquel	BSN	$ 5,500,000
24.	Jim Finigan	BRK	$ 5,210,000
25.	Ken Boyer	MON	$ 4,900,000

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