1962 Colorado Rockies
Record: 77-85
Finish: 4th in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 612
Runs Allowed: 684
Exp W-L: 73-89
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 903,096
Manager: Freddy Wills

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 78-59, 2nd in the National League
AA: 83-54, 2nd in the National League
A: 78-59, 2nd in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
3B  Jim Fregosi 20 157 578 69 145 27 4 9 53 6 2 53 77 .251 .316 .358 .674 62.2 10.6 6.7
CF *Albie Pearson 27 157 567 62 160 23 2 4 46 3 5 65 13 .282 .357 .351 .708 73.0 15.9 2.9
DH *Don Mincher 24 156 544 86 148 19 2 39 86 0 0 71 84 .272 .357 .529 .887 101.0 25.7 3.2
RF *Lee Thomas 26 155 550 72 127 12 0 22 76 5 3 42 92 .231 .290 .373 .662 60.6 9.2 5.4
DH  Dick Stuart 29 155 534 56 109 11 1 23 70 0 0 41 137 .204 .261 .358 .618 50.2 5.1 1.6
LF *Johnny Callison 23 126 426 65 105 22 3 14 59 6 1 54 68 .246 .333 .411 .744 57.7 12.2 1.6
SS  Ken Hunt 27 138 403 51 102 25 5 20 63 1 2 34 117 .253 .311 .489 .800 58.1 13.3 1.9
C  Don Leppert 30 110 350 26 60 12 3 6 25 0 0 24 93 .171 .225 .274 .500 18.8 0.0 5.7
LF  Manny Mota 24 119 350 42 99 20 2 4 23 2 0 14 31 .283 .316 .386 .702 39.1 8.2 1.4
SS  Reno Bertoia 27 96 204 15 51 8 1 4 13 0 0 7 42 .250 .278 .358 .636 18.4 2.4 1.4
C *Russ Nixon 27 50 171 12 57 8 0 1 15 0 0 7 8 .333 .360 .398 .757 22.1 5.7 2.2
LF *Willie Stargell 22 50 155 22 51 11 1 10 32 0 0 10 38 .329 .371 .606 .977 32.6 9.1 0.6
P #Joey Jay 26 44 104 4 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 45 .048 .047 .048 .095 -5.3 0.0 0.0
P  Juan Marichal 24 40 112 6 17 2 0 1 5 0 0 2 22 .152 .167 .196 .363 1.7 0.0 0.0
P *Jim Brewer 24 44 83 2 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 37 .120 .131 .120 .251 -1.0 0.0 0.0
C *Danny Kravitz 31 37 86 4 14 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 13 .163 .217 .163 .380 1.8 0.0 1.1
P *Don Rudolph 30 32 85 4 15 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 23 .176 .186 .200 .386 1.7 0.0 0.0
1B *Norm Larker 31 51 78 5 11 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 9 .141 .171 .192 .363 0.8 0.0 0.3
3B  Tommy Brown 34 35 47 5 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 .213 .229 .213 .442 0.8 0.0 0.3
1B *Billy Klaus 33 22 24 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 .292 .370 .292 .662 2.6 0.6 0.1
P *Don Newcombe 36 39 6 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1.8 0.7 0.0
P  Jim Coates 29 49 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Bruce 29 40 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Phil Paine 32 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Earl Francis 26 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.6 1975 5468 612 1308 203 24 158 594 23 13 438 973 .239 .297 .372 .669 598.6 118.7 36.3
  Rank among 10 NL teams 9 7 9 10 10 3 6 2 8 6 7 8 7 5 6 6  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Joey Jay 26 20 17 .541 44 44 0 331.0 315 133 37 91 248 3.62 16.1
 Juan Marichal 24 17 17 .500 40 40 0 322.7 313 110 28 47 157 3.07 21.2
*Jim Brewer 24 12 18 .400 44 44 0 285.7 219 94 22 97 292 2.96 19.8
*Don Rudolph 30 12 17 .414 32 32 0 241.7 311 148 38 58 79 5.51 0.0
 Jim Coates 29 2 2 .500 49 0 1 67.0 51 29 10 38 46 3.90 2.7
 Don Newcombe 36 3 2 .600 39 1 2 59.7 59 25 9 19 24 3.77 3.6
 Bob Bruce 29 5 6 .455 40 1 1 56.0 66 27 5 23 31 4.34 2.4
 Earl Francis 26 3 5 .375 35 10 2 43.0 53 28 2 20 33 5.86 0.0
 Phil Paine 32 3 1 .750 38 0 21 39.3 29 6 0 17 19 1.37 10.1
 Jim Brosnan 32 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.1
Team Totals 28.8 77 85 .475 362 172 27 1446.3 1416 600 151 411 929 3.73 76.0
Rank among 10 NL teams 6 6 9 6 9 7 6 6 4 5 6  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .996 33.7
D.Leppert 904.3 101 107 615 24 1 0 .998 21.4
R.Nixon 388.5 40 45 220 15 0 0 1.000 40.0
D.Kravitz 141.0 15 16 93 6 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1433.8 156 168 928 45 1 0 .999 30.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.44
D.Mincher 1280.7 147 152 1466 105 9 132 .994 11.04
N.Larker 59.7 7 7 58 5 1 6 .984 9.50
D.Kravitz 55.7 7 9 62 3 1 4 .985 10.50
W.Stargell 28.7 0 15 34 4 0 4 1.000 11.93
B.Klaus 17.5 5 5 21 2 0 3 1.000 11.83
D.Stuart 13.3 0 1 17 1 0 2 1.000 12.15
J.Fregosi 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1457.5 166 190 1660 120 11 151 .994 10.99
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.64
D.Stuart 1266.7 146 153 279 460 38 104 .951 5.25
R.Bertoia 130.3 13 23 30 43 3 11 .961 5.04
T.Brown 31.0 3 7 5 15 0 2 1.000 5.81
B.Klaus 27.1 7 9 7 11 1 3 .947 5.98
Team Total 1455.1 169 192 321 529 42 120 .953 5.26
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.83
L.Thomas 1268.3 144 147 74 327 13 28 .969 2.85
R.Bertoia 137.0 15 21 5 33 3 1 .927 2.50
T.Brown 31.0 3 6 4 8 0 0 1.000 3.48
B.Klaus 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Fregosi 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.3 162 177 83 368 16 29 .966 2.82
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.00
J.Fregosi 1292.3 145 152 177 507 29 96 .959 4.76
R.Bertoia 145.7 17 21 17 58 1 10 .987 4.63
T.Brown 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Klaus 3.2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.81
Team Total 1445.2 162 177 194 567 30 106 .962 4.74
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.85
J.Callison 756.7 84 89 156 0 0 0 1.000 1.86
W.Stargell 296.7 33 34 66 0 2 0 .971 2.00
K.Hunt 173.7 19 24 47 0 0 0 1.000 2.44
M.Mota 169.3 20 22 35 0 0 0 1.000 1.86
N.Larker 48.0 6 9 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.06
T.Brown 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.3 162 179 315 0 2 0 .994 1.96
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.44
A.Pearson 1253.3 145 151 325 5 3 1 .991 2.37
M.Mota 133.0 15 21 36 1 0 0 1.000 2.50
K.Hunt 54.0 2 13 16 0 1 0 .941 2.67
N.Larker 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Bertoia 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.3 162 188 378 6 4 1 .990 2.39
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.89
K.Hunt 695.0 82 92 166 1 1 0 .994 2.16
M.Mota 421.0 48 54 104 0 2 0 .981 2.22
J.Callison 246.3 27 35 55 0 2 0 .965 2.01
A.Pearson 52.0 4 5 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
N.Larker 14.0 1 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.86
R.Bertoia 13.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
L.Thomas 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Leppert 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.3 162 198 346 2 5 0 .986 2.17
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.06
J.Jay 331.0 44 44 19 52 0 2 1.000 1.93
J.Marichal 322.7 40 40 24 50 4 6 .949 2.06
J.Brewer 285.7 44 44 16 65 2 4 .976 2.55
D.Rudolph 241.7 32 32 19 38 1 5 .983 2.12
J.Coates 67.0 0 49 4 11 0 2 1.000 2.01
D.Newcombe 59.7 1 39 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.06
B.Bruce 56.0 1 40 3 10 0 0 1.000 2.09
E.Francis 43.0 10 35 2 6 1 0 .889 1.67
P.Paine 39.3 0 38 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.83
D.Kravitz 2.6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.46
J.Brosnan 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.9 172 363 91 244 8 19 .977 2.08
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Pearson .282
On-Base Pct Mincher .357
Slugging Pct Mincher .529
OPS Mincher .887
XR Mincher 101.0
Games Pearson, Fregosi 157
At-Bats Fregosi 578
Runs Mincher 86
Hits Pearson 160
Total Bases Mincher 288
Singles Pearson 131
Doubles Fregosi 27
Triples Hunt 5
Homeruns Mincher 39
RBIs Mincher 86
Stolen Bases Callison, Fregosi 6
Caught Stealing Pearson 5
Walks Mincher 71
Strikeouts Stuart 137
ERA Brewer 2.96
Wins Jay 20
Losses Brewer 18
Winning Pct Jay .541
Saves Paine 21
Games Pitched Coates 49
Games Started Brewer, Jay 44
Complete Games Marichal 22
Shutouts Marichal 3
Innings Pitched Jay 331.0
Hits Allowed Jay 315
Homeruns Allowed Rudolph 38
Strikeouts Brewer 292
Walks Allowed Brewer 97
Walks per 9IP Marichal 1.3
Hits per 9IP Brewer 6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Brewer 9.2
WHiP Brewer 1.11
OAVG Brewer .208
OOBP Brewer .274
OSLG Brewer .333
OOPS Brewer .608
Team All-Stars
Phil Paine
Player Salaries
Joey Jay $ 6,000,000
Billy Klaus $ 3,904,878
Albie Pearson $ 2,321,429
Don Newcombe $ 2,000,000
Richie Ashburn $ 748,763
Dick Stuart $ 414,286
Jim Coates $ 350,000
Paul Giel $ 350,000
Jim Brosnan $ 350,000
Russ Nixon $ 350,000
Erv Palica $ 350,000
Don Rudolph $ 350,000
Reno Bertoia $ 350,000
Jim Brewer $ 300,000
Bob Bruce $ 300,000
Johnny Callison $ 300,000
Jim Fregosi $ 300,000
Tommy Brown $ 300,000
Ken Hunt $ 300,000
Don Leppert $ 300,000
Lee Thomas $ 300,000
Juan Marichal $ 300,000
Don Mincher $ 300,000
Manny Mota $ 300,000
Phil Paine $ 300,000
Willie Stargell $ 300,000
Norm Larker $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
7/1 Traded Danny Kravitz
Earl Francis
Cleveland (N) Billy Klaus
Russ Nixon
Richie Ashburn