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1962 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 63-99
Finish: 4th in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 580
Runs Allowed: 724
Exp W-L: 65-97
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,545,228
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 83-54, 1st in the National League
AA: 63-74, 8th in the National League
A: 65-72, 8th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
SS  Joe Koppe 31 156 606 73 165 23 8 5 56 6 1 50 94 .272 .328 .361 .690 69.7 12.5 2.7
CF  Earl Robinson 25 155 584 76 144 39 3 20 68 2 0 60 150 .247 .316 .426 .742 74.2 13.5 6.1
2B  Chico Carrasquel 34 154 551 59 137 22 4 5 51 0 0 32 82 .249 .289 .330 .619 52.1 6.4 5.8
CF *Duke Carmel 25 153 525 54 108 23 7 5 55 0 0 54 148 .206 .282 .305 .587 42.0 3.0 4.2
SS  Bob Aspromonte 24 141 511 53 145 24 4 7 50 0 0 31 46 .284 .327 .387 .714 60.9 11.5 1.7
C *Bill Hall 33 136 427 34 94 17 2 1 30 0 0 18 73 .220 .251 .276 .527 23.7 0.0 2.2
LF  Bob Nieman 35 104 397 61 124 24 3 12 58 0 0 30 69 .312 .360 .479 .839 61.2 14.1 3.7
1B *Ed Bouchee 29 94 325 33 81 27 1 4 43 0 0 49 74 .249 .347 .375 .723 44.8 8.6 2.4
C  Bob Tillman 25 102 259 27 62 11 1 5 31 0 0 21 61 .239 .295 .347 .643 26.8 3.8 1.1
RF #Solly Drake 31 100 218 15 38 5 0 0 14 1 0 15 43 .174 .230 .197 .427 7.4 0.0 1.9
RF *Bob Farley 24 55 185 23 30 7 0 5 25 0 0 37 58 .162 .299 .281 .580 18.7 1.5 1.5
LF  Mike Hershberger 22 54 214 15 56 8 1 1 17 6 2 10 21 .262 .296 .322 .619 19.6 2.6 2.5
3B *Joe Morgan 31 73 206 23 39 8 2 1 10 0 0 15 46 .189 .244 .262 .506 11.2 0.0 0.7
P *Curt Simmons 33 42 120 2 21 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 35 .175 .174 .183 .357 2.0 0.0 0.0
P *Steve Hamilton 26 45 95 2 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 22 .116 .116 .116 .232 -2.1 0.0 0.0
2B  Gene Verble 34 72 100 9 15 3 0 0 8 0 0 5 8 .150 .189 .180 .369 0.7 0.0 1.2
P *Bo Belinsky 25 41 90 6 11 5 0 0 4 0 0 2 35 .122 .140 .178 .318 0.3 0.0 0.0
1B *Dale Coogan 31 45 88 3 25 3 1 0 10 0 0 6 22 .284 .326 .341 .667 9.2 1.4 0.4
C  Ed Sadowski 31 44 46 5 12 3 0 3 9 0 0 3 10 .261 .300 .522 .822 7.4 1.5 0.1
P *Dick Donovan 34 29 42 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 .143 .159 .190 .350 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Mike Garcia 38 15 36 4 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 .278 .278 .333 .611 3.2 0.5 0.0
2B  Billy Gardner 34 19 26 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .077 .143 .115 .258 -1.1 0.0 0.2
P  Bob Chakales 34 45 8 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750 1.1 0.2 0.0
P  Bob Ross 33 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Dick Littlefield 36 40 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Smith 34 31 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Sam Jones 36 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Alex Konikowski 34 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.8 2058 5670 580 1340 258 37 74 560 15 3 440 1131 .236 .291 .334 .625 533.2 81.2 38.3
  Rank among 10 NL teams 2 8 8 3 3 10 8 7 3 5 10 9 8 10 9 9  
* - 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
*Curt Simmons 33 15 21 .417 42 42 0 345.0 366 167 49 89 149 4.36 10.1
*Steve Hamilton 26 14 22 .389 45 45 0 312.0 273 128 37 87 181 3.69 15.0
*Bo Belinsky 25 11 19 .367 41 41 0 288.0 226 119 31 136 264 3.72 13.6
 Dick Donovan 34 4 7 .364 29 16 0 144.0 140 66 16 48 46 4.13 4.9
 Mike Garcia 38 4 8 .333 15 15 0 105.3 121 58 17 33 59 4.96 1.0
 Bob Chakales 34 4 6 .400 45 3 1 61.3 62 33 9 45 44 4.84 1.0
 Sam Jones 36 3 5 .375 46 0 16 47.0 30 13 3 27 52 2.49 9.0
 Alex Konikowski 34 0 5 .000 47 0 0 44.0 43 20 5 18 35 4.09 1.2
 Frank Smith 34 0 0 .000 31 0 0 38.3 26 6 2 20 33 1.41 4.6
*Dick Littlefield 36 5 2 .714 40 0 1 38.0 25 8 3 18 31 1.89 5.4
*Billy O'Dell 30 0 4 .000 23 0 3 29.0 33 14 5 9 18 4.34 1.0
*Bob Ross 33 3 0 1.000 20 0 1 27.0 17 9 4 10 18 3.00 2.6
 Billy Gardner 34 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0
Team Totals 32.8 63 99 .389 425 162 23 1480.0 1364 641 181 540 930 3.90 69.5
Rank among 10 NL teams 9 9 10 9 2 2 10 9 10 4 9  
* - 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
B.Hall 920.7 99 112 597 36 2 2 .997 38.5
B.Tillman 538.3 61 66 344 21 5 0 .986 16.0
E.Sadowski 17.0 2 2 13 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
G.Verble 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1480.0 162 181 955 58 7 2 .993 27.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.44
E.Bouchee 803.3 89 91 992 65 6 76 .994 11.84
B.Farley 503.7 54 55 634 43 10 52 .985 12.10
D.Coogan 167.0 19 25 182 15 3 21 .985 10.62
D.Carmel 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1480.0 162 174 1810 123 19 149 .990 11.75
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.64
C.Carrasquel 1261.0 144 148 264 560 25 104 .971 5.88
G.Verble 132.3 11 28 33 70 1 15 .990 7.01
J.Morgan 55.3 3 13 11 16 1 7 .964 4.39
B.Gardner 31.3 4 11 5 13 1 5 .947 5.17
Team Total 1480.0 162 200 313 659 28 131 .972 5.91
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.83
B.Aspromonte 1062.7 116 127 71 269 14 26 .960 2.88
J.Morgan 417.3 46 56 20 101 7 11 .945 2.61
Team Total 1480.0 162 183 91 370 21 37 .956 2.80
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.00
J.Koppe 1326.7 143 152 188 521 37 91 .950 4.81
G.Verble 123.0 16 17 13 57 3 9 .959 5.12
B.Gardner 25.0 3 6 3 8 0 0 1.000 3.96
C.Carrasquel 4.3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.16
B.Aspromonte 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1480.0 162 177 206 587 40 101 .952 4.82
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.85
B.Nieman 865.4 94 95 192 4 3 2 .985 2.04
E.Robinson 463.7 49 50 85 5 0 0 1.000 1.75
S.Drake 154.0 19 20 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.46
D.Carmel 13.3 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1496.4 162 171 302 9 3 2 .990 1.87
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.44
E.Robinson 878.3 97 102 213 6 1 2 .995 2.24
M.Hershberger 438.7 48 51 129 1 2 1 .985 2.67
S.Drake 159.7 17 24 50 1 0 1 1.000 2.87
E.Sadowski 3.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1480.0 162 178 392 8 3 4 .993 2.43
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.89
D.Carmel 1280.7 143 147 232 7 3 3 .988 1.68
S.Drake 142.0 14 22 21 2 0 0 1.000 1.46
B.Nieman 32.5 3 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.11
E.Bouchee 11.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
E.Robinson 5.0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1471.2 161 180 261 11 3 3 .989 1.66
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.06
C.Simmons 345.0 42 42 20 59 1 3 .988 2.06
S.Hamilton 312.0 45 45 18 65 4 5 .954 2.39
B.Belinsky 288.0 41 41 11 43 3 1 .947 1.69
D.Donovan 144.0 16 29 4 37 2 6 .953 2.56
M.Garcia 105.3 15 15 9 24 0 2 1.000 2.82
B.Chakales 61.3 3 45 2 8 1 1 .909 1.47
S.Jones 47.0 0 46 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.91
A.Konikowski 44.0 0 47 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.23
F.Smith 38.3 0 31 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.64
D.Littlefield 38.0 0 40 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.95
B.O'Dell 29.0 0 23 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.17
B.Ross 27.0 0 20 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.00
B.Gardner 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1480.0 162 425 76 264 11 20 .969 2.07
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Aspromonte .284
On-Base Pct Koppe .328
Slugging Pct Robinson .426
OPS Robinson .742
XR Robinson 74.2
Games Koppe 156
At-Bats Koppe 606
Runs Robinson 76
Hits Koppe 165
Total Bases Robinson 249
Singles Koppe 129
Doubles Robinson 39
Triples Koppe 8
Homeruns Robinson 20
RBIs Robinson 68
Stolen Bases Hershberger, Koppe 6
Caught Stealing Hershberger 2
Walks Robinson 60
Strikeouts Robinson 150
ERA Hamilton 3.69
Wins Simmons 15
Losses Hamilton 22
Winning Pct Simmons .417
Saves Jones 16
Games Pitched Konikowski 47
Games Started Hamilton 45
Complete Games Simmons 17
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Simmons 345.0
Hits Allowed Simmons 366
Homeruns Allowed Simmons 49
Strikeouts Belinsky 264
Walks Allowed Belinsky 136
Walks per 9IP Simmons 2.3
Hits per 9IP Belinsky 7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Belinsky 8.3
WHiP Hamilton 1.15
OAVG Belinsky .214
OOBP Hamilton .287
OSLG Belinsky .353
OOPS Belinsky .664
Team All-Stars
Bob Nieman
Player Salaries
Chico Carrasquel $ 5,500,000
Bob Chakales $ 1,500,000
Sam Jones $ 800,000
Johnny Kucks $ 750,000
Dick Littlefield $ 750,000
Mike Garcia $ 700,000
Whitey Ford $ 525,000
Bob Ross $ 510,000
Willard Nixon $ 500,000
Ed Bouchee $ 492,857
Dick Donovan $ 430,000
Bill Hall $ 350,000
Joe Morgan $ 350,000
Jim McDonald $ 350,000
Dale Coogan $ 300,000
Solly Drake $ 300,000
Bob Farley $ 300,000
Duke Carmel $ 300,000
Bo Belinsky $ 300,000
Billy Gardner $ 300,000
Bob Aspromonte $ 300,000
Mike Hershberger $ 300,000
Gene Verble $ 300,000
Alex Konikowski $ 300,000
Joe Koppe $ 300,000
Billy O'Dell $ 300,000
Earl Robinson $ 300,000
Ed Sadowski $ 300,000
Curt Simmons $ 300,000
Frank Smith $ 300,000
Bob Tillman $ 300,000
Steve Hamilton $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Bob Nieman
2/2 Signed     Sam Jones
2/2 Signed     Johnny Kucks
2/2 Signed     Bob Ross
2/6 Signed     Billy O'Dell
2/9 Signed     Dick Littlefield
2/9 Signed     Whitey Ford
2/22 Signed     Billy Gardner
2/22 Signed     Joe Morgan
3/3 Signed     Willard Nixon
4/2 Traded Gus Bell
Nellie Fox
Walt Moryn		 Detroit Bob Chakales
7/31 Traded Bob Nieman Seattle Bobby Bolin
 
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