1962 Brooklyn Dodgers
Record: 86-76
Finish: 3rd in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 723
Runs Allowed: 663
Exp W-L: 87-75
 
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Attendance: 1,756,450
Manager: Ty Kubick

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 8th in the National League
AA: 66-71, 7th in the National League
A: 72-65, 6th 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
CF #Mickey Mantle 30 159 555 113 146 19 8 34 101 9 0 112 136 .263 .385 .510 .894 110.4 25.1 3.0
3B  Jim Finigan 33 151 580 86 183 29 4 7 70 0 0 68 94 .316 .386 .416 .801 90.9 20.4 3.9
3B *Eddie Mathews 30 155 545 92 143 18 3 21 76 0 0 97 109 .262 .374 .422 .796 86.9 17.4 3.6
RF  Bob Allison 27 147 506 72 106 25 9 22 87 8 3 68 140 .209 .310 .425 .735 71.8 11.5 2.0
C  Earl Battey 27 140 466 57 118 13 1 19 54 0 0 44 52 .253 .317 .408 .725 58.0 9.0 7.0
RF  George Alusik 27 123 416 53 100 17 5 15 69 0 0 29 71 .240 .291 .413 .705 48.5 6.8 2.0
SS *Tony Kubek 25 127 410 54 120 18 3 2 31 0 0 27 58 .293 .337 .366 .703 45.0 7.4 4.5
2B *Jerry Lumpe 29 118 349 40 107 16 2 1 33 1 0 36 19 .307 .369 .372 .741 48.1 9.9 2.4
C *Clint Courtney 35 111 350 43 113 19 3 3 40 0 0 19 18 .323 .361 .420 .781 49.7 10.7 4.6
2B  Don Buddin 28 121 302 37 66 12 4 11 48 0 0 50 81 .219 .331 .394 .725 39.8 6.2 4.7
1B *Harry Simpson 36 68 202 19 52 6 4 2 39 1 1 18 49 .257 .320 .356 .676 22.0 3.2 1.2
C *Gail Harris 30 57 181 14 34 5 0 5 17 1 0 7 32 .188 .220 .298 .518 11.6 0.0 1.0
2B  Joe Demaestri 33 48 128 14 31 2 0 1 10 0 0 9 18 .242 .290 .281 .571 10.8 0.8 1.2
2B  Tom Upton 35 52 121 12 30 4 1 0 8 1 1 8 17 .248 .292 .298 .590 9.6 0.6 0.9
P  Bob Friend 31 40 112 5 13 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 47 .116 .130 .125 .255 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Karl Spooner 31 33 84 4 11 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 35 .131 .141 .131 .272 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Seth Morehead 27 30 74 2 10 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 25 .135 .147 .176 .322 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Red Swanson 25 29 64 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 28 .109 .109 .109 .219 -1.7 0.0 0.0
P  Orlando Pena 28 44 40 2 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 15 .200 .238 .225 .463 2.2 0.0 0.0
P  Humberto Robinson 32 12 26 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .077 .077 .077 .154 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Kunkel 25 37 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Umbricht 31 50 11 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .273 .545 0.8 0.1 0.0
P  Ron Piche 27 49 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Chet Nichols 31 69 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.7 1970 5549 723 1403 208 47 143 700 21 6 598 1066 .253 .326 .385 .711 699.2 128.9 41.9
  Rank among 10 NL teams 5 3 4 9 1 4 3 3 6 1 9 4 2 4 3 3  
* - 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
 Bob Friend 31 18 12 .600 40 40 0 330.0 347 122 24 41 142 3.33 20.6
*Karl Spooner 31 13 14 .481 33 31 0 232.0 166 83 30 83 226 3.22 15.3
*Seth Morehead 27 10 9 .526 30 29 0 210.3 211 73 16 28 90 3.12 13.8
 Red Swanson 25 10 7 .588 29 22 0 179.0 174 58 11 35 60 2.92 13.9
 Orlando Pena 28 16 4 .800 44 16 2 139.0 126 60 21 34 61 3.88 10.9
 Bill Kunkel 25 2 7 .222 37 7 2 78.0 89 51 10 31 42 5.88 0.0
*Chet Nichols 31 6 11 .353 69 0 5 76.7 88 40 12 43 35 4.70 1.9
 Humberto Robinson 32 4 2 .667 12 11 0 76.3 63 22 6 19 45 2.59 6.9
 Jim Umbricht 31 2 5 .286 50 5 2 74.0 89 57 11 57 36 6.93 0.0
 Ron Piche 27 5 5 .500 49 2 18 55.0 60 26 8 27 30 4.25 3.8
 Connie Grob 29 0 0 .000 5 0 0 4.0 5 2 1 1 2 4.50 0.1
Team Totals 28.8 86 76 .531 398 163 29 1454.3 1418 594 150 399 769 3.68 87.2
Rank among 10 NL teams 5 5 6 5 6 8 5 4 3 10 4  
* - 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
E.Battey 829.0 89 110 459 28 2 1 .996 32.0
C.Courtney 625.3 73 77 321 19 0 0 1.000 46.7
Team Total 1454.3 162 187 780 47 2 1 .998 37.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.44
E.Mathews 1254.0 140 141 1417 105 9 147 .994 10.92
H.Simpson 325.8 42 42 373 28 3 34 .993 11.08
G.Harris 215.5 27 27 260 19 2 22 .993 11.65
B.Allison 42.3 5 6 56 4 0 3 1.000 12.76
D.Buddin 17.0 2 2 21 0 0 3 1.000 11.12
T.Kubek 10.0 1 2 10 1 0 2 1.000 9.90
M.Mantle 9.0 0 5 6 2 0 1 1.000 8.00
J.Demaestri 0.8 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1874.4 217 226 2144 159 14 212 .994 11.06
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.64
J.Lumpe 861.7 95 109 181 331 14 72 .973 5.35
J.Demaestri 299.0 39 41 62 142 2 31 .990 6.14
T.Upton 292.2 44 45 61 118 3 27 .984 5.51
D.Buddin 8.0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
J.Finigan 5.3 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1466.2 178 202 308 592 19 130 .979 5.52
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.83
J.Finigan 1272.0 145 147 80 302 25 24 .939 2.70
E.Battey 134.0 15 17 5 29 1 4 .971 2.28
E.Mathews 12.3 0 7 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.46
J.Lumpe 9.0 0 1 2 3 2 0 .714 5.00
J.Demaestri 8.3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.25
T.Upton 3.7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.43
Team Total 1439.3 160 174 90 337 28 28 .938 2.67
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.00
T.Kubek 782.0 92 99 109 310 17 54 .961 4.82
D.Buddin 652.3 70 88 132 273 20 79 .953 5.59
B.Allison 12.0 0 4 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.75
J.Lumpe 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
T.Upton 1.9 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.2 162 195 241 589 37 133 .957 5.15
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.85
B.Allison 1031.0 115 116 252 4 5 0 .981 2.23
G.Harris 134.6 16 16 35 1 0 1 1.000 2.41
H.Simpson 61.6 7 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.75
E.Mathews 13.0 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
T.Kubek 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Upton 1.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1244.4 139 146 302 5 5 1 .984 2.22
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.44
M.Mantle 1314.7 146 150 420 6 6 2 .986 2.92
H.Simpson 41.6 5 6 15 1 0 0 1.000 3.46
G.Alusik 36.0 6 6 10 2 0 1 1.000 3.00
D.Buddin 7.7 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.52
J.Lumpe 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Allison 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1402.9 157 166 448 9 6 3 .987 2.93
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.89
G.Alusik 999.0 115 116 267 7 0 0 1.000 2.47
B.Allison 156.3 18 18 35 0 2 0 .946 2.01
G.Harris 76.9 8 12 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.22
H.Simpson 44.2 5 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.44
D.Buddin 26.3 3 3 7 0 1 0 .875 2.39
E.Mathews 10.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
C.Courtney 9.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
T.Kubek 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1323.8 150 165 345 7 3 0 .992 2.39
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.06
B.Friend 330.0 40 40 19 50 1 2 .986 1.88
K.Spooner 232.0 31 33 12 27 0 2 1.000 1.51
S.Morehead 210.3 29 30 14 30 4 4 .917 1.88
R.Swanson 179.0 22 29 12 24 0 0 1.000 1.81
O.Pena 139.0 16 44 9 30 0 2 1.000 2.53
B.Kunkel 78.0 7 37 3 13 0 1 1.000 1.85
C.Nichols 76.7 0 69 8 6 0 0 1.000 1.64
H.Robinson 76.3 11 12 6 12 0 1 1.000 2.12
J.Umbricht 74.0 5 50 1 8 0 1 1.000 1.09
R.Piche 55.0 2 49 6 12 0 2 1.000 2.95
C.Grob 4.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.3 163 398 90 212 5 15 .984 1.87
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Finigan .316
On-Base Pct Finigan .386
Slugging Pct Mantle .510
OPS Mantle .894
XR Mantle 110.4
Games Mantle 159
At-Bats Finigan 580
Runs Mantle 113
Hits Finigan 183
Total Bases Mantle 283
Singles Finigan 143
Doubles Finigan 29
Triples Allison 9
Homeruns Mantle 34
RBIs Mantle 101
Stolen Bases Mantle 9
Caught Stealing Allison 3
Walks Mantle 112
Strikeouts Allison 140
ERA Swanson 2.92
Wins Friend 18
Losses Spooner 14
Winning Pct Pena .800
Saves Piche 18
Games Pitched Nichols 69
Games Started Friend 40
Complete Games Friend 20
Shutouts Friend 5
Innings Pitched Friend 330.0
Hits Allowed Friend 347
Homeruns Allowed Spooner 30
Strikeouts Spooner 226
Walks Allowed Spooner 83
Walks per 9IP Friend 1.1
Hits per 9IP Spooner 6.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Spooner 8.8
WHiP Spooner 1.07
OAVG Spooner .199
OOBP Spooner .275
OSLG Spooner .343
OOPS Spooner .618
Team All-Stars
Jim Finigan
Eddie Mathews
Player Salaries
Mickey Mantle $ 14,000,000
Humberto Robinson $ 9,500,000
Karl Spooner $ 8,750,000
Eddie Mathews $ 7,820,000
Bob Friend $ 5,990,000
Jim Finigan $ 5,210,000
Seth Morehead $ 4,200,000
Earl Battey $ 3,200,000
Clint Courtney $ 2,100,000
Tony Kubek $ 1,892,857
Jerry Lumpe $ 1,800,000
Don Buddin $ 1,152,857
Jim Umbricht $ 350,000
Orlando Pena $ 350,000
Joe Demaestri $ 350,000
Bob Allison $ 300,000
Gail Harris $ 300,000
Connie Grob $ 300,000
Chet Nichols $ 300,000
Ron Piche $ 300,000
Red Swanson $ 300,000
George Alusik $ 300,000
Bill Kunkel $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/17 Signed     Clint Courtney
2/21 Traded Jack Urban Cleveland (A) Don Buddin
Jim Finigan
7/1 Traded Bob Priddy
Tom Upton
Harry Simpson
New York (N) Humberto Robinson
Gail Harris
Joe Demaestri
$3,023,532