1962 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 92-70
Finish: 2nd in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 680
Runs Allowed: 645
Exp W-L: 85-77
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 1,291,465
Manager: Joel Roltgen

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 4th in the National League
AA: 84-53, 1st in the National League
A: 74-63, 4th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 0-4 to Montreal Expos
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
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 *Tito Francona 28 155 584 76 165 25 4 18 93 4 1 54 63 .283 .347 .432 .778 87.4 22.6 2.2
1B *Willie McCovey 24 157 553 75 114 16 1 25 72 0 0 77 121 .206 .305 .374 .679 67.5 11.8 3.5
LF *Leon Wagner 28 152 577 67 158 19 2 14 48 2 1 42 97 .274 .326 .386 .712 65.4 13.4 2.3
LF  Frank Howard 25 152 538 72 138 20 4 22 69 0 0 71 105 .257 .340 .431 .772 79.1 18.8 2.6
3B *Tony Gonzalez 25 152 541 73 167 23 5 10 70 4 3 37 82 .309 .357 .425 .782 74.5 19.1 4.6
3B  Jose Pagan 27 155 510 62 139 22 4 12 56 4 6 54 74 .273 .344 .402 .746 68.0 16.2 5.7
C  Bill Freehan 20 125 432 60 111 17 1 14 60 0 0 33 58 .257 .311 .398 .709 52.7 11.1 5.6
LF  Billy Moran 28 111 334 39 85 16 0 10 55 0 0 11 40 .254 .275 .392 .667 36.0 6.2 4.4
RF *Lee Maye 27 123 292 42 96 13 6 8 36 0 2 13 34 .329 .356 .497 .853 42.4 11.6 1.5
2B  Chuck Schilling 24 101 250 29 72 8 1 2 25 0 0 26 28 .288 .354 .352 .706 30.8 6.9 3.4
2B  Frank Bolling 30 80 169 21 47 11 2 1 16 0 0 7 17 .278 .307 .385 .691 18.1 4.1 1.5
C *Sammy Taylor 29 85 130 11 37 11 0 2 21 0 0 9 17 .285 .331 .415 .746 16.3 4.1 1.2
P *Billy Hoeft 30 43 114 4 16 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 48 .140 .162 .158 .320 0.6 0.0 0.0
3B  Cam Carreon 24 42 125 22 30 8 1 1 13 0 0 7 13 .240 .276 .344 .620 12.0 1.8 2.2
P  Larry Sherry 26 44 102 5 15 5 0 0 6 0 0 0 35 .147 .155 .196 .351 1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Tex Clevenger 29 42 91 2 12 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 28 .132 .168 .154 .322 0.9 0.0 0.0
SS  Frank Malzone 32 36 69 7 15 3 1 2 6 0 0 4 1 .217 .260 .377 .637 6.4 1.0 0.5
P  Bob Miller 36 27 48 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .104 .122 .104 .227 -0.7 0.0 0.0
SS #Pumpsie Green 28 49 17 12 4 2 0 0 1 3 3 4 3 .235 .381 .353 .734 1.8 0.3 0.3
P  Glen Hobbie 26 64 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Bonikowski 21 2 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750 1.0 0.2 0.0
P  Bill Dailey 27 99 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Don Lee 28 48 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Bunning 30 36 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 27.2 2080 5502 680 1430 223 32 141 658 17 16 455 886 .260 .318 .389 .707 660.6 149.5 41.4
  Rank among 10 NL teams 7 4 3 7 6 5 4 4 9 4 5 3 5 3 4 4  
* - 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
*Billy Hoeft 30 24 14 .632 43 42 0 351.7 297 109 20 46 251 2.79 30.1
 Larry Sherry 26 17 13 .567 44 44 0 313.0 268 123 31 110 242 3.54 19.3
 Tex Clevenger 29 19 17 .528 42 42 0 292.3 281 109 41 86 197 3.36 19.8
 Bob Miller 36 12 8 .600 27 27 0 168.0 204 80 20 23 62 4.29 6.1
 Bill Dailey 27 8 4 .667 99 0 16 109.0 125 56 14 34 55 4.62 4.8
 Glen Hobbie 26 4 5 .444 64 5 14 96.7 106 52 12 45 63 4.84 1.7
 Don Lee 28 3 6 .333 48 0 9 54.7 77 42 7 28 19 6.92 0.0
 Jim Bunning 30 3 3 .500 36 0 4 38.7 41 20 9 13 19 4.66 0.6
 Joe Bonikowski 21 2 0 1.000 2 2 0 16.0 15 5 1 4 5 2.81 1.9
 Larry Jackson 31 0 0 .000 5 0 0 4.3 2 0 0 1 3 0.00 0.8
Team Totals 28.4 92 70 .568 410 162 43 1444.3 1416 596 155 390 916 3.71 85.0
Rank among 10 NL teams 3 3 1 3 10 6 7 5 2 6 5  
* - 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.Freehan 1009.7 112 118 589 31 2 1 .997 25.0
C.Carreon 263.7 32 33 225 7 0 0 1.000 50.0
S.Taylor 171.0 18 28 120 9 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1444.3 162 179 934 47 2 1 .998 33.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.44
W.McCovey 1307.3 148 152 1628 127 11 142 .994 12.08
F.Bolling 86.3 10 12 105 12 0 7 1.000 12.20
L.Maye 28.0 3 6 35 2 0 4 1.000 11.89
B.Moran 9.0 1 1 8 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
C.Carreon 4.0 0 2 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25
L.Wagner 3.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
J.Pagan 2.7 0 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 13.53
P.Green 2.0 0 3 4 0 0 1 1.000 18.00
C.Schilling 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
F.Howard 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1444.3 162 182 1794 144 11 155 .994 12.08
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.64
J.Pagan 1250.7 147 149 249 540 11 100 .986 5.68
F.Bolling 123.3 14 21 14 46 2 9 .968 4.38
L.Maye 41.7 0 19 9 25 2 5 .944 7.35
C.Schilling 15.0 1 9 2 3 0 2 1.000 3.00
P.Green 11.0 0 8 3 8 1 1 .917 9.00
F.Malzone 2.7 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1444.3 162 208 277 624 16 117 .983 5.61
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.83
T.Gonzalez 1123.7 126 128 63 285 8 11 .978 2.79
L.Maye 188.0 22 23 8 49 2 5 .966 2.73
F.Bolling 55.0 6 8 1 20 0 2 1.000 3.44
F.Malzone 29.0 3 7 3 8 1 1 .917 3.41
C.Carreon 27.0 3 6 2 8 0 1 1.000 3.33
B.Moran 18.7 2 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.96
P.Green 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Freehan 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.3 162 178 77 373 11 20 .976 2.80
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.00
B.Moran 734.0 88 95 116 301 6 60 .986 5.11
C.Schilling 561.7 66 78 96 241 9 46 .974 5.40
F.Bolling 63.7 5 17 10 32 2 5 .955 5.94
F.Malzone 36.0 3 10 4 17 0 2 1.000 5.25
L.Maye 22.0 0 11 5 10 1 2 .938 6.14
P.Green 17.0 0 12 6 8 1 4 .933 7.41
T.Gonzalez 6.0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Pagan 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.3 162 228 237 612 19 119 .978 5.29
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.85
L.Wagner 1260.3 143 145 254 4 3 2 .989 1.84
B.Moran 58.0 7 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.55
F.Howard 53.0 6 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.04
L.Maye 44.0 5 5 5 0 1 0 .833 1.02
S.Taylor 11.0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
P.Green 8.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
T.Francona 7.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
T.Gonzalez 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
W.McCovey 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.3 162 177 286 4 4 2 .986 1.81
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.44
F.Howard 1149.0 129 131 272 4 4 2 .986 2.16
T.Gonzalez 137.0 16 17 30 1 0 0 1.000 2.04
F.Malzone 79.0 9 10 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.48
L.Maye 74.0 8 11 15 0 3 0 .833 1.82
P.Green 5.3 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.3 162 173 330 5 7 2 .980 2.09
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.89
T.Francona 1248.3 143 148 239 6 1 0 .996 1.77
L.Maye 149.0 17 19 33 1 3 1 .919 2.05
F.Howard 23.0 1 10 4 0 1 0 .800 1.57
P.Green 12.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75
L.Wagner 11.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
S.Taylor 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1444.3 162 184 280 7 5 1 .983 1.79
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.06
B.Hoeft 351.7 42 43 22 66 3 1 .967 2.25
L.Sherry 313.0 44 44 24 55 2 2 .975 2.27
T.Clevenger 292.3 42 42 16 56 0 10 1.000 2.22
B.Miller 168.0 27 27 15 27 1 1 .977 2.25
B.Dailey 109.0 0 99 12 13 0 2 1.000 2.06
G.Hobbie 96.7 5 64 6 16 1 1 .957 2.05
D.Lee 54.7 0 48 2 13 0 2 1.000 2.47
J.Bunning 38.7 0 36 3 6 0 2 1.000 2.10
J.Bonikowski 16.0 2 2 3 6 0 0 1.000 5.06
L.Jackson 4.3 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.3 162 410 103 258 7 21 .981 2.25
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Gonzalez .309
On-Base Pct Gonzalez .357
Slugging Pct Francona .432
OPS Gonzalez .782
XR Francona 87.4
Games McCovey 157
At-Bats Francona 584
Runs Francona 76
Hits Gonzalez 167
Total Bases Francona 252
Singles Gonzalez 129
Doubles Francona 25
Triples Maye 6
Homeruns McCovey 25
RBIs Francona 93
Stolen Bases Francona, Gonzalez, Pagan 4
Caught Stealing Pagan 6
Walks McCovey 77
Strikeouts McCovey 121
ERA Hoeft 2.79
Wins Hoeft 24
Losses Clevenger 17
Winning Pct Hoeft .632
Saves Dailey 16
Games Pitched Dailey 99
Games Started Sherry 44
Complete Games Hoeft 20
Shutouts Hoeft 4
Innings Pitched Hoeft 351.7
Hits Allowed Hoeft 297
Homeruns Allowed Clevenger 41
Strikeouts Hoeft 251
Walks Allowed Sherry 110
Walks per 9IP Hoeft 1.2
Hits per 9IP Hoeft 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Sherry 7.0
WHiP Hoeft 0.98
OAVG Hoeft .224
OOBP Hoeft .251
OSLG Hoeft .330
OOPS Hoeft .581
Team All-Stars
Tito Francona
Tony Gonzalez
Billy Hoeft
Player Salaries
Billy Hoeft $ 24,000,100
Bob Miller $ 10,030,000
Leon Wagner $ 3,250,000
Tex Clevenger $ 3,000,000
Tito Francona $ 2,550,000
Glen Hobbie $ 1,971,429
Larry Sherry $ 1,707,143
Bob Blaylock $ 1,411,429
Jim Bunning $ 1,253,571
Bob Trowbridge $ 911,000
Frank Bolling $ 685,714
Frank Malzone $ 600,000
Ted Bowsfield $ 350,000
Larry Jackson $ 350,000
Hal Smith $ 350,000
Gair Allie $ 350,000
Don Lee $ 330,000
Pumpsie Green $ 300,000
Joe Bonikowski $ 300,000
Cam Carreon $ 300,000
Bill Dailey $ 300,000
Sammy Taylor $ 300,000
Frank Howard $ 300,000
Tony Gonzalez $ 300,000
Jose Pagan $ 300,000
Lee Maye $ 300,000
Willie McCovey $ 300,000
Chuck Schilling $ 300,000
Billy Moran $ 300,000
Bill Freehan $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/11 Signed     Billy Hoeft
4/2 Traded Ernie Broglio
John Powers
Dick Gray
Worcester Tex Clevenger
5/1 Traded Bill Pleis Washington Bob Miller