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The 1962 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 81st season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 71st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 84–78 during the season and finished sixth in the National League, 17+1⁄2 games behind the San Francisco Giants. Also in 1962, the Cardinals became the first NL club to wear names on the backs of their uniforms that season.[1]
1962 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Busch Stadium I | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 84–78 (.519) | |
League place | 6th | |
Owners | August "Gussie" Busch | |
General managers | Bing Devine | |
Managers | Johnny Keane | |
Television | KPLR | |
Radio | KMOX (Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola) | |
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Pitcher Bobby Shantz and first baseman Bill White won Gold Gloves this year.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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San Francisco Giants | 103 | 62 | .624 | — | 61–21 | 42–41 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 102 | 63 | .618 | 1 | 54–29 | 48–34 |
Cincinnati Reds | 98 | 64 | .605 | 3½ | 58–23 | 40–41 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 93 | 68 | .578 | 8 | 51–30 | 42–38 |
Milwaukee Braves | 86 | 76 | .531 | 15½ | 49–32 | 37–44 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 84 | 78 | .519 | 17½ | 44–37 | 40–41 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 81 | 80 | .503 | 20 | 46–34 | 35–46 |
Houston Colt .45s | 64 | 96 | .400 | 36½ | 32–48 | 32–48 |
Chicago Cubs | 59 | 103 | .364 | 42½ | 32–49 | 27–54 |
New York Mets | 40 | 120 | .250 | 60½ | 22–58 | 18–62 |
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Team | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SF | STL | |||||
Chicago | — | 4–14 | 7–11 | 4–14 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 4–14 | 6–12 | 7–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 14–4 | — | 13–5 | 9–9 | 13–5 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 13–5 | 7–11 | 8–10 | |||||
Houston | 11–7 | 5–13 | — | 6–12 | 7–11 | 13–3–1 | 1–17 | 5–13 | 7–11 | 9–9–1 | |||||
Los Angeles | 14–4 | 9–9 | 12–6 | — | 10–8 | 16–2 | 14–4 | 10–8 | 10–11 | 7–11 | |||||
Milwaukee | 10–8 | 5–13 | 11–7 | 8–10 | — | 12–6 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 7–11 | 12–6 | |||||
New York | 9–9 | 5–13 | 3–13–1 | 2–16 | 6–12 | — | 4–14 | 2–16 | 4–14 | 5–13 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–10 | 10–8 | 17–1 | 4–14 | 7–11 | 14–4 | — | 7–10 | 5–13 | 9–9 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 14–4 | 5–13 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 16–2 | 10–7 | — | 7–11 | 12–6 | |||||
San Francisco | 12–6 | 11–7 | 11–7 | 11–10 | 11–7 | 14–4 | 13–5 | 11–7 | — | 9–9 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–7 | 10–8 | 9–9–1 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 9–9 | — |
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Gene Oliver | 122 | 345 | 89 | .258 | 14 | 45 |
1B | Bill White | 159 | 614 | 199 | .324 | 20 | 102 |
2B | Julián Javier | 155 | 598 | 157 | .263 | 7 | 39 |
SS | Julio Gotay | 127 | 369 | 94 | .255 | 2 | 27 |
3B | Ken Boyer | 160 | 611 | 178 | .291 | 24 | 98 |
LF | Stan Musial | 135 | 433 | 143 | .330 | 19 | 82 |
CF | Curt Flood | 151 | 635 | 188 | .296 | 12 | 70 |
RF | Charlie James | 129 | 388 | 107 | .276 | 8 | 59 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Carl Sawatski | 85 | 222 | 56 | .252 | 13 | 42 |
Dal Maxvill | 79 | 189 | 42 | .222 | 1 | 18 |
Fred Whitfield | 73 | 158 | 42 | .266 | 8 | 34 |
Red Schoendienst | 98 | 143 | 43 | .301 | 2 | 12 |
Bobby Smith | 91 | 130 | 30 | .231 | 0 | 12 |
Minnie Miñoso | 39 | 97 | 19 | .196 | 1 | 10 |
Doug Clemens | 48 | 93 | 22 | .237 | 1 | 12 |
Jimmie Schaffer | 70 | 66 | 16 | .242 | 0 | 6 |
Don Landrum | 32 | 35 | 11 | .314 | 0 | 3 |
Carl Warwick | 13 | 23 | 8 | .348 | 1 | 4 |
Alex Grammas | 21 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
Mike Shannon | 10 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Burda | 7 | 14 | 1 | .071 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Kolb | 6 | 14 | 5 | .357 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Larry Jackson | 36 | 252.1 | 16 | 11 | 3.75 | 112 |
Bob Gibson | 32 | 233.2 | 15 | 13 | 2.85 | 208 |
Ernie Broglio | 34 | 222.1 | 12 | 9 | 3.00 | 132 |
Ray Washburn | 34 | 175.2 | 12 | 9 | 4.10 | 109 |
Curt Simmons | 31 | 154.0 | 10 | 10 | 3.51 | 74 |
Ray Sadecki | 22 | 102.1 | 6 | 8 | 5.54 | 50 |
Harvey Branch | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 2 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Paul Toth | 6 | 16.2 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 5 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Lindy McDaniel | 55 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 4.12 | 79 |
Don Ferrarese | 38 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2.70 | 45 |
Bobby Shantz | 28 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2.18 | 47 |
Bob Duliba | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.06 | 22 |
Ed Bauta | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.01 | 25 |
John Anderson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.42 | 3 |
Bobby Locke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Atlanta, Tulsa, Billings[12]
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