1962 National League Stats

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1962 National League Standings

1962 American League <<1961 National League 1963 National League>>
RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1San Francisco Giants103-62 (0.624)-87869099-63 (0.608)99-63 (0.611)1,592,59451.433.80.816.8
2Los Angeles Dodgers102-63 (0.618)1.084269795-67 (0.586)91-71 (0.562)2,755,18443.332.8-6.116.6
3Cincinnati Reds98-64 (0.605)3.580268593-69 (0.572)92-70 (0.568)982,09544.322.21.420.7
4Pittsburgh Pirates93-68 (0.578)8.070662690-72 (0.555)88-74 (0.543)1,090,64840.913.52.125.2
5Milwaukee Braves86-76 (0.531)15.573066588-74 (0.543)98-64 (0.605)766,92150.422.16.222.1
6St. Louis Cardinals84-78 (0.519)17.577466492-70 (0.570)90-72 (0.556)953,89542.512.41.928.1
7Philadelphia Phillies81-80 (0.503)20.070575976-86 (0.466)76-86 (0.469)762,03428.316.82.59.0
8Houston Colt .45's64-96 (0.400)36.559271767-95 (0.413)67-95 (0.414)924,45619.86.30.213.3
9Chicago Cubs59-103 (0.364)42.563282761-101 (0.379)65-97 (0.401)609,80217.35.26.65.6
10New York Mets40-120 (0.250)60.561794851-111 (0.313)44-118 (0.272)922,530-3.22.31.2-6.7

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Pos Age Batting WAR Shark WAR G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SB CS wRC OBP SLG
1 Frank Robinson CIN RF 26 10.7 11.4 162 701 208 51 2 39 76 18 9 144.537 0.421 0.624
2 Willie Mays SFN CF 31 10.1 11.3 162 706 189 36 5 49 78 18 2 133.328 0.384 0.615
3 Hank Aaron ML1 CF 28 9.5 9.9 156 667 191 28 6 45 66 15 7 127.880 0.390 0.618
4 Tommy Davis LAN LF 23 8.1 7.8 163 711 230 27 9 27 33 18 6 114.812 0.374 0.535
5 Eddie Mathews ML1 3B 30 6.2 7.3 152 643 142 25 6 29 101 4 2 99.504 0.381 0.496
6 Bob Skinner PIT LF 30 6.1 5.8 144 597 154 29 7 20 76 10 4 96.346 0.395 0.504
7 George Altman CHN RF 29 5.9 6.1 147 603 170 27 5 22 62 19 7 99.133 0.393 0.511
8 Orlando Cepeda SFN 1B 24 5.7 8.2 162 676 191 26 1 35 37 10 4 98.835 0.347 0.518
9 Frank Howard LAN RF 25 5.7 5.2 141 538 146 25 6 31 39 1 0 84.734 0.346 0.560
10 Johnny Callison PHI RF 23 5.5 6.7 157 672 181 26 10 23 54 10 3 96.961 0.363 0.491
11 Maury Wills LAN SS 29 5.5 4.9 165 759 208 13 10 6 51 104 13 78.777 0.347 0.373
12 Felipe Alou SFN RF 27 5.1 5.3 154 606 177 30 3 25 33 10 7 89.916 0.356 0.513
13 Stan Musial SLN LF 41 5.1 4.9 135 505 143 18 1 19 64 3 0 87.085 0.416 0.508
14 Bill White SLN 1B 28 5.0 5.7 159 682 199 31 3 20 58 9 7 104.463 0.386 0.482
15 Don Demeter PHI 3B 27 4.9 4.9 153 617 169 24 3 29 41 2 7 92.371 0.359 0.520
16 Willie Davis LAN CF 22 4.7 5.1 157 666 171 18 10 21 42 32 7 79.693 0.334 0.453
17 Ron Fairly LAN 1B 23 4.4 1.3 147 555 128 15 7 14 75 1 1 74.076 0.379 0.433
18 Billy Williams CHN LF 24 4.3 4.4 159 699 184 22 8 22 70 9 9 98.357 0.369 0.466
19 Ken Boyer SLN 3B 31 4.3 5.2 160 691 178 27 5 24 75 12 7 98.291 0.369 0.470
20 Vada Pinson CIN CF 23 4.3 4.3 155 675 181 31 7 23 45 26 8 88.591 0.341 0.477
21 Tony Gonzalez PHI CF 25 4.2 4.6 118 490 132 16 4 20 40 17 8 73.523 0.371 0.494
22 Frank Thomas NYN LF 33 3.5 3.3 156 633 152 23 3 34 48 2 1 83.792 0.329 0.496
23 Jim Davenport SFN 3B 28 3.5 4.0 144 543 144 25 5 14 45 2 5 71.153 0.357 0.456
24 Smoky Burgess PIT C 35 3.4 2.1 103 399 118 19 2 13 31 0 1 60.298 0.375 0.500
25 Richie Ashburn NYN CF 35 3.4 3.7 135 473 119 7 3 7 81 12 7 69.348 0.424 0.393
26 Joe Adcock ML1 1B 34 3.4 4.1 121 447 97 12 1 29 50 2 0 61.181 0.333 0.506
27 Roberto Clemente PIT RF 27 3.4 4.1 144 581 168 28 9 10 35 6 4 74.637 0.352 0.454
28 Jim Gilliam LAN 2B 33 3.3 3.8 160 702 159 24 1 4 93 17 7 73.762 0.370 0.335
29 Harvey Kuenn SFN LF 31 3.2 3.3 130 548 148 23 5 10 49 3 6 70.332 0.365 0.433
30 Roman Mejias HOU RF 36 3.2 2.5 146 610 162 12 3 24 30 12 4 70.977 0.326 0.445
31 Tom Haller SFN C 25 3.2 2.7 99 331 71 13 1 18 51 1 4 53.109 0.384 0.515
32 Al Spangler HOU LF 28 3.2 2.8 129 499 119 10 9 5 70 7 6 63.906 0.390 0.388
33 Roy Sievers PHI 1B 35 3.1 2.7 144 543 125 19 5 21 56 2 1 70.090 0.346 0.455
34 Ernie Banks CHN 1B 31 3.1 4.6 154 657 164 20 6 37 30 5 1 81.387 0.306 0.503
35 Clay Dalrymple PHI C 25 3.0 3.1 123 451 102 13 3 11 70 1 3 62.308 0.393 0.416
36 Willie McCovey SFN LF 24 3.0 3.4 91 261 67 6 1 20 29 3 3 45.479 0.368 0.590
37 Gordy Coleman CIN 1B 27 3.0 4.2 136 519 132 13 1 28 36 2 3 67.865 0.331 0.485
38 Norm Larker HOU 1B 31 2.7 4.6 147 590 133 19 5 9 70 1 1 65.959 0.358 0.373
39 Duke Snider LAN RF 35 2.4 2.2 80 196 44 11 3 5 36 2 0 32.789 0.418 0.481
40 Mack Jones ML1 RF 23 2.3 1.9 91 386 85 17 4 10 44 5 1 47.641 0.354 0.420
41 Donn Clendenon PIT 1B 26 2.3 1.1 80 251 67 8 5 7 26 16 4 36.793 0.376 0.477
42 Wally Post CIN LF 32 2.2 1.7 109 321 75 10 3 17 32 1 0 44.428 0.341 0.498
43 Leo Cardenas CIN SS 23 2.2 1.7 153 647 173 31 4 10 39 2 5 72.012 0.341 0.411
44 Ed Bailey SFN C 31 2.2 1.3 96 305 59 9 1 17 42 1 1 41.839 0.351 0.476
45 Curt Flood SLN CF 24 2.1 3.1 151 701 188 30 5 12 42 8 6 80.998 0.346 0.416
46 John Roseboro LAN C 29 2.1 2.0 128 456 97 16 7 7 50 12 3 47.847 0.342 0.381
47 Del Crandall ML1 C 32 1.8 2.3 107 388 104 12 3 8 27 3 4 45.100 0.348 0.417
48 Gene Oliver SLN C 27 1.8 2.0 122 399 89 19 1 14 50 5 2 50.831 0.352 0.441
49 Jerry Lynch CIN LF 31 1.8 1.5 114 316 81 15 4 12 24 3 3 41.618 0.335 0.486
50 Bob Aspromonte HOU 3B 24 1.7 1.0 149 596 142 18 4 11 46 4 5 59.499 0.332 0.376

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Age Pitching WAR Shark WAR G GS IP W L CG SV R BB SO Pitch Runs Saved ERA WHIP SOper9
1 Warren Spahn ML1 41 8.4 7.7 34 34 269.33 18 14 22 0 97 55 118 65.23 3.04 1.12 3.94
2 Don Drysdale LAN 25 8.0 7.4 43 41 314.33 25 9 19 1 122 78 232 68.94 2.83 1.11 6.64
3 Bob Purkey CIN 32 7.7 6.0 37 37 288.33 23 5 18 0 109 64 141 73.06 2.81 1.12 4.40
4 Bob Gibson SLN 26 7.5 7.5 32 30 233.67 15 13 15 1 84 95 208 71.46 2.85 1.15 8.01
5 Bob Shaw ML1 29 7.3 6.5 38 29 225.00 15 9 12 2 80 44 124 57.34 2.80 1.19 4.96
6 Bob Friend PIT 31 6.7 5.2 39 36 261.67 18 14 13 1 99 53 144 62.57 3.06 1.27 4.95
7 Turk Farrell HOU 28 6.2 5.6 43 29 241.67 10 20 11 4 91 55 203 59.51 3.02 1.10 7.56
8 Sandy Koufax LAN 26 6.1 4.9 28 26 184.33 14 7 11 1 61 57 216 52.74 2.54 1.04 10.55
9 Ernie Broglio SLN 26 6.1 5.0 34 30 222.33 12 9 11 0 80 93 132 58.34 3.00 1.29 5.34
10 Billy O'Dell SFN 29 4.7 3.5 43 39 280.67 19 14 20 0 126 66 195 44.79 3.53 1.24 6.25
11 Jack Sanford SFN 33 4.7 3.4 39 38 265.33 24 7 13 0 110 92 147 44.45 3.43 1.22 4.99
12 Juan Marichal SFN 24 4.6 4.2 37 36 262.67 18 11 18 1 112 90 153 44.22 3.36 1.23 5.24
13 Joey Jay CIN 26 4.4 3.8 39 37 273.00 21 14 16 0 121 100 155 42.02 3.76 1.35 5.11
14 Jim O'Toole CIN 25 4.3 2.6 36 34 251.67 16 13 11 0 115 87 170 41.36 3.50 1.23 6.08
15 Art Mahaffey PHI 24 4.3 3.3 41 39 274.00 19 14 20 0 131 81 177 33.54 3.94 1.22 5.81
16 Larry Jackson SLN 31 4.3 3.5 36 35 252.33 16 11 11 0 121 64 112 40.73 3.75 1.31 3.99
17 Roy Face PIT 34 3.9 3.7 63 0 91.00 8 7 0 28 23 18 45 36.64 1.88 1.01 4.45
18 Earl Francis PIT 26 3.9 3.3 36 23 176.00 9 8 5 0 68 83 121 36.60 3.07 1.34 6.19
19 Bob Hendley ML1 23 3.4 2.8 35 29 200.00 11 13 7 1 90 59 112 26.50 3.60 1.24 5.04
20 Dennis Bennett PHI 22 3.3 2.4 31 24 174.67 9 9 7 3 78 68 149 25.41 3.81 1.21 7.68
21 Jack Baldschun PHI 25 3.2 3.0 67 0 112.67 12 7 0 13 41 58 95 25.34 2.96 1.36 7.59
22 Don McMahon 2 teams 32 3.1 2.9 53 0 79.67 5 6 0 8 16 33 72 29.74 1.69 1.12 8.13
23 Billy Pierce SFN 35 3.0 2.7 30 23 162.33 16 6 7 1 67 35 76 28.72 3.49 1.12 4.21
24 Curt Simmons SLN 33 2.8 2.2 31 22 154.00 10 10 9 0 78 32 74 26.92 3.51 1.29 4.32
25 Bobby Shantz 2 teams 36 2.6 2.1 31 3 78.33 6 4 1 4 26 25 61 25.01 1.95 1.09 7.01
26 Johnny Podres LAN 29 2.5 1.7 40 40 255.00 15 13 8 0 121 71 178 21.64 3.81 1.34 6.28
27 Ron Perranoski LAN 26 2.5 2.2 70 0 107.33 6 6 0 20 40 36 68 21.40 2.85 1.29 5.70
28 Cal Koonce CHN 21 2.5 1.2 35 30 190.67 10 10 3 0 93 86 84 19.33 3.96 1.50 3.96
29 Bob Buhl 2 teams 33 2.5 0.7 35 31 214.00 12 14 8 0 113 98 110 19.21 3.87 1.44 4.63
30 Al McBean PIT 24 2.4 1.9 33 29 189.67 15 10 6 0 93 65 119 22.35 3.70 1.46 5.65
31 Chris Short PHI 24 2.3 2.1 47 12 142.00 11 9 4 3 66 56 91 18.23 3.42 1.44 5.77
32 Ray Washburn SLN 24 2.3 1.8 34 25 175.67 12 9 2 0 90 58 109 21.98 4.10 1.39 5.58
33 Don Elston CHN 33 2.2 1.9 57 0 66.33 4 8 0 8 25 32 37 17.13 2.44 1.34 5.02
34 Denny Lemaster ML1 23 2.1 1.5 17 12 86.67 3 4 4 0 36 32 69 16.13 3.01 1.23 7.17
35 Joe Nuxhall CIN 33 2.0 2.1 12 9 66.00 5 0 1 1 20 25 57 19.41 2.45 1.27 7.77
36 Diomedes Olivo PIT 43 2.0 1.9 62 1 84.33 5 1 0 7 30 25 66 18.93 2.77 1.34 7.04
37 Ken Johnson HOU 29 2.0 1.1 33 31 197.00 7 16 5 0 100 46 178 19.05 3.84 1.22 8.13
38 Jim Maloney CIN 22 2.0 1.5 22 17 115.33 9 7 3 1 52 66 105 18.68 3.51 1.35 8.19
39 Jim Umbricht HOU 31 2.0 1.8 34 0 67.00 4 0 0 2 19 17 55 18.63 2.01 1.01 7.39
40 Vern Law PIT 32 1.8 2.0 23 20 139.33 10 7 7 0 67 27 78 16.48 3.94 1.31 5.04
41 Dallas Green PHI 27 1.7 1.2 37 10 129.33 6 6 2 1 58 43 58 13.53 3.83 1.45 4.04
42 Claude Raymond ML1 25 1.5 1.3 26 0 42.67 5 5 0 10 15 15 40 11.78 2.74 1.22 8.44
43 Lindy McDaniel SLN 26 1.5 1.1 55 2 107.00 3 10 0 14 53 29 79 14.08 4.12 1.17 6.64
44 Barney Schultz CHN 35 1.4 1.3 51 0 77.67 5 5 0 5 36 23 58 10.76 3.82 1.15 6.72
45 Jim Brosnan CIN 32 1.3 1.2 48 0 64.67 4 4 0 13 27 18 51 12.69 3.34 1.45 7.10
46 Al Jackson NYN 26 1.3 -0.2 36 33 231.33 8 20 12 0 132 78 118 11.04 4.40 1.39 4.59
47 Larry Sherry LAN 26 1.3 1.0 58 0 90.00 7 3 0 11 40 44 71 10.99 3.20 1.39 7.10
48 Roger Craig NYN 32 1.3 -0.4 42 33 233.33 10 24 13 3 133 70 118 10.86 4.51 1.42 4.55
49 Tom Sturdivant PIT 32 1.3 0.9 49 12 125.33 9 5 2 2 62 39 76 11.73 3.73 1.27 5.46
50 Bob Duliba SLN 27 1.2 1.1 28 0 39.33 2 0 0 2 11 17 22 11.70 2.06 1.27 5.03

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Johnny Edwards CIN 24 2.6 130.0 1115.0 807.0 92.0 12.0 11.0 20.410
2 Moe Thacker CHN 28 1.9 65.0 324.0 219.0 34.0 1.0 8.0 17.741
3 Hal Smith HOU 31 1.1 92.0 772.0 570.0 65.0 9.0 9.0 8.615
4 Joe Torre ML1 21 1.1 63.0 503.3 325.0 39.0 5.0 4.0 10.330
5 Jim Campbell HOU 25 0.7 25.0 207.0 174.0 20.0 6.0 1.0 5.367
6 Cal Neeman PIT 33 0.6 24.0 148.0 103.0 15.0 2.0 1.0 4.750
7 Norm Sherry LAN 30 0.5 34.0 239.3 221.0 13.0 2.0 2.0 4.488
8 Joe Pignatano 2 teams 32 0.5 32.0 165.0 107.0 13.0 1.0 2.0 4.162
1B 1 Orlando Cepeda SFN 24 2.5 160.0 1367.7 1353.0 88.0 13.0 125.0 19.622
2 Norm Larker HOU 31 2.0 135.0 1144.3 1148.0 103.0 11.0 103.0 15.613
3 Ernie Banks CHN 31 1.6 149.0 1305.3 1458.0 106.0 11.0 134.0 15.079
4 Gordy Coleman CIN 27 1.3 128.0 1096.3 1021.0 83.0 12.0 100.0 9.784
5 Joe Adcock ML1 34 0.7 112.0 837.3 907.0 57.0 3.0 72.0 7.130
6 Tommie Aaron ML1 22 0.7 110.0 502.3 507.0 45.0 6.0 55.0 7.044
7 Marty Keough CIN 28 0.6 29.0 145.3 148.0 20.0 2.0 11.0 4.782
8 Bill White SLN 28 0.6 146.0 1189.3 1221.0 94.0 9.0 114.0 4.592
2B 1 Bill Mazeroski PIT 25 4.3 159.0 1410.3 425.0 509.0 14.0 138.0 33.485
2 Ken Hubbs CHN 20 1.1 159.0 1394.3 363.0 489.0 15.0 103.0 10.591
3 Rod Kanehl NYN 28 0.8 62.0 529.3 183.0 187.0 22.0 53.0 6.516
4 Red Schoendienst SLN 39 0.3 21.0 110.3 30.0 42.0 1.0 10.0 2.597
5 Julio Gotay SLN 23 0.2 8.0 50.0 11.0 21.0 1.0 5.0 1.404
6 Billy Klaus PHI 33 0.1 11.0 67.0 21.0 21.0 0.0 6.0 0.975
7 Jim Gilliam LAN 33 0.1 113.0 817.7 192.0 262.0 9.0 60.0 0.875
8 Bob Lillis HOU 32 0.1 33.0 206.0 46.0 71.0 2.0 14.0 0.684
3B 1 Ron Santo CHN 22 1.6 157.0 1372.7 161.0 332.0 23.0 33.0 15.057
2 Eddie Mathews ML1 30 1.1 140.0 1223.0 141.0 283.0 16.0 22.0 10.695
3 Ken Boyer SLN 31 0.9 160.0 1431.3 158.0 318.0 22.0 34.0 6.726
4 Felix Mantilla NYN 27 0.7 95.0 759.0 76.0 179.0 14.0 22.0 5.939
5 Jim Davenport SFN 28 0.5 141.0 1177.7 125.0 256.0 19.0 28.0 4.030
6 Don Hoak PIT 34 0.5 116.0 1004.7 93.0 220.0 10.0 19.0 3.898
7 Jim Gilliam LAN 33 0.5 90.0 544.0 51.0 126.0 11.0 12.0 3.875
8 Don Zimmer 2 teams 31 0.4 57.0 452.3 57.0 103.0 8.0 9.0 3.409
SS 1 Roy McMillan ML1 32 1.8 135.0 1101.0 243.0 424.0 19.0 85.0 17.212
2 Dick Groat PIT 31 1.7 161.0 1430.3 314.0 521.0 38.0 126.0 13.467
3 Andre Rodgers CHN 27 1.4 133.0 1121.3 239.0 433.0 28.0 91.0 13.207
4 Julio Gotay SLN 23 1.2 120.0 881.0 179.0 339.0 24.0 65.0 8.986
5 Bob Lillis HOU 32 0.8 99.0 790.0 169.0 290.0 13.0 54.0 6.549
6 Ruben Amaro PHI 26 0.7 78.0 619.0 143.0 224.0 12.0 50.0 7.049
7 Bobby Wine PHI 23 0.6 89.0 668.7 140.0 237.0 8.0 51.0 5.892
8 Elio Chacon NYN 25 0.5 110.0 914.3 204.0 332.0 22.0 64.0 3.874
LF 1 Lee Maye ML1 27 0.4 35.0 279.0 80.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 3.985
2 Tommy Davis LAN 23 0.4 136.0 1070.7 221.0 9.0 6.0 0.0 3.255
3 Willie McCovey SFN 24 0.2 45.0 290.3 68.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.496
4 Wally Moon LAN 32 0.2 24.0 133.7 35.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.588
5 Frank Thomas NYN 33 0.2 126.0 1079.7 218.0 13.0 9.0 0.0 1.494
6 Jim Hickman NYN 25 0.1 8.0 17.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.117
7 Marty Keough CIN 28 0.1 49.0 214.3 48.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.004
8 Manny Mota SFN 24 0.1 22.0 76.0 20.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.983
CF 1 Willie Mays SFN 31 1.2 162.0 1393.7 425.0 6.0 4.0 1.0 9.553
2 Curt Flood SLN 24 0.9 151.0 1344.7 385.0 9.0 4.0 5.0 7.305
3 Tony Gonzalez PHI 25 0.4 114.0 969.7 265.0 8.0 0.0 2.0 4.157
4 Willie Davis LAN 22 0.4 156.0 1358.0 383.0 11.0 15.0 0.0 3.372
5 Hank Aaron ML1 28 0.3 83.0 718.0 209.0 5.0 5.0 0.0 3.012
6 Jim Hickman NYN 25 0.3 84.0 688.7 198.0 4.0 7.0 0.0 2.192
7 Carl Warwick HOU 25 0.2 117.0 944.7 247.0 8.0 3.0 1.0 1.787
8 Ted Savage PHI 26 0.1 10.0 78.0 28.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.348
RF 1 Johnny Callison PHI 23 1.2 151.0 1280.0 319.0 23.0 7.0 7.0 11.313
2 Frank Robinson CIN 26 0.7 152.0 1353.3 296.0 9.0 2.0 2.0 5.815
3 Roberto Clemente PIT 27 0.7 142.0 1228.7 270.0 20.0 8.0 1.0 5.393
4 Richie Ashburn NYN 35 0.2 45.0 338.7 74.0 5.0 0.0 1.0 2.048
5 Felipe Alou SFN 27 0.2 140.0 1147.0 248.0 6.0 7.0 3.0 1.757
6 George Altman CHN 29 0.2 125.0 1091.0 230.0 7.0 6.0 4.0 2.030
7 Ted Savage PHI 26 0.2 10.0 68.0 23.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.683
8 Matty Alou SFN 23 0.2 21.0 146.7 39.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.340