1962 St. Louis Cardinals season

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 6th in the NL, 17½ 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]

This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1962 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.

1962 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record84–78 (.519)
League place6th
Other information
Owner(s)August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)Bing Devine
Manager(s)Johnny Keane
Local televisionKPLR
Local radioKMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola)
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Offseason

Regular season

Pitcher Bobby Shantz and first baseman Bill White won Gold Gloves this year.

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 10362 0.624 — 61–21 42–41
Los Angeles Dodgers 10263 0.618 1 54–29 48–34
Cincinnati Reds 9864 0.605 3½ 58–23 40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 9368 0.578 8 51–30 42–38
Milwaukee Braves 8676 0.531 15½ 49–32 37–44
St. Louis Cardinals 8478 0.519 17½ 44–37 40–41
Philadelphia Phillies 8180 0.503 20 46–34 35–46
Houston Colt .45s 6496 0.400 36½ 32–48 32–48
Chicago Cubs 59103 0.364 42½ 32–49 27–54
New York Mets 40120 0.250 60½ 22–58 18–62

Record vs. opponents
1962 National League Records

Sources:
Team CHC CIN HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago —4–147–114–148–109–910–84–146–127–11
Cincinnati 14–4—13–59–913–513–58–1013–57–118–10
Houston 11–75–13—6–127–1113–3–11–175–137–119–9–1
Los Angeles 14–49–912–6—10–816–214–410–810–117–11
Milwaukee 10–85–1311–78–10—12–611–710–87–1112–6
New York 9–95–133–13–12–166–12—4–142–164–145–13
Philadelphia 8–1010–817–14–147–1114–4—7–105–139–9
Pittsburgh 14–45–1313–58–108–1016–210–7—7–1112–6
San Francisco 12–611–711–711–1011–714–413–511–7—9–9
St. Louis 11–710–89–9–111–76–1213–59–96–129–9—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster
1962 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
1BBill White159614199.32420102
2BJulián Javier155598157.263739

Other batters

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
Minnie Miñoso399719.196110
Carl Warwick13238.34814
Alex Grammas21182.11101

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ernie Broglio34222.11293.00132
Harvey Branch15015.402

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Paul Toth616.2105.405

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Don Ferrarese381412.7045
Bobby Shantz285342.1847
Bob Duliba282022.0622
Ed Bauta201015.0125
John Anderson50001.423

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Atlanta Crackers International League Joe Schultz
AA Tulsa Oilers Texas League Whitey Kurowski
A Portsmouth-Norfolk Tides Sally League Chase Riddle
C Winnipeg Goldeyes Northern League Fred Koenig
C Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Grover Resinger
D Brunswick Cardinals Georgia–Florida League Owen Friend

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Atlanta, Tulsa, Billings[11]

References
  1. [logosindex.com/S/St.-Louis-Cardinals-logo/]
  2. Bob Lillis page at Baseball Reference
  3. Don Taussig page at Baseball Reference
  4. Al Cicotte page at Baseball Reference
  5. Red Schoendienst page at Baseball Reference
  6. Elrod Hendricks page at Baseball Reference
  7. Minnie Minoso page at Baseball Reference
  8. John Anderson page at Baseball Reference
  9. Duke Carmel page at Baseball Reference
  10. Bobby Gene Smith page at Baseball Reference
  11. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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