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1962 NL Standings and League Leaders

May 9, 1962

  We are now 1 full month into the 1962 NL season since the start of play on April 9th.  The San Francisco Giants, who are a bit below their actual '62 record, are still in 1st place in the NL. Led by Willie Mays (.296, 8 HR, 19 RBI) and Juan Marichal (5-2, 2.30 ERA, 43 K) the Giants have the best RUNS/AGNST DIFF in the NL. Most of the teams are performing close to their actual level of play except for the St. Louis Cardinals who have played below expectations. While their offense has been the best in the NL the pitching has yet to come around. The Cardinals pitching is ranked 9th out of the 10 teams. 1st baseman Bill White (.388, 9 HR, 24 RBI) leads the NL in BA and HR and is 4th in RBI. Stan Musial (.366) and Ken Boyer (.364, 24 RBI) are also off to great starts. If the pitching does come around the Cardinals would be serious contenders. After a slow start, the Los Angeles Dodgers have picked up steam and are getting a great balance of pitching and hitting. SS Maury Wills continues to swipe bases (23) at a record pace. The defending NL Champion Cincinnati Red's Bob Purkey (7-0, 1,88 ERA) has been the top pitcher in the league.


LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1962 National League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1962 San Francisco SFN       18  10  .643 ----   135    21   7 .750  103  62 .624
1962 Los Angeles LAN         17  11  .607  1.0          17  11 .607  102  63 .618
1962 Pittsburgh PIN          14  10  .583  2.0          14  10 .583   93  68 .578
1962 Cincinnati CIN          15  11  .577  2.0          13  13 .500   98  64 .605
1962 Philadelphia PHN        12  11  .522  3.5          12  11 .522   81  80 .503
1962 Houston HON             12  13  .480  4.5          10  15 .400   64  96 .400
1962 St. Louis SLN           11  13  .458  5.0          16   8 .667   84  78 .519
1962 Milwaukee MLN           11  14  .440  5.5          11  14 .440   86  76 .531
1962 New York NYN             7  14  .333  7.5           5  16 .238   40 120 .250
1962 Chicago CHN              8  18  .308  9.0           6  20 .231   59 103 .364
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
CHN      8   18  .308  3-10  5- 8  6-11  2- 7  1- 4  1- 6     2-8     Won 1
CIN     15   11  .577 10- 5  5- 6  5- 5 10- 6  1- 0  5- 0     6-4     Won 1
HON     12   13  .480  4- 9  8- 4  3- 4  9- 9  2- 1  3- 4     4-6     Lost 4
LAN     17   11  .607  9- 4  8- 7  4- 6 13- 5  5- 0  5- 3     8-2     Won 4
MLN     11   14  .440  5- 8  6- 6  5- 4  6-10  2- 1  4- 6     4-6     Lost 1
NYN      7   14  .333  4- 7  3- 7  0- 3  7-11  0- 0  0- 3     4-6     Lost 1
PHN     12   11  .522  5- 5  7- 6  4- 3  8- 8  0- 0  2- 1     6-4     Lost 1
PIN     14   10  .583  5- 3  9- 7  3- 3 11- 7  0- 1  3- 1     5-5     Won 1
SFN     18   10  .643 10- 6  8- 4  6- 3 12- 7  1- 2  4- 3     6-4     Won 1
SLN     11   13  .458  5- 8  6- 5  4- 3  7-10  0- 3  2- 2     3-7     Lost 1
TOTAL  125  125  .500
HOME    60   65  .480
ROAD    65   60  .520
LEFT    40   45  .471
RIGHT   85   80  .515
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
CHN      7-13  1- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    110   136  -26
CIN     10- 9  5- 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    125   114  +11
HON      8- 7  4- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    124   129   -5
LAN     11-10  6- 1  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    130   117  +13
MLN      9-10  2- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    111   110   +1
NYN      5-11  2- 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     76   117  -41
PHN      9- 8  3- 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    100   100   +0
PIN     10- 8  4- 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    108    95  +13
SFN     13- 7  5- 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    127    95  +32
SLN      8- 7  3- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    142   140   +2
 
 
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1962 National League                 Date: 5/09/1962
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1962 SFN  18  10    B.White   SLN .388  B.White   SLN    9  F.Robinso CIN   24
1962 LAN  17  11    F.Robinso CIN .375  W.Mays    SFN    8  T.Davis   LAN   24
1962 PIN  14  10    S.Musial  SLN .366  T.Davis   LAN    7  K.Boyer   SLN   24
1962 CIN  15  11    K.Boyer   SLN .364  J.Adcock  MLN    7  B.White   SLN   24
1962 PHN  12  11    J.Calliso PHN .356  OTHERS TIED W    6  OTHERS TIED W   19
1962 HON  12  13
1962 SLN  11  13    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1962 MLN  11  14    B.Purkey  CIN    7  R.Face    PIN    5  B.O'Dell  SFN 1.35
1962 NYN   7  14    S.Koufax  LAN    5  S.Miller  SFN    4  B.Purkey  CIN 1.55
1962 CHN   8  18    B.Friend  PIN    5  D.Elston  CHN    3  B.Friend  PIN 1.71
                    J.Maricha SFN    5  D.McMahon HON    3  B.Miller  NYN 2.01
                    B.Shaw    MLN    4  OTHERS TIED W    2  C.Short   PHN 2.08
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    B.White   SLN   12  M.Wills   LAN   23  S.Koufax  LAN   58
                    J.Gilliam LAN   10  V.Pinson  CIN    5  D.Drysdal LAN   44
                    K.Boyer   SLN    9  E.Chacon  NYN    5  J.Maricha SFN   43
                    J.Torre   MLN    8  T.Taylor  PHN    5  B.Gibson  SLN   42
                    OTHERS TIED W    7  B.White   SLN    5  K.Johnson HON   38
 

 

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