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1962 NL Standings and League Leaders

June 10, 1962

  We're 10 days into the month of June. The San Francisco Giants are still in 1st place, going 7-3 in their last 10 games. Orlando Cepeda, Willie Mays, and Felipe Alou have been providing punch at the plate for SF. The Philadelphia Phillies have been hot, going 9-1 in their last 10 and moving within 2.5 games of the Giants. The Phillies have been getting excellent offensive production from Johnny Callison and Don Demeter. The 2nd place Cincinnati Reds hit a bump losing their last 4 in a row, but they're 5-5 so far in June keeping the Giants in the crosshairs. Pittsburgh has remained steady, only 3.5 GB San Francisco. The expansion Houston Colt 45's have surprised many with their good play. They've been 8-2 so far in June and 30-27 overall. The Los Angeles Dodgers have been the most disappointing team in the NL to me. The Dodgers have gone 3-7 lately, falling into the 2nd Division, 7.5 GB the league leaders. St. Louis and Milwaukee have also underperformed in this replay. The Cardinals offense has been excellent but their pitching has been bad. Bill White, Stan Musial, and Ken Boyer are among the league leaders in hitting. But only Bob Gibson and Larry Jackson are having decent seasons pitching for St. Louis. The Braves offense has been the worst in the NL and their pitching has been mediocre. Chicago and New York have performed as expected, poorly.


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       39  22  .639 ----   103    40  21 .656  103  62 .624
1962 Cincinnati CIN          33  21  .611  2.5          31  23 .574   98  64 .605
1962 Philadelphia PHN        34  22  .607  2.5          23  33 .411   81  80 .503
1962 Pittsburgh PIN          33  23  .589  3.5          31  25 .554   93  68 .578
1962 Houston HON             30  27  .526  7.0          24  33 .421   64  96 .400
1962 Los Angeles LAN         32  30  .516  7.5          43  19 .694  102  63 .618
1962 St. Louis SLN           27  28  .491  9.0          31  24 .564   84  78 .519
1962 Milwaukee MLN           21  37  .362 16.5          27  31 .466   86  76 .531
1962 Chicago CHN             20  38  .345 17.5          20  38 .345   59 103 .364
1962 New York NYN            16  37  .302 19.0          15  38 .283   40 120 .250
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
CHN     20   38  .345 11-21  9-17 13-17  7-21  2- 5  5-13     5-5     Won 1
CIN     33   21  .611 14-12 19- 9  9- 6 24-15  1- 0 10- 3     5-5     Lost 4
HON     30   27  .526 16-15 14-12  7- 8 23-19  2- 1  9- 9     8-2     Won 1
LAN     32   30  .516 18- 9 14-21  8-13 24-17  6- 3  8-10     3-7     Lost 1
MLN     21   37  .362 11-20 10-17  6- 8 15-29  3- 2  8-16     2-8     Lost 3
NYN     16   37  .302  7-17  9-20  5- 9 11-28  1- 2  3- 6     2-8     Lost 1
PHN     34   22  .607 16-11 18-11  8-10 26-12  2- 0  8- 3     9-1     Won 7
PIN     33   23  .589 17-10 16-13 10- 5 23-18  2- 1 11- 5     6-4     Won 3
SFN     39   22  .639 17-12 22-10 11- 6 28-16  3- 3 10- 5     7-3     Lost 1
SLN     27   28  .491 14-17 13-11 12- 9 15-19  1- 6  5- 7     4-6     Won 1
TOTAL  285  285  .500


NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1962 National League                 Date: 6/10/1962
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1962 SFN  39  22    J.Calliso PHN .380  J.Calliso PHN   17  O.Cepeda  SFN   49
1962 CIN  33  21    S.Musial  SLN .362  B.White   SLN   15  K.Boyer   SLN   48
1962 PHN  34  22    B.White   SLN .361  W.Mays    SFN   14  B.White   SLN   47
1962 PIN  33  23    B.Skinner PIN .344  OTHERS TIED W   13  F.Robinso CIN   46
1962 HON  30  27    T.Gonzale PHN .343                      F.Alou    SFN   45
1962 LAN  32  30
1962 SLN  27  28    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1962 MLN  21  37    B.Purkey  CIN   12  S.Miller  SFN   10  B.Friend  PIN 2.04
1962 CHN  20  38    J.Maricha SFN   10  R.Face    PIN    8  E.Francis PIN 2.39
1962 NYN  16  37    B.Friend  PIN    9  D.Elston  CHN    7  S.Koufax  LAN 2.52
                    OTHERS TIED W    8  D.McMahon HON    6  B.Purkey  CIN 2.53
                                        J.Baldsch PHN    6  W.Spahn   MLN 2.78
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    J.Lynch   CIN   14  M.Wills   LAN   46  S.Koufax  LAN  126
                    A.Spangle HON    9  W.Davis   LAN   11  D.Drysdal LAN   97
                    D.Schofie PIN    8  T.Gonzale PHN   11  K.Johnson HON   84
                    C.Flood   SLN    8  G.Altman  CHN   10  B.O'Dell  SFN   79
                    S.Musial  SLN    7  V.Pinson  CIN   10  J.Maricha SFN   78
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
LAN 14  at  HON  2  NYN-Jackson(6-4, 4.32) at HON-Farrell(4-5, 2.82)
LAN  0  at  HON  4  PHN-McLish(3-6, 5.35) at SLN-Simmons(3-3, 4.59)
NYN 17  at  CHN  5  PIN-Gibbon(1-0, 2.75) at CHN-Cardwel(3-8, 5.33)
NYN  5  at  CHN  6
PHN 18  at  CIN  5
PHN  7  at  CIN  6
PIN  4  at  MLN  3
PIN  1  at  MLN  0
SFN  5  at  SLN  4
SFN  2  at  SLN  5
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
D.Demeter     PHN CIN  5  3  3  5  0  1  3  0
L.Brock       CHN NYN  4  3  3  2  0  1  1  0
G.Hodges      NYN CHN  4  3  2  3  1  0  1  0
J.Callison    PHN CIN  5  1  3  5  0  0  1  0
J.Christopher NYN CHN  5  2  2  4  1  0  1  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
H.Woodeshick  HON LAN  8.0  3  0  0  1  9  0 W  
E.Francis     PIN MLN  9.0  6  0  0  1  5  0 W  
S.Miller      SFN SLN  4.0  0  0  0  1  2  0 W  
D.Drysdale    LAN HON  9.0  7  2  1  2  9  0 W  
L.Jackson     SLN SFN  8.2  5  4  0  1  7  1    
 
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
F.Alou        SFN .422 45 19 20  2  6  H.Woodeshick  HON  8  3  0  1  9  0 100
D.Demeter     PHN .350 40 14 13  4  6  T.Sturdivant  PIN  6  3  0  0  4  0 101
G.Altman      CHN .432 37 16 10  7  4  E.Francis     PIN 18 12  2  5 10  0 200
J.Lynch       CIN .333 27  9  5  7  3  W.Spahn       MLN 17 13  1  0  7  0 110
F.Robinson    CIN .316 38 12  9 10  3  J.Baldschun   PHN  6  2  0  2  4  0 003
 
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
T.Aaron       MLN .125 32  4  0  0  0  D.Cardwell    CHN 11 18 13  2  8  4 020
J.Gilliam     LAN .143 49  7  1  2  0  L.Burdette    MLN  6 12  8  1  3  2 010
J.Gotay       SLN .139 36  5  3  0  0  P.Ortega      LAN  7 13  9  5  5  3 010
M.Wills       LAN .115 52  6  4  3  0  W.Hunter      NYN 11 21 15  5  8  3 000
R.McMillan    MLN .094 32  3  2  4  0  J.Hook        NYN 14 19 14  5  7  3 020
 
INJURY REPORT
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