1962 NL Standings and League Leaders

July 20, 1962

  The tightly contested race for the Pennant continues in the NL. The Pittsburgh Pirates are currently in the top spot in the league. 8 teams still have a shot at the pennant and the top 5 teams are within 5 games of each other.  Only the Chicago Cubs and New York Mets look to have no shot at it. Both those teams have been truly awful this season. The Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies have been the most overperforming teams, and the Los Angeles Dodgers have been the most underperforming. 

  

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1962 National League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1962 Pittsburgh PIN          57  38  .600 ----    66    59  36 .621   93  68 .578
1962 San Francisco SFN       58  40  .592   .5          63  35 .643  103  62 .624
1962 Philadelphia PHN        57  40  .588  1.0          45  52 .464   81  80 .503
1962 Los Angeles LAN         55  43  .561  3.5          64  34 .653  102  63 .618
1962 Cincinnati CIN          50  42  .543  5.5          51  41 .554   98  64 .605
1962 Houston HON             48  45  .516  8.0          35  58 .376   64  96 .400
1962 St. Louis SLN           45  50  .474 12.0          53  42 .558   84  78 .519
1962 Milwaukee MLN           45  51  .469 12.5          47  49 .490   86  76 .531
1962 Chicago CHN             32  65  .330 26.0          35  62 .361   59 103 .364
1962 New York NYN            29  62  .319 26.0          24  67 .264   40 120 .250
 
 
 
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1962 National League                 Date: 7/20/1962
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1962 PIN  57  38    J.Calliso PHN .381  W.Mays    SFN   25  O.Cepeda  SFN   79
1962 SFN  58  40    B.White   SLN .352  H.Aaron   MLN   22  K.Boyer   SLN   74
1962 PHN  57  40    T.Gonzale PHN .347  OTHERS TIED W   21  F.Robinso CIN   71
1962 LAN  55  43    B.Skinner PIN .339                      T.Davis   LAN   65
1962 CIN  50  42    K.Boyer   SLN .327                      OTHERS TIED W   62
1962 HON  48  45
1962 SLN  45  50    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1962 MLN  45  51    B.Purkey  CIN   16  R.Face    PIN   15  T.Farrell HON 2.13
1962 CHN  32  65    J.Maricha SFN   15  D.Elston  CHN   12  B.Friend  PIN 2.41
1962 NYN  29  62    S.Koufax  LAN   14  S.Miller  SFN   11  S.Koufax  LAN 2.57
                    B.Friend  PIN   13  J.Baldsch PHN   10  B.Purkey  CIN 2.63
                    OTHERS TIED W   12  D.McMahon HON    9  B.Bruce   HON 2.77
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    M.Wills   LAN   13  M.Wills   LAN   75  S.Koufax  LAN  217
                    R.Mejias  HON   12  T.Gonzale PHN   18  D.Drysdal LAN  141
                    B.Mazeros PIN    9  W.Davis   LAN   17  K.Johnson HON  138
                    F.Mantill NYN    8  V.Pinson  CIN   13  B.Gibson  SLN  138
                    S.Taylor  NYN    8  T.Taylor  PHN   13  B.O'Dell  SFN  125