1962 NL League Leaders

 August 1, 1962

    Here are the League Leaders in the NL as of August 1st. Philadelphia's Johnny Callison still leads in BA with a .377 mark. SF's Willie Mays leads in Homeruns (28) and St. Louis's Ken Boyer leads in RBI (91). Cincinnati's Bob Purkey is within 1 game of 20 Wins. LA's Sandy Koufax is already past the 200 mark in strikeouts. Also of note, LA's Maury Wills is up to 83 Stolen Bases, on pace to get 127. 

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1962 National League                 Date: 8/01/1962
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1962 SFN  65  41    J.Calliso PHN .377  W.Mays    SFN   28  K.Boyer   SLN   91
1962 PIN  60  45    B.White   SLN .354  E.Banks   CHN   26  O.Cepeda  SFN   83
1962 PHN  60  47    T.Gonzale PHN .345  F.Robinso CIN   24  F.Robinso CIN   80
1962 CIN  57  46    F.Robinso CIN .344  W.Davis   LAN   24  C.Flood   SLN   73
1962 LAN  58  48    B.Skinner PIN .331  H.Aaron   MLN   24  OTHERS TIED W   71
1962 SLN  53  53
1962 MLN  52  54    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1962 HON  50  52    B.Purkey  CIN   19  R.Face    PIN   16  T.Farrell HON 2.13
1962 CHN  37  68    J.Maricha SFN   17  D.Elston  CHN   13  B.Friend  PIN 2.44
1962 NYN  32  70    S.Koufax  LAN   14  S.Miller  SFN   12  B.Purkey  CIN 2.54
                    L.Jackson SLN   14  J.Baldsch PHN   10  S.Koufax  LAN 2.57
                    OTHERS TIED W   13  OTHERS TIED W    9  B.O'Dell  SFN 2.72
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    R.Mejias  HON   18  M.Wills   LAN   83  S.Koufax  LAN  217
                    A.Rodgers CHN   10  T.Gonzale PHN   19  D.Drysdal LAN  165
                    R.Ashburn NYN    8  W.Davis   LAN   18  B.Gibson  SLN  150
                    S.Taylor  NYN    8  J.Javier  SLN   16  K.Johnson HON  147
                    OTHERS TIED W    7  V.Pinson  CIN   15  B.O'Dell  SFN  141