1962 NL Standings and League Leaders

 September 1, 1962

  We're heading into the final month of the 1962 NL season. The San Francisco Giants continue to be red hot and have put considerable distance between themselves and the rest of the league. The Giants have won 6 in a row, 9 of their last 10, and gone a phenomenal 24-4 in August. They now lead the 2nd place Pittsburgh Pirates by 13.5 games. 

  Willie Mays (.302 BA, 41HR, 105 RBI) and Juan Marichal (21-7, 3.24 ERA) are among many players having an outstanding season for the Giants. SF has scored more runs and allowed less than any other team in the NL. That's led to their huge difference in Runs Scored/Runs Allowed Differential. Around the league, Pittsburgh's been led by Bob Skinner (.348, 20, 80), and Bob Friend (16-8, 2.87 ERA). Cincinnati's Frank Robinson (.352 BA, 33 HR, 105 RBI) and Bob Purkey (24-7, 2.86 ERA) are at or near the top of the NL in several key statistical categories. Philadelphia teammates Johnny Callison and Tony Gonzalez are tied for top BA in the league (.345).  But the Phillies have been in a free fall lately, losing 7 in a row. The LA Dodgers lost the services of Sandy Koufax in the middle of July and don't expect him back until the end of September. Don Drysdale (17-9, 2.86, 205 K's) has pitched brilliantly since the loss of Koufax but it hasn't improved the Dodgers' standing in the league. After going 16-10 in July, LA went 16-13 in August. 

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       89  45  .664 ----    15    85  49 .634  103  62 .624
1962 Pittsburgh PIN          76  59  .563 13.5          79  56 .585   93  68 .578
1962 Cincinnati CIN          76  60  .559 14.0          82  54 .603   98  64 .605
1962 Los Angeles LAN         74  61  .548 15.5          88  47 .652  102  63 .618
1962 Philadelphia PHN        76  63  .547 15.5          66  73 .475   81  80 .503
1962 St. Louis SLN           68  66  .507 21.0          72  62 .537   84  78 .519
1962 Houston HON             65  68  .489 23.5          49  84 .368   64  96 .400
1962 Milwaukee MLN           65  71  .478 25.0          72  64 .529   86  76 .531
1962 Chicago CHN             47  87  .351 42.0          49  85 .366   59 103 .364
1962 New York NYN            40  96  .294 50.0          34 102 .250   40 120 .250
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
CHN     47   87  .351 22-47 25-40 24-36 23-51  3- 7 13-22     2-8     Lost 1
CIN     76   60  .559 37-33 39-27 21-22 55-38  3- 5 19-17     6-4     Lost 1
HON     65   68  .489 36-32 29-36 14-18 51-50  5- 5 20-23     4-6     Lost 3
LAN     74   61  .548 37-27 37-34 19-28 55-33 14- 5 23-15     6-4     Won 1
MLN     65   71  .478 29-36 36-35 17-20 48-51  4- 9 23-32     3-7     Lost 4
NYN     40   96  .294 19-50 21-46 15-19 25-77  2-10  9-23     4-6     Lost 1
PHN     76   63  .547 36-32 40-31 27-25 49-38  8- 0 16-13     3-7     Lost 7
PIN     76   59  .563 41-27 35-32 18-17 58-42  7- 5 23-14     6-4     Won 2
SFN     89   45  .664 44-24 45-21 26-16 63-29 10- 6 21-11     9-1     Won 6
SLN     68   66  .507 33-34 35-32 25-22 43-44  5- 9 18-15     7-3     Won 4
TOTAL  676  676  .500
HOME   334  342  .494
ROAD   342  334  .506
LEFT   206  223  .480
RIGHT  470  453  .509
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
CHN      7-13  8-19 11-21 11-15 10-19  0- 0    539   714 -175
CIN     10- 9 18- 7 11-18 18-12 19-14  0- 0    655   600  +55
HON      8- 7 14-17 18- 9 10-19 15-16  0- 0    551   581  -30
LAN     11-10 18-10 13-18 16-10 16-13  0- 0    627   585  +42
MLN      9-10 10-19 13-15 20-10 13-17  0- 0    587   586   +1
NYN      5-11  9-17  8-23 10-19  8-26  0- 0    579   831 -252
PHN      9- 8 15-13 21- 9 15-17 16-16  0- 0    690   623  +67
PIN     10- 8 15-11 22-10 13-16 16-14  0- 0    665   578  +87
SFN     13- 7 18-12 19-10 15-12 24- 4  0- 0    711   538 +173
SLN      8- 7 15-15 14-17 16-14 15-13  0- 0    676   644  +32
 
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1962 National League                 Date: 9/1/1962
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1962 SFN  89  45    J.Calliso PHN .354  W.Mays    SFN   41  F.Robinso CIN  105
1962 PIN  76  59    T.Gonzale PHN .354  H.Aaron   MLN   34  W.Mays    SFN  105
1962 CIN  76  60    F.Robinso CIN .352  F.Robinso CIN   33  K.Boyer   SLN  104
1962 LAN  74  61    B.Skinner PIN .348  F.Thomas  NYN   29  O.Cepeda  SFN  103
1962 PHN  76  63    B.White   SLN .345  OTHERS TIED W   28  D.Demeter PHN   93
1962 SLN  68  66
1962 HON  65  68    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1962 MLN  65  71    B.Purkey  CIN   24  R.Face    PIN   18  T.Farrell HON 2.24
1962 CHN  47  87    J.Maricha SFN   21  D.Elston  CHN   16  S.Koufax  LAN 2.57
1962 NYN  40  96    D.Drysdal LAN   17  S.Miller  SFN   16  B.O'Dell  SFN 2.69
                    L.Jackson SLN   17  J.Baldsch PHN   12  D.Drysdal LAN 2.86
                    J.Sanford SFN   17  D.McMahon HON   11  B.Purkey  CIN 2.86
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    F.Mantill NYN    9  M.Wills   LAN  110  S.Koufax  LAN  217
                    B.Mazeros PIN    9  W.Davis   LAN   25  D.Drysdal LAN  205
                    S.Taylor  NYN    8  T.Gonzale PHN   22  B.O'Dell  SFN  183
                    W.Davis   LAN    7  V.Pinson  CIN   20  B.Gibson  SLN  177
                    W.Mays    SFN    7  J.Javier  SLN   20  K.Johnson HON  172
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
CIN  1  at  SFN  7  CIN-Nuxhall(3-1, 2.01) at SFN-Maricha(21-7, 3.24)
MLN  5  at  LAN  6  HON-Brunet(2-1, 2.96) at CHN-Ellswor(5-15, 5.70)
NYN  2  at  SLN  7  MLN-Lemaste(5-0, 2.80) at LAN-Podres(10-13, 3.79)
PIN  1  at  PHN  0  NYN-Daviaul(2-5, 7.09) at SLN-Washbur(3-9, 5.89)
                    PIN-Sturdiv(6-8, 5.18) at PHN-Owens(2-1, 4.88)