1962 NL Standings and League Leaders

 September 10, 1962

 Through play as of today, the San Francisco Giants magic # to clinch 1st place in the NL is now at 6 games. The Giants are 5-5 so far in September after having a league best record for a month of 24-4 in August, and it doesn't look like anyone's going to catch them. The St. Louis Cardinals have finally caught fire, going 10-1 so far this month, but they are a long shot contender being 16.5 games behind. 

 The Cardinal's Stan Musial has jumped to the top of the NL batting leaders. His playing time has been a little limited this season but he now has enough At Bats to qualify for the League Leaders. The Giant's Willie Mays, Orlando Cepeda, Juan Marichal, Jack Sanford, Billy O'Dell and Stu Miller are among the top performers this season. Cincinnati's Frank Robinson continues his quest for the Triple Crown and his teammate Bob Purkey is 1st in the NL with 25 Wins. 

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       94  50  .653 ----     6    93  51 .646  103  62 .624
1962 Pittsburgh PIN          82  63  .566 12.5          84  61 .579   93  68 .578
1962 Cincinnati CIN          82  64  .562 13.0          89  57 .610   98  64 .605
1962 Los Angeles LAN         80  65  .552 14.5          94  51 .648  102  63 .618
1962 Philadelphia PHN        79  67  .541 16.0          71  75 .486   81  80 .503
1962 St. Louis SLN           78  67  .538 16.5          77  68 .531   84  78 .519
1962 Houston HON             70  73  .490 23.5          56  87 .392   64  96 .400
1962 Milwaukee MLN           68  78  .466 27.0          74  72 .507   86  76 .531
1962 Chicago CHN             49  96  .338 45.5          52  93 .359   59 103 .364
1962 New York NYN            43 102  .297 51.5          35 110 .241   40 120 .250
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
CHN     49   96  .338 23-48 26-48 26-39 23-57  3- 8 13-24     1-9     Lost 2
CIN     82   64  .562 40-35 42-29 24-23 58-41  3- 5 20-17     6-4     Lost 2
HON     70   73  .490 40-36 30-37 14-20 56-53  5- 5 21-23     5-5     Won 2
LAN     80   65  .552 43-31 37-34 23-28 57-37 14- 6 25-15     6-4     Won 1
MLN     68   78  .466 32-38 36-40 18-23 50-55  4- 9 23-33     3-7     Lost 1
NYN     43  102  .297 20-50 23-52 16-21 27-81  2-10  9-24     3-7     Won 1
PHN     79   67  .541 37-32 42-35 28-27 51-40  8- 0 17-13     3-7     Lost 2
PIN     82   63  .566 43-28 39-35 20-19 62-44  8- 5 23-16     6-4     Lost 1
SFN     94   50  .653 47-27 47-23 28-18 66-32 10- 6 21-12     5-5     Won 2
SLN     78   67  .538 41-34 37-33 29-22 49-45  6- 9 20-15     9-1     Won 2
TOTAL  725  725  .500
HOME   366  359  .505
ROAD   359  366  .495
LEFT   226  240  .485
RIGHT  499  485  .507
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
CHN      7-13  8-19 11-21 11-15 10-19  2- 9    572   765 -193
CIN     10- 9 18- 7 11-18 18-12 19-14  6- 4    698   635  +63
HON      8- 7 14-17 18- 9 10-19 15-16  5- 5    590   625  -35
LAN     11-10 18-10 13-18 16-10 16-13  6- 4    676   641  +35
MLN      9-10 10-19 13-15 20-10 13-17  3- 7    617   635  -18
NYN      5-11  9-17  8-23 10-19  8-26  3- 6    622   882 -260
PHN      9- 8 15-13 21- 9 15-17 16-16  3- 4    712   651  +61
PIN     10- 8 15-11 22-10 13-16 16-14  6- 4    730   630 +100
SFN     13- 7 18-12 19-10 15-12 24- 4  5- 5    769   586 +183
SLN      8- 7 15-15 14-17 16-14 15-13 10- 1    751   687  +64
 
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1962 National League                 Date: 9/11/1962
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1962 SFN  94  50    S.Musial  SLN .363  W.Mays    SFN   42  F.Robinso CIN  116
1962 PIN  82  63    B.Skinner PIN .356  F.Robinso CIN   38  O.Cepeda  SFN  115
1962 CIN  82  64    T.Gonzale PHN .354  H.Aaron   MLN   37  K.Boyer   SLN  111
1962 LAN  80  65    F.Robinso CIN .351  F.Thomas  NYN   32  W.Mays    SFN  110
1962 PHN  79  67    B.White   SLN .351  OTHERS TIED W   30  H.Aaron   MLN  100
1962 SLN  78  67
1962 HON  70  73    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1962 MLN  68  78    B.Purkey  CIN   25  R.Face    PIN   18  T.Farrell HON 2.18
1962 CHN  49  96    J.Maricha SFN   22  D.Elston  CHN   17  S.Koufax  LAN 2.57
1962 NYN  43 102    D.Drysdal LAN   19  S.Miller  SFN   17  D.Drysdal LAN 2.70
                    J.Sanford SFN   19  J.Baldsch PHN   13  B.Purkey  CIN 2.82
                    OTHERS TIED W   18  D.McMahon HON   11  D.Bennett PHN 2.86
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    B.White   SLN   15  M.Wills   LAN  116  D.Drysdal LAN  230
                    F.Mantill NYN   13  W.Davis   LAN   27  S.Koufax  LAN  217
                    B.Virdon  PIN   10  V.Pinson  CIN   22  B.O'Dell  SFN  199
                    O.Cepeda  SFN   10  T.Gonzale PHN   22  B.Gibson  SLN  191
                    OTHERS TIED W    9  J.Javier  SLN   21  K.Johnson HON  186
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
CHN  0  at  LAN  5  CHN-Buhl(8-15, 4.26) at LAN-William(7-14, 6.12)
CIN  2  at  SLN 11  CIN-Purkey(25-7, 2.82) at SLN-Gibson(15-12, 3.55)
MLN  6  at  NYN  9  PIN-Sturdiv(7-9, 4.94) at SFN-Sanford(19-7, 3.30)
PIN  6  at  SFN  9