1962 NL Awards

 October 13, 1962

  The Awards for the NL in the 1962 season were announced today. In a close vote San Francisco's Willie Mays came out ahead of Cincinnati's Frank Robinson for the 1962 NL MVP. Here are their stats:

Batter           Avg   AB        H    R   2B  3B  HR RBI  BB IBB      K  SB  CS    E  OBP  Slug   OPS                                                                   W.Mays     .300   626   188  120   43   6    51  127    81  15    81  12    1    4   378   .633   1.011                                                                F.Robinson .355   598   212  146   44   0    42  129    85  21    56  17    7    0  .437   .639   1.075

Cincinnati's Bob Purkey was named the NL Cy Young Award winner.

NAME        ERA  W  L   PCT   G GS CG SH SV  IP   H   R  ER HR BB  SO
B.Purkey   2.68 28  8  .778  37 37 28  4  0 322. 272 102 96 29 86 164

Alvin Dark (SFN) was named NL Manager of the Year and Stu Miller got the Rolaids Fireman Award.

AWARDS VOTING FOR 1962 National League                         Date: 10/3/1962
 
MVP AWARD                               CY YOUNG AWARD
W.Mays(SFN) 406                         B.Purkey(CIN) 130
F.Robinson(CIN) 386                     J.Sanford(SFN) 85
B.Purkey(CIN) 209                       J.Marichal(SFN) 47
H.Aaron(MLN) 125                        D.Drysdale(LAN) 18
B.White(SLN) 91                         S.Koufax(LAN) 8
 
ALL-STAR SELECTIONS BY POSITION
C  S.Burgess(PIN) 1,010,113             J.Edwards(CIN) 929,844
1B B.White(SLN) 2,247,375               O.Cepeda(SFN) 1,724,139
2B B.Mazeroski(PIN) 1,694,240           K.Hubbs(CHN) 1,156,656
3B K.Boyer(SLN) 2,134,841               D.Demeter(PHN) 1,563,062
SS M.Wills(LAN) 1,592,934               D.Groat(PIN) 1,131,373
LF B.Skinner(PIN) 1,761,959             B.Williams(CHN) 1,710,099
CF W.Mays(SFN) 3,697,410                H.Aaron(MLN) 2,592,398
RF F.Robinson(CIN) 3,224,615            J.Callison(PHN) 2,074,283
Pi B.Purkey(CIN) 3,549,513              S.Koufax(LAN) 2,412,355
   D.Drysdale(LAN) 2,166,258            J.Sanford(SFN) 2,051,893
   J.Marichal(SFN) 1,970,261            T.Farrell(HON) 1,844,260
   D.Bennett(PHN) 1,502,520             W.Spahn(MLN) 1,376,896
   B.O'Dell(SFN) 1,293,523              C.Short(PHN) 1,145,213
   B.Gibson(SLN) 1,134,114              J.Baldschun(PHN) 1,006,522
 
GOLD GLOVE SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
P  D.Cardwell(CHN)                      B.Bruce(HON) 
C  J.Edwards(CIN)                       J.Roseboro(LAN) 
1B B.White(SLN)                         E.Banks(CHN) 
2B K.Hubbs(CHN)                         B.Mazeroski(PIN) 
3B J.Davenport(SFN)                     K.Boyer(SLN) 
SS R.McMillan(MLN)                      J.Pagan(SFN) 
OF W.Mays(SFN)                          R.Clemente(PIN) 
OF B.Virdon(PIN)                        F.Robinson(CIN) 
OF C.Flood(SLN)                         T.Gonzalez(PHN) 
 
SILVER SLUGGER SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
C  S.Burgess(PIN)                       J.Edwards(CIN) 
1B B.White(SLN)                         O.Cepeda(SFN) 
2B B.Mazeroski(PIN)                     C.Neal(NYN) 
3B K.Boyer(SLN)                         D.Demeter(PHN) 
SS M.Wills(LAN)                         L.Cardenas(CIN) 
LF F.Thomas(NYN)                        T.Davis(LAN) 
CF W.Mays(SFN)                          H.Aaron(MLN) 
RF F.Robinson(CIN)                      J.Callison(PHN) 
 
ROLAIDS FIREMAN RELIEF AWARD            MANAGER OF THE YEAR
S.Miller(SFN) 57                        Alvin Dark(SFN) 
D.Elston(CHN) 48                        Walt Alston(LAN) 
J.Baldschun(PHN) 45                     Fred Hutchinson(CIN) 
R.Face(PIN) 43                          Gene Mauch(PHN) 
D.McMahon(HON) 33                       Danny Murtaugh(PIN)