1962 Milwaukee Braves | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Milwaukee County Stadium |
City | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Record | 86–76 (.531) |
League place | 5th |
Owners |
Lou Perini (sold in November 1962) [1] [2] [3] |
General managers | John McHale |
Managers | Birdie Tebbetts |
Television |
WTMJ-TV ( Earl Gillespie, Blaine Walsh, Ernie Johnson) |
Radio |
WEMP ( Earl Gillespie, Blaine Walsh) |
The 1962 Milwaukee Braves season was the tenth for the franchise in Milwaukee and 92nd overall.
The fifth-place Braves finished the season with an 86–76 (.531) record, 15+1⁄2 games behind the National League champion San Francisco Giants. [4] The home attendance at County Stadium was 766,921, [5] eighth in the ten-team National League. It was the Braves' first season under one million in Milwaukee. [5]
After this season in November, owner Lou Perini sold the franchise for $5.5 million to a Chicago group led by 34-year-old insurance executive William Bartholomay. [1] [2] [3] Perini retained a 10% interest in the club and sat on the board of directors for a number of years.
Ten years after the final television broadcasts in Boston, broadcasts of Braves games returned to a new channel, WTMJ-TV, giving Milwaukee television viewers a chance to watch the games at home.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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San Francisco Giants | 103 | 62 | 0.624 | — | 61–21 | 42–41 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 102 | 63 | 0.618 | 1 | 54–29 | 48–34 |
Cincinnati Reds | 98 | 64 | 0.605 | 3½ | 58–23 | 40–41 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 93 | 68 | 0.578 | 8 | 51–30 | 42–38 |
Milwaukee Braves | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 15½ | 49–32 | 37–44 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 84 | 78 | 0.519 | 17½ | 44–37 | 40–41 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 81 | 80 | 0.503 | 20 | 46–34 | 35–46 |
Houston Colt .45s | 64 | 96 | 0.400 | 36½ | 32–48 | 32–48 |
Chicago Cubs | 59 | 103 | 0.364 | 42½ | 32–49 | 27–54 |
New York Mets | 40 | 120 | 0.250 | 60½ | 22–58 | 18–62 |
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | |||||||||||||||
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Team | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SF | STL | |||||
Chicago | — | 4–14 | 7–11 | 4–14 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 4–14 | 6–12 | 7–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 14–4 | — | 13–5 | 9–9 | 13–5 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 13–5 | 7–11 | 8–10 | |||||
Houston | 11–7 | 5–13 | — | 6–12 | 7–11 | 13–3–1 | 1–17 | 5–13 | 7–11 | 9–9–1 | |||||
Los Angeles | 14–4 | 9–9 | 12–6 | — | 10–8 | 16–2 | 14–4 | 10–8 | 10–11 | 7–11 | |||||
Milwaukee | 10–8 | 5–13 | 11–7 | 8–10 | — | 12–6 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 7–11 | 12–6 | |||||
New York | 9–9 | 5–13 | 3–13–1 | 2–16 | 6–12 | — | 4–14 | 2–16 | 4–14 | 5–13 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–10 | 10–8 | 17–1 | 4–14 | 7–11 | 14–4 | — | 7–10 | 5–13 | 9–9 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 14–4 | 5–13 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 16–2 | 10–7 | — | 7–11 | 12–6 | |||||
San Francisco | 12–6 | 11–7 | 11–7 | 11–10 | 11–7 | 14–4 | 13–5 | 11–7 | — | 9–9 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–7 | 10–8 | 9–9–1 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 9–9 | — |
1962 Milwaukee Braves | |||||||||
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Manager
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Del Crandall | 107 | 350 | 104 | .297 | 8 | 45 |
1B | Joe Adcock | 121 | 391 | 97 | .248 | 29 | 78 |
2B | Frank Bolling | 122 | 406 | 110 | .271 | 9 | 43 |
SS | Roy McMillan | 137 | 468 | 115 | .246 | 12 | 41 |
3B | Eddie Mathews | 152 | 536 | 142 | .265 | 29 | 90 |
LF | Gus Bell | 79 | 214 | 61 | .285 | 5 | 24 |
CF | Hank Aaron | 156 | 592 | 191 | .323 | 45 | 128 |
RF | Mack Jones | 91 | 333 | 85 | .255 | 10 | 36 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Lee Maye | 99 | 349 | 85 | .244 | 10 | 41 |
Tommie Aaron | 141 | 334 | 77 | .231 | 8 | 38 |
Joe Torre | 80 | 220 | 62 | .282 | 5 | 26 |
Amado Samuel | 76 | 209 | 43 | .206 | 3 | 20 |
Denis Menke | 50 | 146 | 28 | .192 | 2 | 16 |
Howie Bedell | 58 | 138 | 27 | .196 | 0 | 2 |
Lou Johnson | 61 | 117 | 33 | .282 | 2 | 13 |
Ken Aspromonte | 34 | 79 | 23 | .291 | 0 | 7 |
Bob Uecker | 33 | 64 | 16 | .250 | 1 | 8 |
Hawk Taylor | 20 | 47 | 12 | .255 | 0 | 2 |
Ethan Blackaby | 6 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Krsnich | 11 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 2 |
Lou Klimchock | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Warren Spahn | 34 | 269.1 | 18 | 14 | 3.04 | 118 |
Bob Shaw | 38 | 225.0 | 15 | 9 | 2.80 | 124 |
Bob Hendley | 35 | 200.0 | 11 | 13 | 3.60 | 112 |
Bob Buhl | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 22.50 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Lew Burdette | 37 | 143.2 | 10 | 9 | 4.89 | 59 |
Tony Cloninger | 24 | 111.0 | 8 | 3 | 4.30 | 69 |
Denny Lemaster | 17 | 86.2 | 3 | 4 | 3.01 | 69 |
Ron Piché | 14 | 52.0 | 3 | 2 | 4.85 | 28 |
Cecil Butler | 9 | 31.0 | 2 | 0 | 2.61 | 22 |
Jim Constable | 3 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.00 | 12 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Claude Raymond | 26 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2.74 | 40 |
Don Nottebart | 39 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.23 | 36 |
Jack Curtis | 30 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4.16 | 40 |
Carl Willey | 30 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5.40 | 40 |
Hank Fischer | 29 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5.30 | 29 |
Don McMahon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 |
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