1962 Houston Colt .45s season

1962 Houston Colt .45s
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1962);
Location
	Colt Stadium (since 1962);
	Houston, Texas (since 1962);
Results
Record	64–96 (.400)
League place	8th
Other information
Owner(s)	Craig F. Cullinan, Jr., Roy Hofheinz
General manager(s)	Paul Richards
Manager(s)	Harry Craft
Local television	KTRK; (Al Helfer, Gene Elston, Guy Savage)
Local radio	KPRC (AM); (Al Helfer, Gene Elston, Loel Passe)
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The 1962 Houston Colt .45s were an expansion team in American Major League Baseball's National League, and 1962 was the first season in franchise history. Harry Craft was Houston's first manager. The Colts finished eighth among the National League's ten teams with a record of 64–96, 36½ games behind the league champion San Francisco Giants.

Offseason

September 11, 1961: Rusty Staub was signed as an amateur free agent by the Colt .45's.^[1]
October 13, 1961: Al Cicotte was purchased by the Colt .45s from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[2]
March 24, 1962: Dave Philley was signed as a free agent by the Colt .45s.^[3]
March 24, 1962: Dave Philley was traded by the Colt .45s to the Boston Red Sox for Tom Borland.^[3]
Prior to 1962 season: J. C. Hartman was acquired by the Colt .45s from the Houston Buffaloes as part of a minor league working agreement.^[4]

Expansion draft

The Colt .45s were one of two teams added to the National League before the 1962 season, the other being the New York Mets. This brought the number of teams in the NL to ten, matching the 1961 expansion of the American League.

Regular phase

$75,000 per player

Eddie Bressoud, infielder, San Francisco Giants
Bob Aspromonte, infielder, Los Angeles Dodgers
Bob Lillis, infielder, St. Louis Cardinals
Dick Drott, pitcher, Chicago Cubs
Al Heist, outfielder, Chicago Cubs
Román Mejías, outfielder, Pittsburgh Pirates
George Williams, infielder, Philadelphia Phillies
Jesse Hickman, pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies
Merritt Ranew,^[5] catcher, Milwaukee Braves
Don Taussig,^[6] outfielder, St. Louis Cardinals
Bobby Shantz, pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates
Norm Larker,^[7] infielder, Los Angeles Dodgers
Sam Jones, pitcher, San Francisco Giants
Paul Roof, pitcher, Milwaukee Braves
Ken Johnson, pitcher, Cincinnati Reds
Dick Gernert, infielder, Cincinnati Reds
Ed Olivares, infielder, St. Louis Cardinals
Jim Umbricht, pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates
Jim Golden, pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers

Premium phase

$125,000 per player

Joey Amalfitano, infielder, San Francisco Giants
Turk Farrell, pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers
Hal Smith, catcher, Pittsburgh Pirates
Al Spangler, outfielder, Milwaukee Braves

Regular season

The Colt .45s started their inaugural season on April 10, 1962 with an 11–2 win against the Chicago Cubs, highlighted by a three run home run in the bottom of the third inning by Román Mejías.^[8] The .45s would go on to sweep the Cubs in their first three-game series at Colt Stadium. The team finished April with a 7–8 record, 4 games in front of the expansion Mets and only 5 games behind the National League leading Pirates and Giants.

By June 2, with the second loss to the Pirates in Pittsburgh, the Colt .45s had fallen to 16 games behind eventual National League Champion Giants, a deficit that no pre-wild card team had recovered from to make the post season.^[9] And, with an August 21 loss at the hands of the Phillies,^[10] the Houston Colt .45s were mathematically eliminated from the postseason with a 37-game deficit to the Dodgers with 37 games left.

To get an idea of how the first season was for Houston, look at the team's best pitcher, Richard "Turk" Farrell. A starter for the Colt .45s, he was primarily a relief pitcher when he was with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. Turk lost 20 games in 1962, but had an ERA of 3.02. Turk was selected to both All-Star games that year.^[11]

There was a bright spot in the line up in 1962. Román Mejías, who was acquired from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the expansion draft, was named the Colt .45s starting right fielder. It was in Houston that Mejías would play the best season of his career. While he played better the first half of the season, an injury slowed him the second half of the season. However, he still finished with a .286 batting average, 24 home runs, and 76 RBIs. His modesty and his hard play made him a fan favorite that year. Despite his good year, Mejías was traded to the Boston Red Sox in the fall of 1962.^[12]

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1962 National League Records v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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	—

Notable transactions

May 7, 1962: Bobby Shantz was traded by the Colt .45s to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Anderson and Carl Warwick.^[13]
June 26, 1962: Bob Cerv was purchased by the Colt .45s from the New York Yankees.^[14]
July 30, 1962: Bob Cerv was released by the Colt .45s.^[14]

Roster

1962 Houston Colt .45s

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

1 Harry Craft

Coaches

Game log

Houston Colt .45s 1962 Regular Season Game Log

April 1962 (7–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 10	Cubs	11–2	Shantz (1–0)	Cardwell (0–1)	–	25,271	1–0
2	April 11	Cubs	2–0	Woodeshick (1–0)	Hobbie (0–1)	Farrell (1)	20,336	2–0
3	April 12	Cubs	2–0	Stone (1–0)	Curtis (0–1)	–	7,838	3–0
4	April 13	@ Phillies	2–3	Hamilton (1–0)	Farrell (0–1)	–	12,633	3–1
5	April 14	@ Phillies	0–3	Mahaffey (2–0)	Johnson (0–1)	–	2,732	3–2
6	April 17	@ Mets	5–2 (11)	Golden (1–0)	Moford (0–1)	Tiefenauer (1)	3,191	4–2
7	April 18	@ Cubs	2–3 (10)	Ellsworth (1–0)	Farrell (0–2)	–	3,318	4–3
8	April 19	@ Cubs	6–0	Stone (2–0)	Cardwell (0–3)	–	3,835	5–3
9	April 21	Phillies	1–3	McLish (1–0)	Johnson (0–2)	Baldschun (1)	21,841	5–4
10	April 22	Phillies	3–4	Owens (1–1)	Giusti (0–1)	Baldschun (2)	13,130	5–5
11	April 24	Cardinals	4–3	Woodeshick (2–0)	Jackson (2–1)	–	19,335	6–5
12	April 25	Cardinals	5–5 (17)	–	–	–	17,265	6–5
13	April 26	Cardinals	2–3	Gibson (1–1)	Johnson (0–3)	–	15,129	6–6
14	April 27	Braves	1–2	Shaw (2–1)	Shantz (1–1)	–	16,160	6–7
15	April 28	Braves	3–9	Butler (1–0)	Giusti (0–2)	–	22,501	6–8
16	April 29	Braves	3–2	Farrell (1–2)	McMahon (0–1)	–	21,050	7–8

May 1962 (12–19)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
17	May 1	@ Cardinals	4–6	Washburn (2–0)	Stone (2–1)	Bauta (1)	4,924	7–9
18	May 2	@ Cardinals	1–4	Gibson (2–1)	Johnson (0–4)	–	7,880	7–10
19	May 3	@ Cardinals	0–4	Simmons (4–0)	Giusti (0–3)	–	6,436	7–11
20	May 4	@ Braves	7–4	Bruce (1–0)	Hendley (2–2)	Farrell (2)	7,811	8–11
21	May 5	@ Braves	5–6 (12)	Curtis (1–2)	Woodeschick (2–1)	–	4,920	8–12
22	May 6	@ Braves	2–3	Spahn (3–3)	Golden (1–1)	–	12,635	8–13
23	May 6	@ Braves	9–1	Farrell (2–2)	Willey (0–2)	–	12,635	9–13
24	May 7	Dodgers	9–6	Tiefenauer (1–0)	Richert (1–1)	–	19,170	10–13
25	May 8	Dodgers	6–9 (10)	Perranoski (2–0)	Tiefenauer (1–1)	Roebuck (1)	17,483	10–14
26	May 9	Dodgers	2–9	Podres (2–2)	Richert (1–1)	–	12,684	10–15
27	May 10	Dodgers	2–6	Drysdale (5–1)	Bruce (1–1)	–	15,076	10–16
28	May 11	Giants	7–0	Farrell (3–2)	Perry (2–1)	–	19,003	11–16
29	May 12	Giants	0–11	Marichal (6–2)	Woodeshick (2–2)	–	26,311	11–17
30	May 13	Giants	2–7	Sanford (4–2)	Johnson (0–5)	–	19,879	11–18
31	May 15	@ Dodgers	7–10	Perranoski (3–0)	Tiefenauer (1–2)	–	18,675	11–19
32	May 16	@ Dodgers	2–5	Moeller (2–3)	Farrell (3–3)	Roebuck (3)	16,075	11–20
33	May 17	@ Dodgers	4–2 (10)	Roebuck (2–0)	Tiefenauer (1–2)	–	17,639	11–21
34	May 18	@ Giants	3–2 (10)	Johnson (1–5)	Sanford (4–3)	–	18,544	12–21
35	May 19	@ Giants	2–10	McCormick (1–1)	Witt (0–1)	Larson (3)	16,701	12–22
36	May 20	@ Giants	6–5	Bruce (2–1)	Marichal (7–3)	Farrell (3)	40,932	13–22
37	May 20	@ Giants	4–7	Pierce (6–0)	Woodeshick (2–3)	–	40,932	13–23
38	May 21	Mets	3–2	Golden (2–1)	Mizell (1–2)	–	16,317	14–23
39	May 22	Mets	3–2	Farrell (4–3)	Hook (3–3)	–	11,980	15–23
40	May 23	Reds	2–0	Johnson (2–5)	Purkey (7–1)	–	9,266	16–23
41	May 24	Reds	0–5	Jay (6–4)	Witt (0–2)	–	8,570	16–24
42	May 25	Pirates	3–4 (13)	Face (2–1)	Tiefenauer (1–4)	Sturdivant (1)	11,350	16–25
43	May 26	Pirates	2–0	Golden (3–1)	Friend (4–6)	–	13,909	17–25
44	May 27	Pirates	2–7	Law (2–1)	Johnson (2–6)	–	11,793	17–26
45	May 28	@ Reds	6–9	Jay (7–4)	Farrell (4–4)	–	8,979	17–27
46	May 30	@ Cubs	8–6 (14)	Giusti (1–3)	Schultz (3–2)	–	17,842	18–27
47	May 30	@ Cubs	10–6	McMahon (1–1)	Elston (2–2)	–	3,722	19–27

June 1962 (13–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
48	June 1	@ Pirates	4–8	Face (3–1)	Golden (3–2)	–	14,961	19–28
49	June 2	@ Pirates	2–9	Law (3–1)	Farrell (4–5)	–	11,703	19–29
50	June 3	@ Pirates	10–6	Tiefenauer (2–4)	Sturdivant (3–3)	McMahon (1)	24,282	20–29
51	June 3	@ Pirates	10–3	Johnson (3–6)	McBean (5–2)	–	24,282	21–29
52	June 5	Braves	7–1	Bruce (3–1)	Piche (3–1)	–	11,593	22–29
53	June 6	Braves	3–6	Burdette (3–4)	Golden (3–3)	–	11,569	22–30
54	June 7	Braves	3–2	McMahon (2–1)	Spahn (6–6)	–	14,818	23–30
55	June 8	Dodgers	3–4 (13)	L. Sherry (4–2)	McMahon (2–2)	–	15,877	23–31
56	June 9	Dodgers	13–1	Bruce (4–1)	Williams (6–2)	–	11,908	24–31
57	June 10	Dodgers	3–9	Drysdale (10–3)	Golden (3–4)	–	30,027	24–32
58	June 10	Dodgers	7–9	Moeller (5–4)	Woodeshick (2–4)	Perranoski (7)	30,027	24–33
59	June 11	Mets	1–3	Jackson (3–7)	Farrell (4–6)	–	8,920	24–34
60	June 12	Mets	3–2	Johnson (4–6)	Anderson (3–6)	–	7,344	25–34
61	June 14	Mets	10–2	Bruce (5–1)	Hook (4–7)	–	10,761	26–34
62	June 15	@ Dodgers	2–0	Golden (4–4)	Drysdale (10–4)	–	22,709	27–34
63	June 16	@ Dodgers	4–1	Farrell (5–6)	Podres (3–6)	–	51,530	28–34
64	June 17	@ Dodgers	2–6	Roebuck (4–0)	Johnson (4–7)	L. Sherry (5)	47,397	28–35
65	June 19	@ Giants	6–4	Giusti (2–3)	O'Dell (7–6)	Farrell (4)	18,749	29–35
66	June 20	@ Giants	9–5	Stone (3–2)	Miller (3–2)	McMahon (2)	10,430	30–35
67	June 22	@ Mets	0–2	Jackson (4–8)	Farrell (5–7)	–	11,484	30–36
68	June 22	@ Mets	16–3	Golden (5–4)	B. Miller (0–5)	–	11,484	31–36
69	June 23	@ Mets	2–13	Hook (5–8)	Johnson (4–8)	–	6,425	31–37
70	June 25	@ Phillies	3–4	Green (2–2)	Woodeshick (2–5)	–	8,087	31–38
71	June 26	@ Phillies	0–2	Hamilton (5–5)	Farrell (5–8)	–	18,707	31–39
72	June 26	@ Phillies	4–6	Mahaffey (9–8)	Golden (5–5)	–	18,707	31–40
73	June 29	Reds	0–4	O'Toole (6–9)	Johnson (4–9)	–	7,612	31–41
74	June 30	Reds	7–3 (7)	Bruce (6–1)	Maloney (2–3)	–	9,758	32–41

July 1962 (5–24)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
75	July 1	Reds	1–6	Jay (11–7)	Golden (5–6)	–	6,666	32–42
76	July 2	Pirates	2–4	Friend (8–8)	Woodeshick (2–6)	Face (14)	11,760	32–43
77	July 3	Pirates	2–5	Haddix (7–3)	Johnson (4–10)	Face (15)	10,729	32–44
78	July 4	Pirates	0–7	Law (7–3)	Bruce (6–2)	–	20,005	32–45
79	July 4	Pirates	3–4	Francis (5–5)	Golden (5–7)	Face (16)	20,005	32–46
80	July 6	@ Reds	2–0	Woodeshick (3–6)	Jay (11–8)	–	15,871	33–46
81	July 7	@ Reds	1–10	Purkey (14–2)	Johnson (4–11)	–	6,936	33–47
82	July 8	@ Reds	8–12	Maloney (4–3)	Farrell (5–9)	–	18,332	33–48
83	July 8	@ Reds	11–12 (13)	O'Toole (8–9)	Farrell (5–10)	–	18,332	33–49
84	July 11	@ Phillies	1–6	Mahaffey (11–9)	Woodeshick (3–7)	–	3,441	33–50
85	July 12	@ Pirates	4–6	McBean (9–5)	Golden (5–8)	–	14,784	33–51
86	July 13	@ Pirates	0–4	Friend (9–9)	Farrell (5–11)	–	15,376	33–52
87	July 14	@ Pirates	2–4	Law (8–4)	Bruce (6–3)	-	7,343	33–53
88	July 15	Cubs	5–4	Woodeshick (4–7)	Buhl (6–7)	McMahon (3)	6,907	34–53
89	July 15	Cubs	1–4	Ellsworth (5–13)	Johnson (4–12)	–	6,907	34–54
90	July 17	Phillies	0–3	Hamilton (6–7)	Kemmerer (0–1)	Baldschun (9)	8,115	34–55
91	July 17	Phillies	2–8	McLish (6–2)	Farrell (5–12)	Bennett (1)	8,115	34–56
92	July 18	Phillies	2–6	Green (3–2)	Bruce (6–4)	–	5,140	34–57
93	July 19	Phillies	2–6	Short (5–6)	Woodeshick (4–8)	Baldschun (10)	5,017	34–58
94	July 20	Cardinals	4–3	Farrell (6–12)	McDaniel (2–5)	–	15,422	35–58
95	July 21	Cardinals	0–7	Jackson (9–8)	Kemmerer (0–2)	–	17,742	35–59
96	July 21	Cardinals	7–3	Johnson (5–12)	Simmons (8–6)	Golden (1)	17,742	36–59
97	July 22	Cardinals	1–3	Gibson (13–6)	Bruce (6–5)	McDaniel (11)	8,685	36–60
98	July 23	Giants	1–5	Bolin (6–0)	Woodeshick (4–9)	–	12,096	36–61
99	July 24	Giants	1–3	Sanford (13–6)	Farrell (6–13)	Larsen (6)	11,289	36–62
100	July 25	Giants	2–3	O'Dell (12–8)	Golden (5–9)	Miller (14)	12,344	36–63
101	July 27	@ Cubs	1–5	Ellsworth (6–14)	Woodeshick (4–10)	–	6,111	36–64
102	July 29	@ Cubs	2–4	Koonce (9–3)	Golden (5–10)	Cardwell (2)	10,334	36–65
103	July 29	@ Cubs	3–1	Farrell (7–13)	Hobbie (3–10)	–	10,334	37–65

August 1962 (12–19)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
104	August 1	@ Braves	0–3	Shaw (12–8)	Woodeshick (4–11)	–	10,829	37–66
105	August 2	@ Braves	3–0	Farrell (8–13)	Burdette (8–7)	–	8.338	38–66
106	August 3	@ Cardinals	8–3	Johnson (6–12)	Gibson (13–8)	McMahon (4)	11,853	39–66
107	August 4	@ Cardinals	0–2	Washburn (10–5)	Bruce (6–6)	–	9,390	39–67
108	August 5	@ Cardinals	7–4	Kemmerer (1–2)	McDaniel (2–6)	McMahon (5)	14,954	40–67
109	August 5	@ Cardinals	4–7	Toth (1–0)	Woodeshick (4–12)	–	14,954	40–68
110	August 6	Reds	0–1 (13)	Klippstein (4–2)	McMahon (2–3)	–	8,507	40–69
111	August 7	Reds	0–3	Jay (17–9)	Johnson (6–13)	–	6,523	40–70
112	August 8	Reds	0–4	Nuxhall (2–0)	Bruce (6–7)	Brosnan (8)	7,350	40–71
113	August 9	Reds	3–7	O'Toole (12–12)	Woodeshick (4–13)	–	5,196	40–72
114	August 10	Braves	6–7	Spahn (12–11)	Brunet (0–1)	Raymond (5)	7,047	40–73
115	August 11	Braves	1–3	Shaw (14–8)	Farrell (8–14)	Raymond (6)	14,630	40–74
116	August 12	Braves	8–5	Bruce (7–7)	Burdette (9–8)	Kemmerer (1)	4,902	41–74
117	August 14	Cardinals	4–3 (10)	McMahon (3–3)	Gibson (14–9)	–	9,604	42–74
118	August 15	Cardinals	3–1	Woodeshick (5–13)	Washburn (10–6)	Kemmerer (2)	8,843	43–74
119	August 16	Cardinals	1–3	Jackson (10–10)	Farrell (8–15)	–	9,159	43–75
120	August 17	Cubs	3–2	Kemmerer (2–2)	Anderson (2–6)	–	6,539	44–75
121	August 18	Cubs	2–1	Brunet (1–1)	Koonce (9–6)	–	12,243	45–75
122	August 18	Cubs	5–6	Elston (4–7)	McMahon (3–4)	Cardwell (4)	12,243	45–76
123	August 19	Cubs	3–4	Buhl (9–9)	Woodeshick (5–14)	Anderson (4)	4,543	45–77
124	August 20	@ Phillies	1–7	Green (6–5)	Farrell (8–16)	–	14,601	45–78
125	August 21	@ Phillies	3–5	Mahaffey (17–10)	Bruce (7–8)	–	5,489	45–79
126	August 21	@ Phillies	4–7	Hamilton (7–11)	Golden (5–11)	–	5,489	45–80
127	August 22	@ Pirates	0–3	Sturdivant (6–3)	Brunet (1–2)	–	10,553	45–81
128	August 23	@ Pirates	0–4	Law (10–6)	Johnson (6–14)	–	10,742	45–82
129	August 24	@ Reds	2–4	Purkey (20–4)	Woodeshick (5–15)	–	18,879	45–83
130	August 25	@ Reds	6–7	Jay (20–10)	Farrell (8–17)	Brosnan (10)	12,680	45–84
131	August 26	@ Reds	2–1	Brunet (2–2)	Maloney (8–5)	–	25,808	46–84
132	August 26	@ Reds	6–4	McMahon (4–4)	Wills (0–2)	Umbricht (1)	25,808	47–84
133	August 28	@ Cardinals	4–2	Bruce (8–8)	Broglio (10–7)	McMahon (6)	9,510	48–84
134	August 29	@ Cardinals	3–2	Farrell (9–17)	Gibson (15–10)	–	8,295	49–84

September 1962 (15–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
135	September 1	@ Cubs	3–4	Ellsworth (8–17)	McMahon (4–5)	Schultz (3)	9,887	49–85
136	September 2	@ Cubs	3–1	McMahon (5–5)	Buhl (10–10)	–	13,088	50–85
137	September 3	Phillies	2–3	Mahaffey (18–11)	Farrell (9–18)	–	17,302	50–86
138	September 3	Phillies	3–5	Hamilton (8–11)	Woodeshick (5–16)	Bennett (3)	17,302	50–87
139	September 4	Phillies	4–1	Bruce (9–8)	McLish (9–5)	–	4,537	51–87
140	September 5	Pirates	5–3	Umbricht (1–0)	Law (10–7)	McMahon (7)	4,593	52–87
141	September 6	Pirates	4–3	Kemmerer (3–2)	Face (8–7)	–	5,196	53–87
142	September 7	Pirates	4–2	Golden (6–11)	Jackson (8–18)	McMahon (8)	6,208	54–87
143	September 8	Mets	4–3	Kemmerer (4–2)	Anderson (3–17)	–	1,638	55–87
144	September 8	Mets	6–5 (10)	Umbricht (2–0)	Craig (7–23)	–	6,568	56–87
145	September 9	Mets	7–7 (8)	–	–	–	3,630	56–87
146	September 12	Dodgers	0–1	Roebuck (10–0)	Johnson (6–15)	Perranoski (19)	28,669	56–88
147	September 14	@ Braves	1–3	Hendley (11–12)	Farrell (9–19)	–	5,505	56–89
148	September 15	@ Braves	8–9	Nottebart (2–2)	Kemmerer (4–3)	–	6,872	56–90
149	September 16	@ BravesL	4–5	Burdette (10–9)	McMahon (5–6)	–	5,477	56–91
150	September 18	@ Mets	6–2	Johnson (7–15)	Jackson (8–19)	–	3,670	57–91
151	September 18	@ Mets	8–6	Drott (1–0)	Foss (0–1)	Umbricht (2)	3,670	58–91
152	September 20	@ Mets	7–2	Golden (7–11)	Hook (8–18)	Kemmerer (3)	1,481	59–91
153	September 20	@ Mets	5–4 (12)	Kemmerer (5–3)	Daviault (1–5)	–	1,481	60–91
154	September 21	Giants	5–11	Perry (3–1)	Brunet (2–3)	Miller (18)	12,180	60–92
155	September 22	Giants	6–5	Umbricht (3–0)	Miller (4–8)	–	17,125	61–92
156	September 23	Giants	3–10	O'Dell (19–13)	Bruce (9–9)	–	9,623	61–93
157	September 25	@ Dodgers	3–2 (10)	Farrell (10–19)	Roebuck (10–1)	–	25,036	62–93
158	September 26	@ Dodgers	1–13	Podres (15–12)	Brunet (2–4)	L. Sherry (11)	25,813	62–94
159	September 27	@ Dodgers	8–6	Umbricht (4–0)	Perranoski (6–5)	–	29,855	63–94
160	September 29	@ Giants	5–11	Sanford (24–7)	Johnson (7–16)	Miller (19)	26,268	63–95
161	September 29	@ Giants	4–2	Bruce (10–9)	Marichal (18–11)	–	26,268	64–95
162	September 30	@ Giants	1–2	Miller (5–8)	Farrell (10–20)	–	41,327	64–96

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Positional abbreviations: C = Catcher; 1B = First base; 2B = Second base; 3B = Third base; SS = Shortstop; LF = Left field; CF = Center field; RF = Right field

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Hal Smith	109	345	32	81	14	0	.235	12	35	0
1B	Norm Larker	147	506	58	133	19	5	.263	9	63	1
2B	Joey Amalfitano	117	380	44	90	12	5	.237	1	27	4
3B	Bob Aspromonte	149	534	59	142	18	4	.266	11	59	4
SS	Bob Lillis	129	457	38	114	12	4	.249	1	30	7
LF	Al Spangler	129	418	51	119	10	9	.285	5	35	7
CF	Carl Warwick	130	477	63	124	17	1	.260	16	60	2
RF	Román Mejías	146	566	82	162	12	3	.286	24	76	12

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
J. C. Hartman	51	148	11	33	5	.223	0	5	1
Al Heist	27	72	4	16	1	.222	0	3	0
Dave Roberts	16	53	3	13	3	.245	1	10	0
Don Taussig	16	25	1	5	0	.200	1	1	0
Dick Gernert	10	24	1	5	0	.208	0	1	0
George Williams	5	8	1	3	1	.375	0	2	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	R	ER	BB	K
Turk Farrell	43	29	241.2	10	20	3.02	91	81	55	203
Ken Johnson	33	31	197	7	16	3.03	100	84	46	178
Bob Bruce	32	27	175	10	9	4.06	92	79	82	135
Hal Woodeshick	31	26	139.1	5	16	4.39	84	68	54	82

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	R	ER	BB	K
Jim Golden	37	18	152.2	7	11	1	4.07	84	69	50	88
Dave Giusti	22	5	73.2	2	3	0	5.62	49	46	30	43
George Brunet	17	11	54	2	4	0	4.50	31	27	21	36
Dick Drott	6	1	13	1	0	0	7.62	12	11	9	10

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	R	ER	BB	K
Don McMahon	51	76.2	5	5	8	1.53	14	13	33	69
Bobby Tiefenauer	43	85	2	4	1	4.34	42	41	21	60
John Anderson	10	17.2	0	0	0	5.09	12	10	3	6
Al Cicotte	5	4.2	0	0	0	3.86	4	2	1	4

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Oklahoma City 89ers	American Association	Connie Ryan
B	Durham Bulls	Carolina League	Lou Fitzgerald
C	Modesto Colt .45s	California League	Fred Hatfield
D	Moultrie Colt .22s	Georgia-Florida League	Jim Walton

References

↑ Rusty Staub page at Baseball-Reference
↑ Al Cicotte page at Baseball-Reference
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Dave Philley page at Baseball-Reference
↑ J. C. Hartman page at Baseball-Reference
↑ Merritt Ranew page at Baseball Reference
↑ Don Taussig page at Baseball Reference
↑ Norm Larker page at Baseball Reference
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↑ John Anderson page at Baseball Reference
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 Bob Cerv page at Baseball Reference

External links

[1] Rusty Staub page at Baseball-Reference

[2] Al Cicotte page at Baseball-Reference

[philley-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Dave Philley page at Baseball-Reference

[4] J. C. Hartman page at Baseball-Reference

[5] Merritt Ranew page at Baseball Reference

[6] Don Taussig page at Baseball Reference

[7] Norm Larker page at Baseball Reference

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[13] John Anderson page at Baseball Reference

[cerv-14] 14.0 ^14.1 Bob Cerv page at Baseball Reference

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v t e 1962 MLB season by team
American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Minnesota New York Washington
National League	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco
1962 First All-Star Game 1962 Second All-Star Game 1962 World Series

1962 Houston Colt .45s season

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