The 1962 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 81st season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 71st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 84–78 during the season and finished sixth in the National League, games behind the San Francisco Giants. Also in 1962, the Cardinals became the first NL club to wear names on the backs of their uniforms that season.[logosindex.com/S/St.-Louis-Cardinals-logo/]

Offseason October 10, 1961: 1961 Major League Baseball expansion draft Bob Lillis was drafted from the Cardinals by the Houston Colt .45's.Bob Lillis page at Baseball Reference Don Taussig was drafted from the Cardinals by the Houston Colt .45's.Don Taussig page at Baseball Reference October 13, 1961: Al Cicotte was purchased from the Cardinals by the Houston Colt .45's.Al Cicotte page at Baseball Reference October 24, 1961: Red Schoendienst was released by the CardinalsRed Schoendienst page at Baseball Reference November 21, 1961: Elrod Hendricks was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.Elrod Hendricks page at Baseball Reference November 27, 1961: Joe Cunningham was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for Minnie Miñoso.Minnie Minoso page at Baseball Reference November 27, 1961: John Anderson was drafted by the Cardinals from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1961 rule 5 draft.John Anderson page at Baseball Reference Prior to 1962 season: Duke Carmel was acquired by the Cardinals from the Los Angeles Dodgers.Duke Carmel page at Baseball Reference March 1962: Duke Carmel was purchased from the Cardinals by the Cleveland Indians.

Regular season Pitcher Bobby Shantz and first baseman Bill White won Gold Gloves this year.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions May 7, 1962: John Anderson and Carl Warwick were traded by the Cardinals to the Houston Colt .45s for Bobby Shantz. June 5, 1962: Alex Grammas and Don Landrum were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Smith and Daryl Robertson.Bobby Gene Smith page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1962 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position 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 C Gene Oliver 122 345 89 .258 14 45 1B 159 614 199 .324 20 102 2B 155 598 157 .263 7 39 SS Julio Gotay 127 369 94 .255 2 27 3B Ken Boyer 160 611 178 .291 24 98 LF Stan Musial 135 433 143 .330 19 82 CF Curt Flood 151 635 188 .296 12 70 RF Charlie James 129 388 107 .276 8 59

Other batters 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 Carl Sawatski 85 222 56 .252 13 42 Dal Maxvill 79 189 42 .222 1 18 Fred Whitfield 73 158 42 .266 8 34 Red Schoendienst 98 143 43 .301 2 12 Bobby Smith 91 130 30 .231 0 12 39 97 19 .196 1 10 Doug Clemens 48 93 22 .237 1 12 Jimmie Schaffer 70 66 16 .242 0 6 Don Landrum 32 35 11 .314 0 3 13 23 8 .348 1 4 21 18 2 .111 0 1 Mike Shannon 10 15 2 .133 0 0 Bob Burda 7 14 1 .071 0 0 Gary Kolb 6 14 5 .357 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Larry Jackson 36 252.1 16 11 3.75 112 Bob Gibson 32 233.2 15 13 2.85 208 34 222.1 12 9 3.00 132 Ray Washburn 34 175.2 12 9 4.10 109 Curt Simmons 31 154.0 10 10 3.51 74 Ray Sadecki 22 102.1 6 8 5.54 50 1 5.0 0 1 5.40 2

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 6 16.2 1 0 5.40 5

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Lindy McDaniel 55 3 10 14 4.12 79 38 1 4 1 2.70 45 28 5 3 4 2.18 47 28 2 0 2 2.06 22 20 1 0 1 5.01 25 5 0 0 0 1.42 3 Bobby Locke 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Atlanta, Tulsa, BillingsJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

External links 1962 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1962 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com