1962 Milwaukee Braves season explained

Milwaukee Braves
Season:	1962
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Milwaukee County Stadium
City:	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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 record, games behind the National League champion The home attendance at County Stadium eighth in the ten-team National League. It was the Braves' first season under one million

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 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.

Offseason

• October 10, 1961: Merritt Ranew was drafted from the Braves by the Houston Colt .45s in the 1961 MLB expansion draft.^[4]
• November 8, 1961: Ellis Burton^[5] and Lou Jackson^[6] were acquired by the Braves from the Toronto Maple Leafs as part of a minor league working agreement.
• November 28, 1961: Frank Thomas was traded by the Braves with a player to be named later to the New York Mets for a player to be named later and cash. The deal was completed on May 21, 1962, when the Mets sent Gus Bell to the Braves and the Braves sent Rick Herrscher to the Mets.^[7]
• December 15, 1961: Joe Azcue, Ed Charles and Manny Jiménez were traded by the Braves to the Kansas City Athletics for Lou Klimchock and Bob Shaw.^[8]
• Prior to 1962 season: Hal Haydel was signed as an amateur free agent by the Braves.^[9]

Regular season

Roster

1962 Milwaukee Braves
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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		107	350	104	.297	8	45
1B		121	391	97	.248	29	78
2B		122	406	110	.271	9	43
SS		137	468	115	.246	12	41
3B		152	536	142	.265	29	90
LF		79	214	61	.285	5	24
CF		156	592	191	.323	45	128
RF		91	333	85	.255	10	36

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
	99	349	85	.244	10	41
	141	334	77	.231	8	38
	80	220	62	.282	5	26
	76	209	43	.206	3	20
	50	146	28	.192	2	16
	58	138	27	.196	0	2
	61	117	33	.282	2	13
	34	79	23	.291	0	7
	33	64	16	.250	1	8
	20	47	12	.255	0	2
	6	13	2	.154	0	0
	11	12	1	.083	0	2
	8	8	0	.000	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
	34	269.1	18	14	3.04	118
	38	225.0	15	9	2.80	124
	35	200.0	11	13	3.60	112
	1	2.0	0	1	22.50	1

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
	37	143.2	10	9	4.89	59
	24	111.0	8	3	4.30	69
	17	86.2	3	4	3.01	69
	14	52.0	3	2	4.85	28
	9	31.0	2	0	2.61	22
	3	18.0	1	1	2.00	12

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
	26	5	5	10	2.74	40
	39	2	2	2	3.23	36
	30	4	4	1	4.16	40
	30	2	5	1	5.40	40
	29	2	3	4	5.30	29
	2	0	1	0	6.00	3

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville

References

• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1962 Milwaukee Braves season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. News: McHale, six others buy Braves for $5.5 million . Milwaukee Sentinel . Thisted . Red . November 17, 1962 . 1, part 1.
2. News: Midwestern group purchases Braves . Milwaukee Journal . Wolf . Bob . November 17, 1962 . 1, part 1.
3. News: Perini sells Braves to Milwaukee group . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press . November 17, 1962 . 11.
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ranewme01.shtml Merritt Ranew
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/burtoel01.shtml Ellis Burton
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jackslo01.shtml Lou Jackson
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/thomafr03.shtml Frank Thomas
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/azcuejo01.shtml Joe Azcue
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/haydeha01.shtml Hal Haydel