1962 St. Louis Cardinals season explained

St. Louis Cardinals
Season:	1962
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Busch Stadium I
City:	St. Louis, Missouri
Record:	84–78 (.519)
League Place:	6th
Owners:	August "Gussie" Busch
General Managers:	Bing Devine
Managers:	Johnny Keane
Television:	KPLR
Radio:	KMOX (Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola)

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.^[1]

Offseason

• October 10, 1961: 1961 Major League Baseball expansion draft
  • Bob Lillis was drafted from the Cardinals by the Houston Colt .45's.^[2]
  • Don Taussig was drafted from the Cardinals by the Houston Colt .45's.^[3]
• October 13, 1961: Al Cicotte was purchased from the Cardinals by the Houston Colt .45's.^[4]
• October 24, 1961: Red Schoendienst was released by the Cardinals^{[5] [6]}
• November 21, 1961: Elrod Hendricks was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.^[7]
• November 27, 1961: Joe Cunningham was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for Minnie Miñoso.^[8]
• November 27, 1961: John Anderson was drafted by the Cardinals from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1961 rule 5 draft.^[9]
• Prior to 1962 season: Duke Carmel was acquired by the Cardinals from the Los Angeles Dodgers.^[10]
• March 1962: Duke Carmel was purchased from the Cardinals by the Cleveland Indians.^[10]

Regular season

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

Notable transactions

• May 7, 1962: John Anderson and Carl Warwick were traded by the Cardinals to the Houston Colt .45s for Bobby Shantz.^[9]
• June 5, 1962: Alex Grammas and Don Landrum were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Smith and Daryl Robertson.^[11]

Roster

1962 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		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		122	345	89	.258	14	45
1B		159	614	199	.324	20	102
2B		155	598	157	.263	7	39
SS		127	369	94	.255	2	27
3B		160	611	178	.291	24	98
LF		135	433	143	.330	19	82
CF		151	635	188	.296	12	70
RF		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
	85	222	56	.252	13	42
	79	189	42	.222	1	18
	73	158	42	.266	8	34
	98	143	43	.301	2	12
	91	130	30	.231	0	12
	39	97	19	.196	1	10
	48	93	22	.237	1	12
	70	66	16	.242	0	6
	32	35	11	.314	0	3
	13	23	8	.348	1	4
	21	18	2	.111	0	1
	10	15	2	.133	0	0
	7	14	1	.071	0	0
	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
	36	252.1	16	11	3.75	112
	32	233.2	15	13	2.85	208
	34	222.1	12	9	3.00	132
	34	175.2	12	9	4.10	109
	31	154.0	10	10	3.51	74
	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

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
	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
	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Atlanta, Tulsa, Billings^[12]

External links

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

Notes and References

1. logosindex.com/S/St.-Louis-Cardinals-logo/
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lillibo01.shtml Bob Lillis page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/taussdo01.shtml Don Taussig page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cicotal01.shtml Al Cicotte page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schoere01.shtml Red Schoendienst page at Baseball Reference
6. Web site: Red Schoendienst . Lokemoen . Kristen . sabr.org . Society for American Baseball Research Biography Project . November 14, 2023 .
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hendrel01.shtml Elrod Hendricks page at Baseball Reference
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/minosmi01.shtml Minnie Minoso page at Baseball Reference
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/anderjo02.shtml John Anderson page at Baseball Reference
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carmedu01.shtml Duke Carmel page at Baseball Reference
11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithbo04.shtml Bobby Gene Smith page at Baseball Reference
12. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007