1962 Cincinnati Reds

Roster of 37 · every name linked to a full player profile

W–L summed from pitcher decisions in the corpus.

Record

98–64

Runs

802

Home runs

167

Team AVG

.270

Team ERA

3.75

Pitching K

964

Postseason

Missed

Best by VAL

VAL is shown only for players who spent the whole season with this club.

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Vada PinsonCF	155	619	107	181	23	100	26	.292	.818	14.5
Frank RobinsonRF	162	609	134	208	39	136	18	.342	1.045	20.6
Leo CardenasSS	153	589	77	173	10	60	2	.294	.752	9.7
Eddie KaskoSS	134	533	74	148	4	41	3	.278	.682	7.2
Don Blasingame2B	141	494	77	139	2	35	4	.281	.704	7.6
Gordy Coleman1B	136	476	73	132	28	86	2	.277	.816	12.1
Johnny EdwardsC	133	452	47	115	8	50	1	.254	.714	7.0
Jerry LynchLF	114	288	41	81	12	57	3	.281	.821	7.9
Wally PostRF	109	285	43	75	17	62	1	.263	.839	8.5
Marty KeoughCF	111	230	34	64	7	27	3	.278	.768	5.8
Don Zimmer3B	63	192	16	48	2	16	1	.250	.663	—
Hank FoilesC	43	131	17	36	7	25	0	.275	.836	3.4
Bob PurkeyP	37	107	9	11	2	3	0	.103	.312	13.6
Jim O'TooleP	36	91	3	10	0	4	0	.110	.230	11.5
Joey JayP	39	90	7	15	2	9	0	.167	.483	11.2
Cookie Rojas2B	39	86	9	19	0	6	1	.221	.546	0.8
Don PavletichC	34	63	7	14	1	7	0	.222	.627	1.0
Joe GainesRF	64	52	12	12	1	7	0	.231	.679	1.8
Jim MaloneyP	24	43	3	8	0	3	0	.186	.414	6.7
Gene Freese3B	18	42	2	6	0	1	0	.143	.417	—
Rogelio Alvarez1B	14	28	1	6	0	2	0	.214	.455	—
Joe NuxhallP	12	26	3	7	1	5	0	.269	.719	—
Johnny KlippsteinP	40	24	2	3	1	1	0	.125	.442	6.5
Tommy HarperLF	6	23	1	4	0	1	1	.174	.414	—
Moe DrabowskyP	23	17	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.056	—
Ted WillsP	26	16	0	5	0	0	0	.313	.626	—
Sammy EllisP	8	10	2	2	0	0	0	.200	.400	0.2
Jim BrosnanP	48	6	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	10.1
Cliff Cook3B	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
John TsitourisP	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
Darrell JohnsonC	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	—
Jesse GonderC	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
Bill HenryP	40	3	0	1	0	1	0	.333	.666	7.2
Bob MillerP	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
Howie NunnP	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Bob PurkeyP	37	37	23	5	0	288.1	141	2.81	13.6
Joey JayP	39	37	21	14	0	273.0	155	3.76	11.2
Jim O'TooleP	36	34	16	13	0	251.2	170	3.50	11.5
Jim MaloneyP	22	17	9	7	1	115.1	105	3.51	6.7
Johnny KlippsteinP	40	7	7	6	4	108.2	67	4.47	6.5
Moe DrabowskyP	23	10	2	6	1	83.0	56	4.99	—
Joe NuxhallP	12	9	5	0	1	66.0	57	2.45	—
Jim BrosnanP	48	0	4	4	13	64.2	51	3.34	10.1
Ted WillsP	26	5	0	2	3	61.0	58	5.31	—
Dave SislerP	35	0	4	3	1	43.2	27	3.92	5.3
Bill HenryP	40	0	4	2	11	37.1	35	4.58	7.2
Sammy EllisP	8	4	2	2	0	28.0	27	6.75	0.2
John TsitourisP	4	2	1	0	0	21.1	7	0.84	—
Howie NunnP	6	0	0	0	0	9.2	4	5.59	—
Bob MillerP	6	0	0	0	0	5.1	4	21.94	—
Dave HillmanP	2	0	0	0	0	3.2	0	9.82	—

Players traded mid-season are listed with their numbers for this club only.

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Vada PinsonCF	155	619	107	181	23	100	26	.292	.818	14.5
Frank RobinsonRF	162	609	134	208	39	136	18	.342	1.045	20.6
Leo CardenasSS	153	589	77	173	10	60	2	.294	.752	9.7
Eddie KaskoSS	134	533	74	148	4	41	3	.278	.682	7.2
Don Blasingame2B	141	494	77	139	2	35	4	.281	.704	7.6
Gordy Coleman1B	136	476	73	132	28	86	2	.277	.816	12.1
Johnny EdwardsC	133	452	47	115	8	50	1	.254	.714	7.0
Jerry LynchLF	114	288	41	81	12	57	3	.281	.821	7.9
Wally PostRF	109	285	43	75	17	62	1	.263	.839	8.5
Marty KeoughCF	111	230	34	64	7	27	3	.278	.768	5.8
Don Zimmer3B	63	192	16	48	2	16	1	.250	.663	—
Hank FoilesC	43	131	17	36	7	25	0	.275	.836	3.4
Bob PurkeyP	37	107	9	11	2	3	0	.103	.312	13.6
Jim O'TooleP	36	91	3	10	0	4	0	.110	.230	11.5
Joey JayP	39	90	7	15	2	9	0	.167	.483	11.2
Cookie Rojas2B	39	86	9	19	0	6	1	.221	.546	0.8
Don PavletichC	34	63	7	14	1	7	0	.222	.627	1.0
Joe GainesRF	64	52	12	12	1	7	0	.231	.679	1.8
Jim MaloneyP	24	43	3	8	0	3	0	.186	.414	6.7
Gene Freese3B	18	42	2	6	0	1	0	.143	.417	—
Rogelio Alvarez1B	14	28	1	6	0	2	0	.214	.455	—
Joe NuxhallP	12	26	3	7	1	5	0	.269	.719	—
Johnny KlippsteinP	40	24	2	3	1	1	0	.125	.442	6.5
Tommy HarperLF	6	23	1	4	0	1	1	.174	.414	—
Moe DrabowskyP	23	17	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.056	—
Ted WillsP	26	16	0	5	0	0	0	.313	.626	—
Sammy EllisP	8	10	2	2	0	0	0	.200	.400	0.2
Jim BrosnanP	48	6	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	10.1
Cliff Cook3B	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
John TsitourisP	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
Darrell JohnsonC	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	—
Jesse GonderC	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
Bill HenryP	40	3	0	1	0	1	0	.333	.666	7.2
Bob MillerP	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
Howie NunnP	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—

Pitching

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Bob PurkeyP	37	37	23	5	0	288.1	141	2.81	13.6
Joey JayP	39	37	21	14	0	273.0	155	3.76	11.2
Jim O'TooleP	36	34	16	13	0	251.2	170	3.50	11.5
Jim MaloneyP	22	17	9	7	1	115.1	105	3.51	6.7
Johnny KlippsteinP	40	7	7	6	4	108.2	67	4.47	6.5
Moe DrabowskyP	23	10	2	6	1	83.0	56	4.99	—
Joe NuxhallP	12	9	5	0	1	66.0	57	2.45	—
Jim BrosnanP	48	0	4	4	13	64.2	51	3.34	10.1
Ted WillsP	26	5	0	2	3	61.0	58	5.31	—
Dave SislerP	35	0	4	3	1	43.2	27	3.92	5.3
Bill HenryP	40	0	4	2	11	37.1	35	4.58	7.2
Sammy EllisP	8	4	2	2	0	28.0	27	6.75	0.2
John TsitourisP	4	2	1	0	0	21.1	7	0.84	—
Howie NunnP	6	0	0	0	0	9.2	4	5.59	—
Bob MillerP	6	0	0	0	0	5.1	4	21.94	—
Dave HillmanP	2	0	0	0	0	3.2	0	9.82	—