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Season Almanac

1962 MLB Season

League Leaders

Led multiple categories: Tommy Davis (H, RBI) · Don Drysdale (K, W)

Home Runs
  1. 1Willie MaysSF49
  2. 2Harmon KillebrewMIN48
  3. 3Hank AaronATL45
Hits
  1. 1Tommy DavisLAD230
  2. 2Bobby RichardsonNYY209
  3. 3Frank RobinsonCIN208
Runs Batted In
  1. 1Tommy DavisLAD153
  2. 2Willie MaysSF141
  3. 3Frank RobinsonCIN136
Runs
  1. 1Frank RobinsonCIN134
  2. 2Maury WillsLAD130
  3. 3Willie MaysSF130
Stolen Bases
  1. 1Maury WillsLAD104
  2. 2Willie DavisLAD32
  3. 3Luis AparicioCWS31
Pitching Strikeouts
  1. 1Don DrysdaleLAD232
  2. 2Sandy KoufaxLAD216
  3. 3Bob GibsonSTL208
Pitching Wins
  1. 1Don DrysdaleLAD25
  2. 2Jack SanfordSF24
  3. 3Bob PurkeyCIN23
Saves
  1. 1Roy FacePIT28
  2. 2Dick RadatzBOS24
  3. 3Ron PerranoskiLAD20

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Frank RobinsonBAT20.6
  2. 2Willie MaysBAT20.3
  3. 3Hank AaronBAT20.2
  4. 4Tommy DavisBAT17.7
  5. 5Harmon KillebrewBAT16.6
  6. 6Mickey MantleBAT16.5
  7. 7Norm CashBAT15.8
  8. 8Don DrysdalePITCH15.7
  9. 9Norm SiebernBAT15.7
  10. 10Orlando CepedaBAT15.6
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Willie StargellLF244.9
  2. 2Gaylord PerryP235.5
  3. 3Tony OlivaRF154
  4. 4Bob Bailey3B139.2
  5. 5Tommy HarperLF132.7
  6. 6Dave GiustiP126.1
  7. 7Diego SeguiP122
  8. 8Dave McNallyP117.3

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Richie AshburnCF152
  2. 2Eddie Yost3B142.5
  3. 3Gene WoodlingLF130.1
  4. 4Dave PhilleyRF104.2
  5. 5Clem LabineP95.6
  6. 6Billy Goodman2B95.3
  7. 7Granny HamnerSS87.2
  8. 8Bob NiemanLF84.8

Teams · 20

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
San Francisco Giants103-62285.7Willie MaysPlayoffs
Los Angeles Dodgers102-63287.6Tommy Davis
Cincinnati Reds98-64247.2Frank Robinson
New York Yankees96-66298.7Mickey MantlePlayoffs
Pittsburgh Pirates93-68276.1Roy Face
Minnesota Twins91-71270.6Harmon Killebrew
Los Angeles Angels86-76264Leon Wagner
Atlanta Braves86-76258.9Hank Aaron
Detroit Tigers85-76287.7Norm Cash
Chicago White Sox85-77254.9Floyd Robinson
St. Louis Cardinals84-78247.1Bill White
Philadelphia Phillies81-80238.6Don Demeter
Cleveland Indians80-82233.7John Romano
Baltimore Orioles77-85252.9Hoyt Wilhelm
Boston Red Sox76-84233.4Dick Radatz
Athletics72-90217.4Norm Siebern
Houston Colt 45's64-96201Turk Farrell
Texas Rangers60-101225.4Chuck Hinton
Chicago Cubs59-103202.7George Altman
New York Mets40-120164.1Frank Thomas

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.