1962 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkForbes Field
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
OwnersJohn W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General managersJoe L. Brown
ManagersDanny Murtaugh
TelevisionKDKA-TV
Bob Prince, Jim Woods
RadioKDKA
Bob Prince, Paul Long, Jim Woods
Seasons

The 1962 Pittsburgh Pirates season involved the team's 93–68 season, good for fourth place in the National League, eight games behind the NL Champion San Francisco Giants.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 10362 0.624 61–21 42–41
Los Angeles Dodgers 10263 0.618 1 54–29 48–34
Cincinnati Reds 9864 0.605 58–23 40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 9368 0.578 8 51–30 42–38
Milwaukee Braves 8676 0.531 15½ 49–32 37–44
St. Louis Cardinals 8478 0.519 17½ 44–37 40–41
Philadelphia Phillies 8180 0.503 20 46–34 35–46
Houston Colt .45s 6496 0.400 36½ 32–48 32–48
Chicago Cubs 59103 0.364 42½ 32–49 27–54
New York Mets 40120 0.250 60½ 22–58 18–62

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team CHC CIN HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago 4–147–114–148–109–910–84–146–127–11
Cincinnati 14–413–59–913–513–58–1013–57–118–10
Houston 11–75–136–127–1113–3–11–175–137–119–9–1
Los Angeles 14–49–912–610–816–214–410–810–117–11
Milwaukee 10–85–1311–78–1012–611–710–87–1112–6
New York 9–95–133–13–12–166–124–142–164–145–13
Philadelphia 8–1010–817–14–147–1114–47–105–139–9
Pittsburgh 14–45–1313–58–108–1016–210–77–1112–6
San Francisco 12–611–711–711–1011–714–413–511–79–9
St. Louis 11–710–89–9–111–76–1213–59–96–129–9

Game log

1962 Game Log: 93–68 (Home: 51–30; Away: 42–38)
April: 13–5 (Home: 4–2; Away: 9–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 10Phillies6–0Friend (1–0)Owens28,8131–0
2April 13@ Mets4–3Sturdivant (1–0)JonesFace (1)12,4472–0
3April 14@ Mets6–2Mizell (1–0)JacksonFace (2)9,2313–0
4April 15@ Mets7–2Friend (2–0)Craig11,2784–0
5April 16@ Cubs6–5Olivo (1–0)AndersonFace (3)1,6425–0
6April 17@ Cubs10–6Haddix (1–0)Schultz1,9376–0
7April 18@ Phillies4–3Francis (1–0)Hamilton7,2847–0
8April 19@ Phillies6–3McBean (1–0)MahaffeyLamabe (1)8,4278–0
9April 21Mets8–4Friend (3–0)MillerFace (4)17,9279–0
10April 22Mets4–3Veale (1–0)Jones13,78010–0
11April 23Mets1–9HookSturdivant (1–1)16,67610–1
12April 24Giants7–3McBean (2–0)MarichalFace (5)18,62011–1
13April 25Giants3–8PerryFriend (3–1)Larsen21,65211–2
14April 27@ Dodgers2–7DrysdaleVeale (1–1)40,50911–3
15April 28@ Dodgers1–2KoufaxFrancis (1–1)26,33211–4
16April 29@ Dodgers6–1Friend (4–1)Podres12–4
17April 29@ Dodgers1–0McBean (3–0)Moeller51,57413–4
18April 30@ Giants1–4PerryMizell (1–1)9,54313–5
May: 13–13 (Home: 9–4; Away: 4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
19May 1@ Giants2–4O'DellVeale (1–2)23,65713–6
20May 2@ Giants2–3MarichalFrancis (1–2)9,92613–7
21May 3@ Giants4–8SanfordHaddix (1–1)10,72313–8
22May 4Dodgers5–4Face (1–0)Moeller20,98614–8
23May 5Dodgers1–10DrysdaleSturdivant (1–2)13,36614–9
24May 9@ Braves2–4PicheFriend (4–2)Fischer3,67314–10
25May 10@ Braves3–4FischerFace (1–1)2,74614–11
26May 11@ Reds2–3 (10)JayMcBean (3–1)10,44814–12
27May 12@ Reds2–9O'TooleLaw (0–1)16,85814–13
28May 13@ Reds4–6PurkeyFriend (4–3)Brosnan12,00414–14
29May 15Braves5–4 (10)Haddix (2–1)Curtis9,64115–14
30May 16Braves6–0McBean (4–1)HendleyOlivo (1)11,16816–14
31May 17Braves2–7ShawFriend (4–4)10,01016–15
32May 18Reds1–4PurkeyHaddix (2–2)17,42516–16
33May 20Reds8–2Law (1–1)Jay14,97117–16
34May 21Cubs8–4Sturdivant (2–2)Ellsworth7,56018–16
35May 22Cubs1–3CardwellFriend (4–5)9,58418–17
36May 23@ Cardinals6–3Haddix (3–2)JacksonOlivo (2)9,14719–17
37May 24@ Cardinals5–2McBean (5–1)SadeckiFace (6)8,53620–17
38May 25@ Colt .45s4–3 (13)Face (2–1)TiefenauerSturdivant (1)11,35021–17
39May 26@ Colt .45s0–2GoldenFriend (4–6)13,90921–18
40May 27@ Colt .45s7–2Law (2–1)Johnson11,79322–18
41May 28Cardinals3–1Haddix (4–2)Broglio8,05123–18
42May 29Cardinals7–6Sturdivant (3–2)Shantz17,17124–18
43May 30Cardinals3–1Francis (2–2)WashburnOlivo (3)17,18625–18
44May 31Cardinals5–4Friend (5–6)SimmonsOlivo (4)10,46626–18
June: 18–14 (Home: 11–11; Away: 7–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
45June 1Colt .45s8–4Face (3–1)Golden14,96127–18
46June 2Colt .45s9–2Law (3–1)Farrell11,70328–18
47June 3Colt .45s6–10TiefenauerSturdivant (3–3)McMahon28–19
48June 3Colt .45s3–10JohnsonMcBean (5–2)24,28228–20
49June 5Dodgers2–3WilliamsFrancis (2–3)Sherry28–21
50June 5Dodgers3–8DrysdaleFriend (5–7)Koufax18,57928–22
51June 6Dodgers3–5MoellerGibbon (0–1)Perranoski13,66728–23
52June 7Dodgers3–2Face (4–1)Sherry12,17729–23
53June 9@ Braves3–4ShawLaw (3–2)29–24
54June 9@ Braves3–5CloningerMcBean (5–3)Nottebart8,90129–25
55June 10@ Braves12–8Friend (6–7)PicheSturdivant (2)30–25
56June 10@ Braves3–2Francis (3–3)HendleyFace (7)14,08231–25
57June 11@ Cubs6–1Gibbon (1–1)CardwellOlivo (5)5,35432–25
58June 12@ Cubs4–3Haddix (5–2)HobbieFace (8)3,20033–25
59June 13@ Cubs6–4McBean (6–3)KoonceFace (9)4,87234–25
60June 14@ Cubs6–3Friend (7–7)Ellsworth5,00535–25
61June 15Braves9–8Lamabe (1–0)NottebartFace (10)21,67336–25
62June 16Braves1–2BurdetteLaw (3–3)22,43736–26
63June 17Braves7–3Haddix (6–2)Spahn15,44837–26
64June 18Reds5–6JayFriend (7–8)Klippstein37–27
65June 18Reds2–4PurkeyMcBean (6–4)21,88437–28
66June 19Reds1–2MaloneyFrancis (3–4)Henry12,16737–29
67June 20Reds5–4Law (4–3)O'TooleFace (11)12,96538–29
68June 22Cubs7–5Gibbon (2–1)SchultzFace (12)13,71039–29
69June 23Cubs4–3Olivo (2–0)Elston8,52140–29
70June 24Cubs3–4BuhlMcBean (6–5)Anderson40–30
71June 24Cubs4–8KoonceFrancis (3–5)Schultz15,67640–31
72June 25Mets13–3Law (5–3)Anderson9,31041–31
73June 26Mets5–2Francis (4–5)HunterFace (13)9,53442–31
74June 27Mets6–5 (10)Olivo (3–0)Craig12,46843–31
75June 29@ Cardinals0–5SimmonsHaddix (6–3)18,53143–32
76June 30@ Cardinals17–7Law (6–3)WashburnOlivo (6)22,52744–32
July: 17–12 (Home: 9–5; Away: 8–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1@ Cardinals7–2McBean (7–5)Jackson25,97745–32
78July 2@ Colt .45s4–2Friend (8–8)WoodeshickFace (14)11,76046–32
79July 3@ Colt .45s5–2Haddix (7–3)JohnsonFace (15)10,72947–32
80July 4@ Colt .45s7–0Law (7–3)Bruce48–32
81July 4@ Colt .45s4–3Francis (5–5)GoldenFace (16)20,00549–32
82July 5Phillies5–0McBean (8–5)Owens13,62350–32
83July 6Phillies2–6MahaffeyFriend (8–9)15,83650–33
84July 7Phillies6–4Face (5–1)Short8,78151–33
85July 8Phillies4–8BaldschunLaw (7–4)51–34
86July 8Phillies6–5Sturdivant (4–3)SmithFace (17)16,14752–34
87July 12Colt .45s6–4McBean (9–5)Golden14,78453–34
88July 13Colt .45s4–0Friend (9–9)Farrell15,37654–34
89July 14Colt .45s4–2Law (8–4)Bruce7,34355–34
90July 15Cardinals2–3 (10)WashburnFace (5–2)McDaniel55–35
91July 15Cardinals8–7Face (6–2)Ferrarese26,90556–35
92July 16Cardinals5–2McBean (10–5)Sadecki16,74757–35
93July 19@ Mets5–1Friend (10–9)Jackson58–35
94July 19@ Mets7–6 (10)Face (7–2)Hook16,54059–35
95July 20Giants3–6SanfordLaw (8–5)Larsen37,70559–36
96July 21Giants7–6 (11)Face (8–2)Larsen23,91760–36
97July 22Giants4–5MarichalHaddix (7–4)27,97360–37
98July 23@ Reds0–3O'TooleFriend (10–10)11,16860–38
99July 24@ Reds4–6JayFrancis (5–6)Henry11,52160–39
100July 25@ Reds6–13PurkeyMcBean (10–6)13,34760–40
101July 26@ Reds3–5KlippsteinLaw (8–6)Henry8,34960–41
102July 27@ Phillies3–5GreenHaddix (7–5)Short60–42
103July 27@ Phillies4–1Friend (11–10)HamiltonFace (18)21,15961–42
104July 28@ Phillies2–9MahaffeyFrancis (5–7)12,45061–43
105July 29@ Phillies1–8McLishMcBean (10–7)8,50261–44
August: 18–12 (Home: 9–4; Away: 9–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1@ Dodgers9–1Friend (12–10)Williams42,06862–44
107August 2@ Dodgers3–5PodresGibbon (2–2)Sherry40,72262–45
108August 3@ Giants5–2McBean (11–7)MarichalFace (19)15,91063–45
109August 4@ Giants5–6SanfordOlivo (3–1)Bolin29,37063–46
110August 5@ Giants1–2O'DellFriend (12–11)25,53263–47
111August 7Cardinals0–5BroglioGibbon (2–3)17,29463–48
112August 8Cardinals0–2GibsonMcBean (11–8)11,26763–49
113August 10@ Cubs6–7SchultzFace (8–3)7,65663–50
114August 11@ Cubs10–6Law (9–6)EllsworthFace (20)1,23864–50
115August 12@ Cubs5–4Lamabe (2–0)ElstonFace (21)14,26165–50
116August 14Dodgers2–1McBean (12–8)Podres2,12166–50
117August 15Dodgers6–3Friend (13–11)DrysdaleOlivo (7)25,67067–50
118August 16Dodgers3–7WilliamsGibbon (2–4)Perranoski23,29167–51
119August 17Phillies9–1Haddix (8–5)Hamilton13,71368–51
120August 18Phillies5–2Sturdivant (5–3)McLishFace (22)10,61169–51
121August 19Phillies2–3ShortFace (8–4)Baldschun15,68069–52
122August 20@ Mets2–0Friend (14–11)Hook70–52
123August 20@ Mets6–3McBean (13–8)MillerFace (23)8,21471–52
124August 21@ Mets8–6Olivo (4–1)CraigFace (24)72–52
125August 21@ Mets4–5MillerFace (8–5)4,18472–53
126August 22Colt .45s3–0Sturdivant (6–3)Brunet10,55373–53
127August 23Colt .45s4–0Law (10–6)Johnson10,74274–53
128August 25@ Cardinals2–3JacksonFriend (14–12)74–54
129August 25@ Cardinals4–0Francis (6–7)Simmons8,95975–54
130August 26@ Cardinals5–6ShantzFace (8–6)75–55
131August 26@ Cardinals7–6Sturdivant (7–3)McDanielLamabe (2)25,55676–55
132August 28Cubs7–6Olivo (5–1)Elston10,17577–55
133August 29Cubs5–2Friend (15–12)KoonceFace (25)10,71478–55
134August 30Cubs5–3McBean (14–8)CardwellFace (26)13,63979–55
135August 31@ Phillies2–3 (11)BaldschunFrancis (6–8)8,19179–56
September: 14–12 (Home: 9–4; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1@ Phillies7–6Sturdivant (8–3)OwensFace (27)8,29780–56
137September 3Mets2–0Friend (16–12)Hook81–56
138September 3Mets5–4McBean (15–8)CraigFace (28)14,28982–56
139September 4Mets5–1Haddix (9–5)Anderson4,36483–56
140September 5@ Colt .45s3–5UmbrichtLaw (10–7)McMahon4,59383–57
141September 6@ Colt .45s3–4KemmererFace (8–7)5,19683–58
142September 7@ Dodgers10–1Francis (7–8)Williams36,36884–58
143September 8@ Dodgers1–6RichertMcBean (15–9)43,88784–59
144September 9@ Dodgers3–5PodresFriend (16–13)Perranoski37,59484–60
145September 10@ Giants1–4O'DellHaddix (9–6)19,49884–61
146September 11@ Giants0–2SanfordSturdivant (8–4)10,28384–62
147September 14Giants5–1Francis (8–8)O'Dell14,35485–62
148September 15Giants5–1Friend (17–13)Sanford10,34086–62
149September 16Giants6–4 (10)Gibbon (3–4)Miller14,21687–62
150September 17Giants5–2Sturdivant (9–4)McCormick8,36488–62
151September 18Reds4–7 (10)HenryLamabe (2–1)Klippstein5,65688–63
152September 19Reds1–0Friend (18–13)Maloney3,43789–63
153September 20Reds4–3Priddy (1–0)Henry3,95790–63
154September 21Braves3–7SpahnMcBean (15–10)6,33990–64
155September 22Braves0–2ConstableSisk (0–1)5,15390–65
156September 23Braves3–10CloningerFriend (18–14)24,32390–66
157September 25@ Reds1–2PurkeySturdivant (9–5)4,50090–67
158September 26@ Reds1–0 (11)Francis (9–8)KlippsteinFriend (1)3,62391–67
159September 28@ Braves8–2Veale (2–2)Constable4,27492–67
160September 29@ Braves3–7SpahnSisk (0–2)11,33992–68
161September 30@ Braves4–3Lamabe (3–1)RaymondVeale (1)7,37693–68
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

1962 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Statistics

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Jets International League Larry Shepard
A Asheville Tourists Sally League Ray Hathaway
B Kinston Eagles Carolina League Harding "Pete" Peterson
C Grand Forks Chiefs Northern League Tom Saffell
D Kingsport Pirates Appalachian League Al Kubski
D Burlington Bees Midwest League James Adlam
D Batavia Pirates New York–Penn League Bob Clear

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kinston

Notes

  1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. Joe Christopher page at Baseball Reference
  3. Al Jackson page at Baseball Reference
  4. 1 2 Coot Veal page at Baseball Reference
  5. Ramón Hernández page at Baseball Reference
  6. Vinegar Bend Mizell page at Baseball Reference
  7. "Mets Obtain Three Players". The Gazette. Montreal. Associated Press. May 7, 1962. p. 22. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  8. Byron Browne page at Baseball Reference
  9. "Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  10. "Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2016.

References

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