# 1962 Houston Colt .45s season

The 1962 Houston Colt .45s were an expansion team in American Major League Baseball's National League, and 1962 was the first season in franchise history. Harry Craft was Houston's first manager. The .45s finished eighth among the National League's ten teams with a record of 64–96, 36+1⁄2 games behind the league champion San Francisco Giants.

## Offseason

* September 11, 1961: Rusty Staub was signed as an amateur free agent by the Colt .45's.
* October 13, 1961: Al Cicotte was purchased by the Colt .45s from the St. Louis Cardinals.
* March 24, 1962: Dave Philley was signed as a free agent by the Colt .45s.
* March 24, 1962: Dave Philley was traded by the Colt .45s to the Boston Red Sox for Tom Borland.
* Prior to 1962 season: J. C. Hartman was acquired by the Colt .45s from the Houston Buffaloes as part of a minor league working agreement.

### Expansion draft

The Colt .45s were one of two teams added to the National League before the 1962 season, the other being the New York Mets. This brought the number of teams in the NL to ten, matching the 1961 expansion of the American League.

#### Regular phase

    $75,000 per player
* Eddie Bressoud, infielder, San Francisco Giants
* Bob Aspromonte, infielder, Los Angeles Dodgers
* Bob Lillis, infielder, St. Louis Cardinals
* Dick Drott, pitcher, Chicago Cubs
* Al Heist, outfielder, Chicago Cubs
* Román Mejías, outfielder, Pittsburgh Pirates
* George Williams, infielder, Philadelphia Phillies
* Jesse Hickman, pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies
* Merritt Ranew, catcher, Milwaukee Braves
* Don Taussig, outfielder, St. Louis Cardinals
* Bobby Shantz, pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates
* Norm Larker, infielder, Los Angeles Dodgers
* Sam Jones, pitcher, San Francisco Giants
* Paul Roof, pitcher, Milwaukee Braves
* Ken Johnson, pitcher, Cincinnati Reds
* Dick Gernert, infielder, Cincinnati Reds
* Ed Olivares, infielder, St. Louis Cardinals
* Jim Umbricht, pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates
* Jim Golden, pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers

#### Premium phase

    $125,000 per player
* Joey Amalfitano, infielder, San Francisco Giants
* Turk Farrell, pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers
* Hal Smith, catcher, Pittsburgh Pirates
* Al Spangler, outfielder, Milwaukee Braves

### 1961 minor league affiliates

The Colt .45s and Mets were established on October 17, 1960, giving them time to acquire professional minor-league players, sign amateur free agents (there was no MLB first-year player draft until 1965) and enter into working agreements with minor league affiliates during the 1961 season. Houston had formal working agreements with two minor league baseball teams in 1961 (see table below). In addition, the roster of the 1961 Houston Buffs of the Triple-A American Association, officially a minor-league affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, would include a handful of players signed by the Colt .45s. The most prominent of these was Dave Giusti, then 21, who went on to a 15-year MLB career.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Jacksonville Jets | Sally League | Tom Saffell and Dixie Howell |
| D | Salisbury Braves | Western Carolinas League | Alex Cosmidis |

## The first game

April 10, Colt Stadium, Houston, Texas
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Chicago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Houston | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | X | 11 | 13 | 2 |
| W: Shantz (1–0) L: Cardwell (0–1) |||||||||||||
| HRs: Mejias (2), Smith (1), Banks (1) |||||||||||||
Opening Day lineup
| 14 | Bob Aspromonte | 3B |
| 21 | Al Spangler | CF |
| 25 | Román Mejías | RF |
| 10 | Norm Larker | 1B |
| 23 | Jim Pendleton | LF |
| 8 | Hal Smith | C |
| 11 | Joey Amalfitano | 2B |
| 18 | Don Buddin | SS |
| 42 | Bobby Shantz | P |

## Regular season

The Colt .45s started their inaugural season on April 10, 1962, with an 11–2 win against the Chicago Cubs, highlighted by a three-run home run in the bottom of the third inning by Román Mejías. The .45s would go on to sweep the Cubs in their first three-game series at Colt Stadium. The team finished April with a 7–8 record, 4 games in front of the expansion Mets and only 5 games behind the National League leading Pirates and Giants.
By June 2, with the second loss to the Pirates in Pittsburgh, the Colt .45s had fallen to 16 games behind the eventual National League Champion Giants, a deficit that no pre-wild card team had recovered from to make the post season. And, with an August 21 loss at the hands of the Phillies, the Houston Colt .45s were mathematically eliminated from the postseason with a 37-game deficit to the Dodgers with 37 games left.
To get an idea of how the first season was for Houston, look at the team's best pitcher, Richard "Turk" Farrell. A starter for the Colt .45s, he was primarily a relief pitcher when he was with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. Turk lost 20 games in 1962, but had an ERA of 3.02. Turk was selected to both All-Star games that year.
There was a bright spot in the line up in 1962. Román Mejías, who was acquired from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the expansion draft, was named the Colt .45s starting right fielder. It was in Houston that Mejías would play the best season of his career. While he played better the first half of the season, an injury slowed him the second half of the season. However, he still finished with a .286 batting average, 24 home runs, and 76 RBIs. His modesty and his hard play made him a fan favorite that year. Despite his good year, Mejías was traded to the Boston Red Sox in the fall of 1962.

### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| San Francisco Giants | 103 | 62 | .624 | — | 61‍–‍21 | 42‍–‍41 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 102 | 63 | .618 | 1 | 54‍–‍29 | 48‍–‍34 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 98 | 64 | .605 | 3½ | 58‍–‍23 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 93 | 68 | .578 | 8 | 51‍–‍30 | 42‍–‍38 |
| Milwaukee Braves | 86 | 76 | .531 | 15½ | 49‍–‍32 | 37‍–‍44 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 84 | 78 | .519 | 17½ | 44‍–‍37 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 81 | 80 | .503 | 20 | 46‍–‍34 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Houston Colt .45s | 64 | 96 | .400 | 36½ | 32‍–‍48 | 32‍–‍48 |
| Chicago Cubs | 59 | 103 | .364 | 42½ | 32‍–‍49 | 27‍–‍54 |
| New York Mets | 40 | 120 | .250 | 60½ | 22‍–‍58 | 18‍–‍62 |

### Record vs. opponents

1962 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SF | STL |
| Chicago | — | 4–14 | 7–11 | 4–14 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 4–14 | 6–12 | 7–11 |
| Cincinnati | 14–4 | — | 13–5 | 9–9 | 13–5 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 13–5 | 7–11 | 8–10 |
| Houston | 11–7 | 5–13 | — | 6–12 | 7–11 | 13–3–1 | 1–17 | 5–13 | 7–11 | 9–9–1 |
| Los Angeles | 14–4 | 9–9 | 12–6 | — | 10–8 | 16–2 | 14–4 | 10–8 | 10–11 | 7–11 |
| Milwaukee | 10–8 | 5–13 | 11–7 | 8–10 | — | 12–6 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 7–11 | 12–6 |
| New York | 9–9 | 5–13 | 3–13–1 | 2–16 | 6–12 | — | 4–14 | 2–16 | 4–14 | 5–13 |
| Philadelphia | 8–10 | 10–8 | 17–1 | 4–14 | 7–11 | 14–4 | — | 7–10 | 5–13 | 9–9 |
| Pittsburgh | 14–4 | 5–13 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 16–2 | 10–7 | — | 7–11 | 12–6 |
| San Francisco | 12–6 | 11–7 | 11–7 | 11–10 | 11–7 | 14–4 | 13–5 | 11–7 | — | 9–9 |
| St. Louis | 11–7 | 10–8 | 9–9–1 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 9–9 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 7, 1962: Bobby Shantz was traded by the Colt .45s to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Anderson and Carl Warwick.
* June 26, 1962: Bob Cerv was purchased by the Colt .45s from the New York Yankees.
* July 30, 1962: Bob Cerv was released by the Colt .45s.

### Game log

Houston Colt .45s 1962 Regular Season Game Log :
April 1962 (7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 10Cubs11–2Shantz (1–0)Cardwell (0–1)–25,2711–0
2April 11Cubs2–0Woodeshick (1–0)Hobbie (0–1)Farrell (1)20,3362–0
3April 12Cubs2–0Stone (1–0)Curtis (0–1)–7,8383–0
4April 13@ Phillies2–3Hamilton (1–0)Farrell (0–1)–12,6333–1
5April 14@ Phillies0–3Mahaffey (2–0)Johnson (0–1)–2,7323–2
6April 17@ Mets5–2 (11)Golden (1–0)Moford (0–1)Tiefenauer (1)3,1914–2
7April 18@ Cubs2–3 (10)Ellsworth (1–0)Farrell (0–2)–3,3184–3
8April 19@ Cubs6–0Stone (2–0)Cardwell (0–3)–3,8355–3
9April 21Phillies1–3McLish (1–0)Johnson (0–2)Baldschun (1)21,8415–4
10April 22Phillies3–4Owens (1–1)Giusti (0–1)Baldschun (2)13,1305–5
11April 24Cardinals4–3Woodeshick (2–0)Jackson (2–1)–19,3356–5
12April 25Cardinals5–5 (17)–––17,2656–5
13April 26Cardinals2–3Gibson (1–1)Johnson (0–3)–15,1296–6
14April 27Braves1–2Shaw (2–1)Shantz (1–1)–16,1606–7
15April 28Braves3–9Butler (1–0)Giusti (0–2)–22,5016–8
16April 29Braves3–2Farrell (1–2)McMahon (0–1)–21,0507–8 :
May 1962 (12–19)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
17May 1@ Cardinals4–6Washburn (2–0)Stone (2–1)Bauta (1)4,9247–9
18May 2@ Cardinals1–4Gibson (2–1)Johnson (0–4)–7,8807–10
19May 3@ Cardinals0–4Simmons (4–0)Giusti (0–3)–6,4367–11
20May 4@ Braves7–4Bruce (1–0)Hendley (2–2)Farrell (2)7,8118–11
21May 5@ Braves5–6 (12)Curtis (1–2)Woodeschick (2–1)–4,9208–12
22May 6@ Braves2–3Spahn (3–3)Golden (1–1)–12,6358–13
23May 6@ Braves9–1Farrell (2–2)Willey (0–2)–12,6359–13
24May 7Dodgers9–6Tiefenauer (1–0)Richert (1–1)–19,17010–13
25May 8Dodgers6–9 (10)Perranoski (2–0)Tiefenauer (1–1)Roebuck (1)17,48310–14
26May 9Dodgers2–9Podres (2–2)Richert (1–1)–12,68410–15
27May 10Dodgers2–6Drysdale (5–1)Bruce (1–1)–15,07610–16
28May 11Giants7–0Farrell (3–2)Perry (2–1)–19,00311–16
29May 12Giants0–11Marichal (6–2)Woodeshick (2–2)–26,31111–17
30May 13Giants2–7Sanford (4–2)Johnson (0–5)–19,87911–18
31May 15@ Dodgers7–10Perranoski (3–0)Tiefenauer (1–2)–18,67511–19
32May 16@ Dodgers2–5Moeller (2–3)Farrell (3–3)Roebuck (3)16,07511–20
33May 17@ Dodgers4–2 (10)Roebuck (2–0)Tiefenauer (1–2)–17,63911–21
34May 18@ Giants3–2 (10)Johnson (1–5)Sanford (4–3)–18,54412–21
35May 19@ Giants2–10McCormick (1–1)Witt (0–1)Larson (3)16,70112–22
36May 20@ Giants6–5Bruce (2–1)Marichal (7–3)Farrell (3)40,93213–22
37May 20@ Giants4–7Pierce (6–0)Woodeshick (2–3)–40,93213–23
38May 21Mets3–2Golden (2–1)Mizell (1–2)–16,31714–23
39May 22Mets3–2Farrell (4–3)Hook (3–3)–11,98015–23
40May 23Reds2–0Johnson (2–5)Purkey (7–1)–9,26616–23
41May 24Reds0–5Jay (6–4)Witt (0–2)–8,57016–24
42May 25Pirates3–4 (13)Face (2–1)Tiefenauer (1–4)Sturdivant (1)11,35016–25
43May 26Pirates2–0Golden (3–1)Friend (4–6)–13,90917–25
44May 27Pirates2–7Law (2–1)Johnson (2–6)–11,79317–26
45May 28@ Reds6–9Jay (7–4)Farrell (4–4)–8,97917–27
46May 30@ Cubs8–6 (14)Giusti (1–3)Schultz (3–2)–17,84218–27
47May 30@ Cubs10–6McMahon (1–1)Elston (2–2)–3,72219–27 :
June 1962 (13–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
48June 1@ Pirates4–8Face (3–1)Golden (3–2)–14,96119–28
49June 2@ Pirates2–9Law (3–1)Farrell (4–5)–11,70319–29
50June 3@ Pirates10–6Tiefenauer (2–4)Sturdivant (3–3)McMahon (1)24,28220–29
51June 3@ Pirates10–3Johnson (3–6)McBean (5–2)–24,28221–29
52June 5Braves7–1Bruce (3–1)Piche (3–1)–11,59322–29
53June 6Braves3–6Burdette (3–4)Golden (3–3)–11,56922–30
54June 7Braves3–2McMahon (2–1)Spahn (6–6)–14,81823–30
55June 8Dodgers3–4 (13)L. Sherry (4–2)McMahon (2–2)–15,87723–31
56June 9Dodgers13–1Bruce (4–1)Williams (6–2)–11,90824–31
57June 10Dodgers3–9Drysdale (10–3)Golden (3–4)–30,02724–32
58June 10Dodgers7–9Moeller (5–4)Woodeshick (2–4)Perranoski (7)30,02724–33
59June 11Mets1–3Jackson (3–7)Farrell (4–6)–8,92024–34
60June 12Mets3–2Johnson (4–6)Anderson (3–6)–7,34425–34
61June 14Mets10–2Bruce (5–1)Hook (4–7)–10,76126–34
62June 15@ Dodgers2–0Golden (4–4)Drysdale (10–4)–22,70927–34
63June 16@ Dodgers4–1Farrell (5–6)Podres (3–6)–51,53028–34
64June 17@ Dodgers2–6Roebuck (4–0)Johnson (4–7)L. Sherry (5)47,39728–35
65June 19@ Giants6–4Giusti (2–3)O'Dell (7–6)Farrell (4)18,74929–35
66June 20@ Giants9–5Stone (3–2)Miller (3–2)McMahon (2)10,43030–35
67June 22@ Mets0–2Jackson (4–8)Farrell (5–7)–11,48430–36
68June 22@ Mets16–3Golden (5–4)B. Miller (0–5)–11,48431–36
69June 23@ Mets2–13Hook (5–8)Johnson (4–8)–6,42531–37
70June 25@ Phillies3–4Green (2–2)Woodeshick (2–5)–8,08731–38
71June 26@ Phillies0–2Hamilton (5–5)Farrell (5–8)–18,70731–39
72June 26@ Phillies4–6Mahaffey (9–8)Golden (5–5)–18,70731–40
73June 29Reds0–4O'Toole (6–9)Johnson (4–9)–7,61231–41
74June 30Reds7–3 (7)Bruce (6–1)Maloney (2–3)–9,75832–41 :
July 1962 (5–24)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
75July 1Reds1–6Jay (11–7)Golden (5–6)–6,66632–42
76July 2Pirates2–4Friend (8–8)Woodeshick (2–6)Face (14)11,76032–43
77July 3Pirates2–5Haddix (7–3)Johnson (4–10)Face (15)10,72932–44
78July 4Pirates0–7Law (7–3)Bruce (6–2)–20,00532–45
79July 4Pirates3–4Francis (5–5)Golden (5–7)Face (16)20,00532–46
80July 6@ Reds2–0Woodeshick (3–6)Jay (11–8)–15,87133–46
81July 7@ Reds1–10Purkey (14–2)Johnson (4–11)–6,93633–47
82July 8@ Reds8–12Maloney (4–3)Farrell (5–9)–18,33233–48
83July 8@ Reds11–12 (13)O'Toole (8–9)Farrell (5–10)–18,33233–49
84July 11@ Phillies1–6Mahaffey (11–9)Woodeshick (3–7)–3,44133–50
85July 12@ Pirates4–6McBean (9–5)Golden (5–8)–14,78433–51
86July 13@ Pirates0–4Friend (9–9)Farrell (5–11)–15,37633–52
87July 14@ Pirates2–4Law (8–4)Bruce (6–3)-7,34333–53
88July 15Cubs5–4Woodeshick (4–7)Buhl (6–7)McMahon (3)6,90734–53
89July 15Cubs1–4Ellsworth (5–13)Johnson (4–12)–6,90734–54
90July 17Phillies0–3Hamilton (6–7)Kemmerer (0–1)Baldschun (9)8,11534–55
91July 17Phillies2–8McLish (6–2)Farrell (5–12)Bennett (1)8,11534–56
92July 18Phillies2–6Green (3–2)Bruce (6–4)–5,14034–57
93July 19Phillies2–6Short (5–6)Woodeshick (4–8)Baldschun (10)5,01734–58
94July 20Cardinals4–3Farrell (6–12)McDaniel (2–5)–15,42235–58
95July 21Cardinals0–7Jackson (9–8)Kemmerer (0–2)–17,74235–59
96July 21Cardinals7–3Johnson (5–12)Simmons (8–6)Golden (1)17,74236–59
97July 22Cardinals1–3Gibson (13–6)Bruce (6–5)McDaniel (11)8,68536–60
98July 23Giants1–5Bolin (6–0)Woodeshick (4–9)–12,09636–61
99July 24Giants1–3Sanford (13–6)Farrell (6–13)Larsen (6)11,28936–62
100July 25Giants2–3O'Dell (12–8)Golden (5–9)Miller (14)12,34436–63
101July 27@ Cubs1–5Ellsworth (6–14)Woodeshick (4–10)–6,11136–64
102July 29@ Cubs2–4Koonce (9–3)Golden (5–10)Cardwell (2)10,33436–65
103July 29@ Cubs3–1Farrell (7–13)Hobbie (3–10)–10,33437–65 :
August 1962 (12–19)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1@ Braves0–3Shaw (12–8)Woodeshick (4–11)–10,82937–66
105August 2@ Braves3–0Farrell (8–13)Burdette (8–7)–8.33838–66
106August 3@ Cardinals8–3Johnson (6–12)Gibson (13–8)McMahon (4)11,85339–66
107August 4@ Cardinals0–2Washburn (10–5)Bruce (6–6)–9,39039–67
108August 5@ Cardinals7–4Kemmerer (1–2)McDaniel (2–6)McMahon (5)14,95440–67
109August 5@ Cardinals4–7Toth (1–0)Woodeshick (4–12)–14,95440–68
110August 6Reds0–1 (13)Klippstein (4–2)McMahon (2–3)–8,50740–69
111August 7Reds0–3Jay (17–9)Johnson (6–13)–6,52340–70
112August 8Reds0–4Nuxhall (2–0)Bruce (6–7)Brosnan (8)7,35040–71
113August 9Reds3–7O'Toole (12–12)Woodeshick (4–13)–5,19640–72
114August 10Braves6–7Spahn (12–11)Brunet (0–1)Raymond (5)7,04740–73
115August 11Braves1–3Shaw (14–8)Farrell (8–14)Raymond (6)14,63040–74
116August 12Braves8–5Bruce (7–7)Burdette (9–8)Kemmerer (1)4,90241–74
117August 14Cardinals4–3 (10)McMahon (3–3)Gibson (14–9)–9,60442–74
118August 15Cardinals3–1Woodeshick (5–13)Washburn (10–6)Kemmerer (2)8,84343–74
119August 16Cardinals1–3Jackson (10–10)Farrell (8–15)–9,15943–75
120August 17Cubs3–2Kemmerer (2–2)Anderson (2–6)–6,53944–75
121August 18Cubs2–1Brunet (1–1)Koonce (9–6)–12,24345–75
122August 18Cubs5–6Elston (4–7)McMahon (3–4)Cardwell (4)12,24345–76
123August 19Cubs3–4Buhl (9–9)Woodeshick (5–14)Anderson (4)4,54345–77
124August 20@ Phillies1–7Green (6–5)Farrell (8–16)–14,60145–78
125August 21@ Phillies3–5Mahaffey (17–10)Bruce (7–8)–5,48945–79
126August 21@ Phillies4–7Hamilton (7–11)Golden (5–11)–5,48945–80
127August 22@ Pirates0–3Sturdivant (6–3)Brunet (1–2)–10,55345–81
128August 23@ Pirates0–4Law (10–6)Johnson (6–14)–10,74245–82
129August 24@ Reds2–4Purkey (20–4)Woodeshick (5–15)–18,87945–83
130August 25@ Reds6–7Jay (20–10)Farrell (8–17)Brosnan (10)12,68045–84
131August 26@ Reds2–1Brunet (2–2)Maloney (8–5)–25,80846–84
132August 26@ Reds6–4McMahon (4–4)Wills (0–2)Umbricht (1)25,80847–84
133August 28@ Cardinals4–2Bruce (8–8)Broglio (10–7)McMahon (6)9,51048–84
134August 29@ Cardinals3–2Farrell (9–17)Gibson (15–10)–8,29549–84 :
September 1962 (15–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1@ Cubs3–4Ellsworth (8–17)McMahon (4–5)Schultz (3)9,88749–85
136September 2@ Cubs3–1McMahon (5–5)Buhl (10–10)–13,08850–85
137September 3Phillies2–3Mahaffey (18–11)Farrell (9–18)–17,30250–86
138September 3Phillies3–5Hamilton (8–11)Woodeshick (5–16)Bennett (3)17,30250–87
139September 4Phillies4–1Bruce (9–8)McLish (9–5)–4,53751–87
140September 5Pirates5–3Umbricht (1–0)Law (10–7)McMahon (7)4,59352–87
141September 6Pirates4–3Kemmerer (3–2)Face (8–7)–5,19653–87
142September 7Pirates4–2Golden (6–11)Jackson (8–18)McMahon (8)6,20854–87
143September 8Mets4–3Kemmerer (4–2)Anderson (3–17)–1,63855–87
144September 8Mets6–5 (10)Umbricht (2–0)Craig (7–23)–6,56856–87
145September 9Mets7–7 (8)–––3,63056–87
146September 12Dodgers0–1Roebuck (10–0)Johnson (6–15)Perranoski (19)28,66956–88
147September 14@ Braves1–3Hendley (11–12)Farrell (9–19)–5,50556–89
148September 15@ Braves8–9Nottebart (2–2)Kemmerer (4–3)–6,87256–90
149September 16@ Braves4–5Burdette (10–9)McMahon (5–6)–5,47756–91
150September 18@ Mets6–2Johnson (7–15)Jackson (8–19)–3,67057–91
151September 18@ Mets8–6Drott (1–0)Foss (0–1)Umbricht (2)3,67058–91
152September 20@ Mets7–2Golden (7–11)Hook (8–18)Kemmerer (3)1,48159–91
153September 20@ Mets5–4 (12)Kemmerer (5–3)Daviault (1–5)–1,48160–91
154September 21Giants5–11Perry (3–1)Brunet (2–3)Miller (18)12,18060–92
155September 22Giants6–5Umbricht (3–0)Miller (4–8)–17,12561–92
156September 23Giants3–10O'Dell (19–13)Bruce (9–9)–9,62361–93
157September 25@ Dodgers3–2 (10)Farrell (10–19)Roebuck (10–1)–25,03662–93
158September 26@ Dodgers1–13Podres (15–12)Brunet (2–4)L. Sherry (11)25,81362–94
159September 27@ Dodgers8–6Umbricht (4–0)Perranoski (6–5)–29,85563–94
160September 29@ Giants5–11Sanford (24–7)Johnson (7–16)Miller (19)26,26863–95
161September 29@ Giants4–2Bruce (10–9)Marichal (18–11)–26,26864–95
162September 30@ Giants1–2Miller (5–8)Farrell (10–20)–41,32764–96 :

## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Positional abbreviations: C = Catcher; 1B = First base; 2B = Second base; 3B = Third base; SS = Shortstop; LF = Left field; CF = Center field; RF = Right field
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| C | Hal Smith | 109 | 345 | 32 | 81 | 14 | 0 | .235 | 12 | 35 | 0 |
| 1B | Norm Larker | 147 | 506 | 58 | 133 | 19 | 5 | .263 | 9 | 63 | 1 |
| 2B | Joey Amalfitano | 117 | 380 | 44 | 90 | 12 | 5 | .237 | 1 | 27 | 4 |
| 3B | Bob Aspromonte | 149 | 534 | 59 | 142 | 18 | 4 | .266 | 11 | 59 | 4 |
| SS | Bob Lillis | 129 | 457 | 38 | 114 | 12 | 4 | .249 | 1 | 30 | 7 |
| LF | Al Spangler | 129 | 418 | 51 | 119 | 10 | 9 | .285 | 5 | 35 | 7 |
| CF | Carl Warwick | 130 | 477 | 63 | 124 | 17 | 1 | .260 | 16 | 60 | 2 |
| RF | Román Mejías | 146 | 566 | 82 | 162 | 12 | 3 | .286 | 24 | 76 | 12 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| Jim Pendleton | 117 | 321 | 30 | 79 | 12 | 2 | .246 | 8 | 36 | 0 |
| Merritt Ranew | 71 | 218 | 26 | 51 | 6 | 8 | .234 | 4 | 24 | 2 |
| Billy Goodman | 82 | 161 | 12 | 41 | 4 | 1 | .255 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| J. C. Hartman | 51 | 148 | 11 | 33 | 5 | 0 | .223 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Pidge Browne | 65 | 100 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 2 | .210 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Johnny Temple | 31 | 95 | 14 | 25 | 4 | 0 | .263 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| Jim Campbell | 27 | 86 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | .221 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Don Buddin | 40 | 80 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .163 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Al Heist | 27 | 72 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .222 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dave Roberts | 16 | 53 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .245 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Cerv | 19 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .226 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Johnny Weekly | 13 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .192 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Don Taussig | 16 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Gernert | 10 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .208 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Davis | 6 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .214 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ernie Fazio | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .083 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Busby | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .182 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| George Williams | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .375 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Turk Farrell | 43 | 29 | 241.2 | 10 | 20 | 3.02 | 91 | 81 | 55 | 203 |
| Ken Johnson | 33 | 31 | 197.0 | 7 | 16 | 3.03 | 100 | 84 | 46 | 178 |
| Bob Bruce | 32 | 27 | 175.0 | 10 | 9 | 4.06 | 92 | 79 | 82 | 135 |
| Hal Woodeshick | 31 | 26 | 139.1 | 5 | 16 | 4.39 | 84 | 68 | 54 | 82 |
| Bobby Shantz | 3 | 3 | 20.2 | 1 | 1 | 1.31 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Jim Golden | 37 | 18 | 152.2 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 4.07 | 84 | 69 | 50 | 88 |
| Dave Giusti | 22 | 5 | 73.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5.62 | 49 | 46 | 30 | 43 |
| George Brunet | 17 | 11 | 54.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.50 | 31 | 27 | 21 | 36 |
| Dean Stone | 15 | 7 | 52.1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.47 | 31 | 26 | 20 | 31 |
| Red Witt | 8 | 2 | 15.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.04 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 10 |
| Dick Drott | 6 | 1 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.62 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Don McMahon | 51 | 76.2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1.53 | 14 | 13 | 33 | 69 |
| Bobby Tiefenauer | 43 | 85.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4.34 | 42 | 41 | 21 | 60 |
| Russ Kemmerer | 36 | 68.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4.10 | 34 | 31 | 15 | 23 |
| Jim Umbricht | 34 | 67.0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2.01 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 55 |
| John Anderson | 10 | 17.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.09 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 6 |
| Al Cicotte | 5 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 |

## Farm system
### 1962 minor league affiliates

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Oklahoma City 89ers | American Association | Connie Ryan |
| B | Durham Bulls | Carolina League | Lou Fitzgerald |
| C | Modesto Colts | California League | Fred Hatfield |
| D | Moultrie Colt .22s | Georgia–Florida League | Jim Walton |