# 1962 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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

* October 10, 1961: 1961 Major League Baseball expansion draft
** Joe Christopher was drafted from the Pirates by the New York Mets.
** Al Jackson was drafted from the Pirates by the New York Mets.
* November 21, 1961: Coot Veal was purchased by the Pirates from the Washington Senators.
* December 4, 1961: Ramón Hernández was purchased from the Pirates by the Los Angeles Angels.

## Regular season
### 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 | — |

### 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)Owens—28,8131–0
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)Craig—11,2784–0
5April 16@ Cubs6–5Olivo (1–0)AndersonFace (3)1,6425–0
6April 17@ Cubs10–6Haddix (1–0)Schultz—1,9376–0
7April 18@ Phillies4–3Francis (1–0)Hamilton—7,2847–0
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)Jones—13,78010–0
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)Podres—12–4
17April 29@ Dodgers1–0McBean (3–0)Moeller—51,57413–4
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)Moeller—20,98614–8
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)Curtis—9,64115–14
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)Jay—14,97117–16
34May 21Cubs8–4Sturdivant (2–2)Ellsworth—7,56018–16
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)Johnson—11,79322–18
41May 28Cardinals3–1Haddix (4–2)Broglio—8,05123–18
42May 29Cardinals7–6Sturdivant (3–2)Shantz—17,17124–18
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)Golden—14,96127–18
46June 2Colt .45s9–2Law (3–1)Farrell—11,70328–18
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)Sherry—12,17729–23
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)Ellsworth—5,00535–25
61June 15Braves9–8Lamabe (1–0)NottebartFace (10)21,67336–25
62June 16Braves1–2BurdetteLaw (3–3)—22,43736–26
63June 17Braves7–3Haddix (6–2)Spahn—15,44837–26
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)Elston—8,52140–29
70June 24Cubs3–4BuhlMcBean (6–5)Anderson40–30
71June 24Cubs4–8KoonceFrancis (3–5)Schultz15,67640–31
72June 25Mets13–3Law (5–3)Anderson—9,31041–31
73June 26Mets5–2Francis (4–5)HunterFace (13)9,53442–31
74June 27Mets6–5 (10)Olivo (3–0)Craig—12,46843–31
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)Jackson—25,97745–32
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)Bruce—48–32
81July 4@ Colt .45s4–3Francis (5–5)GoldenFace (16)20,00549–32
82July 5Phillies5–0McBean (8–5)Owens—13,62350–32
83July 6Phillies2–6MahaffeyFriend (8–9)—15,83650–33
84July 7Phillies6–4Face (5–1)Short—8,78151–33
85July 8Phillies4–8BaldschunLaw (7–4)—51–34
86July 8Phillies6–5Sturdivant (4–3)SmithFace (17)16,14752–34
87July 12Colt .45s6–4McBean (9–5)Golden—14,78453–34
88July 13Colt .45s4–0Friend (9–9)Farrell—15,37654–34
89July 14Colt .45s4–2Law (8–4)Bruce—7,34355–34
90July 15Cardinals2–3 (10)WashburnFace (5–2)McDaniel55–35
91July 15Cardinals8–7Face (6–2)Ferrarese—26,90556–35
92July 16Cardinals5–2McBean (10–5)Sadecki—16,74757–35
93July 19@ Mets5–1Friend (10–9)Jackson—58–35
94July 19@ Mets7–6 (10)Face (7–2)Hook—16,54059–35
95July 20Giants3–6SanfordLaw (8–5)Larsen37,70559–36
96July 21Giants7–6 (11)Face (8–2)Larsen—23,91760–36
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)Williams—42,06862–44
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)Podres—2,12166–50
117August 15Dodgers6–3Friend (13–11)DrysdaleOlivo (7)25,67067–50
118August 16Dodgers3–7WilliamsGibbon (2–4)Perranoski23,29167–51
119August 17Phillies9–1Haddix (8–5)Hamilton—13,71368–51
120August 18Phillies5–2Sturdivant (5–3)McLishFace (22)10,61169–51
121August 19Phillies2–3ShortFace (8–4)Baldschun15,68069–52
122August 20@ Mets2–0Friend (14–11)Hook—70–52
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)Brunet—10,55373–53
127August 23Colt .45s4–0Law (10–6)Johnson—10,74274–53
128August 25@ Cardinals2–3JacksonFriend (14–12)—74–54
129August 25@ Cardinals4–0Francis (6–7)Simmons—8,95975–54
130August 26@ Cardinals5–6ShantzFace (8–6)—75–55
131August 26@ Cardinals7–6Sturdivant (7–3)McDanielLamabe (2)25,55676–55
132August 28Cubs7–6Olivo (5–1)Elston—10,17577–55
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)Hook—81–56
138September 3Mets5–4McBean (15–8)CraigFace (28)14,28982–56
139September 4Mets5–1Haddix (9–5)Anderson—4,36483–56
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)Williams—36,36884–58
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'Dell—14,35485–62
148September 15Giants5–1Friend (17–13)Sanford—10,34086–62
149September 16Giants6–4 (10)Gibbon (3–4)Miller—14,21687–62
150September 17Giants5–2Sturdivant (9–4)McCormick—8,36488–62
151September 18Reds4–7 (10)HenryLamabe (2–1)Klippstein5,65688–63
152September 19Reds1–0Friend (18–13)Maloney—3,43789–63
153September 20Reds4–3Priddy (1–0)Henry—3,95790–63
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)Constable—4,27492–67
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 :

### Notable transactions

* May 7, 1962: Vinegar Bend Mizell was traded by the Pirates to the New York Mets for Jim Marshall.
* June 1962: Coot Veal was traded by the Pirates to the Detroit Tigers for Al Pehanick (minors).
* September 9, 1962: Byron Browne was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.

### Roster
## Statistics
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Regular Season :
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| S. Burgess | 103 | 360 | 118 | 0.328 | 13 | 61 |
| R. Clemente | 144 | 538 | 168 | 0.312 | 10 | 74 |
| V. Law | 23 | 45 | 14 | 0.311 | 0 | 5 |
| B. Skinner | 144 | 510 | 154 | 0.302 | 20 | 75 |
| D. Clendenon | 80 | 222 | 67 | 0.302 | 7 | 28 |
| L. Elliot | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0.300 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Logan | 44 | 80 | 24 | 0.300 | 1 | 12 |
| D. Groat | 161 | 678 | 199 | 0.294 | 2 | 61 |
| W. Stargell | 10 | 31 | 9 | 0.290 | 0 | 4 |
| D. Schofield | 54 | 104 | 30 | 0.288 | 2 | 10 |
| E. Plaskett | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0.286 | 1 | 3 |
| B. Mazeroski | 159 | 572 | 155 | 0.271 | 14 | 81 |
| D. Leppert | 45 | 139 | 37 | 0.266 | 3 | 18 |
| H. Haddix | 28 | 52 | 13 | 0.250 | 1 | 5 |
| B. Veale | 11 | 16 | 4 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Virdon | 156 | 663 | 164 | 0.247 | 6 | 47 |
| H. Goss | 89 | 111 | 27 | 0.243 | 2 | 10 |
| D. Hoak | 121 | 411 | 99 | 0.241 | 5 | 48 |
| D. Stuart | 114 | 394 | 90 | 0.228 | 16 | 64 |
| J. Marshall | 55 | 100 | 22 | 0.220 | 2 | 12 |
| A. McBean | 34 | 67 | 14 | 0.209 | 0 | 6 |
| T. Sisk | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0.200 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Olivo | 62 | 16 | 3 | 0.188 | 0 | 1 |
| T. Sturdivant | 49 | 33 | 6 | 0.182 | 0 | 3 |
| C. Neeman | 24 | 50 | 9 | 0.180 | 1 | 5 |
| J. Gibbon | 19 | 17 | 3 | 0.176 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Bailey | 14 | 42 | 7 | 0.167 | 0 | 6 |
| E. Francis | 36 | 61 | 10 | 0.164 | 1 | 7 |
| B. Friend | 39 | 91 | 11 | 0.121 | 0 | 5 |
| O. McFarlane | 8 | 23 | 2 | 0.087 | 0 | 1 |
| R. Face | 63 | 12 | 1 | 0.083 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Lamabe | 46 | 9 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Mizell | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Veal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Butters | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| B. Priddy | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 161 | 5,483 | 1,468 | 0.268 | 108 | 655 |

### Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Regular Season :
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| T. Butters | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 10 |
| R. Face | 63 | 91 | 8 | 7 | 1.88 | 45 |
| D. Olivo | 62 | 841⁄3 | 5 | 1 | 2.77 | 66 |
| J. Lamabe | 46 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 2.88 | 56 |
| B. Priddy | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 |
| B. Friend | 39 | 2612⁄3 | 18 | 14 | 3.06 | 144 |
| E. Francis | 36 | 176 | 9 | 8 | 3.07 | 121 |
| J. Gibbon | 19 | 57 | 3 | 4 | 3.63 | 26 |
| A. McBean | 33 | 1892⁄3 | 15 | 10 | 3.70 | 119 |
| T. Sturdivant | 49 | 1251⁄3 | 9 | 5 | 3.73 | 76 |
| B. Veale | 11 | 452⁄3 | 2 | 2 | 3.74 | 42 |
| V. Law | 23 | 1391⁄3 | 10 | 7 | 3.94 | 78 |
| T. Sisk | 5 | 172⁄3 | 0 | 2 | 4.08 | 6 |
| H. Haddix | 28 | 1411⁄3 | 9 | 6 | 4.20 | 101 |
| V. Mizell | 4 | 161⁄3 | 1 | 1 | 4.96 | 6 |
| Team Totals | 161 | 14321⁄3 | 93 | 68 | 3.37 | 897 |

## 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