# 1962 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1962 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 80th season for the National League franchise. The Phillies finished the season in seventh place in the newly expanded National League with a record of 81–80, a dramatic improvement of 30+1⁄2 games over the 47–107 mark of the previous season. Gene Mauch managed the Phillies, who played their home games at Connie Mack Stadium.

## Offseason

* October 10, 1961: 1961 Major League Baseball expansion draft
** Choo-Choo Coleman was drafted from the Phillies by the New York Mets.
** Bob Smith was drafted from the Phillies by the New York Mets.
* November 28, 1961: Charley Smith and John Buzhardt were traded by the Phillies to the Chicago White Sox for Roy Sievers.
* Prior to 1962 season: Rubén Gómez was acquired from the Phillies by the Cleveland Indians.

## Preseason

The Phillies held spring training in Clearwater, Florida where the team had trained since 1947, and played exhibition games at Jack Russell Stadium.
While the Phillies' White players and club officials had been welcome to stay at Clearwater's Jack Tar Harrison Hotel, the Hotel refused service to the team's Black players who boarded in private homes. On March 10, 1962, the Phillies moved their entire team including White and Black players into the Rocky Point Motel located between Clearwater and Tampa.
The Phillies had sold pitcher Robin Roberts to the New York Yankees shortly after the 1961 season. On February 6, 1962, the Phillies announced that Roberts' uniform number 36 would be retired by the team on March 21, 1962, when the Yankees would visit Clearwater to play the Phillies in a spring training game. It was the first uniform number to be retired by the organization and only the second time (after the Yankees retired Babe Ruth's number 3) that a uniform number was retired while the player was still active. Roberts started for the Yankees in the spring game, gave up four runs in three innings, and was the winning pitcher as the Yankees won 13–10.

## Regular season
### 'Phillies Special' Rail Accident

The Pennsylvania Railroad ran a line from Harrisburg to Philadelphia that often carried fans from central Pennsylvania to games at Connie Mack Stadium. It was advertised on Phillies radio broadcasts as the "Phillies Special". At 5:07 PM on July 28, 1962, en route to the Phillies 8:05 PM game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, four cars of Pennsylvania Railroad's Extra 4878 East derailed 3.7 miles east of Harrisburg in Steelton, Pennsylvania. Three of the cars toppled down a 30-foot embankment to the Susquehanna River. There were 19 fatalities and 119 were injured. The following day, on Sunday, July 29, 1962, at Connie Mack, the Phillies honored the victims with a moment of silence prior to the game's start. The Pennsylvania Railroad would later report the track was out of alignment.

### 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 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

Tony Taylor, 2B Johnny Callison, RF Tony González, CF Roy Sievers, 1B Wes Covington, LF Don Demeter, 3B Clay Dalrymple, C Rubén Amaro, SS Art Mahaffey, P

### Notable transactions

* September 12, 1962: Johnny Briggs was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.

### Game log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
1962 Game Log Overall Record: 81–80 :
April (8–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 9@ Reds12–4Art Mahaffey (1–0)Joey Jay (0–1)None28,5061–0
2April 10@ Pirates0–6Bob Friend (1–0)Jim Owens (0–1)None28,8131–1
–April 11@ PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 5
3April 13Colt .45s3–2Jack Hamilton (1–0)Turk Farrell (0–1)None12,6332–1
4April 14Colt .45s3–0Art Mahaffey (2–0)Ken Johnson (0–1)None2,7323–1
–April 15 (1)Colt .45sPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 26 as a traditional double-header
–April 15 (2)Colt .45sPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 11
5April 16Cardinals6–12Ernie Broglio (1–0)Don Ferrarese (0–1)None3,8953–2
–April 17CardinalsPostponed (cold); Makeup: June 22 as a traditional double-header
6April 18Pirates3–4Earl Francis (1–0)Jack Hamilton (1–1)None7,2843–3
7April 19Pirates3–6Al McBean (1–0)Art Mahaffey (2–1)Jack Lamabe (1)8,4273–4
8April 21@ Colt .45s3–1Cal McLish (1–0)Ken Johnson (0–2)Jack Baldschun (1)21,8414–4
9April 22@ Colt .45s4–3Jim Owens (1–1)Dave Giusti (0–1)Jack Baldschun (2)13,1305–4
–April 23@ Colt .45sPostponed (wet grounds); Makeup: July 17 as a traditional double-header
10April 24@ Braves1–2Warren Spahn (2–2)Art Mahaffey (2–2)None6,8985–5
11April 25@ Braves2–7Ron Piché (1–0)Chris Short (0–1)None7,3065–6
12April 26@ Braves4–10Bob Hendley (2–1)Jack Hamilton (1–2)Hank Fischer (1)6,0075–7
13April 27@ Mets11–9Cal McLish (2–0)Roger Craig (0–3)Jack Baldschun (3)9,0436–7
14April 28@ Mets6–8Roger Craig (1–3)Frank Sullivan (0–1)None10,4926–8
15April 29 (1)@ Mets0–8Al Jackson (1–2)Art Mahaffey (2–3)Nonesee 2nd game6–9
16April 29 (2)@ Mets10–2Bobby Locke (1–0)Sherman Jones (0–4)Jack Baldschun (4)19,9257–9
17April 30Braves6–4Jack Hamilton (2–2)Warren Spahn (2–3)Jack Baldschun (5)3,9318–9 :
May (9–19)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
–May 1BravesPostponed (cold weather, wet grounds); Makeup: July 20 (22) as a traditional double-header
–May 2BravesPostponed (cold weather, rain); Makeup: July 22 (20) as a traditional double-header
18May 3Braves9–8Jack Baldschun (1–0)Hank Fischer (0–1)None9,9839–9
19May 4Mets6–5Dallas Green (1–0)Ken MacKenzie (0–1)None16,39310–9
20May 5Mets2–1Cal McLish (3–0)Al Jackson (1–3)Jack Baldschun (6)7,99311–9
21May 6 (1)Mets5–7 (12)Craig Anderson (1–1)Jack Baldschun (1–1)Roger Craig (1)28,21511–10
–May 6 (2)MetsPostponed (Sunday curfew); Makeup: June 6 as a traditional double-header
22May 8@ Reds6–4Chris Short (1–1)Jim O'Toole (2–4)Jack Baldschun (7)5,13412–10
23May 9@ Reds4–7Bob Purkey (5–0)Art Mahaffey (2–4)None3,30412–11
24May 11@ Cubs12–2Jack Hamilton (3–2)Dick Ellsworth (2–4)None1,00413–11
25May 12@ Cubs8–9Don Elston (2–0)Jack Baldschun (1–2)None2,66813–12
26May 13 (1)@ Cubs7–8Barney Schultz (2–1)Jack Baldschun (1–3)Nonesee 2nd game13–13
27May 13 (2)@ Cubs5–8Barney Schultz (3–1)Chris Short (1–2)Dick Ellsworth (1)4,92713–14
28May 15Reds2–3Joey Jay (5–3)Art Mahaffey (2–5)Ted Wills (1)8,17713–15
29May 16Reds5–6Jim Brosnan (1–1)Frank Sullivan (0–2)None5,35013–16
30May 17Reds9–6Cal McLish (4–0)Jim O'Toole (3–5)Chris Short (1)8,67414–16
31May 18Cubs8–11Dick Ellsworth (3–4)Jack Baldschun (1–4)None8,42514–17
32May 19Cubs7–5Art Mahaffey (3–5)Glen Hobbie (0–5)None3,05415–17
33May 20 (1)Cubs4–6Cal Koonce (2–0)Jim Owens (1–2)Bob Anderson (2)see 2nd game15–18
34May 20 (2)Cubs2–11Bob Buhl (2–2)Jack Hamilton (3–3)None9,52215–19
35May 21@ Cardinals1–4Ray Washburn (3–0)Dennis Bennett (0–1)Bobby Shantz (1)6,95615–20
36May 22@ Cardinals2–6Bob Gibson (6–2)Paul Brown (0–1)None7,27015–21
37May 23@ Giants10–7Art Mahaffey (4–5)Mike McCormick (1–2)Jack Baldschun (8)7,31416–21
38May 24@ Giants4–7Stu Miller (2–1)Cal McLish (4–1)None5,68016–22
39May 25@ Giants7–10Billy Pierce (7–0)Jack Hamilton (3–4)Stu Miller (4)11,53816–23
40May 26@ Dodgers3–6Sandy Koufax (6–2)Dallas Green (1–1)None18,07116–24
41May 27 (1)@ Dodgers2–5Stan Williams (4–1)Paul Brown (0–2)Ron Perranoski (3)see 2nd game16–25
42May 27 (2)@ Dodgers1–2Don Drysdale (7–3)Art Mahaffey (4–6)None34,37816–26
43May 30 (1)Giants3–4 (12)Stu Miller (3–1)Chris Short (1–3)Nonesee 2nd game16–27
44May 30 (2)Giants2–5Mike McCormick (2–2)Jack Hamilton (3–5)Stu Miller (7)29,73916–28
45May 31Giants2–1Art Mahaffey (5–6)Billy O'Dell (5–3)None9,39317–28 :
June (17–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
46June 1 (1)Dodgers4–11Stan Williams (5–1)Paul Brown (0–3)Ron Perranoski (5)see 2nd game17–29
47June 1 (2)Dodgers5–8Don Drysdale (8–3)Dallas Green (1–2)Larry Sherry (3)24,79917–30
48June 2Dodgers7–0Dennis Bennett (1–1)Phil Ortega (0–1)None13,14118–30
49June 3Dodgers7–5Chris Short (2–3)Johnny Podres (3–4)Paul Brown (1)9,93119–30
50June 4Dodgers3–6Sandy Koufax (8–2)Art Mahaffey (5–7)None15,16319–31
–June 5MetsPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 28 as a traditional double-header
51June 6 (1)Mets2–0Cal McLish (5–1)Roger Craig (2–8)Nonesee 2nd game20–31
52June 6 (2)Mets2–1Art Mahaffey (6–7)Al Jackson (2–7)None8,68121–31
53June 8@ Reds10–3Dennis Bennett (2–1)Johnny Klippstein (1–1)None16,99122–31
54June 9@ Reds1–5Bob Purkey (10–1)Paul Brown (0–4)Bill Henry (4)6,79722–32
55June 10 (1)@ Reds7–5Jack Baldschun (2–4)Joey Jay (8–6)Nonesee 2nd game23–32
56June 10 (2)@ Reds2–9Jim Maloney (1–0)Art Mahaffey (6–8)Jim Brosnan (4)17,47123–33
57June 11@ Cardinals8–5Jack Hamilton (4–5)Curt Simmons (6–3)Dallas Green (1)6,95424–33
58June 12@ Cardinals2–3Don Ferrarese (1–2)Paul Brown (0–5)None8,09224–34
59June 13@ Cardinals1–6Bob Gibson (8–4)Dennis Bennett (2–2)None10,93324–35
60June 15Reds13–8Art Mahaffey (7–8)Jim Maloney (1–1)Chris Short (2)15,32625–35
61June 16Reds4–3Chris Short (3–3)Bill Henry (2–1)None13,28826–35
62June 17Reds7–2Jack Baldschun (3–4)Jim O'Toole (4–8)None7,93627–35
63June 19Cubs5–9Dave Gerard (2–0)Chris Short (3–4)None6,46427–36
–June 20CubsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 19 as a traditional double-header
64June 21Cubs3–0Art Mahaffey (8–8)Dick Ellsworth (4–10)None7,53328–36
65June 22 (1)Cardinals3–7Larry Jackson (6–7)Paul Brown (0–6)Lindy McDaniel (4)see 2nd game28–37
66June 22 (2)Cardinals11–3Jim Owens (2–2)Ernie Broglio (2–3)None27,06929–37
67June 23Cardinals1–9Bob Gibson (9–5)Bill Smith (0–1)None5,89329–38
68June 24 (1)Cardinals3–1Chris Short (4–4)Ray Sadecki (4–4)Nonesee 2nd game30–38
69June 24 (2)Cardinals1–5Curt Simmons (7–4)Dennis Bennett (2–3)Lindy McDaniel (5)20,56130–39
70June 25Colt .45s4–3Dallas Green (2–2)Hal Woodeshick (2–5)None8,08731–39
71June 26 (1)Colt .45s2–0Jack Hamilton (5–5)Turk Farrell (5–8)Nonesee 2nd game32–39
72June 26 (2)Colt .45s6–4Art Mahaffey (9–8)Jim Golden (5–5)None18,70733–39
73June 28@ Giants7–2Bill Smith (1–1)Juan Marichal (11–5)None7,17434–39
74June 29@ Giants3–4 (12)Billy O'Dell (9–6)Jack Baldschun (3–5)None11,08834–40
75June 30@ Giants3–8Bobby Bolin (2–0)Cal McLish (5–2)Stu Miller (10)11,71634–41 :
July (15–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
76July 1@ Giants4–5Don Larsen (4–1)Art Mahaffey (9–9)Stu Miller (11)17,61234–42
77July 2 (1)@ Dodgers1–5Johnny Podres (4–6)Jack Hamilton (5–6)Larry Sherry (6)see 2nd game34–43
78July 2 (2)@ Dodgers0–4Stan Williams (7–4)Bill Smith (1–2)None28,31634–44
79July 4 (1)@ Dodgers1–16Sandy Koufax (12–4)Chris Short (4–5)Nonesee 2nd game34–45
80July 4 (2)@ Dodgers3–7Joe Moeller (6–5)Dennis Bennett (2–4)Ed Roebuck (5)39,32234–46
81July 5@ Pirates0–5Al McBean (8–5)Jim Owens (2–3)None13,62334–47
82July 6@ Pirates6–2Art Mahaffey (10–9)Bob Friend (8–9)None15,83635–47
83July 7@ Pirates4–6Roy Face (5–1)Chris Short (4–6)None8,78135–48
84July 8 (1)@ Pirates8–4Jack Baldschun (4–5)Vern Law (7–4)Nonesee 2nd game36–48
85July 8 (2)@ Pirates5–6Tom Sturdivant (4–3)Bill Smith (1–3)Roy Face (17)16,14736–49
–July 101962 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at District of Columbia Stadium in Washington
86July 11Colt .45s6–1Art Mahaffey (11–9)Hal Woodeshick (3–7)None3,44137–49
87July 12Giants3–5Jack Sanford (10–6)Jack Hamilton (5–7)Stu Miller (13)17,15137–50
88July 13Giants3–2Dennis Bennett (3–4)Billy O'Dell (10–8)None18,69338–50
89July 14Giants6–5 (10)Jack Baldschun (5–5)Stu Miller (4–5)None7,71639–50
90July 15 (1)Dodgers1–9Johnny Podres (5–7)Bill Smith (1–4)Nonesee 2nd game39–51
91July 15 (2)Dodgers2–1Art Mahaffey (12–9)Phil Ortega (0–2)None34,90740–51
92July 17 (1)@ Colt .45s3–0Jack Hamilton (6–7)Russ Kemmerer (2–2)Jack Baldschun (9)see 2nd game41–51
93July 17 (2)@ Colt .45s8–2Cal McLish (6–2)Turk Farrell (5–12)Dennis Bennett (1)8,11542–51
94July 18@ Colt .45s6–2Dallas Green (3–2)Bob Bruce (6–4)None5,14043–51
95July 19@ Colt .45s6–2Chris Short (5–6)Hal Woodeshick (4–8)Jack Baldschun (10)5,01744–51
96July 20 (1)Braves5–7Jack Curtis (3–4)Dennis Bennett (3–5)Nonesee 2nd game44–52
97July 20 (2)Braves3–2Art Mahaffey (13–9)Bob Hendley (6–7)None24,35345–52
98July 21Braves1–8Warren Spahn (9–11)Jack Hamilton (6–8)None11,68945–53
99July 22 (1)Braves10–11Don Nottebart (1–2)Jack Baldschun (5–6)Nonesee 2nd game45–54
100July 22 (2)Braves2–5Denny Lemaster (1–1)Dallas Green (3–3)Claude Raymond (3)11,01045–55
101July 23@ Cubs5–3Jack Baldschun (6–6)Don Elston (3–6)Jack Hamilton (1)6,69946–55
102July 24@ Cubs3–5Glen Hobbie (3–9)Bill Smith (1–5)Don Cardwell (1)5,40346–56
103July 25@ Cubs2–5Bob Buhl (7–8)Dennis Bennett (3–6)Dave Gerard (3)6,29246–57
104July 27 (1)Pirates5–3Dallas Green (4–3)Harvey Haddix (7–5)Chris Short (3)see 2nd game47–57
105July 27 (2)Pirates1–4Bob Friend (11–10)Jack Hamilton (6–9)Roy Face (18)47–58
106July 28Pirates9–2Art Mahaffey (14–9)Earl Francis (5–7)None12,45048–58
107July 29Pirates8–1Cal McLish (7–2)Al McBean (10–7)None8,50249–58
–July 301962 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Wrigley Field in Chicago :
August (17–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1@ Mets11–9Dennis Bennett (4–6)Al Jackson (5–13)Jack Baldschun (11)8,68150–58
109August 2@ Mets9–4Art Mahaffey (15–9)Craig Anderson (3–12)None6,04251–58
–August 3@ BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 4 as a traditional double-header
110August 4 (1)@ Braves2–6Bob Hendley (8–7)Dallas Green (4–4)Nonesee 2nd game51–59
111August 4 (2)@ Braves3–7Claude Raymond (4–2)Jack Baldschun (6–7)None9,47451–60
112August 5@ Braves1–8Warren Spahn (11–11)Dennis Bennett (4–7)None11,66451–61
113August 6@ Giants2–9Billy Pierce (10–3)Dallas Green (4–5)None6,22251–62
114August 7@ Giants2–4Juan Marichal (14–8)Art Mahaffey (15–10)None8,53151–63
115August 8@ Dodgers1–3Stan Williams (11–7)Jack Hamilton (6–10)None34,72951–64
116August 9@ Dodgers3–8Ed Roebuck (8–0)Dennis Bennett (4–8)Ron Perranoski (12)32,22651–65
117August 10@ Cardinals4–7Bobby Shantz (4–2)Chris Short (5–7)None13,40851–66
118August 11@ Cardinals11–3Art Mahaffey (16–10)Larry Jackson (9–10)None9,21652–66
119August 12 (1)@ Cardinals7–3Cal McLish (8–2)Ernie Broglio (9–5)Nonesee 2nd game53–66
120August 12 (2)@ Cardinals9–7Dallas Green (5–5)Lindy McDaniel (2–7)Dennis Bennett (2)17,08854–66
121August 14@ Mets3–1 (15)Jack Baldschun (7–7)Al Jackson (6–15)None5,35155–66
122August 15 (1)@ Mets9–3Dennis Bennett (5–8)Bob L. Miller (0–9)Cal McLish (1)see 2nd game56–66
123August 15 (2)@ Mets8–7 (13)Chris Short (6–7)Bob Moorhead (0–2)None9,57357–66
124August 17@ Pirates1–9Harvey Haddix (8–5)Jack Hamilton (6–11)None13,71357–67
125August 18@ Pirates2–5Tom Sturdivant (5–3)Cal McLish (8–3)Roy Face (22)10,61157–68
126August 19@ Pirates3–2Chris Short (7–7)Roy Face (8–4)Jack Baldschun (12)15,68058–68
127August 20 (1)Colt .45s7–1Dallas Green (6–5)Turk Farrell (8–16)None14,60159–68
–August 20 (2)Colt .45sPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 21 as a traditional double-header
128August 21 (1)Colt .45s5–3Art Mahaffey (17–10)Bob Bruce (7–8)Nonesee 2nd game60–68
129August 21 (2)Colt .45s7–4Jack Hamilton (7–11)Jim Golden (5–11)None5,48961–68
130August 22Dodgers5–1Chris Short (8–7)Pete Richert (2–3)None24,09162–68
131August 23Dodgers2–4Johnny Podres (10–10)Dennis Bennett (5–9)Ron Perranoski (15)25,82862–69
132August 24Giants0–6Billy O'Dell (15–11)Cal McLish (8–4)None19,45462–70
133August 25Giants1–6Billy Pierce (12–4)Dallas Green (6–6)None16,73862–71
134August 26Giants4–7Jack Sanford (18–6)Art Mahaffey (17–11)Bobby Bolin (4)14,85562–72
135August 28 (1)Mets0–2Al Jackson (7–17)Chris Short (8–8)Nonesee 2nd game62–73
136August 28 (2)Mets10–1Dennis Bennett (6–9)Bob L. Miller (0–11)None6,57263–73
137August 29Mets3–2 (10)Cal McLish (9–4)Jay Hook (8–15)None4,82264–73
138August 30Mets8–7Jack Baldschun (8–7)Bob G. Miller (2–2)None5,72265–73
139August 31Pirates3–2 (11)Jack Baldschun (9–7)Earl Francis (6–8)None8,19166–73 :
September (15–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
140September 1Pirates6–7Tom Sturdivant (8–3)Jim Owens (2–4)Roy Face (27)8,29766–74
–September 2PiratesCancelled (rain); Was not rescheduled
141September 3 (1)@ Colt .45s3–2Art Mahaffey (18–11)Turk Farrell (9–18)Nonesee 2nd game67–74
142September 3 (2)@ Colt .45s5–3Jack Hamilton (8–11)Hal Woodeshick (5–16)Dennis Bennett (3)17,30268–74
143September 4@ Colt .45s1–4Bob Bruce (9–8)Cal McLish (9–5)None4,53768–75
144September 7@ Braves4–3 (10)Jack Baldschun (10–7)Claude Raymond (5–4)None6,57169–75
145September 8@ Braves6–4Cal McLish (10–5)Bob Hendley (10–12)Jack Hamilton (2)6,09970–75
146September 9@ Braves4–2Chris Short (9–8)Warren Spahn (14–13)Jack Baldschun (13)10,23871–75
147September 12Braves0–9Denny Lemaster (2–4)Art Mahaffey (18–12)None5,78371–76
148September 13Braves2–1Chris Short (10–8)Warren Spahn (14–14)None4,01372–76
149September 14Cardinals2–1Dennis Bennett (7–9)Lindy McDaniel (3–10)None7,26273–76
150September 15Cardinals5–4Jack Baldschun (11–7)Bobby Shantz (6–4)None4,50374–76
151September 16Cardinals3–1Art Mahaffey (19–12)Bob Gibson (15–13)None6,38875–76
152September 19 (1)Cubs4–3 (6)Chris Short (11–8)Morrie Steevens (0–1)None3,46576–76
–September 19 (2)CubsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 20 as a traditional double-header
153September 20 (1)Cubs3–1Dennis Bennett (8–9)Bob Buhl (11–13)Nonesee 2nd game77–76
154September 20 (2)Cubs1–4Cal Koonce (10–9)Jack Hamilton (8–12)Freddie Burdette (1)2,50877–77
155September 21Reds8–6Jack Baldschun (12–7)Joey Jay (21–14)None5,72678–77
156September 22Reds2–1Cal McLish (11–5)Johnny Klippstein (7–5)None3,83779–77
157September 23Reds2–4 (10)Dave Sisler (4–3)Art Mahaffey (19–13)None6,55479–78
158September 26@ Cubs6–5Jack Hamilton (9–12)Bob Buhl (11–14)None93080–78
159September 27@ Cubs7–0Dennis Bennett (9–9)Cal Koonce (10–10)None61781–78
160September 28@ Reds3–7Sammy Ellis (2–2)Chris Short (11–9)Bill Henry (11)4,49481–79
161September 30@ Reds0–4John Tsitouris (1–0)Art Mahaffey (19–14)None10,94281–80 :

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

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Clay Dalrymple | 123 | 370 | 102 | .276 | 11 | 54 |
| 1B | Roy Sievers | 144 | 477 | 125 | .262 | 21 | 80 |
| 2B | Tony Taylor | 152 | 625 | 162 | .259 | 7 | 43 |
| SS | Bobby Wine | 112 | 311 | 76 | .244 | 4 | 25 |
| 3B | Don Demeter | 153 | 550 | 169 | .307 | 29 | 107 |
| LF | Ted Savage | 127 | 335 | 89 | .266 | 7 | 39 |
| CF | Tony González | 118 | 437 | 132 | .302 | 20 | 63 |
| RF | Johnny Callison | 157 | 603 | 181 | .300 | 23 | 83 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Wes Covington | 116 | 304 | 86 | .283 | 9 | 44 |
| Billy Klaus | 102 | 248 | 51 | .206 | 4 | 20 |
| Rubén Amaro Sr. | 79 | 226 | 55 | .243 | 0 | 19 |
| Frank Torre | 108 | 168 | 52 | .310 | 0 | 20 |
| Mel Roach | 65 | 105 | 20 | .190 | 0 | 8 |
| Sammy White | 41 | 97 | 21 | .216 | 2 | 12 |
| Bob Oldis | 38 | 80 | 21 | .263 | 1 | 10 |
| Jacke Davis | 48 | 75 | 16 | .213 | 1 | 6 |
| John Herrnstein | 6 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Malkmus | 8 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Consolo | 13 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmie Coker | 5 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Art Mahaffey | 41 | 274.0 | 19 | 14 | 3.94 | 177 |
| Dennis Bennett | 31 | 174.2 | 9 | 9 | 3.81 | 149 |
| Cal McLish | 32 | 154.2 | 11 | 5 | 4.25 | 71 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Jack Hamilton | 41 | 182.0 | 9 | 12 | 5.09 | 101 |
| Chris Short | 47 | 142.0 | 11 | 9 | 3.42 | 91 |
| Dallas Green | 37 | 129.1 | 6 | 6 | 3.83 | 58 |
| Jim Owens | 23 | 69.2 | 2 | 4 | 6.33 | 21 |
| Paul Brown | 23 | 63.2 | 0 | 6 | 5.94 | 29 |
| Bill Smith | 24 | 50.1 | 1 | 5 | 4.29 | 26 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Jack Baldschun | 67 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 2.96 | 95 |
| Frank Sullivan | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.26 | 12 |
| John Boozer | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.75 | 13 |
| Bobby Locke | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.74 | 9 |
| Don Ferrarese | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.10 | 6 |
| Ed Keegan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 5 |

## Awards and honors

* Gene Mauch, Associated Press NL Manager of the Year
* Robin Roberts, Lou Gehrig Award

### All-Stars

1962 Major League Baseball All-Star Game -first game
* Johnny Callison
1962 Major League Baseball All-Star Game -second game
* Art Mahaffey

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers | American Association | Dick Littlefield and Ray Murray |
| AAA | Buffalo Bisons | International League | Kerby Farrell |
| A | Williamsport Grays | Eastern League | Frank Lucchesi |
| C | Bakersfield Bears | California League | Bob Wellman |
| C | Magic Valley Cowboys | Pioneer League | Jack Phillips |
| D | Dothan Phillies | Alabama–Florida League | Moose Johnson |
| D | Miami Marlins | Florida State League | Andy Seminick |
Dallas-Fort Worth affiliation shared with Los Angeles Angels