# 1962 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1962 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 81st season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 71st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 84–78 during the season and finished sixth in the National League, 17+1⁄2 games behind the San Francisco Giants. Also in 1962, the Cardinals became the first NL club to wear names on the backs of their uniforms that season.

## Offseason

* October 10, 1961: 1961 Major League Baseball expansion draft
** Bob Lillis was drafted from the Cardinals by the Houston Colt .45's.
** Don Taussig was drafted from the Cardinals by the Houston Colt .45's.
* October 13, 1961: Al Cicotte was purchased from the Cardinals by the Houston Colt .45's.
* October 24, 1961: Red Schoendienst was released by the Cardinals
* November 21, 1961: Elrod Hendricks was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.
* November 27, 1961: Joe Cunningham was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for Minnie Miñoso.
* November 27, 1961: John Anderson was drafted by the Cardinals from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1961 rule 5 draft.
* Prior to 1962 season: Duke Carmel was acquired by the Cardinals from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
* March 1962: Duke Carmel was purchased from the Cardinals by the Cleveland Indians.

## Regular season

Pitcher Bobby Shantz and first baseman Bill White won Gold Gloves this year.

### 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: John Anderson and Carl Warwick were traded by the Cardinals to the Houston Colt .45s for Bobby Shantz.
* June 5, 1962: Alex Grammas and Don Landrum were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Smith and Daryl Robertson.

### 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 | Gene Oliver | 122 | 345 | 89 | .258 | 14 | 45 |
| 1B | Bill White | 159 | 614 | 199 | .324 | 20 | 102 |
| 2B | Julián Javier | 155 | 598 | 157 | .263 | 7 | 39 |
| SS | Julio Gotay | 127 | 369 | 94 | .255 | 2 | 27 |
| 3B | Ken Boyer | 160 | 611 | 178 | .291 | 24 | 98 |
| LF | Stan Musial | 135 | 433 | 143 | .330 | 19 | 82 |
| CF | Curt Flood | 151 | 635 | 188 | .296 | 12 | 70 |
| RF | Charlie James | 129 | 388 | 107 | .276 | 8 | 59 |

#### 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 |
| Carl Sawatski | 85 | 222 | 56 | .252 | 13 | 42 |
| Dal Maxvill | 79 | 189 | 42 | .222 | 1 | 18 |
| Fred Whitfield | 73 | 158 | 42 | .266 | 8 | 34 |
| Red Schoendienst | 98 | 143 | 43 | .301 | 2 | 12 |
| Bobby Smith | 91 | 130 | 30 | .231 | 0 | 12 |
| Minnie Miñoso | 39 | 97 | 19 | .196 | 1 | 10 |
| Doug Clemens | 48 | 93 | 22 | .237 | 1 | 12 |
| Jimmie Schaffer | 70 | 66 | 16 | .242 | 0 | 6 |
| Don Landrum | 32 | 35 | 11 | .314 | 0 | 3 |
| Carl Warwick | 13 | 23 | 8 | .348 | 1 | 4 |
| Alex Grammas | 21 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Shannon | 10 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Burda | 7 | 14 | 1 | .071 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Kolb | 6 | 14 | 5 | .357 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| Larry Jackson | 36 | 252.1 | 16 | 11 | 3.75 | 112 |
| Bob Gibson | 32 | 233.2 | 15 | 13 | 2.85 | 208 |
| Ernie Broglio | 34 | 222.1 | 12 | 9 | 3.00 | 132 |
| Ray Washburn | 34 | 175.2 | 12 | 9 | 4.10 | 109 |
| Curt Simmons | 31 | 154.0 | 10 | 10 | 3.51 | 74 |
| Ray Sadecki | 22 | 102.1 | 6 | 8 | 5.54 | 50 |
| Harvey Branch | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Paul Toth | 6 | 16.2 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Lindy McDaniel | 55 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 4.12 | 79 |
| Don Ferrarese | 38 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2.70 | 45 |
| Bobby Shantz | 28 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2.18 | 47 |
| Bob Duliba | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.06 | 22 |
| Ed Bauta | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.01 | 25 |
| John Anderson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.42 | 3 |
| Bobby Locke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Atlanta Crackers | International League | Joe Schultz |
| AA | Tulsa Oilers | Texas League | Whitey Kurowski |
| A | Portsmouth-Norfolk Tides | Sally League | Chase Riddle |
| C | Winnipeg Goldeyes | Northern League | Fred Koenig |
| C | Billings Mustangs | Pioneer League | Grover Resinger |
| D | Brunswick Cardinals | Georgia–Florida League | Owen Friend |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Atlanta, Tulsa, Billings