# 1962 Chicago Cubs season

The 1962 Chicago Cubs season was the 91st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 87th in the National League and the 47th at Wrigley Field. In the second season under their College of Coaches, the Cubs finished ninth in the National League with a record of 59–103, 42+1⁄2 games behind the NL Champion San Francisco Giants. The Cubs finished ahead of the expansion New York Mets and behind the expansion Houston Colt .45s in the NL's first 162-game season.

## Offseason

* October 10, 1961: 1961 MLB expansion draft
** Don Zimmer was drafted from the Cubs by the New York Mets.
** Ed Bouchee was drafted from the Cubs by the New York Mets.
* Prior to 1962 season: J. C. Hartman was returned by the Cubs to the Houston Buffaloes after the expiration of their minor league working agreement.

## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 26, 1962: Paul Casanova was released by the Cubs.
* April 26, 1962: Sammy Taylor was traded by the Cubs to the New York Mets for Bob Smith.
* June 5, 1962: Bob Smith and Daryl Robertson were traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Alex Grammas and Don Landrum.

### 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 | Dick Bertell | 77 | 215 | 65 | .302 | 2 | 18 |
| 1B | Ernie Banks | 154 | 610 | 164 | .269 | 37 | 104 |
| 2B | Ken Hubbs | 160 | 661 | 172 | .260 | 5 | 49 |
| SS | Andre Rodgers | 138 | 461 | 128 | .278 | 5 | 44 |
| 3B | Ron Santo | 162 | 604 | 137 | .227 | 17 | 83 |
| LF | Billy Williams | 159 | 618 | 184 | .298 | 22 | 91 |
| CF | Lou Brock | 123 | 434 | 114 | .263 | 9 | 35 |
| RF | George Altman | 147 | 534 | 170 | .318 | 22 | 74 |

#### 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 |
| Don Landrum | 83 | 238 | 67 | .282 | 1 | 15 |
| Cuno Barragan | 58 | 134 | 27 | .201 | 0 | 12 |
| Moe Thacker | 65 | 107 | 20 | .187 | 0 | 9 |
| Bob Will | 87 | 92 | 22 | .239 | 2 | 15 |
| Jim McKnight | 60 | 85 | 19 | .224 | 0 | 5 |
| Alex Grammas | 23 | 60 | 14 | .233 | 0 | 3 |
| Elder White | 23 | 53 | 8 | .151 | 0 | 1 |
| El Tappe | 26 | 53 | 11 | .208 | 0 | 6 |
| Nelson Mathews | 15 | 49 | 15 | .306 | 2 | 13 |
| Danny Murphy | 14 | 35 | 7 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
| Bob Smith | 13 | 29 | 5 | .172 | 0 | 2 |
| Billy Ott | 12 | 28 | 4 | .143 | 1 | 2 |
| Daryl Robertson | 9 | 19 | 2 | .105 | 0 | 2 |
| Moe Morhardt | 18 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 2 |
| Sammy Taylor | 7 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim McAnany | 7 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Bob Buhl | 34 | 212.0 | 12 | 13 | 3.69 | 109 |
| Dick Ellsworth | 37 | 208.2 | 9 | 20 | 5.09 | 113 |
| Don Cardwell | 41 | 195.2 | 7 | 16 | 4.92 | 104 |
| Cal Koonce | 35 | 190.2 | 10 | 10 | 3.97 | 84 |
| George Gerberman | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 1.69 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Glen Hobbie | 42 | 162.0 | 5 | 14 | 5.22 | 87 |
| Al Lary | 15 | 34.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.15 | 18 |
| Paul Toth | 6 | 34.0 | 3 | 1 | 4.24 | 11 |
| Jack Curtis | 4 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 3.50 | 8 |

#### 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 |
| Don Elston | 57 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2.44 | 37 |
| Bob Anderson | 57 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5.02 | 82 |
| Barney Schultz | 51 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3.82 | 58 |
| Dave Gerard | 39 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4.91 | 30 |
| Tony Balsamo | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.44 | 27 |
| Morrie Steevens | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.40 | 5 |
| Freddie Burdette | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.72 | 5 |
| Jack Warner | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 3 |
| Jim Brewer | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.53 | 1 |
| Don Prince | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Salt Lake City Bees | Pacific Coast League | Bob Kennedy |
| AA | San Antonio Missions | Texas League | Walt Dixon |
| B | Wenatchee Chiefs | Northwest League | Joe Macko |
| C | St. Cloud Rox | Northern League | George Freese |
| D | Palatka Cubs | Florida State League | Hal Jeffcoat, Bobby Adams, Ripper Collins and Verlon Walker |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wenatchee Salt Lake City affiliation shared with Cleveland Indians