1962 Milwaukee Braves season

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1962 Milwaukee Braves
Major League affiliations
  • National League (since 1876)
Location
  • Milwaukee County Stadium (since 1953)
  • Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1953)
Results
Record86–76 (.531)
League place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Lou Perini
(sold in November 1962)[1][2][3]
General manager(s)John McHale
Manager(s)Birdie Tebbetts
Local televisionWTMJ-TV
(Earl Gillespie, Blaine Walsh, Ernie Johnson)
Local radioWEMP
(Earl Gillespie, Blaine Walsh)
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The 1962 Milwaukee Braves season was the tenth for the franchise in Milwaukee and 92nd overall.

The fifth-place Braves finished the season with an 86–76 (.531) record, 15½ games behind the National League champion San Francisco Giants.[4] The home attendance at County Stadium was 766,921,[5] eighth in the ten-team National League. It was the Braves' first season under one million in Milwaukee.[5]

After this season in November, owner Lou Perini sold the franchise for $5.5 million to a Chicago group led by 34-year-old insurance executive William Bartholomay.[1][2][3] Perini retained a 10% interest in the club and sat on the board of directors for a number of years.

Ten years after the final television broadcasts in Boston, broadcasts of Braves games returned to a new channel, WTMJ-TV, giving Milwaukee television viewers a chance to watch the games at home.

Offseason[]

  • October 10, 1961: Merritt Ranew was drafted from the Braves by the Houston Colt .45s in the 1961 MLB expansion draft.[6]
  • November 8, 1961: Ellis Burton[7] and Lou Jackson[8] were acquired by the Braves from the Toronto Maple Leafs as part of a minor league working agreement.
  • November 28, 1961: Frank Thomas was traded by the Braves with a player to be named later to the New York Mets for a player to be named later and cash. The deal was completed on May 21, 1962, when the Mets sent Gus Bell to the Braves and the Braves sent Rick Herrscher to the Mets.[9]
  • December 15, 1961: Joe Azcue, Ed Charles and Manny Jiménez were traded by the Braves to the Kansas City Athletics for Lou Klimchock and Bob Shaw.[10]
  • Prior to 1962 season: Hal Haydel was signed as an amateur free agent by the Braves.[11]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

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National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 103 62 0.624 — 61–21 42–41
Los Angeles Dodgers 102 63 0.618 1 54–29 48–34
Cincinnati Reds 98 64 0.605 3½ 58–23 40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 93 68 0.578 8 51–30 42–38
Milwaukee Braves 86 76 0.531 15½ 49–32 37–44
St. Louis Cardinals 84 78 0.519 17½ 44–37 40–41
Philadelphia Phillies 81 80 0.503 20 46–34 35–46
Houston Colt .45s 64 96 0.400 36½ 32–48 32–48
Chicago Cubs 59 103 0.364 42½ 32–49 27–54
New York Mets 40 120 0.250 60½ 22–58 18–62

Record vs. opponents[]

1962 National League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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 —


Roster[]

1962 Milwaukee Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
  •  1 Del Crandall
  • 15 Joe Torre
  •  8 Bob Uecker

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager
  •  6 Birdie Tebbetts

Coaches

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 Del Crandall 107 350 104 .297 8 45
1B Joe Adcock 121 391 97 .248 29 78
2B Frank Bolling 122 406 110 .271 9 43
SS Roy McMillan 137 468 115 .246 12 41
3B Eddie Mathews 152 536 142 .265 29 90
LF Gus Bell 79 214 61 .285 5 24
CF Hank Aaron 156 592 191 .323 45 128
RF Mack Jones 91 333 85 .255 10 36

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
Lee Maye 99 349 85 .244 10 41
Tommie Aaron 141 334 77 .231 8 38
Joe Torre 80 220 62 .282 5 26
Amado Samuel 76 209 43 .206 3 20
Denis Menke 50 146 28 .192 2 16
Howie Bedell 58 138 27 .196 0 2
Lou Johnson 61 117 33 .282 2 13
Ken Aspromonte 34 79 23 .291 0 7
Bob Uecker 33 64 16 .250 1 8
Hawk Taylor 20 47 12 .255 0 2
Ethan Blackaby 6 13 2 .154 0 0
Mike Krsnich 11 12 1 .083 0 2
Lou Klimchock 8 8 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
Warren Spahn 34 269.1 18 14 3.04 118
Bob Shaw 38 225 15 9 2.80 124
Bob Hendley 35 200 11 13 3.60 112
Bob Buhl 1 2 0 1 22.50 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
Lew Burdette 37 143.2 10 9 4.89 59
Tony Cloninger 24 111 8 3 4.30 69
Denny Lemaster 17 86.2 3 4 3.01 69
Ron Piché 14 52 3 2 4.85 28
Cecil Butler 9 31 2 0 2.61 22
Jim Constable 3 18 1 1 2.00 12

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 Nottebart 39 2 2 2 3.23 36
Jack Curtis 30 4 4 1 4.16 40
Carl Willey 30 2 5 1 5.40 40
Hank Fischer 29 2 3 4 5.30 29
Claude Raymond 26 5 5 10 2.74 40
Don McMahon 2 0 1 0 6.00 3

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Colonels American Association Jack Tighe
AAA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Chuck Dressen
AA Austin Senators Texas League Jimmy Brown
B Yakima Bears Northwest League Buddy Hicks
C Eau Claire Braves Northern League Jim Fanning
C Boise Braves Pioneer League Al Unser
D Dublin Braves Georgia–Florida League Bill Steinecke
D Cedar Rapids Red Raiders Midwest League

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Thisted, Red (November 17, 1962). "McHale, six others buy Braves for $5.5 million". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1, part 1.
  2. ^ a b Wolf, Bob (November 17, 1962). "Midwestern group purchases Braves". Milwaukee Journal. p. 1, part 1.
  3. ^ a b "Perini sells Braves to Milwaukee group". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. November 17, 1962. p. 11.
  4. ^ "Baseball Standings: final". Milwaukee Journal. October 1, 1962. p. 10, part 2.
  5. ^ a b "Attendance". Milwaukee Journal. October 1, 1962. p. 11, part 2.
  6. ^ Merritt Ranew at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Ellis Burton at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ Lou Jackson at Baseball-Reference
  9. ^ Frank Thomas at Baseball-Reference
  10. ^ Joe Azcue at Baseball-Reference
  11. ^ Hal Haydel at Baseball-Reference

References[]

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1962 Milwaukee Braves season at Baseball Reference
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