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1962 Chicago Cubs season

Field	Value
name	Chicago Cubs
season	1962
league	National League
ballpark	Wrigley Field
city	Chicago
record
league_place	9th
owners	Philip K. Wrigley
general_managers	John Holland
managers	Lou Klein, El Tappe, Charlie Metro
television	WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
radio	WGN
(Jack Quinlan, Lou Boudreau)

(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd) (Jack Quinlan, Lou Boudreau) |}} 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, 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

Record vs. opponents

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

1962 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

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		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
	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
	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
	13	29	5	.172	0	2
Billy Ott	12	28	4	.143	1	2
	9	19	2	.105	0	2
Moe Morhardt	18	16	2	.125	0	2
	7	15	2	.133	0	1
	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
	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
	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
	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
	6	0	1	0	9.53	1
Don Prince	1	0	0		0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Ernie Banks, First Base, Reserve, First and Second Game
George Altman, Outfield, Reserve, Second Game
Billy Williams, Outfield, Reserve, Second Game

Farm system

Ripper Collins and Verlon Walker LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wenatchee Salt Lake City affiliation shared with Cleveland Indians

Notes

References

1962 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zimmedo01.shtml Don Zimmer page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bouched01.shtml Ed Bouchee page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hartmj_01.shtml J. C. Hartman page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/casanpa01.shtml Paul Casanova page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithbo04.shtml Bob Smith page at Baseball-Reference]

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