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1962 Milwaukee Braves season

Field	Value
name	Milwaukee Braves
season	1962
league	National League
ballpark	Milwaukee County Stadium
city	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
record
league_place	5th
owners	Lou Perini
(sold in November 1962)
general_managers	John McHale
managers	Birdie Tebbetts
television	WTMJ-TV
(Earl Gillespie, Blaine Walsh, Ernie Johnson)
radio	WEMP
(Earl Gillespie, Blaine Walsh)

(sold in November 1962) (Earl Gillespie, Blaine Walsh, Ernie Johnson) (Earl Gillespie, Blaine Walsh) |}}

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 record, games behind the National League champion San Francisco Giants. The home attendance at County Stadium was 766,921, eighth in the ten-team National League. It was the Braves' first season under one million in Milwaukee.

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. 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.
November 8, 1961: Ellis Burton and Lou Jackson 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.
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.
Prior to 1962 season: Hal Haydel was signed as an amateur free agent by the Braves.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1962 Milwaukee Braves
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	107	350	104	.297	8	45
1B	121	391	97	.248	29	78
2B	122	406	110	.271	9	43
SS	137	468	115	.246	12	41
3B	152	536	142	.265	29	90
LF	79	214	61	.285	5	24
CF	156	592	191	.323	45	128
RF	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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
99	349	85	.244	10	41
141	334	77	.231	8	38
80	220	62	.282	5	26
76	209	43	.206	3	20
50	146	28	.192	2	16
58	138	27	.196	0	2
61	117	33	.282	2	13
34	79	23	.291	0	7
33	64	16	.250	1	8
20	47	12	.255	0	2
6	13	2	.154	0	0
11	12	1	.083	0	2
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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
34	269.1	18	14	3.04	118
38	225.0	15	9	2.80	124
35	200.0	11	13	3.60	112
1	2.0	0	1	22.50	1

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
37	143.2	10	9	4.89	59
24	111.0	8	3	4.30	69
17	86.2	3	4	3.01	69
14	52.0	3	2	4.85	28
9	31.0	2	0	2.61	22
3	18.0	1	1	2.00	12

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
26	5	5	10	2.74	40
39	2	2	2	3.23	36
30	4	4	1	4.16	40
30	2	5	1	5.40	40
29	2	3	4	5.30	29
2	0	1	0	6.00	3

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville

Notes

References

1962 Milwaukee Braves season at Baseball Reference

References

Thisted, Red. (November 17, 1962). "McHale, six others buy Braves for $5.5 million". Milwaukee Sentinel.
Wolf, Bob. (November 17, 1962). "Midwestern group purchases Braves". Milwaukee Journal.
(November 17, 1962). "Perini sells Braves to Milwaukee group". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(October 1, 1962). "Baseball Standings: final". Milwaukee Journal.
(October 1, 1962). "Attendance". Milwaukee Journal.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ranewme01.shtml Merritt Ranew] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/burtoel01.shtml Ellis Burton] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jackslo01.shtml Lou Jackson] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/thomafr03.shtml Frank Thomas] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/azcuejo01.shtml Joe Azcue] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/haydeha01.shtml Hal Haydel] at ''Baseball-Reference''

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