| 1962 Chicago Cubs | ||
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| League | National League | |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |
| City | Chicago | |
| 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) | |
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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.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | — | |||||
| 1962 Chicago Cubs | |||||||||
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| Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
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Head coach
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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 |
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| 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 |
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 |
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| 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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| 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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| 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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| 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 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wenatchee
Salt Lake City affiliation shared with Cleveland Indians
1962 MLB season by team | |
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