1962 San Francisco Giants roster

29 players appeared for the San Francisco Giants in the 1962 MLB season. They reached the 1962 World Series and lost 4-3.

1962 Giants roster: batting

1962 San Francisco Giants batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Orlando Cepeda1626251051913511410.306.347.865
Willie Mays1626211301894914118.304.384.999
Chuck Hiller161602941663485.276.341.675
Jose Pagan1645807315075713.259.312.671
Felipe Alou15456196177259810.316.356.869
Harvey Kuenn1304877314810683.304.365.799
Jim Davenport1444858314414582.297.357.813
Tom Haller99272537118551.261.384.899
Ed Bailey96254325917451.232.351.827
Willie McCovey91229416720543.293.368.957
Matty Alou7819528573143.292.349.739
Manny Mota4774913093.176.253.442
John Orsino1848413040.271.333.646
Ernie Bowman464298140.190.227.513
Carl Boles192449010.375.375.750
Bobby Bolin412336040.261.292.639
Cap Peterson4611000.167.286.452
Dick Phillips5310010.000.250.250

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1962 Giants roster: pitching

1962 San Francisco Giants pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Billy O'dellP433919143.53280.21951.240
Jack SanfordP39382473.43265.11471.220
Juan MarichalP373618113.36262.21531.231
Billy PierceP30231663.49162.1761.121
Stu MillerP590584.12107.0781.3919
Mike McCormickP2815555.3898.2421.590
Don LarsenP490544.3886.1581.5111
Gaylord PerrySP137315.2343.0201.580
Jim DuffaloP242123.6442.0291.550
Bob GaribaldiP90005.1112.191.461
Dick LemayP90017.719.151.931

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.