1962 St. Louis Cardinals roster

28 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1962 MLB season.

1962 Cardinals roster: batting

1962 St. Louis Cardinals 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.
Curt Flood1516359918812708.296.346.762
Bill White15961493199201029.324.386.868
Ken Boyer16061192178249812.291.369.838
Julian Javier1555989715773926.263.316.672
Stan Musial1354335714319823.330.416.924
Charlie James129388501078593.276.301.693
Julio Gotay12736947942277.255.316.625
Gene Oliver122345428914455.258.352.792
Carl Sawatski85222265613420.252.351.829
Dal Maxvill7918920421181.222.287.552
Fred Whitfield7315820428341.266.299.774
Red Schoendienst9814321432120.301.346.717
Minnie Minoso399714191104.196.271.549
Doug Clemens489312221120.237.355.656
Jimmie Schaffer7066716061.242.301.604
Mike Shannon101532000.133.188.321
Gary Kolb61415000.357.400.757
Bob Burda71401001.071.235.307

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

1962 Cardinals roster: pitching

1962 St. Louis Cardinals 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.
Larry JacksonP363516113.75252.11121.310
Bob GibsonP323015132.85233.22081.151
Ernie BroglioP34301293.00222.11321.290
Ray WashburnP34251294.10175.21091.390
Curt SimmonsP312210103.51154.0741.290
Lindy McDanielP5523104.12107.0791.1714
Ray SadeckiP2217685.54102.1501.601
Bob DulibaP280202.0639.1221.272
Ed BautaP200105.0132.1251.521
Harvey BranchP11015.405.022.000

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.