1962 Texas Rangers roster

32 players appeared for the Texas Rangers in the 1962 MLB season.

1962 Rangers roster: batting

1962 Texas Rangers 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.
Chuck Hinton15154273168177528.310.361.834
Jim Piersall1354713811543112.244.301.630
Bob Johnson1354665813412439.288.334.750
Chuck Cottier1364435010764014.242.310.651
Harry Bright1133925510717672.273.319.781
Ken Retzer10934036978372.285.334.734
Jim King132333398111354.243.353.740
Ken Hamlin9829229743227.253.303.628
Bob Schmidt88256286210310.242.281.695
Danny O'connell8423624622185.263.327.662
Don Lock71225305712374.253.336.794
Johnny Schaive8222520576290.253.270.679
Bud Zipfel6818421446211.239.307.676
Joe Hicks10217420396143.224.286.659
Ed Brinkman54133822041.165.228.461
John Kennedy1442611120.262.295.676
Ron Stillwell62256020.273.333.606

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

1962 Rangers roster: pitching

1962 Texas Rangers 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.
Dave StenhouseSP342611123.65197.01231.310
Tom CheneyP3723793.17173.11471.331
Bennie DanielsP44217164.85161.1661.492
Claude OsteenP28228133.65150.1591.241
Pete BurnsideP40205114.45149.2741.362
Steve HamiltonP4110383.77107.1831.322
Marty KutynaP540564.0478.0251.410
Ed HobaughP262213.7669.1371.311
Jim HannanP423243.3168.0391.544
Ray RippelmeyerP181125.4939.1171.630
Joe McClainP104049.3824.061.830
Carl BouldinP63125.8520.0121.750
Jack JenkinsP31014.0513.1101.430
Bob BairdP33016.7510.231.970
Fred GreenP50016.437.021.860

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.