1962 Chicago Cubs

59-103 • .364 Win% • 9th in NL

📊 Season Record

59 Wins
103 Losses
.364 Win %
9th Rank
632 R 827 RA
Diff -195

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632 Runs Scored
827 Runs Allowed
-195 Run Diff
593K Attendance

📈 vs. 1962 NL Average

Batting Avg .252 3% below the 1962 league average (.260)
OBP .317 3% below the 1962 league average (.326)
SLG .376 4% below the 1962 league average (.392)
Team ERA 4.54 15% worse than the 1962 league average (3.94)
Runs Scored 632 13% below the 1962 league average (728 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 593,068
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Avg per Game 7,321

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1962

Batting Avg

1 George Altman 0.318 2 Dick Bertell 0.302 3 Billy Williams 0.298 4 Don Landrum 0.282 5 Andre Rodgers 0.278

Home Runs

1 Ernie Banks 37 2 George Altman 22 3 Billy Williams 22 4 Ron Santo 17 5 Lou Brock 9

RBI

1 Ernie Banks 104 2 Billy Williams 91 3 Ron Santo 83 4 George Altman 74 5 Ken Hubbs 49
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ken Hubbs 160 661 90 172 24 9 5 49 35 129 3 0.260
Billy Williams 159 618 94 184 22 8 22 91 70 72 9 0.298
Ernie Banks 154 610 87 164 20 6 37 104 30 71 5 0.269
Ron Santo 162 604 44 137 20 4 17 83 65 94 4 0.227
George Altman 147 534 74 170 27 5 22 74 62 89 19 0.318
Andre Rodgers 138 461 40 128 20 8 5 44 44 93 5 0.278
Lou Brock 123 434 73 114 24 7 9 35 35 96 16 0.263
Don Landrum 83 238 29 67 5 2 1 15 30 31 9 0.282
Dick Bertell 77 215 19 65 6 2 2 18 13 30 0 0.302
Cuno Barragan 58 134 11 27 6 1 0 12 21 28 0 0.201
Moe Thacker 65 107 8 20 5 0 0 9 14 40 0 0.187
Bob Will 87 92 6 22 3 0 2 15 13 22 0 0.239
Jim McKnight 60 85 6 19 0 1 0 5 2 13 0 0.224
Bob Buhl 34 69 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 35 1 0.000
Cal Koonce 35 64 7 6 1 0 0 2 1 25 0 0.094
Dick Ellsworth 37 62 5 7 1 0 0 2 14 28 0 0.113
Don Cardwell 41 61 2 9 0 1 0 3 4 27 0 0.148
Alex Grammas 23 60 3 14 3 0 0 3 2 7 1 0.233
El Tappe 26 53 3 11 0 0 0 6 4 3 0 0.208
Elder White 23 53 4 8 2 0 0 1 8 11 3 0.151
Glen Hobbie 42 49 4 6 0 0 0 0 3 24 0 0.122
Nelson Mathews 15 49 5 15 2 0 2 13 5 4 3 0.306
Danny Murphy 14 35 5 7 3 1 0 3 2 9 0 0.200
Bobby Smith 13 29 3 5 0 0 1 2 2 6 0 0.172
Billy Ott 12 28 3 4 0 0 1 2 2 10 0 0.143
Bob Anderson 57 23 1 3 0 1 0 1 2 10 0 0.130
Daryl Robertson 9 19 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 10 0 0.105
Moe Morhardt 18 16 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 8 0 0.125
Sammy Taylor 7 15 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 0.133
Paul Toth 6 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.182
Don Elston 57 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Dave Gerard 39 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.375
Al Lary 23 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.167
Jim McAnany 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Tony Balsamo 18 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.200
Barney Schultz 51 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.000
Jack Curtis 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.250
Freddie Burdette 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
George Gerberman 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Morrie Steevens 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Brewer 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Don Prince 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack Warner 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1962

ERA

1 Don Elston 2.44 2 Bob Buhl 3.69 3 Barney Schultz 3.82 4 Cal Koonce 3.97 5 Paul Toth 4.24

Wins

1 Bob Buhl 12 2 Cal Koonce 10 3 Dick Ellsworth 9 4 Don Cardwell 7 5 Glen Hobbie 5

Strikeouts

1 Dick Ellsworth 113 2 Bob Buhl 109 3 Don Cardwell 104 4 Glen Hobbie 87 5 Cal Koonce 84
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bob Buhl 12 13 3.69 34 30 0 212.0 204 87 94 109
Dick Ellsworth 9 20 5.09 37 33 1 208.2 241 118 77 113
Don Cardwell 7 16 4.92 41 29 4 195.2 205 107 60 104
Cal Koonce 10 10 3.97 35 30 0 190.2 200 84 86 84
Glen Hobbie 5 14 5.22 42 23 0 162.0 198 94 62 87
Bob Anderson 2 7 5.02 57 4 4 107.2 111 60 60 82
Barney Schultz 5 5 3.82 51 0 5 77.2 66 33 23 58
Don Elston 4 8 2.44 57 0 8 66.1 57 18 32 37
Dave Gerard 2 3 4.91 39 0 3 58.2 67 32 28 30
Al Lary 0 1 7.15 15 3 0 34.0 42 27 15 18
Paul Toth 3 1 4.24 6 4 0 34.0 29 16 10 11
Tony Balsamo 0 1 6.44 18 0 0 29.1 34 21 20 27
Jack Curtis 0 2 3.50 4 3 0 18.0 18 7 6 8
Morrie Steevens 0 1 2.40 12 1 0 15.0 10 4 11 5
Freddie Burdette 0 0 3.72 8 0 1 9.2 5 4 8 5
Jack Warner 0 0 7.71 7 0 0 7.0 9 6 0 3
Jim Brewer 0 1 9.53 6 1 0 5.2 10 6 3 1
George Gerberman 0 0 1.69 1 1 0 5.1 3 1 5 1
Don Prince 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 1 0

👥 Roster (43)

George Altman Bob Anderson Tony Balsamo Ernie Banks Cuno Barragan Dick Bertell Jim Brewer Lou Brock Bob Buhl Freddie Burdette Don Cardwell Jack Curtis +31 more

43 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1962 Chicago Cubs

What was the 1962 Chicago Cubs record?
The 1962 Chicago Cubs finished 59-103 (.364 win pct).
Who led the 1962 Chicago Cubs in home runs?
Ernie Banks led the 1962 Chicago Cubs with 37 home runs.
What was the 1962 Chicago Cubs team ERA?
The 1962 Chicago Cubs posted a team ERA of 4.54.
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