1962 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1962 Pittsburgh Pirates season involved the team's 93–68 season, good for fourth place in the National League, eight games behind the NL Champion San Francisco Giants.

1962 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General manager(s)Joe L. Brown
Manager(s)Danny Murtaugh
Local televisionKDKA-TV
Bob Prince, Jim Woods
Local radioKDKA
Bob Prince, Paul Long, Jim Woods
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 10362 0.624 61–21 42–41
Los Angeles Dodgers 10263 0.618 1 54–29 48–34
Cincinnati Reds 9864 0.605 58–23 40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 9368 0.578 8 51–30 42–38
Milwaukee Braves 8676 0.531 15½ 49–32 37–44
St. Louis Cardinals 8478 0.519 17½ 44–37 40–41
Philadelphia Phillies 8180 0.503 20 46–34 35–46
Houston Colt .45s 6496 0.400 36½ 32–48 32–48
Chicago Cubs 59103 0.364 42½ 32–49 27–54
New York Mets 40120 0.250 60½ 22–58 18–62

Record vs. opponents

1962 National League Records

Sources:
Team CHC CIN HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago 4–147–114–148–109–910–84–146–127–11
Cincinnati 14–413–59–913–513–58–1013–57–118–10
Houston 11–75–136–127–1113–3–11–175–137–119–9–1
Los Angeles 14–49–912–610–816–214–410–810–117–11
Milwaukee 10–85–1311–78–1012–611–710–87–1112–6
New York 9–95–133–13–12–166–124–142–164–145–13
Philadelphia 8–1010–817–14–147–1114–47–105–139–9
Pittsburgh 14–45–1313–58–108–1016–210–77–1112–6
San Francisco 12–611–711–711–1011–714–413–511–79–9
St. Louis 11–710–89–9–111–76–1213–59–96–129–9

Game log

1962 Game Log: 93–68 (Home: 51–30; Away: 42–38)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Notable transactions

Roster

1962 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Statistics

Batting
Pitching

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Jets International League Larry Shepard
A Asheville Tourists Sally League Ray Hathaway
B Kinston Eagles Carolina League Harding "Pete" Peterson
C Grand Forks Chiefs Northern League Tom Saffell
D Kingsport Pirates Appalachian League Al Kubski
D Burlington Bees Midwest League James Adlam
D Batavia Pirates New York–Penn League Bob Clear

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kinston

Notes

References

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