1962 Milwaukee Braves season


The 1962 Milwaukee Braves season was the tenth for the franchise in Milwaukee and 92nd overall.
The fifth-place Braves finished the season with a record, 15½ games behind the National League champion The home attendance at County Stadium eighth in the ten-team National League. It was the Braves' first season under one million
After this season in November, owner Lou Perini sold the franchise for $5.5 million to a Chicago group led by 34-year-old insurance executive Perini retained a 10% interest in the club and sat on the board of directors for a number of years.
Ten years after the final television broadcasts in Boston, broadcasts of Braves games returned to a new channel, WTMJ-TV, giving Milwaukee television viewers a chance to watch the games at home.

Offseason

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C107350104.297845
1B12139197.2482978
2B122406110.271943
SS137468115.2461241
3B152536142.2652990
LF7921461.285524
CF156592191.32345128
RF9133385.2551036

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
9934985.2441041
14133477.231838
8022062.282526
7620943.206320
5014628.192216
5813827.19602
6111733.282213
347923.29107
336416.25018
204712.25502
6132.15400
11121.08302
880.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
34269.118143.04118
382251592.80124
3520011133.60112
120122.501

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
37143.21094.8959
24111834.3069
1786.2343.0169
1452324.8528
931202.6122
318112.0012

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGWLSVERASO
392223.2336
304414.1640
302515.4040
292345.3029
2655102.7440
20106.003

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville