On This Day

Monday, June 4, 1962

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 27 19 .587 --
Indians 27 19 .587 --
Twins 29 22 .569 0.5
Tigers 26 20 .565 1.0
Angels 25 22 .532 2.5
White Sox 26 25 .510 3.5
Athletics 24 27 .471 5.5
Orioles 23 26 .469 5.5
Red Sox 19 27 .413 8.0
Senators 14 33 .298 13.5

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 39 15 .722 --
Dodgers 37 17 .685 2.0
Reds 29 18 .617 6.5
Pirates 28 20 .583 8.0
Cardinals 24 24 .500 12.0
Braves 24 27 .471 13.5
Colt .45's 21 29 .420 16.0
Phillies 19 31 .380 18.0
Cubs 16 34 .320 21.0
Mets 12 34 .261 23.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Tommy Davis 2
1 Wally Moon 2
1 Maury Wills 2
4 Larry Burright 1
4 8 others tied 1

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jacke Davis 1
1 Wally Moon 1
1 John Roseboro 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jacke Davis 3
2 Wally Moon 2
3 Tommy Davis 1
3 Ron Fairly 1
3 John Roseboro 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Maury Wills 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Sandy Koufax 2.60
2 Art Mahaffey 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sandy Koufax 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Sandy Koufax 13
2 Jack Hamilton 5
3 Jack Baldschun 2
4 Art Mahaffey 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Manny Jimenez .362
2 Billy Williams .359
3 Chuck Essegian .347
4 Orlando Cepeda .341
5 Felipe Alou .340

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Willie Mays 19
2 Orlando Cepeda 15
2 Jim Gentile 15
4 Ernie Banks 14
4 Norm Cash 14

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tommy Davis 56
2 Orlando Cepeda 52
3 Willie Mays 47
4 Vada Pinson 40
5 2 tied 39

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Maury Wills 28
2 Dick Howser 16
3 Jake Wood 13
4 Luis Aparicio 12
4 Willie Davis 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Shaw 1.90
2 Jim Golden 2.38
3 Juan Marichal 2.46
4 Bo Belinsky 2.53
5 Turk Farrell 2.63

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Purkey 9
2 Dick Donovan 8
2 Don Drysdale 8
2 Joey Jay 8
2 3 others tied 8

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Sandy Koufax 123
2 Don Drysdale 65
3 Ken Johnson 64
4 Bob Gibson 63
4 Camilo Pascual 63

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Stu Miller 9
1 Dick Radatz 9
3 Jack Baldschun 8
4 Hoyt Wilhelm 7
5 3 tied 6

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ron Fairly .434
2 Smoky Burgess .429
3 Tommy Davis .415
4 Billy Williams .404
5 Willie Mays .404

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Willie Mays 8
2 Rocky Colavito 6
2 Jim Gentile 6
4 Chico Fernandez 5
4 Roman Mejias 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tommy Davis 21
2 Willie Mays 19
3 Ron Fairly 17
4 Manny Jimenez 15
5 4 tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Maury Wills 10
2 Felipe Alou 5
2 Dick Howser 5
2 Roman Mejias 5
2 Frank Robinson 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Steve Hamilton 0.00
2 Earl Wilson 0.86
3 Claude Osteen 1.06
3 Bill Stafford 1.06
5 Stu Miller 1.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sandy Koufax 4
2 Don Drysdale 3
2 Paul Foytack 3
2 Joey Jay 3
2 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Sandy Koufax 49
2 Chuck Estrada 20
2 Camilo Pascual 20
2 Jack Sanford 20
5 Don Drysdale 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Stu Miller 6
2 Gary Bell 3
2 Diomedes Olivo 3
2 Ron Perranoski 3
5 8 tied 2

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Billy Williams .413
2 Ron Fairly .392
3 Dick Groat .369
4 Lee Thomas .366
5 2 tied .363

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Altman 11
1 Willie Mays 11
3 Chuck Essegian 10
3 Jim Gentile 10
5 3 tied 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tommy Davis 31
2 George Altman 26
2 Willie Mays 26
2 Roman Mejias 26
2 2 others tied 26

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Maury Wills 18
2 Willie Davis 8
2 Dick Howser 8
2 Jake Wood 8
5 2 tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Claude Osteen 1.05
2 Billy O'Dell 1.87
3 Warren Spahn 1.88
4 Juan Marichal 1.94
5 Vern Law 1.97

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Don Drysdale 5
1 Joey Jay 5
1 Bob Purkey 5
1 Dave Wickersham 5
5 12 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Sandy Koufax 68
2 Bo Belinsky 41
2 Camilo Pascual 41
4 Turk Farrell 39
4 Bob Gibson 39

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Stu Miller 7
2 Dick Radatz 5
3 Diomedes Olivo 4
3 Ron Perranoski 4
3 2 others tied 4

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Vada Pinson .345
2 Roberto Clemente .338
3 Norm Cash .336
4 Orlando Cepeda .334
5 Al Kaline .332

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Roger Maris 55
2 Willie Mays 49
3 Jim Gentile 48
4 Mickey Mantle 47
5 Orlando Cepeda 46

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Orlando Cepeda 157
2 Willie Mays 140
3 Rocky Colavito 134
4 Jim Gentile 132
4 Roger Maris 132

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Maury Wills 56
2 Luis Aparicio 53
3 Dick Howser 41
4 Jake Wood 34
5 2 tied 21

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dick Donovan 2.43
2 Ralph Terry 2.85
3 Milt Pappas 2.95
4 Bill Stafford 2.97
5 Curt Simmons 3.05

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joey Jay 23
2 Warren Spahn 22
3 Whitey Ford 21
4 Bob Purkey 20
4 Ralph Terry 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Sandy Koufax 320
2 Juan Pizarro 228
3 Camilo Pascual 227
4 Whitey Ford 199
5 Jim Bunning 190

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Luis Arroyo 25
2 Stu Miller 24
3 Hoyt Wilhelm 17
4 Roy Face 16
5 Ray Moore 15