1962 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1962
misc =

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current league = National League
y1 = 1892
Uniform
ballpark = Busch Stadium I
y4 = 1920
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1882
owners = August "Gussie" Busch
managers = Johnny Keane
television = KPLR
radio = KMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola)
espntn = stl
brtn = stlThe St. Louis Cardinals 1962 season was the team's 81st season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 71st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 84-78 during the season and finished 6th in the NL, 17½ games behind the San Francisco Giants. With the additions of the Houston Colt .45s and the New York Mets through the NL's first expansion, 1962 also marked the first 162-game season for the Cardinals.

Pitcher Bobby Shantz and first baseman Bill White won Gold Gloves this year.

Offseason

*October 24, 1961: Red Schoendienst was released by the St. Louis Cardinals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schoere01.shtml Red Schoendienst Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*November 27, 1961: Minnie Miñoso was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joe Cunningham. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/minosmi01.shtml Minnie Minoso Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

tandings

Roster

Starting pitchers

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1962.shtml 1962 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1962&t=SLN 1962 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]