1962 Houston Colt .45's

64-96 • 0.400 Win% • 8th in NL

📊 Season Record

64 Wins
96 Losses
0.400 Win %
8th Rank
592 R 717 RA
Diff -125

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592 Runs Scored
717 Runs Allowed
-125 Run Diff
926K Attendance

📈 vs. 1962 NL Average

Batting Avg .246 5% below the 1962 league average (.260)
OBP .307 5% below the 1962 league average (.324)
SLG .303 11% below the 1962 league average (.339)
Team ERA 3.83 3% better than the 1962 league average (3.94)
Runs Scored 592 19% below the 1962 league average (728 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumColt Stadium
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Home Games 82
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Total Attendance 926,686
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Avg per Game 11,301

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Roman Mejias 0.286 2 Al Spangler 0.285 3 Bob Aspromonte 0.266 4 Johnny Temple 0.263 5 Norm Larker 0.263

Home Runs

1 Roman Mejias 24 2 Carl Warwick 16 3 Hal Smith 12 4 Bob Aspromonte 11 5 Norm Larker 9

RBI

1 Roman Mejias 76 2 Norm Larker 63 3 Carl Warwick 60 4 Bob Aspromonte 59 5 Jim Pendleton 36
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Roman Mejias 146 566 82 162 0 0 24 76 30 83 12 0.286
Bob Aspromonte 149 534 59 142 0 0 11 59 46 54 4 0.266
Norm Larker 147 506 58 133 0 0 9 63 70 47 1 0.263
Carl Warwick 130 477 63 124 0 0 16 60 38 77 2 0.260
Bob Lillis 129 457 38 114 0 0 1 30 28 23 7 0.249
Al Spangler 129 418 51 119 0 0 5 35 70 46 7 0.285
Joey Amalfitano 117 380 44 90 0 0 1 27 45 43 4 0.237
Hal Smith 109 345 32 81 0 0 12 35 24 55 0 0.235
Jim Pendleton 117 321 30 79 0 0 8 36 14 57 0 0.246
Merritt Ranew 71 218 26 51 0 0 4 24 14 43 2 0.234
Billy Goodman 82 161 12 41 0 0 0 10 12 11 0 0.255
J C Hartman 51 148 11 33 0 0 0 5 4 16 1 0.223
Pidge Browne 65 100 8 21 0 0 1 10 13 9 0 0.210
Johnny Temple 31 95 14 25 0 0 0 12 7 11 1 0.263
Jim Campbell 27 86 6 19 0 0 3 6 6 23 0 0.221
Don Buddin 40 80 10 13 0 0 2 10 17 17 0 0.163
Turk Farrell 43 78 3 14 0 0 2 3 0 28 0 0.179
Al Heist 27 72 4 16 0 0 0 3 3 9 0 0.222
Bob Bruce 32 55 8 11 0 0 0 7 12 14 0 0.200
Jim Golden 43 54 7 12 0 0 0 8 1 6 0 0.222
Dave Roberts 16 53 3 13 0 0 1 10 8 8 0 0.245
Ken Johnson 33 52 1 4 0 0 0 3 1 24 0 0.077
Hal Woodeshick 31 37 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 15 0 0.081
Bob Cerv 19 31 2 7 0 0 2 3 2 10 0 0.226
John Weekly 13 26 3 5 0 0 2 2 7 4 0 0.192
Don Taussig 16 25 1 5 0 0 1 1 2 11 0 0.200
Dick Gernert 10 24 1 5 0 0 0 1 5 7 0 0.208
Dave Giusti 26 24 3 7 0 0 0 1 2 7 0 0.292
George Brunet 17 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0.059
Dean Stone 15 16 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0.250
Ron Davis 6 14 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 0.214
Ernie Fazio 12 12 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0.083
Don McMahon 51 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.083
Jim Busby 15 11 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0.182
Russ Kemmerer 36 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.333
Bobby Tiefenauer 43 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.111
Jim Umbricht 34 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.111
Bobby Shantz 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
George Williams 5 8 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.375
Dick Drott 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Red Witt 8 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
John Anderson 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Al Cicotte 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Don McMahon 1.53 2 Jim Umbricht 2.01 3 Turk Farrell 3.02 4 Ken Johnson 3.84 5 Bob Bruce 4.06

Wins

1 Bob Bruce 10 2 Turk Farrell 10 3 Jim Golden 7 4 Ken Johnson 7 5 Russ Kemmerer 5

Strikeouts

1 Turk Farrell 203 2 Ken Johnson 178 3 Bob Bruce 135 4 Jim Golden 88 5 Hal Woodeshick 82
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Turk Farrell 10 20 3.02 43 29 4 241.2 55 203
Ken Johnson 7 16 3.84 33 31 0 197.0 46 178
Bob Bruce 10 9 4.06 32 27 0 175.0 82 135
Jim Golden 7 11 4.07 37 18 1 152.2 50 88
Hal Woodeshick 5 16 4.39 31 26 0 139.1 54 82
Bobby Tiefenauer 2 4 4.34 43 0 1 85.0 21 60
Don McMahon 5 5 1.53 51 0 8 76.2 33 69
Dave Giusti 2 3 5.62 22 5 0 73.2 30 43
Russ Kemmerer 5 3 4.10 36 2 3 68.0 15 23
Jim Umbricht 4 0 2.01 34 0 2 67.0 17 55
George Brunet 2 4 4.50 17 11 0 54.0 21 36
Dean Stone 3 2 4.47 15 7 0 52.1 20 31
Bobby Shantz 1 1 1.31 3 3 0 20.2 5 14
John Anderson 0 0 5.09 10 0 0 17.2 3 6
Red Witt 0 2 7.04 8 2 0 15.1 9 10
Dick Drott 1 0 7.62 6 1 0 13.0 9 10
Al Cicotte 0 0 3.86 5 0 0 4.2 1 4

👥 Roster (43)

Joey Amalfitano John Anderson Bob Aspromonte Pidge Browne Bob Bruce George Brunet Don Buddin Jim Busby Jim Campbell Bob Cerv Al Cicotte Ron Davis +31 more

43 players

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