The Giants, perennial pre-season favorites, broke through and won a pennant after a terrific pennant race that ended in a Giants-Dodgers tie necessitating a three-game playoff. LA was in first place from July 8 to the end of the season, when the Giants overtook them. Expansion brought the NL to 10 teams with the addition of Houston and New York, bringing the NL back to the Big Apple. The Giants, Dodgers, defending champion Reds (in spite of the loss of 3B Gene Freese to injury) and 1960 winners Pirates were all in the thick of the race, with Milwaukee falling to 5th, St. Louis in 6th and Philadelphia 7th, all over .500. That was a fast swing for the Phils after a horrible 1961. Houston's Colt '45s lost 96 games, but finished ahead of the Cubs and their 103 losses, and well ahead of the Mets' 120 losses. The Dodgers opened their stadium at Chavez Ravine, and ushered in a new era for pitchers.
Tommy Davis won the batting title with a .346 mark, four points ahead of Frank Robinson at .342. Davis also led in RBI with 153, while Robinson led in OPS, on-base and slugging, as well as doubles with 51 and runs with 134. Willie Mays led in home runs with 49, followed by Hank Aaron with 45. Maury Wills set a record with 104 steals and won the MVP for his trouble. There was a four-way tie for the triples lead at 10 that included Wills and Davis as well as Johnny Callison and Bill Virdon.
Don Drysdale led in wins with 25, followed by Jack Sanford at 24 and Bob Purkey at 23. Joey Jay won 21 for the second straight year. Sandy Koufax led in ERA with a 2.54 mark despite missing six weeks with an injury. Bob Shaw was second at 2.80. Drysdale also led in strikeouts with 232, followed by Koufax at 216. Elroy Face led in saves with 28.
Win Shares leaders, players; Frank Robinson (Cincinnati) and Willie Mays (San Francisco) 41, Tommy Davis (Los Angeles) 36, Hank Aaron (Milwaukee) 34, Maury Wills (Los Angeles) 32, Johnny Callison (Philadelphia) 27, Vada Pinson (Cincinnati), Willie Davis (Los Angeles), Eddie Mathews (Milwaukee), Bob Skinner (Pittsburgh), and Orlando Cepeda (San Francisco) 26, Frank Howard (Los Angeles), Don Demeter (Philadelphia) and Felipe Alou (San Francisco) 25, Jim Gilliam (Los Angeles) and Bill Mazeroski (Pittsburgh) 23, Ken Boyer, Curt Flood and Bill White (St. Louis) 22.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Bob Purkey (Cincinnati) 26, Don Drysdale (Los Angeles) 24, Warren Spahn (Milwaukee) 23, Bob Friend (Pittsburgh) and Bob Gibson (St. Louis) 21, Bob Shaw (Milwaukee), Roy Face (Pittsburgh) and Jack Sanford (San Francisco) 20, Joey Jay (Cincinnati), Turk Farrell (Houston) and Juan Marichal (San Francisco) 19.
WARP3 leaders, position players: Mays 10.8, Aaron and Robinson 9.4, Leo Cardenas (Cincinnati) 7.9, Davis 7.1, Mathews 6.8, Wills 6.4, W. Davis 6.1, Demeter 5.5, Clay Dalrymple (Philadelphia) 5.1, Boyer 4.9.
WARP3 leaders, pitchers: Farrell 9.4, Gibson 8.2, Spahn 7.5, Drysdale and Ernie Broglio (St. Louis) 6.3, Purkey 5.8, Friend 5.6, Face and Don McMahon (Houston) 5.5, Art Mahaffey (Philadelphia) 5.4, Shaw 4.8.
WAR leaders, position players (fWAR): Mays 11.1, Robinson 8.8, Aaron 8.7, Davis 6.4, Callison and Mathews 6.2, Wills 6.0, Boyer and Davis 5.8, Alou 5.3, White 5.0, Cardenas and Davenport 4.7, Altman 4.5, Pinson 4.4, Flood 4.3. Pitchers (bWAR): Farrell 7.4, Purkey 7.2, Broglio 6.1, Gibson 6.0, Friend and Spahn 5.9, Drysdale 5.7, Shaw 5.4, Jay 5.0, Francis 4.5, Koufax and O'Toole 4.4.
Actual award winners:
MVP (top 25): | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+-----+-----+---
1 Maury Wills LAD 8 209 280 0.75 | 695 208 6 .299 .720 104
2 Willie Mays SFG 7 202 280 0.72 | 621 189 49 .304 .999 18
3 Tommy Davis LAD 3 175 280 0.62 | 665 230 27 .346 .910 18
4 Frank Robinson CIN 2 164 280 0.59 | 609 208 39 .342 1.045 18
5 Don Drysdale LAD 0 85 280 0.30 | 111 22 0 .198 .498 0| 25-9 314 2.83 1.114 232 1
6 Hank Aaron MLN 0 72 280 0.26 | 592 191 45 .323 1.008 15
7 Jack Sanford SFG 0 62 280 0.22 | 98 15 0 .153 .366 0| 24-7 265 3.43 1.225 147
8 Bob Purkey CIN 0 33 280 0.12 | 107 11 2 .103 .311 0| 23-5 288 2.81 1.124 141
9 Frank Howard LAD 0 32 280 0.11 | 493 146 31 .296 .906 1
10 Stan Musial STL 0 19 280 0.07 | 433 143 19 .330 .924 3
11 Jose Pagan SFG 0 13 280 0.05 | 580 150 7 .259 .671 13
12 Don Demeter PHI 0 12 280 0.04 | 550 169 29 .307 .879 2
13 Felipe Alou SFG 0 10 280 0.04 | 561 177 25 .316 .869 10
13 Bill White STL 0 10 280 0.04 | 614 199 20 .324 .868 9
15 Orlando Cepeda SFG 0 9 280 0.03 | 625 191 35 .306 .865 10
16 Dick Groat PIT 0 7 280 0.02 | 678 199 2 .294 .686 2
17 Roberto Clemente PIT 0 6 280 0.02 | 538 168 10 .312 .805 6
18 Ernie Banks CHC 0 5 280 0.02 | 610 164 37 .269 .809 5
18 Ken Boyer STL 0 5 280 0.02 | 611 178 24 .291 .838 12
18 Johnny Callison PHI 0 5 280 0.02 | 603 181 23 .300 .854 10
18 Harvey Kuenn SFG 0 5 280 0.02 | 487 148 10 .304 .799 3
22 Juan Marichal SFG 0 4 280 0.01 | 89 21 0 .236 .513 0| 18-11 263 3.36 1.230 153 1
22 Bob Skinner PIT 0 4 280 0.01 | 510 154 20 .302 .899 10
24 Jim Davenport SFG 0 3 280 0.01 | 485 144 14 .297 .813 2
24 Sandy Koufax LAD 0 3 280 0.01 | 69 6 1 .087 .243 0| 14-7 184 2.54 1.036 216 1
A virtual dead heat between Wills and Mays, with T. Davis and F. Robinson close behind. The MVP race was about as close as the pennant race.
Cy Young: | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+------+---+-----+-----
1 Don Drysdale LAD 14 14 20 0.70 | 25-9 314 2.83 1.114 232 1
2 Jack Sanford SFG 4 4 20 0.20 | 24-7 265 3.43 1.225 147
3 Billy Pierce SFG 1 1 20 0.05 | 16-6 162 3.49 1.121 76 1
3 Bob Purkey CIN 1 1 20 0.05 | 23-5 288 2.81 1.124 141
Rookie: | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+-----+----+---+
1 Ken Hubbs CHC 19 19 20 0.95 | 661 172 5 .260 .646 3
2 Donn Clendenon PIT 1 1 20 0.05 | 222 67 7 .302 .853 16
Top player: Willie Mays. The voters were swayed by Wills' steals total, and while he played well, he couldn't match Mays. Willie's season was pretty normal for his career, but his team also won.
#1 Willie Mays, #2 Frank Robinson, #3 Hank Aaron, #4 Tommy Davis, #5 Maury Wills, #6 Johnny Callison.
Top pitcher: Don Drysdale, wins and strikeouts leader.
#1 Don Drysdale, #2 Bob Gibson, #3 Turk Farrell, #4 Bob Purkey, #5 Warren Spahn.
Top rookie: Ken Hubbs, Cub second sacker, was the best of an uninspiring lot.
Top manager: Al Dark. Gotta be the manager for the winners.
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