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Mike Bunch continues his 60s replay project with 1962

It’s looking like Replay Week at The APBA Blog.  First we had a great writeup from Scott Fennessy on his 1901 APBA replay (plus a World Series followup).  Now we’re turning the clocks ahead 61 years and taking a look at 1962.

Mike Bunch, our commissioner of the Illowa APBA League has just finished his 1962 replay.  While I grew up with 1970s baseball, Mike (right) is definitely a fan of the 60s.  It’s his goal, I think, to replay the decade.  Mike can confirm this but I believe he’s about halfway there.  He’s done at least four or five years already. 

One thing about Mike… he’s a wizard with baseball stats and a stickler for making sure they’re complete and accurate. He’s not just satisfied if the wins and losses add up correctly.  The hitting and pitching strikeouts, walks, hits everything better come out right, too.  Or he’ll find out where he went wrong. 

I asked Mike if I could share some of his data from his 1962 replay.  In his words, “Sure, it is toooo long a project not to share”.  Point well taken. 

What you see below is just a fraction of what he sent me.  Let’s start with the standings. 

Both the actual NL champions Giants and AL champions of 1962 duplicated their feat in Mike’s replay.  The NL had some big winners with two 100-win teams and two big losers with losses in triple digits.  The AL had more parity with the Yankees taking the AL with only 90 games. 

  National League Wins Losses PCT GB
1 San Francisco Giants 112 50 .691 0   
2 Cincinnati Reds 101 61 .623 11   
3 St. Louis Cardinals 94 68 .580 18   
4 Los Angeles Dodgers 89 75 .543 24   
5 Milwaukee Braves 87 75 .537 25   
6 Philadelphia Phillies 78 83 .484 33 1/2
7 Pittsburgh Pirates 78 83 .484 33 1/2
8 Chicago Cubs 60 102 .370 52   
9 Houston Colt 45s 56 105 .348 55 1/2
10 New York Mets 54 107 .335 57 1/2
    809 809    
           
  American League Wins Losses PCT GB
1 New York Yankees 90 72 .556 0   
2 Minnesota Twins 89 74 .546 1 1/2
3 Baltimore Orioles 88 74 .543 2   
4 Boston Red Sox 86 74 .538 3   
5 Detroit Tigers 85 76 .528 4 1/2
6 Chicago White Sox 79 83 .488 11   
7 Cleveland Indians 78 84 .481 12   
8 Los Angeles Angels 75 87 .463 15   
9 Washington Senators 73 89 .451 17   
10 Kansas City Athletics 66 96 .407 24   
    809 809    

 

Below are the leaderboards.  Mike had a question that maybe some of you can help with. 

Mike writes:

Thought you guys might like to see this.  I think Willie Mays wins the NL MVP and Harmon Killebrew the AL MVP.  The NL Cy Young should go to Billy O’Dell and the AL to Camile Pascual.  What do you guys think?  The World Series yet to come.

So take a look at the leaderboards and if you want place your votes in the comments section. 

 

1962     National          League
Player AVG Tm   Player SLG Tm   Player OBP Tm
Davis, T. .387 LAD   Mays, W. .720 SF   Musial, S. .443 STL
Mays, W. .351 SF   Robinson, F. .613 CIN   Robinson, F. .442 CIN
Musial, S. .349 STL   Davis, T. .567 LAD   Mays, W. .429 SF
Kuenn, H. .347 SF   Musial, S. .565 STL   Davis, T. .424 LAD
White, B. .343 STL   Demeter, D. .545 PHI   Williams, B. .411 CHC
Robinson, F. .340 CIN   Boyer, K. .544 STL   Kuenn, H. .407 SF
Davenport, J. .338 SF   Altman, G. .540 CHC   Mathews, E. .399 MIL
Clemente, R. .338 PIT   Callison, J. .535 PHI   Boyer, K. .391 STL
Williams, B. .325 CHC   Mathews, E. .535 MIL   Altman, G. .390 CHC
Boyer, K. .325 STL   Cepeda, O. .533 SF   White, B. .390 STL
                     
Player Runs Tm   Player Hits Tm   Player 2B Tm
Mays, W. 153 SF   Davis, T. 256 LAD   Robinson, F. 53 CIN
Robinson, F. 135 CIN   Mays, W. 223 SF   Mays, W. 45 SF
Wills, M. 132 LAD   Groat, D. 218 PIT   Groat, D. 41 PIT
Callison, J. 121 PHI   White, B. 215 STL   Cardenas, L. 37 CIN
Cepeda, O. 121 SF   Robinson, F. 207 CIN   Kuenn, H. 32 SF
White, B. 117 STL   Wills, M. 207 LAD   White, B. 31 STL
Aaron, H. 116 MIL   Boyer, K. 205 STL   Clemente, R. 31 PIT
Flood, C. 113 STL   Williams, B. 201 CHC   Boyer, K. 31 STL
Williams, B. 112 CHC   Cepeda, O. 201 SF   Flood, C. 31 STL
Boyer, K. 112 STL   Callison, J. 197 PHI   Mazeroski, B. 31 PIT
                     
Player 3B Tm   Player HR Tm   Player RBI Tm
Rodgers, A. 16 CHC   Mays, W. 55 SF   Mays, W. 176 SF
Virdon, B. 15 PIT   Cepeda, O. 39 SF   Robinson, F. 142 CIN
Mays, W. 12 SF   Demeter, D. 39 PHI   Cepeda, O. 140 SF
Blasingame, D. 11 CIN   Banks, E. 38 CHC   Davis, T. 137 LAD
Ranew, M. 11 HOU   Robinson, F. 33 CIN   Banks, E. 134 CHC
Hoak, D. 11 PIT   Mathews, E. 33 MIL   White, B. 133 STL
Williams, B. 10 CHC   Mejias, R. 33 HOU   Alou, F. 123 SF
Callison, J. 10 PHI   Aaron, H. 32 MIL   Davis, W. 120 LAD
Wills, M. 10 LAD   Boyer, K. 31 STL   Boyer, K. 116 STL
Mazeroski, B. 10 PIT   Howard, F. 31 LAD   Demeter, D. 114 PHI
                     
Player BB Tm   Player SO Tm   Player SB Tm
Mathews, E. 107 MIL   Jones, M. 123 MIL   Wills, M. 117 LAD
Gilliam, J. 97 LAD   Hubbs, K. 119 CHC   Javier, J. 32 STL
Robinson, F. 94 CIN   Santo, R. 118 CHC   Davis, W. 26 LAD
Skinner, B. 91 PIT   Stuart, D. 109 PIT   Savage, T. 25 PHI
Ashburn, R. 82 NYM   Howard, F. 107 LAD   Pinson, V. 24 CIN
Mays, W. 81 SF   Callison, J. 102 PHI   Clendenon, D. 21 PIT
Taylor, T. 81 PHI   Neal, C. 100 NYM   Gonzalez, T. 21 PHI
Williams, B. 79 CHC   Rodgers, A. 98 CHC   Brock, L. 19 CHC
Chacon, E, 76 NYM   Altman, G. 97 CHC   Robinson, F. 18 CIN
Aaron, H. 75 MIL   Demeter, D. 97 PHI   Aaron, H. 18 MIL
                     
Player HBP Tm   Player ERA Tm   Player W Tm
Roseboro, J. 20 LAD   Drysdale, D. 2.24 LAD   O’Dell, B. 27 SF
Demeter, D. 19 PHI   Shaw, B. 2.28 MIL   Drysdale, D. 24 LAD
Robinson, F. 16 CIN   O’Dell, B. 2.37 SF   Sanford, J. 24 SF
Jones, M. 15 MIL   Koufax, S. 2.69 LAD   Purkey, B. 23 CIN
Gonzalez, T. 14 PHI   Friend, B. 2.78 PIT   O’Toole, J. 21 CIN
Thomas, F. 12 NYM   Purkey, B. 2.85 CIN   Spahn, W. 20 MIL
Williams, B. 11 CHC   Hendley, B. 2.97 MIL   Friend, B. 19 PIT
Bailey, E. 10 SF   Spahn, W. 3.03 MIL   Marichal, J. 19 SF
Pinson, V. 9 CIN   O’Toole, J. 3.15 CIN   Jay, J. 19 CIN
Banks, E. 9 CHC   Sanford, J. 3.15 SF   Jackson, L. 19 STL
                     
Player SO Tm   Player SV Tm   Player SHO Tm
O’Dell, B. 202 SF   Face, R. 23 PIT   O’Dell, B. 6 SF
Gibson, B. 194 STL   Brosnan, J. 21 CIN   Spahn, W. 5 MIL
O’Toole, J. 193 CIN   Miller, S. 21 SF   Drysdale, D. 4 LAD
Mahaffey, A. 185 PHI   Baldschun, J. 20 PHI        
Drysdale, D. 178 LAD   Nottebart, D. 14 MIL   13 tied with 3  
Koufax, S. 175 LAD   Elston, D. 13 CHC        
Sanford, J. 174 SF   McDaniel, L. 12 STL        
Farrell, T. 170 HOU   McMahon, D. 11 HOU        
Johnson, K. 169 HOU   Perranoski, R. 10 LAD        
Podres, J. 166 LAD   Ferrarese, D. 9 STL        
                     
                     
1962     American          League
Player AVG Tm   Player SLG Tm   Player OBP Tm
Mantle, M. .365 NYY   Mantle, M. .653 NYY   Mantle, M. .522 NYY
Hinton, C. .335 WAS   Killebrew, H. .641 MIN   Cunningham, J. .428 CWS
Runnels, P. .333 BOS   Maris, R. .580 NYY   Runnels, P. .427 BOS
Power, V. .325 MIN   Allison, B. .569 MIN   Held, W. .421 CLE
Moran, B. .323 LAA   Romano, J. .554 CLE   Allison, B. .417 MIN
Yastrzemski, C. .321 BOS   Gentile, J. .553 BAL   Green, L. .406 MIN
Cunningham, J. .320 CWS   Thomas, L. .552 LAA   Colavito, R. .397 DET
Thomas, L. .319 LAA   Robinson, B. .550 BAL   Robinson, F. .397 CWS
Jimenez, M. .318 KCA   Hinton, C. .544 WAS   Hinton, C. .395 WAS
Charles, E. .317 KCA   Colavito, R. .521 DET   Siebern, N. .395 KCA
                     
Player Runs Tm   Player Hits Tm   Player 2B Tm
Green, L. 134 MIN   Moran, B. 228 LAA   Runnels, P. 42 BOS
Killebrew, H. 127 MIN   Yastrzemski, C. 217 BOS   Pearson, A. 40 LAA
Tresh, T. 126 NYY   Richardson, B. 208 NYY   Bressoud, E. 40 BOS
Maris, R. 123 NYY   Robinson, B. 204 BAL   Richardson, B. 39 NYY
Siebern, N. 120 KCA   Power, V. 203 MIN   Moran, B. 38 LAA
Landis, J. 118 CWS   Robinson, F. 193 CWS   Robinson, F. 37 CWS
Runnels, P. 113 BOS   Thomas, L. 192 LAA   Maris, R. 36 NYY
Rollins, R. 113 MIN   Siebern, N. 192 KCA   Yastrzemski, C. 35 BOS
Cash, N. 113 DET   Runnels, P. 191 BOS   Rodgers, B. 35 LAA
Moran, B. 112 LAA   Hinton, C. 188 WAS   Fox, N. 33 CWS
                     
Player 3B Tm   Player HR Tm   Player RBI Tm
Thomas, L. 16 LAA   Killebrew, H. 63 MIN   Killebrew, H. 170 MIN
Cimoli, G. 15 KCA   Gentile, J. 47 BAL   Maris, R. 147 NYY
Robinson, B. 12 BAL   Maris, R. 46 NYY   Robinson, B. 136 BAL
Landis, J. 12 CWS   Colavito, R. 37 DET   Siebern, N. 127 KCA
Allison, B. 11 MIN   Robinson, B. 36 BAL   Gentile, J. 127 BAL
McAuliffe, D. 10 DET   Allison, B. 35 MIN   Colavito, R. 126 DET
Allen, B. 10 MIN   Wagner, L. 35 LAA   Thomas, L. 119 LAA
        Mantle, M. 33 NYY   Yastrzemski, C. 117 BOS
7 Tied with 9     Romano, J. 33 CLE   Robinson, F. 114 CWS
        Cash, N. 33 DET   Rollins, R. 111 MIN
                     
Player BB Tm   Player SO Tm   Player SB Tm
Mantle, M. 127 NYY   Killebrew, H. 145 MIN   Aparicio, L. 48 CWS
Green, L. 112 MIN   Landis, J. 129 CWS   Landis, J. 33 CWS
Colavito, R. 112 DET   Wagner, L. 125 LAA   Wood, J. 29 DET
Killebrew, H. 110 MIN   Bressoud, E. 122 BOS   Tartabull, J. 23 KCA
Allison, B. 104 MIN   Skowron, B. 119 NYY   Hinton, C. 21 WAS
Cash, N. 101 DET   Kindall, J. 115 CLE   Charles, E. 19 KCA
Cunningham, J. 97 CWS   Boyer, C. 112 NYY   Cottier, C. 18 WAS
Runnels, P. 92 BOS   Allison, B. 108 MIN   Geiger, G. 16 BOS
Tresh, T. 91 NYY   Gentile, J. 107 BAL   Yastrzemski, C. 15 BOS
Pearson, A. 91 LAA   Adair, J. 95 BAL   Howser, D. 14 KCA
                     
Player HBP Tm   Player ERA Tm   Player W Tm
Held, W. 23 CLE   Pascual, C. 2.13 MIN   Pascual, C. 22 MIN
Cash, N. 20 DET   Aguirre, H. 2.42 DET   Ford, W. 21 NYY
Jimenez, M. 16 KCA   Ford, W. 2.69 NYY   Terry, R. 21 NYY
Luplow, A. 9 CLE   Chance, D. 3.12 LAA   Aguirre, H. 20 DET
Rollins, R. 9 MIN   Terry, R. 3.23 NYY   Bunning, J. 20 DET
Pagliaroni, J. 8 BOS   Roberts, R. 3.25 BAL   Conley, G. 19 BOS
Gentile, J. 8 BAL   Bunning, J. 3.28 DET   Donovan, D. 18 CLE
Allison, B. 7 MIN   Herbert, R. 3.28 CWS   Kaat, J. 16 MIN
Maris, R. 7 NYY   Monboquette, B. 3.37 BOS   Estrada, C. 16 BAL
5 Tied with 6     Kaat, J. 3.41 MIN   Chance, D. 15 LAA
                     
Player SO Tm   Player SV Tm   Player SHO Tm
Terry, R. 179 NYY   Wilhelm, H. 35 BAL   Donovan, D. 6 CLE
Pascual, C. 177 MIN   Radatz, D. 27 BOS   Ford, W. 5 NYY
Bunning, J. 172 DET   Fox, T. 20 DET   Terry, R. 4 NYY
Kralick, J. 172 MIN   Funk, F. 14 CLE   Lee, D. (1/2) 3 MIN
Estrada, C. 170 BAL   Bridges, M. 14 NYY   Pascual, C. 3 MIN
Pizarro, J. 167 CWS   Morgan, T. 13 LAA   Aguirre, H. 3 DET
Kaat, J. 160 MIN   Lown, T. 12 CWS   Bunning, J. 3 DET
Latman, B. 151 CLE   Moore, R. 9 MIN   Kaat, J. 3 MIN
Conley, G. 150 BOS   Fisher, E. 8 CWS   Conley, G. 3 BOS
Belinsky, B. 150 LAA   Hall, D. 7 BAL   Cheney, T. 3 WAS

 

Send us an update on the World Series, Mike.  Go NL!!  Say Hey!

Thomas Nelshoppen

I am an IT consultant by day and an APBA media mogul by night. My passions are baseball (specifically Illini baseball), photography and of course, APBA. I have been fortunate to be part of the basic game Illowa APBA League since 1980 as well as a frequent participant of the Chicagoland APBA Tournament. I am slogging through a 1966 NL replay and hope to finish before I die.

3 Comments:

  1. Thomas Nelshoppen
    August 3, 2012 at 5:39 pm

    Dear Leader,

    Yeah, Mays for NL MVP. Drysdale is close but I’d give NL CY to Billy.

    Wow, Mantle led in BA, SLG, and OBP. Without bothering to look it up, I’m assuming his playing time was down. But yeah, with 63 HR, gotta give it to Killebrew. Pascual is a gimme.

    Great stuff and your spreadsheet was amazing.
    Tom

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  2. Mel M
    August 8, 2012 at 9:37 am

    Great to see killebrew hit 63 in your replay. In my ’67 MG replay thru may 28 he has hit 13 HR. In the 5 game series against KC he hit 2 HR in game 1, 3 in game 4 and topped off a 4 hit day with his 6th HR off the series. Killebrew has 9 HR in 9 games against KC.

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  3. Michael Nielsen
    August 12, 2012 at 8:17 pm

    Mays is the clear choice for MVP, but Big D should be the Cy winner…If Drysdale had gotten the SF hitting, might have won 30…

    Mantle should be the MVP & Camilo for the CY.

    Enjoyed your stats…Doc

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