1962 Houston Colt .45s season

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1962 Houston Colt .45s
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1962)
Location
Colt Stadium (Since 1962) Houston, Texas (Since 1962)
1962 Information
Owner(s)	Craig F. Cullinan, Jr. , Roy Hofheinz
General Manager(s)	Paul Richards
Manager(s)	Harry Craft
Local television	KTRK (Al Helfer, Gene Elston, Guy Savage)
Local radio	KPRC (AM) (Al Helfer, Gene Elston, Loel Passe)

The Houston Colt .45s' 1962 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Colt .45s attempting to win the National League.

Contents 1 Offseason 1.1 Expansion Draft 1.1.1 Regular phase 1.1.2 Premium phase 2 Regular season 2.1 Roster 2.2 Season standings 2.3 Game log 3 References

[edit] Offseason

[edit] Expansion Draft

[edit] Regular phase

$75,000 per player

• Eddie Bressoud, infielder, San Francisco Giants
• Bob Aspromonte, infielder, Los Angeles Dodgers
• Bob Lillis, infielder, St. Louis Cardinals
• Dick Drott, pitcher, Chicago Cubs
• Al Heist, outfielder, Chicago Cubs
• Roman Mejias, outfielder, Pittsburgh Pirates
• George Williams, infielder, Philadelphia Phillies
• Jesse Hickman, pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies
• Merritt Ranew, catcher, Milwaukee Braves
• Don Taussig, outfielder, St. Louis Cardinals
• Bobby Shantz, pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates
• Norm Larker, infielder, Los Angeles Dodgers
• Sam Jones, pitcher, San Francisco Giants
• Paul Roof, pitcher, Milwaukee Braves
• Ken Johnson, pitcher, Cincinnati Reds
• Dick Gernert, infielder, Cincinnati Reds
• Ed Olivares, infielder, St. Louis Cardinals
• Jim Umbricht, pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates
• Jim Golden, pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers

[edit] Premium phase

$125,000 per player

• Joe Amalfitano, infielder, San Francisco Giants
• Turk Farrell, pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers
• Hal Smith, catcher, Pittsburgh Pirates
• Al Spangler, outfielder, Milwaukee Braves

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Roster

1962 Houston Colt .45s roster view • talk • edit
Roster
Pitchers 30 Bob Bruce 43 Turk Farrell 34 Dave Giusti 35 Jim Golden 40 Ken Johnson 39 Russ Kemmerer 31 Don McMahon 44 Bobby Tiefenauer 32 Jim Umbricht 46 Hal Woodeshick		Catchers  9 Jim Campbell  7 Merritt Ranew  8 Hal Smith Infielders 11 Joey Amalfitano 14 Bob Aspromonte 27 Pidge Browne 16 Billy Goodman 18 J.C. Hartman 10 Norm Larker 15 Bob Lillis 26 Johnny Temple		Outfielders 22 Al Heist 25 Roman Mejias 23 Jim Pendleton 21 Al Spangler 20 Carl Warwick		Manager  1 Harry Craft Coaches  2 Jimmy Adair  3 Bobby Bragan  4 Jim Busby  5 Cot Deal  6 Lum Harris

[edit] Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
San Francisco Giants	103	62	--	.624
Los Angeles Dodgers	102	63	1	.618
Cincinnati Reds	98	64	3.5	.605
Pittsburgh Pirates	83	68	8	.578
Milwaukee Braves	86	76	15.5	.531
St. Louis Cardinals	84	78	17.5	.519
Philadelphia Phillies	81	80	20	.503
Houston Colt .45's	64	96	36.5	.400
Chicago Cubs	59	103	42.5	.364
New York Mets	40	120	60.5	.250

[edit] Game log

1962 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
May # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
June # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
July # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
August # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
September # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
October # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record

[edit] References

v • d • e 1962 MLB season by team American League Baltimore • Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Kansas City • Los Angeles • Minnesota • New York • Washington National League Chicago • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • Milwaukee • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • San Francisco • St. Louis 1962 All-Star Game • 1962 World Series

v • d • e Houston Astros Formerly the Houston Colt .45s • Based in Houston, Texas The Franchise History • Seasons • Records • Awards • Players • Managers and Owners • Broadcasters • All articles Ballparks Colt Stadium • Astrodome • Minute Maid Park Culture AstroTurf • Junction Jack • Lone Star Series • Crawford Boxes • Rainbow Guts • Houston Sports Curse Important Figures Jeff Bagwell • Craig Biggio • Nolan Ryan • Jimmy Wynn • Brad Ausmus • Bob Watson • Larry Dierker • Cesar Cedeno • José Cruz • Joe Niekro • Billy Wagner • Roy Oswalt • Lance Berkman • Roger Clemens • Mike Scott Retired Numbers 5 • 24 • 25 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 40 • 42 • 49 Key Personnel Owner: Drayton McLane, Jr. • General Manager: Ed Wade • Manager: Cecil Cooper National League Pennants (1) 2005 Division Titles Western: 1980 • 1986 • Central: 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2001 • Wild Card: 2004 • 2005 Minors Round Rock Express (AAA) • Corpus Christi Hooks (AA) • Salem Avalanche (A) • Lexington Legends (A) • Tri-City Valley Cats (A) • Greeneville Astros (Rookie)   Seasons (47) 1960s 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 1970s 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 1980s 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 1990s 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 2000s 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008