1963 NL PREDICTIONS AND PREVIEWS MY PREDICTIONS SPORTING NEWS SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 1. Los Angeles Los Angeles San Francisco 2. St. Louis San Francisco Cincinnati 3. San Francisco Cincinnati Los Angeles 4. Cincinnati St. Louis St. Louis 5. Milwaukee Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 6. Pittsburgh Milwaukee Milwaukee 7. Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia 8. Chicago Houston Chicago 9. Houston Chicago Houston 10. New York New York New York San Francisco (104-58 .642, 2 GA) Manager: Alvin Dark, 3rd year, 189-127 1b Orlando Cepeda (.298 35 114) 2b Chuck Hiller (.281 4 52) 3b Jim Davenport (.309 14 58) ss Jose Pagan (.262 7 59) lf Willie Mc Covey (.294 19 58) cf Willie Mays (.315 45 138) rf Felipe Alou (.328 27 99) c Tom Haller (.281 20 60) sp Jack Sanford (24-6 3.45) sp Juan Marichal (21-9 3.08) sp Billy Pierce (15-5 3.77) sp Billy O'Dell (19-14 3.39) sp Jack Fisher (7-9 5.09) with Baltimore rp Bob Bolin (8-2 3.70) rp Don Larsen (4-5 5.10) Los Angeles (102-60 .630, 2 GB) Manager: Walter Alston, 10th year, 799-596 1b Bill Skowron (.270 23 80) with New York (AL) 2b Jim Gilliam (.278 5 45) 3b Tommy Davis (.349 25 141) ss Maury Wills (.293 6 48) 95 steals lf Ron Fairly (.282 14 73) cf Willie Davis (.285 23 88) 32 steals rf Frank Howard (.303 30 109) c John Roseboro (.234 7 53) sp Don Drysdale (27-9 2.78) 240 SO sp Sandy Koufax (17-6 1.88) 230 SO sp Johnny Podres (15-12 3.79) rp Ron Perranoski (4-5 2.77) 17 SV rp Ed Roebuck (7-1 3.06) rp Larry Sherry (8-3 3.05) rp Pete Richert (5-4 4.20) Cincinnati (97-65 .599, 7 GB) Manager: Fred Hutchinson, 5th year, 296-248 with Cinn,683-703 total 1b Gordy Coleman (.287 27 90) 2b Don Blasingame (.285 2 37) 3b Gene Freese (.143 0 1) ss Leo Cardenas (.297 9 61) lf Tommy Harper (.174 0 1) cf Vada Pinson (.306 24 94) 26 steals rf Frank Robinson (.334 40 139) 20 steals c Johnny Edwards (.260 7 52) sp Bob Purkey (23-6 3.13) sp Joey Jay (20-14 4.04) sp Jim O'Toole (14-14 3.67) sp Jim Maloney (9-6 3.25) sp Joe Nuxhall (4-0 3.14) rp Jim Owens (1-5 6.35) with Philadelphia rp Bill Henry (4-2 4.24) rp Jim Brosnan (6-5 3.52) Pittsburgh (93-68 .578, 10 ½ GB) Manager: Danny Murtaugh, 7th year, 451-377 1b Donn Clendenon (.293 7 33) 2b Bill Mazeroski (.278 14 83) 3b Bob Bailey (.167 0 6) ss Dick Schofield (.321 2 14) lf Bob Skinner (.303 20 78) cf Bill Virdon (.254 5 47) rf Roberto Clemente (.307 9 73) c Jim Pagliaroni (.258 11 37) with Boston sp Bob Friend (17-14 3.18) sp Al Mc Bean (16-9 3.36) sp Earl Francis (9-9 2.96) sp Vern Law (7-7 4.33) sp Don Cardwell (8-14 4.90) with Chicago (NL) rp Roy Face (6-7 1.67) 23 SV rp Harvey Haddix (10-6 4.09) rp Tom Sturdivant (10-4 3.73) Milwaukee (88-74 .543, 16 GB) Manager: Bobby Bragan, 1st year, 133-191 total 1b Norm Larker (.288 13 67) with Houston 2b Frank Bolling (.266 9 38) 3b Eddie Mathews (.267 32 96) ss Roy Mc Millan (.232 10 40) lf Lee Maye (.250 12 48) cf Mack Jones (.246 8 34) rf Hank Aaron (.319 49 121) c Joe Torre (.257 5 24) sp Warren Spahn (17-14 3.00) sp Bob Shaw (13-11 3.08) sp Lou Burdette (11-7 4.27) sp Tony Cloninger (10-3 4.41) sp Bob Hendley (11-12 3.90) rp Claude Raymond (7-5 3.00) rp Denny Lemaster (5-4 3.36) St. Louis (85-77 .521, 19 GB) Manager: Johnny Keane, 3rd year,132-110 1b Bill White (.306 17 93) 2b Julian Javier (.269 6 44) 20 steals 3b Ken Boyer (.296 22 102) ss Dick Groat (.297 2 62) with Pittsburgh lf Stan Musial (.344 20 79) cf Curt Flood (.299 10 69) rf George Altman (.345 25 83) with Chicago (NL) c Gene Oliver (.245 15 47) sp Bob Gibson (17-11 2.34) 207 SO sp Ernie Broglio (12-8 2.93) sp Ray Washburn (11-10 4.51) sp Ray Sadecki (7-8 5.25) sp Curt Simmons (10-10 3.64) rp Bobby Shantz (5-4 2.77) rp Diomedes Olivo (8-1 2.39) with Pittsburgh rp Ed Bauta (1-0 8.14) rp Bob Duliba (2-0 2.89) rp Ron Taylor (2-2 6.00) with Cleveland Philadelphia (70-91 .435, 33 ½ GB) Manager: Gene Mauch, 4th season,175-292 1b Roy Sievers (.246 20 75) 2b Tony Taylor (.249 7 45) 3b Don Hoak (.230 5 46) with Pittsburgh ss Bobby Wine (.251 5 32) lf Don Demeter (.316 32 116) cf Tony Gonzalez (.307 21 69) rf Johnny Callison (.301 25 86) c Clay Dalrymple (.281 11 49) sp Art Mahaffey (16-17 4.13) sp Jack Hamilton (6-12 5.31) sp Chris Short (10-11 3.74) sp Paul Brown (0-7 6.42) sp Cal Mc Lish (9-6 4.52) rp Jack Baldschun (13-8 3.20) rp Ryne Duren (2-9 4.44) with Los Angeles (AL) rp John Klippstein (7-6 4.34) with Cincinnati Houston (68-92 .425, 35 GB) 1b Pete Runnels (.326 10 60) with Boston 2b Johnny Temple (.190 1 4) 3b Bob Aspromonte (.257 11 49) ss Elio Chacon (.238 0 26) 23 steals lf Al Spangler (.321 10 42) cf Carl Warwick (.259 21 80) rf Rusty Staub (.293 23 93) with Durham c Hal Smith (.258 16 62)
sp Dick Farrell (15-12 2.75) 225 SO sp Ken Johnson (8-14 3.77) sp Jim Golden (9-11 3.50) sp Bob Bruce (7-19 4.14) sp Early Wynn (7-15 4.45) with Chicago (AL) rp Jim Umbricht (9-4 2.89) rp Don Mc Mahon (2-8 3.74) 20 SV rp Don Nottebart (1-2 3.21) with Milwaukee rp Hal Woodeshick (6-5 4.13) rp Russ Kemmerer (2-2 3.16) rp Dave Giusti (1-2 5.88) Chicago (59-103 .364, 45 GB) Head Coach: Bob Kennedy,1st year 1b Ernie Banks (.262 36 104) 2b Ken Hubbs (.263 4 46) 3b Ron Santo (.232 21 91) ss Andre Rodgers (.286 5 43) lf Billy Williams (.302 25 94) cf Nelson Mathews (.314 2 14) rf Lou Brock (.250 8 31) c Dick Bertell (.304 2 20) sp Larry Jackson (16-12 4.16) with St.Louis sp Bob Buhl (13-12 3.63) sp Cal Koonce (10-9 3.65) sp Dick Ellsworth (6-23 5.34) sp Glen Hobbie (5-14 5.18) rp Barney Schultz (5-5 3.28) rp Dick Le May (0-1 7.15) with San Francisco rp Lindy Mc Daniel (3-8 3.31) with St.Louis rp Don Elston (4-9 3.37) New York (41-119 .255, 62 GB) Manager: Casey Stengel, 2nd year(41-119 .255 in NY, 1771-1557 1b Marv Throneberry (.252 17 48) 2b Larry Burright (.207 6 31) with Los Angeles (NL) 3b Charlie Neal (.237 12 60) ss Al Moran (.250 0 9) with Dallas-Ft.Worth lf Frank Thomas (.280 35 94) cf Jim Hickman (.260 14 45) rf Duke Snider (.304 5 31) with Los Angeles c Choo Choo Coleman(.296 9 27) sp Roger Craig (11-23 4.31) sp Al Jackson (6-21 4.89) sp Jay Hook (8-20 5.11) sp Carlton Willey (2-6 5.30) with Milwaukee rp Galen Cisco (1-1 2.45) rp Ken Mc Kenzie (5-4 4.74) (All statistics from 1962)