MVP 1962: Mays/Mantle? Wills/Richardson?

Sixty years ago: in 1962 Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle were the best players in their leagues. They met in the World Series, which Mantle's Yankees won in seven games.

National League 1962 MVP:

Rank	Name	Tm	Vote Pts	1st Place	Share	WAR	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO
1	Maury Wills	LAD	209.0	8.0	75%	6.0	165	695	130	208	6	48	104	51	.299	.347	.373	.720
2	Willie Mays	SFG	202.0	7.0	72%	10.5	162	621	130	189	49	141	18	78	.304	.384	.615	.999

Wills Dodgers and Mays Giants played three extra games to break the first place tie between their teams. Wills set a record for most steals: 104 passing 96 by Ty Cobb.

American League 1962 MVP: 

Voting Results				Batting Stats												Pitching Stats
Rank	Name	Tm	Vote Pts	1st Place	Share	WAR	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO
1	Mickey Mantle	NYY	234.0	13.0	84%	6.0	123	377	96	121	30	89	9	122	.321	.486	.605	1.091
2	Bobby Richardson	NYY	152.0	5.0	54%	3.2	161	692	99	209	8	59	11	37	.302	.337	.406	.743

Mantle missed a month with a leg injury. AL lacked big seasons so voters went with Richardson, who led in Hits.

Outs 1962 (%Outs=Outs/PA):

NL 1962:

Rk	Player	Outs	%Outs	PA	AB	H	SB	CS	GIDP	SH	SF	HBP	Age	Team	OPS+
1	Ken Hubbs	532	74.3%	716	661	172	3	7	20	13	3	3	20	CHC	71
2	Bill Virdon	527	74.8%	705	663	164	5	13	10	2	3	1	31	PIT	68
3	Maury Wills	518	68.2%	759	695	208	104	13	7	7	4	2	29	LAD	99
4	Dick Groat	505	69.8%	723	678	199	2	1	14	5	6	3	31	PIT	84
5	Ron Santo	493	72.6%	679	604	137	4	1	17	3	5	2	22	CHC	74
6	Tony Taylor	485	69.1%	702	625	162	20	9	9	3	1	5	26	PHI	86
7	Curt Flood	478	68.2%	701	635	188	8	6	11	8	6	10	24	STL	96
8	Ernie Banks	476	72.5%	657	610	164	5	1	19	0	10	7	31	CHC	110
9	Julián Javier	475	71.5%	664	598	157	26	9	9	13	3	1	25	STL	73
10	José Pagán	470	73.0%	644	580	150	13	9	15	10	6	1	27	SFG	81
11	Tommy Davis	469	66.0%	711	665	230	18	6	17	3	8	2	23	LAD	148
12	Willie Davis	468	70.3%	666	600	171	32	7	14	10	8	6	22	LAD	115
13	Chuck Hiller	466	68.5%	680	602	166	5	4	11	8	7	8	27	SFG	83
14	Jim Gilliam	465	66.2%	702	588	159	17	7	10	15	4	2	33	LAD	96
15	Vada Pinson	465	68.9%	675	619	181	26	8	12	0	7	4	23	CIN	114
16	Orlando Cepeda	462	68.2%	677	625	191	10	4	16	1	7	6	24	SFG	130
17	Billy Williams	461	66.0%	699	618	184	9	9	11	0	7	4	24	CHC	120
18	Ken Boyer	459	66.4%	691	611	178	12	7	15	2	2	1	31	STL	115
19	Willie Mays	456	64.6%	706	621	189	18	2	19	0	3	4	31	SFG	165
20	Leo Cardenas	452	69.9%	647	589	173	2	5	17	10		5	23	CIN	98

Wills had the third most Outs, Mays 19th.

AL 1962:

Rk	Player	Outs	%Outs	PA	AB	H	SB	CS	GIDP	SH	SF	Age	Team	OPS+
1	Bobby Richardson	529	70.2%	754	692	209	11	9	13	20	4	26	NYY	101
2	Billy Moran	501	69.5%	721	659	186	5	1	8	14	5	28	LAA	98
3	Carl Yastrzemski	490	68.2%	719	646	191	7	4	27	2	2	22	BOS	120
4	Nellie Fox	488	71.3%	684	621	166	1	2	13	13	5	34	CHW	77
5	Brooks Robinson	481	69.0%	697	634	192	3	1	18	10	10	25	BAL	126
6	Jerry Lumpe	479	68.4%	700	641	193	0	2	14	6	9	29	KCA	104
7	Tito Francona	477	69.1%	690	621	169	3	2	8	8	7	28	CLE	98
8	Albie Pearson	475	66.2%	718	614	160	15	6	7	7	1	27	LAA	96
9	Luis Aparicio	472	75.9%	622	581	140	31	12	11	4	4	28	CHW	65
10	Lenny Green	472	65.2%	724	619	168	8	4	8	4	5	29	MIN	104
11	Frank Malzone	471	71.0%	663	619	175	0	1	17	4	5	32	BOS	97
12	Tom Tresh	470	66.0%	712	622	178	4	8	3	8	7	23	NYY	116
13	Leon Wagner	469	69.2%	678	612	164	7	5	5	7	4	28	LAA	122
14	Rich Rollins	468	64.9%	721	624	186	3	1	13	7	9	24	MIN	112
15	Zoilo Versalles	466	74.7%	624	568	137	5	5	13	10	7	22	MIN	74
16	Rocky Colavito	463	65.5%	707	601	164	2	0	18	1	7	28	DET	132
17	Vic Power	463	71.2%	650	611	177	7	1	14	11	3	34	MIN	94
18	Eddie Bressoud	460	70.0%	657	599	166	2	3	14	7	3	30	BOS	104
19	Buck Rodgers	457	73.2%	624	565	146	1	8	16	6	8	23	LAA	85
20	Roger Maris	450	65.5%	687	590	151	1	0	7	1	3	27	NYY	126
71	Mickey Mantle	262	52.2%	502	377	121	9	0	4	0	2	30	NYY	195
Rk	Player	Outs	%Outs	PA	AB	H	SB	CS	GIDP	SH	SF	Age	Team	OPS+

Richardson led AL in Outs, PA, AB, Hits. Mantle was number 71 in Outs with only 262. Mantle had the lowest %Outs among those with at least 250 Outs: https://stathead.com/tiny/B5Zwn 

Mantle led AL with 195 OPS+.

Outs: 999 most career outs (at least 3,510) as percent of Plate Appearances. Monday, November 14, 2022