The 'Real League' standings from 1962: American League Pos Team G W L PCT GB 1 NY 162 96 66 .593 - 2 MIN 163 91 71 .562 5.0 3 LA 162 86 76 .531 10.0 4 DET 161 85 76 .528 10.5 5 CHI 162 85 77 .525 11.0 6 CLE 162 80 82 .494 16.0 7T BAL 162 77 85 .475 19.0 7T BOS 160 76 84 .475 19.0 9 KC 162 72 90 .444 24.0 10 WAS 162 60 101 .373 35.5 National League Pos Team G W L PCT GB 1 SF 165 103 62 .624 - 2 LA 165 102 63 .618 1.0 3 CIN 162 98 64 .605 3.5 4 PIT 161 93 68 .578 8.0 5 MIL 162 86 76 .531 15.5 6 STL 163 84 78 .519 17.5 7 PHI 161 81 80 .503 20.0 8 HOU 162 64 96 .400 36.5 9 CHI 162 59 103 .364 42.5 10 NY 161 40 120 .250 60.5 In the 3 Divisions of the 1962 Re-Plays they should have finished something like: Eastern Division Pos Team G W L PCT GB 1 NY 162 96 66 .593 - 2 PIT 161 93 68 .578 4.0 3 PHI 161 81 80 .503 14.5 4 CLE 162 80 82 .494 16.0 5T BAL 162 77 85 .475 19.0 5T BOS 160 76 84 .475 19.0 Central Division 1 CIN 162 98 64 .605 - 2 MIN 163 91 71 .562 7.0 3 MIL 162 86 76 .531 12.0 4T DET 161 85 76 .528 12.5 4T CHWS 162 85 77 .525 13.0 6 CHIC 162 59 103 .364 39.0 Western Division 1 SF 165 103 62 .624 - 2 LA 165 102 63 .618 1.0 3 CAL 162 86 76 .531 14.5 4 STL 163 84 78 .519 16.5 5 KC 162 72 90 .444 28.5 6 HOU 162 64 96 .400 35.5 SF and LA played in a best of 3 game playoff. Teams stats for the REAL 1962 Season: American League TEAM AVG OBP SLG G AB R H 2B 3B HR BB SO SB CS RC ---- --- --- --- - -- - - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NY .267 .339 .426 162 5644 817 1509 240 29 199 584 842 42 29 816 KC .263 .334 .386 162 5576 745 1467 220 58 116 556 803 76 21 738 MIN .260 .340 .412 163 5561 798 1445 215 39 185 649 823 33 20 789 BOS .258 .326 .403 160 5530 707 1429 257 53 146 525 923 39 33 716 CHI .257 .336 .372 162 5514 707 1415 250 56 92 620 674 76 40 701 WAS .250 .310 .373 162 5484 599 1370 206 38 132 466 789 99 53 623 LA .250 .328 .380 162 5499 718 1377 232 35 137 602 917 46 27 698 BAL .248 .316 .387 162 5491 652 1363 225 34 156 516 931 45 32 665 DET .248 .332 .411 161 5456 758 1352 191 36 209 651 894 69 21 757 CLE .245 .314 .388 162 5484 682 1341 202 22 180 502 939 35 16 671 National League TEAM AVG OBP SLG G AB R H 2B 3B HR BB SO SB CS RC ---- --- --- --- - -- - - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- SF .278 .344 .441 165 5588 878 1552 235 32 204 523 822 73 50 838 STL .271 .337 .394 163 5643 774 1528 221 31 137 515 846 86 41 747 CIN .270 .333 .417 162 5645 802 1523 252 40 167 498 903 66 39 779 PIT .268 .323 .394 161 5483 706 1468 240 65 108 432 836 50 39 682 LA .268 .339 .400 165 5628 842 1510 192 65 140 572 886 198 43 783 PHI .260 .332 .390 161 5420 705 1410 199 39 142 531 923 79 42 705 CHI .253 .319 .377 162 5534 632 1398 196 56 126 504 1044 78 50 657 MIL .252 .328 .403 162 5458 730 1376 204 38 181 581 975 57 27 720 HOU .246 .312 .351 162 5558 592 1370 170 47 105 493 806 42 30 605 NY .240 .320 .361 161 5492 617 1318 166 40 139 616 991 59 48 640 American League TEAM ERA G W L SV CG SHO IP H R HR BB SO OAV OOB ---- --- - - - -- -- --- -- - - -- -- -- --- --- BAL 3.69 162 77 85 33 32 8 1462.3 1373 680 147 549 898 .249 .320 NY 3.70 162 96 66 42 33 10 1470.3 1375 680 146 499 838 .247 .312 LA 3.70 162 86 76 47 23 15 1466.0 1412 706 118 616 858 .253 .332 CHI 3.73 162 85 77 28 50 13 1451.7 1380 658 123 537 821 .251 .320 DET 3.81 161 85 76 35 46 8 1443.7 1452 692 169 503 873 .259 .323 MIN 3.89 163 91 71 27 53 11 1463.3 1400 713 166 493 948 .253 .319 WAS 4.04 162 60 101 13 38 11 1445.0 1400 716 151 593 771 .256 .331 CLE 4.14 162 80 82 31 45 12 1441.0 1410 745 174 594 780 .258 .334 BOS 4.22 160 76 84 40 34 12 1437.7 1416 756 159 632 923 .258 .339 KC 4.79 162 72 90 33 32 4 1434.0 1450 837 199 655 825 .263 .346 National League TEAM ERA G W L SV CG SHO IP H R HR BB SO OAV OOB ---- --- - - - -- -- --- -- - - -- -- -- --- --- PIT 3.37 161 93 68 41 40 13 1432.3 1433 626 118 466 897 .262 .322 STL 3.55 163 84 78 25 53 17 1463.3 1394 664 149 517 914 .252 .319 LA 3.62 165 102 63 46 44 8 1488.7 1386 697 115 588 1104 .245 .319 MIL 3.68 162 86 76 24 59 10 1434.7 1443 665 151 407 802 .262 .317 CIN 3.75 162 98 64 35 51 13 1460.7 1397 685 149 567 964 .254 .329 SF 3.79 165 103 62 39 62 10 1461.7 1399 690 148 503 886 .251 .316 HOU 3.83 162 64 96 19 34 9 1453.7 1446 717 113 471 1047 .259 .321 PHI 4.28 161 81 80 24 43 7 1426.7 1469 759 155 574 863 .268 .343 CHI 4.54 162 59 103 26 29 4 1438.3 1509 827 159 601 783 .272 .348 NY 5.04 161 40 120 10 43 4 1430.0 1577 948 192 571 772 .281 .352 Statistics taken from The Baseball Archive Database - todd@baseball1.com