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W E S T   D I V I S I O N

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CHICAGO COLTS

Last year:  92-62 .597
1962 pace:  113-49  .700
Biggest surprise: Don Mossi bounced back from subpar season last year (16-16, 4.79) to post a career best 3.04 ERA and 8-1 record.
Disappointment: Closer Don Elston, the league's top reliever a year ago (8-2, 3.00, 39 SVs) isone of the worst this year, with a 6.50 ERA and nine blown saves, four more than any other closer.
 

Last year:  102-52 .662
1962 pace: 109-53 .671
Biggest surprise: Jim Perry, freshly acquired from Louisville, was 9-0 in his first 10 games and is 13-2, 3.52 at the midway point.
Disappointment: 3B Felix Mantilla has failed to deliver since coming over from Louisville, hitting just .212 with 30 RBI in 60 games.

DALLAS TEXANS

Last year:  Did not exist
1962 pace:  89-73 .551
Biggest surprise: Art Ceccarelli (8-7, 2.91) has emerged as a quality starter, nearly halving his 1961 ERA and already matching his career high eight wins.
Disappointment: Del Ennis, the Texans' highest paid player ($6 million), is hitting just .247-4-18 in 48 games.
 

Last year:  76-78 .494
1962 pace: 100-62 .617
Biggest surprise: In a staff with Pedro Ramos, Sandy Koufax, and Bob Gibson, it is Joey Jay who has emerged as the staff ace (11-5, 2.17), with the league's third best ERA.
Disappointment: 3B Frank Malzone, who drove in 60 runs last year, is hitting an abysmal .191-1-4 in 39 games.

Last year:  70-84 .455
1962 pace:  90-72 .544
Biggest surprise: Floyd Robinson emerged as a contender for the batting championship, with a .368 average and 95 hits in the first half.
Disappointment: Dick Stuart (.184-2-9 in 44 games) has failed to emerge as the first baseman he looked like he might become when he hit 12 home runs with 52 RBIs a year ago.
 

Last year:  Did not exist
1962 pace: 90-72 .544
Biggest surprise: Closer Ted Abernathy (1.74, 20 saves), three-time save leader in 1956-58, has returned from the wilderness after three bad seasons.
Disappointment: Very few on a club that is arguably the surprise team of the year.
 

Last year:  81-73 .526
1962 pace: 76-86 .469
Biggest surprise: Don Mueller, the "Mandrake Magician" is hitting .326-6-36, posting career highs in HR and RBI at the age of 34.  Mueller has never hit higher than .285 in a season.
Disappointment: Richie Ashburn (.253-3-27), Willie Jones (.242-6-26), and Lou Brissie (1-5, 6.88) will earned a combined $19 million this year.
 

Last year:  66-88 .429
1962 pace:  72-90 .444
Biggest surprise: Closer Bob Chakales is having the best year of his career, with a 2.10 ERA and 19 saves.
Disappointment: Ron Hansen seemed on the verge of a breakout season with 84 RBI a year ago, but has managed just .191-7-32 in the first half.

LOS ANGELES OUTLAWS

Last year:  73-81 .474
1962 pace:  68-94 .420
Biggest surprise: Bob Rush, age 35, bounced back from a 4.63 ERA last year to post a 3.80 in 19 first half starts.
Disappointment: Gary Geiger, picked up from Dallas in the Bill Virdon trade, is having a dismal season, batting .190-3-20 in 59 games.  (Since you asked, Virdon is hitting .256-6-24.)
 

Last year:  73-81 .474
1962 pace:  63-99 .388
Biggest surprise: Rookie hurler Earl Francis has earned a spot in the rotation with a 3.05 ERA in 19 starts.
Disappointment: 1B Bill White continued to his four-year slide.  White's batting average has dropped every year since he hit .302 with St. Louis in 1959.
 

SAN FRANCISCO SPIDERS

Last year:  64-90 .416
1962 pace: 46-116 .287
Biggest surprise: "Sweet Swinging" Billy Williams is having a breakout sophomore year (.313/.382/.477), raising his BA and OBP by nearly 100 points each.
Disappointment: Juan Pizarro, a $6.7 million free agent, is 4-11, 5.07 after winning 16 games last year.
 

Last year:  73-81 .474
1962 pace:  59-103 .362
Biggest surprise: Billy Loes has earned his ace status, with a 3.09 ERA in 22 starts.
Disappointment: 3B Gene Freese is dead last in batting (.191) and OBP (.237).