1961 Detroit Tigers Statistics and Roster

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1961 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960/1962)
101-61, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 841 runs, Allowed 671 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-64
Managed by Bob Scheffing

Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,600,710 (2nd of 10)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 94
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1961 Stats (1960/1962) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Dick Brown          26   93  308   32   82  12  2  16   45  22   57  .266  .312  .474   0   2  10   0   3   3   2  105
1B *Norm Cash           26  159  535  119  193  22  8  41  132 124   85  .361  .487  .662  11   5  16   9   2   2  19  201
2B  Jake Wood           24  162  663   96  171  17 14  11   69  58  141  .258  .320  .376  30   9   8   4   2   4   2   83
3B  Steve Boros         24  116  396   51  107  18  2   5   62  68   42  .270  .382  .364   4   2   8   8   6   7   2   99
SS  Chico Fernandez     29  133  435   41  108  15  4   3   40  36   45  .248  .305  .322   8   5  14   0   4   1   4   66
LF  Rocky Colavito      27  163  583  129  169  30  2  45  140 113   75  .290  .402  .580   1   2  14   2   2   8   2  157
CF *Bill Bruton         35  160  596   99  153  15  5  17   63  61   66  .257  .327  .384  22   6   9   3   5   3   0   88
RF  Al Kaline           26  153  586  116  190  41  7  19   82  66   42  .324  .393  .515  14   1  16   4   4   5   2  139
   *Dick McAuliffe      21   80  285   36   73  12  4   6   33  24   39  .256  .322  .389   2   3   5   4   1   1   0   87
    Mike Roarke         30   86  229   21   51   6  1   2   22  20   31  .223  .283  .284   0   0   6   0   2   2   3   51
   *Charlie Maxwell     34   79  131   11   30   4  2   5   18  20   24  .229  .333  .405   0   0   1   1   0   1   2   94
    Bubba Morton        29   77  108   26   31   5  1   2   19   9   25  .287  .342  .407   3   1   1   1   0   2   1   98
   *Bobo Osborne        25   71   93    8   20   7  0   2   13  20   15  .215  .354  .355   1   0   1   0   1   0   0   88
    Reno Bertoia        26   24   46    6   10   1  0   1    4   3    8  .217  .265  .304   2   0   0   0   2   0   0   50
    Ozzie Virgil        29   20   30    1    4   0  0   1    1   1    5  .133  .161  .233   0   0   2   0   0   0   0    3
   *Frank House         31   17   22    3    5   1  1   0    3   4    2  .227  .333  .364   0   0   1   0   1   1   0   85
    George Alusik       26   15   14    0    2   0  0   0    2   1    4  .143  .188  .143   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  -11
    Harry Chiti         28    5   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    2  .083  .154  .083   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -35
    Bill Freehan        19    4   10    1    4   0  0   0    4   1    0  .400  .455  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  129
    Chuck Cottier       25   10    7    2    2   0  0   0    1   1    1  .286  .375  .286   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   78
    George Thomas       23   17    6    2    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Vic Wertz           36    8    6    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -11
    Dick Gernert        32    6    5    1    1   0  0   1    1   1    2  .200  .333  .800   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  189

    Frank Lary          31   42  108   13   25   2  0   1    5   3   27  .231  .259  .278   0   0   2   1   3   0   0   42
    Jim Bunning         29   38  100    6   13   1  0   0    4   2   30  .130  .147  .140   0   0   3   0   2   0   0  -23
   *Don Mossi           32   35   79    8   13   2  0   1    8   6   28  .165  .224  .228   0   0   0   0   6   0   0   20
    Paul Foytack        30   32   54    4   12   1  0   1    2   1   11  .222  .236  .296   0   0   3   0   6   0   0   40
    Phil Regan          24   33   40    4    3   1  0   0    1   3   15  .075  .140  .100   0   0   1   0   3   0   0  -35
    Ron Kline           29   10   18    2    3   1  0   0    2   0    8  .167  .211  .222   0   0   0   1   3   0   0   15
    Terry Fox           25   39   12    1    2   0  0   0    0   1    7  .167  .231  .167   0   0   0   0   1   0   0    7
    Hank Aguirre        30   45    9    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    8  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   3   1   0 -100
    Bob Bruce           28   14    9    1    1   1  0   0    1   2    2  .111  .273  .222   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   33
    Bill Fischer        30   26    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Howie Koplitz       23    4    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Hal Woodeshick      28   12    4    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -42
    Jerry Casale        27    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Fred Gladding       25    8    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Ron Nischwitz       23    6    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jim Donohue         22   14    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100
    Joe Grzenda         24    4    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  432
    Jerry Staley        40   13    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.5  163 5561  841 1481 215 53 180  779 673  867  .266  .346  .421  98  36 125  38  64  42  39  111
    Rank among 10 AL teams         2    1    2   8  1   3        2    4     1     1     2   2   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Jim Bunning         29  38   3.19  17  11  1  37   1  12   4  268.0  232  113   95  25   71  194 1110   2   9  0   3 129
SP  Frank Lary          31  36   3.24  23   9  0  36   0  22   4  275.3  252  117   99  24   66  146 1127   6   6  0   2 127
SP *Don Mossi           32  35   2.96  15   7  1  34   1  12   1  240.3  237   97   79  29   47  137  981   1   0  2   3 139
SP  Paul Foytack        30  32   3.93  11  10  0  20   4   6   0  169.7  152   81   74  27   56   89  702   1   2  0   0 105
SP  Ron Kline           29  10   2.72   5   3  0   8   1   3   1   56.3   53   25   17   3   17   27  237   3   0  0   1 151

CL  Terry Fox           25  39   1.41   5   2 12   0  25   0   0   57.3   42   12    9   6   16   32  231   0   3  0   1 291
RP *Hank Aguirre        30  45   3.25   4   4  8   0  21   0   0   55.3   44   22   20   5   38   32  244   4   2  0   3 126
RP  Bill Fischer        30  26   5.01   3   2  3   1  13   0   0   46.7   54   28   26  10   17   18  205   2   0  0   2  82
RP  Phil Regan          24  32   5.25  10   7  2  16   7   6   0  120.0  134   70   70  19   41   46  526   1   1  0   1  78
RP  Jim Donohue         22  14   3.54   1   1  1   0   8   0   0   20.3   23   10    8   2   15   20   98   2   0  0   2 116

    Bob Bruce           28  14   4.43   1   2  0   6   2   0   0   44.7   57   28   22   6   24   25  210   0   2  0   2  93
   *Hal Woodeshick      28  12   7.85   1   1  0   2   2   0   0   18.3   25   17   16   3   17   13   98   1   0  0   1  52
    Fred Gladding       25   8   3.31   1   0  0   0   2   0   0   16.3   18    7    6   1   11   11   79   1   2  0   1 124
    Manny Montejo       25  12   3.86   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   16.3   13    7    7   2    6   15   68   1   2  0   1 106
    Jerry Staley        40  13   3.38   1   1  2   0   8   0   0   13.3   15    6    5   1    6    8   60   1   0  0   1 122
    Jerry Casale        27   3   5.25   0   0  0   1   0   0   0   12.0   15    8    7   3    3    6   51   2   0  0   0  78
    Howie Koplitz       23   4   2.25   2   0  0   1   2   1   0   12.0   16    6    3   0    8    9   59   1   0  0   1 182
   *Ron Nischwitz       23   6   5.56   0   1  0   1   2   0   0   11.3   13   12    7   2    8    8   56   0   0  0   1  74
   *Joe Grzenda         24   4   7.94   1   0  0   0   0   0   0    5.7    9    5    5   2    2    0   28   0   0  0   1  52
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.1 163   3.55 101  61 30 163 101  62  12 1459.0 1404  671  575 170  469  836 6170  29  29  2  27 116
    Rank among 10 AL teams          3   2   9  5           1   4      2    4    3        8    1    5
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DBrown 727 84 91 460 38 5 7 .990 6 14 19 24 MRoarke 606 67 85 383 22 5 5 .988 6 10 17 14 FHouse 59 5 14 36 1 1 0 .974 0 2 3 1 HChiti 37 4 5 19 3 0 0 1.000 1 1 2 3 BFreehan 22 3 3 14 4 0 0 1.000 0 1 2 0 OVirgil 7 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 1 1 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1459 163 163 914 69 11 12 .989 13 29 44 42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *9.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NCash 1390 157 157 1231 127 11 121 .992 8.79 BOsborne 69 6 11 50 3 0 4 1.000 6.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 163 163 1281 130 11 125 .992 8.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JWood 1425 160 162 380 396 25 83 .969 4.90 RBertoia 21 2 7 7 7 0 3 1.000 6.00 CCottier 12 1 2 2 6 0 2 1.000 6.00 OVirgil 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 163 163 389 409 25 88 .970 4.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *3.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SBoros 1007 115 116 115 192 15 15 .953 2.74 DMcAuliffe 187 21 22 13 39 5 3 .912 2.49 RBertoia 93 10 13 10 17 2 2 .931 2.61 BOsborne 64 8 8 10 12 1 2 .957 3.09 OVirgil 52 3 9 9 6 1 2 .937 2.60 CFernandez 46 5 8 10 10 0 0 1.000 3.85 AKaline 9 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 163 163 168 277 24 24 .949 2.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 *4.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CFernandez 1000 113 121 207 312 23 59 .958 4.67 DMcAuliffe 426 49 55 79 115 14 29 .933 4.10 CCottier 16 0 8 7 1 1 1 .889 4.42 OVirgil 9 1 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 GThomas 6 0 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 6.00 RBertoia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 163 163 298 431 38 90 .950 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 *2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RColavito 1266 144 150 301 14 8 3 .975 2.24 CMaxwell 167 18 22 44 1 2 0 .957 2.43 BMorton 25 1 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 2.88 AKaline 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 163 163 352 16 10 4 .974 2.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BBruton 1291 141 155 406 4 5 2 .988 2.86 AKaline 152 20 22 67 1 0 0 1.000 4.03 BMorton 16 2 2 3 0 1 0 .750 1.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 163 163 476 5 6 2 .988 2.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AKaline 1147 127 141 308 8 4 3 .987 2.48 RColavito 159 17 20 30 2 1 1 .970 1.81 BMorton 117 15 20 35 0 1 0 .972 2.69 CMaxwell 26 4 4 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.77 GAlusik 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GThomas 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 163 163 380 11 6 4 .985 2.41 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.25 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RColavito 1425 161 161 329 16 9 4 .975 2.18 AKaline 1300 147 147 378 9 4 3 .990 2.68 BBruton 1291 141 155 410 4 5 2 .988 2.89 CMaxwell 193 22 25 53 2 2 0 .965 2.56 BMorton 158 18 30 39 1 2 1 .952 2.28 GAlusik 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GThomas 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1459 163 163 1209 32 22 10 .983 2.55 163 163 163 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FLary 275 36 36 32 55 1 5 .989 2.84 JBunning 268 37 38 21 29 3 6 .943 1.68 DMossi 240 34 35 7 40 1 8 .979 1.76 PFoytack 169 20 32 8 13 0 2 1.000 1.11 PRegan 120 16 32 7 8 0 0 1.000 1.12 TFox 57 0 39 6 12 1 1 .947 2.83 RKline 56 8 10 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.44 HAguirre 55 0 45 1 7 2 0 .800 1.30 BFischer 46 1 26 6 5 0 0 1.000 2.14 BBruce 44 6 14 5 1 1 0 .857 1.21 JDonohue 20 0 14 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.89 HWoodeshick 18 2 12 2 8 2 0 .833 4.92 MMontejo 16 0 12 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 FGladding 16 0 8 1 1 1 0 .667 1.10 JStaley 13 0 13 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.71 HKoplitz 12 1 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.75 JCasale 12 1 3 2 2 2 2 .667 3.00 RNischwitz 11 1 6 1 1 1 0 .667 1.59 JGrzenda 5 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 163 163 103 197 15 25 .952 1.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Cash .361

On-base % Cash .487

Slugging % Cash .662

OPS Cash 1.149

Games Colavito 163

At Bats Wood 663

Plate Appearances (approx.) Wood 731

Runs Colavito 129

Hits Cash 193

Total Bases Cash 354

Doubles Kaline 41

Triples Wood 14

Home Runs Colavito 45

RBI Colavito 140

Bases on Balls Cash 124

Strikeouts Wood 141

Stolen Bases Wood 30

Singles Wood 129

Adjusted OPS+ Cash 201

Runs Created Cash 178

Adjusted Batting Runs Cash 85

Batting Wins Cash 8.1

Extra-Base Hits Colavito 77

Times on Base Cash 326

Offensive Win% Cash .867

Hit By Pitch Cash 9

Sac. Hits Boros, Foytack, and Mossi 6

Sac. Flies Colavito 8

Intentional Walks Cash 19

Grounded into Double Plays Cash and Kaline 16

Caught Stealing Wood 9

Power/Speed Number Bruton 19.2

At Bats per Strikeout Kaline 14.0

At Bats per Home Run Cash and Colavito 13.0

Outs Wood 515

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Mossi 2.96

Wins Lary 23

Won-Loss % Lary .719

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Bunning 1.131

Hits Allowed/9IP Bunning 7.79

Bases on Balls/9IP Mossi 1.76

Strikeouts/9IP Bunning 6.51

Games Aguirre 45

Saves Fox 12

Innings Lary 275.3

Strikeouts Bunning 194

Games Started Bunning 37

Comp. Games Lary 22

Shutouts Bunning and Lary 4

Home Runs Allow. Mossi 29

Bases On Balls Allow. Bunning 71

Hits Allowed Lary 252

SO to Walk Mossi 2.91

Losses Bunning 11

Earned Runs Allow. Lary 99

Wild Pitches Lary 6

Hit Batsmen Bunning 9

Batters Faced Lary 1127

Games Finished Fox 25

Adjusted ERA+ Mossi 139

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Jim Bunning (Starting P)
Jim Bunning
Norm Cash (Starting 1B)
Norm Cash (Starting 1B)
Rocky Colavito (Starting LF)
Rocky Colavito (Starting LF)
Al Kaline
Al Kaline (Starting RF)
Frank Lary

1960/1962

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