1961 DETROIT TIGERS

| Level: MLB

Location: Detroit,MI
Team Record: 101-61 .623
Result: 2nd in American League
Manager(s): Bob Scheffing
General Manager: Rick Ferrell
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Attendance: 1,600,710
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Detroit Tigers affiliate history

Oldest Player: Gerry Staley (40)
Youngest Player: Bill Freehan (19)
Longest Tenure: Al Kaline (9)
Top Hitter: Norm Cash (1)
Top Pitcher: Jim Bunning (2)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 59.73%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	109	53	.673	--
Detroit	101	61	.623	8.0
Baltimore	95	67	.586	14.0
Chi White Sox	86	76	.531	23.0
Cleveland	78	83	.484	30.5
Boston	76	86	.469	33.0
Minnesota	70	90	.437	38.0
LA Angels	70	91	.435	38.5
KC Athletics	61	100	.379	47.5
Washington	61	100	.379	47.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
2	Jake Wood	2b	11	24	-	MLB	162	663	96	171	17	14	11	69	30	9	58	141	4	2	2	4	8	.258	.320	.376	695	249	731	515	84	4.4	.311
38	Bill Bruton	of	29	35	-	MLB	160	596	99	153	15	5	17	63	22	6	61	66	3	0	5	3	9	.257	.327	.384	712	229	668	466	85	5.0	.264
6	Al Kaline	of	6	26	UDFA: 1953	MLB	153	586	116	190	41	7	19	82	14	1	66	42	4	2	4	5	16	.324	.393	.515	909	302	665	422	134	8.6	.323
7	Rocky Colavito	of	3	27	-	MLB	163	583	129	169	30	2	45	140	1	2	113	75	2	2	2	8	14	.290	.402	.580	982	338	708	440	149	9.1	.263
25	Norm Cash	1b	1	26	UDFA: 1955	MLB	159	535	119	193	22	8	41	132	11	5	124	85	9	19	2	2	16	.361	.487	.662	1148	354	672	367	173	12.7	.370
9	Chico Fernandez	ss	77	29	-	MLB	133	435	41	108	15	4	3	40	8	5	36	45	0	4	4	1	14	.248	.305	.322	627	140	476	351	44	3.4	.271
1	Steve Boros	3b	43	24	-	MLB	116	396	51	107	18	2	5	62	4	2	68	42	8	2	6	7	8	.270	.382	.364	746	144	485	312	67	5.8	.287
10	Dick Brown	c	-	26	-	MLB	93	308	32	82	12	2	16	45	0	2	22	57	0	2	3	3	10	.266	.312	.474	786	146	336	244	46	5.1	.277
3	Dick McAuliffe	2b-ss	78	21	UDFA: 1957	MLB	80	285	36	73	12	4	6	33	2	3	24	39	4	0	1	1	5	.256	.322	.389	711	111	315	222	39	4.7	.278
12	Mike Roarke	c	-	30	-	MLB	86	229	21	51	6	1	2	22	0	0	20	31	0	3	2	2	6	.223	.283	.284	567	65	253	188	18	2.6	.247
4	Charlie Maxwell	of	-	34	-	MLB	79	131	11	30	4	2	5	18	0	0	20	24	1	2	0	1	1	.229	.333	.405	738	53	153	103	20	5.3	.243
17	Frank Lary	p	-	31	-	MLB	42	108	13	25	2	0	1	5	0	0	3	27	1	0	3	0	2	.231	.259	.278	537	30	115	88	5	1.7	.300
40	Bubba Morton	of	-	29	-	MLB	77	108	26	31	5	1	2	19	3	1	9	25	1	1	0	2	1	.287	.342	.407	749	44	120	81	16	5.3	.349
14	Jim Bunning	p	-	29	-	MLB	38	100	6	13	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	30	0	0	2	0	3	.130	.147	.140	287	14	104	92	-5	-1.4	.186
28	Bobo Osborne	1b-3b	-	25	-	MLB	71	93	8	20	7	0	2	13	1	0	20	15	0	0	1	0	1	.215	.354	.355	709	33	114	75	15	5.2	.237
15	Don Mossi	p	-	32	-	MLB	35	79	8	13	2	0	1	8	0	0	6	28	0	0	6	0	0	.165	.224	.228	451	18	91	72	2	0.6	.240
21	Paul Foytack	p	-	30	-	MLB	32	54	4	12	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	11	0	0	6	0	3	.222	.236	.296	533	16	61	51	2	1.2	.262
8	Reno Bertoia	3b-2b	82	26	-	MLB	24	46	6	10	1	0	1	4	2	0	3	8	0	0	2	0	0	.217	.265	.304	570	14	51	38	4	2.9	.243
16	Phil Regan	p	-	24	-	MLB	33	40	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	15	0	0	3	0	1	.075	.140	.100	240	4	46	41	-3	-1.7	.120
8	Ozzie Virgil	3b	-	28	-	MLB	20	30	1	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	2	.133	.161	.233	395	7	31	28	0	-0.3	.125
5	Frank House	c	-	31	-	MLB	17	22	3	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	1	1	.227	.333	.364	697	8	28	20	3	4.5	.238
11	Ron Kline	p	-	29	-	MLB	10	18	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	1	0	3	0	0	.167	.211	.222	433	4	22	18	0	0.3	.300
26	George Alusik	of	-	26	-	MLB	15	14	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	.143	.187	.143	330	2	16	13	0	-0.4	.182
11	Harry Chiti	c	-	28	-	MLB	5	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	.083	.154	.083	237	1	13	12	-1	-1.8	.100
18	Terry Fox	p	-	25	-	MLB	39	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.231	.167	397	2	14	11	0	-0.8	.400
19	Bill Freehan	c	-	19	UDFA: 1961	MLB	4	10	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.455	.400	855	4	11	6	2	9.4	.400
37	Hank Aguirre	p	-	30	-	MLB	45	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	3	1	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	13	13	-	-	.000
32	Bob Bruce	p	-	28	-	MLB	14	9	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	.111	.273	.222	495	2	12	10	0	0.9	.143
26	Bill Fischer	p	-	30	-	MLB	26	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	7	7	-	-	.000
3	Chuck Cottier	2b	74	25	-	MLB	10	7	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.375	.286	661	2	9	6	1	4.0	.333
24	George Thomas	of	-	23	-	MLB	17	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
22	Vic Wertz	of-1b	-	36	-	MLB	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	333	1	6	5	0	-0.3	.200
5	Dick Gernert	1b	-	32	-	MLB	6	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.333	.800	1133	4	6	5	1	5.3	.000
20	Hal Woodeshick	p	-	28	-	MLB	12	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	200	0	5	4	0	-1.3	.000
45	Howie Koplitz	p	-	23	-	MLB	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
11	Fred Gladding	p	-	25	UDFA: 1956	MLB	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
19	Jerry Casale	p	-	27	-	MLB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
32	Ron Nischwitz	p	-	23	-	MLB	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
46	Joe Grzenda	p	-	24	-	MLB	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	1	1	0	1	--	1.000
19	Jim Donohue	p	-	22	-	MLB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	2	-	-	.000
20	Gerry Staley	p	-	40	-	MLB	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (41 players)							162	5561	841	1481	215	53	180	779	98	36	673	865	38	39	64	42	125	.266	.347	.421	768	2342	6378	4347	888	5.5	.285

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
17	Frank Lary	3	31	-	MLB	23	9	3.24	36	36	22	4	0	0	275.1	252	117	99	24	66	146	6	0	1.15	8.24	0.78	2.16	4.77	0.45	.264	1.32
14	Jim Bunning	2	29	-	MLB	17	11	3.19	38	37	12	4	1	1	268.0	232	113	95	25	71	194	2	0	1.13	7.79	0.84	2.38	6.51	0.37	.260	0.77
15	Don Mossi	5	32	-	MLB	15	7	2.96	35	34	12	1	1	1	240.1	237	97	79	29	47	137	1	2	1.18	8.88	1.09	1.76	5.13	0.34	.276	0.61
21	Paul Foytack	37	30	-	MLB	11	10	3.93	32	20	6	0	4	0	169.2	152	81	74	27	56	89	1	0	1.23	8.06	1.43	2.97	4.72	0.63	.239	0.73
16	Phil Regan	-	24	-	MLB	10	7	5.25	32	16	6	0	7	2	120.0	134	70	70	19	41	46	1	0	1.46	10.05	1.43	3.08	3.45	0.89	.279	0.58
18	Terry Fox	47	25	-	MLB	5	2	1.41	39	0	0	0	25	12	57.1	42	12	9	6	16	32	0	0	1.01	6.59	0.94	2.51	5.02	0.50	.209	0.72
11	Ron Kline	-	29	-	MLB	5	3	2.72	10	8	3	1	1	0	56.1	53	25	17	3	17	27	3	0	1.24	8.47	0.48	2.72	4.31	0.63	--	0.68
37	Hank Aguirre	53	30	-	MLB	4	4	3.25	45	0	0	0	21	8	55.1	44	22	20	5	38	32	4	0	1.48	7.16	0.81	6.18	5.20	1.19	.245	0.60
26	Bill Fischer	54	30	-	MLB	3	2	5.01	26	1	0	0	13	3	46.2	54	28	26	10	17	18	2	0	1.52	10.41	1.93	3.28	3.47	0.94	.280	1.66
32	Bob Bruce	-	28	-	MLB	1	2	4.43	14	6	0	0	2	0	44.2	57	28	22	6	24	25	0	0	1.81	11.49	1.21	4.84	5.04	0.96	.347	0.93
19	Jim Donohue	48	22	-	MLB	1	1	3.54	14	0	0	0	8	1	20.1	23	10	8	2	15	20	2	0	1.87	10.18	0.89	6.64	8.85	0.75	--	0.86
20	Hal Woodeshick	-	28	-	MLB	1	1	7.85	12	2	0	0	2	0	18.1	25	17	16	3	17	13	1	0	2.29	12.27	1.47	8.35	6.38	1.31	.349	2.67
11	Fred Gladding	-	25	UDFA: 1956	MLB	1	0	3.31	8	0	0	0	2	0	16.1	18	7	6	1	11	11	1	0	1.78	9.92	0.55	6.06	6.06	1.00	.333	0.65
24	Manny Montejo	-	25	-	MLB	0	0	3.86	12	0	0	0	2	0	16.1	13	7	7	2	6	15	1	0	1.16	7.16	1.10	3.31	8.27	0.40	.256	0.39
20	Gerry Staley	49	40	-	MLB	1	1	3.38	13	0	0	0	8	2	13.1	15	6	5	1	6	8	1	0	1.58	10.13	0.68	4.05	5.40	0.75	--	1.82
19	Jerry Casale	-	27	-	MLB	0	0	5.25	3	1	0	0	0	0	12.0	15	8	7	3	3	6	2	0	1.50	11.25	2.25	2.25	4.50	0.50	--	0.50
45	Howie Koplitz	-	23	-	MLB	2	0	2.25	4	1	1	0	2	0	12.0	16	6	3	0	8	9	1	0	2.00	12.00	0.00	6.00	6.75	0.89	.400	0.42
32	Ron Nischwitz	-	23	-	MLB	0	1	5.56	6	1	0	0	2	0	11.1	13	12	7	2	8	8	0	0	1.85	10.32	1.59	6.35	6.35	1.00	.324	0.69
46	Joe Grzenda	-	24	-	MLB	1	0	7.94	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	9	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	1.94	14.29	3.18	3.18	0.00	--	.318	1.43
Totals: (41 players)						101	61	3.55	162	162	62	10	100	30	1,459	1404	671	575	180	469	836	29	2	1.48	8.66	1.05	2.89	5.16	0.56	.294

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dick Brown	C	91		460	38	5	7	.990	0.00
Mike Roarke	C	85		383	22	5	5	.988	0.00
Frank House	C	14		36	1	1	0	.974	0.00
Harry Chiti	C	5		19	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bill Freehan	C	3		14	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ozzie Virgil	C	3		2	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Norm Cash	1B	157		1231	127	11	121	.992	0.00
Bobo Osborne	1B	11		50	3	0	4	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jake Wood	2B	162		380	396	25	83	.969	0.00
Reno Bertoia	2B	7		7	7	0	3	1.000	0.00
Chuck Cottier	2B	2		2	6	0	2	1.000	0.00
Ozzie Virgil	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Steve Boros	3B	116		115	192	15	15	.953	0.00
Dick McAuliffe	3B	22		13	39	5	3	.912	0.00
Reno Bertoia	3B	13		10	17	2	2	.931	0.00
Ozzie Virgil	3B	9		9	6	1	2	.937	0.00
Chico Fernandez	3B	8		10	10	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bobo Osborne	3B	8		10	12	1	2	.957	0.00
Al Kaline	3B	1		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Chico Fernandez	SS	121		207	312	23	59	.958	0.00
Dick McAuliffe	SS	55		79	115	14	29	.933	0.00
Chuck Cottier	SS	8		7	1	1	1	.889	0.00
Reno Bertoia	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
George Thomas	SS	1		3	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Ozzie Virgil	SS	1		2	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rocky Colavito	OF	161		329	16	9	4	.975	0.00
Bill Bruton	OF	155		410	4	5	2	.988	0.00
Al Kaline	OF	147		378	9	4	3	.990	0.00
Bubba Morton	OF	30		39	1	2	1	.952	0.00
Charlie Maxwell	OF	25		53	2	2	0	.965	0.00
George Thomas	OF	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
George Alusik	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hank Aguirre	P	45	55	1	7	2	0	.800	1.31
Terry Fox	P	39	57	6	12	1	1	.947	2.84
Jim Bunning	P	38	268	21	29	3	6	.943	1.68
Frank Lary	P	36	275	32	55	1	5	.989	2.85
Don Mossi	P	35	240	7	40	1	8	.979	1.76
Paul Foytack	P	32	169	8	13	0	2	1.000	1.12
Phil Regan	P	32	120	7	8	0	0	1.000	1.13
Bill Fischer	P	26	46	6	5	0	0	1.000	2.14
Bob Bruce	P	14	44	5	1	1	0	.857	1.22
Jim Donohue	P	14	20	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.90
Gerry Staley	P	13	13	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.75
Manny Montejo	P	12	16	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Hal Woodeshick	P	12	18	2	8	2	0	.833	4.97
Ron Kline	P	10	56	2	7	0	1	1.000	1.44
Fred Gladding	P	8	16	1	1	1	0	.667	1.12
Ron Nischwitz	P	6	11	1	1	1	0	.667	1.62
Joe Grzenda	P	4	5	1	2	0	0	1.000	5.19
Howie Koplitz	P	4	12	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.75
Jerry Casale	P	3	12	2	2	2	2	.667	3.00

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