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

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Advanced Stats

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Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

	Home Runs		GB/FB Info			Special Hitting				Baserunning
Player	multiHR	Slams	GB	FB	G/F	PH	infH	ROE	FO	S12	S13	S23	S2H	D13	D1H	POt
Hank Aguirre	0	0	4	1	4.00	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Alusik	0	0	3	6	0.50	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reno Bertoia	0	0	52	26	2.00	1	4	1	7	6	1	0	3	1	3	0
Steve Boros	0	0	105	158	0.66	0	4	5	19	23	5	7	14	3	0	0
Dick Brown	0	1	86	94	0.91	2	6	1	13	10	2	2	4	2	2	0
Bob Bruce	0	0	4	3	1.33	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Bruton	1	0	190	201	0.95	1	12	14	19	21	21	4	14	4	9	0
Jim Bunning	0	0	33	26	1.27	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	1	0	0
Jerry Casale	0	0	0	3	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Norm Cash	3	2	131	134	0.98	0	9	2	15	34	13	11	19	3	4	0
Harry Chiti	0	0	4	5	0.80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rocky Colavito	4	0	155	197	0.79	0	6	7	17	27	21	8	18	4	8	0
Chuck Cottier	0	0	3	2	1.50	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Donohue	0	0	13	3	4.33	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Chico Fernandez	0	0	153	136	1.13	2	5	9	17	14	9	3	11	4	2	0
Bill Fischer	0	0	3	2	1.50	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Fox	0	0	3	1	3.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Foytack	0	0	26	11	2.36	0	0	0	3	3	1	1	2	0	0	0
Bill Freehan	0	0	5	1	5.00	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Gernert	0	0	1	1	1.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Gladding	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Grzenda	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank House	0	0	9	8	1.13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Al Kaline	0	0	196	176	1.11	3	15	17	13	15	13	2	25	5	6	0
Ron Kline	0	0	11	4	2.75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Howie Koplitz	0	0	2	1	2.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Lary	0	0	27	34	0.79	0	2	2	1	7	2	1	4	1	0	0
Charlie Maxwell	0	0	29	49	0.59	12	2	2	3	6	0	0	2	1	0	0
Dick McAuliffe	0	0	108	69	1.57	3	6	5	13	13	9	2	3	2	1	0
Bubba Morton	0	0	30	24	1.25	11	3	3	6	6	3	2	4	2	0	0
Don Mossi	0	0	26	17	1.53	0	1	2	0	7	2	0	2	0	0	0
Ron Nischwitz	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobo Osborne	0	0	39	21	1.86	10	0	2	5	2	3	1	1	0	0	0
Phil Regan	0	0	14	11	1.27	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Roarke	0	0	69	81	0.85	0	4	5	5	6	4	2	3	3	0	0
Gerry Staley	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Thomas	1	1	62	80	0.78	0	2	3	9	10	8	2	4	2	0	0
Ozzie Virgil	0	0	13	8	1.63	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Vic Wertz	0	1	83	126	0.66	2	4	4	4	14	4	4	7	3	2	0
Jake Wood	0	1	183	183	1.00	0	21	13	27	21	19	7	12	6	6	0
Hal Woodeshick	0	0	3	0	--	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

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