The 1961 Detroit Tigers Roster (original) (raw)

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The 1961 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Roster

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POS Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Player C Dick Brown 93 308 32 82 12 2 16 45 22 2 57 0 3 3 0 2 10 0 2 .266 .312 .474 1.0 Dick Brown 1B Norm Cash 159 535 119 193 22 8 41 132 124 19 85 9 2 2 0 4 16 11 5 .361 .487 .662 7.6 Norm Cash 2B Jake Wood 162 663 96 171 17 14 11 69 58 2 141 4 2 4 0 13 8 30 9 .258 .320 .376 -2.7 Jake Wood 3B Steve Boros 116 396 51 107 18 2 5 62 68 2 42 8 6 7 0 5 8 4 2 .270 .382 .364 -1.8 Steve Boros SS Chico Fernandez 133 435 41 108 15 4 3 40 36 4 45 0 4 1 0 9 14 8 5 .248 .305 .322 -2.1 Chico Fernandez LF Rocky Colavito 163 583 129 169 30 2 45 140 113 2 75 2 2 8 0 7 14 1 2 .290 .402 .580 4.6 Rocky Colavito CF Bill Bruton 160 596 99 153 15 5 17 63 61 0 66 3 5 3 0 15 9 22 6 .257 .327 .384 -0.9 Bill Bruton RF Al Kaline 153 586 116 190 41 7 19 82 66 2 42 4 4 5 0 20 16 14 1 .324 .393 .515 3.8 Al Kaline

S3 Dick McAuliffe 80 285 36 73 12 4 6 33 24 0 39 4 1 1 0 7 5 2 3 .256 .322 .389 -2.0 Dick McAuliffe C Mike Roarke 86 229 21 51 6 1 2 22 20 3 31 0 2 2 0 7 6 0 0 .223 .283 .284 -1.2 Mike Roarke OF Charlie Maxwell 79 131 11 30 4 2 5 18 20 2 24 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 .229 .333 .405 0.0 Charlie Maxwell OF Bubba Morton 77 108 26 31 5 1 2 19 9 1 25 1 0 2 0 3 1 3 1 .287 .342 .407 -0.1 Bubba Morton 13 Bobo Osborne 71 93 8 20 7 0 2 13 20 0 15 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 .215 .354 .355 -0.3 Bobo Osborne 32 Reno Bertoia 24 46 6 10 1 0 1 4 3 0 8 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 .217 .265 .304 -0.5 Reno Bertoia UT Ozzie Virgil 20 30 1 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .133 .161 .233 -0.7 Ozzie Virgil C Frank House 17 22 3 5 1 1 0 3 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .227 .333 .364 -0.1 Frank House OF George Alusik 15 14 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .188 .143 -0.3 George Alusik C Harry Chiti 5 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .083 .154 .083 -0.3 Harry Chiti C Bill Freehan 4 10 1 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .455 .400 0.2 Bill Freehan S2 Chuck Cottier 10 7 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286 0.0 Chuck Cottier OS George Thomas 17 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 George Thomas Vic Wertz 8 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 -0.1 Vic Wertz Dick Gernert 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .333 .800 0.1 Dick Gernert

P Frank Lary 42 108 13 25 2 0 1 5 3 0 27 1 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 .231 .259 .278 0.0 Frank Lary P Jim Bunning 38 100 6 13 1 0 0 4 2 0 30 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 .130 .147 .140 0.0 Jim Bunning P Don Mossi 35 79 8 13 2 0 1 8 6 0 28 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 .165 .224 .228 0.0 Don Mossi P Paul Foytack 32 54 4 12 1 0 1 2 1 0 11 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 .222 .236 .296 0.0 Paul Foytack P Phil Regan 33 40 4 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 15 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 .075 .140 .100 0.0 Phil Regan P Ron Kline 10 18 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .211 .222 0.0 Ron Kline P Terry Fox 39 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .231 .167 0.0 Terry Fox P Hank Aguirre 45 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 Hank Aguirre P Bob Bruce 14 9 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .111 .273 .222 0.0 Bob Bruce P Bill Fischer 26 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 Bill Fischer P Hal Woodeshick 12 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 0.0 Hal Woodeshick P Howie Koplitz 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 Howie Koplitz P Fred Gladding 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 Fred Gladding P Jerry Casale 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 Jerry Casale P Ron Nischwitz 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 Ron Nischwitz P Jim Donohue 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 Jim Donohue P Gerry Staley 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 Gerry Staley P Joe Grzenda 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0.0 Joe Grzenda P Manny Montejo 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 Manny Montejo Total 2048 5561 841 1481 215 53 180 779 673 39 865 38 64 42 0 109 125 98 36 .266 .347 .421 4.0 Total Oppon 2087 5569 671 1404 204 33 170 629 469 27 836 29 61 42 0 104 110 44 42 .252 .311 .392 Oppon POS Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Player

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Player G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Player Frank Lary 36 36 22 4 0 0 275.1 252 1127 24 117 99 66 2 146 10 10 6 6 0 37 6 25 20 23 9 3.24 5.50 3.3 Frank Lary Jim Bunning 38 37 12 4 1 1 268 232 1110 25 113 95 71 3 194 12 4 2 9 0 35 6 18 26 17 11 3.19 4.78 2.0 Jim Bunning Don Mossi 35 34 12 1 1 1 240.1 237 981 29 97 79 47 3 137 7 7 1 0 2 40 2 21 13 15 7 2.96 5.62 2.5 Don Mossi Paul Foytack 32 20 6 0 4 0 169.2 152 702 27 81 74 56 0 89 2 3 1 2 0 20 2 12 7 11 10 3.93 5.20 0.6 Paul Foytack Phil Regan 32 16 6 0 7 2 120 134 526 19 70 70 41 1 46 3 4 1 1 0 19 5 7 4 10 7 5.25 4.69 -1.6 Phil Regan Terry Fox 39 0 0 0 25 12 57.1 42 231 6 12 9 16 1 32 1 1 0 3 0 5 0 3 6 5 2 1.41 - 2.6 Terry Fox Ron Kline 10 8 3 1 1 0 56.1 53 237 3 25 17 17 1 27 1 3 3 0 0 6 3 3 5 5 3 2.72 4.25 0.8 Ron Kline Hank Aguirre 45 0 0 0 21 8 55.1 44 244 5 22 20 38 3 32 7 1 4 2 0 7 2 4 3 4 4 3.25 - 0.8 Hank Aguirre Bill Fischer 26 1 0 0 13 3 46.2 54 205 10 28 26 17 2 18 3 0 2 0 0 5 1 4 2 3 2 5.01 4.00 -0.5 Bill Fischer Bob Bruce 14 6 0 0 2 0 44.2 57 210 6 28 22 24 2 25 4 2 0 2 0 10 2 5 6 1 2 4.43 6.00 -0.2 Bob Bruce Jim Donohue 14 0 0 0 8 1 20.1 23 98 2 10 8 15 2 20 3 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 1 3.54 - 0.1 Jim Donohue Hal Woodeshick 12 2 0 0 2 0 18.1 25 98 3 17 16 17 1 13 2 0 1 0 0 4 2 1 4 1 1 7.85 3.00 -0.6 Hal Woodeshick Fred Gladding 8 0 0 0 2 0 16.1 18 79 1 7 6 11 1 11 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3.31 - 0.0 Fred Gladding Manny Montejo 12 0 0 0 2 0 16.1 13 68 2 7 7 6 1 15 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.86 - 0.0 Manny Montejo Gerry Staley 13 0 0 0 8 2 13.1 15 60 1 6 5 6 1 8 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3.38 - 0.2 Gerry Staley Jerry Casale 3 1 0 0 0 0 12 15 51 3 8 7 3 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 5.25 5.00 -0.1 Jerry Casale Howie Koplitz 4 1 1 0 2 0 12 16 59 0 6 3 8 1 9 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 2 0 2.25 6.00 0.1 Howie Koplitz Ron Nischwitz 6 1 0 0 2 0 11.1 13 56 2 12 7 8 1 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 5.56 5.00 -0.3 Ron Nischwitz Joe Grzenda 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 9 28 2 5 5 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 7.94 - -0.3 Joe Grzenda Total 383 163 62 12 101 30 1459.1 1404 6170 170 671 575 469 27 836 61 42 29 29 2 204 33 110 104 101 61 3.55 5.16 9.4 Total Oppon 430 163 26 7 137 23 1436.2 1481 6378 180 841 740 673 39 869 64 42 51 38 1 215 53 127 109 61 101 4.64 4.12 Oppon Player G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Player

Team shutouts may be more than the composite totals for all pitchers due to instances in which more than one pitcher combined for a shutout.

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Player POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G Hank Aguirre P 45 0 0 55.1 1 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .800 Bob Bruce P 14 6 0 44.2 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 .857 Jim Bunning P 38 37 12 268.1 21 29 3 6 0 4 13 11 0 .943 Jerry Casale P 3 1 0 12 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 .667 Jim Donohue P 14 0 0 20.1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.000 Bill Fischer P 26 1 0 46.1 6 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1.000 Terry Fox P 39 0 0 57.1 6 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 .947 Paul Foytack P 32 20 6 169.2 8 13 0 2 0 0 2 5 2 1.000 Fred Gladding P 8 0 0 16.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .667 Joe Grzenda P 4 0 0 5.2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 Ron Kline P 10 8 3 56.1 2 7 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 1.000 Howie Koplitz P 4 1 1 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 Frank Lary P 36 36 22 275.1 32 55 1 5 0 4 5 9 2 .989 Manny Montejo P 12 0 0 16.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 - Don Mossi P 35 34 12 240.1 7 40 1 8 0 0 2 4 1 .979 Ron Nischwitz P 6 1 0 11.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 .667 Phil Regan P 32 16 6 120 7 8 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 1.000 Gerry Staley P 13 0 0 13.1 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1.000 Hal Woodeshick P 12 2 0 18.1 2 8 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .833 Dick Brown C 91 84 68 727.2 460 38 5 7 0 6 19 24 3 .990 Harry Chiti C 5 4 1 37 19 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 1.000 Bill Freehan C 3 3 3 22 14 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000 Frank House C 14 5 4 59.1 36 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 .974 Mike Roarke C 85 67 51 606.1 383 22 5 5 0 6 17 14 0 .988 Ozzie Virgil C 3 0 0 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 Norm Cash 1B 157 157 152 1390 1231 127 11 121 0 .992 Bobo Osborne 1B 11 6 6 69.1 50 3 0 4 0 1.000 Reno Bertoia 2B 7 2 0 21 7 7 0 3 0 1.000 Chuck Cottier 2B 2 1 0 12 2 6 0 2 0 1.000 Ozzie Virgil 2B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Jake Wood 2B 162 160 154 1425.1 380 396 25 83 0 .969 Reno Bertoia 3B 13 10 10 93 10 17 2 2 0 .931 Steve Boros 3B 116 115 111 1007 115 192 15 15 0 .953 Chico Fernandez 3B 8 5 4 46.2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 Al Kaline 3B 1 1 1 9 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 Dick McAuliffe 3B 22 21 19 187.2 13 39 5 3 0 .912 Bobo Osborne 3B 8 8 2 64 10 12 1 2 0 .957 Ozzie Virgil 3B 9 3 2 52 9 6 1 2 0 .938 Reno Bertoia SS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Chuck Cottier SS 8 0 0 16.1 7 1 1 1 0 .889 Chico Fernandez SS 121 113 97 1000.2 207 312 23 59 0 .958 Dick McAuliffe SS 55 49 41 426.1 79 115 14 29 0 .933 George Thomas SS 1 0 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 1.000 Ozzie Virgil SS 1 1 1 9 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 Rocky Colavito LF 150 144 136 1266 301 14 8 3 0 .975 Al Kaline LF 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 - Charlie Maxwell LF 22 18 9 167 44 1 2 0 0 .957 Bubba Morton LF 8 1 1 25 7 1 0 1 0 1.000 Bill Bruton CF 155 141 139 1291.1 406 3 5 2 0 .988 Al Kaline CF 22 20 6 152 67 1 0 0 0 1.000 Bubba Morton CF 2 2 2 16 3 0 1 0 0 .750 George Alusik RF 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 - Rocky Colavito RF 20 17 11 159 30 2 1 1 0 .970 Al Kaline RF 141 127 118 1147 308 8 4 3 0 .988 Charlie Maxwell RF 4 4 2 26 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 Bubba Morton RF 20 15 7 117 35 0 1 0 0 .972 George Thomas RF 2 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 - George Alusik OF 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 Bill Bruton OF 155 141 139 1291.1 410 4 5 2 0 .988 0 155 0 Rocky Colavito OF 161 161 147 1425 329 16 9 4 0 .975 150 0 20 Al Kaline OF 147 147 124 1300.1 378 9 4 3 0 .990 1 22 141 Charlie Maxwell OF 25 22 11 193 53 2 2 0 0 .965 22 0 4 Bubba Morton OF 30 18 10 158 39 1 2 1 0 .952 8 2 20 George Thomas OF 2 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 2 Total P 383 163 62 1459.1 103 197 15 25 0 13 44 42 7 .952 Total C 201 163 127 1459.1 914 69 11 12 0 13 44 42 3 .989 Total 1B 168 163 158 1459.1 1281 130 11 125 0 .992 Total 2B 172 163 154 1459.1 389 409 25 88 0 .970 Total 3B 177 163 149 1459.1 168 277 24 24 0 .949 Total SS 187 163 139 1459.1 298 431 38 90 0 .950 Total LF 181 163 146 1459.1 352 16 10 4 0 .974 Total CF 179 163 147 1459.1 476 4 6 2 0 .988 Total RF 188 163 138 1459.1 380 11 6 4 0 .985 Total OF 521 489 431 4378 1209 32 22 10 0 .983 181 179 188 Total ALL 1809 1467 1220 13134 4362 1545 146 147 0 13 44 42 10 .976 Player POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

Manager: Bob Scheffing

Coach Position Start End Phil Cavarretta Third base 4-11 10- 1 Tom Ferrick Pitching 4-11 10- 1 Don Heffner First base 4-11 10- 1

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