1961 Detroit Tigers Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 101-61
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 1,600,710, Avg. 23,845
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium
Manager: Bob Scheffing (101-61)
Location: Detroit, Michigan

1961 Detroit Tigers Roster
1961 Detroit Tigers Results

The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1961 season with a record of 101 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the AL.

The Tigers led the league with 841 runs. Detroit allowed 671 runs. Rocky Colavito walloped 45 home runs for the squad, while Bill Bruton, Norm Cash, Al Kaline and Dick Brown each added 20 or more as well. Rocky Colavito accounted for 140 RBI. Norm Cash topped all regular batters by hitting .361. Frank Lary notched 23 wins on the mound for the squad, and Jim Bunning and Don Mossi also contributed 15 or more victories also Don Mossi earned a 2.96 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Bob Scheffing coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Frank Lary	23	9	.719	3.24	36	36	0	22	4	0	275.3	252	117	99	24	66	2	146	6	0	6	1127
Jim Bunning	17	11	.607	3.19	38	37	1	12	4	1	268.0	232	113	95	25	71	3	194	9	0	2	1110
Don Mossi	15	7	.682	2.96	35	34	1	12	1	1	240.3	237	97	79	29	47	3	137	0	2	1	981
Paul Foytack	11	10	.524	3.93	32	20	4	6	0	0	169.7	152	81	74	27	56	0	89	2	0	1	702
Phil Regan	10	7	.588	5.25	32	16	7	6	0	2	120.0	134	70	70	19	41	1	46	1	0	1	526
Terry Fox	5	2	.714	1.41	39	0	25	0	0	12	57.3	42	12	9	6	16	1	32	3	0	0	231
Ron Kline	5	3	.625	2.72	10	8	1	3	1	0	56.3	53	25	17	3	17	1	27	0	0	3	237
Hank Aguirre	4	4	.500	3.25	45	0	21	0	0	8	55.3	44	22	20	5	38	3	32	2	0	4	244
Bill Fischer	3	2	.600	5.01	26	1	13	0	0	3	46.7	54	28	26	10	17	2	18	0	0	2	205
Howie Koplitz	2	0	1.000	2.25	4	1	2	1	0	0	12.0	16	6	3	0	8	1	9	0	0	1	59
Fred Gladding	1	0	1.000	3.31	8	0	2	0	0	0	16.3	18	7	6	1	11	1	11	2	0	1	79
Joe Grzenda	1	0	1.000	7.94	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.7	9	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	28
Gerry Staley	1	1	.500	3.38	13	0	8	0	0	2	13.3	15	6	5	1	6	1	8	0	0	1	60
Jim Donohue	1	1	.500	3.54	14	0	8	0	0	1	20.3	23	10	8	2	15	2	20	0	0	2	98
Hal Woodeshick	1	1	.500	7.85	12	2	2	0	0	0	18.3	25	17	16	3	17	1	13	0	0	1	98
Bob Bruce	1	2	.333	4.43	14	6	2	0	0	0	44.7	57	28	22	6	24	2	25	2	0	0	210
Manny Montejo	0	0		3.86	12	0	2	0	0	0	16.3	13	7	7	2	6	1	15	2	0	1	68
Jerry Casale	0	0		5.25	3	1	0	0	0	0	12.0	15	8	7	3	3	0	6	0	0	2	51
Ron Nischwitz	0	1	.000	5.56	6	1	2	0	0	0	11.3	13	12	7	2	8	1	8	0	0	0	56
Totals	101	61	.623	3.55	383	163	101	62	10	30	1459.3	1404	671	575	170	469	27	836	29	2	29	6170

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Norm Cash	159	672	535	119	193	22	8	41	132	11	5	124	85	.361	.487	.662	1.148	354	16	9	2	2	19
Al Kaline	153	665	586	116	190	41	7	19	82	14	1	66	42	.324	.393	.515	.909	302	16	4	4	5	2
Jake Wood	162	731	663	96	171	17	14	11	69	30	9	58	141	.258	.320	.376	.695	249	8	4	2	4	2
Rocky Colavito	163	708	583	129	169	30	2	45	140	1	2	113	75	.290	.402	.580	.982	338	14	2	2	8	2
Bill Bruton	160	668	596	99	153	15	5	17	63	22	6	61	66	.257	.327	.384	.712	229	9	3	5	3	0
Chico Fernandez	133	476	435	41	108	15	4	3	40	8	5	36	45	.248	.305	.322	.627	140	14	0	4	1	4
Steve Boros	116	485	396	51	107	18	2	5	62	4	2	68	42	.270	.382	.364	.746	144	8	8	6	7	2
Dick Brown	93	336	308	32	82	12	2	16	45	0	2	22	57	.266	.312	.474	.786	146	10	0	3	3	2
Dick McAuliffe	80	315	285	36	73	12	4	6	33	2	3	24	39	.256	.322	.389	.711	111	5	4	1	1	0
Mike Roarke	86	253	229	21	51	6	1	2	22	0	0	20	31	.223	.283	.284	.567	65	6	0	2	2	3
Bubba Morton	77	120	108	26	31	5	1	2	19	3	1	9	25	.287	.342	.407	.749	44	1	1	0	2	1
Charlie Maxwell	79	153	131	11	30	4	2	5	18	0	0	20	24	.229	.333	.405	.738	53	1	1	0	1	2
Frank Lary	42	115	108	13	25	2	0	1	5	0	0	3	27	.231	.259	.278	.537	30	2	1	3	0	0
Bobo Osborne	71	114	93	8	20	7	0	2	13	1	0	20	15	.215	.354	.355	.709	33	1	0	1	0	0
Don Mossi	35	91	79	8	13	2	0	1	8	0	0	6	28	.165	.224	.228	.451	18	0	0	6	0	0
Jim Bunning	38	104	100	6	13	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	30	.130	.147	.140	.287	14	3	0	2	0	0
Paul Foytack	32	61	54	4	12	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	11	.222	.236	.296	.533	16	3	0	6	0	0
Reno Bertoia	24	51	46	6	10	1	0	1	4	2	0	3	8	.217	.265	.304	.570	14	0	0	2	0	0
Frank House	17	28	22	3	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	4	2	.227	.333	.364	.697	8	1	0	1	1	0
Bill Freehan	4	11	10	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	.400	.455	.400	.855	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ozzie Virgil	20	31	30	1	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	.133	.161	.233	.395	7	2	0	0	0	0
Ron Kline	10	22	18	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.167	.211	.222	.433	4	0	1	3	0	0
Phil Regan	33	46	40	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	15	.075	.140	.100	.240	4	1	0	3	0	0
Chuck Cottier	10	9	7	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.286	.375	.286	.661	2	0	0	1	0	0
Terry Fox	39	14	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	0	0	1	0	0
George Alusik	15	16	14	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.143	.188	.143	.330	2	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Grzenda	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Gernert	6	6	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.800	1.133	4	1	0	0	0	0
Vic Wertz	8	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Bruce	14	12	9	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.111	.273	.222	.495	2	1	0	1	0	0
Harry Chiti	5	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.083	.154	.083	.237	1	1	0	0	0	0
George Thomas	17	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Woodeshick	12	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Casale	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Aguirre	45	13	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	1	0
Ron Nischwitz	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Donohue	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Bill Fischer	26	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Gladding	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Howie Koplitz	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerry Staley	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Manny Montejo	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2048	6378	5561	841	1481	215	53	180	779	98	36	673	865	.266	.347	.421	.768	2342	125	38	64	42	39

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Norm Cash	1B	157	157	1390.0	1231	127	11	121	.992	8.793	8.650	0	0	0	0
Bobo Osborne	1B	11	6	69.3	50	3	0	4	1.000	6.880	4.818	0	0	0	0
Jake Wood	2B	162	160	1425.3	380	396	25	83	.969	4.900	4.790	0	0	0	0
Reno Bertoia	2B	7	2	21.0	7	7	0	3	1.000	6.000	2.000	0	0	0	0
Chuck Cottier	2B	2	1	12.0	2	6	0	2	1.000	6.000	4.000	0	0	0	0
Ozzie Virgil	2B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Steve Boros	3B	116	115	1007.0	115	192	15	15	.953	2.744	2.647	0	0	0	0
Dick McAuliffe	3B	22	21	187.7	13	39	5	3	.912	2.494	2.364	0	0	0	0
Reno Bertoia	3B	13	10	93.0	10	17	2	2	.931	2.613	2.077	0	0	0	0
Bobo Osborne	3B	8	8	64.0	10	12	1	2	.957	3.094	2.750	0	0	0	0
Ozzie Virgil	3B	9	3	52.0	9	6	1	2	.938	2.596	1.667	0	0	0	0
Chico Fernandez	3B	8	5	46.7	10	10	0	0	1.000	3.857	2.500	0	0	0	0
Al Kaline	3B	1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	2.000	0	0	0	0
Dick Brown	C	91	84	727.7	460	38	5	7	.990	6.159	5.473	6	14	19	24	55.8
Mike Roarke	C	85	67	606.3	383	22	5	5	.988	6.012	4.765	6	10	17	14	45.2
Frank House	C	14	5	59.3	36	1	1	0	.974	5.612	2.643	0	2	3	1	25.0
Harry Chiti	C	5	4	37.0	19	3	0	0	1.000	5.351	4.400	1	1	2	3	60.0
Bill Freehan	C	3	3	22.0	14	4	0	0	1.000	7.364	6.000	0	1	2	0	0.0
Ozzie Virgil	C	3	0	7.0	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.857	1.000	0	1	1	0	0.0
Rocky Colavito	OF	161	161	1425.0	329	16	9	4	.975	2.179	2.143	0	0	0	0
Al Kaline	OF	147	147	1300.3	378	9	4	3	.990	2.679	2.633	0	0	0	0
Bill Bruton	OF	155	141	1291.3	410	4	5	2	.988	2.885	2.671	0	0	0	0
Charlie Maxwell	OF	25	22	193.0	53	2	2	0	.965	2.565	2.200	0	0	0	0
Bubba Morton	OF	30	18	158.0	39	1	2	1	.952	2.278	1.333	0	0	0	0
George Alusik	OF	1	0	7.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
George Thomas	OF	2	0	3.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Frank Lary	P	36	36	275.3	32	55	1	5	.989	2.844	2.417	0	0	0	0
Jim Bunning	P	38	37	268.3	21	29	3	6	.943	1.677	1.316	0	0	0	0
Don Mossi	P	35	34	240.3	7	40	1	8	.979	1.760	1.343	0	0	0	0
Paul Foytack	P	32	20	169.7	8	13	0	2	1.000	1.114	.656	0	0	0	0
Phil Regan	P	32	16	120.0	7	8	0	0	1.000	1.125	.469	0	0	0	0
Terry Fox	P	39	0	57.3	6	12	1	1	.947	2.826	.462	0	0	0	0
Ron Kline	P	10	8	56.3	2	7	0	1	1.000	1.438	.900	0	0	0	0
Hank Aguirre	P	45	0	55.3	1	7	2	0	.800	1.301	.178	0	0	0	0
Bill Fischer	P	26	1	46.3	6	5	0	0	1.000	2.137	.423	0	0	0	0
Bob Bruce	P	14	6	44.7	5	1	1	0	.857	1.209	.429	0	0	0	0
Jim Donohue	P	14	0	20.3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.885	.143	0	0	0	0
Hal Woodeshick	P	12	2	18.3	2	8	2	0	.833	4.909	.833	0	0	0	0
Manny Montejo	P	12	0	16.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Fred Gladding	P	8	0	16.3	1	1	1	0	.667	1.102	.250	0	0	0	0
Gerry Staley	P	13	0	13.3	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.700	.308	0	0	0	0
Howie Koplitz	P	4	1	12.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	.750	.250	0	0	0	0
Jerry Casale	P	3	1	12.0	2	2	2	2	.667	3.000	1.333	0	0	0	0
Ron Nischwitz	P	6	1	11.3	1	1	1	0	.667	1.588	.333	0	0	0	0
Joe Grzenda	P	4	0	5.7	1	2	0	0	1.000	4.765	.750	0	0	0	0
Chico Fernandez	SS	121	113	1000.7	207	312	23	59	.958	4.668	4.289	0	0	0	0
Dick McAuliffe	SS	55	49	426.3	79	115	14	29	.933	4.095	3.527	0	0	0	0
Chuck Cottier	SS	8	0	16.3	7	1	1	1	.889	4.408	1.000	0	0	0	0
Ozzie Virgil	SS	1	1	9.0	2	2	0	0	1.000	4.000	4.000	0	0	0	0
George Thomas	SS	1	0	6.0	3	1	0	1	1.000	6.000	4.000	0	0	0	0
Reno Bertoia	SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals		1809	1467	13134.0	4362	1545	146	374	.976	4.048	3.265	13	29	44	42	48.8

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