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1961 American League
Team Record GB
New York Yankees 109 - 53
Detroit Tigers 101 - 61 8.0
Baltimore Orioles 95 - 67 14.0
Chicago White Sox 86 - 76 23.0
Cleveland Indians 78 - 83 30.5
Boston Red Sox 76 - 86 33.0
Minnesota Twins 70 - 90 38.0
Los Angeles Angels 70 - 91 38.5
Kansas City Athletics 61 - 100 47.5
Washington Senators 61 - 100 47.5

2nd (AL)
Runs Scored: 841
Runs Allowed: 671
Attendance: 1,600,710

1961 Detroit Tigers Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Dick Brown C 26 93 308 32 82 12 2 16 45 22 2 57 0 2 3 0 10 .266 .312 .474 .786
Norm Cash 1B 26 159 535 119 193 22 8 41 132 124 19 85 11 5 2 9 16 .361 .487 .662 1.149
Jake Wood 2B 24 162 663 96 171 17 14 11 69 58 2 141 30 9 2 4 8 .258 .320 .376 .696
Steve Boros 3B 24 116 396 51 107 18 2 5 62 68 2 42 4 2 6 8 8 .270 .382 .364 .746
Chico Fernandez SS 29 133 435 41 108 15 4 3 40 36 4 45 8 5 4 0 14 .248 .305 .322 .627
Rocky Colavito LF 27 163 583 129 169 30 2 45 140 113 2 75 1 2 2 2 14 .290 .402 .580 .982
Bill Bruton CF 35 160 596 99 153 15 5 17 63 61 0 66 22 6 5 3 9 .257 .327 .384 .711
Al Kaline RF 26 153 586 116 190 41 7 19 82 66 2 42 14 1 4 4 16 .324 .393 .515 .908

1961 Detroit Tigers Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Mike Roarke 30 86 229 21 51 6 1 2 22 20 3 31 0 0 2 0 6 .223 .283 .284 .567
Dick McAuliffe 21 80 285 36 73 12 4 6 33 24 0 39 2 3 1 4 5 .256 .322 .389 .711
Charlie Maxwell 34 79 131 11 30 4 2 5 18 20 2 24 0 0 0 1 1 .229 .333 .405 .738
Bubba Morton 29 77 108 26 31 5 1 2 19 9 1 25 3 1 0 1 1 .287 .342 .407 .749
Bobo Osborne 25 71 93 8 20 7 0 2 13 20 0 15 1 0 1 0 1 .215 .354 .355 .709
Reno Bertoia 26 24 46 6 10 1 0 1 4 3 0 8 2 0 2 0 0 .217 .265 .304 .569
Ozzie Virgil 29 20 30 1 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 .133 .161 .233 .394
Frank House 31 17 22 3 5 1 1 0 3 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 .227 .333 .364 .697
George Thomas 23 17 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
George Alusik 26 15 14 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .188 .143 .331
Chuck Cottier 25 10 7 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .661
Vic Wertz 36 8 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .334
Dick Gernert 32 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .333 .800 1.133
Harry Chiti 28 5 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .083 .154 .083 .237
Bill Freehan 19 4 10 1 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .455 .400 .855

1961 Detroit Tigers Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Frank Lary P 31 42 108 13 25 2 0 1 5 3 0 27 0 0 3 1 2 .231 .259 .278 .537
Jim Bunning P 29 38 100 6 13 1 0 0 4 2 0 30 0 0 2 0 3 .130 .147 .140 .287
Don Mossi P 32 35 79 8 13 2 0 1 8 6 0 28 0 0 6 0 0 .165 .224 .228 .452
Paul Foytack P 30 32 54 4 12 1 0 1 2 1 0 11 0 0 6 0 3 .222 .236 .296 .532
Phil Regan P 24 33 40 4 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 15 0 0 3 0 1 .075 .140 .100 .240
Ron Kline P 29 10 18 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 0 0 3 1 0 .167 .211 .222 .433
Terry Fox P 25 39 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 .167 .231 .167 .398
Bob Bruce P 28 14 9 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 .111 .273 .222 .495
Hank Aguirre P 30 45 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bill Fischer P 30 26 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Hal Woodeshick P 28 12 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Howie Koplitz P 23 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jerry Casale P 27 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Fred Gladding P 25 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ron Nischwitz P 23 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jim Donohue P 22 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Joe Grzenda P 24 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Jerry Staley P 40 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1961 Detroit Tigers Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Jim Bunning 29 38 37 17 11 .607 3.19 268.0 113 95 232 25 71 194 .225 9 2 12 4 1 3.66
Frank Lary 31 36 36 23 9 .719 3.24 275.1 117 99 252 24 66 146 .239 6 6 22 4 0 3.86
Don Mossi 32 35 34 15 7 .682 2.96 240.1 97 79 237 29 47 137 .254 0 1 12 1 1 4.02
Paul Foytack 30 32 20 11 10 .524 3.93 169.2 81 74 152 27 56 89 .236 2 1 6 0 0 5.05
Ron Kline 29 10 8 5 3 .625 2.72 56.1 25 17 53 3 17 27 .241 0 3 3 1 0 3.64

1961 Detroit Tigers Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Hank Aguirre 30 45 0 4 4 .500 3.25 55.1 22 20 44 5 38 32 .216 2 4 0 0 8 5.19
Terry Fox 25 39 0 5 2 .714 1.41 57.1 12 9 42 6 16 32 .198 3 0 0 0 12 4.24
Phil Regan 24 32 16 10 7 .588 5.25 120.0 70 70 134 19 41 46 .277 1 1 6 0 2 5.34
Bill Fischer 30 26 1 3 2 .600 5.01 46.2 28 26 54 10 17 18 .287 0 2 0 0 3 6.11
Bob Bruce 28 14 6 1 2 .333 4.43 44.2 28 22 57 6 24 25 .310 2 0 0 0 0 5.37
Jim Donohue 22 14 0 1 1 .500 3.54 20.1 10 8 23 2 15 20 .277 0 2 0 0 1 4.52
Jerry Staley 40 13 0 1 1 .500 3.38 13.1 6 5 15 1 6 8 .278 0 1 0 0 2 4.13
Manny Montejo 25 12 0 0 0 .000 3.86 16.1 7 7 13 2 6 15 .217 2 1 0 0 0 4.22
Hal Woodeshick 28 12 2 1 1 .500 7.85 18.1 17 16 25 3 17 13 .309 0 1 0 0 0 6.49
Fred Gladding 25 8 0 1 0 1.000 3.31 16.1 7 6 18 1 11 11 .273 2 1 0 0 0 4.84
Ron Nischwitz 23 6 1 0 1 .000 5.56 11.1 12 7 13 2 8 8 .271 0 0 0 0 0 6.00
Joe Grzenda 24 4 0 1 0 1.000 7.94 5.2 5 5 9 2 2 0 .346 0 0 0 0 0 8.65
Howie Koplitz 23 4 1 2 0 1.000 2.25 12.0 6 3 16 0 8 9 .314 0 1 1 0 0 3.50
Jerry Casale 27 3 1 0 0 .000 5.25 12.0 8 7 15 3 3 6 .313 0 2 0 0 0 6.00