1963 Detroit Tigers Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 79-83
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 818,762, Avg. 11,532
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium
Manager: Bob Scheffing (24-36)
Manager: Chuck Dressen (55-47)
Location: Detroit, Michigan

1963 Detroit Tigers Roster
1963 Detroit Tigers Results

The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1963 season with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.

The Tigers scored 700 runs and surrendered 703 runs. Al Kaline led Detroit with 27 home runs, while Rocky Colavito and Norm Cash walloped 20 or more as well. Al Kaline recorded 101 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .312. Phil Regan paced the team with 15 wins, and Mickey Lolich recorded a 3.55 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Bob Scheffing and Chuck Dressen 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
Phil Regan	15	9	.625	3.86	38	27	5	5	1	1	189.0	179	95	81	33	59	5	115	7	1	6	811
Hank Aguirre	14	15	.483	3.67	38	33	2	14	3	0	225.7	222	96	92	25	68	3	134	8	1	2	954
Jim Bunning	12	13	.480	3.88	39	35	3	6	2	1	248.3	245	119	107	38	69	3	196	5	0	4	1051
Terry Fox	8	6	.571	3.59	46	0	29	0	0	11	80.3	81	37	32	9	20	5	35	2	0	0	335
Don Mossi	7	7	.500	3.74	24	16	5	3	0	2	122.7	110	58	51	20	17	0	68	4	1	1	496
Bill Faul	5	6	.455	4.64	28	10	8	2	0	1	97.0	93	55	50	14	48	3	64	4	3	6	431
Mickey Lolich	5	9	.357	3.55	33	18	5	4	0	0	144.3	145	64	57	13	56	1	103	5	2	8	620
Frank Lary	4	9	.308	3.27	16	14	0	6	0	0	107.3	90	40	39	15	26	0	46	5	0	3	433
Bob Anderson	3	1	.750	3.30	32	3	15	0	0	0	60.0	58	28	22	5	21	2	38	6	0	4	260
Denny McLain	2	1	.667	4.29	3	3	0	2	0	0	21.0	20	12	10	2	16	0	22	0	1	1	96
Willie Smith	1	0	1.000	4.57	11	2	4	0	0	2	21.7	24	13	11	2	13	2	16	0	1	0	99
Fred Gladding	1	1	.500	1.98	22	0	14	0	0	7	27.3	19	6	6	1	14	1	24	0	0	2	113
Alan Koch	1	1	.500	10.80	7	1	1	0	0	0	10.0	21	12	12	3	9	0	5	1	0	1	57
Tom Sturdivant	1	2	.333	3.76	28	0	15	0	0	2	55.0	43	26	23	7	24	2	36	1	0	2	231
Larry Foster	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12
Dick Egan	0	1	.000	5.14	20	0	7	0	0	0	21.0	25	12	12	4	3	0	16	0	0	1	92
Paul Foytack	0	1	.000	8.66	9	0	2	0	0	1	17.7	18	18	17	4	8	0	7	0	0	0	78
Bob Dustal	0	1	.000	9.00	7	0	5	0	0	0	6.0	10	9	6	0	5	1	4	0	0	1	35
Totals	79	83	.488	3.90	402	162	120	42	6	28	1456.3	1407	703	631	195	477	28	930	48	10	42	6204

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
Al Kaline	145	616	551	89	172	24	3	27	101	6	4	54	48	.312	.375	.514	.889	283	12	4	3	4	12
Rocky Colavito	160	692	597	91	162	29	2	22	91	0	0	84	78	.271	.358	.437	.795	261	18	1	2	8	9
Dick McAuliffe	150	644	568	77	149	18	6	13	61	11	5	64	75	.262	.334	.384	.718	218	12	0	7	5	1
Bill Bruton	145	594	524	84	134	21	8	8	48	14	7	59	70	.256	.330	.372	.703	195	6	0	10	1	3
Norm Cash	147	593	493	67	133	19	1	26	79	2	3	89	76	.270	.386	.471	.856	232	9	6	2	3	8
Bubba Phillips	128	502	464	42	114	11	2	5	45	6	2	19	42	.246	.276	.310	.586	144	16	4	5	10	1
Jake Wood	85	385	351	50	95	11	2	11	27	18	5	24	61	.271	.330	.407	.737	143	2	7	3	0	0
Gus Triandos	106	369	327	28	78	13	0	14	41	0	0	32	67	.239	.315	.407	.722	133	10	6	1	3	4
Bill Freehan	100	345	300	37	73	12	2	9	36	2	0	39	56	.243	.331	.387	.718	116	8	2	1	3	4
Don Wert	78	283	251	31	65	6	2	7	25	3	3	24	51	.259	.326	.382	.709	96	6	2	4	2	2
George Smith	52	195	171	16	37	8	2	0	17	4	0	18	34	.216	.298	.287	.585	49	4	2	4	0	1
George Thomas	49	124	109	13	26	4	1	1	11	2	1	11	22	.239	.306	.321	.628	35	1	1	0	3	0
Gates Brown	55	93	82	16	22	3	1	2	14	2	1	8	13	.268	.333	.402	.736	33	3	1	0	2	0
Willie Horton	15	43	43	6	14	2	1	1	4	2	0	0	8	.326	.326	.488	.814	21	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Roarke	23	47	44	5	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.318	.362	.318	.680	14	1	1	0	0	1
Jim Bunning	41	94	84	4	13	1	1	0	5	0	0	4	15	.155	.193	.190	.384	16	4	0	6	0	0
Frank Kostro	31	62	52	4	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	13	.231	.344	.250	.594	13	2	0	1	0	0
Hank Aguirre	38	81	76	5	10	3	0	0	6	1	0	3	48	.132	.165	.171	.336	13	0	0	2	0	0
Phil Regan	38	70	63	5	9	0	0	1	5	0	0	3	21	.143	.179	.190	.370	12	3	0	3	1	0
Frank Lary	16	38	35	2	8	0	1	0	6	0	0	1	10	.229	.250	.286	.536	10	1	0	2	0	0
Don Mossi	24	47	39	2	8	2	0	0	4	0	0	6	12	.205	.311	.256	.568	10	0	0	2	0	0
Whitey Herzog	52	66	53	5	8	2	1	0	7	0	0	11	17	.151	.303	.226	.529	12	0	1	0	1	3
Coot Veal	15	37	32	5	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	4	.219	.297	.219	.516	7	4	0	0	1	0
Chico Fernandez	15	56	49	3	7	1	0	0	2	0	1	6	11	.143	.236	.163	.400	8	4	0	1	0	0
Bob Anderson	32	9	9	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.444	.444	.556	1.000	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Faul	28	30	27	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	.148	.207	.222	.429	6	0	0	1	0	0
Alan Koch	8	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3	0	0	0	0	0
Purnal Goldy	9	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Lolich	33	47	36	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	20	.056	.244	.056	.300	2	0	0	2	0	0
Denny McLain	3	7	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.200	.167	.800	.967	4	0	0	1	1	0
Willie Smith	17	8	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bubba Morton	6	13	11	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	.091	.231	.091	.322	1	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Fox	46	14	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.091	.231	.091	.322	1	0	0	1	0	0
Vic Wertz	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Sullivan	3	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.286	.000	.286	0	1	0	0	0	0
Tom Sturdivant	28	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Gladding	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Foytack	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Egan	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Dustal	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Foster	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1986	6242	5500	700	1388	195	36	148	649	73	32	592	908	.252	.327	.382	.708	2099	127	38	64	48	49

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Norm Cash	1B	142	138	1226.0	1161	99	7	93	.994	9.250	8.873	0	0	0	0
Bill Freehan	1B	19	19	168.3	147	16	1	14	.994	8.715	8.579	0	0	0	0
Whitey Herzog	1B	7	3	42.0	40	1	1	2	.976	8.786	5.857	0	0	0	0
Frank Kostro	1B	3	2	20.0	21	3	0	0	1.000	1.800	8.000	0	0	0	0
Jake Wood	2B	81	80	713.0	188	202	17	47	.958	4.923	4.815	0	0	0	0
George Smith	2B	52	52	460.3	120	157	5	28	.982	5.416	5.327	0	0	0	0
Don Wert	2B	21	15	146.7	36	54	3	10	.968	5.523	4.286	0	0	0	0
Dick McAuliffe	2B	15	15	135.3	36	32	2	8	.971	4.522	4.533	0	0	0	0
George Thomas	2B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Bubba Phillips	3B	117	112	1014.3	116	226	14	26	.961	3.035	2.923	0	0	0	0
Don Wert	3B	47	45	390.0	33	99	6	6	.957	3.046	2.809	0	0	0	0
Frank Kostro	3B	6	4	43.0	1	12	1	0	.929	2.721	2.167	0	0	0	0
Jake Wood	3B	1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	2.000	0	0	0	0
Gus Triandos	C	90	90	779.0	535	29	1	4	.998	6.516	6.267	14	21	20	12	37.5
Bill Freehan	C	73	61	568.7	407	22	2	5	.995	6.790	5.877	5	18	14	11	44.0
Mike Roarke	C	16	9	94.7	68	5	1	1	.986	6.940	4.563	2	3	3	2	40.0
John Sullivan	C	2	2	14.0	9	1	0	0	1.000	6.429	5.000	0	0	1	0	0.0
Rocky Colavito	OF	159	159	1429.3	319	10	4	0	.988	2.072	2.069	0	0	0	0
Al Kaline	OF	140	140	1223.0	257	5	2	0	.992	1.928	1.871	0	0	0	0
Bill Bruton	OF	138	127	1159.3	339	6	3	3	.991	2.678	2.500	0	0	0	0
George Thomas	OF	40	30	270.3	83	0	0	0	1.000	2.763	2.075	0	0	0	0
Gates Brown	OF	16	12	119.0	35	3	0	1	1.000	2.874	2.375	0	0	0	0
Willie Horton	OF	9	9	78.0	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	1.444	0	0	0	0
Bubba Phillips	OF	5	3	27.0	9	0	1	0	.900	3.000	1.800	0	0	0	0
Bubba Morton	OF	3	2	22.0	7	0	1	0	.875	2.864	2.333	0	0	0	0
Frank Kostro	OF	3	2	22.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.227	1.000	0	0	0	0
Whitey Herzog	OF	4	2	19.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.895	1.000	0	0	0	0
Jim Bunning	P	39	35	248.3	18	25	1	1	.977	1.558	1.103	0	0	0	0
Hank Aguirre	P	38	33	225.7	7	23	1	1	.968	1.196	.789	0	0	0	0
Phil Regan	P	38	27	189.0	6	20	1	0	.963	1.238	.684	0	0	0	0
Mickey Lolich	P	33	18	144.3	4	22	3	1	.897	1.621	.788	0	0	0	0
Don Mossi	P	24	16	122.7	6	20	0	1	1.000	1.908	1.083	0	0	0	0
Frank Lary	P	16	14	107.3	26	14	0	1	1.000	3.354	2.500	0	0	0	0
Bill Faul	P	28	10	97.0	3	6	0	0	1.000	.835	.321	0	0	0	0
Terry Fox	P	46	0	80.3	7	16	3	0	.885	2.577	.500	0	0	0	0
Bob Anderson	P	32	3	60.0	2	9	2	0	.846	1.650	.344	0	0	0	0
Tom Sturdivant	P	28	0	55.0	3	11	0	0	1.000	2.291	.500	0	0	0	0
Fred Gladding	P	22	0	27.3	1	6	0	0	1.000	2.305	.318	0	0	0	0
Willie Smith	P	11	2	21.7	1	4	0	0	1.000	2.077	.455	0	0	0	0
Denny McLain	P	3	3	21.0	0	6	2	2	.750	2.571	2.000	0	0	0	0
Dick Egan	P	20	0	21.0	2	3	0	0	1.000	2.143	.250	0	0	0	0
Paul Foytack	P	9	0	17.7	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.528	.333	0	0	0	0
Alan Koch	P	7	1	10.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.800	.286	0	0	0	0
Bob Dustal	P	7	0	6.0	1	4	0	0	1.000	7.500	.714	0	0	0	0
Larry Foster	P	1	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000	0	0	0	0
Dick McAuliffe	SS	133	133	1177.7	220	356	22	68	.963	4.402	4.331	0	0	0	0
Chico Fernandez	SS	14	14	129.7	30	42	4	8	.947	4.997	5.143	0	0	0	0
Coot Veal	SS	12	9	83.7	14	35	1	1	.980	5.271	4.083	0	0	0	0
Don Wert	SS	8	6	65.3	16	20	1	4	.973	4.959	4.500	0	0	0	0
Totals		1779	1458	13107.0	4358	1628	113	336	.981	4.110	3.365	21	42	38	25	39.7

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