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1961 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960 / 1962)
101-61, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 841 runs, Allowed 671 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-64
Manager: Bob Scheffing (101-61)
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,600,710 (2nd of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 94
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1960 / 1962 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Hank Aguirre 30 R L 6' 4" 205 Jan 31, 1931 7 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Alusik 26 R R 175 Feb 11, 1935 2 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 0
Reno Bertoia 26 R R 185 Jan 8, 1935 9 24 12 24 24 0 0 0 7 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
Steve Boros 24 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 3, 1936 3 116 115 116 116 0 0 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Brown 26 R R 6' 3" 190 Jan 17, 1935 5 93 84 93 93 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Bob Bruce 28 R R 6' 3" 210 May 16, 1933 3 14 6 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Bruton 35 L R 6' 0" 169 Nov 9, 1925 9 160 141 160 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 155 6 3
Jim Bunning HOF 29 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 23, 1931 7 38 37 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Jerry Casale 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 27, 1933 4 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norm Cash 26 L L 6' 0" 190 Nov 10, 1934 4 159 157 159 159 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 All-Star
Harry Chiti 28 R R 6' 3" 225 Nov 16, 1932 9 5 4 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rocky Colavito 27 R R 6' 3" 190 Aug 10, 1933 7 163 161 163 163 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 20 161 2 0 All-Star
Chuck Cottier 25 R R 175 Jan 8, 1936 3 10 1 10 10 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Donohue 22 R R 6' 4" 190 Oct 31, 1938 1st 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chico Fernandez 29 R R 6' 0" 170 Mar 2, 1932 6 133 118 133 133 0 0 0 0 8 121 0 0 0 0 5 3
Bill Fischer 30 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 11, 1930 6 26 1 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Fox 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 31, 1935 2 39 0 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Foytack 30 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 16, 1930 8 32 20 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Freehan 19 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 29, 1941 1st 4 3 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dick Gernert 32 R R 6' 3" 210 Sep 28, 1928 10 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Fred Gladding 25 L R 6' 0" 225 Jun 28, 1936 1st 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Grzenda 24 R L 6' 2" 180 Jun 8, 1937 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank House 31 L R 6' 2" 190 Feb 18, 1930 10 17 5 17 17 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Al Kaline HOF 26 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 19, 1934 9 153 148 153 153 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 22 141 147 5 0 All-Star
Ron Kline 29 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 9, 1932 8 10 8 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Howie Koplitz 23 R R 5' 11" 195 May 4, 1938 1st 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Lary 31 R R 5' 11" 180 Apr 10, 1930 8 42 36 42 42 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 All-Star
Charlie Maxwell 34 L L 5' 11" 185 Apr 8, 1927 11 79 22 79 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 4 25 56 0
Dick McAuliffe 21 L R 5' 11" 176 Nov 29, 1939 2 80 70 80 80 0 0 0 0 22 55 0 0 0 0 8 0
Manny Montejo 25 R R 5' 11" 150 Oct 16, 1935 1st 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bubba Morton 29 R R 180 Dec 13, 1931 1st 77 18 77 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 20 30 43 11
Don Mossi 32 L L 6' 1" 195 Jan 11, 1929 8 35 34 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Nischwitz 23 B L 6' 3" 205 Jul 1, 1937 1st 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobo Osborne 25 L R 6' 1" 205 Oct 12, 1935 4 71 14 71 71 0 0 11 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 53 0
Phil Regan 24 R R 6' 3" 200 Apr 6, 1937 2 33 16 33 33 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Roarke 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Nov 8, 1930 1st 86 67 86 86 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Jerry Staley 40 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 21, 1920 15 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Thomas 23 R R 190 Nov 29, 1937 3 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 4 10
Ozzie Virgil 29 R R 6' 0" 175 May 17, 1932 5 20 4 20 20 0 3 0 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 7 2
Vic Wertz 36 L R 6' 0" 186 Feb 9, 1925 15 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Jake Wood 24 R R 6' 1" 170 Jun 22, 1937 1st 162 160 162 162 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hal Woodeshick 28 R L 6' 3" 200 Aug 24, 1932 5 12 2 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1960 / 1962 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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