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1962 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1961 / 1963

85-76, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bob Scheffing (85-76)
Scored 758 runs, Allowed 692 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-74

Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,207,881 (3rd of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 111, Pitching - 110

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1961 / 1963 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Hank Aguirre 31 R L 6' 4" 205 Jan 31, 1931 8 42 22 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.7 $ All-Star
George Alusik 27 R R 6' 3" 175 Feb 11, 1935 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Reno Bertoia 27 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 8, 1935 10 5 0 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 $
Steve Boros 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 3, 1936 4 116 95 116 109 0 0 0 6 105 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 -0.1 $
Dick Brown 27 R R 6' 2" 176 Jan 17, 1935 6 134 122 134 132 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.3 $
Bill Bruton 36 L R 6' 0" 169 Nov 9, 1925 10 147 134 147 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 145 7 1 2.6 $
Don Buddin 28 R R 5' 11" 178 May 5, 1934 6 31 23 31 26 0 0 0 5 2 19 0 0 0 0 5 1 0.1 $
Jim Bunning HOF 30 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 23, 1931 8 43 35 43 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.9 $ All-Star
Jerry Casale 28 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 27, 1933 5 18 1 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Norm Cash 27 L L 6' 0" 185 Nov 10, 1934 5 148 146 148 147 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 3.7 $26,000
Rocky Colavito 28 R R 6' 3" 190 Aug 10, 1933 8 161 161 161 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 161 0 0 5.8 $ All-Star
Bob Farley 24 L L 6' 2" 200 Nov 15, 1937 2 36 11 36 17 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 19 1 -0.4 $
Bill Faul 22 R R 5' 10" 184 Apr 21, 1940 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Chico Fernandez 30 R R 6' 0" 165 Mar 2, 1932 7 141 132 141 140 0 0 1 0 2 138 0 0 0 0 3 3 1.1 $
Tom Fletcher 20 B L 6' 0" 170 Jun 28, 1942 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Terry Fox 26 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 31, 1935 3 47 0 47 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.1 $
Paul Foytack 31 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 16, 1930 9 29 21 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Doug Gallagher 22 R L 6' 3" 195 Feb 21, 1940 1st 9 2 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Fred Gladding 26 L R 6' 1" 220 Jun 28, 1936 2 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Purnal Goldy 24 R R 6' 5" 200 Nov 28, 1937 1st 20 15 20 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 3 2 -0.6 $
Bob Humphreys 26 R R 5' 11" 165 Aug 18, 1935 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Sam Jones 36 R R 6' 4" 192 Dec 14, 1925 10 30 6 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Al Kaline HOF 27 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 19, 1934 10 100 100 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 0 0 4.2 $ All-Star
Ron Kline 30 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 9, 1932 9 36 4 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Howie Koplitz 24 R R 5' 10" 190 May 4, 1938 2 12 6 12 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.2 $
Frank Kostro 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 4, 1937 1st 16 10 16 11 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.1 $
Frank Lary 32 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 10, 1930 9 22 14 22 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -0.7 $40,000
Charlie Maxwell 35 L L 5' 11" 185 Apr 8, 1927 12 30 15 30 16 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 14 0 -0.3 $
Dick McAuliffe 22 L R 5' 11" 176 Nov 29, 1939 3 139 126 139 134 0 0 0 71 49 16 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.0 $
Bubba Morton 30 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 13, 1931 2 90 48 90 65 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 30 33 62 28 1 1.0 $
Don Mossi 33 L L 6' 1" 195 Jan 11, 1929 9 36 27 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.9 $
Ron Nischwitz 24 B L 6' 3" 205 Jul 1, 1937 2 48 0 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Bobo Osborne 26 L R 6' 1" 205 Oct 12, 1935 5 64 12 64 22 0 2 7 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 0.1 $
Phil Regan 25 R R 6' 3" 200 Apr 6, 1937 3 35 23 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Mike Roarke 31 R R 6' 2" 195 Nov 8, 1930 2 56 39 56 53 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.4 $
Vic Wertz 37 L R 6' 0" 186 Feb 9, 1925 16 74 14 74 16 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 0 0.4 $
Jake Wood 25 R R 6' 1" 163 Jun 22, 1937 2 111 85 111 90 0 0 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 13 -0.4 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Steve Boros

Jake Wood

Dick McAuliffe

Charlie Maxwell

Purnal Goldy

Al Kaline

Rocky Colavito

Reno Bertoia
Don Buddin

Chico Fernandez

Dick Brown

Mike Roarke

Jim Bunning

Don Mossi

Phil Regan

Frank Lary

Terry Fox

Jerry Casale
Bill Faul

Vic Wertz

Paul Foytack

Ron Kline

Sam Jones

Frank Kostro

Norm Cash

George Alusik
Bob Farley

Bobo Osborne

Fred Gladding
Ron Nischwitz

Tom Fletcher

Doug Gallagher

Hank Aguirre

Bill Bruton

Bubba Morton

Howie Koplitz

Bob Humphreys

1961 / 1963 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers