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1963 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1962 / 1964

79-83, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bob Scheffing (24-36) and Chuck Dressen (55-47)
Scored 700 runs, Allowed 703 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81

Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 821,952 (5th of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103

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1962 / 1964 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 32 R L 6' 4" 205 Jan 31, 1931 9 38 33 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $
Bob Anderson 27 R R 6' 4" 210 Sep 29, 1935 7 32 3 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Gates Brown 24 L R 5' 11" 220 May 2, 1939 1st 55 12 55 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 17 36 4 0.3 $
Bill Bruton 37 L R 6' 0" 169 Nov 9, 1925 11 145 127 145 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 138 16 1 1.4 $
Jim Bunning HOF 31 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 23, 1931 9 41 35 41 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.1 $ All-Star
Norm Cash 28 L L 6' 0" 185 Nov 10, 1934 6 147 138 147 142 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 4.4 $
Rocky Colavito 29 R R 6' 3" 190 Aug 10, 1933 9 160 159 160 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 24 159 1 0 3.1 $54,000
Bob Dustal 27 R R 6' 0" 172 Sep 28, 1935 1st 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Dick Egan 26 L L 6' 4" 193 Mar 24, 1937 1st 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bill Faul 23 R R 5' 10" 184 Apr 21, 1940 2 28 10 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.6 $
Chico Fernandez 31 R R 6' 0" 165 Mar 2, 1932 8 15 14 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.4 $
Larry Foster 25 L R 6' 0" 185 Dec 24, 1937 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Terry Fox 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 31, 1935 4 46 0 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Paul Foytack 32 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 16, 1930 10 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Bill Freehan 21 R R 6' 3" 203 Nov 29, 1941 2 100 80 100 89 0 72 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 1.5 $
Fred Gladding 27 L R 6' 1" 220 Jun 28, 1936 3 22 0 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Purnal Goldy 25 R R 6' 5" 200 Nov 28, 1937 2 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 -0.1 $
Whitey Herzog HOF 31 L L 5' 11" 182 Nov 9, 1931 8 52 5 52 11 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 40 2 -0.4 $
Willie Horton 20 R R 5' 11" 209 Oct 18, 1942 1st 15 9 15 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 9 6 0 0.2 $
Al Kaline HOF 28 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 19, 1934 11 145 140 145 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 140 140 5 0 5.6 $50,000 All-Star
Alan Koch 25 R R 6' 4" 195 Mar 25, 1938 1st 8 1 8 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.8 $
Frank Kostro 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 4, 1937 2 31 8 31 12 0 0 3 0 6 0 1 0 2 3 21 0 -0.1 $
Frank Lary 33 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 10, 1930 10 16 14 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
Mickey Lolich 22 B L 6' 1" 170 Sep 12, 1940 1st 33 18 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Dick McAuliffe 23 L R 5' 11" 176 Nov 29, 1939 4 150 148 150 148 0 0 0 15 0 133 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.6 $
Denny McLain 19 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 29, 1944 1st 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bubba Morton 31 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 13, 1931 3 6 2 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 2 -0.1 $
Don Mossi 34 L L 6' 1" 195 Jan 11, 1929 10 24 16 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Bubba Phillips 35 R R 5' 9" 180 Feb 24, 1928 9 128 115 128 121 0 0 0 0 117 0 0 5 0 5 9 1 -1.1 $
Phil Regan 26 R R 6' 3" 200 Apr 6, 1937 4 38 27 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Mike Roarke 32 R R 6' 2" 195 Nov 8, 1930 3 23 9 23 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.1 $
George Smith 25 R R 5' 10" 170 Jul 7, 1937 1st 52 52 52 52 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Willie Smith 24 L L 6' 0" 182 Feb 11, 1939 1st 17 2 17 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 -0.2 $
Tom Sturdivant 33 L R 6' 0" 170 Apr 28, 1930 9 28 0 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
John Sullivan 22 L R 6' 0" 195 Jan 3, 1941 1st 3 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
George Thomas 25 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 29, 1937 5 49 30 49 41 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 30 9 40 8 5 0.3 $
Gus Triandos 32 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 30, 1930 11 106 90 106 90 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 1.1 $
Coot Veal 30 R R 6' 1" 165 Jul 9, 1932 6 15 9 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.1 $
Don Wert 24 R R 5' 10" 162 Jul 29, 1938 1st 78 66 78 73 0 0 0 21 47 8 0 0 0 0 6 1 1.7 $
Vic Wertz 38 L R 6' 0" 186 Feb 9, 1925 17 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.1 $
Jake Wood 26 R R 6' 1" 163 Jun 22, 1937 3 85 81 85 82 0 0 0 81 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1.3 $
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

Bubba Phillips

Jake Wood

Dick McAuliffe

Whitey Herzog

Purnal Goldy

Al Kaline

Rocky Colavito

Don Wert

Chico Fernandez

Gus Triandos

Bill Freehan

Mike Roarke

Bill Faul

Jim Bunning

Don Mossi

Phil Regan

Frank Lary

Terry Fox

Gates Brown
Fred Gladding
Vic Wertz

Paul Foytack

Tom Sturdivant

Bob Anderson

Frank Kostro
George Thomas

Norm Cash

Gates Brown

Coot Veal

Mickey Lolich

Willie Smith

Denny McLain

Bob Dustal

John Sullivan

Hank Aguirre

Bill Bruton

Bubba Morton
George Smith
Willie Smith

Dick Egan

Alan Koch

Larry Foster

Willie Horton

1962 / 1964 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers