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1963 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1962 / 1964)
79-83, Finished 5th in American League
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Scored 700 runs, Allowed 703 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81
Manager: Bob Scheffing (24-36) and Chuck Dressen (55-47)
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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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 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
Bob Anderson 27 R R 210 Sep 29, 1935 7 32 3 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gates Brown 24 L R 5' 11" 220 May 2, 1939 1st 55 12 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 16 36 4
Bill Bruton 37 L R 6' 0" 169 Nov 9, 1925 11 145 127 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 138 16 1
Jim Bunning HOF 31 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 23, 1931 9 41 35 41 41 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 All-Star
Norm Cash 28 L L 6' 0" 190 Nov 10, 1934 6 147 138 147 147 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Rocky Colavito 29 R R 6' 3" 190 Aug 10, 1933 9 160 159 160 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 24 159 1 0
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
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
Bill Faul 23 R R 5' 10" 190 Apr 21, 1940 2 28 10 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chico Fernandez 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Mar 2, 1932 8 15 14 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 1 0
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
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
Paul Foytack 32 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 16, 1930 10 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Freehan 21 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 29, 1941 2 100 80 100 100 0 73 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2
Fred Gladding 27 L R 6' 0" 225 Jun 28, 1936 3 22 0 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Purnal Goldy 25 R R 6' 5" 200 Nov 28, 1937 2 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Whitey Herzog 31 L L 5' 11" 182 Nov 9, 1931 8 52 5 52 52 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 40 2
Willie Horton 20 R R 5' 11" 209 Oct 18, 1942 1st 15 9 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 9 6 0
Al Kaline HOF 28 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 19, 1934 11 145 140 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 140 140 5 0 All-Star
Alan Koch 25 R R 6' 4" 195 Mar 25, 1938 1st 8 1 8 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Frank Kostro 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 4, 1937 2 31 8 31 31 0 0 3 0 6 0 1 0 2 3 21 0
Frank Lary 33 R R 5' 11" 180 Apr 10, 1930 10 16 14 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mickey Lolich 22 B L 6' 0" 210 Sep 12, 1940 1st 33 18 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick McAuliffe 23 L R 5' 11" 176 Nov 29, 1939 4 150 148 150 150 0 0 0 15 0 133 0 0 0 0 2 0
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
Bubba Morton 31 R R 180 Dec 13, 1931 3 6 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 2
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
Bubba Phillips 35 R R 5' 9" 180 Feb 24, 1928 9 128 115 128 128 0 0 0 0 117 0 0 5 0 5 9 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
Mike Roarke 32 R R 6' 2" 195 Nov 8, 1930 3 23 9 23 23 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
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
Willie Smith 24 L L 6' 0" 190 Feb 11, 1939 1st 17 2 17 17 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
Tom Sturdivant 33 L R 6' 1" 186 Apr 28, 1930 9 28 0 28 28 28 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 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
George Thomas 25 R R 190 Nov 29, 1937 5 49 30 49 49 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 30 9 40 8 5
Gus Triandos 32 R R 6' 3" 215 Jul 30, 1930 11 106 90 106 106 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Coot Veal 30 R R 6' 1" 165 Jul 9, 1932 6 15 9 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 4 0
Don Wert 24 R R 5' 9" 165 Jul 29, 1938 1st 78 66 78 78 0 0 0 21 47 8 0 0 0 0 6 1
Vic Wertz 38 L R 6' 0" 186 Feb 9, 1925 17 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Jake Wood 26 R R 6' 1" 170 Jun 22, 1937 3 85 81 85 85 0 0 0 81 1 0 0 0 0 0 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

1962 / 1964 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played