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1963 Detroit Tigers  (1962)  (1964) 88-74, 2nd in American League Scored 788 runs, Allowed 653 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-66 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .712 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 88-74   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 79-83 Manager(s): Steve Dewing (72-62), Alan Boodman (16-12)

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 3B *Eddie Mathews        31  161  558  101  176  36   1  28  101   3   4  129  137  .315  .443  .534  138   9.3  3e19      125  
 OF  Al Kaline            28  154  579  104  196  34   4  28  101   7   3   57   57  .339  .401  .556  127   8.5  1(-4)e3    68  
 1B *Norm Cash            28  153  539  102  152  35   3  26   95   2   1   86   94  .282  .384  .503  109   7.4  3e9        30  
 OF  Rocky Colavito       29  162  612   73  159  33   0  23  108   1   0   67   77  .260  .332  .426   83   4.7  3(-4)e5   -37  
 OF *Bill Bruton          37  125  503   82  141  27  11   8   45  17  10   56   64  .280  .348  .425   78   5.5  2(+1)e4    71  
 2B *Dick McAuliffe       23  152  554   78  141  21   5  16   57   4   3   57   77  .255  .323  .397   72   4.4  3e26        2  
 2B  Jake Wood            26   76  236   50   67   7   2   9   24  20   2   25   45  .284  .354  .445   41   6.5  4e39       61  
 SS  Bobby Wine           24  141  439   33  109  19   3   3   47   0   1   21   88  .248  .280  .326   39   3.1  2e24       58  
 C   Bill Freehan         21  121  328   36   80   9   5  12   51   1   1   32   70  .244  .314  .412   38   3.8  3(-2)e2     8  
 OF  Mike De La Hoz       24   70  160   30   56  16   0   5   21   1   0   16   27  .350  .407  .544   34   8.5  4(+3)e16  205  
 OF *Jose Tartabull       24   83  102   21   30   5   6   1   13   8   2    9    7  .294  .351  .490   18   6.8  2(0)e6    226  
 OF *Lenny Green          30  105  122   15   26   5   1   1   16   7   2   17   10  .213  .317  .295   12   3.4  2(+2)e5   -28  
 C   Jimmie Schaffer      27   65  161   13   29   4   0   6   24   0   0   13   47  .180  .240  .317   11   2.2  2(-1)e1  -174  
 PH  Willie Horton        20   38   39    4   13   2   3   1    4   0   0    0   12  .333  .333  .615    8   8.3            135  
 C   Norm Sherry          31   21   68    6   15   3   0   0    4   0   0    6   15  .221  .299  .265    4   2.2  2(+1)e8   175  
 PH  Bubba Phillips       35   49   54    5   12   1   0   1    7   0   0    3    6  .222  .263  .296    3   2.3            -27  
 C  *Billy Bryan          24   24   74    7   10   0   0   4   12   0   0    2   24  .135  .158  .297    2    .8  4(+1)e12 -169  
 1B *Whitey Herzog        31   17   45    5    5   1   0   0    4   0   0    4   17  .111  .180  .133    1    .9  4e30     -216  
 SS  Coot Veal            30    6   14    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .143  .278  .143    0   1.9  4e17      -95  
 OF  Bubba Morton         31   15   20    3    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .100  .217  .150    0   1.2  3(0)e13   -36  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           829                   39

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Jim Bunning          31  18  10  .643  41  40   6   1   0   0   1  266.2  302  143  131  42   81  190  4.42  166   5.7   32  
  P  Bob Friend           32  17  12  .586  42  41   0   0   0   0   0  268.2  273  108   94  26   43  146  3.15  110   3.7   43  
  P *Johnny Podres        30  13  14  .481  40  32   0   4   1   0   0  189.1  194   89   80  24   59  122  3.80   93   4.4   -1  
  P  Ron Kline            31  10   5  .667  65   1   0  36  16   8   0   95.0   82   30   22   4   23   65  2.08   31   2.9  -67  
  P *Don Mossi            34   8   3  .727  48  11   1  11   2   0   0  125.2   82   32   28  16   24   74  2.01   33   2.4 -161  
  P *Mickey Lolich        22   5   9  .357  38  16   0  10   3   0   0  105.0  114   69   56  16   65   82  4.80   73   6.2   60  
  P  Fred Gladding        27   3   0 1.000  14   0   0   5   0   0   0   29.1   15    4    4   1    6   22  1.23    4   1.3 -133  
  P  Larry Sherry         27   3   1  .750  51   2   0  25   8   1   0   85.1   99   46   40   9   34   54  4.22   51   5.3   12  
  P  Terry Fox            27   3   2  .600  33   0   0   8   1   2   0   51.2   53   20   20   4    9   21  3.48   21   3.7  -62  
  P *Hal Woodeshick       30   3   6  .333  74   0   0  31  17   6   0   73.1   63   30   25   3   30   51  3.07   27   3.3   68  
  P  Frank Lary           33   3   9  .250  36  13   1  14   2   0   1  102.2   94   54   49  21   23   40  4.30   52   4.6   46  
  P  Denny McLain         19   1   0 1.000   5   2   0   1   0   1   0   12.0   12    7    3   2   13    7  2.25    9   7.1   85  
  P  Paul Foytack         32   1   0 1.000   4   2   1   2   0   0   0   17.2    9    3    3   1    8   10  1.53    3   1.9 -294  
  P  Bob Anderson         27   0   1  .000   8   2   0   3   0   0   0   17.2   21   13   12   5    8    9  6.11   12   6.1  165  
  P  Don McMahon          33   0   2  .000   8   0   0   2   0   0   0   12.0   12    5    5   3    5    7  3.75    7   5.2   41  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      697          4

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Bill Freehan 760 82 112 532 26 5 2 .991 14 12 Jimmie Schaffer 353 39 50 246 20 1 1 .996 9 8 Norm Sherry 177 21 21 112 9 2 0 .984 8 5 Billy Bryan 162 20 22 116 4 4 0 .968 8 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Norm Cash 1296 143 150 1312 132 5 112 .997 10.03 Whitey Herzog 108 14 15 113 5 3 8 .975 9.83 Bill Freehan 45 5 7 55 5 0 4 1.000 12.00 Willie Horton 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Mike De La Hoz 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick McAuliffe 933 104 116 277 334 16 68 .974 5.89 Jake Wood 515 58 68 137 173 19 34 .942 5.42 Mike De La Hoz 4 0 3 2 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Mathews 1422 159 161 92 342 12 14 .973 2.75 Bubba Phillips 30 3 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.43 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Wine 1101 126 140 193 375 12 78 .979 4.64 Dick McAuliffe 281 32 45 49 114 5 19 .970 5.22 Mike De La Hoz 34 0 18 8 8 2 3 .889 4.28 Coot Veal 30 4 4 10 7 0 1 1.000 5.04 Jake Wood 6 0 2 4 1 0 1 1.000 7.94 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rocky Colavito 919 105 109 172 7 3 0 .984 1.75 Mike De La Hoz 268 33 36 56 0 3 0 .949 1.88 Lenny Green 132 14 25 24 1 1 0 .962 1.70 Jose Tartabull 79 6 26 17 0 1 0 .944 1.94 Bubba Morton 27 2 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 Bubba Phillips 13 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77 Willie Horton 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Eddie Mathews 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Bill Bruton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Bruton 1071 121 123 312 11 3 0 .991 2.72 Al Kaline 355 40 41 102 4 0 0 1.000 2.68 Jose Tartabull 12 0 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.38 Bubba Morton 7 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 Lenny Green 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bubba Phillips 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.37 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Kaline 924 100 109 180 8 2 1 .989 1.83 Rocky Colavito 462 53 53 98 2 2 1 .980 1.95 Jose Tartabull 58 8 8 9 1 1 0 .909 1.55 Bubba Morton 8 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1963 Draft

Round 1 (#15):	Larry Sherry
Round 1 (#16):	Lenny Green
Round 3 (#44):	Don McMahon
Round 4 (#59):	Mike De La Hoz
Round 5 (#74):	Paul Foytack

Transactions

• 1963-01: acquired Bubba Morton as a free agent
• 1963-08: acquired Billy Bryan as a free agent
• 1963-12: acquired Norm Sherry as a free agent
• 1963 postseason: released Billy Bryan, Mike De La Hoz, Ron Kline, Hal Woodeshick

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