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1962 Detroit Tigers
Record: 96-66
Finish: 1st in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 653
Runs Allowed: 540
Exp W-L: 95-67
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,359,531
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 50-87, 10th in the American League
AA: 66-71, 6th in the American League
A: 60-77, 8th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to Tampa Bay Devil Rays
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
SS  Harvey Kuenn 31 155 635 92 176 32 2 8 54 0 0 53 87 .277 .331 .372 .703 78.2 13.5 8.1
DH  Orlando Cepeda 24 157 599 89 198 41 2 25 90 0 0 45 76 .331 .380 .531 .911 106.0 24.3 4.8
1B  Joe Adcock 34 156 616 83 174 27 4 35 121 0 0 27 108 .282 .311 .510 .820 91.3 17.4 3.0
CF  Felix Mantilla 27 153 533 55 118 20 2 14 55 2 0 39 67 .221 .277 .345 .622 46.7 3.3 5.2
CF *Gus Bell 33 144 505 57 133 40 7 12 54 0 0 23 92 .263 .295 .442 .737 61.1 10.1 5.1
3B  Dick Groat 31 128 468 43 130 30 3 1 41 0 0 24 19 .278 .312 .361 .673 50.0 7.1 5.8
RF  Wally Post 32 124 446 64 122 29 3 20 62 0 0 53 80 .274 .353 .487 .839 72.5 14.9 3.5
C  Bob Schmidt 29 107 306 33 68 14 1 11 34 0 0 15 52 .222 .257 .382 .639 27.4 2.1 5.9
C *Ed Bailey 31 77 243 25 41 9 1 7 35 0 0 30 48 .169 .259 .300 .559 20.9 0.3 5.2
CF *Chuck Tanner 32 96 215 26 59 6 4 4 25 0 0 15 26 .274 .319 .395 .714 25.7 3.9 1.7
2B  Jim Pyburn 29 83 176 25 39 6 0 1 11 4 0 25 43 .222 .317 .273 .590 16.5 1.4 2.1
RF *Walt Moryn 36 78 156 20 34 7 1 2 18 0 0 18 35 .218 .299 .314 .613 14.3 1.2 0.7
2B *Nellie Fox 34 93 155 11 39 9 1 1 11 0 0 11 17 .252 .304 .342 .646 16.2 2.2 1.9
P *Danny McDevitt 29 42 102 5 9 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 36 .088 .097 .127 .225 -2.9 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Presko 33 40 93 3 12 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 16 .129 .155 .140 .294 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Jackie Collum 35 34 87 7 23 3 0 0 10 0 0 0 5 .264 .264 .299 .563 6.8 0.3 0.0
C  Johnny Romano 27 22 71 7 20 1 1 2 6 0 0 9 18 .282 .373 .408 .782 10.9 2.1 2.0
P  Kent Peterson 36 22 55 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 .055 .071 .055 .126 -3.1 0.0 0.0
P *Fred Kipp 30 45 41 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .146 .146 .146 .293 -0.1 0.0 0.0
2B  Don Hoak 34 11 28 3 5 0 0 2 6 0 0 3 5 .179 .258 .393 .651 2.9 0.3 0.2
P  Don Ferrarese 33 14 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.5 0.1 0.0
P  Russ Kemmerer 30 96 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .286 .429 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Bennie Daniels 30 12 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Billy Muffett 31 41 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
P #John Gabler 31 43 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.3 1973 5555 653 1414 280 32 145 645 6 0 395 864 .255 .304 .395 .699 643.1 104.7 55.3
  Rank among 10 AL teams 5 5 5 1 7 3 5 10 1 9 4 5 7 3 5 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Danny McDevitt 29 15 15 .500 42 42 0 304.3 242 92 5 78 214 2.72 25.2
 Joe Presko 33 22 7 .759 40 40 0 292.7 206 84 14 104 233 2.58 29.6
*Jackie Collum 35 18 7 .720 34 34 0 246.7 213 80 14 73 107 2.92 24.1
*Kent Peterson 36 7 9 .438 22 22 0 168.7 105 61 13 65 183 3.26 10.3
*Fred Kipp 30 9 8 .529 45 16 2 153.7 138 56 16 28 80 3.28 11.5
 Russ Kemmerer 30 9 9 .500 96 1 19 113.0 120 49 7 27 48 3.90 11.3
 Billy Muffett 31 4 3 .571 41 2 6 60.0 58 20 3 21 23 3.00 5.8
 John Gabler 31 8 4 .667 40 0 4 50.7 49 24 7 29 27 4.26 4.2
*Don Ferrarese 33 3 2 .600 14 3 0 35.7 32 18 3 16 26 4.54 1.8
 Bennie Daniels 30 1 2 .333 12 2 2 30.7 24 5 0 10 7 1.47 4.1
 Jack Warner 21 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.1
Team Totals 30.8 96 66 .593 387 162 33 1456.3 1187 489 82 451 948 3.02 128.0
Rank among 10 AL teams 2 2 2 1 7 1 1 1 2 6 1  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .996 28.5
B.Schmidt 661.0 71 83 438 21 0 0 1.000 33.3
E.Bailey 617.2 70 72 385 20 0 0 1.000 29.6
J.Romano 168.0 19 20 146 8 0 0 1.000 66.7
N.Fox 1.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1447.5 160 176 970 49 0 0 1.000 35.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.71
J.Adcock 1341.3 149 152 1630 123 12 154 .993 11.76
W.Moryn 98.0 12 12 120 12 3 10 .978 12.12
E.Bailey 8.9 1 1 9 0 0 2 1.000 9.10
B.Schmidt 8.0 1 1 10 1 0 1 1.000 12.38
N.Fox 5.0 0 3 7 1 0 1 1.000 14.40
O.Cepeda 3.0 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00
W.Post 1.4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.43
J.Pyburn 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1466.6 163 173 1784 138 15 168 .992 11.79
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 5.72
D.Groat 978.1 107 109 213 422 7 99 .989 5.84
N.Fox 298.0 31 40 54 137 0 28 1.000 5.77
D.Hoak 10.2 1 2 2 3 0 1 1.000 4.41
J.Pyburn 4.7 0 3 1 3 0 1 1.000 7.73
Team Total 1291.0 139 154 270 565 7 129 .992 5.82
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.76
F.Mantilla 1089.0 120 127 84 292 17 19 .957 3.11
J.Pyburn 342.0 42 43 16 94 2 7 .982 2.89
D.Hoak 54.7 6 6 3 14 1 1 .944 2.80
D.Groat 30.0 2 4 2 8 0 1 1.000 3.00
N.Fox 16.3 0 12 0 5 0 1 1.000 2.76
Team Total 1532.0 170 192 105 413 20 29 .963 3.04
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.15
H.Kuenn 1335.7 148 152 201 584 28 115 .966 5.29
J.Pyburn 107.7 14 15 17 42 0 10 1.000 4.93
D.Groat 72.3 8 8 9 30 1 3 .975 4.85
N.Fox 7.0 0 3 3 4 0 2 1.000 9.00
D.Hoak 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1523.5 170 178 230 660 29 130 .968 5.26
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.72
O.Cepeda 1318.0 146 148 238 13 0 1 1.000 1.71
W.Moryn 72.0 9 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.25
C.Tanner 63.0 7 8 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
G.Bell 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
W.Post 0.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Pyburn 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.1 162 169 267 13 0 1 1.000 1.73
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.26
G.Bell 937.3 107 109 244 4 6 1 .976 2.38
C.Tanner 275.0 29 40 61 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
F.Mantilla 220.3 25 25 57 1 0 0 1.000 2.37
W.Post 8.3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.17
W.Moryn 7.7 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Pyburn 6.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1454.6 162 183 368 5 6 1 .984 2.31
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.73
W.Post 1046.5 118 119 187 7 3 1 .985 1.67
G.Bell 172.0 19 20 25 1 2 0 .929 1.36
W.Moryn 143.0 16 19 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.38
C.Tanner 61.7 7 9 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.61
H.Kuenn 18.0 2 2 4 1 1 0 .833 2.50
J.Adcock 8.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Pyburn 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Bailey 2.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.91
J.Gabler 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.5 162 177 253 10 6 1 .978 1.63
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.12
D.McDevitt 304.3 42 42 17 41 0 0 1.000 1.72
J.Presko 292.7 40 40 22 54 2 3 .974 2.34
J.Collum 246.7 34 34 20 51 1 1 .986 2.59
K.Peterson 168.7 22 22 12 22 0 1 1.000 1.81
F.Kipp 153.7 16 45 10 15 0 3 1.000 1.46
R.Kemmerer 113.0 1 96 6 18 1 2 .960 1.91
B.Muffett 60.0 2 41 5 13 0 0 1.000 2.70
J.Gabler 50.7 0 40 0 8 0 3 1.000 1.42
D.Ferrarese 35.7 3 14 4 6 1 1 .909 2.52
B.Daniels 30.7 2 12 2 8 0 1 1.000 2.94
J.Warner 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.3 162 387 98 236 5 15 .985 2.06
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cepeda .331
On-Base Pct Cepeda .380
Slugging Pct Cepeda .531
OPS Cepeda .911
XR Cepeda 106.0
Games Cepeda 157
At-Bats Kuenn 635
Runs Kuenn 92
Hits Cepeda 198
Total Bases Cepeda 318
Singles Kuenn 134
Doubles Cepeda 41
Triples Bell 7
Homeruns Adcock 35
RBIs Adcock 121
Stolen Bases Pyburn 4
Caught Stealing No Qualifiers
Walks Post, Kuenn 53
Strikeouts Adcock 108
ERA Presko 2.58
Wins Presko 22
Losses McDevitt 15
Winning Pct Presko .759
Saves Kemmerer 19
Games Pitched Kemmerer 96
Games Started McDevitt 42
Complete Games Collum 9
Shutouts Collum 4
Innings Pitched McDevitt 304.3
Hits Allowed McDevitt 242
Homeruns Allowed Kipp 16
Strikeouts Presko 233
Walks Allowed Presko 104
Walks per 9IP McDevitt 2.3
Hits per 9IP Peterson 5.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Peterson 9.8
WHiP Peterson 1.01
OAVG Peterson .177
OOBP Peterson .261
OSLG McDevitt .290
OOPS Peterson .554
Team All-Stars
Joe Adcock
Orlando Cepeda
Harvey Kuenn
Danny McDevitt
Joe Presko
Player Salaries
Joe Adcock $ 18,000,000
Wally Post $ 5,900,000
Orlando Cepeda $ 5,514,286
Joe Presko $ 5,000,000
Danny McDevitt $ 4,957,143
Harvey Kuenn $ 4,300,000
Johnny Romano $ 3,192,857
Russ Kemmerer $ 3,100,000
Gus Bell $ 1,600,000
Dick Groat $ 1,500,000
Felix Mantilla $ 1,041,429
Bob Schmidt $ 960,714
Jackie Collum $ 500,000
John Gabler $ 350,000
Chuck Tanner $ 350,000
Bennie Daniels $ 350,000
Nellie Fox $ 350,000
Walt Moryn $ 350,000
Billy Muffett $ 350,000
Fred Kipp $ 300,000
Jim Pyburn $ 300,000
Jack Warner $ 300,000
Ed Bailey $ 300,000
Don Ferrarese $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/21 Traded Walt Craddock Cleveland (N) Don Hoak
Jackie Collum
$12,500,000
4/2 Traded Bob Chakales Boston (N) Gus Bell
Nellie Fox
Walt Moryn
5/1 Traded John Herrnstein
Don Hoak		 New York (N) Wally Post
Ed Bailey
Dick Groat
7/1 Traded Kent Peterson Washington Jerry Casale
 
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