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1963 Detroit Tigers
Record: 92-70
Finish: 2nd in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 774
Runs Allowed: 661
Exp W-L: 93-69
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,394,364
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 76-61, 2nd in the American League
AA: 69-68, 4th in the American League
A: 74-63, 3rd in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to Boston (A) Red Sox
 
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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
DH  Orlando Cepeda 25 159 602 101 195 35 2 29 112 1 0 43 69 .324 .372 .533 .905 106.7 25.5 4.3
RF  Wally Post 33 156 582 101 150 32 5 26 105 1 3 63 100 .258 .327 .464 .791 86.1 16.7 3.9
3B  Dick Groat 32 148 617 78 191 25 7 4 55 3 5 19 28 .310 .330 .392 .722 74.3 14.3 6.9
SS  Harvey Kuenn 32 153 576 93 183 27 1 14 74 7 3 51 80 .318 .373 .441 .814 89.1 20.5 4.6
3B  Eddie Bressoud 31 151 579 65 142 28 5 13 57 4 3 37 134 .245 .289 .378 .667 59.1 7.5 3.1
CF  Felix Mantilla 28 155 457 58 112 22 1 15 56 1 0 31 54 .245 .295 .396 .691 53.0 8.4 5.0
C  Johnny Romano 28 121 383 50 85 8 1 20 48 0 0 77 87 .222 .351 .405 .756 58.5 10.6 6.1
1B  Joe Adcock 35 77 306 43 86 14 3 15 53 1 0 14 63 .281 .312 .493 .805 42.6 8.7 0.9
1B  Roberto Clemente 28 78 295 47 87 28 0 9 44 5 4 21 22 .295 .343 .481 .824 43.1 9.6 1.2
C  Bob Schmidt 30 85 202 22 50 12 1 7 29 2 1 12 27 .248 .290 .421 .711 23.5 4.0 2.5
2B  Jim Pyburn 30 74 192 24 30 1 1 3 10 5 1 14 44 .156 .217 .219 .436 7.9 0.0 1.7
1B  Roman Mejias 32 66 137 22 39 3 1 9 32 1 0 19 23 .285 .380 .518 .898 25.7 6.1 0.7
CF *Chuck Tanner 33 103 128 17 43 6 0 2 23 0 0 6 14 .336 .363 .430 .793 18.4 4.2 0.7
CF *Gus Bell 34 57 102 13 18 2 0 2 7 0 0 7 10 .176 .227 .255 .482 6.6 0.0 0.6
P *Jackie Collum 36 45 105 4 17 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 .162 .159 .162 .321 0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Danny McDevitt 30 44 99 7 14 2 1 1 7 0 0 1 37 .141 .150 .212 .362 1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Presko 34 38 90 8 20 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 11 .222 .231 .244 .475 3.9 0.0 0.0
P *Fred Kipp 31 52 50 4 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .160 .208 .180 .388 0.9 0.0 0.0
C *Ed Bailey 32 20 41 3 9 0 1 1 7 0 0 4 8 .220 .289 .341 .630 4.4 0.7 0.4
P  Billy Muffett 32 72 38 5 9 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 11 .237 .237 .342 .579 2.8 0.2 0.0
RF *Walt Moryn 37 26 21 7 5 0 0 2 3 0 0 4 4 .238 .360 .524 .884 3.5 0.8 0.0
P #John Gabler 32 22 10 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Russ Kemmerer 31 101 7 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .143 .125 .143 .268 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Hal Woodeshick 30 50 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Grim 33 38 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 31.6 2091 5623 774 1496 250 31 172 742 31 20 426 846 .266 .318 .413 .731 712.1 137.9 42.4
  Rank among 10 AL teams 2 2 1 1 9 1 2 10 1 7 3 1 6 1 2 2  
* - 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 30 15 13 .536 44 44 0 292.0 247 115 7 105 233 3.54 19.1
*Jackie Collum 36 15 18 .455 45 40 0 287.3 298 126 31 81 105 3.95 14.2
 Joe Presko 34 19 9 .679 38 38 0 253.7 208 82 18 77 220 2.91 24.2
*Fred Kipp 31 9 7 .563 52 22 3 185.0 192 74 17 32 84 3.60 13.0
 Billy Muffett 32 13 7 .650 72 12 2 163.3 165 76 14 47 81 4.19 10.6
 Russ Kemmerer 31 8 10 .444 101 4 6 131.3 152 73 13 43 57 5.00 4.6
*Hal Woodeshick 30 4 1 .800 50 0 7 68.0 82 38 3 44 27 5.03 2.1
 Bob Grim 33 7 3 .700 38 0 12 39.3 38 17 5 22 26 3.89 4.7
 John Gabler 32 2 2 .500 15 2 2 32.3 25 11 2 18 14 3.06 3.1
Team Totals 32.1 92 70 .568 455 162 32 1452.3 1407 612 110 469 847 3.79 95.6
Rank among 10 AL teams 4 4 5 4 6 7 1 6 5 7 6  
* - 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 .990 34.1
J.Romano 965.0 107 109 573 61 6 2 .991 46.3
B.Schmidt 396.3 46 46 258 20 2 0 .993 19.4
E.Bailey 91.0 9 14 47 3 0 0 1.000 22.2
Team Total 1452.3 162 169 878 84 8 2 .992 37.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.65
J.Adcock 665.2 73 75 836 60 6 94 .993 12.12
R.Clemente 340.4 38 38 415 28 4 33 .991 11.71
R.Mejias 169.6 25 26 215 15 1 18 .996 12.21
G.Bell 41.0 5 5 31 4 0 6 1.000 7.68
C.Tanner 17.0 2 2 23 0 0 3 1.000 12.18
O.Cepeda 8.0 0 5 11 1 0 0 1.000 13.50
J.Gabler 2.0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 13.50
E.Bailey 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1245.2 143 153 1536 109 11 155 .993 11.89
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.92
D.Groat 1285.3 144 144 301 590 15 126 .983 6.24
J.Pyburn 162.0 18 19 35 67 1 13 .990 5.67
F.Mantilla 4.0 0 2 0 1 2 0 .333 2.25
J.Adcock 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.8 162 165 336 658 18 139 .982 6.16
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.82
E.Bressoud 1252.7 146 147 72 323 12 31 .971 2.84
J.Pyburn 163.0 16 27 12 36 0 6 1.000 2.65
F.Mantilla 29.0 0 16 1 13 2 1 .875 4.34
H.Kuenn 7.7 0 1 1 1 1 0 .667 2.35
Team Total 1452.3 162 191 86 373 15 38 .968 2.84
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.07
H.Kuenn 1333.3 149 149 195 540 27 108 .965 4.96
J.Pyburn 116.0 13 13 18 50 1 10 .986 5.28
F.Mantilla 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1452.3 162 163 214 591 28 118 .966 4.99
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.75
O.Cepeda 1291.3 144 149 262 14 0 3 1.000 1.92
R.Clemente 264.3 30 30 49 1 2 1 .962 1.70
G.Bell 59.0 8 8 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
C.Tanner 30.0 2 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
R.Mejias 24.4 4 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.84
W.Moryn 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1672.0 188 200 334 15 2 4 .994 1.88
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.28
F.Mantilla 1174.0 151 151 307 5 1 4 .997 2.39
R.Mejias 103.4 12 25 26 0 1 0 .963 2.26
C.Tanner 90.3 1 47 32 1 0 0 1.000 3.29
G.Bell 56.0 5 15 16 1 1 1 .944 2.73
W.Post 6.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Pyburn 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
W.Moryn 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Kuenn 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Cepeda 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.7 169 247 385 7 3 5 .992 2.45
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.79
W.Post 1342.3 149 151 271 4 7 2 .975 1.84
R.Clemente 63.7 6 8 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.41
G.Bell 45.0 6 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.40
R.Mejias 19.8 3 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.91
C.Tanner 13.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
W.Moryn 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Adcock 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1487.8 165 175 293 4 7 2 .977 1.80
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.10
D.McDevitt 292.0 44 44 11 39 2 3 .962 1.54
J.Collum 287.3 40 45 16 59 0 3 1.000 2.35
J.Presko 253.7 38 38 15 37 0 1 1.000 1.84
F.Kipp 185.0 22 52 12 27 0 3 1.000 1.90
B.Muffett 163.3 12 72 12 44 2 3 .966 3.09
R.Kemmerer 131.3 4 101 3 26 1 0 .967 1.99
H.Woodeshick 68.0 0 50 3 15 0 1 1.000 2.38
B.Grim 39.3 0 38 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.06
J.Gabler 32.3 2 15 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.95
Team Total 1452.3 162 455 77 258 5 14 .985 2.08
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cepeda .324
On-Base Pct Kuenn .373
Slugging Pct Cepeda .533
OPS Cepeda .905
XR Cepeda 106.7
Games Cepeda 159
At-Bats Groat 617
Runs Post, Cepeda 101
Hits Cepeda 195
Total Bases Cepeda 321
Singles Groat 155
Doubles Cepeda 35
Triples Groat 7
Homeruns Cepeda 29
RBIs Cepeda 112
Stolen Bases Kuenn 7
Caught Stealing Groat 5
Walks Romano 77
Strikeouts Bressoud 134
ERA Presko 2.91
Wins Presko 19
Losses Collum 18
Winning Pct Presko .679
Saves Grim 12
Games Pitched Kemmerer 101
Games Started McDevitt 44
Complete Games Collum, Kipp, Muffett 3
Shutouts Collum 1
Innings Pitched McDevitt 292.0
Hits Allowed Collum 298
Homeruns Allowed Collum 31
Strikeouts McDevitt 233
Walks Allowed McDevitt 105
Walks per 9IP Kipp 1.6
Hits per 9IP Presko 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Presko 7.8
WHiP Presko 1.12
OAVG Presko .223
OOBP Presko .283
OSLG McDevitt .318
OOPS Presko .609
Team All-Stars
Orlando Cepeda
Jackie Collum
Harvey Kuenn
Danny McDevitt
Wally Post
Player Salaries
Orlando Cepeda $ 7,840,000
Wally Post $ 5,900,000
Danny McDevitt $ 5,850,000
Roberto Clemente $ 5,780,000
Joe Presko $ 5,000,000
Harvey Kuenn $ 4,300,000
Johnny Romano $ 3,192,857
Russ Kemmerer $ 3,100,000
Bob Grim $ 2,340,000
Gus Bell $ 1,600,000
Billy Muffett $ 1,291,429
Bennie Daniels $ 1,291,429
Dick Groat $ 1,200,000
Bob Schmidt $ 1,160,000
Felix Mantilla $ 1,041,429
Jackie Collum $ 500,000
Roman Mejias $ 400,000
Eddie Bressoud $ 350,000
Chuck Tanner $ 350,000
Walt Moryn $ 350,000
Fred Kipp $ 300,000
John Gabler $ 300,000
Ed Bailey $ 300,000
Jim Pyburn $ 300,000
Hal Woodeshick $ 300,000
Don Ferrarese $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded John Briggs Washington Bob Grim
3/3 Traded Jerry Casale Montreal Eddie Bressoud
Hal Woodeshick
7/1 Traded Joe Adcock Toronto Roman Mejias
Roberto Clemente
 
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