1960 Detroit Tigers
Record: 89-73
Finish: 4th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 646
Runs Allowed: 596
Exp W-L: 87-75
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,350,545
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 5th in the AL
AA: 53-84, 8th in the AL
A: 58-79, 7th in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
LF *Bob Hazle 29 155 604 82 182 35 1 14 54 0 0 55 95 .301 .363 .432 .795 90.2 17.2 8.3
SS  Harvey Kuenn 29 156 614 72 159 33 3 6 37 0 0 42 99 .259 .306 .352 .658 63.5 7.5 9.1
DH  Orlando Cepeda 22 156 602 84 179 40 7 31 101 1 0 49 83 .297 .354 .542 .896 105.4 21.1 6.0
RF *Larry Doby 36 152 545 81 142 22 1 37 109 0 0 64 145 .261 .338 .508 .846 91.5 16.4 6.4
C  Johnny Romano 25 145 517 56 121 24 2 20 65 0 1 59 139 .234 .312 .404 .716 64.4 8.5 5.7
1B  Roman Mejias 29 145 459 46 92 14 1 18 43 1 0 35 98 .200 .262 .353 .615 41.5 1.5 1.6
3B  Dick Williams 31 147 456 51 119 33 3 11 50 1 0 29 100 .261 .303 .419 .722 54.3 7.2 2.7
SS  Danny O'Connell 33 146 443 33 102 21 4 3 35 1 1 26 62 .230 .275 .316 .591 37.7 2.2 5.7
RF *Wally Moon 30 76 301 50 77 15 6 10 35 4 3 25 26 .256 .314 .445 .759 38.1 5.3 2.6
C  Bob Schmidt 27 86 171 20 41 9 0 12 39 0 0 7 30 .240 .264 .503 .767 24.7 3.3 1.1
SS  Rocky Krsnich 32 64 165 12 34 10 2 1 14 0 0 13 20 .206 .267 .309 .576 13.7 0.5 1.5
2B  Rocky Bridges 32 70 139 10 31 6 0 2 14 0 0 8 18 .223 .265 .309 .575 10.2 0.1 0.9
P *Warren Spahn 39 44 122 9 27 5 0 0 5 0 0 4 36 .221 .246 .262 .508 7.1 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Presko 31 44 113 6 23 5 0 2 5 0 0 0 28 .204 .204 .301 .504 6.5 0.0 0.0
2B  Don Hoak 32 68 112 17 29 5 1 4 17 1 1 8 16 .259 .306 .429 .734 15.0 2.1 0.8
P  Kent Peterson 34 35 90 1 9 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 33 .100 .110 .122 .232 -1.7 0.0 0.0
2B  Billy Gardner 32 38 53 8 16 3 2 0 2 0 0 3 7 .302 .339 .434 .773 7.1 1.1 0.8
P *Danny McDevitt 27 19 44 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 19 .114 .133 .114 .247 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Chris Short 22 20 45 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18 .089 .109 .089 .198 -1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Chakales 32 34 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 .182 .364 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ted Abernathy 27 76 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0 0.0
CF  Al Heist 32 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100 1.2 0.3 0.1
P #John Gabler 29 31 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Don Ferrarese 31 76 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.1 1986 5623 646 1397 282 33 171 634 9 6 432 1078 .248 .303 .402 .705 668.3 94.4 53.3
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 6 4 3 5 3 6 8 1 7 5 5 6 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
*Warren Spahn 39 16 16 .500 44 41 0 342.7 264 127 42 104 338 3.34 26.9
 Joe Presko 31 15 12 .556 44 44 0 340.3 275 110 15 126 291 2.91 30.4
*Kent Peterson 34 17 6 .739 36 35 0 263.7 161 60 17 107 286 2.05 31.6
*Danny McDevitt 27 4 7 .364 19 19 0 130.7 110 51 9 48 110 3.51 7.8
*Chris Short 22 8 8 .500 20 17 0 126.0 106 50 8 44 96 3.57 6.7
 Ted Abernathy 27 9 9 .500 76 0 7 87.7 83 37 9 37 52 3.80 8.3
*Don Ferrarese 31 11 7 .611 76 0 15 79.3 84 46 10 51 80 5.22 3.9
 Bob Chakales 32 6 4 .600 34 5 3 66.7 60 43 6 50 43 5.81 1.3
 John Gabler 29 3 4 .429 25 1 4 35.0 38 20 4 22 16 5.14 1.0
*Mike Cuellar 23 0 0 .000 7 0 0 7.7 6 1 1 1 4 1.17 1.1
 Billy Muffett 29 0 0 .000 4 0 0 2.3 5 3 0 2 1 11.59 0.0
 Bennie Daniels 28 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 0.2
Team Totals 29.3 89 73 .549 386 162 29 1483.3 1192 548 121 592 1320 3.33 119.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 8 1 2  
* - 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 .995 31.0
J.Romano 1246.3 134 142 1127 38 4 0 .997 28.2
B.Schmidt 236.7 28 29 211 6 1 0 .995 33.3
Team Total 1483.0 162 171 1338 44 5 0 .996 28.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.00
R.Mejias 874.3 98 102 986 72 9 81 .992 10.89
W.Moon 266.9 28 29 292 23 2 25 .994 10.62
B.Schmidt 63.0 8 8 61 3 0 10 1.000 9.14
D.Williams 11.0 0 1 12 1 0 0 1.000 10.64
O.Cepeda 6.0 0 3 8 1 0 0 1.000 13.50
R.Bridges 6.0 0 1 7 3 0 0 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1227.2 134 144 1366 103 11 116 .993 10.77
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.37
H.Kuenn 1341.0 147 148 273 552 19 119 .977 5.54
D.Hoak 70.3 8 11 15 25 0 4 1.000 5.12
D.Williams 39.7 4 4 9 11 2 0 .909 4.54
B.Gardner 28.0 3 4 4 8 0 3 1.000 3.86
R.Bridges 4.3 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.24
Team Total 1483.3 162 169 302 598 21 126 .977 5.46
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 2.67
D.Williams 1012.0 111 123 55 239 14 23 .955 2.61
R.Krsnich 330.7 39 41 23 82 6 7 .946 2.86
D.Hoak 118.0 12 21 3 27 2 2 .938 2.29
R.Bridges 22.7 0 7 2 8 1 1 .909 3.97
Team Total 1483.3 162 192 83 356 23 33 .950 2.66
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.69
D.O'Connell 1198.0 146 146 145 440 17 80 .972 4.39
B.Gardner 99.0 9 26 15 41 0 7 1.000 5.09
R.Krsnich 70.0 6 15 10 33 0 5 1.000 5.53
D.Williams 42.0 1 10 3 13 1 1 .941 3.43
R.Bridges 34.3 0 19 3 16 0 1 1.000 4.98
D.Hoak 24.7 0 14 4 10 0 2 1.000 5.11
H.Kuenn 15.3 0 5 1 8 0 2 1.000 5.28
Team Total 1483.3 162 235 181 561 18 98 .976 4.50
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.69
O.Cepeda 1333.7 147 148 217 5 0 0 1.000 1.50
R.Bridges 90.7 10 11 8 1 0 1 1.000 0.89
R.Mejias 49.0 5 5 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.47
R.Krsnich 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Williams 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Hazle 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Kuenn 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Heist 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1483.3 162 169 234 7 0 1 1.000 1.46
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.25
B.Hazle 1321.7 146 152 284 6 3 2 .990 1.97
R.Mejias 59.0 7 7 12 1 2 1 .867 1.98
R.Bridges 57.0 7 7 8 0 1 0 .889 1.26
L.Doby 34.7 1 11 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.30
A.Heist 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
D.Williams 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Moon 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1484.3 162 180 312 7 6 3 .982 1.93
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.77
L.Doby 1240.3 135 135 219 8 3 0 .987 1.65
W.Moon 412.9 44 45 81 1 1 1 .988 1.79
R.Bridges 70.3 8 8 12 0 2 0 .857 1.54
R.Mejias 19.0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
B.Hazle 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1744.6 189 192 316 9 6 1 .982 1.68
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.01
W.Spahn 342.7 41 44 18 56 3 2 .961 1.94
J.Presko 340.3 44 44 20 66 3 3 .966 2.27
K.Peterson 263.7 35 35 8 34 1 2 .977 1.43
D.McDevitt 130.7 19 19 6 16 0 1 1.000 1.52
C.Short 126.0 17 20 5 23 0 1 1.000 2.00
T.Abernathy 87.7 0 76 7 11 0 0 1.000 1.85
D.Ferrarese 79.3 0 76 7 10 0 1 1.000 1.93
B.Chakales 66.7 5 34 4 17 0 3 1.000 2.84
J.Gabler 35.0 1 25 2 6 1 0 .889 2.06
M.Cuellar 7.7 0 7 3 2 0 0 1.000 5.87
B.Muffett 2.3 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Daniels 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1483.3 162 385 80 241 8 13 .976 1.95
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hazle .301
On-Base Pct Hazle .363
Slugging Pct Cepeda .542
OPS Cepeda .896
XR Cepeda 105.4
Games Cepeda, Kuenn 156
At-Bats Kuenn 614
Runs Cepeda 84
Hits Hazle 182
Total Bases Cepeda 326
Singles Hazle 132
Doubles Cepeda 40
Triples Cepeda 7
Homeruns Doby 37
RBIs Doby 109
Stolen Bases Moon 4
Caught Stealing Moon 3
Walks Doby 64
Strikeouts Doby 145
ERA Peterson 2.05
Wins Peterson 17
Losses Spahn 16
Winning Pct Peterson .739
Saves Ferrarese 15
Games Pitched Abernathy, Ferrarese 76
Games Started Presko 44
Complete Games Spahn 16
Shutouts Presko, Spahn 4
Innings Pitched Spahn 342.7
Hits Allowed Presko 275
Homeruns Allowed Spahn 42
Strikeouts Spahn 338
Walks Allowed Presko 126
Walks per 9IP Spahn 2.7
Hits per 9IP Peterson 5.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Peterson 9.8
WHiP Peterson 1.02
OAVG Peterson .177
OOBP Peterson .264
OSLG Peterson .278
OOPS Peterson .541
Team All-Stars
Ted Abernathy
Orlando Cepeda
Larry Doby
Kent Peterson
Joe Presko
Player Salaries
Kent Peterson $ 16,000,000
Larry Doby $ 13,000,000
Warren Spahn $ 5,500,000
Joe Presko $ 5,000,000
Bob Hazle $ 4,400,000
Harvey Kuenn $ 4,300,000
Wally Moon $ 3,221,429
Danny O'Connell $ 2,400,000
Bob Chakales $ 1,892,857
Dick Williams $ 1,700,000
Ted Abernathy $ 870,000
Rocky Bridges $ 792,857
Roman Mejias $ 750,000
Rocky Krsnich $ 521,429
Billy Gardner $ 350,000
Al Aber $ 300,000
Al Heist $ 300,000
Danny McDevitt $ 300,000
John Gabler $ 300,000
Don Ferrarese $ 300,000
Billy Muffett $ 300,000
Bennie Daniels $ 300,000
Johnny Romano $ 300,000
Orlando Cepeda $ 300,000
Bob Schmidt $ 300,000
Chris Short $ 300,000
Don Hoak $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Richie Ashburn
Jack Spring
San Diego Bob Hazle
Billy Gardner
Dick Williams
Rocky Krsnich
2/2 Signed     Al Aber
2/7 Signed     Kent Peterson
3/3 Traded Willie Jones
Curt Simmons
Boston (N) Warren Spahn
Joe Presko
3/3 Traded Bobo Osborne New York (N) Don Hoak
Harvey Kuenn
7/1 Traded Mike Cuellar
Johnny Callison
Dick Ellsworth
Cincinnati Wally Moon
Danny Mcdevitt