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1961 Detroit Tigers
Record: 91-71
Finish: 3rd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 699
Runs Allowed: 589
Exp W-L: 94-68
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,222,216
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 57-80, 8th in the AL
AA: 56-81, 7th in the AL
A: 55-82, 7th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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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
SS  Harvey Kuenn 30 156 649 91 175 33 5 13 48 0 0 37 104 .270 .310 .396 .706 75.0 10.2 6.5
LF *Bob Hazle 30 154 589 93 180 45 2 19 68 0 0 78 81 .306 .387 .486 .873 105.5 20.9 7.1
DH  Orlando Cepeda 23 155 608 98 221 56 2 22 90 0 0 57 79 .363 .419 .571 .990 120.2 26.5 3.9
1B  Joe Adcock 33 155 603 86 185 26 2 40 120 0 0 40 121 .307 .346 .556 .902 107.3 20.3 4.3
C  Johnny Romano 26 142 488 58 116 20 3 17 61 0 1 66 106 .238 .329 .395 .725 66.4 9.3 9.9
1B  Roman Mejias 30 147 504 57 119 24 4 27 77 0 0 22 91 .236 .273 .460 .734 60.8 7.1 2.4
SS  Danny O'Connell 34 151 480 35 93 16 2 0 30 0 0 25 121 .194 .236 .235 .471 19.5 0.0 4.2
CF  Felix Mantilla 26 106 353 47 88 13 1 14 54 0 0 20 46 .249 .296 .411 .707 43.4 5.7 3.3
RF *Wally Moon 31 126 296 37 80 21 2 3 39 0 0 28 31 .270 .329 .385 .714 35.3 4.6 1.7
2B  Don Hoak 33 91 181 20 42 10 3 4 18 0 0 12 29 .232 .278 .387 .665 18.1 1.7 1.9
C  Bob Schmidt 28 86 166 22 54 8 0 6 32 0 0 19 18 .325 .388 .482 .870 29.3 5.5 2.3
2B  Billy Gardner 33 75 144 8 26 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 38 .181 .208 .229 .437 3.5 0.0 1.1
P  Kent Peterson 35 44 117 7 12 4 1 0 3 0 0 3 40 .103 .132 .154 .286 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Presko 32 44 120 7 17 2 0 2 8 0 0 2 28 .142 .156 .208 .364 2.1 0.0 0.0
CF *Chuck Tanner 31 79 106 18 31 6 1 0 15 0 0 4 17 .292 .318 .368 .686 11.6 1.6 0.7
P  Russ Kemmerer 29 38 90 2 11 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 39 .122 .151 .144 .295 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Fred Kipp 29 16 47 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 .149 .146 .149 .295 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Danny McDevitt 28 17 42 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .095 .136 .119 .255 -0.5 0.0 0.0
2B  Jim Pyburn 28 19 13 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 .154 .267 .385 .651 0.9 0.0 0.2
C *Yogi Berra 36 17 13 3 7 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 1 .538 .538 1.000 1.538 4.5 1.3 0.1
P #John Gabler 30 26 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Dick Littlefield 35 49 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Billy Muffett 30 19 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Don Ferrarese 32 68 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Chakales 33 47 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Bennie Daniels 29 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.5 2041 5634 699 1473 292 29 170 676 0 1 423 1028 .261 .314 .414 .728 701.3 114.6 49.6
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 4 2 1 7 2 4 8 1 6 2 2 5 2 3 4  
* - 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
*Kent Peterson 35 21 13 .618 44 44 0 328.3 218 101 24 127 390 2.77 27.5
 Joe Presko 32 22 11 .667 44 44 0 326.3 225 98 8 143 317 2.70 29.7
 Russ Kemmerer 29 16 15 .516 38 36 0 262.7 246 106 26 57 151 3.63 15.5
*Fred Kipp 29 7 3 .700 16 16 0 124.7 107 40 10 20 74 2.89 10.5
*Danny McDevitt 28 9 5 .643 17 17 0 116.0 86 32 5 28 119 2.48 11.0
*Don Ferrarese 32 6 7 .462 68 1 5 82.3 70 42 10 70 76 4.59 3.4
 Ted Abernathy 28 2 2 .500 68 0 9 73.3 77 46 15 28 45 5.65 1.0
*Dick Littlefield 35 2 6 .250 49 0 29 51.7 42 20 6 26 55 3.48 7.3
 Bob Chakales 33 2 7 .222 47 3 0 46.0 45 34 11 28 33 6.65 0.0
 John Gabler 30 2 0 1.000 19 1 0 27.3 30 17 5 8 11 5.60 0.1
 Billy Muffett 30 2 2 .500 19 0 0 19.0 27 12 6 5 10 5.68 0.2
 Bennie Daniels 29 0 0 .000 14 0 0 17.3 6 1 1 4 12 0.52 2.6
Team Totals 30.8 91 71 .562 443 162 43 1475.0 1179 549 127 544 1293 3.35 108.8
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 1 3 2 1 1 2 7 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 30.7
J.Romano 1193.0 131 139 1077 46 4 2 .996 31.6
B.Schmidt 279.0 31 33 245 9 1 1 .996 41.7
Y.Berra 2.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 100.0
B.Gardner 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1475.0 162 174 1325 56 5 3 .996 35.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.84
R.Mejias 1112.7 125 130 1187 77 10 105 .992 10.22
J.Adcock 233.3 25 27 241 23 3 19 .989 10.18
W.Moon 109.0 10 25 104 11 1 8 .991 9.50
B.Schmidt 14.0 2 2 12 1 0 1 1.000 8.36
O.Cepeda 5.0 0 1 6 2 0 0 1.000 14.40
J.Gabler 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1475.0 162 186 1552 114 14 133 .992 10.17
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.36
H.Kuenn 1359.3 150 155 281 524 18 102 .978 5.33
B.Gardner 96.3 12 12 16 29 1 8 .978 4.20
D.Hoak 16.0 0 2 5 7 0 0 1.000 6.75
J.Pyburn 3.3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 5.41
Team Total 1475.0 162 171 302 562 19 110 .978 5.27
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.65
F.Mantilla 912.3 102 103 41 233 14 20 .951 2.70
D.Hoak 405.3 46 55 30 95 2 8 .984 2.78
B.Gardner 112.0 11 19 5 24 3 2 .906 2.33
J.Pyburn 44.3 3 11 4 6 0 0 1.000 2.03
D.O'Connell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1475.0 162 189 80 358 19 30 .958 2.67
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.71
D.O'Connell 1260.3 149 151 143 435 19 74 .968 4.13
B.Gardner 157.0 13 36 16 50 1 4 .985 3.78
D.Hoak 45.0 0 24 3 13 1 3 .941 3.20
J.Pyburn 5.3 0 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 8.44
B.Schmidt 2.3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 7.73
R.Mejias 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
H.Kuenn 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
F.Mantilla 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1475.0 162 221 165 505 21 82 .970 4.09
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.73
O.Cepeda 1341.7 149 151 225 3 0 1 1.000 1.53
W.Moon 80.0 10 10 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
C.Tanner 31.0 3 5 8 1 0 1 1.000 2.61
J.Adcock 11.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
B.Hazle 8.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
Y.Berra 2.7 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.77
J.Pyburn 0.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 13.64
Team Total 1475.0 162 174 257 4 0 2 1.000 1.59
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.24
B.Hazle 1347.7 148 149 358 5 2 2 .995 2.42
W.Moon 68.0 8 8 11 1 0 1 1.000 1.59
C.Tanner 58.3 6 8 14 2 0 1 1.000 2.47
J.Gabler 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1475.0 162 166 383 8 2 4 .995 2.39
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.79
J.Adcock 1091.7 121 121 208 5 4 2 .982 1.76
W.Moon 323.3 36 37 53 2 0 2 1.000 1.53
C.Tanner 39.0 4 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.62
R.Mejias 13.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
Y.Berra 8.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1475.0 162 169 273 7 4 4 .986 1.71
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.01
K.Peterson 328.3 44 44 12 44 0 3 1.000 1.54
J.Presko 326.3 44 44 18 49 0 4 1.000 1.85
R.Kemmerer 262.7 36 38 9 41 2 2 .962 1.71
F.Kipp 124.7 16 16 11 21 0 3 1.000 2.31
D.McDevitt 116.0 17 17 5 8 2 0 .867 1.01
D.Ferrarese 82.3 1 68 5 15 1 2 .952 2.19
T.Abernathy 73.3 0 68 7 14 1 1 .955 2.58
D.Littlefield 51.7 0 49 4 5 0 1 1.000 1.57
B.Chakales 46.0 3 47 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.98
J.Gabler 27.3 1 19 2 9 0 0 1.000 3.62
B.Muffett 19.0 0 19 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.84
B.Daniels 17.3 0 14 3 2 0 0 1.000 2.60
Team Total 1475.0 162 443 79 216 6 16 .980 1.80
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cepeda .363
On-Base Pct Cepeda .419
Slugging Pct Cepeda .571
OPS Cepeda .990
XR Cepeda 120.2
Games Kuenn 156
At-Bats Kuenn 649
Runs Cepeda 98
Hits Cepeda 221
Total Bases Cepeda 347
Singles Cepeda 141
Doubles Cepeda 56
Triples Kuenn 5
Homeruns Adcock 40
RBIs Adcock 120
Stolen Bases No Qualifiers
Caught Stealing Romano 1
Walks Hazle 78
Strikeouts O'Connell, Adcock 121
ERA Presko 2.70
Wins Presko 22
Losses Kemmerer 15
Winning Pct Presko .667
Saves Littlefield 29
Games Pitched Abernathy, Ferrarese 68
Games Started Peterson, Presko 44
Complete Games Presko 5
Shutouts Presko 1
Innings Pitched Peterson 328.3
Hits Allowed Kemmerer 246
Homeruns Allowed Kemmerer 26
Strikeouts Peterson 390
Walks Allowed Presko 143
Walks per 9IP Kemmerer 2.0
Hits per 9IP Peterson 6.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Peterson 10.7
WHiP Peterson 1.05
OAVG Peterson .187
OOBP Peterson .273
OSLG Presko .276
OOPS Presko .561
Team All-Stars
Joe Adcock
Orlando Cepeda
Don Ferrarese
Felix Mantilla
Joe Presko
Johnny Romano
Player Salaries
Joe Adcock $ 18,000,000
Kent Peterson $ 16,000,000
Joe Presko $ 5,000,000
Wally Moon $ 5,000,000
Bob Hazle $ 4,400,000
Danny McDevitt $ 4,371,429
Harvey Kuenn $ 4,300,000
Orlando Cepeda $ 4,278,571
Russ Kemmerer $ 3,100,000
Bob Chakales $ 1,500,000
Ted Abernathy $ 874,286
Roman Mejias $ 750,000
Bob Schmidt $ 725,000
Billy Gardner $ 350,000
Don Hoak $ 350,000
Yogi Berra $ 300,000
Johnny Romano $ 300,000
Bennie Daniels $ 300,000
Don Ferrarese $ 300,000
Fred Kipp $ 300,000
Jim Pyburn $ 300,000
Al Aber $ 300,000
Danny O'Connell $ 300,000
Chuck Tanner $ 300,000
Dick Littlefield $ 300,000
Felix Mantilla $ 300,000
Billy Muffett $ 300,000
John Gabler $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Larry Doby
Chris Short
Rocky Bridges
Dick Williams		 Montreal Joe Adcock
Felix Mantilla
Chuck Tanner
3/3 Traded Choo Choo Coleman
Phil Roof
Ed Bauta
Ron Blackburn		 Tampa Bay Russ Kemmerer
$3,100,000
4/2 Signed     Dick Littlefield
4/2 Signed     Charlie Silvera
4/2 Signed     Yogi Berra
7/1 Released Bob Shaw    
 
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