1961 Detroit Tigers

101-61 • 0.623 Win% • 2nd in AL

📊 Season Record

101 Wins
61 Losses
0.623 Win %
2nd Rank
841 R 671 RA
Diff +170

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⚡ Quick Stats

841 Runs Scored
671 Runs Allowed
+170 Run Diff
1,597K Attendance

📈 vs. 1961 AL Average

Batting Avg .266 4% above the 1961 league average (.255)
OBP .345 5% above the 1961 league average (.327)
SLG .363 7% above the 1961 league average (.339)
Team ERA 3.55 12% better than the 1961 league average (4.03)
Runs Scored 841 15% above the 1961 league average (734 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 82
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Total Attendance 1,597,608
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Avg per Game 19,483

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Norm Cash 0.361 2 Al Kaline 0.324 3 Rocky Colavito 0.290 4 Bubba Morton 0.287 5 Steve Boros 0.270

Home Runs

1 Rocky Colavito 45 2 Norm Cash 41 3 Al Kaline 19 4 Bill Bruton 17 5 Dick Brown 16

RBI

1 Rocky Colavito 140 2 Norm Cash 132 3 Al Kaline 82 4 Jake Wood 69 5 Bill Bruton 63
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jake Wood 162 663 96 171 0 0 11 69 58 141 30 0.258
Bill Bruton 160 596 99 153 0 0 17 63 61 66 22 0.257
Al Kaline 153 586 116 190 0 0 19 82 66 42 14 0.324
Rocky Colavito 163 583 129 169 0 0 45 140 113 75 1 0.290
Norm Cash 159 535 119 193 0 0 41 132 124 85 11 0.361
Chico Fernandez 133 435 41 108 0 0 3 40 36 45 8 0.248
Steve Boros 116 396 51 107 0 0 5 62 68 42 4 0.270
Dick Brown 93 308 32 82 0 0 16 45 22 57 0 0.266
Dick McAuliffe 80 285 36 73 0 0 6 33 24 39 2 0.256
Mike Roarke 86 229 21 51 0 0 2 22 20 31 0 0.223
Charlie Maxwell 79 131 11 30 0 0 5 18 20 24 0 0.229
Frank Lary 42 108 13 25 0 0 1 5 3 27 0 0.231
Bubba Morton 77 108 26 31 0 0 2 19 9 25 3 0.287
Jim Bunning 38 100 6 13 0 0 0 4 2 30 0 0.130
Bobo Osborne 71 93 8 20 0 0 2 13 20 15 1 0.215
Don Mossi 35 79 8 13 0 0 1 8 6 28 0 0.165
Paul Foytack 32 54 4 12 0 0 1 2 1 11 0 0.222
Reno Bertoia 24 46 6 10 0 0 1 4 3 8 2 0.217
Phil Regan 33 40 4 3 0 0 0 1 3 15 0 0.075
Ozzie Virgil 20 30 1 4 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 0.133
Frank House 17 22 3 5 0 0 0 3 4 2 0 0.227
Ron Kline 10 18 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0.167
George Alusik 15 14 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0.143
Harry Chiti 5 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.083
Terry Fox 39 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.167
Bill Freehan 4 10 1 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0.400
Hank Aguirre 45 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0.000
Bob Bruce 14 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0.111
Chuck Cottier 10 7 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.286
Bill Fischer 26 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
George Thomas 17 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Vic Wertz 8 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.167
Dick Gernert 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0.200
Howie Koplitz 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Hal Woodeshick 12 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Jerry Casale 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Fred Gladding 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Ron Nischwitz 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jim Donohue 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Grzenda 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Gerry Staley 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Manny Montejo 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Terry Fox 1.41 2 Ron Kline 2.72 3 Don Mossi 2.96 4 Jim Bunning 3.19 5 Frank Lary 3.24

Wins

1 Frank Lary 23 2 Jim Bunning 17 3 Don Mossi 15 4 Paul Foytack 11 5 Phil Regan 10

Strikeouts

1 Jim Bunning 194 2 Frank Lary 146 3 Don Mossi 137 4 Paul Foytack 89 5 Phil Regan 46
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Frank Lary 23 9 3.24 36 36 0 275.1 66 146
Jim Bunning 17 11 3.19 38 37 1 268.0 71 194
Don Mossi 15 7 2.96 35 34 1 240.1 47 137
Paul Foytack 11 10 3.93 32 20 0 169.2 56 89
Phil Regan 10 7 5.25 32 16 2 120.0 41 46
Terry Fox 5 2 1.41 39 0 12 57.1 16 32
Ron Kline 5 3 2.72 10 8 0 56.1 17 27
Hank Aguirre 4 4 3.25 45 0 8 55.1 38 32
Bill Fischer 3 2 5.01 26 1 3 46.2 17 18
Bob Bruce 1 2 4.43 14 6 0 44.2 24 25
Jim Donohue 1 1 3.54 14 0 1 20.1 15 20
Hal Woodeshick 1 1 7.85 12 2 0 18.1 17 13
Fred Gladding 1 0 3.31 8 0 0 16.1 11 11
Manny Montejo 0 0 3.86 12 0 0 16.1 6 15
Gerry Staley 1 1 3.38 13 0 2 13.1 6 8
Jerry Casale 0 0 5.25 3 1 0 12.0 3 6
Howie Koplitz 2 0 2.25 4 1 0 12.0 8 9
Ron Nischwitz 0 1 5.56 6 1 0 11.1 8 8
Joe Grzenda 1 0 7.94 4 0 0 5.2 2 0

👥 Roster (42)

Hank Aguirre George Alusik Reno Bertoia Steve Boros Dick Brown Bob Bruce Bill Bruton Jim Bunning Jerry Casale Norm Cash Harry Chiti Rocky Colavito +30 more

42 players

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