1961 Detroit Tigers roster

Manager: Bob Scheffing

30 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1961 MLB season.

1961 Tigers roster: batting

1961 Detroit Tigers batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Jake Wood2416266396171116930.258.320.695
Bill Bruton3516059699153176322.257.327.712
Al Kaline26153586116190198214.324.393.909
Rocky Colavito27163583129169451401.290.402.982
Norm Cash261595351191934113211.361.4871.148
Chico Fernandez29133435411083408.248.305.627
Steve Boros24116396511075624.270.382.746
Dick Brown2693308328216450.266.312.786
Dick McAuliffe218028536736332.256.322.711
Mike Roarke308622921512220.223.283.567
Charlie Maxwell347913111305180.229.333.738
Bubba Morton297710826312193.287.342.749
Bobo Osborne2571938202131.215.354.709
Frank House31172235030.227.333.697
George Alusik26151402020.143.188.330
Harry Chiti2851201000.083.154.237
Bill Freehan1941014040.400.455.855

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1961 Tigers roster: pitching

1961 Detroit Tigers pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Frank LaryP3136362393.24275.11461.150
Jim BunningP29383717113.19268.01941.131
Don MossiP3235341572.96240.11371.181
Paul FoytackP30322011103.93169.2891.230
Phil ReganP2432161075.25120.0461.462
Terry FoxP25390521.4157.1321.0112
Hank AguirreP30450443.2555.1321.488
Bob BruceP28146124.4344.2251.810
Fred GladdingP2580103.3116.1111.780
Manny MontejoP25120003.8616.1151.160
Howie KoplitzP2341202.2512.092.000
Ron NischwitzP2361015.5611.181.850
Joe GrzendaP2440107.945.201.940

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.