1962 Detroit Tigers roster

Manager: Bob Scheffing

33 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1962 MLB season.

1962 Tigers roster: batting

1962 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.
Rocky Colavito2816160190164371122.273.371.885
Bill Bruton3614756190156167414.278.346.776
Norm Cash271485079412339896.243.382.894
Chico Fernandez3014150364125205910.249.305.714
Dick McAuliffe221394715012412634.263.349.752
Dick Brown271344314010412400.241.279.631
Al Kaline271003987812129944.304.376.969
Jake Wood25111367688383024.226.291.637
Steve Boros25116356468116473.228.331.738
Bubba Morton309019530514171.262.366.750
Mike Roarke315613611294140.213.287.632
Vic Wertz37741057345180.324.357.843
Bobo Osborne2664741217070.230.374.617
Purnal Goldy2420708163120.229.236.636
Frank Kostro241641511030.268.279.621

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

1962 Tigers roster: pitching

1962 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.
Jim BunningP30413519103.59258.01841.306
Hank AguirreP3142221682.21216.01561.053
Don MossiP33352711134.19180.11211.281
Phil ReganP2535231194.04171.1871.360
Paul FoytackP3129211074.39143.2631.610
Sam JonesP36306243.6581.1731.381
Frank LaryP321714265.7480.0411.490
Ron KlineP30364364.3177.1471.502
Ron NischwitzP24480453.9064.2281.534
Terry FoxP26440311.7158.0231.1016
Howie KoplitzP24106305.2637.2101.700
Jerry CasaleP28181124.6636.2161.390
Doug GallagherP2292044.6825.0141.841
Bob HumphreysP2640017.205.032.001
Fred GladdingP2660000.005.041.000
Tom FletcherP2010000.002.012.000
Bill FaulP22100032.401.224.200

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.