1963 Detroit Tigers roster

Manager: Bob Scheffing, Chuck Dressen

34 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1963 MLB season.

1963 Tigers roster: batting

1963 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 Colavito291605979116222910.271.358.795
Dick McAuliffe2315056877149136111.262.334.718
Al Kaline2814555189172271016.312.375.889
Bill Bruton371455248413484814.256.330.703
Norm Cash281474936713326792.270.386.856
Bubba Phillips35128464421145456.246.276.586
Jake Wood26853515095112718.271.330.737
Gus Triandos32106327287814410.239.315.722
Bill Freehan2110030037739362.243.331.718
Don Wert247825131657253.259.326.709
George Smith255217116370174.216.298.585
Gates Brown24558216222142.268.333.736
Whitey Herzog31525358070.151.303.529
Mike Roarke322344514010.318.362.680
Willie Horton201543614142.326.326.814
Coot Veal30153257040.219.297.516
Purnal Goldy259812000.250.250.500
John Sullivan223500000.000.286.286

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

1963 Tigers roster: pitching

1963 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 BunningP31393512133.88248.11961.261
Hank AguirreP32383314153.67225.21341.290
Phil ReganP2638271593.86189.01151.261
Mickey LolichP223318593.55144.11031.390
Don MossiP342416773.74122.2681.042
Frank LaryP331614493.27107.1461.080
Bill FaulP232810564.6497.0641.451
Terry FoxP27460863.5980.1351.2611
Bob AndersonP27323313.3060.0381.320
Fred GladdingP27220111.9827.1241.217
Willie SmithP24112104.5721.2161.712
Denny McLainP1933214.2921.0221.710
Dick EganP26200015.1421.0161.330
Alan KochP25711110.8010.053.000
Bob DustalP2770019.006.042.500
Larry FosterP25100013.502.012.500

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.