Detroit Tigers 1961
101–61record
.623win pct
841runs
671allowed
+170run diff
180home runs
42players
The three rarest things in 1961
| Rarity | What | Who | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Five-Walk Game | SBSteve Boros | 1961-09-17 | 1 in 1,833 games | box score ↗ |
| 70 | Five Home Runs Allowed | 1961-06-23 | 1 in 1,585 games | box score ↗ | |
| 60 | Three Straight Home Runs | Detroit Tigers | 1961-05-23 | 1 in 639 games | box score ↗ |
Batting (42)
| Player | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JWJake Wood | 162 | 731 | 663 | 96 | 171 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 69 | 58 | 141 | 30 | 9 | .258 | .320 | .376 | .695 |
| 163 | 708 | 583 | 129 | 169 | 30 | 2 | 45 | 140 | 113 | 75 | 1 | 2 | .290 | .402 | .580 | .982 | |
| 159 | 673 | 535 | 119 | 193 | 22 | 8 | 41 | 132 | 125 | 85 | 11 | 5 | .361 | .487 | .662 | 1.149 | |
| BBBill Bruton | 160 | 668 | 596 | 99 | 153 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 63 | 61 | 66 | 22 | 6 | .257 | .327 | .384 | .712 |
| 153 | 665 | 586 | 116 | 190 | 41 | 7 | 19 | 82 | 66 | 42 | 14 | 1 | .324 | .393 | .515 | .909 | |
| SBSteve Boros | 116 | 485 | 396 | 51 | 107 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 68 | 43 | 4 | 2 | .270 | .382 | .364 | .746 |
| CFChico Fernandez | 133 | 476 | 435 | 41 | 108 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 36 | 45 | 8 | 6 | .248 | .305 | .322 | .627 |
| DBDick Brown | 93 | 336 | 308 | 32 | 82 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 45 | 22 | 57 | 0 | 1 | .266 | .312 | .474 | .786 |
| DMDick McAuliffe | 80 | 315 | 285 | 36 | 73 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 38 | 2 | 3 | .256 | .322 | .389 | .711 |
| MRMike Roarke | 86 | 253 | 229 | 21 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 20 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .223 | .283 | .284 | .567 |
| CMCharlie Maxwell | 79 | 153 | 131 | 11 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .333 | .405 | .738 |
| BMBubba Morton | 77 | 120 | 108 | 26 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .287 | .342 | .407 | .749 |
| FLFrank Lary | 42 | 115 | 108 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .259 | .278 | .537 |
| BOBobo Osborne | 71 | 114 | 93 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .215 | .354 | .355 | .709 |
| 38 | 104 | 100 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .147 | .140 | .287 | |
| 35 | 91 | 79 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .165 | .224 | .228 | .451 | |
| PFPaul Foytack | 32 | 61 | 54 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .236 | .296 | .533 |
| RBReno Bertoia | 24 | 50 | 46 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .217 | .250 | .304 | .554 |
| 33 | 46 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .075 | .140 | .100 | .240 | |
| OVOzzie Virgil | 20 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .161 | .233 | .395 |
| FHFrank House | 17 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .333 | .364 | .697 |
| RKRon Kline | 10 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .211 | .222 | .433 |
| GAGeorge Alusik | 15 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .188 | .143 | .330 |
| TFTerry Fox | 39 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 |
| HAHank Aguirre | 45 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| HCHarry Chiti | 5 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 |
| BBBob Bruce | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .273 | .222 | .495 |
| 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .455 | .400 | .855 | |
| CCChuck Cottier | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 |
| BFBill Fischer | 26 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| DGDick Gernert | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .800 | 1.133 |
| GTGeorge Thomas | 17 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| VWVic Wertz | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 |
| HWHal Woodeshick | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 |
| HKHowie Koplitz | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| JCJerry Casale | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| FGFred Gladding | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| RNRon Nischwitz | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| JDJim Donohue | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| JGJoe Grzenda | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| GSGerry Staley | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| MMManny Montejo | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
Pitching (19)
| Player | G | W–L | GS | CG | SV | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLFrank Lary | 36 | 23–9 | 36 | 22 | 0 | 252 | 117 | 99 | 66 | 146 | 24 | 275.1 | 3.24 | 1.15 |
| 38 | 17–11 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 232 | 113 | 95 | 71 | 194 | 25 | 268.1 | 3.19 | 1.13 | |
| 35 | 15–7 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 237 | 97 | 79 | 47 | 137 | 29 | 240.1 | 2.96 | 1.18 | |
| PFPaul Foytack | 32 | 11–10 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 152 | 81 | 74 | 56 | 89 | 27 | 169.2 | 3.93 | 1.23 |
| 32 | 10–7 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 134 | 70 | 70 | 41 | 46 | 19 | 120.0 | 5.25 | 1.46 | |
| TFTerry Fox | 39 | 5–2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 42 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 6 | 57.1 | 1.41 | 1.01 |
| RKRon Kline | 10 | 5–3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 27 | 3 | 56.1 | 2.72 | 1.24 |
| HAHank Aguirre | 45 | 4–4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 44 | 22 | 20 | 38 | 32 | 5 | 55.1 | 3.25 | 1.48 |
| BFBill Fischer | 26 | 3–2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 28 | 26 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 46.1 | 5.05 | 1.53 |
| BBBob Bruce | 14 | 1–2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 28 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 6 | 44.2 | 4.43 | 1.81 |
| JDJim Donohue | 14 | 1–1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 20.1 | 3.54 | 1.87 |
| HWHal Woodeshick | 12 | 1–1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 18.1 | 7.85 | 2.29 |
| FGFred Gladding | 8 | 1–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 16.1 | 3.31 | 1.78 |
| MMManny Montejo | 12 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 16.1 | 3.86 | 1.16 |
| GSGerry Staley | 13 | 1–1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 13.1 | 3.38 | 1.57 |
| JCJerry Casale | 3 | 0–0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12.0 | 5.25 | 1.50 |
| HKHowie Koplitz | 4 | 2–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 12.0 | 2.25 | 2.00 |
| RNRon Nischwitz | 6 | 0–1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 11.1 | 5.56 | 1.85 |
| JGJoe Grzenda | 4 | 1–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5.2 | 7.94 | 1.94 |