1962 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkTiger Stadium
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersJohn Fetzer
General managersRick Ferrell
ManagersBob Scheffing
TelevisionWJBK
RadioWKMH
WWJ
WJR
(George Kell, Ernie Harwell)
← 1961 Seasons 1963 →

The 1962 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished tied for third place in the American League with a record of 85–76, 10+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 96 66 0.593 — 50–30 46–36
Minnesota Twins 91 71 0.562 5 45–36 46–35
Los Angeles Angels 86 76 0.531 10 40–41 46–35
Detroit Tigers 85 76 0.528 10½ 49–33 36–43
Chicago White Sox 85 77 0.525 11 43–38 42–39
Cleveland Indians 80 82 0.494 16 43–38 37–44
Baltimore Orioles 77 85 0.475 19 44–38 33–47
Boston Red Sox 76 84 0.475 19 39–40 37–44
Kansas City Athletics 72 90 0.444 24 39–42 33–48
Washington Senators 60 101 0.373 35½ 27–53 33–48

Record vs. opponents

1962 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team BAL BOS CHW CLE DET KCA LAA MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore — 8–10 9–9 11–7 2–16 10–8 8–10 6–12 11–7 12–6
Boston 10–8 — 8–10 7–11 11–6 10–8 6–12 10–8 6–12 8–9
Chicago 9–9 10–8 — 12–6 9–9 9–9 10–8 8–10 8–10 10–8
Cleveland 7–11 11–7 6–12 — 10–8 11–7 9–9 6–12 11–7 9–9
Detroit 16–2 6–11 9–9 8–10 — 12–6 11–7 5–13 7–11 11–7
Kansas City 8–10 8–10 9–9 7–11 6–12 — 6–12 8–10 5–13 15–3
Los Angeles 10–8 12–6 8–10 9–9 7–11 12–6 — 9–9 8–10 11–7
Minnesota 12–6 8–10 10–8 12–6 13–5 10–8 9–9 — 7–11 10–8–1
New York 7–11 12–6 10–8 7–11 11–7 13–5 10–8 11–7 — 15–3
Washington 6–12 9–8 8–10 9–9 7–11 3–15 7–11 8–10–1 3–15 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1962 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Dick Brown 134 431 104 .241 12 40
1B Norm Cash 148 507 123 .243 39 89
2B Jake Wood 111 367 83 .226 8 30
SS Chico Fernández 141 503 125 .249 20 59
3B Steve Boros 116 356 81 .228 16 47
LF Rocky Colavito 161 601 164 .273 37 112
CF Bill Bruton 147 561 156 .278 16 74
RF Al Kaline 100 398 121 .304 29 94

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Dick McAuliffe 139 471 124 .263 12 63
Bubba Morton 90 195 51 .262 4 17
Mike Roarke 56 136 29 .213 4 14
Vic Wertz 74 105 34 .324 5 18
Don Buddin 31 83 19 .229 0 4
Bobo Osborne 64 74 17 .230 0 7
Purnal Goldy 20 70 16 .229 3 12
Charlie Maxwell 30 67 13 .194 1 9
Bob Farley 36 50 8 .160 1 4
Frank Kostro 16 41 11 .268 0 3
George Alusik 2 2 0 .000 0 0
Reno Bertoia 5 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Bunning 41 258.0 19 10 3.59 184
Don Mossi 35 180.1 11 13 4.19 121
Phil Regan 35 171.1 11 9 4.04 87
Paul Foytack 29 143.2 10 7 4.39 63
Frank Lary 17 80.0 2 6 5.74 41

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Hank Aguirre 42 216.0 16 8 2.21 156
Sam Jones 30 81.1 2 4 3.65 73
Howie Koplitz 10 37.2 3 0 5.26 10
Doug Gallagher 9 25.0 0 4 4.68 14

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Terry Fox 44 3 1 16 1.71 23
Ron Nischwitz 48 4 5 4 3.90 28
Ron Kline 36 3 6 2 4.31 47
Jerry Casale 18 1 2 0 4.66 16
Fred Gladding 6 0 0 0 0.00 4
Bob Humphreys 4 0 1 1 7.20 3
Tom Fletcher 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
Bill Faul 1 0 0 0 32.40 2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Denver Bears American Association Frank Skaff
A Knoxville Smokies Sally League Frank Carswell
C Duluth–Superior Dukes Northern League Al Lakeman
D Montgomery Rebels Alabama–Florida League Johnny Groth
D Thomasville Tigers Georgia–Florida League Gail Henley
D Jamestown Tigers New York–Penn League Stubby Overmire

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Thomasville

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Jerry Staley at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Frank House at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Arlo Brunsberg at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Conrad Cardinal at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Coot Veal at Baseball Reference

References

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