1963 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1963 American League Tiger Stadium Detroit, Michigan 79 83 y T–5th John Fetzer Jim Campbell Bob Scheffing, Chuck Dressen WJBK WKMHWWJ WJR (George Kell, Ernie Harwell) The 1963 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 63rd season and the 52nd season at Tiger Stadium. The team finished tied for fifth place in the American League with a record of 79–83, 25 1 2 games behind the New York Yankees. A sluggish start, then a seven-game, mid-June losing streak, cost third-year manager Bob Scheffing his job on June 17. He was replaced by 68-year-old veteran former MLB manager Chuck Dressen. When the change was made, the Tigers were in ninth place at 24–36 (.400), 11 1 2 games behind the Yankees. Scheffing's three-man coaching staff was released along with him.https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1963/06/19/89538061.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 Tigers Dismiss Scheffing as Manager and Name Dressen The Associated Press June 18, 1963 timesmachine.nytimes.com The New York Times November 12, 2023 Under Dressen, Detroit would recover to win 55 of 102 games and move up to its fifth-place finish. Offseason November 26, 1962: 1962 first-year draft Tom Matchick was drafted by the Tigers from the St. Louis Cardinals.Tom Matchick at Baseball Reference Rich Reese was drafted from the Tigers by the Minnesota Twins.Rich Reese at Baseball Reference Conrad Cardinal was drafted from the Tigers by the Houston Colt .45s.Conrad Cardinal at Baseball Reference November 26, 1962: Dick Brown was traded by the Tigers to the Baltimore Orioles for Whitey Herzog and Gus Triandos.Whitey Herzog at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents DET Notable transactions April 8, 1963: Denny McLain was selected off waivers by the Tigers from the Chicago White Sox as first-year waiver pick.Denny McLain at Baseball Reference May 8, 1963: Chico Fernández was traded by the Tigers to the Milwaukee Braves for Lou Johnson and cash.Chico Fernández at Baseball Reference Roster 1963 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 37 Hank Aguirre 23 Bob Anderson 14 Jim Bunning 35 Bob Dustal 41 Dick Egan 13 Bill Faul 46 Larry Foster 18 Terry Fox 21 Paul Foytack 20 Fred Gladding 42 Alan Koch 17 Frank Lary 29 Mickey Lolich 34 Denny McLain 15 Don Mossi 16 Phil Regan 33 Willie Smith 22 Tom Sturdivant Catchers 11 Bill Freehan 12 Mike Roarke 36 John Sullivan 10 Gus Triandos Infielders 25 Norm Cash  9 Chico Fernández  4 Whitey Herzog 24 Frank Kostro  3 Dick McAuliffe  1 Bubba Phillips 40 George Smith 28 Coot Veal  8 Don Wert  2 Jake Wood Outfielders 26 Gates Brown 38 Bill Bruton  7 Rocky Colavito 48 Willie Horton  6 Al Kaline 40 Bubba Morton 24 George Thomas Other batters  5 Purnal Goldy 20 Vic Wertz Manager  9 Chuck Dressen 27 Bob Scheffing Coaches 31,54 Wayne Blackburn 44 Phil Cavarretta 33 Tom Ferrick 34,52 Pat Mullin 34 George Myatt 41,53 Stubby Overmire 35,51 Bob Swift 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 Gus Triandos 106 327 78 .239 14 41 1B Norm Cash 147 493 133 .270 26 79 2B Jake Wood 85 351 95 .271 11 27 SS Dick McAuliffe 150 568 149 .262 13 61 3B Bubba Phillips 128 464 114 .246 5 45 LF Rocky Colavito 160 597 162 .271 22 91 CF Bill Bruton 145 524 134 .256 8 48 RF Al Kaline 145 551 172 .312 27 101 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 Bill Freehan 100 300 73 .243 9 36 Don Wert 78 251 65 .259 7 25 George Smith 52 171 37 .216 0 17 George Thomas 49 109 26 .239 1 11 Gates Brown 55 82 22 .268 2 14 Whitey Herzog 52 53 8 .151 0 7 Frank Kostro 31 52 12 .231 0 0 Chico Fernández 15 49 7 .143 0 1 Mike Roarke 23 44 14 .318 0 1 Willie Horton 15 43 14 .326 1 4 Coot Veal 15 32 7 .219 0 4 Bubba Morton 6 11 1 .091 0 2 Purnal Goldy 9 8 2 .250 0 0 John Sullivan 3 5 0 .000 0 0 Vic Wertz 6 5 0 .000 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 39 248.1 12 13 3.88 196 Hank Aguirre 38 225.2 14 15 3.67 134 Phil Regan 38 189.0 15 9 3.86 115 Don Mossi 24 122.2 7 7 3.74 68 Frank Lary 16 107.1 4 9 3.27 46 Denny McLain 3 21.0 2 1 4.29 22 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 Mickey Lolich 33 144.1 5 9 3.55 103 Bill Faul 28 97.0 5 6 4.64 64 Willie Smith 11 21.2 1 0 4.57 16 Alan Koch 7 10.0 1 1 10.80 5 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 46 8 6 11 3.59 35 Bob Anderson 32 3 1 0 3.30 38 Tom Sturdivant 28 1 2 2 3.76 36 Fred Gladding 22 1 1 7 1.98 24 Dick Egan 20 0 1 0 5.14 16 Paul Foytack 9 0 1 0 8.66 7 Bob Dustal 7 0 1 0 9.00 4 Larry Foster 1 0 0 0 13.50 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Bob Swift and Frank Carswell AA Knoxville Smokies Sally League Frank Carswell, Frank Lary and Frank Skaff A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Gail Henley A Thomasville Tigers Georgia–Florida League Al Federoff A Jamestown Tigers New York–Penn League Stubby Overmire, John O'Neil, Max Macon and Fred Hatfield A Duluth–Superior Dukes Northern League Bob Mavis LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Thomasville Notes 2 References Baseball Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1963 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tigers Category:1963 in Detroit