1963 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkTiger Stadium
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersJohn Fetzer
General managersJim Campbell
ManagersBob Scheffing, Chuck Dressen
TelevisionWJBK
RadioWKMH
WWJ
WJR
(George Kell, Ernie Harwell)
Seasons

The 1963 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished tied for fifth place in the American League with a record of 79–83, 25½ 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), 11½ games behind the Yankees. Scheffing's three-man coaching staff was released along with him.[1] Under Dressen, Detroit would recover to win 55 of 102 games and move up to its fifth-place finish.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10457 0.646 — 58–22 46–35
Chicago White Sox 9468 0.580 10½ 49–33 45–35
Minnesota Twins 9170 0.565 13 48–33 43–37
Baltimore Orioles 8676 0.531 18½ 48–33 38–43
Cleveland Indians 7983 0.488 25½ 41–40 38–43
Detroit Tigers 7983 0.488 25½ 47–34 32–49
Boston Red Sox 7685 0.472 28 44–36 32–49
Kansas City Athletics 7389 0.451 31½ 36–45 37–44
Los Angeles Angels 7091 0.435 34 39–42 31–49
Washington Senators 56106 0.346 48½ 31–49 25–57

Record vs. opponents

1963 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA LAA MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore —7–117–1110–813–59–99–99–97–1115–3
Boston 11–7—8–1010–89–97–119–87–116–129–9
Chicago 11–710–8—11–711–712–610–88–108–1013–5
Cleveland 8–108–107–11—10–811–710–85–137–1113–5
Detroit 5–139–97–118–10—13–512–68–108–109–9
Kansas City 9–911–76–127–115–13—10–89–96–1210–8
Los Angeles 9–98–98–108–106–128–10—9–95–139–9
Minnesota 9–911–710–813–510–89–99–9—6–1114–4
New York 11–712–610–811–710–812–613–511–6—14–4
Washington 3–159–95–135–139–98–109–94–144–14—

Notable transactions

Roster

1963 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
CGus Triandos10632778.2391441
1BNorm Cash147493133.2702679
2BJake Wood8535195.2711127
SSDick McAuliffe150568149.2621361
3BBubba Phillips128464114.246545
LFRocky Colavito160597162.2712291
CFBill Bruton145524134.256848
RFAl Kaline145551172.31227101

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 Freehan10030073.243936
Don Wert7825165.259725
George Smith5217137.216017
George Thomas4910926.239111
Gates Brown558222.268214
Whitey Herzog52538.15107
Frank Kostro315212.23100
Chico Fernández15497.14301
Mike Roarke234414.31801
Willie Horton154314.32614
Coot Veal15327.21904
Bubba Morton6111.09102
Purnal Goldy982.25000
John Sullivan350.00000
Vic Wertz650.00000

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 Bunning39248.112133.88196
Hank Aguirre38225.214153.67134
Phil Regan38189.01593.86115
Don Mossi24122.2773.7468
Frank Lary16107.1493.2746
Denny McLain321.0214.2922

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 Lolich33144.1593.55103
Bill Faul2897.0564.6464
Willie Smith1121.2104.5716
Alan Koch710.01110.805

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 Fox4686113.5935
Bob Anderson323103.3038
Tom Sturdivant281223.7636
Fred Gladding221171.9824
Dick Egan200105.1416
Paul Foytack90108.667
Bob Dustal70109.004
Larry Foster100013.501

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
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

  1. ↑ The Associated Press (June 18, 1963). "Tigers Dismiss Scheffing as Manager and Name Dressen" (PDF). timesmachine.nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  2. ↑ Tom Matchick at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Rich Reese at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Conrad Cardinal at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Whitey Herzog at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Denny McLain at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Chico Fernández at Baseball Reference

References

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