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1963 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Detroit Tigers
season	1963
league	American League
ballpark	Tiger Stadium
city	Detroit, Michigan
record
league_place	T–5th
owners	John Fetzer
general_managers	Jim Campbell
managers	Bob Scheffing, Chuck Dressen
television	WJBK
radio	WKMH
WWJ
WJR
(George Kell, Ernie Harwell)

WWJ 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, 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), games behind the Yankees. Scheffing's three-man coaching staff was released along with him. 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.
- Rich Reese was drafted from the Tigers by the Minnesota Twins.
- Conrad Cardinal was drafted from the Tigers by the Houston Colt .45s.
November 26, 1962: Dick Brown was traded by the Tigers to the Baltimore Orioles for Whitey Herzog and Gus Triandos.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 8, 1963: Denny McLain was selected off waivers by the Tigers from the Chicago White Sox as first-year waiver pick.
May 8, 1963: Chico Fernández was traded by the Tigers to the Milwaukee Braves for Lou Johnson and cash.

Roster

1963 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers

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		106	327	78	.239	14	41
1B		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
	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
	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

and Frank Skaff Max Macon and Fred Hatfield LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Thomasville

Notes

References

1963 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

References

[[The Associated Press]]. (June 18, 1963). "Tigers Dismiss Scheffing as Manager and Name Dressen". [[The New York Times]].
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/matchto01.shtml Tom Matchick] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/reeseri01.shtml Rich Reese] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cardico01.shtml Conrad Cardinal] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/herzowh01.shtml Whitey Herzog] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mclaide01.shtml Denny McLain] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fernach01.shtml Chico Fernández] at ''Baseball Reference''

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