1963 Detroit Tigers season

1963 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Tiger Stadium (since 1912);
	Detroit, Michigan (since 1901);
Other information
Owner(s)	John Fetzer
Manager(s)	Bob Scheffing, Chuck Dressen
Local television	WJBK
Local radio	WKMH; (George Kell, Ernie Harwell)
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The 1963 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished tied for fifth in the American League with a record of 79–83, 25½ games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

November 26, 1962: 1962 first-year draft
- Tom Matchick was drafted by the Tigers from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[1]
- Rich Reese was drafted from the Tigers by the Minnesota Twins.^[2]
- Conrad Cardinal was drafted from the Tigers by the Houston Colt .45s.^[3]
November 26, 1962: Dick Brown was traded by the Tigers to the Baltimore Orioles for Whitey Herzog and Gus Triandos.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	104	57	.646	--
Chicago White Sox	94	68	.580	10.5
Minnesota Twins	91	70	.565	13
Baltimore Orioles	86	76	.531	18.5
Cleveland Indians	79	83	.488	25.5
Detroit Tigers	79	83	.488	25.5
Boston Red Sox	76	85	.472	28
Kansas City Athletics	73	89	.451	31.5
Los Angeles Angels	70	91	.435	34
Washington Senators	56	106	.346	48.5

Notable transactions

April 8, 1963: Denny McLain was selected off waivers by the Tigers from the Chicago White Sox as first-year waiver pick.^[5]
May 8, 1963: Chico Fernández was traded by the Tigers to the Milwaukee Braves for Lou Johnson and cash.^[6]

Roster

1963 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

5 Purnal Goldy
20 Vic Wertz

Manager

9 Chuck Dressen
27 Bob Scheffing

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	Triandos, GusGus Triandos	106	327	78	.239	14	41

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
Herzog, WhiteyWhitey Herzog	52	53	8	.151	0	7

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
Aguirre, HankHank Aguirre	38	225.2	14	15	3.67	134

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

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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Thomasville

Notes

References

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Baseball portal

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1963 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

[1] Tom Matchick page at Baseball Reference

[2] Rich Reese page at Baseball Reference

[3] Conrad Cardinal page at Baseball Reference

[4] Whitey Herzog page at Baseball Reference

[5] Denny McLain page at Baseball Reference

[6] Chico Fernández page at Baseball Reference

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