1962 Detroit Tigers season

1962 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Tiger Stadium (since 1912); Detroit, Michigan (since 1901);
Other information
Owner(s)	John Fetzer
General manager(s)	Rick Ferrell
Manager(s)	Bob Scheffing
Local television	WJBK
Local radio	WKMH; (George Kell, Ernie Harwell)
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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, 10½ games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

October 12, 1961: Gerry Staley was released by the Tigers.[1]
October 23, 1961: Frank House was released by the Tigers.[2]
Prior to 1962 season (exact date unknown)
- Arlo Brunsberg was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.[3]
- Conrad Cardinal was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.[4]

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 Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	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

June 1962: Al Pehanick (minors) was traded by the Tigers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Coot Veal.[5]

Roster

1962 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

37 Hank Aguirre

14 Jim Bunning

19 Jerry Casale

19 Bill Faul

31 Tom Fletcher

18 Terry Fox

21 Paul Foytack

32,51 Doug Gallagher

29 Fred Gladding

46 Bob Humphreys

23 Sam Jones

22 Ron Kline

45 Howie Koplitz

17 Frank Lary

15 Don Mossi

29 Ron Nischwitz

16 Phil Regan

Catchers

10 Dick Brown

12 Mike Roarke

Infielders

8 Reno Bertoia

1 Steve Boros

8 Don Buddin

25 Norm Cash

9 Chico Fernández

46 Frank Kostro

3 Dick McAuliffe

28 Bobo Osborne

20 Vic Wertz

2 Jake Wood

Outfielders

38 Bill Bruton

7 Rocky Colavito

26 Bob Farley

5,54 Purnal Goldy

6 Al Kaline

4 Charlie Maxwell

40 Bubba Morton

Other batters

26 George Alusik

Manager

27 Bob Scheffing

Coaches

44 Phil Cavarretta

33 Tom Ferrick

34 George Myatt

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
1B	Norm Cash	148	507	123	.243	39	89
SS	Chico Fernández	141	503	125	.249	20	59

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

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

Other pitchers