Roster of 37 · every name linked to a full player profile
W–L summed from pitcher decisions in the corpus.
Record
89–73
Runs
680
Home runs
162
Team AVG
.238
Team ERA
3.35
Pitching K
1,069
Postseason
Missed
#1 · 1B
Norm Cash14.8 VAL
#2 · LF
Willie Horton14.4 VAL
#3 · RF
Al Kaline12.3 VAL
#4 · P
Mickey Lolich12.3 VAL
#5 · P
Denny McLain12.2 VAL
VAL is shown only for players who spent the whole season with this club.
| Player | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OPS | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Wert3B | 162 | 609 | 81 | 159 | 12 | 54 | 5 | .261 | .704 | 10.2 |
| Willie HortonLF | 143 | 512 | 69 | 140 | 29 | 104 | 5 | .273 | .830 | 14.4 |
| Jerry Lumpe2B | 145 | 502 | 72 | 129 | 4 | 39 | 7 | .257 | .656 | 8.4 |
| Norm Cash1B | 142 | 467 | 79 | 124 | 30 | 82 | 6 | .266 | .883 | 14.8 |
| Bill FreehanC | 130 | 431 | 45 | 101 | 10 | 43 | 4 | .234 | .645 | 7.2 |
| Dick McAuliffe2B | 113 | 404 | 61 | 105 | 15 | 54 | 6 | .260 | .775 | 9.6 |
| Al KalineRF | 125 | 399 | 72 | 112 | 18 | 72 | 6 | .281 | .859 | 12.3 |
| Don DemeterCF | 122 | 389 | 50 | 108 | 16 | 58 | 4 | .278 | .788 | 9.7 |
| Gates BrownLF | 96 | 227 | 33 | 58 | 10 | 43 | 6 | .256 | .772 | 6.8 |
| Jim NorthrupRF | 80 | 219 | 20 | 45 | 2 | 16 | 1 | .205 | .568 | 2.5 |
| Ray OylerSS | 82 | 194 | 22 | 36 | 5 | 13 | 1 | .186 | .559 | 2.7 |
| George ThomasRF | 79 | 169 | 19 | 36 | 3 | 10 | 2 | .213 | .577 | 2.5 |
| Mickey StanleyOF | 30 | 117 | 14 | 28 | 3 | 13 | 1 | .239 | .624 | 1.8 |
| Jake Wood2B | 58 | 104 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 3 | .288 | .732 | 2.9 |
| John SullivanC | 34 | 86 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .267 | .677 | 1.7 |
| Mickey LolichP | 43 | 86 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .058 | .138 | 12.3 |
| Denny McLainP | 33 | 74 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .054 | .177 | 12.2 |
| Hank AguirreP | 32 | 70 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .086 | .235 | 9.0 |
| Dave WickershamP | 34 | 58 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .069 | .154 | 7.8 |
| George Smith2B | 32 | 53 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .094 | .294 | 0.0 |
| Jackie MooreC | 21 | 53 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .094 | .277 | — |
| Joe SparmaP | 30 | 52 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .135 | .333 | 8.2 |
| Bill Roman1B | 21 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .074 | .212 | — |
| Terry FoxP | 42 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .063 | 11.7 |
| Phil ReganP | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .237 | 1.7 |
| Larry SherryP | 39 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .864 | 8.1 |
| Orlando PenaP | 30 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .583 | — |
| Fred GladdingP | 46 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 9.4 |
| Julio NavarroP | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 2.7 |
| Wayne RedmondCF | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | — |
| Ed RakowP | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | — |
| Ron NischwitzP | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 4.5 |
| Player | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | ERA | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey LolichP | 43 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 243.2 | 226 | 3.44 | 12.3 |
| Denny McLainP | 33 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 220.1 | 192 | 2.61 | 12.2 |
| Hank AguirreP | 32 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 208.1 | 141 | 3.59 | 9.0 |
| Dave WickershamP | 34 | 27 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 195.1 | 109 | 3.78 | 7.8 |
| Joe SparmaP | 30 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 167.0 | 127 | 3.18 | 8.2 |
| Larry SherryP | 39 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 78.1 | 46 | 3.10 | 8.1 |
| Terry FoxP | 42 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 77.2 | 34 | 2.78 | 11.7 |
| Fred GladdingP | 46 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 70.0 | 43 | 2.83 | 9.4 |
| Orlando PenaP | 30 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 57.1 | 55 | 2.51 | — |
| Phil ReganP | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 51.2 | 37 | 5.05 | 1.7 |
| Julio NavarroP | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 30.0 | 22 | 4.20 | 2.7 |
| Ron NischwitzP | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22.2 | 12 | 2.78 | 4.5 |
| Ed RakowP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 10 | 6.08 | — |
| John HillerP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 4 | 0.00 | — |
| Jack HamiltonP | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.1 | 3 | 14.54 | — |
| Johnnie SealeP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 12.00 | — |
| Leo MarentetteP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0.00 | — |
| Vern HoltgraveP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 6.00 | — |
Players traded mid-season are listed with their numbers for this club only.