Roster of 33 · every name linked to a full player profile
W–L summed from pitcher decisions in the corpus.
Record
88–74
Runs
719
Home runs
179
Team AVG
.251
Team ERA
3.85
Pitching K
1,026
Postseason
Missed
#1 · RF
Al Kaline16.5 VAL
#2 · 1B
Norm Cash15.5 VAL
#3 · LF
Willie Horton14.0 VAL
#4 · 2B
Dick McAuliffe13.1 VAL
#5 · P
Denny McLain11.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Cash1B | 160 | 603 | 98 | 168 | 32 | 93 | 2 | .279 | .829 | 15.5 |
| Don Wert3B | 150 | 559 | 56 | 150 | 11 | 70 | 6 | .268 | .712 | 10.7 |
| Willie HortonLF | 146 | 526 | 72 | 138 | 27 | 100 | 1 | .262 | .802 | 14.0 |
| Bill FreehanC | 136 | 492 | 47 | 115 | 12 | 46 | 5 | .234 | .646 | 7.8 |
| Al KalineRF | 142 | 479 | 85 | 138 | 29 | 88 | 5 | .288 | .926 | 16.5 |
| Dick McAuliffe2B | 124 | 430 | 83 | 118 | 23 | 56 | 5 | .274 | .882 | 13.1 |
| Jim NorthrupRF | 123 | 419 | 53 | 111 | 16 | 58 | 4 | .265 | .787 | 10.1 |
| Jerry Lumpe2B | 113 | 385 | 30 | 89 | 1 | 26 | 0 | .231 | .566 | 3.7 |
| Mickey StanleyOF | 92 | 235 | 28 | 68 | 3 | 19 | 2 | .289 | .762 | 5.3 |
| Jake Wood2B | 98 | 230 | 39 | 58 | 2 | 27 | 4 | .252 | .679 | 5.2 |
| Ray OylerSS | 71 | 210 | 16 | 36 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .171 | .515 | 1.5 |
| Gates BrownLF | 88 | 169 | 27 | 45 | 7 | 27 | 3 | .266 | .769 | 5.6 |
| Orlando McFarlaneC | 49 | 138 | 16 | 35 | 5 | 13 | 0 | .254 | .717 | 2.9 |
| Dick TracewskiSS | 81 | 124 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 1 | .194 | .470 | 0.9 |
| Don DemeterCF | 32 | 99 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 1 | .212 | .649 | — |
| Denny McLainP | 38 | 93 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .183 | .428 | 11.3 |
| Earl WilsonP | 27 | 64 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 0 | .234 | .817 | — |
| Mickey LolichP | 40 | 64 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .141 | .397 | 8.7 |
| Dave WickershamP | 38 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .044 | .152 | 8.4 |
| Johnny PodresP | 36 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .233 | .614 | — |
| Bill MonbouquetteP | 30 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .154 | .339 | 4.7 |
| Hank AguirreP | 30 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .120 | .401 | 5.6 |
| Joe SparmaP | 29 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .217 | .478 | 2.0 |
| Orlando PenaP | 54 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .222 | 9.3 |
| Larry SherryP | 55 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | 1.000 | 9.5 |
| Arlo BrunsbergC | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 1.167 | — |
| Don Pepper1B | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | — |
| Terry FoxP | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | — |
| Fred GladdingP | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 8.5 |
| Player | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | ERA | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denny McLainP | 38 | 38 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 264.1 | 192 | 3.92 | 11.3 |
| Mickey LolichP | 40 | 33 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 203.2 | 173 | 4.77 | 8.7 |
| Earl WilsonP | 23 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 163.1 | 133 | 2.59 | — |
| Dave WickershamP | 38 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 140.2 | 93 | 3.20 | 8.4 |
| Orlando PenaP | 54 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 108.0 | 79 | 3.08 | 9.3 |
| Johnny PodresP | 36 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 107.2 | 53 | 3.43 | — |
| Hank AguirreP | 30 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 103.2 | 50 | 3.82 | 5.6 |
| Bill MonbouquetteP | 30 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 102.2 | 61 | 4.73 | 4.7 |
| Joe SparmaP | 29 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 91.2 | 61 | 5.30 | 2.0 |
| Larry SherryP | 55 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 77.2 | 63 | 3.82 | 9.5 |
| Fred GladdingP | 51 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 74.0 | 57 | 3.28 | 8.5 |
| Terry FoxP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | 6 | 6.30 | — |
| George KorinceP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0.00 | — |
| Bill GrahamP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0.00 | — |
| John HillerP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 9.00 | — |
| Julio NavarroP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | — | — |
Players traded mid-season are listed with their numbers for this club only.