END OF SEASON 1960
AL STANDINGS
Code:
Team W L PCT GB Home Away XInn 1Run
Baltimore 95 59 .617 - 47-30 48-29 11-4 27-21
New York 87 67 .565 8.0 54-23 33-44 6-8 23-25
Cleveland 86 68 .558 9.0 47-30 39-38 12-4 27-17
Kansas City 85 69 .552 10.0 46-31 39-38 5-5 21-25
Chicago 84 70 .545 11.0 45-32 39-38 8-8 32-24
Detroit 64 90 .416 31.0 32-45 32-45 6-7 25-29
Boston 59 95 .383 36.0 32-45 27-50 3-8 17-29
Washington 56 98 .364 39.0 32-45 24-53 3-10 20-22
HITTING
Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB AVG OBP SLG
S. King 38 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .500 .500
N. Camacho 134 389 120 23 3 11 55 55 29 64 1 .308 .364 .468
L. Logan 133 482 143 14 6 2 32 80 54 93 44 .297 .370 .363
K. Knox 124 440 127 13 3 18 67 54 45 76 7 .289 .355 .455
R. Turnbull 20 72 20 3 0 1 5 10 8 16 2 .278 .350 .361
L. Long 148 563 156 30 12 41 130 88 36 92 13 .277 .319 .591
J. Caufield 111 397 103 14 4 18 61 62 31 75 3 .259 .312 .451
R. Allen 137 471 118 24 7 25 73 62 28 41 3 .251 .291 .490
G. Adams 83 272 65 11 1 11 31 33 8 55 0 .239 .270 .408
L. Finley 133 422 98 22 4 10 48 37 29 78 2 .232 .285 .374
D. Castaneda 112 346 78 7 2 0 15 44 56 84 2 .225 .335 .257
L. Jolly 8 32 7 1 0 0 2 3 1 6 0 .219 .242 .250
B. Lutske 91 285 61 9 2 5 25 21 23 62 1 .214 .273 .312
I. Mitchell 49 114 21 1 2 0 6 8 3 20 0 .184 .203 .228
J. Cano 89 198 36 11 3 4 20 18 24 43 5 .182 .274 .328
M. Perly 90 111 19 1 2 1 7 10 21 24 1 .171 .306 .243
J. Coleman 78 114 19 1 2 3 11 10 7 27 0 .167 .220 .289
B. Spence 45 67 11 1 0 0 4 7 8 11 0 .164 .247 .179
B. Lovely 39 107 8 3 0 0 3 10 8 39 0 .075 .137 .103
G. Scalzo 22 18 1 1 0 0 0 4 2 6 2 .056 .150 .111
D. Sharkey 39 107 5 2 0 0 4 1 5 37 0 .047 .088 .065
P. Wanklen 38 93 3 2 1 0 0 3 2 25 0 .032 .053 .075
R. Bazer 36 93 2 1 0 0 3 4 3 33 1 .022 .052 .032
E. Faulkner 20 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000
R. Wolfe 29 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 .000 .143 .000
M. George 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000
J. Patterson 86 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000
T. Donahue 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000
PITCHING
Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K
D. Sharkey 39 39 17 13 0 3.44 293.1 287 125 112 118 123
B. Lovely 39 39 15 15 0 3.96 300.1 317 145 132 31 170
P. Wanklen 38 38 11 25 0 5.42 265.2 272 167 160 116 160
R. Bazer 36 36 9 17 0 5.54 243.2 260 162 150 134 127
J. Patterson 86 0 9 8 25 3.00 99.0 103 35 33 23 59
M. George 30 0 1 5 0 5.48 21.1 28 17 13 14 14
S. King 38 1 1 4 4 5.80 49.2 70 32 32 18 10
E. Faulkner 20 1 1 1 0 4.98 34.1 33 22 19 16 15
T. Donahue 15 0 0 2 1 3.60 25.0 24 14 10 14 17
R. Wolfe 29 0 0 0 1 5.77 39.0 50 28 25 12 25
M. Brazil 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
TEAM STAT RANKINGS
Batting AVG: .234 (14th)
Homeruns: 149 (8th)
Walks: 433 (13th)
Stolen Bases: 87 (2nd)
Runs Scored: 625 (14th)
Pitching ERA: 4.50 (14th)
Opponents AVG: .271 (14th)
HRs Allowed: 166 (13th)
Walks Allowed: 496 (8th)
Runs Allowed: 747 (13th)
AL TOP10 TIGERS
SLG - Long #1
TRPL - Long #1
HR - Long #1
RBI - Long #1
SB - Logan #2, Long #9
WIN - Sharkey #8
SVs - Patterson #1
ERA - Sharkey #10
CAREER LEADERBOARD
HR - Perly #5
RBI - Perly #11
SVs - Patterson #12
THE BAD
-in 1960 the development gods continued to be unkind on the Tigers. Long followed his ROY year last year with a decent year stat-wise. However, multiple hits to his power ratings and also some valuable CON talent loss... it is very unlikely that he'll be able to repeat this years #1 in HR tie next year. Several other prospects also lost talent making their chances of being impact major league players very slim.
-SP Perry Wanklen lead the league in losses... although he did at least manage a Player of the week in September pitching two consecutive 3H shutouts and then allowing only 1 run in his final game of the season. He finished 5-1 in his final 6 games, so there is some hope for this guy.
-Injuries... we had some bad timing with injuries, but honestly, we should probably put this in the good category as we clearly faired better than other teams, especially the way we avoided season enders and career enders like Cleveland's devastating loss of Herman Labombard.
THE GOOD
-Larry Long was #1 in the entire league in RBI, tied for #1 overall in HR. He was also #1 in the AL in TRPL (tie) & SLG. He was an all star. He also was the Batter of the Month in August going .290, 11HR, 28RBI, 18R. Pretty good stuff the year following his ROY award.
-David Castaneda got his 2000th career hit on 4/26/1960, off Lukas Dietrich (CLE)...
-Luke Logan was only a few SB short of the Tiger record for most in a season.
-Dick Sharkey managed a 17-13 record on a team that went 64-90. I dubbed him our "ace" at the start of the season and he responded with the best effort of all our SP.
-Closer John Patterson lead the AL in saves by 5 despite our terrible record.
-Bub Turnbull tore up AAA going .329 for two seasons and then made his ML debut as a September call up this year hitting .278 for the month. He's got a legitimate shot at ROY next year.
-SS Edgar Dillon is progressing nicely going from A-ball to AA. Our coaches are now claiming he's already ready for AAA. If he were to have a good spring training then we would be forced to make a decision at SS sooner than we expected. He's clearly the better glove over Turnbull there and Turnbull really looks best defensively at 1B. But then we'd have to displace Allen. And then there's Nasty Camacho... another average glove but reliable hitter who will continue to be forced into super sub duty. We clearly have a log jam in middle IF. But then again, Long's talent drops have made us nervous enough about 3B so we are not so eager to deal Turnbull who could move to 3B instead of 1B if he had to. Too many possibilities... hurting my brain. There should be some interesting ST battles.
END OF SEASON AWARDS
BATTER OF THE YEAR - Larry Long
GOLD GLOVES - CF Lester Finley
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Michael AKA m0ng00se - Former
TWB Detroit Tigers GM (1946-1964)
Pennants: 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1964 -- Titles: 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1963
