Brown shared catching duties with rookie Mike Roarke who played in 86 games and hit .223 with 2 home runs and 22 RBIs.
First baseman Norm Cash won the AL batting crown with a .361 average and also led the league with a .488 on-base percentage and 193 hits.
While Cash's performance was overshadowed by the 61 home runs of Roger Maris, his .361 average would be the highest by any major league player in the 1960s.
He was named the most valuable player of the Class AAA American Association in 1960 after he tied for the lead in runs batted in with 119.
In his first full MLB season, 1961, Boros appeared in 116 games for the Tigers as a third baseman and hit .270 with 62 runs batted in.
Left fielder Rocky Colavito came to the Tigers in 1960 in a trade for Harvey Kuenn, who had won the 1959 batting title.
Sportswriter Joe Falls, who viewed Colavito as a "self-ordained deity, started a feature chronicling the runs he failed to drive in.
In one game, Falls – acting as the official scorer – charged Colavito with a controversial error, and the outfielder tried to attack him.
[4][5] After his excellent 1961 season, he drew the local fans' criticism by holding out for a higher salary than established team star Al Kaline.
Nicknamed "The Sphinx" and "Ears", baseball historian Bill James dubbed Mossi "The Man Who Invented Winning Ugly."
James wrote: "Mossi's ears looked as if they had been borrowed from a much larger species, and reattached without proper supervision.
His nose was crooked, his eyes were in the wrong place, and though he was skinny he had no neck to speak of, just a series of chins that melted into his chest.
Infielders Other batters Coaches Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg.