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1952 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 / 1953)
50-104, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 557 runs, Allowed 738 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-96
Manager: Red Rolfe (23-49) and Fred Hutchinson (27-55)
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,026,846 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 103;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 103
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1951 / 1953 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Matt Batts 30 R R 5' 11" 200 Oct 16, 1921 6 56 56 56 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neil Berry 30 R R 5' 10" 170 Jan 11, 1922 5 73 73 73 0 0 0 0 2 66 0 0 0 0
Bud Black 19 R R 6' 3" 197 Jul 9, 1932 1st 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Delsing 26 L R 5' 10" 175 Nov 13, 1925 5 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 32
Walt Dropo 29 R R 6' 5" 220 Jan 30, 1923 4 115 115 115 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hoot Evers 31 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 8, 1921 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Federoff 27 R R 165 Jul 11, 1924 2 74 74 74 0 0 0 70 0 7 0 0 0 0
Alex Garbowski 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 25, 1925 1st 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ned Garver 26 R R 180 Dec 25, 1925 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Ginsberg 25 L R 5' 11" 180 Oct 11, 1926 4 113 113 113 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Gray 27 B L 5' 11" 175 Dec 31, 1924 6 36 36 36 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Groth 25 R R 6' 0" 182 Jul 23, 1926 7 141 141 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 137 0 139
Fred Hatfield 27 L R 6' 1" 171 Mar 18, 1925 3 112 112 112 0 0 0 0 107 9 0 0 0 0
Billy Hoeft 20 L L 6' 3" 205 May 17, 1932 1st 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Hopp 35 L L 5' 10" 175 Jul 18, 1916 14 42 42 42 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
Art Houtteman 24 R R 6' 2" 188 Aug 7, 1927 7 36 36 36 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Hutchinson 32 L R 6' 2" 200 Aug 12, 1919 10 17 17 17 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Johnson 29 L L 6' 1" 185 Jan 14, 1923 6 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Kell HOF 29 R R 5' 9" 175 Aug 23, 1922 10 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0
Don Kolloway 33 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 4, 1918 11 65 65 65 0 0 32 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harvey Kuenn 21 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 4, 1930 1st 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0
Don Lenhardt 29 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 4, 1922 3 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 0 43
George Lerchen 29 B R 5' 11" 175 Dec 1, 1922 1st 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 7
Carl Linhart 22 L R 5' 11" 184 Dec 14, 1929 1st 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Lipon 29 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 10, 1922 7 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0
Dick Littlefield 26 L L 6' 0" 180 Mar 18, 1926 3 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Lund 29 R R 6' 0" 200 May 18, 1923 5 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7
Dave Madison 31 R R 6' 3" 190 Feb 1, 1921 2 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cliff Mapes 30 L R 6' 3" 205 Mar 13, 1922 5 86 86 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 18 43 63
Dick Marlowe 23 R R 6' 2" 170 Jun 27, 1929 2 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne McLeland 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 29, 1924 2 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Mullin 34 L R 6' 2" 190 Nov 1, 1917 9 97 97 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 2 5 65
Hal Newhouser HOF 31 L L 6' 2" 192 May 20, 1921 14 26 26 26 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Pesky 32 L R 5' 9" 168 Sep 27, 1919 8 69 69 69 0 0 0 22 3 41 0 0 0 0
Jerry Priddy 32 R R 180 Nov 9, 1919 10 75 75 75 0 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Souchock 33 R R 203 Mar 3, 1919 5 92 92 92 0 0 9 0 13 0 16 1 41 56
Marlin Stuart 33 L R 6' 2" 185 Aug 8, 1918 4 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russ Sullivan 29 L R 6' 0" 196 Feb 19, 1923 2 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 9 14
Bob Swift 37 R R 180 Mar 6, 1915 13 28 28 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ben Taylor 27 L L 6' 0" 185 Sep 30, 1924 2 7 7 7 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dizzy Trout 37 R R 195 Jun 29, 1915 14 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virgil Trucks 35 R R 5' 11" 198 Apr 26, 1917 11 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Tuttle 22 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 4, 1929 1st 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 6
Vic Wertz 27 L R 6' 0" 186 Feb 9, 1925 6 85 85 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 79 All-Star
Hal White 33 R R 5' 10" 170 Mar 18, 1919 10 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Wight 30 L L 6' 1" 180 Apr 12, 1922 7 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1951 / 1953 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played