1953 Detroit Tigers Batting Statistics

1952 Season 1954 Season

Record: 60-94-4, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Fred Hutchinson (60-94-4)

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium

Attendance: 884,658 (5th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 101
One-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 102

Pythagorean W-L: 57-97, 695 Runs, 923 Runs Allowed

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Matt Batts	31	116	399	374	38	104	24	3	6	42	2	3	24	36	.278	.322	.406	.728	97	152	9	0	1		7
2	1B	Walt Dropo	30	152	645	606	61	150	30	3	13	96	2	0	29	69	.248	.289	.371	.660	79	225	22	6	4		2
3	2B	Johnny Pesky*	34	103	342	308	43	90	22	1	2	24	3	7	27	10	.292	.353	.390	.743	102	120	4	2	5		0
4	SS	Harvey Kuenn	22	155	731	679	94	209	33	7	2	48	6	5	50	31	.308	.356	.386	.742	102	262	10	1	1		2
5	3B	Ray Boone	29	101	443	385	73	120	16	6	22	93	2	1	48	47	.312	.395	.556	.951	157	214	6	5	5		3
6	OF	Bob Nieman	26	142	568	508	72	143	32	5	15	69	0	3	57	57	.281	.354	.453	.807	118	230	13	0	3		4
7	OF	Jim Delsing*	27	138	552	479	77	138	26	6	11	62	1	3	66	39	.288	.380	.436	.816	122	209	8	5	2		6
8	OF	Don Lund	30	131	470	421	51	108	21	4	9	47	3	3	39	65	.257	.323	.390	.712	93	164	11	2	8		3
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	IF	Fred Hatfield*	28	109	358	311	41	79	11	1	3	19	3	5	40	34	.254	.341	.325	.666	82	101	7	1	6		2
10	OF	Bud Souchock	34	89	290	278	29	84	13	3	11	46	5	1	8	35	.302	.326	.489	.816	120	136	10	2	2		2
11	2B	Jerry Priddy	33	65	216	196	14	46	6	2	1	24	1	1	17	19	.235	.299	.301	.600	64	59	6	1	2		0
12	C	Johnny Bucha	28	60	180	158	17	35	9	0	1	14	1	1	20	14	.222	.309	.297	.606	66	47	3	0	2		5
13	OF	Pat Mullin*	35	79	111	97	11	26	1	0	4	17	0	1	14	15	.268	.360	.402	.762	107	39	3	0	0		1
14	2B	Owen Friend	26	31	104	96	10	17	4	0	3	10	0	1	6	9	.177	.233	.313	.546	47	30	5	1	1		0
15	OF	Russ Sullivan*	30	23	88	72	7	18	5	1	1	6	0	0	13	5	.250	.379	.389	.768	110	28	4	2	1		1
16	C	Joe Ginsberg*	26	18	65	53	6	16	2	0	0	3	0	0	10	1	.302	.422	.340	.761	109	18	0	1	1		0
17	3B	Billy Hitchcock	36	22	41	38	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.211	.268	.211	.479	32	8	4	0	0		0
18	OF	Al Kaline	18	30	30	28	9	7	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	5	.250	.300	.357	.657	78	10	1	1	0		0
19	3B	John Baumgartner	22	7	27	27	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.185	.185	.185	.370	1	5	0	0	0		0
20	OF	Frank Carswell	33	16	18	15	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	.267	.389	.267	.656	81	4	0	0	0		2
21	C	Bob Swift	38	2	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.333	.600	.667	1.267	245	2	0	0	0		0
22		George Freese	26	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
23	2B	Reno Bertoia	18	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
24	P	Ned Garver	27	30	82	72	3	11	0	0	1	6	0	0	6	12	.153	.218	.194	.412	13	14	4	0	4		0
25	P	Billy Hoeft*	21	30	76	64	8	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	9	17	.172	.274	.188	.461	28	12	1	0	3		0
26	P	Ted Gray#	28	32	68	61	5	14	0	1	0	7	0	0	6	14	.230	.299	.262	.561	54	16	1	0	1		0
27	P	Steve Gromek#	33	19	47	41	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.073	.073	.073	.146	-60	3	0	0	5		0
28	P	Ralph Branca	27	17	37	34	3	4	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	14	.118	.167	.176	.343	-7	6	2	0	1		0
29	P	Dick Marlowe	24	42	33	32	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	.219	.219	.219	.438	19	7	1	0	1		0
30	P	Al Aber*	25	17	25	23	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.130	.167	.130	.297	-18	3	0	0	1		0
31	P	Art Houtteman	25	16	21	19	4	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.158	.158	.368	.526	40	7	1	0	2		0
32	P	Ray Herbert	23	43	21	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.158	.238	.158	.396	10	3	1	0	0		0
33	P	Dave Madison	32	32	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.091	.182	-50	1	1	0	0		0
34	P	Hal Newhouser*	32	7	9	8	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.556	.500	1.056	189	4	0	0	0		0
35	P	Bob Miller	17	13	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-32	1	0	0	0		0
36	P	Bill Wight*	31	13	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.429	.429	.429	.857	134	3	0	0	0		0
37	P	Fred Hutchinson*	33	4	6	6	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.667	.833	118	4	0	0	0		0
38	P	Earl Harrist	34	8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-27	0	0	0	0		0
39	P	Hal Erickson	33	18	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0		0
40	P	Dick Weik	25	12	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	300	2	0	0	1		0
41	P	Ray Scarborough	35	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
42	P	Milt Jordan	26	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	173	1	0	0	0		0
43	P	Paul Foytack	22	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	28.5	158	6152	5553	695	1479	259	44	108	660	30	35	505	602	.266	.331	.387	.718	95	2150	139	30	63		40
		Rank in 8 AL teams				1	4	1	1	4	5		7	4	6	4	3	6	3	3		3		6
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.7	158	5685	5134	666	1408	256	42	105	627	30	35	477	502	.274	.339	.402	.741	101	2063	126	30	44		40
		Pitcher Totals	26.5	158	467	419	29	71	3	2	3	33	0	0	28	100	.169	.221	.208	.429	17	87	13	0	19		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB