1953 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954

60-94, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Fred Hutchinson (60-94)
Scored 695 runs, Allowed 923 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-97

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 884,658 (5th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 101

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1952 / 1954 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk	Pos		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	43	2	3	24	36	.278	.322	.406	.728	96	152	9	0	1
2	1B	Walt Dropo	30	152	645	606	61	150	30	3	13	96	2	0	29	69	.248	.289	.371	.660	78	225	22	6	4
3	2B	Johnny Pesky*	33	103	342	308	43	90	22	1	2	24	3	7	27	10	.292	.353	.390	.743	101	120	4	2	5
4	SS	Harvey Kuenn	22	155	731	679	94	209	33	7	2	48	6	5	50	31	.308	.356	.386	.742	101	262	10	1	1
5	3B	Ray Boone	29	101	443	385	73	120	16	6	22	93	2	1	48	47	.312	.395	.556	.951	155	214	6	5	5
Rk	Pos		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
6		Bob Nieman	26	142	568	508	72	143	32	5	15	69	0	3	57	57	.281	.354	.453	.807	117	230	13	0	3
7		Jim Delsing*	27	138	552	479	77	138	26	6	11	62	1	3	66	39	.288	.380	.436	.816	121	209	8	5	2
8		Don Lund	30	131	470	421	51	108	21	4	9	47	3	3	39	65	.257	.323	.390	.712	92	164	11	2	8
9	IF	Fred Hatfield*	28	109	358	311	41	79	11	1	3	19	3	5	40	34	.254	.341	.325	.666	81	101	7	1	6
10	1B	Steve Souchock	34	89	290	278	29	84	13	3	11	46	5	1	8	35	.302	.326	.489	.816	119	136	10	2	2
11	2B	Jerry Priddy	33	65	216	196	14	46	6	2	1	24	1	1	17	19	.235	.299	.301	.600	63	59	6	1	2
12	C	Johnny Bucha	28	60	180	158	17	35	9	0	1	14	1	1	20	14	.222	.309	.297	.606	65	47	3	0	2
13		Pat Mullin*	35	79	111	97	11	26	1	0	4	17	0	1	14	15	.268	.360	.402	.762	106	39	3	0	0
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
15		Russ Sullivan*	30	23	88	72	7	18	5	1	1	6	0	0	13	5	.250	.379	.389	.768	109	28	4	2	1
16	C	Joe Ginsberg*	26	18	65	53	6	16	2	0	0	3	0	0	10	1	.302	.422	.340	.761	108	18	0	1	1
17	3B	Billy Hitchcock	36	22	41	38	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.211	.268	.211	.479	31	8	4	0	0
18		Al Kaline	18	30	30	28	9	7	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	5	.250	.300	.357	.657	77	10	1	1	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
20		Frank Carswell	33	16	18	15	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	.267	.389	.267	.656	80	4	0	0	0
21	C	Bob Swift	38	2	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.333	.600	.667	1.267	243	2	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
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
Rk	Pos		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	12	14	4	0	4
25	P	Billy Hoeft*	21	30	76	64	8	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	9	17	.172	.274	.188	.461	27	12	1	0	3
26	P	Ted Gray#	28	32	68	61	5	14	0	1	0	7	0	0	6	14	.230	.299	.262	.561	53	16	1	0	1
27	P	Steve Gromek#	33	19	46	41	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.073	.073	.073	.146	-60	3	0	0	5
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
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
30	P	Al Aber*	25	17	25	23	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.130	.167	.130	.297	-19	3	0	0	1
31	P	Art Houtteman	25	16	21	19	4	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.158	.158	.368	.526	39	7	1	0	2
32	P	Ray Herbert	23	43	21	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.158	.238	.158	.396	9	3	1	0	0
33	P	Dave Madison	32	32	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.091	.182	-51	1	1	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	188	4	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
36	P	Bill Wight*	31	13	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.429	.429	.429	.857	133	3	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	117	4	0	0	0
38	P	Earl Harrist	33	8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-27	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
40	P	Dick Weik	25	12	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	298	2	0	0	1
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
42	P	Milt Jordan	26	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	172	1	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
		Team Totals	28.4	158	6151	5553	695	1479	259	44	108	661	30	35	505	602	.266	.331	.387	.718	94	2150	139	30	63
		Rank in 8 AL teams				1	4	1	1	4	5		7	5	6	5	3	5	3	3		3
Rk	Pos		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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Ned Garver	27	11	11	.500	4.45	30	26	3	13	0	1	198.1	228	107	98	16	66		69	2	1	4	868	92	1.482	10.3	0.7	3.0	3.1	1.05
2	SP	Billy Hoeft*	21	9	14	.391	4.83	29	27	2	9	0	2	197.2	223	113	106	24	58		90	4	1	2	863	84	1.422	10.2	1.1	2.6	4.1	1.55
3	SP	Ted Gray*	28	10	15	.400	4.60	30	28	0	8	0	0	176.0	166	102	90	25	76		115	7	0	1	756	89	1.375	8.5	1.3	3.9	5.9	1.51
4	SP	Steve Gromek	33	6	8	.429	4.51	19	17	1	6	1	1	125.2	138	70	63	17	36		59	8	0	0	548	90	1.385	9.9	1.2	2.6	4.2	1.64
5	SP	Ralph Branca	27	4	7	.364	4.15	17	14	3	7	0	1	102.0	98	55	47	7	31		50	2	0	5	434	98	1.265	8.6	0.6	2.7	4.4	1.61
6	SP	Al Aber*	25	4	3	.571	4.46	17	10	5	2	0	0	66.2	63	35	33	3	41		34	0	0	4	290	91	1.560	8.5	0.4	5.5	4.6	0.83
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
7	CL	Ray Herbert	23	4	6	.400	5.24	43	3	22	0	0	6	87.2	109	58	51	5	46		37	0	0	6	406	78	1.768	11.2	0.5	4.7	3.8	0.80
8	RP	Dick Marlowe	24	6	7	.462	5.26	42	11	9	2	0	0	119.2	152	74	70	13	42		52	2	0	4	536	77	1.621	11.4	1.0	3.2	3.9	1.24
9	RP	Art Houtteman	25	2	6	.250	5.90	16	9	6	3	1	1	68.2	87	50	45	11	29		28	4	0	2	316	69	1.689	11.4	1.4	3.8	3.7	0.97
10	RP	Dave Madison	32	3	4	.429	6.82	32	1	17	0	0	0	62.0	76	55	47	7	44		27	3	0	3	307	60	1.935	11.0	1.0	6.4	3.9	0.61
11	RP	Hal Erickson	33	0	1	.000	4.73	18	0	8	0	0	1	32.1	43	23	17	4	10		19	2	0	0	148	86	1.639	12.0	1.1	2.8	5.3	1.90
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
12		Bob Miller*	17	1	2	.333	5.94	13	1	8	0	0	0	36.1	43	25	24	2	21		9	1	0	3	171	69	1.761	10.7	0.5	5.2	2.2	0.43
13		Bill Wight*	31	0	3	.000	8.88	13	4	3	0	0	0	25.1	35	33	25	4	14		10	0	0	4	125	46	1.934	12.4	1.4	5.0	3.6	0.71
14		Hal Newhouser*	32	0	1	.000	7.06	7	4	1	0	0	1	21.2	31	22	17	4	8		6	2	0	1	102	58	1.800	12.9	1.7	3.3	2.5	0.75
15		Ray Scarborough	35	0	2	.000	8.27	13	0	5	0	0	2	20.2	34	24	19	3	11		12	3	0	0	111	49	2.177	14.8	1.3	4.8	5.2	1.09
16		Dick Weik	25	0	1	.000	13.97	12	1	2	0	0	0	19.1	32	30	30	3	23		6	0	0	3	109	29	2.845	14.9	1.4	10.7	2.8	0.26
17		Earl Harrist	33	0	2	.000	8.68	8	1	3	0	0	0	18.2	25	19	18	2	15		7	0	0	1	95	47	2.143	12.1	1.0	7.2	3.4	0.47
18		Milt Jordan	26	0	1	.000	5.82	8	1	4	0	0	0	17.0	26	13	11	3	5		4	0	0	0	78	70	1.824	13.8	1.6	2.6	2.1	0.80
19		Fred Hutchinson	33	0	0		2.79	3	0	3	0	0	0	9.2	9	3	3	0	0		4	0	0	0	37	146	0.931	8.4	0.0	0.0	3.7
20		Paul Foytack	22	0	0		11.17	6	0	3	0	0	0	9.2	15	12	12	1	9		7	1	0	0	51	36	2.483	14.0	0.9	8.4	6.5	0.78
		Team Totals	26.5	60	94	.390	5.25	158	158	108	50	2	16	1415.0	1633	923	826	154	585		645	41	2	43	6351	78	1.567	10.4	1.0	3.7	4.1	1.10
		Rank in 8 AL teams		6	3		8				5	8	5	1	8	8	8	8	6		4912
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Al Aber	25	17			15	0	15	0	1	1.000										0.88						P
Matt Batts	31	103			514	463	44	7	7	.986										4.92	13					C
John Baumgartner	22	7			23	10	11	2	2	.913										3.00						3B
Reno Bertoia	18	1			2	1	0	1	0	.500										1.00						2B
Ray Boone	29	100			349	115	219	15	34	.957										3.34						3B-SS
Ralph Branca	27	17			18	7	10	1	0	.944										1.00						P
Johnny Bucha	28	56			244	218	22	4	4	.984										4.29	5					C
Walt Dropo	30	150			1401	1260	127	14	121	.990										9.25						1B
Hal Erickson	33	18			6	3	3	0	0	1.000										0.33						P
Paul Foytack	22	6			1	0	1	0	0	1.000										0.17						P
Owen Friend	26	26			151	74	69	8	22	.947										5.50						2B
Ned Garver	27	30			53	13	39	1	0	.981										1.73						P
Joe Ginsberg	26	15			84	71	12	1	2	.988										5.53	2					C
Ted Gray	28	30			33	9	22	2	0	.939										1.03						P
Steve Gromek	33	19			22	9	13	0	1	1.000										1.16						P
Earl Harrist	33	8			7	0	7	0	0	1.000										0.88						P
Fred Hatfield	28	83			337	120	208	9	34	.973										3.95						3B-2B-SS
Ray Herbert	23	43			39	9	28	2	2	.949										0.86						P
Billy Hitchcock	36	14			30	10	18	2	2	.933										2.00						3B-SS-2B
Billy Hoeft	21	29			40	14	24	2	0	.950										1.31						P
Art Houtteman	25	16			15	4	10	1	0	.933										0.88						P
Fred Hutchinson	33	4			6	6	0	0	0	1.000										1.50						P-1B
Milt Jordan	26	8			8	0	6	2	0	.750										0.75						P
Harvey Kuenn	22	155			770	308	441	21	78	.973										4.83						SS
Dave Madison	32	32			17	2	13	2	0	.882										0.47						P
Dick Marlowe	24	42			25	7	17	1	0	.960										0.57						P
Bob Miller	17	13			12	5	7	0	0	1.000										0.92						P
Hal Newhouser	32	7			5	1	4	0	0	1.000										0.71						P
Johnny Pesky	33	73			352	166	183	3	49	.991										4.78						2B
Jerry Priddy	33	58			326	203	118	5	35	.985										5.53						2B-1B-3B
Ray Scarborough	35	13			4	1	2	1	0	.750										0.23						P
Steve Souchock	34	1			3	3	0	0	0	1.000										3.00						1B
Bob Swift	38	2			13	13	0	0	0	1.000										6.50	0					C
Dick Weik	25	12			6	3	3	0	1	1.000										0.50						P
Bill Wight	31	13			8	0	4	4	0	.500										0.31						P
Team Totals	28.2	158			6119	4242	1742	135	402	.978										3.42	20
Rank in 8 AL teams								4	7	2
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1952 / 1954 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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