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1954 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 / 1955

68-86, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Fred Hutchinson (68-86)
Scored 584 runs, Allowed 664 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-86

Ballparks: Briggs Stadium · Attendance: 1,079,847 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101

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1953 / 1955 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Al Aber 26 L L 6' 2" 195 Jul 31, 1927 3 32 18 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Matt Batts 32 R R 5' 11" 200 Oct 16, 1921 8 12 4 12 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.1
Wayne Belardi 23 L L 6' 1" 185 Sep 5, 1930 4 88 71 88 79 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 -0.1
Reno Bertoia 19 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 8, 1935 2 54 9 54 26 0 0 0 15 8 3 0 0 0 0 2 27 0.1
Frank Bolling 22 R R 6' 1" 175 Nov 16, 1931 1st 117 100 117 113 0 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 -1.0
Ray Boone 30 R R 6' 0" 172 Jul 27, 1923 7 148 148 148 148 0 0 0 0 148 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 All-Star
Ralph Branca 28 R R 6' 3" 220 Jan 6, 1926 11 17 5 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
George Bullard 25 R R 5' 9" 165 Oct 24, 1928 1st 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 -0.1
Jim Delsing 28 L R 5' 10" 175 Nov 13, 1925 7 122 97 122 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 5 16 108 18 1 1.1
Dick Donovan 26 L R 6' 3" 190 Dec 7, 1927 4 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Walt Dropo 31 R R 6' 5" 220 Jan 30, 1923 6 107 79 107 95 0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 -0.2
Hoot Evers 33 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 8, 1921 10 30 12 30 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 6 24 6 2 -0.7
Ned Garver 28 R R 5' 10" 180 Dec 25, 1925 7 36 32 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.4
Ted Gray 29 B L 5' 11" 175 Dec 31, 1924 8 19 10 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0
Steve Gromek 34 B R 6' 2" 180 Jan 15, 1920 14 36 32 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.8
Fred Hatfield 29 L R 6' 1" 171 Mar 18, 1925 5 81 53 81 65 0 0 0 54 15 0 0 0 0 0 19 4 1.8
Ray Herbert 24 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 15, 1929 4 42 4 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.0
Billy Hoeft 22 L L 6' 3" 180 May 17, 1932 3 35 25 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
Frank House 24 L R 6' 1" 190 Feb 18, 1930 3 114 99 114 107 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 1.3
Al Kaline HOF 19 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 19, 1934 2 138 133 138 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 135 3 0 0.9
Chick King 23 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 10, 1930 1st 11 7 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 4 0 -0.1
Chuck Kress 32 L L 6' 0" 190 Dec 9, 1921 4 24 5 24 8 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15 2 -0.3
Harvey Kuenn 23 R R 6' 2" 187 Dec 4, 1930 3 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 All-Star
Al Lakeman 35 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 31, 1918 9 5 2 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2
Frank Lary 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 10, 1930 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Don Lund 31 R R 6' 0" 200 May 18, 1923 7 35 8 35 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 2 11 30 12 4 -0.8
Dick Marlowe 25 R R 6' 2" 165 Jun 27, 1929 4 38 2 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Bob Miller 18 R L 6' 1" 185 Jul 15, 1935 2 34 1 34 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.1
Bob Nieman 27 R R 5' 11" 195 Jan 26, 1927 4 91 60 91 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 0 0 62 29 0 -0.2
Johnny Pesky 34 L R 5' 9" 168 Sep 27, 1919 10 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 -0.1
Bud Souchock 35 R R 6' 2" 203 Mar 3, 1919 7 25 5 25 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 0 9 14 1 -0.1
Walt Streuli 18 R R 6' 2" 195 Sep 26, 1935 1st 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bill Tuttle 24 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 4, 1929 2 147 143 147 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 145 0 145 3 0 0.6
Dick Weik 26 R R 6' 3" 184 Nov 17, 1927 5 9 1 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Red Wilson 25 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 7, 1929 4 54 50 54 53 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.1
George Zuverink 29 R R 6' 4" 195 Aug 20, 1924 3 35 25 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1953 / 1955 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers