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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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| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR | ||
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| 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 | |
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