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1954 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 / 1955)
68-86, Finished 5th in American League
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Scored 584 runs, Allowed 664 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-86
Manager: Fred Hutchinson (68-86)
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,079,847 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101

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1953 / 1955 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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Team Batting

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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 Frank House* 24 114 392 352 35 88 12 1 9 38 2 1 31 34 .250 .307 .366 .673 86 129 7 1 1 7
2 1B Walt Dropo 31 107 354 320 27 90 14 2 4 44 0 1 24 41 .281 .328 .375 .703 94 120 13 0 6 4
3 2B Frank Bolling 22 117 413 368 46 87 15 2 6 38 3 5 36 51 .236 .302 .337 .639 77 124 5 0 6 3
4 SS Harvey Kuenn 23 155 696 656 81 201 28 6 5 48 9 9 29 13 .306 .335 .390 .725 100 256 19 1 6 4
5 3B Ray Boone 30 148 622 543 76 160 19 7 20 85 4 2 71 53 .295 .376 .466 .842 132 253 18 2 2 4
6 LF Jim Delsing* 28 122 426 371 39 92 24 2 6 38 4 4 49 38 .248 .336 .372 .708 96 138 6 1 3 2
7 CF Bill Tuttle 24 147 602 530 64 141 20 11 7 58 5 8 62 60 .266 .343 .385 .728 102 204 15 2 5 3
8 RF Al Kaline 19 138 535 504 42 139 18 3 4 43 9 5 22 45 .276 .305 .347 .652 80 175 21 0 7 2
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
9 1B Wayne Belardi* 23 88 294 250 27 58 7 1 11 24 1 0 33 34 .232 .330 .400 .730 102 100 6 5 3 3
10 LF Bob Nieman 27 91 279 251 24 66 14 1 8 35 0 2 22 32 .263 .319 .422 .741 104 106 10 0 3 3
11 2B Fred Hatfield* 29 81 256 218 31 64 12 0 2 25 4 2 28 24 .294 .385 .376 .761 112 82 5 5 4 1
12 C Red Wilson 25 54 204 170 22 48 11 1 2 22 3 1 27 12 .282 .379 .394 .773 115 67 8 0 6 1
13 OF Hoot Evers 33 30 66 60 5 11 4 0 0 5 1 0 5 8 .183 .258 .250 .508 41 15 2 1 0 0
14 OF Don Lund 31 35 60 54 4 7 2 0 0 3 1 0 4 3 .130 .186 .167 .353 -2 9 3 0 1 1
15 IF Reno Bertoia 19 54 42 37 13 6 2 0 1 2 1 0 5 9 .162 .262 .297 .559 55 11 0 0 0 0
16 UT Steve Souchock 35 25 41 39 6 7 0 1 3 8 1 1 2 10 .179 .220 .462 .681 85 18 1 0 0 0
17 UT Chuck Kress* 32 24 38 37 4 7 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 4 .189 .211 .243 .454 26 9 0 0 0 0
18 CF Chick King 23 11 31 28 4 6 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 8 .214 .290 .286 .576 60 8 1 0 0 0
19 C Matt Batts 32 12 24 21 1 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 4 .286 .333 .333 .667 85 7 0 0 0 1
20 Johnny Pesky* 34 20 20 17 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 .176 .300 .353 .653 81 6 2 0 0 0
21 C Al Lakeman 35 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0
22 C Walt Streuli 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0
23 SS George Bullard 25 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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 Steve Gromek# 34 36 98 79 6 15 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 21 .190 .273 .190 .463 30 15 0 1 10 0
25 P Ned Garver 28 36 90 79 3 13 2 0 0 4 0 1 6 15 .165 .224 .190 .413 15 15 0 0 5 0
26 P George Zuverink 29 35 74 64 1 8 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 14 .125 .138 .141 .279 -22 9 2 0 9 0
27 P Billy Hoeft* 22 35 63 52 5 10 6 0 0 6 0 0 10 24 .192 .317 .308 .625 74 16 1 0 0 1
28 P Al Aber* 26 32 45 39 3 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 17 .128 .167 .128 .295 -17 5 1 0 3 1
29 P Ted Gray# 29 19 22 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .045 .045 .045 .091 -75 1 0 0 0 0
30 P Dick Marlowe 25 38 19 18 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .167 .211 .222 .433 20 4 0 0 0 0
31 P Ray Herbert 24 42 19 17 5 3 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 4 .176 .263 .471 .734 100 8 1 0 0 0
32 P Ralph Branca 28 17 15 13 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .308 .400 .385 .785 118 5 1 0 0 0
33 P Bob Miller 18 34 15 15 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .200 .333 -9 3 0 0 0 0
34 P Dick Donovan* 26 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Dick Weik 26 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 25.6 155 5865 5233 584 1351 215 41 90 552 48 44 492 603 .258 .322 .367 .688 90 1918 148 19 80 41 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 6 5 2 5 6 3 2 7 7 5 6 5 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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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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 Steve Gromek 34 18 16 .529 2.74 36 32 4 17 4 1 252.2 236 85 77 26 57 102 12 0 1 1049 134 1.160 8.4 0.9 2.0 3.6 1.79
2 SP Ned Garver 28 14 11 .560 2.81 35 32 3 16 3 1 246.1 216 93 77 20 62 93 4 0 2 1003 131 1.129 7.9 0.7 2.3 3.4 1.50
3 SP George Zuverink 29 9 13 .409 3.59 35 25 7 9 2 4 203.0 201 93 81 22 62 70 8 0 1 869 103 1.296 8.9 1.0 2.7 3.1 1.13
4 SP Billy Hoeft* 22 7 15 .318 4.58 34 25 5 10 4 1 175.0 180 93 89 22 59 114 4 0 3 752 81 1.366 9.3 1.1 3.0 5.9 1.93
5 SP Al Aber* 26 5 11 .313 3.97 32 18 6 4 0 3 124.2 121 63 55 8 40 54 3 0 0 528 93 1.291 8.7 0.6 2.9 3.9 1.35
6 SP Ted Gray* 29 3 5 .375 5.38 19 10 5 2 0 0 72.0 70 48 43 8 56 29 2 1 1 332 69 1.750 8.8 1.0 7.0 3.6 0.52
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 RP Ray Herbert 24 3 6 .333 5.87 42 4 15 0 0 0 84.1 114 64 55 6 50 44 2 0 3 402 63 1.945 12.2 0.6 5.3 4.7 0.88
8 RP Dick Marlowe 25 5 4 .556 4.18 38 2 20 0 0 2 84.0 76 45 39 11 40 39 0 0 1 363 88 1.381 8.1 1.2 4.3 4.2 0.98
9 RP Bob Miller* 18 1 1 .500 2.45 32 1 22 0 0 1 69.2 62 25 19 1 26 27 0 0 1 287 150 1.263 8.0 0.1 3.4 3.5 1.04
10 RP Ralph Branca 28 3 3 .500 5.76 17 5 4 0 0 0 45.1 63 33 29 10 30 15 2 0 0 227 64 2.051 12.5 2.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
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
11 Dick Weik 26 0 1 .000 7.16 9 1 5 0 0 0 16.1 23 14 13 3 16 9 1 0 1 85 51 2.388 12.7 1.7 8.8 5.0 0.56
12 Dick Donovan 26 0 0 10.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 7 7 1 5 2 0 0 0 32 35 2.333 13.5 1.5 7.5 3.0 0.40
13 Frank Lary 24 0 0 2.45 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 4 1 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 17 150 1.909 9.8 0.0 7.4 12.3 1.67
Team Totals 27.4 68 86 .442 3.81 155 155 97 58 13 13 1383.0 1375 664 585 138 506 603 38 1 14 5946 97 1.360 8.9 0.9 3.3 3.9 1.19
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 4 4 3 5 3 5 4 4 7 2 6
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
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* - 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 26 32 18 124.2 36 13 21 2 2 .944 0.0 0.0 2.45 1.06 P
Matt Batts 32 8 4 43.0 30 24 5 1 1 .967 0.0 0.0 0 6.07 3.63 0 0 1 1 50% C
Wayne Belardi 23 79 71 602.2 695 636 51 8 54 .988 -2.4 -4.8 -2.4 -0.4 -2.0 0 10.26 8.70 1B
Reno Bertoia 19 26 9 112.2 71 27 41 3 7 .958 0.3 3.2 0.3 -0.6 1.0 0 5.43 2.62 2B-3B-SS
Frank Bolling 22 113 100 904.0 493 248 232 13 54 .974 -11.6 -15.4 -9.6 -1.0 -8.6 -2 4.78 4.25 2B
Ray Boone 30 149 148 1276.1 521 170 332 19 22 .964 3.1 2.9 3.1 4.0 -0.8 0 3.54 3.37 3B-SS
Ralph Branca 28 17 5 45.1 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.59 0.47 P
George Bullard 25 1 0 3.0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 -0.9 -360.0 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 0 12.00 4.00 SS
Jim Delsing 28 111 97 845.0 228 222 5 1 0 .996 2.3 3.3 3.3 1.4 1.8 -1 2.42 2.05 LF-RF-CF
Dick Donovan 26 2 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.50 0.50 P
Walt Dropo 31 95 79 728.1 738 681 54 3 60 .996 2.0 3.3 3.0 0.7 2.3 -1 9.08 7.74 1B
Hoot Evers 33 25 12 138.0 34 33 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -8.7 0.0 -1.6 1.6 -1 2.22 1.36 LF-RF-CF
Ned Garver 28 35 32 246.1 71 21 48 2 2 .972 0.0 0.0 2.52 1.97 P
Ted Gray 29 19 10 72.0 10 0 9 1 1 .900 0.0 0.0 1.12 0.47 P
Steve Gromek 34 36 32 252.2 43 16 26 1 1 .977 0.0 0.0 1.50 1.17 P
Fred Hatfield 29 69 53 481.0 292 129 152 11 33 .962 -2.1 -5.2 -1.1 0.5 -1.6 -1 5.26 4.07 2B-3B
Ray Herbert 24 42 4 84.1 32 7 24 1 2 .969 0.0 0.0 3.31 0.74 P
Billy Hoeft 22 34 25 175.0 25 6 18 1 2 .960 0.0 0.0 1.23 0.71 P
Frank House 24 107 99 880.0 494 434 56 4 7 .992 5.0 6.8 5 5.01 4.58 4 9 23 32 58% C
Al Kaline 19 135 133 1180.2 305 280 16 9 0 .970 18.9 19.2 13.9 9.2 4.7 5 2.26 2.19 RF
Chick King 23 7 7 58.0 24 22 1 1 1 .958 0.1 2.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 3.57 3.29 CF
Chuck Kress 32 8 5 54.0 70 63 5 2 4 .971 0.6 13.3 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 0 11.33 8.50 1B-RF
Harvey Kuenn 23 155 155 1365.0 818 294 496 28 85 .966 6.9 6.1 9.9 -0.9 10.8 -3 5.21 5.10 SS
Al Lakeman 35 4 2 18.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.00 2.50 0 0 0 0 C
Frank Lary 24 3 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Don Lund 31 32 8 129.1 34 32 1 1 0 .971 0.6 5.6 0.6 -0.8 1.4 0 2.30 1.03 LF-RF-CF
Dick Marlowe 25 38 2 84.0 17 5 11 1 0 .941 0.0 0.0 1.71 0.42 P
Bob Miller 18 32 1 69.2 14 4 9 1 0 .929 0.0 0.0 1.68 0.41 P
Bob Nieman 27 62 60 469.2 123 119 2 2 0 .984 -3.2 -8.2 -1.2 1.8 -3.0 -2 2.32 1.95 LF
Steve Souchock 35 11 5 62.0 20 16 4 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -5.8 -0.3 0.4 -0.6 0 0 2.90 1.82 LF-3B
Walt Streuli 18 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 0 0 0 0 C
Bill Tuttle 24 146 143 1271.1 392 368 18 6 3 .985 -4.9 -4.6 -10.9 -1.5 -9.4 6 2.73 2.64 CF-LF
Dick Weik 26 9 1 16.1 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.55 0.11 P
Red Wilson 25 53 50 440.0 271 245 25 1 7 .996 1.0 2.7 1 5.52 5.09 1 5 9 11 55% C
George Zuverink 29 35 25 203.0 67 18 46 3 3 .955 0.0 0.0 2.84 1.83 P
Team Totals 25.6 155 1395 12447.0 5992 4145 1719 128 352 .979 14.4 1.4 8.4 10.8 -2.2 7 -7 6 4.24 3.40 5 14 33 44 57%
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 8 4
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

1953 / 1955 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics