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1955 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956)
79-75, Finished 5th in American League
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Scored 775 runs, Allowed 658 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-66
Manager: Bucky Harris (79-75)
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,181,838 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 96
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1954 / 1956 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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
Al Aber 27 L L 6' 2" 195 Jul 31, 1927 4 39 1 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Belardi 24 L L 6' 1" 185 Sep 5, 1930 5 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Reno Bertoia 20 R R 185 Jan 8, 1935 3 38 16 38 38 0 0 0 6 14 5 0 0 0 0 6 10
Babe Birrer 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 4, 1929 1st 36 3 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bud Black 22 R R 6' 3" 197 Jul 9, 1932 2 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Boone 31 R R 6' 1" 188 Jul 27, 1923 8 135 126 135 135 0 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Jim Bunning HOF 23 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 23, 1931 1st 15 8 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Coleman 32 R R 200 Jul 30, 1922 10 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leo Cristante 28 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 10, 1926 2 20 1 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Delsing 29 L R 5' 10" 175 Nov 13, 1925 8 114 91 114 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 3 0 101 19 0
Ferris Fain 34 L L 5' 11" 186 Mar 29, 1921 9 58 42 58 58 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Van Fletcher 30 R R 6' 2" 185 Aug 6, 1924 1st 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ben Flowers 28 R R 6' 4" 195 Jun 15, 1927 3 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Foytack 24 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 16, 1930 2 22 1 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Froats 24 L L 6' 0" 180 Oct 20, 1930 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ned Garver 29 R R 180 Dec 25, 1925 8 33 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Gromek 35 B R 6' 2" 180 Jan 15, 1920 15 28 25 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Hatfield 30 L R 6' 1" 171 Mar 18, 1925 6 122 114 122 122 0 0 0 92 16 14 0 0 0 0 4 3
Billy Hoeft 23 L L 6' 3" 205 May 17, 1932 4 36 29 36 36 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 All-Star
Frank House 25 L R 6' 2" 190 Feb 18, 1930 4 102 87 102 102 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Al Kaline HOF 20 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 19, 1934 3 152 151 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 152 0 0 All-Star
Chick King 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 10, 1930 2 7 6 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 1
Harvey Kuenn 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 4, 1930 4 145 140 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 5 0 All-Star
Frank Lary 25 R R 5' 11" 180 Apr 10, 1930 2 36 31 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Duke Maas 26 R R 5' 10" 170 Jan 31, 1929 1st 18 16 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harry Malmberg 29 R R 6' 1" 170 Jul 31, 1925 1st 67 61 67 67 0 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Dick Marlowe 26 R R 6' 2" 170 Jun 27, 1929 5 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Maxwell 28 L L 5' 11" 185 Apr 8, 1927 5 55 23 55 55 0 0 2 0 0 0 22 0 4 26 29 1
Bob Miller 19 R L 6' 1" 185 Jul 15, 1935 3 9 3 9 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bubba Phillips 27 R R 5' 9" 180 Feb 24, 1928 1st 95 39 95 95 0 0 0 0 4 0 61 2 4 65 21 16
Jack Phillips 33 R R 6' 4" 193 Sep 6, 1921 7 55 26 55 55 0 0 35 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
Jay Porter 22 R R 6' 2" 180 Jan 17, 1933 2 24 14 24 24 0 4 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 10 0
Ron Samford 25 R R 5' 11" 156 Feb 28, 1930 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Schultz 31 R L 6' 3" 200 Nov 27, 1923 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Small 18 L L 180 Mar 8, 1937 1st 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 3 7
Steve Souchock 36 R R 203 Mar 3, 1919 8 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Walt Streuli 19 R R 6' 2" 195 Sep 26, 1935 2 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earl Torgeson 31 L L 6' 3" 180 Jan 1, 1924 9 89 80 89 89 0 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Bill Tuttle 25 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 4, 1929 3 154 153 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 154 1 0
Red Wilson 26 R R 6' 0" 200 Mar 7, 1929 5 78 62 78 78 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
George Zuverink 30 R R 6' 4" 200 Aug 20, 1924 4 14 1 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1954 / 1956 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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