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1955 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956

79-75, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bucky Harris (79-75)
Scored 775 runs, Allowed 658 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-66

Ballparks: Briggs Stadium · 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 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 Salary
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 0.6 $
Wayne Belardi 24 L L 6' 1" 185 Sep 5, 1930 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1 $
Reno Bertoia 20 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 8, 1935 3 38 16 38 25 0 0 0 6 14 5 0 0 0 0 6 10 -0.5 $
Babe Birrer 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 4, 1928 1st 36 3 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
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 0.3 $
Ray Boone 31 R R 6' 0" 172 Jul 27, 1923 8 135 126 135 126 0 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 3.7 $
Jim Bunning HOF 23 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 23, 1931 1st 15 8 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $
Joe Coleman 32 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 30, 1922 10 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
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 0.1 $
Jim Delsing 29 L R 5' 10" 175 Nov 13, 1925 8 114 91 114 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 0 0 101 19 0 0.3 $
Ferris Fain 34 L L 5' 11" 180 Mar 29, 1921 9 58 42 58 44 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 1.3 $18,000
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 -0.4 $
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 -0.1 $
Paul Foytack 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 16, 1930 2 22 1 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
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 0.1 $
Ned Garver 29 R R 5' 10" 180 Dec 25, 1925 8 33 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
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 1.6 $18,000
Fred Hatfield 30 L R 6' 1" 171 Mar 18, 1925 6 122 114 122 119 0 0 0 92 16 14 0 0 0 0 4 3 0.9 $
Billy Hoeft 23 L L 6' 3" 180 May 17, 1932 4 36 29 36 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5.7 $ All-Star
Frank House 25 L R 6' 1" 190 Feb 18, 1930 4 102 87 102 93 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1.2 $
Al Kaline HOF 20 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 19, 1934 3 152 151 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 152 0 0 9.0 $ All-Star
Chick King 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 10, 1930 2 7 6 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 1 0.0 $
Harvey Kuenn 24 R R 6' 2" 187 Dec 4, 1930 4 145 140 145 141 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 5 0 3.4 $ All-Star
Frank Lary 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 10, 1930 2 36 31 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $
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 -0.5 $
Harry Malmberg 29 R R 6' 1" 170 Jul 31, 1925 1st 67 61 67 65 0 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -0.1 $
Dick Marlowe 26 R R 6' 2" 165 Jun 27, 1929 5 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Charlie Maxwell 28 L L 5' 11" 185 Apr 8, 1927 5 55 23 55 28 0 0 2 0 0 0 22 0 4 26 29 1 1.3 $
Bob Miller 19 R L 6' 1" 185 Jul 15, 1935 3 9 3 9 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 $
Bubba Phillips 27 R R 5' 9" 180 Feb 24, 1928 1st 95 39 95 69 0 0 0 0 4 0 60 3 4 65 21 16 -0.2 $
Jack Phillips 33 R R 6' 4" 193 Sep 6, 1921 7 55 26 55 38 0 0 35 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0.8 $
Jay Porter 22 R R 6' 2" 180 Jan 17, 1933 2 24 14 24 14 0 4 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 10 0 -0.2 $
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 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 -0.2 $
Jim Small 18 L L 6' 1" 180 Mar 8, 1937 1st 12 0 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 3 7 0.0 $
Bud Souchock 36 R R 6' 2" 203 Mar 3, 1919 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 $
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 0.0 $
Earl Torgeson 31 L L 6' 3" 180 Jan 1, 1924 9 89 80 89 84 0 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 2.5 $
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 2.5 $
Red Wilson 26 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 7, 1929 5 78 62 78 72 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.8 $
George Zuverink 30 R R 6' 4" 195 Aug 20, 1924 4 14 1 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Fred Hatfield
Frank House
Ferris Fain
Wayne Belardi
Charlie Maxwell
Bill Tuttle
Al Kaline
Harvey Kuenn
Ray Boone

Jay Porter
Earl Torgeson
Red Wilson
Bubba Phillips
Jack Phillips
Joe Coleman
Bud Souchock
Bud Black
Jim Bunning
George Zuverink
Reno Bertoia
Frank Lary

Steve Gromek
Babe Birrer
Bob Schultz
Jim Small
Chick King
Al Aber
Jim Delsing
Harry Malmberg
Van Fletcher

Leo Cristante
Bob Miller
Jack Phillips
Ned Garver
Paul Foytack
Dick Marlowe
Ron Samford
Bill Froats
Ben Flowers
Walt Streuli

Billy Hoeft
Duke Maas

1954 / 1956 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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