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1955 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 - 97;   one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 95

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1954 / 1956 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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* 25 102 359 328 37 85 11 1 15 53 0 0 22 25 .259 .308 .436 .744 101 143 4 3 2 4 4
2 1B Earl Torgeson* 31 89 369 300 58 85 10 1 9 50 9 0 61 29 .283 .397 .413 .810 121 124 6 0 1 7 2
3 2B Fred Hatfield* 30 122 492 413 51 96 15 3 8 33 3 2 61 49 .232 .337 .341 .678 85 141 7 5 11 2 6
4 SS Harvey Kuenn 24 145 666 620 101 190 38 5 8 62 8 3 40 27 .306 .347 .423 .769 109 262 7 1 0 5 3
5 3B Ray Boone 31 135 560 500 61 142 22 7 20 116 1 1 50 49 .284 .346 .476 .822 122 238 16 1 2 7 2
6 LF Jim Delsing* 29 114 409 356 49 85 15 2 10 60 2 0 48 40 .239 .328 .376 .704 91 134 6 1 0 4 2
7 CF Bill Tuttle 25 154 698 603 102 168 23 4 14 78 6 3 76 54 .279 .358 .400 .757 106 241 25 1 13 5 2
8 RF Al Kaline 20 152 681 588 121 200 24 8 27 102 6 8 82 57 .340 .421 .546 .967 162 321 13 5 0 6 12
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 C Red Wilson 26 78 274 241 26 53 9 0 2 17 1 2 26 23 .220 .296 .282 .578 58 68 13 0 7 0 3
10 2B Harry Malmberg 29 67 242 208 25 45 5 2 0 19 0 1 29 19 .216 .310 .260 .569 56 54 7 0 3 2 2
11 LF Bubba Phillips 27 95 205 184 18 43 4 0 3 23 2 1 14 20 .234 .289 .304 .594 62 56 3 2 1 4 1
12 1B Ferris Fain* 34 58 196 140 23 37 8 0 2 23 2 1 52 12 .264 .459 .364 .823 126 51 5 0 2 2 2
13 1B Jack Phillips 33 55 131 117 15 37 8 2 1 20 0 0 10 12 .316 .364 .444 .809 119 52 3 0 2 2 0
14 LF Charlie Maxwell* 28 55 122 109 19 29 7 1 7 18 0 0 8 20 .266 .325 .541 .866 132 59 2 2 2 1 0
15 IF Reno Bertoia 20 38 76 68 13 14 2 1 1 10 0 0 5 11 .206 .253 .309 .562 52 21 1 0 1 2 1
16 UT Jay Porter 22 24 63 55 6 13 2 0 0 3 0 0 8 15 .236 .333 .273 .606 67 15 1 0 0 0 0
17 LF Chick King 24 7 22 21 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .238 .273 .238 .511 40 5 0 0 0 0 0
18 C Walt Streuli 19 2 5 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .200 .500 .700 85 2 0 0 0 1 0
19 OF Jim Small* 18 12 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -42 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Wayne Belardi* 24 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Steve Souchock 36 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 446 1 0 0 0 0 0
22 SS Ron Samford 25 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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
23 P Billy Hoeft* 23 36 96 82 9 17 2 0 0 4 0 0 10 25 .207 .293 .232 .525 44 19 1 0 4 0 0
24 P Ned Garver 29 33 91 76 11 17 1 0 1 13 1 0 9 5 .224 .295 .276 .572 56 21 5 0 3 3 0
25 P Frank Lary 25 36 91 82 4 16 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 29 .195 .233 .220 .452 24 18 1 0 5 0 0
26 P Steve Gromek# 35 28 74 54 10 9 1 0 0 5 0 0 16 12 .167 .357 .185 .542 51 10 0 0 4 0 0
27 P Duke Maas 26 18 33 30 2 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 12 .167 .194 .233 .427 16 7 0 0 2 0 0
28 P Babe Birrer 25 36 21 19 3 3 1 0 2 6 0 0 2 4 .158 .238 .526 .764 103 10 1 0 0 0 0
29 P Al Aber* 27 39 19 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .059 .059 .059 .118 -68 1 1 0 2 0 0
30 P Jim Bunning 23 15 17 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .200 .400 9 3 0 0 2 0 0
31 P Paul Foytack 24 22 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182 -50 1 2 0 0 0 0
32 P Bob Miller 19 9 9 9 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 21 2 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Leo Cristante 28 20 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Dick Marlowe 26 4 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -42 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Joe Coleman 32 17 5 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 .750 1.500 309 3 0 0 1 0 0
36 P Bud Black 22 3 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 36 1 0 0 1 0 0
37 P George Zuverink 30 14 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Van Fletcher 30 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 P Ben Flowers 28 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.8 154 6070 5283 775 1407 211 38 130 724 41 22 638 581 .266 .344 .394 .739 101 2084 130 21 71 57 42
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 1 1 2 6 4 4 7 3 8 2 3 3 4 3
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 Frank Lary 25 14 15 .483 3.10 36 31 5 16 2 1 235.0 232 100 81 10 89 3 98 6 0 7 997 124 1.366 8.9 0.4 3.4 3.8 1.10
2 SP Ned Garver 29 12 16 .429 3.98 33 32 1 16 1 0 230.2 251 115 102 21 67 10 83 5 1 6 992 97 1.379 9.8 0.8 2.6 3.2 1.24
3 SP Billy Hoeft* 23 16 7 .696 2.99 32 29 0 17 7 0 220.0 187 75 73 17 75 1 133 3 0 0 906 129 1.191 7.7 0.7 3.1 5.4 1.77
4 SP Steve Gromek 35 13 10 .565 3.98 28 25 1 8 2 0 181.0 183 89 80 26 37 5 73 9 1 1 760 97 1.215 9.1 1.3 1.8 3.6 1.97
5 SP Duke Maas 26 5 6 .455 4.88 18 16 1 5 2 0 86.2 91 52 47 7 50 3 42 2 0 2 393 79 1.627 9.5 0.7 5.2 4.4 0.84
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
6 RP Babe Birrer 25 4 3 .571 4.15 36 3 15 1 0 3 80.1 77 39 37 9 29 4 28 0 0 0 343 93 1.320 8.6 1.0 3.2 3.1 0.97
7 RP Al Aber* 27 6 3 .667 3.38 39 1 22 0 0 3 80.0 86 32 30 9 28 1 37 0 0 1 346 114 1.425 9.7 1.0 3.2 4.2 1.32
8 RP Paul Foytack 24 0 1 .000 5.26 22 1 7 0 0 0 49.2 48 29 29 4 36 3 38 0 0 4 227 73 1.691 8.7 0.7 6.5 6.9 1.06
9 RP Leo Cristante 28 0 1 .000 3.19 20 1 1 0 0 0 36.2 37 15 13 1 14 2 9 0 0 0 159 120 1.391 9.1 0.2 3.4 2.2 0.64
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
10 Jim Bunning 23 3 5 .375 6.35 15 8 3 0 0 1 51.0 59 38 36 8 32 2 37 3 0 1 241 60 1.784 10.4 1.4 5.6 6.5 1.16
11 George Zuverink 30 0 5 .000 6.99 14 1 6 0 0 0 28.1 38 27 22 6 14 3 13 1 0 0 141 55 1.835 12.1 1.9 4.4 4.1 0.93
12 Joe Coleman 32 2 1 .667 3.20 17 0 13 0 0 3 25.1 22 9 9 1 14 0 5 1 0 1 109 120 1.421 7.8 0.4 5.0 1.8 0.36
13 Bob Miller* 19 2 1 .667 2.49 7 3 2 1 0 0 25.1 26 12 7 4 12 1 11 0 0 1 112 154 1.500 9.2 1.4 4.3 3.9 0.92
14 Dick Marlowe 26 1 0 1.000 1.80 4 1 3 1 0 1 15.0 12 4 3 1 4 1 9 0 0 1 59 213 1.067 7.2 0.6 2.4 5.4 2.25
15 Bud Black 22 1 1 .500 1.29 3 2 0 1 1 0 14.0 12 5 2 0 8 0 7 2 0 1 63 299 1.429 7.7 0.0 5.1 4.5 0.88
16 Van Fletcher 30 0 0 3.00 9 0 6 0 0 0 12.0 13 10 4 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 54 128 1.250 9.8 0.8 1.5 3.0 2.00
17 Ben Flowers 28 0 0 6.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 5 4 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 24 64 1.167 7.5 1.5 3.0 3.0 1.00
18 Bill Froats* 24 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
19 Bob Schultz* 31 0 0 20.25 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8 19 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 27.0 79 75 .513 3.79 154 154 88 66 15 12 1380.1 1381 658 582 126 517 40 629 32 2 27 5941 101 1.375 9.0 0.8 3.4 4.1 1.22
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 4 1 3 8 5 5 5 5 6 2 5
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 27 39 1 80.1 24 4 17 3 2 .875 0.0 0.0 2.35 0.54 P
Reno Bertoia 20 25 16 168.0 79 23 52 4 8 .949 -2.3 -16.4 -2.3 -0.9 -1.5 0 4.02 3.00 3B-2B-SS
Babe Birrer 25 36 3 80.1 16 8 8 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.79 0.44 P
Bud Black 22 3 2 14.1 5 1 3 1 0 .800 0.0 0.0 2.51 1.33 P
Ray Boone 31 126 126 1107.1 406 135 252 19 33 .953 2.8 3.0 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 3 3.15 3.07 3B
Jim Bunning 23 15 8 51.0 13 4 8 1 1 .923 0.0 0.0 2.12 0.80 P
Joe Coleman 32 17 0 25.1 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.20 0.53 P
Leo Cristante 28 20 1 36.2 3 1 1 1 0 .667 0.0 0.0 0.49 0.10 P
Jim Delsing 29 101 91 805.2 182 178 3 1 1 .995 -9.0 -13.4 -9.0 -3.1 -5.9 0 2.02 1.79 LF
Ferris Fain 34 44 42 366.1 404 370 29 5 42 .988 0.1 0.3 0.1 -0.8 0.8 0 9.80 9.07 1B
Van Fletcher 30 9 0 12.0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 0.0 0.0 1.50 0.22 P
Ben Flowers 28 4 0 6.0 4 1 2 1 1 .750 0.0 0.0 4.50 0.75 P
Paul Foytack 24 22 1 49.2 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.63 0.41 P
Bill Froats 24 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 4.50 1.00 P
Ned Garver 29 33 32 230.2 60 17 40 3 4 .950 0.0 0.0 2.22 1.73 P
Steve Gromek 35 28 25 180.2 35 12 22 1 2 .971 0.0 0.0 1.69 1.21 P
Fred Hatfield 30 122 114 1024.1 597 252 324 21 80 .965 -1.2 -1.4 -1.2 -1.8 0.6 0 5.06 4.72 2B-3B-SS
Billy Hoeft 23 32 29 220.0 28 7 21 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.15 0.88 P
Frank House 25 93 87 750.1 464 423 35 6 5 .987 2.0 3.2 2 5.49 4.92 3 11 27 24 47% C
Al Kaline 20 152 151 1325.2 327 306 14 7 4 .979 9.8 8.9 5.8 3.0 2.8 4 2.17 2.11 RF
Chick King 24 6 6 48.0 13 12 0 1 0 .923 0.2 5.0 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0 2.25 2.00 LF
Harvey Kuenn 24 141 140 1236.2 660 253 378 29 83 .956 -9.4 -9.1 -8.4 -3.3 -5.1 -1 4.59 4.48 SS
Frank Lary 25 36 31 235.0 63 14 46 3 4 .952 0.0 0.0 2.30 1.67 P
Duke Maas 26 18 16 86.2 19 2 17 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.97 1.06 P
Harry Malmberg 29 65 61 552.2 341 155 181 5 42 .985 2.8 6.1 2.8 -0.3 3.1 0 5.47 5.17 2B
Dick Marlowe 26 4 1 15.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.60 0.25 P
Charlie Maxwell 28 28 23 188.0 85 77 5 3 0 .965 4.1 26.2 4.1 3.2 0.8 0 0 3.93 2.93 LF-RF-1B
Bob Miller 19 7 3 25.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.42 0.57 P
Bubba Phillips 27 71 39 428.0 139 126 10 3 1 .978 1.6 4.5 2.6 1.4 1.1 -1 0 2.86 1.92 LF-3B-RF-CF
Jack Phillips 33 38 26 240.2 256 239 15 2 16 .992 1.3 6.5 1.3 -0.4 1.7 0 9.50 6.68 1B-3B
Jay Porter 22 14 14 108.0 74 72 2 0 5 1.000 0.3 3.3 0.3 0.5 -0.2 0 0 0 6.17 5.29 0 0 1 0 0% 1B-C-LF
Ron Samford 25 1 0 4.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 4.50 2.00 SS
Bob Schultz 31 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Jim Small 18 4 0 10.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.1 132.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 1 2.70 0.75 LF-RF
Walt Streuli 19 2 1 11.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.73 3.50 0 0 0 0 C
Earl Torgeson 31 83 80 717.2 754 695 53 6 79 .992 3.3 5.5 3.3 1.3 2.0 0 9.38 9.01 1B
Bill Tuttle 25 154 153 1366.2 458 439 12 7 2 .985 -5.6 -4.9 -6.6 -7.4 0.8 1 2.97 2.93 CF
Red Wilson 26 72 62 586.1 322 292 25 5 5 .984 -3.0 -6.1 -3 4.87 4.40 5 18 11 11 50% C
George Zuverink 30 14 1 28.1 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.54 0.57 P
Team Totals 26.8 154 1386 12426.0 5886 4143 1604 139 423 .976 -1.3 -0.1 -7.3 -8.5 0.8 5 2 -1 4.16 3.42 8 29 39 35 47%
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 4 5
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

1954 / 1956 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics