1955 Detroit Tigers Statistics and Roster

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1955 Detroit Tigers (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
Managed by Bucky Harris

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,181,838 (5th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 97
  (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Frank House         25  102  328   37   85  11  1  15   53  22   25  .259  .308  .436   0   0   4   3   2   4   4  101
1B *Earl Torgeson       31   89  300   58   85  10  1   9   50  61   29  .283  .397  .413   9   0   6   0   1   7   2  121
2B *Fred Hatfield       30  122  413   51   96  15  3   8   33  61   49  .232  .337  .341   3   2   7   5  11   2   6   85
3B  Ray Boone           31  135  500   61  142  22  7  20  116  50   49  .284  .346  .476   1   1  16   1   2   7   2  122
SS  Harvey Kuenn        24  145  620  101  190  38  5   8   62  40   27  .306  .347  .423   8   3   7   1   0   5   3  109
OF  Bill Tuttle         25  154  603  102  168  23  4  14   78  76   54  .279  .358  .400   6   3  25   1  13   5   2  106
OF  Al Kaline           20  152  588  121  200  24  8  27  102  82   57  .340  .421  .546   6   8  13   5   0   6  12  162
OF *Jim Delsing         29  114  356   49   85  15  2  10   60  48   40  .239  .328  .376   2   0   6   1   0   4   2   91
    Red Wilson          26   78  241   26   53   9  0   2   17  26   23  .220  .296  .282   1   2  13   0   7   0   3   58
    Harry Malmberg      29   67  208   25   45   5  2   0   19  29   19  .216  .310  .260   0   1   7   0   3   2   2   56
    Bubba Phillips      27   95  184   18   43   4  0   3   23  14   20  .234  .289  .304   2   1   3   2   1   4   1   62
   *Ferris Fain         34   58  140   23   37   8  0   2   23  52   12  .264  .459  .364   2   1   5   0   2   2   2  126
    Jack Phillips       33   55  117   15   37   8  2   1   20  10   12  .316  .364  .444   0   0   3   0   2   2   0  119
   *Charlie Maxwell     28   55  109   19   29   7  1   7   18   8   20  .266  .325  .541   0   0   2   2   2   1   0  132
    Reno Bertoia        20   38   68   13   14   2  1   1   10   5   11  .206  .253  .309   0   0   1   0   1   2   1   52
    Jay Porter          22   24   55    6   13   2  0   0    3   8   15  .236  .333  .273   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   67
    Chick King          24    7   21    3    5   0  0   0    0   1    2  .238  .273  .238   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   40
   *Jim Small           18   12    4    2    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -42
    Walt Streuli        19    2    4    1    1   1  0   0    1   0    0  .250  .200  .500   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   85
   *Wayne Belardi       24    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Ron Samford         25    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Steve Souchock      36    1    1    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  446

   *Billy Hoeft         23   36   82    9   17   2  0   0    4  10   25  .207  .293  .232   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   44
    Frank Lary          25   36   82    4   16   2  0   0    2   4   29  .195  .233  .220   0   0   1   0   5   0   0   24
    Ned Garver          29   33   76   11   17   1  0   1   13   9    5  .224  .295  .276   1   0   5   0   3   3   0   56
   #Steve Gromek        35   28   54   10    9   1  0   0    5  16   12  .167  .357  .185   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   51
    Duke Maas           26   18   30    2    5   0  1   0    2   1   12  .167  .194  .233   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   16
    Babe Birrer         25   36   19    3    3   1  0   2    6   2    4  .158  .238  .526   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  103
   *Al Aber             27   39   17    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    9  .059  .059  .059   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  -68
    Jim Bunning         23   15   15    0    3   0  0   0    0   0    5  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   2   0   0    9
    Paul Foytack        24   22   11    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    2  .091  .091  .091   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  -50
    Bob Miller          19    9    9    1    2   0  0   0    2   0    1  .222  .222  .222   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   21
    Leo Cristante       28   20    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    5  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bud Black           22    3    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   36
    Joe Coleman         32   17    4    2    3   0  0   0    0   0    0  .750  .750  .750   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  309
    Dick Marlowe        26    4    4    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -42
    George Zuverink     30   14    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Ben Flowers         28    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Van Fletcher        30    9    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.7  154 5283  775 1407 211 38 130  724 641  583  .266  .346  .394  41  22 130  21  71  57  42  106
    Rank among 8 AL teams          2    1    1   2  6   4        3    8     2     3     3   4   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Ned Garver          29  33   3.98  12  16  0  32   1  16   1  230.7  251  115  102  21   67   83  992   6   5  1  10  97
SP  Frank Lary          25  36   3.10  14  15  1  31   5  16   2  235.0  232  100   81  10   89   98  997   7   6  0   3 124
SP *Billy Hoeft         23  32   2.99  16   7  0  29   0  17   7  220.0  187   75   73  17   75  133  906   0   3  0   1 129
SP  Steve Gromek        35  28   3.98  13  10  0  25   1   8   2  181.0  183   89   80  26   37   73  760   1   9  1   5  97
SP  Duke Maas           26  18   4.88   5   6  0  16   1   5   2   86.7   91   52   47   7   50   42  393   2   2  0   3  79
SP  Jim Bunning         23  15   6.35   3   5  1   8   3   0   0   51.0   59   38   36   8   32   37  241   1   3  0   2  60

RP *Al Aber             27  39   3.38   6   3  3   1  22   0   0   80.0   86   32   30   9   28   37  346   1   0  0   1 114
RP  Babe Birrer         25  36   4.15   4   3  3   3  15   1   0   80.3   77   39   37   9   29   28  343   0   0  0   4  93
RP  Paul Foytack        24  22   5.26   0   1  0   1   7   0   0   49.7   48   29   29   4   36   38  227   4   0  0   3  73
RP  Leo Cristante       28  20   3.19   0   1  0   1   1   0   0   36.7   37   15   13   1   14    9  159   0   0  0   2 120

    George Zuverink     30  14   6.99   0   5  0   1   6   0   0   28.3   38   27   22   6   14   13  141   0   1  0   3  55
   *Bob Miller          19   7   2.49   2   1  0   3   2   1   0   25.3   26   12    7   4   12   11  112   1   0  0   1 154
    Joe Coleman         32  17   3.20   2   1  3   0  13   0   0   25.3   22    9    9   1   14    5  109   1   1  0   0 120
    Dick Marlowe        26   4   1.80   1   0  1   1   3   1   0   15.0   12    4    3   1    4    9   59   1   0  0   1 213
    Bud Black           22   3   1.29   1   1  0   2   0   1   1   14.0   12    5    2   0    8    7   63   1   2  0   0 299
    Van Fletcher        30   9   3.00   0   0  0   0   6   0   0   12.0   13   10    4   1    2    4   54   0   0  0   1 128
    Ben Flowers         28   4   6.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    6.0    5    4    4   1    2    2   24   0   0  0   0  64
   *Bill Froats         24   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    0    0    0   0    2    0    7   0   0  0   0    
   *Bob Schultz         31   1  20.25   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.3    2    3    3   0    2    0    8   1   0  0   0  19
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.0 154   3.79  79  75 12 154  88  66  16 1380.0 1381  658  581 126  517  629 5941  27  32  2  40 101
    Rank among 8 AL teams           5   5   4  8           1   3      5    5    5        6    2    5
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- FHouse 93 423 35 6 5 .987 3 RWilson 72 292 25 5 5 .984 5 JPorter 4 16 1 0 0 1.000 0 WStreuli 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 738 61 11 10 .986 8 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 8.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ETorgeson 83 695 53 6 79 .992 9.01 FFain 44 370 29 5 42 .988 9.07 JPhillips 35 236 13 2 16 .992 7.11 JPorter 6 52 1 0 5 1.000 8.83 CMaxwell 2 21 2 1 0 .958 11.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1374 98 14 142 .991 9.60 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 4.87 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FHatfield 92 216 251 12 74 .975 5.08 HMalmberg 65 155 181 5 42 .985 5.17 RBertoia 6 7 22 1 4 .967 4.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 378 454 18 120 .979 5.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .950 2.73 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RBoone 126 135 252 19 33 .953 3.07 FHatfield 16 17 30 5 2 .904 2.94 RBertoia 14 12 24 3 4 .923 2.57 BPhillips 4 3 9 2 1 .857 3.00 JPhillips 3 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 170 317 29 40 .944 3.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .959 4.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HKuenn 141 253 378 29 83 .956 4.48 FHatfield 14 19 43 4 4 .939 4.43 RBertoia 5 4 6 0 0 1.000 2.00 RSamford 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 276 429 33 87 .955 4.60 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .982 2.08 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BTuttle 154 442 12 7 2 .985 2.95 0 154 0 AKaline 152 306 14 7 4 .979 2.11 0 0 152 JDelsing 101 178 3 1 1 .995 1.79 98 3 0 BPhillips 65 128 2 1 0 .992 2.00 61 2 4 CMaxwell 26 55 3 2 0 .967 2.23 22 0 4 CKing 6 12 0 1 0 .923 2.00 6 0 0 JPorter 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 4 0 0 JSmall 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.75 3 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1127 35 19 7 .984 2.53 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .956 1.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FLary 36 14 46 3 4 .952 2.30 NGarver 33 17 40 3 4 .950 2.22 BHoeft 32 7 21 0 2 1.000 1.15 SGromek 28 12 22 1 2 .971 1.69 DMaas 18 2 17 0 0 1.000 1.97 BBirrer 36 8 8 0 1 1.000 1.79 AAber 39 4 17 3 2 .875 2.36 JBunning 15 4 8 1 1 .923 2.12 PFoytack 22 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.63 LCristante 20 1 1 1 0 .667 0.49 GZuverink 14 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.54 BMiller 7 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.42 JColeman 17 3 6 0 0 1.000 3.20 DMarlowe 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.60 BBlack 3 1 3 1 0 .800 2.57 VFletcher 9 1 1 1 0 .667 1.50 BFlowers 4 1 2 1 1 .750 4.50 BFroats 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 BSchultz 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 80 210 15 17 .951 1.89 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting Average Kaline .340

On-base % Kaline .421

Slugging % Kaline .546

OPS Kaline .967

Games Tuttle 154

At Bats Kuenn 620

Plate Appearances (approx.) Tuttle 698

Runs Kaline 121

Hits Kaline 200

Total Bases Kaline 321

Doubles Kuenn 38

Triples Kaline 8

Home Runs Kaline 27

RBI Boone 116

Bases on Balls Kaline 82

Strikeouts Kaline 57

Stolen Bases Torgeson 9

Singles Kaline 141

Adjusted OPS+ Kaline 162

Runs Created Kaline 135

Adjusted Batting Runs Kaline 52

Batting Wins Kaline 5.1

Extra-Base Hits Kaline 59

Times on Base Kaline 287

Offensive Win% Kaline .764

Hit By Pitch Hatfield and Kaline 5

Sac. Hits Tuttle 13

Sac. Flies Boone and Torgeson 7

Intentional Walks Kaline 12

Grounded into Double Plays Tuttle 25

Caught Stealing Kaline 8

Power/Speed Number Kaline 9.8

At Bats per Strikeout Kuenn 23.0

At Bats per Home Run Kaline 21.8

Outs Tuttle 481

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Hoeft 2.99

Wins Hoeft 16

Won-Loss % Hoeft .696

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Hoeft 1.191

Hits Allowed/9IP Hoeft 7.65

Bases on Balls/9IP Gromek 1.84

Strikeouts/9IP Hoeft 5.44

Games Aber 39

Saves Aber, Birrer, and Coleman 3

Innings Lary 235.0

Strikeouts Hoeft 133

Games Started Garver 32

Comp. Games Hoeft 17

Shutouts Hoeft 7

Home Runs Allow. Gromek 26

Bases On Balls Allow. Lary 89

Hits Allowed Garver 251

SO to Walk Gromek 1.97

Losses Garver 16

Earned Runs Allow. Garver 102

Wild Pitches Lary 7

Hit Batsmen Gromek 9

Batters Faced Lary 997

Games Finished Aber 22

Adjusted ERA+ Hoeft 129

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Billy Hoeft
Al Kaline (Starting RF)
Harvey Kuenn (Starting SS)

1954/1956

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