1955 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 - 98; one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 96
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1954 / 1956 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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
40	P	Bob Schultz	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Bill Froats*	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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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	125	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	98	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	130	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	98	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	80	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	94	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	115	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	74	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	122	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	61	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	56	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	121	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	156	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	216	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	302	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	129	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	65	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	102	1.375	9.0	0.8	3.4	4.1	1.22
		Rank in 8 AL teams		5	4		5				1	3	8	5	5	5	5	6	2		5406
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

* - 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									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									1.79	0.44						P
Bud Black	22	3	2	14.1	5	1	3	1	0	.800									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									2.12	0.80						P
Joe Coleman	32	17	0	25.1	9	3	6	0	0	1.000									3.20	0.53						P
Leo Cristante	28	20	1	36.2	3	1	1	1	0	.667									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									1.50	0.22						P
Ben Flowers	28	4	0	6.0	4	1	2	1	1	.750									4.50	0.75						P
Paul Foytack	24	22	1	49.2	9	2	7	0	0	1.000									1.63	0.41						P
Bill Froats	24	1	0	2.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									4.50	1.00						P
Ned Garver	29	33	32	230.2	60	17	40	3	4	.950									2.22	1.73						P
Steve Gromek	35	28	25	180.2	35	12	22	1	2	.971									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									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									2.30	1.67						P
Duke Maas	26	18	16	86.2	19	2	17	0	0	1.000									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									0.60	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									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										0.00	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									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

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