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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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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 Stats (1954/1956) / Schedule / Transactions

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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.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageKaline.340
On-base %Kaline.421
Slugging %Kaline.546
OPSKaline.967
GamesTuttle154
At BatsKuenn620
Plate Appearances (approx.)Tuttle698
RunsKaline121
HitsKaline200
Total BasesKaline321
DoublesKuenn38
TriplesKaline8
Home RunsKaline27
RBIBoone116
Bases on BallsKaline82
StrikeoutsKaline57
Stolen BasesTorgeson9
SinglesKaline141
Adjusted OPS+Kaline162
Runs CreatedKaline135
Adjusted Batting RunsKaline52
Batting WinsKaline5.1
Extra-Base HitsKaline59
Times on BaseKaline287
Offensive Win%Kaline.764
Hit By PitchHatfield and Kaline5
Sac. HitsTuttle13
Sac. FliesBoone and Torgeson7
Intentional WalksKaline12
Grounded into Double PlaysTuttle25
Caught StealingKaline8
Power/Speed NumberKaline9.8
At Bats per StrikeoutKuenn23.0
At Bats per Home RunKaline21.8
OutsTuttle481

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERAHoeft2.99
WinsHoeft16
Won-Loss %Hoeft.696
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Hoeft1.191
Hits Allowed/9IPHoeft7.65
Bases on Balls/9IPGromek1.84
Strikeouts/9IPHoeft5.44
GamesAber39
SavesAber, Birrer, and Coleman3
InningsLary235.0
StrikeoutsHoeft133
Games StartedGarver32
Comp. GamesHoeft17
ShutoutsHoeft7
Home Runs Allow.Gromek26
Bases On Balls Allow.Lary89
Hits AllowedGarver251
SO to WalkGromek1.97
LossesGarver16
Earned Runs Allow.Garver102
Wild PitchesLary7
Hit BatsmenGromek9
Batters FacedLary997
Games FinishedAber22
Adjusted ERA+Hoeft129

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

1954/1956

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