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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 / Schedule (1954/1956) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   79-75 , Final Rank: 5, GB:   17.0
Days in First:                   3 (last on May 5, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          10 (last on August 7)
Most Games under .500:           2 (last on April 22)

Biggest Lead:                  0.5 (last on April 30)
Farthest Behind Leader:       17.5 (last on September 24)

Longest Winning Streak:          7 (April 23 to April 30)
Longest Losing Streak:           6 (July 1 to July 4)

Most Runs Allowed:              16 (May 28)
Most Runs Scored:               18 (June 24)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      14
Times Opponent Shutout:         16

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        79  75     775     658    .513

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           46  31     386     301    .597
Road           33  44     389     357    .429

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April          10   5      89      59    .667
May            12  15     117     116    .444
June           16  11     149     116    .593
July           17  16     182     161    .515
August         12  18     125     125    .400
September      12  10     113      81    .545

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     41  40     423     370    .506
Second Half    38  35     352     288    .521
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        15  28     158     171    .349

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        31  17     327     209    .646

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BAL            13   9     120      82    .591
BOS             9  13      88     105    .409
CHW             8  14      73     107    .364
CLE            10  12      94      92    .455
KCA            12  10     170     100    .545
NYY            10  12      87      92    .455
WSH            17   5     143      80    .773

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 12     DET @KCA  L   2-6        0-1     5     1.0  2:38 A Kellner                  32,147 -
  2 Wed, Apr 13     DET @KCA  W  10-2        1-1     4     0.5  2:20 S Gromek                   21,868 +
  3 Thu, Apr 14     DET  CLE  L   3-5        1-2     6     1.5  2:26 M Garcia                   42,684 -
  4 Fri, Apr 15     DET  CLE  L   3-7        1-3     7     2.5  2:55 H Score                     3,786 --
  5 Sat, Apr 16     DET  KCA  W   8-3        2-3     5     1.5  2:38 N Garver                    7,006 +
  6 Sun, Apr 17     DET  KCA  W  16-0        3-3     5     2.0  2:40 S Gromek                   16,662 ++
  7 Thu, Apr 21     DET  CHW  L   1-9        3-4     6     2.5  2:06 M Fornieles                 5,980 -
  8 Fri, Apr 22     DET @CLE  L   5-8        3-5     6     2.5  2:20 B Lemon                    16,957 --
  9 Sat, Apr 23     DET @CLE  W   3-0        4-5     6     2.5  2:27 B Hoeft                     6,737 +
 10 Sun, Apr 24     DET @CLE  W   6-4        5-5     5     1.5  2:45 F Lary                     13,319 ++
 11 Tue, Apr 26     DET  BAL  W   3-2        6-5     5     1.5  2:12 N Garver                    1,319 +++
 12 Wed, Apr 27     DET  BAL  W  11-3        7-5     4     0.5  2:31 S Gromek                    3,969 ++++
 13 Thu, Apr 28     DET  WSH  W   4-1        8-5     2     0.5  2:22 B Hoeft                    20,820 +++++
 14 Fri, Apr 29     DET  WSH  W   3-2        9-5     1  up 0.5  2:41 F Lary                      3,534 ++++++
 15 Sat, Apr 30     DET  WSH  W  11-7       10-5     1  up 0.5  2:45 A Aber                      9,341 +++++++
 16 Sun, May  1     DET  NYY  L   1-6       10-6     2     0.5  2:46 B Turley                   48,813 -
 17 Mon, May  2     DET  NYY  W   7-1       11-6     2     0.5  2:00 S Gromek                    7,563 +
 18 Tue, May  3     DET  BOS  W   4-2       12-6     2     0.5  2:21 B Hoeft                     4,521 ++
 19 Wed, May  4     DET  BOS  L   2-3       12-7     2     0.5  2:44 W Nixon                    32,485 -
 20 Thu, May  5     DET  BOS  W   3-2       13-7     1    Tied  2:20 D Maas                      4,687 +
 21 Fri, May  6     DET @CHW  L   0-1       13-8     2     1.0  2:25 V Trucks                   27,234 -
 22 Sat, May  7     DET @CHW  W   7-1       14-8     2     1.0  2:12 S Gromek                    3,917 +
 23 Sun, May  8     DET @CHW  L   4-5       14-9     4     3.0  2:51 M Fornieles                     0 -
 24                 DET @CHW  L   0-1       14-10    4     3.0  2:12 D Donovan                  17,532 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Tue, May 10     DET @WSH  L   4-7       14-11    4     4.0  2:30 B Porterfiel                5,651 ---
 26 Wed, May 11     DET @WSH  W   7-0       15-11    3     4.0  2:15 N Garver                    1,271 +
 27 Fri, May 13     DET @NYY  L   2-5       15-12    4     4.0  2:02 W Ford                      7,177 -
 28 Sat, May 14     DET @NYY  L   6-7       15-13    4     4.5  2:45 J Konstanty                18,577 --
 29 Sun, May 15     DET @BOS  L   4-10      15-14    4     4.5  2:31 F Sullivan                      0 ---
 30                 DET @BOS  W   9-3       16-14    4     4.5  2:42 D Maas                     28,752 +
 31 Tue, May 17     DET @BAL  L   2-3       16-15    4     4.5  2:06 E Palica                   28,532 -
 32 Wed, May 18     DET @BAL  W   6-3       17-15    4     4.5  2:50 F Lary                      4,975 +
 33 Fri, May 20     DET  CLE  W  11-4       18-15    4     3.5  2:45 A Aber                     50,004 ++
 34 Sat, May 21     DET  CLE  W   3-2       19-15    4     3.0  2:30 D Maas                     17,734 +++
 35 Sun, May 22     DET  CLE  L   0-4       19-16    4     4.5  2:21 E Wynn                     35,743 -
 36 Tue, May 24     DET @KCA  W   9-6       20-16    4     3.5  2:54 A Aber                     18,217 +
 37 Wed, May 25     DET @KCA  W   8-2       21-16    4     3.5  2:17 F Lary                     12,026 ++
 38 Fri, May 27     DET  CHW  W   1-0       22-16    4     4.5  2:13 B Hoeft                    31,236 +++
 39 Sat, May 28     DET  CHW  L   4-16      22-17    4     5.5  2:35 V Trucks                    3,962 -
 40 Sun, May 29     DET  CHW  L   3-9       22-18    4     6.5  2:18 M Fornieles                16,211 --
 41 Mon, May 30     DET  KCA  L   6-8       22-19    4     7.5  2:10 A Ditmar                        0 ---
 42                 DET  KCA  L   4-5       22-20    4     7.5  2:23 A Ceccarelli               19,480 ----
 43 Wed, Jun  1     DET  WSH  W   9-0       23-20    4     8.0  2:31 B Hoeft                     3,512 +
 44 Thu, Jun  2     DET  WSH  W   4-3       24-20    4     8.0  2:05 S Gromek                    2,741 ++
 45 Fri, Jun  3     DET  BAL  W   7-2       25-20    4     7.0  2:27 N Garver                   19,968 +++
 46 Sat, Jun  4     DET  BAL  W   5-2       26-20    4     7.0  2:01 F Lary                      6,070 ++++
 47 Sun, Jun  5     DET  BAL  W  10-0       27-20    4     7.0  2:15 D Maas                            +++++
 48                 DET  BAL  L   5-6       27-21    4     7.0  2:50 J Wilson                   21,282 -
 49 Mon, Jun  6     DET  NYY  L   5-7       27-22    4     8.0  2:30 J Kucks                     9,528 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Tue, Jun  7     DET  NYY  W   4-3       28-22    4     7.0  2:40 N Garver                    5,259 +
 51 Wed, Jun  8     DET  NYY  W   3-1       29-22    4     6.0  3:04 F Lary                     43,139 ++
 52 Thu, Jun  9     DET  NYY  L   3-7       29-23    4     7.0  2:16 J Konstanty                10,777 -
 53 Fri, Jun 10     DET  BOS  L   2-5       29-24    4     8.0  2:19 W Nixon                     5,160 --
 54 Sat, Jun 11     DET  BOS  W   7-5       30-24    4     7.0  2:45 B Birrer                   11,499 +
 55 Tue, Jun 14     DET @NYY  L   6-7       30-25    4     7.0  3:18 T Morgan                   21,024 -
 56 Wed, Jun 15     DET @NYY  W   8-6       31-25    4     6.0  3:03 B Hoeft                     9,635 +
 57 Thu, Jun 16     DET @NYY  L   2-3       31-26    4     7.0  2:34 T Byrne                    16,955 -
 58 Fri, Jun 17     DET @BAL  L   2-3       31-27    4     7.0  2:31 A Schallock                11,430 --
 59 Sat, Jun 18     DET @BAL  W   7-0       32-27    4     6.0  2:08 D Maas                      8,781 +
 60 Tue, Jun 21     DET @BOS  L   4-5       32-28    4     8.0  2:45 T Hurd                     25,332 -
 61 Wed, Jun 22     DET @BOS  L   7-12      32-29    4     9.0  2:55 T Brewer                   11,484 --
 62 Thu, Jun 23     DET @BOS  L   0-7       32-30    4    10.0  2:10 F Sullivan                  9,316 ---
 63 Fri, Jun 24     DET @WSH  W  18-7       33-30    4    10.0  2:54 B Hoeft                     4,188 +
 64 Sat, Jun 25     DET @WSH  W   4-0       34-30    4    10.0  1:43 S Gromek                    1,843 ++
 65 Sun, Jun 26     DET @WSH  W   6-4       35-30    4    10.0  2:26 A Aber                          0 +++
 66                 DET @WSH  L   4-12      35-31    4    10.0  2:32 M McDermott                 7,407 -
 67 Tue, Jun 28     DET @CHW  W   5-4       36-31    4     9.5  3:03 F Lary                     37,567 +
 68 Wed, Jun 29     DET @CHW  W   8-2       37-31    4    10.0  2:12 B Hoeft                     9,608 ++
 69 Thu, Jun 30     DET @CHW  W   4-3       38-31    4     9.5  2:14 S Gromek                    6,016 +++
 70 Fri, Jul  1     DET @KCA  L   2-3       38-32    4    11.0  2:40 C Boyer                         0 -
 71                 DET @KCA  L   5-7       38-33    4    11.0  2:12 T Gorman                   18,770 --
 72 Sat, Jul  2     DET @KCA  L  10-11      38-34    5    12.0  3:26 J Sain                     17,024 ---
 73 Sun, Jul  3     DET @KCA  L   8-9       38-35    5    12.0  3:58 L Sleater                  20,275 ----
 74 Mon, Jul  4     DET @CLE  L   5-6       38-36    5    12.0  4:25 B Lemon                         0 -----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75                 DET @CLE  L   5-8       38-37    5    12.0  2:06 D Mossi                    26,153 ------
 76 Wed, Jul  6     DET  CHW  W   5-3       39-37    5    11.0  2:32 N Garver                    9,186 +
 77 Thu, Jul  7     DET  CHW  L   1-12      39-38    5    11.5  2:20 D Donovan                   7,346 -
 78 Fri, Jul  8     DET  KCA  W  11-8       40-38    5    11.5  3:23 A Aber                     27,770 +
 79 Sat, Jul  9     DET  KCA  L   1-2       40-39    5    12.5  1:56 A Ditmar                    6,487 -
 80 Sun, Jul 10     DET  KCA  L   5-9       40-40    5    12.5  2:56 C Boyer                         0 --
 81                 DET  KCA  W  10-1       41-40    5    12.5  2:10 N Garver                   23,751 +
 82 Thu, Jul 14     DET  BOS  W   6-0       42-40    5    12.0  2:21 F Lary                            ++
 83                 DET  BOS  L   3-7       42-41    5    12.0  2:15 G Susce                    44,676 -
 84 Sat, Jul 16     DET  NYY  W   6-3       43-41    5    10.5  2:33 N Garver                        0 +
 85                 DET  NYY  W   2-1       44-41    5    10.5  2:14 B Hoeft                    32,985 ++
 86 Sun, Jul 17     DET  NYY  W   6-5       45-41    5     9.5  3:03 J Coleman                  33,301 +++
 87 Tue, Jul 19     DET  BAL  W  12-4       46-41    5     9.5  2:30 F Lary                      6,527 ++++
 88 Wed, Jul 20     DET  BAL  L   3-6       46-42    5     9.5  2:36 R Moore                    28,796 -
 89 Thu, Jul 21     DET  BAL  W   1-0       47-42    5     8.5  2:03 B Hoeft                     4,442 +
 90 Fri, Jul 22     DET  WSH  W  11-3       48-42    5     7.5  2:15 N Garver                    4,891 ++
 91 Sat, Jul 23     DET  WSH  W  10-4       49-42    5     6.5  2:21 S Gromek                   16,627 +++
 92 Sun, Jul 24     DET  WSH  W   7-3       50-42    5     7.5  2:18 J Bunning                       0 ++++
 93                 DET  WSH  L   0-3       50-43    5     7.5  2:14 T Abernathy                22,553 -
 94 Tue, Jul 26     DET @BAL  W   8-6       51-43    5     7.0  3:23 B Birrer                        0 +
 95                 DET @BAL  W   7-2       52-43    5     7.0  2:26 N Garver                   29,150 ++
 96 Wed, Jul 27     DET @BAL  W   8-4       53-43    5     6.5  2:21 S Gromek                        0 +++
 97                 DET @BAL  L   7-8       53-44    5     6.5  3:55 H Dorish                   12,707 -
 98 Thu, Jul 28     DET @BAL  W   7-5       54-44    5     5.5  2:31 F Lary                      4,218 +
 99 Fri, Jul 29     DET @BOS  L   0-5       54-45    5     6.5  2:10 W Nixon                    32,631 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sat, Jul 30     DET @BOS  W   5-2       55-45    5     5.5  2:29 B Birrer                   22,481 +
101 Sun, Jul 31     DET @BOS  L   3-8       55-46    5     7.5  2:14 F Sullivan                      0 -
102                 DET @BOS  L   2-3       55-47    5     7.5  2:51 F Baumann                  35,057 --
103 Tue, Aug  2     DET @WSH  W  13-10      56-47    5     7.5  3:13 J Coleman                   5,235 +
104 Wed, Aug  3     DET @WSH  W   3-0       57-47    5     6.5  1:52 F Lary                      2,888 ++
105 Thu, Aug  4     DET @WSH  L   6-9       57-48    5     6.5  2:47 C Stobbs                    1,501 -
106 Fri, Aug  5     DET @NYY  L   0-3       57-49    5     6.5  2:35 D Larsen                   25,874 --
107 Sat, Aug  6     DET @NYY  W   7-5       58-49    5     5.5  3:16 B Hoeft                    15,002 +
108 Sun, Aug  7     DET @NYY  W   4-2       59-49    5     5.5  2:51 S Gromek                        0 ++
109                 DET @NYY  L   2-3       59-50    5     5.5  2:34 B Turley                   39,148 -
110 Tue, Aug  9     DET @CLE  L   2-4       59-51    5     6.5  3:00 H Score                    25,107 --
111 Wed, Aug 10     DET @CLE  L   4-6       59-52    5     7.0  2:44 D Mossi                    16,778 ---
112 Thu, Aug 11     DET @CLE  L   1-3       59-53    5     8.0  2:16 E Wynn                     13,562 ----
113 Fri, Aug 12     DET  CHW  L   1-2       59-54    5     9.5  2:25 V Trucks                   44,830 -----
114 Sat, Aug 13     DET  CHW  W   9-8       60-54    5     9.5  3:20 J Bunning                  16,276 +
115 Sun, Aug 14     DET  CHW  L   4-5       60-55    5     9.5  2:09 B Pierce                   14,980 -
116 Tue, Aug 16     DET  CLE  W   7-0       61-55    5    10.0  2:09 B Hoeft                    47,545 +
117 Wed, Aug 17     DET  CLE  W   9-5       62-55    5     9.0  2:36 B Birrer                   15,836 ++
118 Thu, Aug 18     DET  CLE  L   3-5       62-56    5     9.5  3:07 H Score                    15,988 -
119 Fri, Aug 19     DET @CHW  L   0-3       62-57    5    10.5  2:23 B Pierce                   36,473 --
120 Sat, Aug 20     DET @CHW  L   7-8       62-58    5    11.5  3:04 D Howell                   16,803 ---
121 Sun, Aug 21     DET @CHW  L   0-2       62-59    5    13.0  2:48 C Johnson                       0 ----
122                 DET @CHW  L   2-8       62-60    5    13.0  2:32 D Donovan                  34,542 -----
123 Tue, Aug 23     DET  NYY  W   7-2       63-60    5    12.0  3:03 F Lary                     47,979 +
124 Wed, Aug 24     DET  NYY  L   2-3       63-61    5    13.0  2:19 B Grim                     17,598 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Thu, Aug 25     DET  BOS  W   6-1       64-61    5    13.5  2:37 N Garver                        0 +
126                 DET  BOS  L   4-6       64-62    5    13.5  2:32 I Delock                   19,502 -
127 Fri, Aug 26     DET  BOS  W   5-4       65-62    5    12.5  2:35 B Hoeft                     6,405 +
128 Sat, Aug 27     DET  BOS  L   3-4       65-63    5    12.5  2:27 T Hurd                     16,022 -
129 Mon, Aug 29     DET  BAL  L   0-6       65-64    5    13.5  2:01 E Palica                        0 --
130                 DET  BAL  L   3-4       65-65    5    13.5  2:26 R Moore                     7,230 ---
131 Tue, Aug 30     DET  WSH  W   4-0       66-65    5    13.0  1:53 B Hoeft                    20,097 +
132 Wed, Aug 31     DET  WSH  W   7-4       67-65    5    13.0  2:03 F Lary                      4,566 ++
133 Fri, Sep  2     DET @KCA  L   6-7       67-66    5    14.0  2:36 A Ceccarelli               18,689 -
134 Sat, Sep  3     DET @KCA  W  11-6       68-66    5    13.0  2:47 A Aber                     20,882 +
135 Sun, Sep  4     DET @KCA  W  17-1       69-66    5    13.0  2:40 N Garver                   22,772 ++
136 Mon, Sep  5     DET  CHW  W   7-2       70-66    5    13.0  2:20 B Hoeft                         0 +++
137                 DET  CHW  L   0-3       70-67    5    13.0  2:20 B Keegan                   33,309 -
138 Wed, Sep  7     DET @BOS  L   4-7       70-68    5    14.0  2:16 F Sullivan                 14,370 --
139 Thu, Sep  8     DET @BOS  W   5-4       71-68    5    14.0  2:21 S Gromek                   13,514 +
140 Fri, Sep  9     DET @BAL  L   3-8       71-69    5    15.0  2:37 B Wight                     7,233 -
141 Sat, Sep 10     DET @BAL  L   3-5       71-70    5    16.0  2:26 J Wilson                    5,985 --
142 Sun, Sep 11     DET @WSH  W   8-0       72-70    5    16.0  1:54 B Hoeft                         0 +
143                 DET @WSH  L   0-1       72-71    5    16.0  2:06 T Abernathy                 6,817 -
144 Tue, Sep 13     DET @NYY  L   0-6       72-72    5    17.5  2:13 B Turley                   11,520 --
145 Wed, Sep 14     DET @NYY  L   4-6       72-73    5    17.5  2:44 D Larsen                    9,456 ---
146 Fri, Sep 16     DET @CLE  W   3-0       73-73    5    16.5  2:28 S Gromek                   24,185 +
147 Sat, Sep 17     DET @CLE  W   3-1       74-73    5    16.5  3:07 F Lary                     14,639 ++
148 Sun, Sep 18     DET @CLE  W  10-3       75-73    5    16.5  2:48 B Miller                   28,504 +++
149 Mon, Sep 19     DET  KCA  W   4-0       76-73    5    16.0  2:20 B Black                    14,255 ++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Tue, Sep 20     DET  KCA  W   7-3       77-73    5    16.5  2:16 J Bunning                   2,213 +++++
151 Wed, Sep 21     DET  KCA  W  10-1       78-73    5    16.5  1:55 D Marlowe                   1,880 ++++++
152 Sat, Sep 24     DET  CLE  L   2-8       78-74    5    17.5  2:43 H Score                         0 -
153                 DET  CLE  L   0-7       78-75    5    17.5  2:11 H Aguirre                  13,616 --
154 Sun, Sep 25     DET  CLE  W   6-2       79-75    5    17.0  2:05 B Miller                   17,888 +

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