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1956 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957)
82-72, Finished 5th in American League
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Scored 789 runs, Allowed 699 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-69
Manager: Bucky Harris (82-72)
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,051,182 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96
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1955 / 1957 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Al Aber 28 L L 6' 2" 195 Jul 31, 1927 5 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Belardi 25 L L 6' 1" 185 Sep 5, 1930 6 79 26 79 79 0 0 31 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 51 0
Reno Bertoia 21 R R 185 Jan 8, 1935 4 22 19 22 22 0 0 0 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bud Black 23 R R 6' 3" 197 Jul 9, 1932 3 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Bolling 24 R R 6' 1" 175 Nov 16, 1931 2 102 99 102 102 0 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Boone 32 R R 6' 1" 188 Jul 27, 1923 9 131 130 131 131 0 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 All-Star
Jim Brady 20 L L 6' 2" 185 Mar 2, 1936 1st 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Brideweser 29 R R 6' 0" 165 Feb 13, 1927 6 70 45 70 70 0 0 0 31 4 32 0 0 0 0 1 9
Jim Bunning HOF 24 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 23, 1931 2 15 3 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Delsing 30 L R 5' 10" 175 Nov 13, 1925 9 10 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 0
Paul Foytack 25 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 16, 1930 3 43 33 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ned Garver 30 R R 180 Dec 25, 1925 9 6 3 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Gromek 36 B R 6' 2" 180 Jan 15, 1920 16 40 13 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Hatfield 31 L R 6' 1" 171 Mar 18, 1925 7 8 2 8 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Buddy Hicks 29 B R 5' 10" 170 Feb 15, 1927 1st 26 9 26 26 0 0 0 6 1 16 0 0 0 0 2 1
Billy Hoeft 24 L L 6' 3" 205 May 17, 1932 5 42 34 42 42 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Gene Host 23 B L 5' 11" 190 Jan 1, 1933 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank House 26 L R 6' 2" 190 Feb 18, 1930 5 94 78 94 94 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Al Kaline HOF 21 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 19, 1934 4 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 144 153 0 0 All-Star
Bob Kennedy 35 R R 6' 2" 193 Aug 18, 1920 15 69 41 69 69 0 0 0 0 27 0 20 0 9 29 17 2
Chick King 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 10, 1930 3 7 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 2
Harvey Kuenn 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 4, 1930 5 146 140 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 141 1 0 0 1 6 0 All-Star
Frank Lary 26 R R 5' 11" 180 Apr 10, 1930 3 41 38 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charley Lau 23 L R 6' 0" 190 Apr 12, 1933 1st 3 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Duke Maas 27 R R 5' 10" 170 Jan 31, 1929 2 26 7 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Marlowe 27 R R 6' 2" 170 Jun 27, 1929 6 7 1 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walt Masterson 36 R R 6' 2" 189 Jun 22, 1920 14 35 0 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Maxwell 29 L L 5' 11" 185 Apr 8, 1927 6 141 132 141 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 2 136 7 0 All-Star
Bob Miller 20 R L 6' 1" 185 Jul 15, 1935 4 11 3 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Phillips 34 R R 6' 4" 193 Sep 6, 1921 8 67 56 67 67 0 0 56 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 0
Jay Porter 23 R R 6' 2" 180 Jan 17, 1933 3 14 3 14 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0
Jim Small 19 L L 180 Mar 8, 1937 2 58 19 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 8 26 16 21
Walt Streuli 20 R R 6' 2" 195 Sep 26, 1935 3 3 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earl Torgeson 32 L L 6' 3" 180 Jan 1, 1924 10 117 75 117 117 0 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 6
Virgil Trucks 39 R R 5' 11" 198 Apr 26, 1917 15 22 16 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Tuttle 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 4, 1929 4 140 133 140 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 137 5 0
Red Wilson 27 R R 6' 0" 200 Mar 7, 1929 6 78 70 78 78 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Pete Wojey 36 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 1, 1919 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Woodeshick 23 R L 6' 3" 200 Aug 24, 1932 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1955 / 1957 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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