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1956 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957

82-72, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bucky Harris (82-72)
Scored 789 runs, Allowed 699 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-69

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 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* 26 94 348 321 44 77 6 2 10 44 1 1 21 19 .240 .290 .364 .655 72 117 15 3 0 3 0
2 1B Earl Torgeson* 32 117 400 318 61 84 9 3 12 42 6 4 78 47 .264 .406 .425 .831 119 135 5 0 1 3 0
3 2B Frank Bolling 24 102 422 366 53 103 21 7 7 45 6 2 42 51 .281 .354 .434 .789 107 159 4 2 7 5 1
4 SS Harvey Kuenn 25 146 657 591 96 196 32 7 12 88 9 5 55 34 .332 .387 .470 .857 125 278 11 3 0 8 3
5 3B Ray Boone 32 131 568 481 77 148 14 6 25 81 0 0 77 46 .308 .403 .518 .920 141 249 13 3 2 5 8
6 LF Charlie Maxwell* 29 141 592 500 96 163 14 3 28 87 1 1 79 74 .326 .414 .534 .948 148 267 5 2 3 8 1
7 CF Bill Tuttle 26 140 592 546 61 138 22 4 9 65 5 4 38 48 .253 .301 .357 .658 73 195 18 1 4 3 1
8 RF Al Kaline 21 153 693 617 96 194 32 10 27 128 7 1 70 55 .314 .383 .530 .913 139 327 10 1 1 4 4
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 27 78 278 228 32 66 12 2 7 38 2 1 42 18 .289 .393 .452 .844 122 103 6 0 3 5 7
10 1B Jack Phillips 34 67 247 224 31 66 13 2 1 20 1 1 21 19 .295 .354 .384 .738 95 86 11 0 1 1 0
11 UT Bob Kennedy 35 69 207 177 17 41 5 0 4 22 2 2 24 19 .232 .328 .328 .656 74 58 10 2 3 1 2
12 2B Jim Brideweser 29 70 180 156 23 34 4 0 0 10 3 1 20 19 .218 .307 .244 .550 47 38 4 0 4 0 2
13 1B Wayne Belardi* 25 79 179 154 24 43 3 1 6 15 0 0 15 13 .279 .371 .429 .799 110 66 4 8 1 1 1
14 OF Jim Small* 19 58 99 91 13 29 4 2 0 10 0 0 6 10 .319 .361 .407 .767 102 37 1 0 2 0 0
15 2B Reno Bertoia 21 22 73 66 7 12 2 0 1 5 0 0 6 12 .182 .260 .258 .518 37 17 4 1 0 0 0
16 IF Buddy Hicks# 29 26 50 47 5 10 2 0 0 5 0 1 3 2 .213 .260 .255 .515 36 12 1 0 0 0 0
17 UT Jay Porter 23 14 22 21 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 .095 .091 .095 .186 -51 2 1 0 0 1 0
18 LF Jim Delsing* 30 10 16 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .000 .250 .000 .250 -29 0 0 1 0 0 0
19 2B Fred Hatfield* 31 8 15 12 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 75 3 0 1 0 0 0
20 LF Chick King 25 7 10 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .222 .300 .222 .522 40 2 0 0 0 0 0
21 C Walt Streuli 20 3 9 8 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .250 .333 .375 .708 87 3 0 0 0 0 0
22 C Charley Lau* 23 3 9 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 18 2 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 Frank Lary 26 41 119 103 14 19 2 0 1 12 0 0 8 25 .184 .239 .233 .472 25 24 5 0 6 2 0
24 P Paul Foytack 25 43 98 90 7 11 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 30 .122 .141 .144 .286 -24 13 2 0 6 0 0
25 P Billy Hoeft* 24 42 97 80 16 20 3 1 0 9 0 0 12 22 .250 .348 .313 .660 75 25 1 0 5 0 0
26 P Virgil Trucks 39 22 47 45 4 11 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 .244 .244 .289 .533 40 13 0 0 2 0 0
27 P Steve Gromek# 36 40 41 27 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 10 .148 .395 .148 .543 49 4 1 0 3 0 0
28 P Jim Bunning 24 15 20 18 4 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .333 .333 .444 .778 104 8 1 0 2 0 0
29 P Duke Maas 27 26 18 16 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 8 .188 .278 .250 .528 40 4 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Al Aber* 28 42 13 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .300 .364 .300 .664 77 3 0 0 2 0 0
31 P Bob Miller 20 11 8 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .286 .536 41 2 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Ned Garver 30 6 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -52 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Walt Masterson 36 35 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 32 1 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Gene Host# 23 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Bud Black 23 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Dick Marlowe 27 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Jim Brady* 20 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Pete Wojey 36 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 P Hal Woodeshick 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.1 155 6143 5364 789 1494 209 50 150 745 43 26 643 618 .279 .356 .420 .776 104 2253 133 28 58 50 30
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 7 4 8 1 2 2 3 2
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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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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 26 21 13 .618 3.15 41 38 2 20 3 1 294.0 289 116 103 20 116 4 165 12 1 3 1269 132 1.378 8.8 0.6 3.6 5.1 1.42
2 SP Paul Foytack 25 15 13 .536 3.59 43 33 5 16 1 1 256.0 211 114 102 24 142 4 184 2 3 8 1098 116 1.379 7.4 0.8 5.0 6.5 1.30
3 SP Billy Hoeft* 24 20 14 .588 4.06 38 34 2 18 4 0 248.0 276 127 112 22 104 12 172 5 0 7 1094 102 1.532 10.0 0.8 3.8 6.2 1.65
4 SP Virgil Trucks 39 6 5 .545 3.82 22 16 3 3 1 1 120.0 104 56 51 15 63 5 43 6 0 3 515 109 1.392 7.8 1.1 4.7 3.2 0.68
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
5 CL Al Aber* 28 4 4 .500 3.43 42 0 28 0 0 7 63.0 65 30 24 1 25 6 21 2 0 2 281 121 1.429 9.3 0.1 3.6 3.0 0.84
6 RP Steve Gromek 36 8 6 .571 4.28 40 13 12 4 0 4 141.0 142 74 67 25 47 7 64 9 0 0 611 97 1.340 9.1 1.6 3.0 4.1 1.36
7 RP Duke Maas 27 0 7 .000 6.54 26 7 10 0 0 0 63.1 81 51 46 9 32 3 34 6 0 1 308 64 1.784 11.5 1.3 4.5 4.8 1.06
8 RP Jim Bunning 24 5 1 .833 3.71 15 3 5 0 0 1 53.1 55 24 22 6 28 4 34 0 0 3 245 112 1.556 9.3 1.0 4.7 5.7 1.21
9 RP Walt Masterson 36 1 1 .500 4.17 35 0 18 0 0 0 49.2 54 28 23 2 32 1 28 1 0 0 231 100 1.732 9.8 0.4 5.8 5.1 0.88
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 Bob Miller* 20 0 2 .000 5.68 11 3 1 0 0 0 31.2 37 23 20 5 22 2 16 0 0 1 146 73 1.863 10.5 1.4 6.3 4.5 0.73
11 Ned Garver 30 0 2 .000 4.08 6 3 1 1 0 0 17.2 15 10 8 2 13 0 6 1 0 0 80 102 1.585 7.6 1.0 6.6 3.1 0.46
12 Dick Marlowe 27 1 1 .500 5.73 7 1 1 0 0 0 11.0 12 8 7 1 9 0 4 0 0 0 53 73 1.909 9.8 0.8 7.4 3.3 0.44
13 Bud Black 23 1 1 .500 3.60 5 1 2 0 0 0 10.0 10 4 4 2 5 0 7 0 0 1 45 116 1.500 9.0 1.8 4.5 6.3 1.40
14 Jim Brady* 20 0 0 28.42 6 0 3 0 0 0 6.1 15 21 20 3 11 1 3 0 0 0 43 15 4.105 21.3 4.3 15.6 4.3 0.27
15 Hal Woodeshick* 23 0 2 .000 13.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.1 12 8 8 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 30 31 2.813 20.3 1.7 5.1 1.7 0.33
16 Gene Host* 23 0 0 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 9 4 4 2 2 0 5 0 1 0 24 54 2.357 17.4 3.9 3.9 9.6 2.50
17 Pete Wojey 36 0 0 2.25 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 185 0.750 4.5 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00
Team Totals 27.9 82 72 .532 4.06 155 155 93 62 9 15 1379.0 1389 699 622 140 655 49 788 44 5 29 6087 102 1.482 9.1 0.9 4.3 5.1 1.20
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 4 4 3 3 7 5 6 4 4 6 5 5814
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
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* - 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 28 42 0 63.0 14 1 12 1 1 .929 1.86 0.31 P
Wayne Belardi 25 34 26 254.0 265 243 17 5 21 .981 -3.5 -16.5 -1.5 -0.5 -1.1 -1 -1 9.21 7.65 1B-LF-RF
Reno Bertoia 21 20 19 165.0 117 54 61 2 19 .983 4.2 30.5 4.2 2.5 1.8 0 6.27 5.75 2B-3B
Bud Black 23 5 1 10.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70 0.60 P
Frank Bolling 24 102 99 891.2 494 223 260 11 72 .978 -2.8 -3.8 -1.8 -3.7 1.9 -1 4.88 4.74 2B
Ray Boone 32 130 130 1127.1 411 151 243 17 23 .959 -11.6 -12.3 -10.6 -2.5 -8.1 -1 3.15 3.03 3B
Jim Brady 20 6 0 6.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.17 P
Jim Brideweser 29 67 45 422.2 257 113 139 5 33 .981 1.4 4.0 1.4 3.0 -1.7 0 5.37 3.76 2B-SS-3B
Jim Bunning 24 15 3 53.1 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.35 0.53 P
Jim Delsing 30 3 2 19.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -37.9 -0.6 -0.2 -0.4 0 1.42 1.00 LF
Paul Foytack 25 43 33 256.0 47 11 33 3 5 .936 1.55 1.02 P
Ned Garver 30 6 3 17.2 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 3.06 1.00 P
Steve Gromek 36 40 13 141.0 17 1 16 0 0 1.000 1.09 0.43 P
Fred Hatfield 31 4 2 24.1 13 7 6 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -9.9 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 4.81 3.25 2B
Buddy Hicks 29 23 9 114.0 52 21 31 0 5 1.000 -1.3 -13.7 -1.3 0.5 -1.8 0 4.11 2.26 SS-2B-3B
Billy Hoeft 24 38 34 248.0 34 5 28 1 1 .971 1.20 0.87 P
Gene Host 23 1 1 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Frank House 26 88 78 700.2 490 450 33 7 8 .986 1.0 1.7 1 6.20 5.49 3 16 17 17 50% C
Al Kaline 21 155 153 1345.0 361 338 17 6 5 .983 10.9 9.7 5.9 7.9 -2.1 5 2.38 2.29 RF-CF-LF
Bob Kennedy 35 57 41 400.1 139 87 40 12 3 .914 -2.2 -6.6 -3.2 -0.9 -2.4 1 0 2.86 2.23 3B-LF-RF
Chick King 25 3 2 22.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 0.6 32.7 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 2.05 1.67 LF
Harvey Kuenn 25 142 140 1182.0 627 219 388 20 86 .968 -1.2 -1.2 0.8 -2.8 3.6 -2 4.62 4.27 SS-LF
Frank Lary 26 41 38 294.0 63 15 45 3 3 .952 1.84 1.46 P
Charley Lau 23 3 3 23.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.65 5.67 0 0 0 0 C
Duke Maas 27 26 7 63.1 15 5 8 2 0 .867 1.85 0.50 P
Dick Marlowe 27 7 1 11.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.45 0.43 P
Walt Masterson 36 35 0 49.2 11 3 6 2 1 .818 1.63 0.26 P
Charlie Maxwell 29 136 132 1163.1 296 282 10 4 1 .986 6.1 6.3 0.1 1.1 -1.0 6 2.26 2.15 LF-RF
Bob Miller 20 11 3 31.2 7 2 3 2 1 .714 1.42 0.45 P
Jack Phillips 34 58 56 469.2 467 425 32 10 49 .979 -1.2 -3.1 -1.2 0.7 -2.0 0 0 8.76 7.88 1B-LF-2B
Jay Porter 23 4 3 25.0 10 9 0 1 1 .900 -0.5 -24.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 0 3.24 2.25 1 0 0 0 LF-C
Jim Small 19 26 19 172.1 56 53 0 3 0 .946 1.1 7.7 0.1 -1.3 1.4 1 2.77 2.04 CF-RF-LF
Walt Streuli 20 3 3 24.0 15 13 1 1 1 .933 0.0 0.0 0 5.25 4.67 0 0 1 1 50% C
Earl Torgeson 32 83 75 680.1 660 623 32 5 62 .992 -2.7 -4.8 -2.7 -1.0 -1.6 0 8.66 7.89 1B
Virgil Trucks 39 22 16 120.0 27 6 18 3 1 .889 1.80 1.09 P
Bill Tuttle 26 137 133 1185.0 364 342 13 9 2 .975 -8.6 -8.7 -11.6 -8.4 -3.2 3 2.70 2.59 CF
Red Wilson 27 78 70 621.1 431 393 34 4 7 .991 2.0 3.9 2 6.19 5.47 7 13 15 18 55% C
Pete Wojey 36 2 0 4.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 P
Hal Woodeshick 23 2 2 5.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 1.00 P
Team Totals 27.5 155 1395 12411.0 5817 4130 1547 140 412 .976 -9.1 -0.9 -22.1 -5.9 -16.5 15 -5 3 4.12 3.35 11 29 33 36 52%
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 6 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

1955 / 1957 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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