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1956 Detroit Tigers (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
Managed by Bucky Harris

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,051,182 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 101, Pitching - 99
  (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1956 Stats (1955/1957) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch

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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         26   94  321   44   77   6  2  10   44  21   19  .240  .290  .364   1   1  15   3   0   3   0   72
1B *Earl Torgeson       32  117  318   61   84   9  3  12   42  78   47  .264  .406  .425   6   4   5   0   1   3   0  119
2B  Frank Bolling       24  102  366   53  103  21  7   7   45  42   51  .281  .354  .434   6   2   4   2   7   5   1  107
3B  Ray Boone           32  131  481   77  148  14  6  25   81  77   46  .308  .403  .518   0   0  13   3   2   5   8  141
SS  Harvey Kuenn        25  146  591   96  196  32  7  12   88  55   34  .332  .387  .470   9   5  11   3   0   8   3  125
LF *Charlie Maxwell     29  141  500   96  163  14  3  28   87  79   74  .326  .414  .534   1   1   5   2   3   8   1  148
CF  Bill Tuttle         26  140  546   61  138  22  4   9   65  38   48  .253  .301  .357   5   4  18   1   4   3   1   73
RF  Al Kaline           21  153  617   96  194  32 10  27  128  70   55  .314  .383  .530   7   1  10   1   1   4   4  139
    Red Wilson          27   78  228   32   66  12  2   7   38  42   18  .289  .393  .452   2   1   6   0   3   5   7  122
    Jack Phillips       34   67  224   31   66  13  2   1   20  21   19  .295  .354  .384   1   1  11   0   1   1   0   95
    Bob Kennedy         35   69  177   17   41   5  0   4   22  24   19  .232  .328  .328   2   2  10   2   3   1   2   74
    Jim Brideweser      29   70  156   23   34   4  0   0   10  20   19  .218  .307  .244   3   1   4   0   4   0   2   47
   *Wayne Belardi       25   79  154   24   43   3  1   6   15  15   13  .279  .371  .429   0   0   4   8   1   1   1  110
   *Jim Small           19   58   91   13   29   4  2   0   10   6   10  .319  .361  .407   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  102
    Reno Bertoia        21   22   66    7   12   2  0   1    5   6   12  .182  .260  .258   0   0   4   1   0   0   0   37
   #Buddy Hicks         29   26   47    5   10   2  0   0    5   3    2  .213  .260  .255   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   36
    Jay Porter          23   14   21    0    2   0  0   0    3   0    8  .095  .091  .095   0   0   1   0   0   1   0  -51
   *Jim Delsing         30   10   12    0    0   0  0   0    0   3    3  .000  .250  .000   0   0   0   1   0   0   0  -29
   *Fred Hatfield       31    8   12    2    3   0  0   0    2   2    1  .250  .400  .250   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   75
    Chick King          25    7    9    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    4  .222  .300  .222   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   40
   *Charley Lau         23    3    9    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .222  .222  .222   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   18
    Walt Streuli        20    3    8    0    2   1  0   0    1   1    2  .250  .333  .375   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   87

    Frank Lary          26   41  103   14   19   2  0   1   12   8   25  .184  .239  .233   0   0   5   0   6   2   0   25
    Paul Foytack        25   43   90    7   11   2  0   0    7   2   30  .122  .141  .144   0   0   2   0   6   0   0  -24
   *Billy Hoeft         24   42   80   16   20   3  1   0    9  12   22  .250  .348  .313   0   0   1   0   5   0   0   75
    Virgil Trucks       39   22   45    4   11   2  0   0    2   0    4  .244  .244  .289   0   1   0   0   2   0   0   40
   #Steve Gromek        36   40   27    3    4   0  0   0    1  11   10  .148  .395  .148   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   49
    Jim Bunning         24   15   18    4    6   2  0   0    1   0    5  .333  .333  .444   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  104
    Duke Maas           27   26   16    1    3   1  0   0    1   2    8  .188  .278  .250   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   40
   *Al Aber             28   42   10    0    3   0  0   0    0   1    4  .300  .364  .300   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   77
    Bob Miller          20   11    7    0    1   1  0   0    0   1    2  .143  .250  .286   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   41
    Ned Garver          30    6    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .167  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -52
    Walt Masterson      36   35    4    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   32
    Bud Black           23    5    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Gene Host           23    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Dick Marlowe        27    7    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Jim Brady           20    6    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.1  155 5364  789 1494 209 50 150  745 644  618  .279  .356  .420  43  26 133  28  58  50  30  110
    Rank among 8 AL teams          1    2    1   3  3   3        4    8     1     2     2   3   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  Frank Lary          26  41   3.15  21  13  1  38   2  20   3  294.0  289  116  103  20  116  165 1269   3  12  1   4 131
SP *Billy Hoeft         24  38   4.06  20  14  0  34   2  18   4  248.0  276  127  112  22  104  172 1094   7   5  0  12 101
SP  Paul Foytack        25  43   3.59  15  13  1  33   5  16   1  256.0  211  114  102  24  142  184 1098   8   2  3   4 115
SP  Virgil Trucks       39  22   3.83   6   5  1  16   3   3   1  120.0  104   56   51  15   63   43  515   3   6  0   5 108

CL *Al Aber             28  42   3.43   4   4  7   0  28   0   0   63.0   65   30   24   1   25   21  281   2   2  0   6 120
RP  Walt Masterson      36  35   4.17   1   1  0   0  18   0   0   49.7   54   28   23   2   32   28  231   0   1  0   1  99
RP  Steve Gromek        36  40   4.28   8   6  4  13  12   4   0  141.0  142   74   67  25   47   64  611   0   9  0   7  96
RP  Duke Maas           27  26   6.54   0   7  0   7  10   0   0   63.3   81   51   46   9   32   34  308   1   6  0   3  63
RP  Jim Bunning         24  15   3.71   5   1  1   3   5   0   0   53.3   55   24   22   6   28   34  245   3   0  0   4 111

   *Bob Miller          20  11   5.68   0   2  0   3   1   0   0   31.7   37   23   20   5   22   16  146   1   0  0   2  72
    Ned Garver          30   6   4.08   0   2  0   3   1   1   0   17.7   15   10    8   2   13    6   80   0   1  0   0 101
    Dick Marlowe        27   7   5.73   1   1  0   1   1   0   0   11.0   12    8    7   1    9    4   53   0   0  0   0  72
    Bud Black           23   5   3.60   1   1  0   1   2   0   0   10.0   10    4    4   2    5    7   45   1   0  0   0 114
   *Jim Brady           20   6  28.42   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    6.3   15   21   20   3   11    3   43   0   0  0   1  14
   *Hal Woodeshick      23   2  13.50   0   2  0   2   0   0   0    5.3   12    8    8   1    3    1   30   0   0  0   0  30
   *Gene Host           23   1   7.71   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    4.7    9    4    4   2    2    5   24   0   0  1   0  53
    Pete Wojey          36   2   2.25   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    4.0    2    1    1   0    1    1   14   0   0  0   0 183
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.0 155   4.06  82  72 15 155  93  62  10 1379.0 1389  699  622 140  655  788 6087  29  44  5  49 101
    Rank among 8 AL teams           4   5   4  7           3   3      5    6    4        6    5    2

    * - 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     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
FHouse       700  78  88  450   33   7   8  .986   3  16  17  17
RWilson      621  70  78  393   34   4   7  .991   7  13  15  18
WStreuli      24   3   3   13    1   1   1  .933   0   0   1   1
CLau          23   3   3   17    0   0   0 1.000   0   0   0   0
JPorter       10   1   2    7    0   0   1 1.000   1   0   0   0
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  1379 155 155  880   68  12  17  .987  11  29  33  36
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .990 *9.43
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
ETorgeson    680  75  83  623   32   5  62  .992  8.67
JPhillips    458  55  56  422   32   9  49  .981  8.91
WBelardi     240  25  31  240   17   3  21  .988  9.64
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1379 155 155 1285   81  17 132  .988  8.92
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .973 *5.44
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
FBolling     891  99 102  223  260  11  72  .978  4.87
JBrideweser  263  31  31   84   83   4  20  .977  5.71
RBertoia     151  18  18   51   57   2  18  .982  6.44
BHicks        47   5   6   15   13   0   2 1.000  5.36
FHatfield     24   2   4    7    6   0   1 1.000  4.81
JPhillips      2   0   1    1    0   1   0  .500  4.50
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1379 155 155  381  419  18 113  .978  5.22
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .949 *3.22
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RBoone      1127 130 130  151  243  17  23  .959  3.15
BKennedy     209  21  27   35   38   8   3  .901  3.14
JBrideweser   25   3   4    2    5   0   1 1.000  2.45
RBertoia      14   1   2    3    4   0   1 1.000  4.50
BHicks         3   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1379 155 155  191  290  25  28  .951  3.14
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .960 *4.98
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
HKuenn      1181 140 141  219  388  20  86  .968  4.63
JBrideweser  134  11  32   27   51   1  12  .987  5.24
BHicks        64   4  16    6   18   0   3 1.000  3.38
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1379 155 155  252  457  21 101  .971  4.63
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .977 *2.10
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
CMaxwell    1145 130 134  280   10   4   1  .986  2.28
BKennedy     132  15  20   40    1   2   0  .953  2.79
CKing         23   2   4    6    0   1   0  .857  2.35
JSmall        20   2   4    5    0   0   0 1.000  2.22
JDelsing      19   2   3    3    0   0   0 1.000  1.42
JPorter       15   2   2    2    0   1   0  .667  1.20
WBelardi      13   1   2    3    0   2   0  .600  1.97
JPhillips      9   1   1    2    0   0   0 1.000  2.00
HKuenn         1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
AKaline        0   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1379 155 155  341   11  10   1  .972  2.30
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .984 *2.79
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BTuttle     1185 133 137  342   13   9   2  .975  2.70
JSmall       109  13  14   41    0   1   0  .976  3.39
AKaline       85   9  10   30    3   1   1  .971  3.49
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1379 155 155  413   16  11   3  .975  2.80
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .973 *2.09
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
AKaline     1259 144 144  308   14   5   4  .985  2.30
BKennedy      58   5   9   11    1   2   0  .857  1.86
JSmall        43   4   8    7    0   2   0  .778  1.47
CMaxwell      18   2   2    2    0   0   0 1.000  1.00
WBelardi       0   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1379 155 155  328   15   9   4  .974  2.24
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .979 *2.34  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
AKaline     1345 153 153  343   18   6   4  .984  2.42
BTuttle     1185 133 137  348   13   9   2  .976  2.74
CMaxwell    1163 132 136  281   12   4   1  .987  2.27
BKennedy     190  20  29   52    2   4   0  .931  2.55
JSmall       172  19  26   47    0   3   0  .940  2.46
CKing         23   2   4    4    0   1   0  .800  1.57
JDelsing      19   2   3    3    0   0   0 1.000  1.42
JPorter       15   2   2    2    0   1   0  .667  1.20
WBelardi      14   1   2    3    0   2   0  .600  1.93
JPhillips      9   1   1    2    0   0   0 1.000  2.00
HKuenn         1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  1379 155 155 1085   45  30   7  .974  2.46 155 155 155
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .950 *1.92
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
FLary        294  38  41   15   45   3   3  .952  1.84
PFoytack     256  33  43   11   33   3   5  .936  1.55
BHoeft       248  34  38    5   28   1   1  .971  1.20
SGromek      141  13  40    1   16   0   0 1.000  1.09
VTrucks      120  16  22    6   18   3   1  .889  1.80
DMaas         63   7  26    5    8   2   0  .867  1.85
AAber         63   0  42    1   12   1   1  .929  1.86
JBunning      53   3  15    2    6   0   0 1.000  1.35
WMasterson    49   0  35    3    6   2   1  .818  1.63
BMiller       31   3  11    2    3   2   1  .714  1.42
NGarver       17   3   6    1    5   0   1 1.000  3.05
DMarlowe      11   1   7    2    1   0   0 1.000  2.45
BBlack        10   1   5    1    2   0   0 1.000  2.70
JBrady         6   0   6    0    1   0   0 1.000  1.43
HWoodeshick    5   2   2    1    1   0   0 1.000  3.40
GHost          4   1   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
PWojey         4   0   2    0    2   0   0 1.000  4.50
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1379 155 155   56  187  17  14  .935  1.59
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
 Glossary - Select a player to see their individual page.

Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageKuenn.332
On-base %Maxwell.414
Slugging %Maxwell.534
OPSMaxwell.948
GamesKaline153
At BatsKaline617
Plate Appearances (approx.)Kaline693
RunsKaline, Kuenn, and Maxwell96
HitsKuenn196
Total BasesKaline327
DoublesKaline and Kuenn32
TriplesKaline10
Home RunsMaxwell28
RBIKaline128
Bases on BallsMaxwell79
StrikeoutsMaxwell74
Stolen BasesKuenn9
SinglesKuenn145
Adjusted OPS+Maxwell148
Runs CreatedKaline129
Adjusted Batting RunsMaxwell37
Batting WinsMaxwell3.5
Extra-Base HitsKaline69
Times on BaseKaline265
Offensive Win%Maxwell.756
Hit By PitchBelardi8
Sac. HitsBolling7
Sac. FliesKuenn and Maxwell8
Intentional WalksBoone8
Grounded into Double PlaysTuttle18
Caught StealingKuenn5
Power/Speed NumberKaline11.1
At Bats per StrikeoutKuenn17.4
At Bats per Home RunMaxwell17.9
OutsKaline439

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERALary3.15
WinsLary21
Won-Loss %Lary.618
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Lary1.378
Hits Allowed/9IPFoytack7.42
Bases on Balls/9IPLary3.55
Strikeouts/9IPFoytack6.47
GamesFoytack43
SavesAber7
InningsLary294.0
StrikeoutsFoytack184
Games StartedLary38
Comp. GamesLary20
ShutoutsHoeft4
Home Runs Allow.Gromek25
Bases On Balls Allow.Foytack142
Hits AllowedLary289
SO to WalkHoeft1.65
LossesHoeft14
Earned Runs Allow.Hoeft112
Wild PitchesFoytack8
Hit BatsmenLary12
Batters FacedLary1269
Games FinishedAber28
Adjusted ERA+Lary131

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All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Ray Boone
Al Kaline (Starting RF)
Harvey Kuenn (Starting SS)
Charlie Maxwell

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