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1956 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955/1957) 82-72, Finished 5th in American League View League Standings and Leaders 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. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1956 Stats (1955/1957) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch

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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.

    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

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.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Kuenn .332 On-base % Maxwell .414 Slugging % Maxwell .534 OPS Maxwell .948 Games Kaline 153 At Bats Kaline 617 Plate Appearances (approx.) Kaline 693 Runs Kaline, Kuenn, and Maxwell 96 Hits Kuenn 196 Total Bases Kaline 327 Doubles Kaline and Kuenn 32 Triples Kaline 10 Home Runs Maxwell 28 RBI Kaline 128 Bases on Balls Maxwell 79 Strikeouts Maxwell 74 Stolen Bases Kuenn 9 Singles Kuenn 145 Adjusted OPS+ Maxwell 148 Runs Created Kaline 129 Adjusted Batting Runs Maxwell 37 Batting Wins Maxwell 3.5 Extra-Base Hits Kaline 69 Times on Base Kaline 265 Offensive Win% Maxwell .756 Hit By Pitch Belardi 8 Sac. Hits Bolling 7 Sac. Flies Kuenn and Maxwell 8 Intentional Walks Boone 8 Grounded into Double Plays Tuttle 18 Caught Stealing Kuenn 5 Power/Speed Number Kaline 11.1 At Bats per Strikeout Kuenn 17.4 At Bats per Home Run Maxwell 17.9 Outs Kaline 439

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Lary 3.15 Wins Lary 21 Won-Loss % Lary .618 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Lary 1.378 Hits Allowed/9IP Foytack 7.42 Bases on Balls/9IP Lary 3.55 Strikeouts/9IP Foytack 6.47 Games Foytack 43 Saves Aber 7 Innings Lary 294.0 Strikeouts Foytack 184 Games Started Lary 38 Comp. Games Lary 20 Shutouts Hoeft 4 Home Runs Allow. Gromek 25 Bases On Balls Allow. Foytack 142 Hits Allowed Lary 289 SO to Walk Hoeft 1.65 Losses Hoeft 14 Earned Runs Allow. Hoeft 112 Wild Pitches Foytack 8 Hit Batsmen Lary 12 Batters Faced Lary 1269 Games Finished Aber 28 Adjusted ERA+ Lary 131

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

1955/1957

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