1956 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1956 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 - 99; 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
		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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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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	131	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	115	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	101	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	108	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	120	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	96	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	63	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	111	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	99	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	72	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	101	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	72	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	114	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	14	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	30	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	53	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	183	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	101	1.482	9.1	0.9	4.3	5.1	1.20
		Rank in 8 AL teams		5	4						3	3	7	5	6	4	4	6	5		2
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

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

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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	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							1.55	1.02						P
Ned Garver	30	6	3	17.2	6	1	5	0	1	1.000	0.0	0.0							3.06	1.00						P
Steve Gromek	36	40	13	141.0	17	1	16	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							1.20	0.87						P
Gene Host	23	1	1	4.2	0	0	0	0	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	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							1.85	0.50						P
Dick Marlowe	27	7	1	11.0	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.45	0.43						P
Walt Masterson	36	35	0	49.2	11	3	6	2	1	.818	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							4.50	1.00						P
Hal Woodeshick	23	2	2	5.1	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							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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