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1957 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1956 / 1958)
78-76, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 614 runs, Allowed 614 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-77
Manager: Jack Tighe (78-76)
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,272,346 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 108
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1956 / 1958 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 29 L L 6' 2" 195 Jul 31, 1927 6 28 0 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reno Bertoia 22 R R 185 Jan 8, 1935 5 97 80 97 97 0 0 0 2 83 7 0 0 0 0 9 4
Frank Bolling 25 R R 6' 1" 175 Nov 16, 1931 3 146 144 146 146 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Boone 33 R R 6' 1" 188 Jul 27, 1923 10 129 121 129 129 0 0 117 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Steve Boros 20 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 3, 1936 1st 24 7 24 24 0 0 0 0 9 5 0 0 0 0 4 7
Jim Bunning HOF 25 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 23, 1931 3 45 30 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Harry Byrd 32 R R 6' 1" 188 Feb 3, 1925 7 37 1 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mel Clark 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Jul 7, 1926 6 5 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 1
Jack Crimian 31 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 17, 1926 4 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chuck Daniel 23 R R 6' 2" 195 Sep 17, 1933 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Dittmer 29 L R 6' 1" 175 Jan 10, 1928 6 16 3 16 16 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Jim Finigan 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 19, 1928 4 64 48 64 64 0 0 0 3 59 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Paul Foytack 26 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 16, 1930 4 38 27 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Gromek 37 B R 6' 2" 180 Jan 15, 1920 17 15 1 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Groth 30 R R 6' 0" 182 Jul 23, 1926 12 38 24 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 25 0 36 2 1
Billy Hoeft 25 L L 6' 3" 205 May 17, 1932 6 42 28 42 42 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Frank House 27 L R 6' 2" 190 Feb 18, 1930 6 106 95 106 106 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Al Kaline HOF 22 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 19, 1934 5 149 143 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 23 136 145 5 0 All-Star
Harvey Kuenn 26 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 4, 1930 6 151 150 151 151 0 0 1 0 17 136 0 0 0 0 1 0 All-Star
Frank Lary 27 R R 5' 11" 180 Apr 10, 1930 4 40 35 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Lee 23 R R 6' 4" 210 Feb 26, 1934 1st 11 6 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Duke Maas 28 R R 5' 10" 170 Jan 31, 1929 3 45 26 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Maxwell 30 L L 5' 11" 185 Apr 8, 1927 7 138 133 138 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 4 137 3 0 All-Star
Karl Olson 26 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 6, 1930 6 8 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 5 3 1
Bobo Osborne 21 L R 6' 1" 205 Oct 12, 1935 1st 11 7 11 11 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 2 1
Dave Philley 37 B R 6' 0" 188 May 16, 1920 13 65 34 65 65 0 0 27 0 1 0 4 0 8 12 26 1
Jack Phillips 35 R R 6' 4" 193 Sep 6, 1921 9 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jay Porter 24 R R 6' 2" 180 Jan 17, 1933 4 58 37 58 58 0 12 3 0 0 0 6 0 21 27 20 0
Joe Presko 28 R R 6' 0" 170 Oct 7, 1928 5 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Robinson 36 L R 210 Dec 15, 1920 13 13 0 13 13 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Ron Samford 27 R R 5' 11" 156 Feb 28, 1930 3 54 26 54 54 0 0 0 11 4 35 0 0 0 0 0 6
Bob Shaw 24 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 29, 1933 1st 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Sleater 30 L L 5' 10" 185 Sep 8, 1926 6 41 0 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jim Small 20 L L 180 Mar 8, 1937 3 36 7 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 6 14 14 10
Jim Stump 25 R R 6' 0" 188 Feb 10, 1932 1st 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Taylor 27 L R 6' 3" 212 Dec 30, 1929 4 9 5 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 4 0
George Thomas 19 R R 190 Nov 29, 1937 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Earl Torgeson 33 L L 6' 3" 180 Jan 1, 1924 11 30 9 30 30 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2
John Tsitouris 21 R R 6' 0" 175 May 4, 1936 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Tuttle 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 4, 1929 5 133 107 133 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 128 4 5
Red Wilson 28 R R 6' 0" 200 Mar 7, 1929 7 60 50 60 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pete Wojey 37 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 1, 1919 3 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Yewcic 25 R R 5' 11" 180 May 9, 1932 1st 1 0 1 1 0 1 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

1956 / 1958 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played