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1957 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1956 / 1958

78-76, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jack Tighe (78-76)
Scored 614 runs, Allowed 614 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-77

Ballparks: Briggs Stadium · 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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
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 -1.7 $
Reno Bertoia 22 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 8, 1935 5 97 80 97 87 0 0 0 2 83 7 0 0 0 0 9 4 -0.5 $
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 1.6 $
Ray Boone 33 R R 6' 0" 172 Jul 27, 1923 10 129 121 129 121 0 0 117 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.2 $
Steve Boros 20 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 3, 1936 1st 24 7 24 14 0 0 0 0 9 5 0 0 0 0 4 7 -0.8 $
Jim Bunning HOF 25 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 23, 1931 3 45 30 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.5 $11,500 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 0.6 $
Mel Clark 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Jul 7, 1926 6 5 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 1 -0.1 $
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 -0.7 $
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 -0.1 $
Jack Dittmer 29 L R 6' 1" 175 Jan 10, 1928 6 16 3 16 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 -0.2 $
Jim Finigan 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 19, 1928 4 64 48 64 62 0 0 0 3 59 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.4 $
Paul Foytack 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 16, 1930 4 38 27 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 $
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 -0.6 $
Johnny Groth 30 R R 6' 0" 182 Jul 23, 1926 12 38 24 38 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 25 0 36 2 1 0.5 $
Billy Hoeft 25 L L 6' 3" 180 May 17, 1932 6 42 28 42 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3.8 $
Frank House 27 L R 6' 1" 190 Feb 18, 1930 6 106 95 106 97 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.6 $
Al Kaline HOF 22 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 19, 1934 5 149 143 149 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 23 136 145 5 0 4.9 $30,000 All-Star
Harvey Kuenn 26 R R 6' 2" 187 Dec 4, 1930 6 151 150 151 150 0 0 1 0 17 136 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.1 $32,000 All-Star
Frank Lary 27 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 10, 1930 4 40 35 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Don Lee 23 R R 6' 4" 205 Feb 26, 1934 1st 11 6 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
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 2.5 $
Charlie Maxwell 30 L L 5' 11" 185 Apr 8, 1927 7 138 133 138 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 4 137 3 0 4.6 $ All-Star
Karl Olson 26 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 6, 1930 6 8 1 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 5 3 1 -0.3 $
Bobo Osborne 21 L R 6' 1" 205 Oct 12, 1935 1st 11 7 11 9 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 2 1 -0.2 $
Dave Philley 37 B R 6' 0" 188 May 16, 1920 13 65 34 65 39 0 0 27 0 1 0 4 0 8 12 26 1 0.0 $
Jack Phillips 35 R R 6' 4" 193 Sep 6, 1921 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Jay Porter 24 R R 6' 2" 180 Jan 17, 1933 4 58 37 58 42 0 12 3 0 0 0 6 0 21 27 20 0 0.0 $
Joe Presko 28 R R 5' 9" 165 Oct 7, 1928 5 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Eddie Robinson 36 L R 6' 2" 210 Dec 15, 1920 13 13 0 13 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 -0.1 $
Ron Samford 27 R R 5' 11" 156 Feb 28, 1930 3 54 26 54 49 0 0 0 11 4 35 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.1 $
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 -0.5 $
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 0.4 $
Jim Small 20 L L 6' 1" 180 Mar 8, 1937 3 36 7 36 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 6 14 14 10 -0.5 $
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 0.3 $
Bill Taylor 27 L L 6' 3" 212 Dec 30, 1929 4 9 5 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 4 0 0.1 $
George Thomas 19 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 29, 1937 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Earl Torgeson 33 L L 6' 3" 180 Jan 1, 1924 11 30 9 30 17 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 -0.1 $
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 -0.1 $
Bill Tuttle 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 4, 1929 5 133 107 133 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 128 4 5 -1.4 $
Red Wilson 28 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 7, 1929 7 60 50 60 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.8 $
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 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 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 WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Jack Dittmer
Bobo Osborne
Frank House
Johnny Groth
Charlie Maxwell
Jim Finigan
Al Kaline
Harvey Kuenn
Ray Boone

Dave Philley
Earl Torgeson
Red Wilson
Harry Byrd
Eddie Robinson
Mel Clark
John Tsitouris
Tom Yewcic
Bill Tuttle
Jim Bunning
Jay Porter
Reno Bertoia

Frank Lary
Chuck Daniel
Steve Gromek
Jack Crimian
Lou Sleater
Jim Small
Paul Foytack
Al Aber
Duke Maas
Frank Bolling

Bob Shaw
Steve Boros
Ron Samford
George Thomas
Bill Taylor
Pete Wojey
Karl Olson
Jack Phillips
Jim Stump
Don Lee
Joe Presko

Billy Hoeft

1956 / 1958 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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