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1957 Detroit Tigers (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
Managed by Jack Tighe

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,272,346 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 108, Pitching - 108
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1957 Stats (1956/1958) / 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         27  106  348   31   90   9  0   7   36  35   26  .259  .327  .345   1   1  12   1   5   1  13   82
1B  Ray Boone           33  129  462   48  126  25  3  12   65  57   47  .273  .353  .418   1   1  16   3   4   5   6  108
2B  Frank Bolling       25  146  576   72  149  27  6  15   40  57   64  .259  .327  .405   4   9  15   2   8   1   3   97
3B  Reno Bertoia        22   97  295   28   81  16  2   4   28  19   43  .275  .326  .383   2   3   7   4   5   1   2   91
SS  Harvey Kuenn        26  151  624   74  173  30  6   9   44  47   28  .277  .327  .388   5   8  15   0   6   2   4   93
LF *Charlie Maxwell     30  138  492   75  136  23  3  24   82  76   84  .276  .377  .482   3   2   6   5   4   3   7  131
CF  Bill Tuttle         27  133  451   49  113  12  4   5   47  44   41  .251  .316  .328   2   6  14   1   3   4   4   75
RF  Al Kaline           22  149  577   83  170  29  4  23   90  43   38  .295  .343  .478  11   9  10   3   6   7   7  120
    Red Wilson          28   60  180   21   43   8  1   3   13  25   19  .239  .341  .344   2   3   3   3   5   0   2   86
    Jim Finigan         28   64  174   20   47   4  2   0   17  23   18  .270  .357  .316   1   1   3   1   5   1   2   84
   #Dave Philley        37   65  173   15   49   8  1   2   16   7   16  .283  .309  .376   3   1   4   0   0   1   0   85
    Jay Porter          24   58  140   14   35   8  0   2   18  14   20  .250  .323  .350   0   0   1   1   1   0   1   82
    Johnny Groth        30   38  103   11   30  10  0   0   16   6    7  .291  .333  .388   0   0   1   1   1   1   0   95
    Ron Samford         27   54   91    6   20   1  2   0    5   6   15  .220  .276  .275   1   0   1   1   1   0   0   50
   *Earl Torgeson       33   30   50    5   12   2  1   1    5  12   10  .240  .387  .380   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  109
   *Jim Small           20   36   42    7    9   2  0   0    0   2   11  .214  .250  .262   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   39
    Steve Boros         20   24   41    4    6   1  0   0    2   1    8  .146  .167  .171   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   -8
   *Bobo Osborne        21   11   27    4    4   1  0   0    1   3    7  .148  .233  .185   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   15
   *Bill Taylor         27    9   23    4    8   2  0   1    3   0    3  .348  .348  .565   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  143
   *Jack Dittmer        29   16   22    3    5   1  0   0    2   2    1  .227  .292  .273   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   54
    Karl Olson          26    8   14    1    2   0  0   0    1   0    6  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -22
   *Eddie Robinson      36   13    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   3    0  .000  .308  .000   0   0   1   1   0   0   1   -9
    Mel Clark           30    5    7    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jack Phillips       35    1    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    George Thomas       19    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Tom Yewcic          25    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Jim Bunning         25   45   94   10   20   2  1   1    4   5   29  .213  .253  .287   0   0   6   0   5   0   0   46
    Frank Lary          27   40   73    4    9   0  1   0    4   2   22  .123  .147  .151   0   0   2   0   9   0   0  -19
    Duke Maas           28   45   71    2    6   1  0   1    8   3   27  .085  .118  .141   0   0   0   0   5   2   0  -30
   *Billy Hoeft         25   42   67   13   10   2  0   3   10   5   14  .149  .205  .313   0   0   3   0   5   1   0   39
    Paul Foytack        26   38   63    4   14   0  0   0    5   4   17  .222  .269  .222   0   1   1   0  12   0   0   34
   *Lou Sleater         30   41   20    4    5   0  0   3    7   1    2  .250  .286  .700   0   0   1   0   1   0   1  158
    Don Lee             23   11   12    1    2   0  0   0    3   0    3  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   -9
   *Al Aber             29   28    8    0    1   0  0   0    1   1    4  .125  .222  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -3
    Harry Byrd          32   37    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0 -100
   #Steve Gromek        37   15    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bob Shaw            24    7    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jim Stump           25    6    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  172
    Joe Presko          28    7    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    John Tsitouris      21    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.0  154 5348  614 1376 224 37 116  574 504  643  .257  .321  .378  36  47 127  27  96  30  54   95
    Rank among 8 AL teams          1    5    3   2  6   5        6    8     4     5     5   5   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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          27  40   3.98  11  16  3  35   3  12   2  237.7  250  111  105  23   72  107 1012   5  12  2   9  97
SP  Jim Bunning         25  45   2.69  20   8  1  30   4  14   1  267.3  214   91   80  33   72  182 1081   4  11  1   5 143
SP *Billy Hoeft         25  34   3.48   9  11  1  28   4  10   1  207.0  188   85   80  15   69  111  870   1   5  0   2 111
SP  Paul Foytack        26  38   3.14  14  11  1  27   8   8   1  212.0  175   79   74  19  104  118  904   5   4  0  12 123
SP  Duke Maas           28  45   3.28  10  14  6  26  13   8   2  219.3  210   92   80  23   65  116  925   1   4  0   7 118
SP  Don Lee             23  11   4.66   1   3  0   6   2   0   0   38.7   48   22   20   6   18   19  179   0   1  0   0  83

CL  Harry Byrd          32  37   3.36   4   3  5   1  18   0   0   59.0   53   23   22   6   28   20  252   1   2  0   4 115
RP *Lou Sleater         30  41   3.76   3   3  2   0  19   0   0   69.3   61   33   29   9   28   43  296   1   1  0   7 103
RP *Al Aber             29  28   6.81   3   3  1   0  13   0   0   37.0   46   33   28   6   11   15  167   0   1  0   3  57
RP  Steve Gromek        37  15   6.08   0   1  1   1   6   0   0   23.7   32   16   16   3   13   11  113   1   1  0   3  63
RP  Joe Presko          28   7   1.64   1   1  0   0   6   0   0   11.0   10    3    2   0    4    3   46   0   1  0   1 236

    Jim Stump           25   6   2.03   1   0  0   0   1   0   0   13.3   11    4    3   0    8    2   61   0   0  0   0 191
    Bob Shaw            24   7   7.45   0   1  0   0   0   0   0    9.7   11    9    8   2    7    4   46   0   0  0   1  52
    Jack Crimian        31   4  12.71   0   1  0   0   2   0   0    5.7    9    8    8   1    4    1   29   0   0  0   2  30
    John Tsitouris      21   2   8.10   1   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.3    8    3    3   0    2    2   18   0   0  0   0  48
    Chuck Daniel        23   1   7.71   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.3    3    2    2   1    0    2    9   0   0  0   0  50
    Pete Wojey          37   2   0.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    1.3    1    0    0   0    0    0    6   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.0 154   3.56  78  76 21 154 102  52   9 1417.0 1330  614  561 147  505  756 6014  19  43  3  56 109
    Rank among 8 AL teams           4   4   4  6           3   4      1    4    4        6    4    4

    * - 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       849  95  97  535   54   2   5  .997   5  12  22  21
RWilson      483  50  60  280   29   0   5 1.000   7   6   8  15
JPorter       82   9  12   50    7   3   3  .950   0   0   2   3
TYewcic        3   0   1    4    1   1   0  .833   0   0   1   0
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  1417 154 154  869   91   6  13  .994  12  18  33  39
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .992 *9.67
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RBoone      1035 117 117  972   45  10 103  .990  8.84
DPhilley     227  23  27  203   25   1  19  .996  9.03
ETorgeson    103   9  17   98    7   0  11 1.000  9.11
JPorter       26   3   3   28    3   1   2  .969 10.73
BOsborne      20   2   4   20    1   0   1 1.000  9.45
ERobinson      4   0   1    4    1   0   0 1.000 11.25
HKuenn         1   0   1    2    0   0   1 1.000 18.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1417 154 154 1327   82  12 137  .992  8.95
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .980 *5.39
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
FBolling    1325 144 146  394  401  16 112  .980  5.40
RSamford      56   6  11   17   21   1   5  .974  6.11
JFinigan      21   2   3    8    4   1   2  .923  5.14
RBertoia      10   1   2    2    1   0   0 1.000  2.70
JDittmer       5   1   1    1    1   0   0 1.000  3.60
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1417 154 154  422  428  18 119  .979  5.40
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .951 *3.23
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RBertoia     690  79  83   76  125  10   8  .953  2.62
JFinigan     440  46  59   58  108   8   9  .954  3.39
HKuenn       144  16  17   24   33   3   4  .950  3.56
SBoros        75   7   9    7   22   3   1  .906  3.45
RBoone        35   4   4    5   12   2   0  .895  4.37
JDittmer      16   2   3    3    3   0   0 1.000  3.31
RSamford      13   0   4    2    2   1   0  .800  2.77
GThomas        2   0   1    0    0   1   0  .000  0.00
DPhilley       0   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1417 154 154  175  305  28  22  .945  3.05
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .963 *5.11
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
HKuenn      1186 134 136  225  354  27  86  .955  4.39
RSamford     199  20  35   34   72   4  18  .964  4.78
RBertoia      16   0   7    1    2   0   0 1.000  1.62
SBoros        15   0   5    1    5   0   0 1.000  3.60
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1417 154 154  261  433  31 104  .957  4.41
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .980 *2.10
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
CMaxwell    1183 132 136  321    6   1   1  .997  2.49
JSmall        42   4   7    8    0   0   0 1.000  1.70
JPorter       41   5   6   13    0   1   0  .929  2.85
JGroth        37   1  12    9    0   0   0 1.000  2.15
BTaylor       36   5   5    5    0   0   0 1.000  1.25
DPhilley      27   3   4    5    0   1   0  .833  1.67
AKaline       22   2   5    6    1   0   0 1.000  2.86
KOlson        19   1   4    2    0   0   0 1.000  0.95
MClark         9   1   2    4    0   0   0 1.000  4.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1417 154 154  373    7   3   1  .992  2.41
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .983 *2.72
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BTuttle     1042 107 128  329    3   6   1  .982  2.87
JGroth       200  23  25   65    0   0   0 1.000  2.92
AKaline      158  23  23   50    2   3   0  .945  2.96
KOlson        11   0   1    4    0   0   0 1.000  3.27
JSmall         6   1   1    4    0   0   0 1.000  6.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1417 154 154  452    5   9   1  .981  2.90
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .976 *1.93
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
AKaline     1130 118 136  261   10   2   2  .993  2.16
JPorter      138  20  21   28    0   1   0  .966  1.82
DPhilley      72   8   8   11    0   0   0 1.000  1.38
BOsborne      37   5   5    9    0   0   0 1.000  2.19
JSmall        24   2   6    3    0   0   0 1.000  1.11
CMaxwell      15   1   4    1    0   0   0 1.000  0.60
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1417 154 154  313   10   3   2  .991  2.05
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .980 *2.24  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
AKaline     1310 143 145  319   13   5   2  .985  2.28
CMaxwell    1198 133 137  317    6   1   1  .997  2.43
BTuttle     1042 107 128  331    5   6   1  .982  2.90
JGroth       237  24  36   73    0   0   0 1.000  2.76
JPorter      179  25  27   40    1   2   0  .953  2.06
DPhilley      99  11  12   16    0   1   0  .941  1.45
JSmall        72   7  14   15    0   0   0 1.000  1.86
BOsborne      37   5   5    8    0   0   0 1.000  1.95
BTaylor       36   5   5    5    0   0   0 1.000  1.25
KOlson        30   1   5    6    0   0   0 1.000  1.80
MClark         9   1   2    4    0   0   0 1.000  4.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  1417 154 154 1134   25  15   4  .987  2.45 154 154 154
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .963 *1.99
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JBunning     266  30  45   12   19   0   0 1.000  1.05
FLary        237  35  40   14   43   1   4  .983  2.16
DMaas        219  26  45    8   41   1   2  .980  2.01
PFoytack     212  27  38    3   30   4   1  .892  1.40
BHoeft       207  28  34    8   28   2   2  .947  1.57
LSleater      69   0  41    2   11   3   2  .812  1.69
HByrd         59   1  37    0   10   0   0 1.000  1.53
DLee          38   6  11    1    6   0   0 1.000  1.63
AAber         37   0  28    3   10   0   0 1.000  3.16
SGromek       23   1  15    1    2   0   0 1.000  1.14
JStump        13   0   6    2    3   0   0 1.000  3.38
JPresko       11   0   7    0    1   0   0 1.000  0.82
BShaw          9   0   7    1    1   0   0 1.000  1.86
JCrimian       5   0   4    0    1   0   0 1.000  1.58
JTsitouris     3   0   2    1    0   0   0 1.000  2.73
CDaniel        2   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
PWojey         1   0   2    0    1   0   0 1.000  6.92
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1417 154 154   56  207  11  11  .960  1.67
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 AverageKaline.295
On-base %Maxwell.377
Slugging %Maxwell.482
OPSMaxwell.859
GamesKuenn151
At BatsKuenn624
Plate Appearances (approx.)Kuenn679
RunsKaline83
HitsKuenn173
Total BasesKaline276
DoublesKuenn30
TriplesBolling and Kuenn6
Home RunsMaxwell24
RBIKaline90
Bases on BallsMaxwell76
StrikeoutsMaxwell84
Stolen BasesKaline11
SinglesKuenn128
Adjusted OPS+Maxwell131
Runs CreatedMaxwell94
Adjusted Batting RunsMaxwell22
Batting WinsMaxwell2.3
Extra-Base HitsKaline56
Times on BaseKuenn220
Offensive Win%Maxwell.693
Hit By PitchMaxwell5
Sac. HitsFoytack12
Sac. FliesKaline7
Intentional WalksHouse13
Grounded into Double PlaysBoone16
Caught StealingBolling and Kaline9
Power/Speed NumberKaline14.9
At Bats per StrikeoutKuenn22.3
At Bats per Home RunMaxwell20.5
OutsKuenn482

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERABunning2.69
WinsBunning20
Won-Loss %Bunning.714
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Bunning1.070
Hits Allowed/9IPBunning7.20
Bases on Balls/9IPBunning2.42
Strikeouts/9IPBunning6.13
GamesBunning and Maas45
SavesMaas6
InningsBunning267.3
StrikeoutsBunning182
Games StartedLary35
Comp. GamesBunning14
ShutoutsLary and Maas2
Home Runs Allow.Bunning33
Bases On Balls Allow.Foytack104
Hits AllowedLary250
SO to WalkBunning2.53
LossesLary16
Earned Runs Allow.Lary105
Wild PitchesFoytack and Lary5
Hit BatsmenLary12
Batters FacedBunning1081
Games FinishedSleater19
Adjusted ERA+Bunning143

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Jim Bunning (Starting P)
Al Kaline (Starting RF)
Harvey Kuenn (Starting SS)
Charlie Maxwell

1956/1958

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