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1958 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1957 / 1959

77-77, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jack Tighe (21-28) and Bill Norman (56-49)
Scored 659 runs, Allowed 606 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71

Ballparks: Briggs Stadium · Attendance: 1,098,924 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 107, Pitching - 107 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102

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1957 / 1959 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
Hank Aguirre 27 R L 6' 4" 205 Jan 31, 1931 4 44 3 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
George Alusik 23 R R 6' 3" 175 Feb 11, 1935 1st 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 $
Reno Bertoia 23 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 8, 1935 6 86 66 86 72 0 0 0 0 66 7 1 0 0 1 7 8 0.0 $
Frank Bolling 26 R R 6' 1" 175 Nov 16, 1931 4 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $
Milt Bolling 27 R R 6' 1" 177 Aug 9, 1930 7 24 6 24 15 0 0 0 1 1 13 0 0 0 0 5 5 -0.4 $
Ray Boone 34 R R 6' 0" 172 Jul 27, 1923 11 39 32 39 32 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.0 $
Steve Boros 21 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 3, 1936 2 6 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -0.1 $
Jim Bunning HOF 26 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 23, 1931 4 36 34 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.8 $20,000
Al Cicotte 28 R R 6' 3" 185 Dec 23, 1929 2 15 2 15 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 $
Jack Feller 21 R R 5' 10" 185 Dec 10, 1936 1st 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $
Bill Fischer 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 11, 1930 3 22 0 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.1 $
Paul Foytack 27 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 16, 1930 5 39 33 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $
Tito Francona 24 L L 5' 11" 190 Nov 4, 1933 3 45 13 45 19 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 9 18 29 0 -0.4 $
Johnny Groth 31 R R 6' 0" 182 Jul 23, 1926 13 88 31 88 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 19 10 80 17 15 0.8 $
Gail Harris 26 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 15, 1931 4 134 112 134 122 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 1.9 $
Bob Hazle 27 L R 6' 0" 190 Dec 9, 1930 3 43 7 43 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 4 12 32 1 -0.1 $
Jim Hegan 37 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 3, 1920 15 45 43 45 45 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Billy Hoeft 26 L L 6' 3" 180 May 17, 1932 7 43 21 43 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.4 $
Al Kaline HOF 23 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 19, 1934 6 146 143 146 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 143 145 2 0 6.1 $28,000 All-Star
Harvey Kuenn 27 R R 6' 2" 187 Dec 4, 1930 7 139 138 139 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 138 1 0 2.0 $ All-Star
Frank Lary 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 10, 1930 5 39 34 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 $
Charlie Lau 25 L R 6' 0" 190 Apr 12, 1933 2 30 19 30 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.1 $
Don Lee 24 R R 6' 4" 205 Feb 26, 1934 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Billy Martin 30 R R 5' 11" 165 May 16, 1928 8 131 127 131 129 0 0 0 0 41 88 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1.2 $
Charlie Maxwell 31 L L 5' 11" 185 Apr 8, 1927 8 131 114 131 125 0 0 14 0 0 0 113 0 3 115 10 1 2.5 $
Mickey McDermott 29 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 29, 1929 11 4 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2 $
Herb Moford 29 R R 6' 1" 175 Aug 6, 1928 2 25 11 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Tom Morgan 28 R R 6' 1" 180 May 20, 1930 7 39 1 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Bobo Osborne 22 L R 6' 1" 205 Oct 12, 1935 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Joe Presko 29 R R 5' 9" 165 Oct 7, 1928 6 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Bob Shaw 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 29, 1933 2 12 2 12 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $
Lou Skizas 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Jun 2, 1932 3 23 6 23 9 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 1 5 15 0 -0.3 $
Lou Sleater 31 L L 5' 10" 185 Sep 8, 1926 7 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
George Spencer 31 R R 6' 1" 215 Jul 7, 1926 7 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
George Susce 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Sep 13, 1931 4 27 10 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Bill Taylor 28 L L 6' 3" 212 Dec 30, 1929 5 8 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0.0 $
George Thomas 20 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 29, 1937 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 $
Tim Thompson 34 L R 5' 11" 190 Mar 1, 1924 4 4 2 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Vito Valentinetti 29 R R 6' 0" 195 Sep 16, 1928 4 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Coot Veal 25 R R 6' 1" 165 Jul 9, 1932 1st 58 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Ozzie Virgil 26 R R 6' 1" 174 May 17, 1932 3 49 47 49 49 0 0 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.2 $
Herm Wehmeier 31 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 18, 1927 13 7 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Red Wilson 29 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 7, 1929 8 103 90 103 101 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1.8 $
Gus Zernial 35 R R 6' 2" 210 Jun 27, 1923 10 66 24 66 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 24 42 0 0.1 $
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

Billy Martin

Frank Bolling

Johnny Groth

Charlie Maxwell

Gail Harris

Al Kaline

Harvey Kuenn

Ray Boone
Tito Francona

Gus Zernial

Red Wilson

Charlie Lau
Tim Thompson

Jim Bunning

Jim Hegan
George Thomas

Reno Bertoia

Frank Lary

Tom Morgan

Jack Feller
Bill Fischer
Lou Sleater

Don Lee
Mickey McDermott
Lou Skizas
Herm Wehmeier

Paul Foytack

Lou Skizas
Ozzie Virgil

Milt Bolling
Coot Veal

Steve Boros
George Spencer

Al Cicotte
Bob Shaw

George Susce

Bob Hazle
Joe Presko

Vito Valentinetti

Bill Taylor

Hank Aguirre

George Alusik

Herb Moford

Billy Hoeft

Bobo Osborne

1957 / 1959 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers