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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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| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |