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1958 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1957 / 1959)
77-77, Finished 5th in American League
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Scored 659 runs, Allowed 606 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71
Manager: Jack Tighe (21-28) and Bill Norman (56-49)
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 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
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
George Alusik 23 R R 175 Feb 11, 1935 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Reno Bertoia 23 R R 185 Jan 8, 1935 6 86 66 86 86 0 0 0 0 68 5 1 0 0 1 7 8
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
Milt Bolling 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 9, 1930 7 24 6 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 13 0 0 0 0 5 5
Ray Boone 34 R R 6' 1" 188 Jul 27, 1923 11 39 32 39 39 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Steve Boros 21 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 3, 1936 2 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Jim Bunning HOF 26 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 23, 1931 4 36 34 36 36 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Al Cicotte 28 R R 6' 3" 185 Dec 23, 1929 2 15 2 15 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jack Feller 21 R R 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
Paul Foytack 27 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 16, 1930 5 39 33 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tito Francona 24 L L 5' 11" 190 Nov 4, 1933 3 45 13 45 45 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 9 18 29 0
Johnny Groth 31 R R 6' 0" 182 Jul 23, 1926 13 88 31 88 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 19 10 80 17 15
Gail Harris 26 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 15, 1931 4 134 112 134 134 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Bob Hazle 27 L R 6' 0" 190 Dec 9, 1930 3 43 7 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 4 12 32 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
Billy Hoeft 26 L L 6' 3" 205 May 17, 1932 7 43 21 43 43 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Al Kaline HOF 23 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 19, 1934 6 146 143 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 143 145 2 0 All-Star
Harvey Kuenn 27 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 4, 1930 7 139 138 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 138 1 0 All-Star
Frank Lary 28 R R 5' 11" 180 Apr 10, 1930 5 39 34 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charley Lau 25 L R 6' 0" 190 Apr 12, 1933 2 30 19 30 30 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Don Lee 24 R R 6' 4" 210 Feb 26, 1934 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Martin 30 R R 165 May 16, 1928 8 131 127 131 131 0 0 0 0 41 88 0 0 0 0 2 0
Charlie Maxwell 31 L L 5' 11" 185 Apr 8, 1927 8 131 114 131 131 0 0 14 0 0 0 113 0 3 114 10 1
Mickey McDermott 29 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 29, 1929 11 4 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
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
Tom Morgan 28 R R 6' 2" 195 May 20, 1930 7 39 1 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobo Osborne 22 L R 6' 1" 205 Oct 12, 1935 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Joe Presko 29 R R 6' 0" 170 Oct 7, 1928 6 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Shaw 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 29, 1933 2 12 2 12 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lou Skizas 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Jun 2, 1932 3 23 6 23 23 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 1 5 15 0
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
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
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
Bill Taylor 28 L R 6' 3" 212 Dec 30, 1929 5 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0
George Thomas 20 R R 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
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
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
Ozzie Virgil 26 R R 6' 0" 175 May 17, 1932 3 49 47 49 49 0 0 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Herm Wehmeier 31 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 18, 1927 13 7 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Wilson 29 R R 6' 0" 200 Mar 7, 1929 8 103 90 103 103 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Gus Zernial 35 R R 210 Jun 27, 1923 10 66 24 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 24 42 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1957 / 1959 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played