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1958 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Red Wilson 29 103 343 298 31 89 13 1 3 29 10 0 35 30 .299 .373 .379 .752 102 113 8 2 5 3 5
2 1B Gail Harris* 26 134 498 451 63 123 18 8 20 83 1 2 36 60 .273 .328 .481 .809 114 217 10 4 1 6 3
3 2B Frank Bolling 26 154 681 610 91 164 25 4 14 75 6 4 54 54 .269 .328 .392 .720 92 239 9 4 4 9 1
4 SS Billy Martin 30 131 536 498 56 127 19 1 7 42 5 3 16 62 .255 .279 .339 .619 65 169 16 3 13 6 0
5 3B Reno Bertoia 23 86 273 240 28 56 6 0 6 27 5 2 20 35 .233 .290 .333 .623 67 80 4 2 4 7 2
6 LF Charlie Maxwell* 31 131 466 397 56 108 14 4 13 65 6 1 64 54 .272 .369 .426 .795 113 169 5 0 0 5 4
7 CF Harvey Kuenn 27 139 619 561 73 179 39 3 8 54 5 10 51 34 .319 .373 .442 .815 118 248 13 0 3 4 8
8 RF Al Kaline 23 146 607 543 84 170 34 7 16 85 7 4 54 47 .313 .374 .490 .864 130 266 18 2 3 5 6
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 SS Coot Veal 25 58 230 207 29 53 10 2 0 16 1 1 14 21 .256 .304 .324 .627 68 67 9 1 6 2 0
10 3B Ozzie Virgil 26 49 203 193 19 47 10 2 3 19 1 0 8 20 .244 .272 .363 .635 69 70 5 0 1 1 0
11 OF Johnny Groth 31 88 161 146 24 41 5 2 2 11 0 1 13 19 .281 .340 .384 .723 94 56 4 0 2 0 0
12 C Jim Hegan 37 45 140 130 14 25 6 0 1 7 0 0 10 32 .192 .250 .262 .512 38 34 5 0 0 0 1
13 1B Ray Boone 34 39 132 114 16 27 4 1 6 20 0 2 14 13 .237 .323 .447 .770 104 51 3 1 2 1 1
14 LF Gus Zernial 35 66 131 124 8 40 7 1 5 23 0 0 6 25 .323 .351 .516 .867 130 64 3 0 0 1 0
15 UT Tito Francona* 24 45 84 69 11 17 5 0 0 10 0 0 15 16 .246 .381 .319 .700 90 22 2 0 0 0 3
16 C Charley Lau* 25 30 82 68 8 10 1 2 0 6 0 0 12 15 .147 .293 .221 .513 40 15 2 2 0 0 2
17 OF Bob Hazle* 27 43 63 58 5 14 2 0 2 5 0 0 5 13 .241 .302 .379 .681 81 22 0 0 0 0 0
18 UT Lou Skizas 26 23 38 33 4 8 2 0 1 2 0 0 5 1 .242 .342 .394 .736 97 13 1 0 0 0 1
19 IF Milt Bolling 27 24 37 31 3 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 .194 .306 .258 .564 53 8 0 0 1 0 0
20 C Tim Thompson* 34 4 9 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .167 .444 .167 .611 72 1 0 0 0 0 0
21 RF Bill Taylor* 28 8 8 8 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750 102 3 0 0 0 0 0
22 LF George Alusik 23 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 2B Steve Boros 21 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Bobo Osborne* 22 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
25 P Frank Lary 28 39 100 88 6 15 1 1 1 6 0 2 3 20 .170 .198 .239 .436 17 21 2 0 9 0 0
26 P Paul Foytack 27 39 88 75 5 18 2 0 0 9 1 0 6 20 .240 .296 .267 .563 52 20 1 0 7 0 0
27 P Jim Bunning 26 36 84 75 7 14 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 24 .187 .218 .213 .431 16 16 3 0 6 0 0
28 P Billy Hoeft* 26 43 50 44 10 12 0 2 0 5 0 0 4 11 .273 .327 .364 .690 85 16 1 0 1 1 0
29 P Herb Moford 29 25 41 37 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .027 .053 .027 .080 -78 1 1 0 3 0 0
30 P George Susce 26 27 28 24 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 11 .125 .192 .167 .359 -3 4 0 1 2 0 0
31 P Al Cicotte 28 15 17 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .176 .176 .176 .353 -5 3 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Hank Aguirre 27 44 15 14 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .214 .267 .286 .552 48 4 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Tom Morgan 28 39 11 10 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .200 .200 .200 .400 8 2 0 0 1 0 0
34 P Bob Shaw 25 12 9 8 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .375 .444 .375 .819 123 3 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Herm Wehmeier 31 7 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 1 0 0 0 0
36 P Mickey McDermott* 29 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 80 1 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Bill Fischer 27 22 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 47 0 1 0 1 0 0
38 P Joe Presko 29 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 P Lou Sleater* 31 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 1171 4 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.4 154 5805 5194 659 1384 229 41 109 612 48 32 463 678 .266 .326 .389 .715 91 2022 127 22 75 51 37
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 4 2 1 3 6 3 6 7 7 2 3 4 4 4
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Frank Lary 28 16 15 .516 2.90 39 34 4 19 3 1 260.1 249 91 84 20 68 4 131 12 0 4 1085 139 1.218 8.6 0.7 2.4 4.5 1.93
2 SP Paul Foytack 27 15 13 .536 3.44 39 33 4 16 2 1 230.0 198 98 88 23 77 1 135 3 0 2 944 117 1.196 7.7 0.9 3.0 5.3 1.75
3 SP Jim Bunning 26 14 12 .538 3.52 35 34 0 10 3 0 219.2 188 96 86 28 79 4 177 10 3 5 923 114 1.215 7.7 1.1 3.2 7.3 2.24
4 SP Billy Hoeft* 26 10 9 .526 4.15 36 21 9 6 0 3 143.0 148 70 66 15 49 3 94 1 0 3 615 97 1.378 9.3 0.9 3.1 5.9 1.92
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
5 CL Hank Aguirre* 27 3 4 .429 3.75 44 3 16 0 0 5 69.2 67 31 29 5 27 2 38 1 0 1 299 108 1.349 8.7 0.6 3.5 4.9 1.41
6 RP Herb Moford 29 4 9 .308 3.61 25 11 4 6 0 1 109.2 83 45 44 10 42 6 58 9 0 2 448 112 1.140 6.8 0.8 3.4 4.8 1.38
7 RP George Susce 26 4 3 .571 3.67 27 10 7 2 0 1 90.2 90 45 37 7 26 1 42 3 1 2 385 110 1.279 8.9 0.7 2.6 4.2 1.62
8 RP Tom Morgan 28 2 5 .286 3.16 39 1 11 0 0 1 62.2 70 28 22 7 4 0 32 1 0 0 256 128 1.181 10.1 1.0 0.6 4.6 8.00
9 RP Bill Fischer 27 2 4 .333 7.63 22 0 13 0 0 2 30.2 46 34 26 6 13 2 16 0 0 3 146 53 1.924 13.5 1.8 3.8 4.7 1.23
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Al Cicotte 28 3 1 .750 3.56 14 2 3 0 0 0 43.0 50 19 17 1 15 1 21 0 0 3 185 113 1.512 10.5 0.2 3.1 4.4 1.40
11 Bob Shaw 25 1 2 .333 5.06 11 2 2 0 0 0 26.2 32 16 15 2 13 1 17 0 0 1 124 80 1.688 10.8 0.7 4.4 5.7 1.31
12 Herm Wehmeier 31 1 0 1.000 2.38 7 3 2 0 0 0 22.2 21 8 6 2 5 0 11 0 0 0 93 169 1.147 8.3 0.8 2.0 4.4 2.20
13 Vito Valentinetti 29 1 0 1.000 3.38 15 0 9 0 0 2 18.2 18 7 7 4 5 0 10 1 0 0 77 120 1.232 8.7 1.9 2.4 4.8 2.00
14 Joe Presko 29 0 0 3.38 7 0 6 0 0 2 10.2 13 4 4 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 43 120 1.313 11.0 0.0 0.8 5.1 6.00
15 George Spencer 31 1 0 1.000 2.70 7 0 2 0 0 0 10.0 11 4 3 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 44 149 1.500 9.9 0.0 3.6 4.5 1.25
16 Lou Sleater* 31 0 0 6.75 4 0 2 0 0 0 5.1 3 4 4 2 6 0 4 0 0 0 25 60 1.688 5.1 3.4 10.1 6.8 0.67
17 Don Lee 24 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 45 1.000 4.5 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.00
18 Mickey McDermott* 29 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 14 45 4.000 27.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 27.2 77 77 .500 3.59 154 154 95 59 8 19 1357.1 1294 606 542 133 437 25 797 42 4 27 5715 112 1.275 8.6 0.9 2.9 5.3 1.82
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 4 1 5 8 8 4 3 3 5 2 1
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Hank Aguirre 27 44 3 69.2 17 3 14 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.20 0.39 P
George Alusik 23 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 3.00 1.00 LF
Reno Bertoia 23 74 66 592.0 226 72 142 12 13 .947 -0.8 -1.6 0.2 -2.1 2.3 0 -1 3.25 2.89 3B-SS-LF
Frank Bolling 26 154 154 1350.1 799 342 445 12 109 .985 12.2 10.8 13.2 7.8 5.4 -1 5.25 5.11 2B
Milt Bolling 27 15 6 74.0 41 15 24 2 7 .951 -2.6 -42.2 -2.6 -3.6 1.0 0 4.74 2.60 SS-2B-3B
Ray Boone 34 32 32 254.0 254 236 15 3 26 .988 -1.8 -8.5 -1.8 -0.4 -1.4 0 8.89 7.84 1B
Steve Boros 21 1 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.50 2.00 2B
Jim Bunning 26 35 34 219.2 25 9 16 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.02 0.71 P
Al Cicotte 28 14 2 43.1 17 5 12 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.53 1.21 P
Jack Feller 21 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 0 1 0 0 C
Bill Fischer 27 22 0 30.2 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.35 0.36 P
Paul Foytack 27 39 33 230.0 37 12 25 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.45 0.95 P
Tito Francona 24 21 13 125.2 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 -3.7 -35.3 -2.7 -1.8 -0.9 -1 1.58 1.05 LF-RF-1B
Johnny Groth 31 81 31 347.1 95 92 2 1 1 .989 4.5 15.5 3.5 1.9 1.7 1 2.44 1.16 LF-CF-RF
Gail Harris 26 122 112 1013.1 1036 942 79 15 90 .986 3.6 4.3 3.6 -0.3 3.9 0 9.07 8.37 1B
Bob Hazle 27 12 7 75.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -17.6 -2.1 -0.9 -1.3 1 1.44 1.00 LF-RF
Jim Hegan 37 45 43 353.1 231 211 19 1 4 .996 0.0 0.0 0 5.86 5.11 5 4 10 7 41% C
Billy Hoeft 26 36 21 142.0 24 6 15 3 2 .875 0.0 0.0 1.33 0.58 P
Al Kaline 23 147 143 1232.1 348 323 23 2 4 .994 26.2 25.5 22.2 5.8 16.4 4 2.53 2.35 RF-CF
Harvey Kuenn 27 138 138 1206.1 370 355 9 6 1 .984 -4.4 -4.4 -3.4 -4.3 0.8 -1 2.72 2.64 CF
Frank Lary 28 39 34 260.1 60 20 39 1 1 .983 0.0 0.0 2.04 1.51 P
Charley Lau 25 27 19 186.2 132 120 10 2 3 .985 1.0 6.4 1 6.27 4.81 2 8 4 11 73% C
Don Lee 24 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Billy Martin 30 129 127 1099.2 514 206 288 20 63 .961 -9.9 -10.8 -10.9 -2.1 -8.8 1 4.04 3.83 SS-3B
Charlie Maxwell 31 130 114 979.1 303 291 8 4 9 .987 2.1 2.6 1.1 -4.3 5.4 1 0 2.75 2.30 LF-1B-RF
Mickey McDermott 29 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Herb Moford 29 25 11 109.1 29 5 24 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.39 1.16 P
Tom Morgan 28 39 1 62.2 12 2 9 1 1 .917 0.0 0.0 1.58 0.28 P
Joe Presko 29 7 0 10.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.69 0.29 P
Bob Shaw 25 11 2 26.2 10 0 9 1 0 .900 0.0 0.0 3.04 0.82 P
Lou Skizas 26 9 6 52.0 14 4 7 3 0 .786 -3.1 -71.5 -3.1 -2.1 -0.9 0 0 1.90 1.22 3B-LF-RF
Lou Sleater 31 4 0 5.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.38 0.50 P
George Spencer 31 7 0 10.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.70 0.43 P
George Susce 26 27 10 91.2 13 6 6 1 1 .923 0.0 0.0 1.18 0.44 P
Bill Taylor 28 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 RF
George Thomas 20 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 RF
Tim Thompson 34 4 2 20.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.05 2.25 0 0 1 1 50% C
Vito Valentinetti 29 15 0 18.2 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.0 0.0 0.96 0.13 P
Coot Veal 25 58 58 502.2 260 95 160 5 30 .981 3.9 9.3 4.9 1.4 3.5 -1 4.57 4.40 SS
Ozzie Virgil 26 49 47 422.1 159 55 101 3 7 .981 3.7 10.5 4.7 5.2 -0.5 -1 3.32 3.18 3B
Herm Wehmeier 31 7 3 22.2 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.59 0.57 P
Red Wilson 29 101 90 796.1 604 565 34 5 6 .992 -1.0 -1.5 -1 6.77 5.93 9 14 25 18 42% C
Gus Zernial 35 24 24 163.0 35 32 1 2 0 .943 -5.5 -40.5 -3.5 -1.1 -2.3 -2 1.82 1.38 LF
Team Totals 27.6 154 1386 12216.0 5732 4069 1557 106 384 .982 23.1 2.3 23.1 -1.0 24.2 3 -3 0 4.14 3.23 16 27 40 37 48%
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 8 1
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1957 / 1959 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics