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1959 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958 / 1960)
76-78, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 713 runs, Allowed 732 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-79
Manager: Bill Norman (2-15) and Jimmie Dykes (74-63)
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,221,221 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 105;   one-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 110
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1958 / 1960 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 28 R L 6' 4" 205 Jan 31, 1931 5 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ossie Alvarez 25 R R 5' 10" 165 Oct 19, 1933 2 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
Lou Berberet 29 L R 5' 11" 212 Nov 20, 1929 6 100 91 100 100 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Frank Bolling 27 R R 6' 1" 175 Nov 16, 1931 5 127 126 127 127 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rocky Bridges 31 R R 5' 8" 175 Aug 7, 1927 9 116 112 116 116 0 0 0 5 0 110 0 0 0 0 2 1
Bob Bruce 26 R R 6' 3" 210 May 16, 1933 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Bunning HOF 27 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 23, 1931 5 40 35 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Pete Burnside 28 R L 6' 2" 190 Jul 2, 1930 4 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neil Chrisley 27 L R 6' 3" 187 Dec 16, 1931 3 65 15 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17 21 47 0
Jerry Davie 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 10, 1933 1st 11 5 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Demeter 24 R R 185 Jan 27, 1935 1st 11 2 11 11 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Larry Doby HOF 35 L R 6' 1" 182 Dec 13, 1923 13 18 16 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 5 16 2 0
Paul Foytack 28 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 16, 1930 6 39 37 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Groth 32 R R 6' 0" 182 Jul 23, 1926 14 55 21 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 18 13 41 17 3
Gail Harris 27 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 15, 1931 5 114 83 114 114 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
Billy Hoeft 27 L L 6' 3" 205 May 17, 1932 8 3 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Al Kaline HOF 24 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 19, 1934 7 136 136 136 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 15 136 0 0 All-Star
Harvey Kuenn 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 4, 1930 8 139 137 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 115 137 2 0 All-Star
Frank Lary 29 R R 5' 11" 180 Apr 10, 1930 6 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charley Lau 26 L R 6' 0" 190 Apr 12, 1933 3 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ted Lepcio 28 R R 5' 10" 177 Jul 28, 1930 8 76 53 76 76 0 0 0 24 11 35 0 0 0 0 16 1
Charlie Maxwell 32 L L 5' 11" 185 Apr 8, 1927 9 145 136 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 136 9 0
Tom Morgan 29 R R 6' 2" 195 May 20, 1930 8 46 1 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Mossi 30 L L 6' 1" 195 Jan 11, 1929 6 36 30 36 36 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ray Narleski 30 R R 6' 1" 175 Nov 25, 1928 6 42 10 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobo Osborne 23 L R 6' 1" 205 Oct 12, 1935 3 86 41 86 86 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 29 7
Jim Proctor 23 R R 6' 0" 165 Sep 9, 1935 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barney Schultz 32 R R 6' 2" 200 Aug 15, 1926 2 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Shoop 27 R R 5' 11" 180 Sep 19, 1931 1st 3 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Sisler 27 R R 6' 4" 200 Oct 16, 1931 4 32 0 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Smith 28 R L 190 Feb 1, 1931 4 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Stump 27 R R 6' 0" 188 Feb 10, 1932 2 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Susce 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Sep 13, 1931 5 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coot Veal 26 R R 6' 1" 165 Jul 9, 1932 2 77 25 77 77 0 0 0 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 8
Red Wilson 30 R R 6' 0" 200 Mar 7, 1929 9 67 60 67 67 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Eddie Yost 32 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 13, 1926 15 148 144 148 148 0 0 0 1 146 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Gus Zernial 36 R R 210 Jun 27, 1923 11 60 31 60 60 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 28 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1958 / 1960 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played