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1959 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958 / 1960

76-78, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Norman (2-15) and Jimmy Dykes (74-63)
Scored 713 runs, Allowed 732 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-79

Ballparks: Briggs Stadium · 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 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 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 0.0 $
Ossie Alvarez 25 R R 5' 10" 165 Oct 19, 1933 2 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0.0 $
Lou Berberet 29 L R 5' 11" 200 Nov 20, 1929 6 100 91 100 95 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0.4 $
Frank Bolling 27 R R 6' 1" 175 Nov 16, 1931 5 127 126 127 126 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.2 $
Rocky Bridges 31 R R 5' 8" 170 Aug 7, 1927 9 116 112 116 114 0 0 0 5 0 110 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.3 $
Bob Bruce 26 R R 6' 3" 200 May 16, 1933 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jim Bunning HOF 27 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 23, 1931 5 40 35 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 $25,000 All-Star
Pete Burnside 28 R L 6' 2" 180 Jul 2, 1930 4 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 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 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17 21 47 0 -0.8 $
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 0.0 $
Steve Demeter 24 R R 5' 9" 185 Jan 27, 1935 1st 11 2 11 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 -0.3 $
Larry Doby HOF 35 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 13, 1923 13 18 16 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 5 16 2 0 -0.6 $
Paul Foytack 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 16, 1930 6 39 37 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Johnny Groth 32 R R 6' 0" 182 Jul 23, 1926 14 55 21 55 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 18 13 41 17 3 -0.4 $
Gail Harris 27 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 15, 1931 5 114 83 114 93 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 -1.8 $
Billy Hoeft 27 L L 6' 3" 180 May 17, 1932 8 3 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Al Kaline HOF 24 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 19, 1934 7 136 136 136 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 15 136 0 0 6.0 $ All-Star
Harvey Kuenn 28 R R 6' 2" 187 Dec 4, 1930 8 139 137 139 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 115 137 2 0 4.5 $35,000 All-Star
Frank Lary 29 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 10, 1930 6 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $
Charlie 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 -0.1 $
Ted Lepcio 29 R R 5' 10" 177 Jul 28, 1929 8 76 53 76 67 0 0 0 24 11 35 0 0 0 0 16 1 0.7 $
Charlie Maxwell 32 L L 5' 11" 185 Apr 8, 1927 9 145 136 145 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 136 9 0 2.5 $
Tom Morgan 29 R R 6' 1" 180 May 20, 1930 8 46 1 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Don Mossi 30 L L 6' 1" 195 Jan 11, 1929 6 36 30 36 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.1 $
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 -2.8 $
Bobo Osborne 23 L R 6' 1" 205 Oct 12, 1935 3 86 41 86 57 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 29 7 -0.8 $
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 -0.3 $
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 -0.2 $
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 -0.2 $
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 -0.2 $
Bob Smith 28 R L 6' 1" 190 Feb 1, 1931 4 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
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 0.3 $
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 -1.0 $
Coot Veal 26 R R 6' 1" 165 Jul 9, 1932 2 77 25 77 72 0 0 0 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.2 $
Red Wilson 30 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 7, 1929 9 67 60 67 64 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.0 $
Eddie Yost 32 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 13, 1926 15 148 144 148 146 0 0 0 1 146 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5.3 $
Gus Zernial 36 R R 6' 2" 210 Jun 27, 1923 11 60 31 60 33 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 28 0 -0.5 $
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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Eddie Yost
Frank Bolling
Johnny Groth
Charlie Maxwell
Gail Harris
Al Kaline
Harvey Kuenn
Rocky Bridges

Gus Zernial
Red Wilson
Lou Berberet
Charlie Lau
Jim Bunning
Don Mossi
Ray Narleski
Frank Lary

Tom Morgan
Pete Burnside
Bob Bruce
Barney Schultz
Jim Stump
Paul Foytack
Ted Lepcio
Coot Veal
Neil Chrisley
Larry Doby
Ron Shoop

Steve Demeter
Bob Smith
George Susce
Jerry Davie
Hank Aguirre
Dave Sisler
Bobo Osborne
Ossie Alvarez
Jim Proctor
Dave Sisler
Billy Hoeft

1958 / 1960 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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