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1959 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Lou Berberet* 29 100 380 338 38 73 8 2 13 44 0 0 35 59 .216 .284 .367 .651 74 124 9 0 0 7 1
2 1B Gail Harris* 27 114 387 349 39 77 4 3 9 39 0 1 29 49 .221 .290 .327 .617 65 114 7 6 1 2 3
3 2B Frank Bolling 27 127 520 459 56 122 18 3 13 55 2 2 45 37 .266 .339 .403 .742 99 185 6 7 7 2 2
4 SS Rocky Bridges 31 116 420 381 38 102 16 3 3 35 1 2 30 35 .268 .320 .349 .670 80 133 14 1 5 3 2
5 3B Eddie Yost 32 148 675 521 115 145 19 0 21 61 9 2 135 77 .278 .435 .436 .871 135 227 6 12 4 3 1
6 LF Charlie Maxwell* 32 145 611 518 81 130 12 2 31 95 0 2 81 91 .251 .357 .461 .819 118 239 9 6 4 2 5
7 CF Al Kaline 24 136 595 511 86 167 19 2 27 94 10 4 72 42 .327 .410 .530 .940 151 271 11 4 2 6 12
8 RF Harvey Kuenn 28 139 617 561 99 198 42 7 9 71 7 2 48 37 .353 .402 .501 .903 141 281 6 1 3 4 1
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 C Red Wilson 30 67 247 228 28 60 17 2 4 35 2 2 10 23 .263 .295 .408 .703 87 93 8 2 3 4 1
10 MI Ted Lepcio 28 76 234 215 25 60 8 0 7 24 2 0 17 49 .279 .332 .414 .746 99 89 7 0 2 0 2
11 1B Bobo Osborne* 23 86 228 209 27 40 7 1 3 21 1 0 16 41 .191 .254 .278 .532 43 58 3 2 0 1 0
12 1B Gus Zernial 36 60 141 132 11 30 4 0 7 26 0 0 7 27 .227 .262 .417 .679 79 55 3 0 0 2 0
13 RF Neil Chrisley* 27 65 120 106 7 14 3 0 6 11 0 0 12 10 .132 .225 .330 .555 47 35 1 1 0 1 0
14 OF Johnny Groth 32 55 112 102 12 24 7 1 1 10 0 0 7 14 .235 .284 .353 .637 70 36 0 0 3 0 0
15 SS Coot Veal 26 77 103 89 12 18 1 0 1 15 0 0 8 7 .202 .273 .247 .520 41 22 0 1 4 1 1
16 OF Larry Doby* 35 18 64 55 5 12 3 1 0 4 0 0 8 9 .218 .313 .309 .622 68 17 0 0 0 1 0
17 3B Steve Demeter 24 11 18 18 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .167 .278 -26 3 1 0 0 0 0
18 C Ron Shoop 27 3 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -23 1 1 0 0 0 0
19 C Charley Lau* 26 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -10 1 0 0 0 0 0
20 Ossie Alvarez 25 8 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 170 1 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
21 P Jim Bunning 27 40 102 89 7 17 0 1 1 7 0 0 5 25 .191 .234 .247 .481 29 22 5 0 8 0 0
22 P Paul Foytack 28 39 93 81 6 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 20 .111 .172 .123 .296 -19 10 1 1 6 0 0
23 P Frank Lary 29 32 92 80 7 10 1 1 1 2 0 0 4 26 .125 .167 .200 .367 -2 16 1 0 8 0 0
24 P Don Mossi* 30 36 86 77 6 13 4 0 1 8 0 0 3 28 .169 .198 .260 .457 22 20 0 0 5 1 0
25 P Ray Narleski 30 42 25 21 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .095 .095 .190 .286 -25 4 1 0 4 0 0
26 P Tom Morgan 29 46 23 23 3 9 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 6 .391 .391 .652 1.043 175 15 1 0 0 0 0
27 P Pete Burnside 28 30 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .091 .000 .091 -73 0 0 0 1 0 0
28 P Jerry Davie 26 11 12 10 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .400 .500 .400 .900 145 4 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Dave Sisler 27 32 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .200 .400 8 1 0 0 1 0 0
30 P Billy Hoeft* 27 3 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 80 1 0 0 2 0 0
31 P Barney Schultz 32 13 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 439 2 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Bob Smith 28 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P George Susce 27 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Jim Stump 27 5 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 685 2 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Jim Proctor 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Hank Aguirre 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Bob Bruce 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.8 154 5948 5211 713 1346 196 30 160 667 34 17 580 735 .258 .335 .400 .735 97 2082 101 44 73 40 31
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 3 4 6 5 3 6 8 2 5 4 2 3 1 3
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 Jim Bunning 27 17 13 .567 3.89 40 35 4 14 1 1 249.2 220 111 108 37 75 0 201 11 1 1 1037 104 1.182 7.9 1.3 2.7 7.2 2.68
2 SP Paul Foytack 28 14 14 .500 4.64 39 37 1 11 2 1 240.1 239 137 124 34 64 3 110 2 1 6 1000 87 1.261 9.0 1.3 2.4 4.1 1.72
3 SP Don Mossi* 30 17 9 .654 3.36 34 30 2 15 3 0 228.0 210 92 85 20 49 0 125 3 1 2 927 121 1.136 8.3 0.8 1.9 4.9 2.55
4 SP Frank Lary 29 17 10 .630 3.55 32 32 0 11 3 0 223.0 225 109 88 23 46 4 137 11 1 2 931 114 1.215 9.1 0.9 1.9 5.5 2.98
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 Tom Morgan 29 1 4 .200 3.98 46 1 22 0 0 9 92.2 94 48 41 11 18 3 39 6 1 2 386 102 1.209 9.1 1.1 1.7 3.8 2.17
6 RP Ray Narleski 30 4 12 .250 5.78 42 10 21 1 0 5 104.1 105 83 67 21 59 3 71 1 0 4 487 70 1.572 9.1 1.8 5.1 6.1 1.20
7 RP Pete Burnside* 28 1 3 .250 3.77 30 0 11 0 0 1 62.0 55 31 26 7 25 1 49 2 0 2 264 107 1.290 8.0 1.0 3.6 7.1 1.96
8 RP Dave Sisler 27 1 3 .250 4.01 32 0 18 0 0 7 51.2 46 28 23 4 36 1 29 1 0 3 232 101 1.587 8.0 0.7 6.3 5.1 0.81
9 RP Barney Schultz 32 1 2 .333 4.42 13 0 7 0 0 0 18.1 17 12 9 1 14 1 17 1 0 0 85 92 1.691 8.3 0.5 6.9 8.3 1.21
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 Jerry Davie 26 2 2 .500 4.17 11 5 1 1 0 0 36.2 40 25 17 8 17 1 20 4 0 1 174 97 1.555 9.8 2.0 4.2 4.9 1.18
11 George Susce 27 0 0 12.89 9 0 3 0 0 0 14.2 24 22 21 4 9 0 9 2 0 0 80 31 2.250 14.7 2.5 5.5 5.5 1.00
12 Jim Stump 27 0 0 2.38 5 0 2 0 0 0 11.1 12 3 3 1 4 0 6 0 0 0 48 170 1.412 9.5 0.8 3.2 4.8 1.50
13 Bob Smith* 28 0 3 .000 8.18 9 0 6 0 0 0 11.0 20 15 10 5 3 1 10 0 0 0 53 50 2.091 16.4 4.1 2.5 8.2 3.33
14 Billy Hoeft* 27 1 1 .500 5.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 6 5 5 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 37 81 1.111 6.0 0.0 4.0 2.0 0.50
15 Jim Proctor 23 0 1 .000 16.88 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 8 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19 24 4.125 27.0 0.0 10.1 0.0 0.00
16 Hank Aguirre* 28 0 0 3.38 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.2 4 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 14 120 2.625 13.5 0.0 10.1 10.1 1.00
17 Bob Bruce 26 0 1 .000 9.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 5 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 12 45 2.500 9.0 4.5 13.5 4.5 0.33
Team Totals 28.5 76 78 .494 4.20 154 154 101 53 9 24 1360.0 1327 732 635 177 432 18 829 45 5 24 5786 96 1.293 8.8 1.2 2.9 5.5 1.92
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 5 7 2 5 5 6 5 7 7 8 1 6082
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 28 3 0 2.2 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.38 0.33 P
Lou Berberet 29 95 91 812.0 556 511 39 6 4 .989 6.0 8.9 6 6.10 5.79 6 14 19 24 56% C
Frank Bolling 27 126 126 1111.0 629 281 340 8 81 .987 11.8 12.7 12.8 8.6 4.2 -1 5.03 4.93 2B
Rocky Bridges 31 115 112 908.2 527 195 308 24 70 .954 0.0 0.0 -2.0 3.2 -5.2 2 4.98 4.37 SS-2B
Bob Bruce 26 2 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Jim Bunning 27 40 35 249.2 30 11 16 3 1 .900 0.97 0.68 P
Pete Burnside 28 30 0 62.0 14 3 11 0 1 1.000 2.03 0.47 P
Neil Chrisley 27 21 15 153.0 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -4.7 -0.6 1.2 -1.7 0 1.59 1.29 RF-LF-CF
Jerry Davie 26 11 5 36.2 13 4 9 0 0 1.000 3.19 1.18 P
Steve Demeter 24 4 2 21.0 11 4 6 1 1 .909 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.29 2.50 3B
Larry Doby 35 16 16 125.2 22 20 1 1 1 .955 -3.5 -33.4 -3.5 -0.9 -2.6 0 1.50 1.31 LF-RF
Paul Foytack 28 39 37 240.1 46 9 36 1 0 .978 1.69 1.15 P
Johnny Groth 32 42 21 223.1 59 58 0 1 0 .983 -0.4 -2.1 0.6 0.7 -0.1 -1 2.34 1.38 CF-RF-LF
Gail Harris 27 93 83 752.0 791 728 57 6 59 .992 -3.4 -5.4 -4.4 -5.2 0.8 1 9.39 8.44 1B
Billy Hoeft 27 2 2 9.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.00 P
Al Kaline 24 137 136 1174.2 369 361 4 4 0 .989 6.6 6.7 3.6 0.2 3.4 3 2.80 2.66 CF-RF
Harvey Kuenn 28 139 137 1199.0 254 245 6 3 0 .988 -9.4 -9.4 -8.4 -7.1 -1.2 -1 1.88 1.81 RF-CF
Frank Lary 29 32 32 223.0 52 15 34 3 1 .942 1.98 1.53 P
Charley Lau 26 2 1 11.0 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.82 6.00 0 0 0 0 C
Ted Lepcio 28 70 53 479.2 250 96 143 11 30 .956 0.4 1.0 0.4 3.6 -3.3 0 4.48 3.41 SS-2B-3B
Charlie Maxwell 32 136 136 1193.1 299 289 6 4 1 .987 4.3 4.3 3.3 2.7 0.6 1 2.22 2.17 LF
Tom Morgan 29 46 1 92.2 19 4 15 0 2 1.000 1.85 0.41 P
Don Mossi 30 34 30 228.0 51 12 38 1 5 .980 1.97 1.47 P
Ray Narleski 30 42 10 104.1 14 4 8 2 0 .857 1.04 0.29 P
Bobo Osborne 23 57 41 402.0 416 381 27 8 36 .981 3.3 9.9 3.3 4.0 -0.7 0 0 9.13 7.16 1B-RF
Jim Proctor 23 2 1 2.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0.50 P
Barney Schultz 32 13 0 18.1 5 1 2 2 0 .600 1.47 0.23 P
Ron Shoop 27 3 2 19.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -63.2 -1 3.79 2.67 0 2 2 0 0% C
Dave Sisler 27 32 0 51.2 7 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.22 0.22 P
Bob Smith 28 9 0 11.0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 2.45 0.33 P
Jim Stump 27 5 0 11.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.38 0.60 P
George Susce 27 9 0 14.2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.84 0.33 P
Coot Veal 26 72 25 290.2 159 57 96 6 16 .962 -0.5 -2.1 1.5 0.7 0.8 -2 4.74 2.13 SS
Red Wilson 30 64 60 518.0 404 374 25 5 8 .988 -2.0 -4.6 -2 6.93 6.23 8 8 24 11 31% C
Eddie Yost 32 147 144 1269.0 445 168 260 17 21 .962 0.8 0.8 0.8 6.8 -6.0 0 3.04 2.91 3B-2B
Gus Zernial 36 33 31 217.0 214 198 10 6 20 .972 -1.1 -6.1 -1.1 -0.4 -0.7 0 0 8.63 6.30 1B-RF
Team Totals 28.7 154 1386 12240.0 5719 4080 1515 124 360 .978 11.3 1.1 6.3 18.1 -11.7 2 0 3 4.11 3.25 14 24 45 35 44%
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 8 2
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

1958 / 1960 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics