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1959 Detroit Tigers (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
Managed by Bill Norman and Jimmie Dykes

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,221,221 (4th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 106, Pitching - 105
  (one-year): Batting - 110, Pitching - 110
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1959 Stats (1958/1960) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Lou Berberet        29  100  338   38   73   8  2  13   44  35   59  .216  .284  .367   0   0   9   0   0   7   1   74
1B *Gail Harris         27  114  349   39   77   4  3   9   39  29   49  .221  .290  .327   0   1   7   6   1   2   3   65
2B  Frank Bolling       27  127  459   56  122  18  3  13   55  45   37  .266  .339  .403   2   2   6   7   7   2   2   99
3B  Eddie Yost          32  148  521  115  145  19  0  21   61 135   77  .278  .435  .436   9   2   6  12   4   3   1  135
SS  Rocky Bridges       31  116  381   38  102  16  3   3   35  30   35  .268  .320  .349   1   2  14   1   5   3   2   80
LF *Charlie Maxwell     32  145  518   81  130  12  2  31   95  81   91  .251  .357  .461   0   2   9   6   4   2   5  118
CF  Al Kaline           24  136  511   86  167  19  2  27   94  72   42  .327  .410  .530  10   4  11   4   2   6  12  151
RF  Harvey Kuenn        28  139  561   99  198  42  7   9   71  48   37  .353  .402  .501   7   2   6   1   3   4   1  141
    Red Wilson          30   67  228   28   60  17  2   4   35  10   23  .263  .295  .408   2   2   8   2   3   4   1   87
    Ted Lepcio          28   76  215   25   60   8  0   7   24  17   49  .279  .332  .414   2   0   7   0   2   0   2   99
   *Bobo Osborne        23   86  209   27   40   7  1   3   21  16   41  .191  .254  .278   1   0   3   2   0   1   0   43
    Gus Zernial         36   60  132   11   30   4  0   7   26   7   27  .227  .262  .417   0   0   3   0   0   2   0   79
   *Neil Chrisley       27   65  106    7   14   3  0   6   11  12   10  .132  .225  .330   0   0   1   1   0   1   0   47
    Johnny Groth        32   55  102   12   24   7  1   1   10   7   14  .235  .284  .353   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   70
    Coot Veal           26   77   89   12   18   1  0   1   15   8    7  .202  .273  .247   0   0   0   1   4   1   1   41
   *Larry Doby          35   18   55    5   12   3  1   0    4   8    9  .218  .313  .309   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   68
    Steve Demeter       24   11   18    1    2   1  0   0    1   0    1  .111  .111  .167   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -26
    Ron Shoop           27    3    7    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .143  .143  .143   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -23
   *Charley Lau         26    2    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -10
    Ossie Alvarez       25    8    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  170

    Jim Bunning         27   40   89    7   17   0  1   1    7   5   25  .191  .234  .247   0   0   5   0   8   0   0   29
    Paul Foytack        28   39   81    6    9   1  0   0    2   5   20  .111  .172  .123   0   0   1   1   6   0   0  -19
    Frank Lary          29   32   80    7   10   1  1   1    2   4   26  .125  .167  .200   0   0   1   0   8   0   0   -2
   *Don Mossi           30   36   77    6   13   4  0   1    8   3   28  .169  .198  .260   0   0   0   0   5   1   0   22
    Tom Morgan          29   46   23    3    9   0  0   2    4   0    6  .391  .391  .652   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  175
    Ray Narleski        30   42   21    0    2   0  1   0    0   0    4  .095  .095  .190   0   0   1   0   4   0   0  -25
    Pete Burnside       28   30   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    5  .000  .091  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -73
    Jerry Davie         26   11   10    1    4   0  0   0    2   2    3  .400  .500  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  145
    Dave Sisler         27   32    5    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    4  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   1   0   0    8
   *Billy Hoeft         27    3    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   80
    Barney Schultz      32   13    2    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  439
    Bob Smith           28    9    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jim Stump           27    5    1    1    1   1  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 2.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  685
    George Susce        27    9    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7  154 5211  713 1346 196 30 160  667 580  737  .258  .333  .400  34  17 101  44  73  40  31  103
    Rank among 8 AL teams          6    3    4   6  5   3        2    5     4     2     3   6   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Paul Foytack        28  39   4.64  14  14  1  37   1  11   2  240.3  239  137  124  34   64  110 1000   6   2  1   3  87
SP  Jim Bunning         27  40   3.89  17  13  1  35   4  14   1  249.7  220  111  108  37   75  201 1037   1  11  1   0 104
SP  Frank Lary          29  32   3.55  17  10  0  32   0  11   3  223.0  225  109   88  23   46  137  931   2  11  1   4 114
SP *Don Mossi           30  34   3.36  17   9  0  30   2  15   3  228.0  210   92   85  20   49  125  927   2   3  1   0 121

CL  Tom Morgan          29  46   3.98   1   4  9   1  22   0   0   92.7   94   48   41  11   18   39  386   2   6  1   3 102
RP  Ray Narleski        30  42   5.78   4  12  5  10  21   1   0  104.3  105   83   67  21   59   71  487   4   1  0   3  70
RP  Dave Sisler         27  32   4.01   1   3  7   0  18   0   0   51.7   46   28   23   4   36   29  232   3   1  0   1 101
RP *Pete Burnside       28  30   3.77   1   3  1   0  11   0   0   62.0   55   31   26   7   25   49  264   2   2  0   1 107
RP  Barney Schultz      32  13   4.42   1   2  0   0   7   0   0   18.3   17   12    9   1   14   17   85   0   1  0   1  92

    Jerry Davie         26  11   4.17   2   2  0   5   1   1   0   36.7   40   25   17   8   17   20  174   1   4  0   1  97
    George Susce        27   9  12.89   0   0  0   0   3   0   0   14.7   24   22   21   4    9    9   80   0   2  0   0  31
    Jim Stump           27   5   2.38   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   11.3   12    3    3   1    4    6   48   0   0  0   0 170
   *Bob Smith           28   9   8.18   0   3  0   0   6   0   0   11.0   20   15   10   5    3   10   53   0   0  0   1  50
   *Billy Hoeft         27   2   5.00   1   1  0   2   0   0   0    9.0    6    5    5   0    4    2   37   0   1  0   0  81
    Jim Proctor         23   2  16.88   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    2.7    8    5    5   0    3    0   19   0   0  0   0  24
   *Hank Aguirre        28   3   3.38   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    2.7    4    1    1   0    3    3   14   0   0  0   0 120
    Bob Bruce           26   2   9.00   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    2.0    2    5    2   1    3    1   12   1   0  0   0  45
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.4 154   4.20  76  78 24 154 101  53   9 1360.0 1327  732  635 177  432  829 5786  24  45  5  18  96
    Rank among 8 AL teams           7   4   5  5           2   5      6    5    7        8    1    2

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
LBerberet    812  91  95  511   39   6   4  .989   6  14  19  24
RWilson      518  60  64  374   25   5   8  .988   8   8  24  11
RShoop        19   2   3    8    0   0   0 1.000   0   2   2   0
CLau          11   1   2   11    1   0   1 1.000   0   0   0   0
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  1360 154 154  904   65  11  13  .989  14  24  45  35
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .990 *9.84
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
GHarris      752  83  93  728   57   6  59  .992  9.39
BOsborne     393  40  56  377   27   7  36  .983  9.25
GZernial     215  31  32  197   10   6  20  .972  8.67
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1360 154 154 1302   94  19 115  .987  9.24
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .976 *5.29
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
FBolling    1111 126 126  281  340   8  81  .987  5.03
TLepcio      200  24  24   59   58   5  18  .959  5.26
RBridges      47   4   5   16   15   0   4 1.000  5.94
EYost          2   0   1    0    1   0   0 1.000  4.50
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1360 154 154  356  414  13 103  .983  5.10
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .952 *3.21
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
EYost       1267 144 146  168  259  17  21  .962  3.03
TLepcio       72   8  11    5   20   1   0  .962  3.12
SDemeter      21   2   4    4    6   1   1  .909  4.29
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1360 154 154  177  285  19  22  .960  3.06
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .959 *4.87
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RBridges     861 108 110  179  293  24  66  .952  4.93
CVeal        290  25  72   57   96   6  16  .962  4.74
TLepcio      207  21  35   32   65   5  12  .951  4.20
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1360 154 154  268  454  35  94  .954  4.78
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .980 *2.06
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
CMaxwell    1193 136 136  289    6   4   1  .987  2.22
LDoby         92  11  11   14    1   1   1  .937  1.46
JGroth        57   5  11   14    0   0   0 1.000  2.21
NChrisley     17   2   3    1    0   0   0 1.000  0.53
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1360 154 154  318    7   5   2  .985  2.15
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .983 *2.72
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
AKaline     1045 121 122  323    4   4   0  .988  2.82
HKuenn       206  22  24   56    1   1   0  .983  2.48
JGroth       107  11  18   38    0   1   0  .974  3.19
NChrisley      1   0   1    1    0   0   0 1.000  9.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1360 154 154  418    5   6   0  .986  2.80
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .976 *1.89
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
HKuenn       992 115 115  189    5   2   0  .990  1.76
NChrisley    135  13  17   25    0   0   0 1.000  1.67
AKaline      129  15  15   38    0   0   0 1.000  2.64
JGroth        59   5  13    6    0   0   0 1.000  0.92
LDoby         33   5   5    6    0   0   0 1.000  1.64
BOsborne       9   1   1    4    0   1   0  .800  4.00
GZernial       2   0   1    1    0   0   0 1.000  4.50
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1360 154 154  269    5   3   0  .989  1.81
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .980 *2.22  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
HKuenn      1199 137 137  247    6   3   0  .988  1.90
CMaxwell    1193 136 136  285    6   4   1  .986  2.19
AKaline     1174 136 136  364    4   4   0  .989  2.82
JGroth       223  21  41   58    0   1   0  .983  2.34
NChrisley    153  15  21   28    0   0   0 1.000  1.65
LDoby        125  16  16   23    1   1   1  .960  1.72
BOsborne       9   1   1    1    0   1   0  .500  1.00
GZernial       2   0   1    1    0   0   0 1.000  4.50
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  1360 154 154 1007   17  14   2  .987  2.26 154 154 154
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .955 *2.05
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JBunning     249  35  40   11   16   3   1  .900  0.97
PFoytack     240  37  39    9   36   1   0  .978  1.69
DMossi       228  30  34   12   38   1   5  .980  1.97
FLary        223  32  32   15   34   3   1  .942  1.98
RNarleski    104  10  42    4    8   2   0  .857  1.04
TMorgan       92   1  46    4   15   0   2 1.000  1.84
PBurnside     62   0  30    3   11   0   1 1.000  2.03
DSisler       51   0  32    0    7   0   0 1.000  1.22
JDavie        36   5  11    4    9   0   0 1.000  3.19
BSchultz      18   0  13    1    2   2   0  .600  1.48
GSusce        14   0   9    2    1   0   0 1.000  1.84
JStump        11   0   5    1    2   0   0 1.000  2.39
BSmith        11   0   9    0    3   1   0  .750  2.45
BHoeft         9   2   2    0    2   0   0 1.000  2.00
JProctor       2   1   2    0    1   0   0 1.000  3.33
HAguirre       2   0   3    0    1   0   1 1.000  3.33
BBruce         2   1   2    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1360 154 154   66  186  13  11  .951  1.67
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageKuenn.353
On-base %Yost.435
Slugging %Kaline.530
OPSKaline.940
GamesYost148
At BatsKuenn561
Plate Appearances (approx.)Yost675
RunsYost115
HitsKuenn198
Total BasesKuenn281
DoublesKuenn42
TriplesKuenn7
Home RunsMaxwell31
RBIMaxwell95
Bases on BallsYost135
StrikeoutsMaxwell91
Stolen BasesKaline10
SinglesKuenn140
Adjusted OPS+Kaline151
Runs CreatedKuenn117
Adjusted Batting RunsKaline38
Batting WinsKaline3.8
Extra-Base HitsKuenn58
Times on BaseYost292
Offensive Win%Kaline.764
Hit By PitchYost12
Sac. HitsBunning and Lary8
Sac. FliesBerberet7
Intentional WalksKaline12
Grounded into Double PlaysBridges14
Caught StealingKaline4
Power/Speed NumberKaline14.6
At Bats per StrikeoutKuenn15.2
At Bats per Home RunMaxwell16.7
OutsMaxwell405

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERAMossi3.36
WinsBunning, Lary, and Mossi17
Won-Loss %Mossi.654
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Mossi1.136
Hits Allowed/9IPBunning7.93
Bases on Balls/9IPLary1.86
Strikeouts/9IPBunning7.25
GamesMorgan46
SavesMorgan9
InningsBunning249.7
StrikeoutsBunning201
Games StartedFoytack37
Comp. GamesMossi15
ShutoutsLary and Mossi3
Home Runs Allow.Bunning37
Bases On Balls Allow.Bunning75
Hits AllowedFoytack239
SO to WalkLary2.98
LossesFoytack14
Earned Runs Allow.Foytack124
Wild PitchesFoytack6
Hit BatsmenBunning and Lary11
Batters FacedBunning1037
Games FinishedMorgan22
Adjusted ERA+Mossi121

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