1959 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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
		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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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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						2	5	5	6	5	7	7	8	1		2
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

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

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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	0.0	0.0							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		0.0	0.0							0.00	0.00						P
Jim Bunning	27	40	35	249.2	30	11	16	3	1	.900	0.0	0.0							0.97	0.68						P
Pete Burnside	28	30	0	62.0	14	3	11	0	1	1.000	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							1.85	0.41						P
Don Mossi	30	34	30	228.0	51	12	38	1	5	.980	0.0	0.0							1.97	1.47						P
Ray Narleski	30	42	10	104.1	14	4	8	2	0	.857	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							3.38	0.50						P
Barney Schultz	32	13	0	18.1	5	1	2	2	0	.600	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							1.22	0.22						P
Bob Smith	28	9	0	11.0	4	0	3	1	0	.750	0.0	0.0							2.45	0.33						P
Jim Stump	27	5	0	11.1	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.38	0.60						P
George Susce	27	9	0	14.2	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							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

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