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72-90, Finished 6th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ralph Houk (72-90)
Scored 620 runs, Allowed 768 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-97
Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,243,080 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 107
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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 | DH | PH | PR | WAR | |||
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| Ed Brinkman | 32 | R | R | 6' 0" | 170 | Dec 8, 1941 | 14 | 153 | 153 | 153 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | $60,000 | |
| Gates Brown | 35 | L | R | 5' 11" | 220 | May 2, 1939 | 12 | 73 | 13 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 60 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Ike Brown | 32 | R | R | 6' 0" | 190 | Apr 13, 1942 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Norm Cash | 39 | L | L | 6' 0" | 185 | Nov 10, 1934 | 17 | 53 | 41 | 53 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Ron Cash | 24 | R | R | 6' 0" | 180 | Nov 20, 1949 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Joe Coleman | 27 | R | R | 6' 3" | 175 | Feb 3, 1947 | 10 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | $ | |
| Bill Freehan | 32 | R | R | 6' 3" | 203 | Nov 29, 1941 | 13 | 130 | 124 | 130 | 127 | 0 | 63 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.8 | $ | |
| Woodie Fryman | 34 | R | L | 6' 3" | 197 | Apr 12, 1940 | 9 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | $53,000 | |
| John Hiller | 31 | R | L | 6' 1" | 185 | Apr 8, 1943 | 9 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | $50,000 | All-Star |
| Fred Holdsworth | 22 | R | R | 6' 1" | 190 | May 29, 1952 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Willie Horton | 31 | R | R | 5' 11" | 209 | Oct 18, 1942 | 12 | 72 | 65 | 72 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1.6 | $ | |
| Al Kaline HOF | 39 | R | R | 6' 1" | 175 | Dec 19, 1934 | 22 | 147 | 144 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 3 | 0 | 0.6 | $110,000 | All-Star |
| John Knox | 25 | L | R | 6' 0" | 170 | Jul 26, 1948 | 3 | 55 | 17 | 55 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 0.4 | $ | |
| Lerrin LaGrow | 25 | R | R | 6' 5" | 220 | Jul 8, 1948 | 4 | 37 | 34 | 0 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | $ | |
| Gene Lamont | 27 | L | R | 6' 1" | 195 | Dec 25, 1946 | 4 | 60 | 29 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | $15,000 | |
| Marvin Lane | 24 | R | R | 5' 11" | 180 | Jan 18, 1950 | 4 | 50 | 29 | 50 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 6 | 48 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0.3 | $ | |
| Ron LeFlore | 26 | R | R | 6' 0" | 200 | Jun 16, 1948 | 1st | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | $ | |
| Dave Lemanczyk | 23 | R | R | 6' 4" | 235 | Aug 17, 1950 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Mickey Lolich | 33 | B | L | 6' 1" | 170 | Sep 12, 1940 | 12 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | $100,000 | |
| Dan Meyer | 21 | L | R | 5' 11" | 180 | Aug 3, 1952 | 1st | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Jerry Moses | 27 | R | R | 6' 3" | 210 | Aug 9, 1946 | 8 | 74 | 64 | 74 | 74 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.2 | $28,000 | |
| Jim Nettles | 27 | L | L | 6' 0" | 186 | Mar 2, 1947 | 4 | 43 | 39 | 43 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Jim Northrup | 34 | L | R | 6' 3" | 190 | Nov 24, 1939 | 11 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Ben Oglivie | 25 | L | L | 6' 2" | 160 | Feb 11, 1949 | 4 | 92 | 63 | 92 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 0.7 | $18,500 | |
| Jim Ray | 29 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Dec 1, 1944 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | $46,000 | |
| Leon Roberts | 23 | R | R | 6' 3" | 200 | Jan 22, 1951 | 1st | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | 26 | R | R | 5' 10" | 180 | Dec 28, 1947 | 8 | 159 | 157 | 159 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Vern Ruhle | 23 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Jan 25, 1951 | 1st | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | $ | |
| Reggie Sanders | 24 | R | R | 6' 2" | 205 | Sep 9, 1949 | 1st | 26 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Chuck Seelbach | 26 | R | R | 6' 0" | 180 | Mar 20, 1948 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Dick Sharon | 24 | R | R | 6' 2" | 195 | Apr 15, 1950 | 2 | 60 | 33 | 60 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 19 | 56 | 0 | 7 | 9 | -0.2 | $19,000 | |
| Bill Slayback | 26 | R | R | 6' 4" | 200 | Feb 21, 1948 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Mickey Stanley | 31 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Jul 20, 1942 | 11 | 99 | 96 | 99 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Gary Sutherland | 29 | R | R | 6' 0" | 185 | Sep 27, 1944 | 9 | 149 | 147 | 149 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.5 | $22,000 | |
| Tom Veryzer | 21 | R | R | 6' 1" | 175 | Feb 11, 1953 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Luke Walker | 30 | L | L | 6' 2" | 190 | Sep 2, 1943 | 9 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.4 | $38,000 | |
| John Wockenfuss | 25 | R | R | 6' 0" | 190 | Feb 27, 1949 | 1st | 13 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
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