1954 DETROIT TIGERS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 68-86 .442
Result: 5th in American League
Manager(s): Fred Hutchinson
General Manager: Muddy Ruel
Stadium: Briggs Stadium
Attendance: 1,079,847
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Detroit Tigers affiliate history

Oldest Player: Al Lakeman (35)
Youngest Player: Walt Streuli (18)
Longest Tenure: Ted Gray (8)
Top Hitter: Harvey Kuenn (15)
Top Pitcher: Steve Gromek (4)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 76.91%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Cleveland	111	43	.721	--
NY Yankees	103	51	.669	8.0
Chi White Sox	94	60	.610	17.0
Boston	69	85	.448	42.0
Detroit	68	86	.442	43.0
Washington	66	88	.429	45.0
Baltimore	54	100	.351	57.0
Philadelphia	51	103	.331	60.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
26	Harvey Kuenn	of-ss	15	23	-	MLB	155	656	81	201	28	6	5	48	9	9	29	13	1		6	4	19	.306	.335	.390	725	256	696	493	-	-	.305
8	Ray Boone	3b-ss	16	30	-	MLB	148	543	76	160	19	7	20	85	4	2	71	53	2		2	4	18	.295	.376	.466	842	253	622	409	-	-	.295
17	Bill Tuttle	of	25	24	-	MLB	147	530	64	141	20	11	7	58	5	8	62	60	2		5	3	15	.266	.343	.385	728	204	602	420	-	-	.288
6	Al Kaline	of	37	19	UDFA: 1953	MLB	138	504	42	139	18	3	4	43	9	5	22	45	0		7	2	21	.276	.305	.347	652	175	535	400	-	-	.295
24	Jim Delsing	of	59	28	-	MLB	122	371	39	92	24	2	6	38	4	4	49	38	1		3	2	6	.248	.336	.372	708	138	426	294	-	-	.261
15,40	Frank Bolling	2b	-	22	-	MLB	117	368	46	87	15	2	6	38	3	5	36	51	0		6	3	5	.236	.302	.337	639	124	413	300	-	-	.258
2	Frank House	c	58	24	-	MLB	114	352	35	88	12	1	9	38	2	1	31	34	1		1	7	7	.250	.307	.366	673	129	392	280	-	-	.250
3	Walt Dropo	1b	-	31	-	MLB	107	320	27	90	14	2	4	44	0	1	24	41	0		6	4	13	.281	.328	.375	703	120	354	254	-	-	.308
5	Bob Nieman	of	-	27	-	MLB	91	251	24	66	14	1	8	35	0	2	22	32	0		3	3	10	.263	.319	.422	741	106	279	203	-	-	.271
4	Wayne Belardi	1b	48	23	-	MLB	88	250	27	58	7	1	11	24	1	0	33	34	5		3	3	6	.232	.330	.400	730	100	294	204	-	-	.226
1	Fred Hatfield	3b-2b	46	29	-	MLB	81	218	31	64	12	0	2	25	4	2	28	24	5		4	1	5	.294	.385	.376	761	82	256	166	-	-	.321
10	Red Wilson	c	-	25	-	MLB	54	170	22	48	11	1	2	22	3	1	27	12	0		6	1	8	.282	.379	.394	773	67	204	138	-	-	.293
31	Ned Garver	p	-	28	-	MLB	36	79	3	13	2	0	0	4	0	1	6	15	0		5	0	0	.165	.224	.190	413	15	90	72	-	-	.203
18	Steve Gromek	p	47	34	-	MLB	36	79	6	15	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	21	1		10	0	0	.190	.273	.190	463	15	98	74	-	-	.259
38	George Zuverink	p	57	29	-	MLB	35	64	1	8	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	14	0		9	0	2	.125	.138	.141	279	9	74	68	-	-	.160
14	Hoot Evers	of	-	33	-	MLB	30	60	5	11	4	0	0	5	1	0	5	8	1		0	0	2	.183	.258	.250	508	15	66	51	-	-	.212
21,30	Don Lund	of	-	31	-	MLB	35	54	4	7	2	0	0	3	1	0	4	3	0		1	1	3	.130	.186	.167	353	9	60	52	-	-	.135
44	Billy Hoeft	p	-	22	-	MLB	35	52	5	10	6	0	0	6	0	0	10	24	0		0	1	1	.192	.317	.308	625	16	63	44	-	-	.345
22	Al Aber	p	-	26	-	MLB	32	39	3	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	17	0		3	1	1	.128	.167	.128	295	5	45	39	-	-	.217
12	Steve Souchock	of-1b	-	35	-	MLB	25	39	6	7	0	1	3	8	1	1	2	10	0		0	0	1	.179	.220	.462	681	18	41	34	-	-	.154
4,38	Chuck Kress	1b	-	32	-	MLB	24	37	4	7	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	4	0		0	0	0	.189	.211	.243	454	9	38	31	-	-	.212
16	Reno Bertoia	3b-2b	-	19	-	MLB	54	37	13	6	2	0	1	2	1	0	5	9	0		0	0	0	.162	.262	.297	559	11	42	31	-	-	.185
21	Chick King	of	-	23	-	MLB	11	28	4	6	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	8	0		0	0	1	.214	.290	.286	576	8	31	23	-	-	.300
34	Ted Gray	p	-	29	-	MLB	19	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		0	0	0	.045	.045	.045	91	1	22	21	-	-	.056
10	Matt Batts	c	-	32	-	MLB	12	21	1	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	4	0		0	1	0	.286	.333	.333	667	7	24	16	-	-	.333
37	Dick Marlowe	p	-	25	-	MLB	38	18	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	0		0	0	0	.167	.211	.222	433	4	19	15	-	-	.429
7	Johnny Pesky	ss-3b	-	34	-	MLB	20	17	5	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0		0	0	2	.176	.300	.353	653	6	20	16	-	-	.133
20	Ray Herbert	p	-	24	-	MLB	42	17	5	3	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	4	0		0	0	1	.176	.263	.471	734	8	19	15	-	-	.167
28	Bob Miller	p	-	18	-	MLB	34	15	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		0	0	0	.133	.133	.200	333	3	15	13	-	-	.182
35	Ralph Branca	p	-	28	-	MLB	17	13	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	0		0	0	1	.308	.400	.385	785	5	15	10	-	-	.400
14,50	Al Lakeman	c	-	35	-	MLB	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
50	George Bullard	ss	-	25	-	MLB	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
21,30	Dick Weik	p	-	26	-	MLB	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
49	Dick Donovan	p	-	26	-	MLB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
19	Walt Streuli	c	-	18	-	MLB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1000	0	1	0	-	-	.000
Totals: (35 players)							154	5233	584	1351	215	41	90	552	48	44	492	603	19	0	80	41	148	.258	.322	.367	689	1918	5865	4195	--	--	.275

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
18	Steve Gromek	4	34	-	MLB	18	16	2.74	36	32	17	4	4	1	252.2	236	85	77	26	57	102	1	0	1.16	8.41	0.93	2.03	3.63	0.56	--	0.62
31	Ned Garver	6	28	-	MLB	14	11	2.81	35	32	16	3	3	1	246.1	216	93	77	20	62	93	2	0	1.13	7.89	0.73	2.27	3.40	0.67	--	1.05
38	George Zuverink	19	29	-	MLB	9	13	3.59	35	25	9	2	7	4	203.0	201	93	81	22	62	70	1	0	1.30	8.91	0.98	2.75	3.10	0.89	--	1.13
44	Billy Hoeft	15	22	-	MLB	7	15	4.58	34	25	10	4	5	1	175.0	180	93	89	22	59	114	3	0	1.37	9.26	1.13	3.03	5.86	0.52	--	0.73
22	Al Aber	54	26	-	MLB	5	11	3.97	32	18	4	0	6	3	124.2	121	63	55	8	40	54	0	0	1.29	8.74	0.58	2.89	3.90	0.74	--	1.70
20	Ray Herbert	51	24	-	MLB	3	6	5.87	42	4	0	0	15	0	84.1	114	64	55	6	50	44	3	0	1.94	12.17	0.64	5.34	4.70	1.14	--	1.68
37	Dick Marlowe	47	25	-	MLB	5	4	4.18	38	2	0	0	20	2	84.0	76	45	39	11	40	39	1	0	1.38	8.14	1.18	4.29	4.18	1.03	--	1.05
34	Ted Gray	-	29	-	MLB	3	5	5.38	19	10	2	0	5	0	72.0	70	48	43	8	56	29	1	1	1.75	8.75	1.00	7.00	3.63	1.93	--	0.80
28	Bob Miller	52	18	-	MLB	1	1	2.45	32	1	0	0	22	1	69.2	62	25	19	1	26	27	1	0	1.26	8.01	0.13	3.36	3.49	0.96	--	1.13
35	Ralph Branca	-	28	-	MLB	3	3	5.76	17	5	0	0	4	0	45.1	63	33	29	10	30	15	0	0	2.05	12.51	1.99	5.96	2.98	2.00	--	0.70
21,30	Dick Weik	-	26	-	MLB	0	1	7.16	9	1	0	0	5	0	16.1	23	14	13	3	16	9	1	0	2.39	12.67	1.65	8.82	4.96	1.78	--	0.70
49	Dick Donovan	-	26	-	MLB	0	0	10.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	9	7	7	1	5	2	0	0	2.33	13.50	1.50	7.50	3.00	2.50	--	0.78
30	Frank Lary	-	24	-	MLB	0	0	2.45	3	0	0	0	1	0	3.2	4	1	1	0	3	5	0	0	1.91	9.82	0.00	7.36	12.27	0.60	--	0.25
Totals: (35 players)						68	86	3.81	154	154	58	13	96	13	1,383	1375	664	585	90	506	603	14	1	1.33	8.95	0.90	3.29	3.92	0.84	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frank House	C	107		434	56	4	7	.992	0.00
Red Wilson	C	53		245	25	1	7	.996	0.00
Matt Batts	C	8		24	5	1	1	.967	0.00
Al Lakeman	C	4		10	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Walt Streuli	C	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Walt Dropo	1B	95		681	54	3	60	.996	0.00
Wayne Belardi	1B	79		636	51	8	54	.988	0.00
Chuck Kress	1B	7		63	5	2	4	.971	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frank Bolling	2B	113		248	232	13	54	.974	0.00
Fred Hatfield	2B	54		114	126	7	29	.972	0.00
Reno Bertoia	2B	15		26	36	2	6	.969	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ray Boone	3B	148		170	332	19	22	.964	0.00
Fred Hatfield	3B	15		15	26	4	4	.911	0.00
Reno Bertoia	3B	8		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Steve Souchock	3B	2		2	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Harvey Kuenn	SS	155		294	496	28	85	.966	0.00
Reno Bertoia	SS	3		0	3	1	1	.750	0.00
Ray Boone	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
George Bullard	SS	1		2	2	1	0	.800	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Tuttle	OF	145		364	18	6	3	.985	0.00
Al Kaline	OF	135		283	16	9	0	.971	0.00
Jim Delsing	OF	108		221	5	1	0	.996	0.00
Bob Nieman	OF	62		119	2	2	0	.984	0.00
Don Lund	OF	31		32	1	1	0	.971	0.00
Hoot Evers	OF	24		33	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Steve Souchock	OF	9		13	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Chick King	OF	7		22	1	1	1	.958	0.00
Chuck Kress	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ray Herbert	P	42	84	7	24	1	2	.969	3.32
Dick Marlowe	P	38	84	5	11	1	0	.941	1.71
Steve Gromek	P	36	252	16	26	1	1	.977	1.50
Ned Garver	P	35	246	21	48	2	2	.972	2.52
George Zuverink	P	35	203	18	46	3	3	.955	2.84
Billy Hoeft	P	34	175	6	18	1	2	.960	1.23
Al Aber	P	32	124	13	21	2	2	.944	2.46
Bob Miller	P	32	69	4	9	1	0	.929	1.69
Ted Gray	P	19	72	0	9	1	1	.900	1.13
Ralph Branca	P	17	45	2	6	0	1	1.000	1.60
Dick Weik	P	9	16	0	1	1	0	.500	0.56
Frank Lary	P	3	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Dick Donovan	P	2	6	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.50

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