1955 DETROIT TIGERS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 79-75 .513
Result: 5th in American League
Manager(s): Bucky Harris
General Manager: Muddy Ruel
Stadium: Briggs Stadium
Attendance: 1,181,838
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Detroit Tigers affiliate history

Oldest Player: Steve Souchock (36)
Youngest Player: Jim Small (18)
Longest Tenure: Steve Souchock, Dick Marlowe (5)
Top Hitter: Al Kaline (2)
Top Pitcher: Billy Hoeft (2)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 74.34%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	96	58	.623	--
Cleveland	93	61	.604	3.0
Chi White Sox	91	63	.591	5.0
Boston	84	70	.545	12.0
Detroit	79	75	.513	17.0
KC Athletics	63	91	.409	33.0
Baltimore	57	97	.370	39.0
Washington	53	101	.344	43.0

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
7	Harvey Kuenn	of-ss	9	24	-	MLB	145	620	101	190	38	5	8	62	8	3	40	27	1	3	0	5	7	.306	.347	.423	769	262	666	445	107	6.5	.308
5	Bill Tuttle	of	13	25	-	MLB	154	603	102	168	23	4	14	78	6	3	76	54	1	2	13	5	25	.279	.358	.400	757	241	698	481	94	5.3	.285
6	Al Kaline	of	2	20	UDFA: 1953	MLB	152	588	121	200	24	8	27	102	6	8	82	57	5	12	0	6	13	.340	.421	.546	967	321	681	415	143	9.3	.339
8	Ray Boone	3b-ss	19	31	-	MLB	135	500	61	142	22	7	20	116	1	1	50	49	1	2	2	7	16	.284	.346	.476	822	238	560	384	91	6.4	.279
1	Fred Hatfield	3b-2b	34	30	-	MLB	122	413	51	96	15	3	8	33	3	2	61	49	5	6	11	2	7	.232	.337	.341	678	141	492	339	55	4.4	.246
24	Jim Delsing	of	-	29	-	MLB	114	356	49	85	15	2	10	60	2	0	48	40	1	2	0	4	6	.239	.328	.376	704	134	409	281	51	4.9	.242
2	Frank House	c	65	25	-	MLB	102	328	37	85	11	1	15	53	0	0	22	25	3	4	2	4	4	.259	.308	.436	744	143	359	253	51	5.4	.240
9	Earl Torgeson	1b	41	31	-	MLB	89	300	58	85	10	1	9	50	9	0	61	29	0	2	1	7	6	.283	.397	.413	810	124	369	229	60	7.1	.283
10	Red Wilson	c	-	26	-	MLB	78	241	26	53	9	0	2	17	1	2	26	23	0	3	7	0	13	.220	.296	.282	578	68	274	210	18	2.4	.236
21,25	Harry Malmberg	2b	-	29	-	MLB	67	208	25	45	5	2	0	19	0	1	29	19	0	2	3	2	7	.216	.310	.260	569	54	242	176	18	2.8	.236
11	Bubba Phillips	3b-of	-	27	-	MLB	95	184	18	43	4	0	3	23	2	1	14	20	2	1	1	4	3	.234	.289	.304	594	56	205	150	17	3.1	.242
3	Ferris Fain	1b	46	34	-	MLB	58	140	23	37	8	0	2	23	2	1	52	12	0	2	2	2	5	.264	.459	.364	823	51	196	113	32	7.6	.273
30	Jack Phillips	1b	-	33	-	MLB	55	117	15	37	8	2	1	20	0	0	10	12	0	0	2	2	3	.316	.364	.444	809	52	131	87	21	6.6	.340
4	Charlie Maxwell	of	-	28	-	MLB	55	109	19	29	7	1	7	18	0	0	8	20	2	0	2	1	2	.266	.325	.541	866	59	122	85	21	6.7	.265
38,44	Billy Hoeft	p	-	23	-	MLB	36	82	9	17	2	0	0	4	0	0	10	25	0	0	4	0	1	.207	.293	.232	525	19	96	70	4	1.6	.298
17	Frank Lary	p	-	25	-	MLB	36	82	4	16	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	29	0	0	5	0	1	.195	.233	.220	452	18	91	72	1	0.4	.302
31	Ned Garver	p	-	29	-	MLB	33	76	11	17	1	0	1	13	1	0	9	5	0	0	3	3	5	.224	.295	.276	572	21	91	70	6	2.4	.219
16	Reno Bertoia	3b-2b	-	20	-	MLB	38	68	13	14	2	1	1	10	0	0	5	11	0	1	1	2	1	.206	.253	.309	562	21	76	58	5	2.5	.224
8	J.W. Porter	c-of	-	22	-	MLB	24	55	6	13	2	0	0	3	0	0	8	15	0	0	0	0	1	.236	.333	.273	606	15	63	43	5	2.9	.325
18	Steve Gromek	p	-	35	-	MLB	28	54	10	9	1	0	0	5	0	0	16	12	0	0	4	0	0	.167	.357	.185	542	10	74	49	5	2.8	.214
46	Duke Maas	p	-	26	-	MLB	18	30	2	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	12	0	0	2	0	0	.167	.194	.233	427	7	33	27	0	0.2	.278
21	Chick King	of	-	24	-	MLB	7	21	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.273	.238	511	5	22	16	1	2.2	.263
19	Babe Birrer	p	-	26	-	MLB	36	19	3	3	1	0	2	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	.158	.238	.526	764	10	21	17	3	4.0	.077
22	Al Aber	p	-	27	-	MLB	39	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	2	0	1	.059	.059	.059	118	1	19	19	-	-	.125
15	Jim Bunning	p	-	23	-	MLB	15	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	3	17	14	0	-0.0	.300
36	Paul Foytack	p	-	24	-	MLB	22	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.091	182	1	11	12	-1	-3.0	.111
28	Bob Miller	p	-	19	-	MLB	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	444	2	9	7	0	1.2	.250
22	Leo Cristante	p	-	28	-	MLB	20	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	7	7	-	-	.000
14	Bud Black	p	-	22	-	MLB	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	1	5	4	0	1.2	.333
40	Walt Streuli	c	-	19	-	MLB	2	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.200	.500	700	2	5	4	1	5.3	.200
20,21	Jim Small	of	-	18	-	MLB	12	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	200	0	5	4	0	-1.3	.000
15	George Zuverink	p	-	30	-	MLB	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
12	Joe Coleman	p	-	32	-	MLB	17	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.750	.750	.750	1500	3	5	2	2	24.2	.750
37	Dick Marlowe	p	-	26	-	MLB	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	200	0	5	4	0	-1.3	.000
4	Wayne Belardi	1b	-	24	-	MLB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
12	Steve Souchock	of-1b	-	36	-	MLB	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	1	1	0	1	--	1.000
40	Ben Flowers	p	-	28	-	MLB	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
25,37	Ron Samford	ss-2b	-	25	-	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
26	Van Fletcher	p	-	30	-	MLB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1000	0	1	0	0	--	.000
Totals: (39 players)							154	5283	775	1407	211	38	130	724	41	22	638	581	21	42	71	57	130	.266	.344	.394	738	2084	6070	4156	806	5.2	.276

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
17	Frank Lary	10	25	-	MLB	14	15	3.10	36	31	16	2	5	1	235.0	232	100	81	10	89	98	7	0	1.37	8.89	0.38	3.41	3.75	0.91	--	1.21
31	Ned Garver	13	29	-	MLB	12	16	3.98	33	32	16	1	1	0	230.2	251	115	102	21	67	83	6	1	1.38	9.79	0.82	2.61	3.24	0.81	--	0.96
38,44	Billy Hoeft	2	23	-	MLB	16	7	2.99	32	29	17	7	0	0	220.0	187	75	73	17	75	133	0	0	1.19	7.65	0.70	3.07	5.44	0.56	--	0.83
18	Steve Gromek	15	35	-	MLB	13	10	3.98	28	25	8	2	1	0	181.0	183	89	80	26	37	73	1	1	1.22	9.10	1.29	1.84	3.63	0.51	--	0.55
46	Duke Maas	58	26	-	MLB	5	6	4.88	18	16	5	2	1	0	86.2	91	52	47	7	50	42	2	0	1.63	9.45	0.73	5.19	4.36	1.19	--	1.34
19	Babe Birrer	57	26	-	MLB	4	3	4.15	36	3	1	0	15	3	80.1	77	39	37	9	29	28	0	0	1.32	8.63	1.01	3.25	3.14	1.04	--	0.93
22	Al Aber	44	27	-	MLB	6	3	3.37	39	1	0	0	22	3	80.0	86	32	30	9	28	37	1	0	1.43	9.67	1.01	3.15	4.16	0.76	--	1.78
15	Jim Bunning	-	23	-	MLB	3	5	6.35	15	8	0	0	3	1	51.0	59	38	36	8	32	37	1	0	1.78	10.41	1.41	5.65	6.53	0.86	--	0.71
36	Paul Foytack	-	24	-	MLB	0	1	5.26	22	1	0	0	7	0	49.2	48	29	29	4	36	38	4	0	1.69	8.70	0.72	6.52	6.89	0.95	--	0.80
22	Leo Cristante	-	28	-	MLB	0	1	3.19	20	1	0	0	1	0	36.2	37	15	13	1	14	9	0	0	1.39	9.08	0.25	3.44	2.21	1.56	--	0.61
15	George Zuverink	42	30	-	MLB	0	5	6.99	14	1	0	0	6	0	28.1	38	27	22	6	14	13	0	0	1.84	12.07	1.91	4.45	4.13	1.08	--	1.41
12	Joe Coleman	53	32	-	MLB	2	1	3.20	17	0	0	0	13	3	25.1	22	9	9	1	14	5	1	0	1.42	7.82	0.36	4.97	1.78	2.80	--	1.00
28	Bob Miller	-	19	-	MLB	2	1	2.49	7	3	1	0	2	0	25.1	26	12	7	4	12	11	1	0	1.50	9.24	1.42	4.26	3.91	1.09	--	0.86
37	Dick Marlowe	-	26	-	MLB	1	0	1.80	4	1	1	0	3	1	15.0	12	4	3	1	4	9	1	0	1.07	7.20	0.60	2.40	5.40	0.44	--	0.48
14	Bud Black	-	22	-	MLB	1	1	1.29	3	2	1	1	0	0	14.0	12	5	2	0	8	7	1	0	1.43	7.71	0.00	5.14	4.50	1.14	--	1.69
26	Van Fletcher	-	30	-	MLB	0	0	3.00	9	0	0	0	6	0	12.0	13	10	4	1	2	4	0	0	1.25	9.75	0.75	1.50	3.00	0.50	--	1.77
40	Ben Flowers	-	28	-	MLB	0	0	6.00	4	0	0	0	1	0	6.0	5	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	1.17	7.50	1.50	3.00	3.00	1.00	--	0.78
38	Bill Froats	-	24	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	--	--	3.00
19	Bob Schultz	-	31	-	MLB	0	0	20.25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	3.00	13.50	0.00	13.50	0.00	--	--	0.33
Totals: (39 players)						79	75	3.79	154	154	66	15	88	12	1,380	1381	658	582	130	517	629	27	2	1.48	9.00	0.82	3.37	4.10	0.82	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frank House	C	93		423	35	6	5	.987	0.00
Red Wilson	C	72		292	25	5	5	.984	0.00
J.W. Porter	C	4		16	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Walt Streuli	C	2		7	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Earl Torgeson	1B	83		695	53	6	79	.992	0.00
Ferris Fain	1B	44		370	29	5	42	.988	0.00
Jack Phillips	1B	35		236	13	2	16	.992	0.00
J.W. Porter	1B	6		52	1	0	5	1.000	0.00
Charlie Maxwell	1B	2		21	2	1	0	.958	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Fred Hatfield	2B	92		216	251	12	74	.975	0.00
Harry Malmberg	2B	65		155	181	5	42	.985	0.00
Reno Bertoia	2B	6		7	22	1	4	.967	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ray Boone	3B	126		135	252	19	33	.953	0.00
Fred Hatfield	3B	16		17	30	5	2	.904	0.00
Reno Bertoia	3B	14		12	24	3	4	.923	0.00
Bubba Phillips	3B	4		3	9	2	1	.857	0.00
Jack Phillips	3B	3		3	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Harvey Kuenn	SS	141		253	378	29	83	.956	0.00
Fred Hatfield	SS	14		19	43	4	4	.939	0.00
Reno Bertoia	SS	5		4	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ron Samford	SS	1		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Tuttle	OF	154		442	12	7	2	.985	0.00
Al Kaline	OF	152		306	14	7	4	.979	0.00
Jim Delsing	OF	101		178	3	1	1	.995	0.00
Bubba Phillips	OF	65		128	2	1	0	.992	0.00
Charlie Maxwell	OF	26		55	3	2	0	.967	0.00
Chick King	OF	6		12	0	1	0	.923	0.00
J.W. Porter	OF	4		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jim Small	OF	4		2	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Al Aber	P	39	80	4	17	3	2	.875	2.36
Babe Birrer	P	36	80	8	8	0	1	1.000	1.80
Frank Lary	P	36	235	14	46	3	4	.952	2.30
Ned Garver	P	33	230	17	40	3	4	.950	2.23
Billy Hoeft	P	32	220	7	21	0	2	1.000	1.15
Steve Gromek	P	28	181	12	22	1	2	.971	1.69
Paul Foytack	P	22	49	2	7	0	0	1.000	1.65
Leo Cristante	P	20	36	1	1	1	0	.667	0.50
Duke Maas	P	18	86	2	17	0	0	1.000	1.98
Joe Coleman	P	17	25	3	6	0	0	1.000	3.23
Jim Bunning	P	15	51	4	8	1	1	.923	2.12
George Zuverink	P	14	28	2	6	0	0	1.000	2.56
Van Fletcher	P	9	12	1	1	1	0	.667	1.50
Bob Miller	P	7	25	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.43
Ben Flowers	P	4	6	1	2	1	1	.750	4.50
Dick Marlowe	P	4	15	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.60
Bud Black	P	3	14	1	3	1	0	.800	2.57
Bill Froats	P	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50
Bob Schultz	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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