1956 DETROIT TIGERS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 82-72 .532
Result: 5th in American League
Manager(s): Bucky Harris
General Manager: Muddy Ruel
Stadium: Briggs Stadium
Attendance: 1,051,182
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Detroit Tigers affiliate history

Oldest Player: Virgil Trucks (39)
Youngest Player: Jim Small (19)
Longest Tenure: Dick Marlowe (6)
Top Hitter: Al Kaline (3)
Top Pitcher: Frank Lary (3)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 82.53%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	97	57	.630	--
Cleveland	88	66	.571	9.0
Chi White Sox	85	69	.552	12.0
Boston	84	70	.545	13.0
Detroit	82	72	.532	15.0
Baltimore	69	85	.448	28.0
Washington	59	95	.383	38.0
KC Athletics	52	102	.338	45.0

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
6	Al Kaline	of	3	21	UDFA: 1953	MLB	153	617	96	194	32	10	27	128	7	1	70	55	1	4	1	4	10	.314	.383	.530	913	327	693	439	140	8.6	.310
7	Harvey Kuenn	of-ss	5	25	-	MLB	146	591	96	196	32	7	12	88	9	5	55	34	3	3	0	8	11	.332	.387	.470	857	278	657	419	121	7.8	.333
5,13	Bill Tuttle	of	52	26	-	MLB	140	546	61	138	22	4	9	65	5	4	38	48	1	1	4	3	18	.253	.301	.357	658	195	592	437	62	3.8	.262
4	Charlie Maxwell	of	6	29	-	MLB	141	500	96	163	14	3	28	87	1	1	79	74	2	1	3	8	5	.326	.414	.534	948	267	592	354	120	9.1	.333
8	Ray Boone	3b-ss	17	32	-	MLB	131	481	77	148	14	6	25	81	0	0	77	46	3	8	2	5	13	.308	.403	.518	920	249	568	353	110	8.4	.296
24	Frank Bolling	2b	47	24	-	MLB	102	366	53	103	21	7	7	45	6	2	42	51	2	1	7	5	4	.281	.354	.434	789	159	422	281	65	6.3	.307
2	Frank House	c	-	26	-	MLB	94	321	44	77	6	2	10	44	1	1	21	19	3	0	0	3	15	.240	.290	.364	655	117	348	263	35	3.6	.227
9	Earl Torgeson	1b	54	32	-	MLB	117	318	61	84	9	3	12	42	6	4	78	47	0	0	1	3	5	.264	.406	.425	831	135	400	247	64	7.0	.275
10	Red Wilson	c	53	27	-	MLB	78	228	32	66	12	2	7	38	2	1	42	18	0	7	3	5	6	.289	.393	.452	844	103	278	177	47	7.2	.284
30	Jack Phillips	1b	-	34	-	MLB	67	224	31	66	13	2	1	20	1	1	21	19	0	0	1	1	11	.295	.354	.384	738	86	247	172	32	5.0	.317
3	Bob Kennedy	of-3b	-	35	-	MLB	69	177	17	41	5	0	4	22	2	2	24	19	2	2	3	1	10	.232	.328	.328	656	58	207	152	19	3.4	.239
1	Jim Brideweser	ss-2b	-	29	-	MLB	70	156	23	34	4	0	0	10	3	1	20	19	0	2	4	0	4	.218	.307	.244	550	38	180	131	12	2.5	.248
27	Wayne Belardi	1b	49	25	-	MLB	79	154	24	43	3	1	6	15	0	0	15	13	8	1	1	1	4	.279	.371	.429	799	66	179	117	27	6.3	.272
17	Frank Lary	p	-	26	-	MLB	41	103	14	19	2	0	1	12	0	0	8	25	0	0	6	2	5	.184	.239	.233	472	24	119	97	3	0.7	.228
20	Jim Small	of	-	19	-	MLB	58	91	13	29	4	2	0	10	0	0	6	10	0	0	2	0	1	.319	.361	.407	767	37	99	65	15	6.2	.358
21	Paul Foytack	p	-	25	-	MLB	43	90	7	11	2	0	0	7	0	0	2	30	0	0	6	0	2	.122	.141	.144	286	13	98	87	-4	-1.3	.183
44	Billy Hoeft	p	-	24	-	MLB	42	80	16	20	3	1	0	9	0	0	12	22	0	0	5	0	1	.250	.348	.312	660	25	97	66	9	3.7	.345
16	Reno Bertoia	3b-2b	-	21	-	MLB	22	66	7	12	2	0	1	5	0	0	6	12	1	0	0	0	4	.182	.260	.258	518	17	73	58	3	1.3	.208
12	Buddy Hicks	ss-2b	-	29	-	MLB	26	47	5	10	2	0	0	5	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	.213	.260	.255	515	12	50	39	3	2.0	.222
23	Virgil Trucks	p	-	39	-	MLB	22	45	4	11	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	.244	.244	.289	533	13	47	37	3	2.2	.268
18	Steve Gromek	p	-	36	-	MLB	40	27	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	10	0	0	3	0	1	.148	.395	.148	543	4	41	27	2	2.1	.235
15	J.W. Porter	c-of	-	23	-	MLB	14	21	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	1	.095	.091	.095	186	2	22	21	-2	-2.6	.143
14	Jim Bunning	p	-	24	-	MLB	15	18	4	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	1	.333	.333	.444	778	8	20	15	2	4.2	.462
47	Duke Maas	p	-	27	-	MLB	26	16	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.278	.250	528	4	18	14	0	0.5	.375
1	Fred Hatfield	3b-2b	45	31	-	MLB	8	12	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	650	3	15	9	2	5.1	.273
24	Jim Delsing	of	-	30	-	MLB	10	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	250	0	16	12	0	-0.6	.000
22	Al Aber	p	-	28	-	MLB	42	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	0	0	.300	.364	.300	664	3	13	9	1	2.9	.500
12	Charlie Lau	c	-	23	-	MLB	3	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	444	2	9	7	0	1.2	.250
3	Chick King	of	-	25	-	MLB	7	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	522	2	10	7	0	1.1	.400
25	Walt Streuli	c	-	20	-	MLB	3	8	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.375	708	3	9	6	1	5.1	.333
28	Bob Miller	p	-	20	-	MLB	11	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.286	536	2	8	6	1	2.5	.200
31	Ned Garver	p	-	30	-	MLB	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	167	0	6	5	0	-1.6	.000
29	Walt Masterson	p	-	36	-	MLB	35	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	1	4	3	0	1.3	.333
19	Gene Host	p	-	23	-	MLB	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
14	Bud Black	p	-	23	-	MLB	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
37	Dick Marlowe	p	-	27	-	MLB	7	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	Jim Brady	p	-	20	-	MLB	6	0	1	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: (37 players)							154	5364	789	1494	209	50	150	745	43	26	643	618	28	30	58	50	133	.279	.356	.420	776	2253	6143	4137	890	5.8	.289

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	3	26	-	MLB	21	13	3.15	41	38	20	3	2	1	294.0	289	116	103	20	116	165	3	1	1.38	8.85	0.61	3.55	5.05	0.70	--	1.04
21	Paul Foytack	7	25	-	MLB	15	13	3.59	43	33	16	1	5	1	256.0	211	114	102	24	142	184	8	3	1.38	7.42	0.84	4.99	6.47	0.77	--	0.80
44	Billy Hoeft	8	24	-	MLB	20	14	4.06	38	34	18	4	2	0	248.0	276	127	112	22	104	172	7	0	1.53	10.02	0.80	3.77	6.24	0.60	--	0.84
18	Steve Gromek	32	36	-	MLB	8	6	4.28	40	13	4	0	12	4	141.0	142	74	67	25	47	64	0	0	1.34	9.06	1.60	3.00	4.09	0.73	--	0.52
23	Virgil Trucks	50	39	-	MLB	6	5	3.83	22	16	3	1	3	1	120.0	104	56	51	15	63	43	3	0	1.39	7.80	1.13	4.73	3.23	1.47	--	0.77
47	Duke Maas	-	27	-	MLB	0	7	6.54	26	7	0	0	10	0	63.1	81	51	46	9	32	34	1	0	1.78	11.51	1.28	4.55	4.83	0.94	--	1.26
22	Al Aber	29	28	-	MLB	4	4	3.43	42	0	0	0	28	7	63.0	65	30	24	1	25	21	2	0	1.43	9.29	0.14	3.57	3.00	1.19	--	1.24
14	Jim Bunning	-	24	-	MLB	5	1	3.71	15	3	0	0	5	1	53.1	55	24	22	6	28	34	3	0	1.56	9.28	1.01	4.73	5.74	0.82	--	0.75
29	Walt Masterson	47	36	-	MLB	1	1	4.17	35	0	0	0	18	0	49.2	54	28	23	2	32	28	0	0	1.73	9.79	0.36	5.80	5.07	1.14	--	0.90
28	Bob Miller	-	20	-	MLB	0	2	5.68	11	3	0	0	1	0	31.2	37	23	20	5	22	16	1	0	1.86	10.52	1.42	6.25	4.55	1.38	--	1.70
31	Ned Garver	-	30	-	MLB	0	2	4.08	6	3	1	0	1	0	17.2	15	10	8	2	13	6	0	0	1.58	7.64	1.02	6.62	3.06	2.17	--	1.05
37	Dick Marlowe	-	27	-	MLB	1	1	5.73	7	1	0	0	1	0	11.0	12	8	7	1	9	4	0	0	1.91	9.82	0.82	7.36	3.27	2.25	--	0.87
14	Bud Black	-	23	-	MLB	1	1	3.60	5	1	0	0	2	0	10.0	10	4	4	2	5	7	1	0	1.50	9.00	1.80	4.50	6.30	0.71	--	0.77
26	Jim Brady	-	20	-	MLB	0	0	28.42	6	0	0	0	3	0	6.1	15	21	20	3	11	3	0	0	4.11	21.32	4.26	15.63	4.26	3.67	--	3.00
25	Hal Woodeshick	-	23	-	MLB	0	2	13.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.1	12	8	8	1	3	1	0	0	2.81	20.25	1.69	5.06	1.69	3.00	--	1.00
19	Gene Host	-	23	-	MLB	0	0	7.71	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	9	4	4	2	2	5	0	1	2.36	17.36	3.86	3.86	9.64	0.40	--	0.33
29	Pete Wojey	-	36	-	MLB	0	0	2.25	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.75	4.50	0.00	2.25	2.25	1.00	--	--
Totals: (37 players)						82	72	4.06	154	154	62	9	92	15	1,379	1389	699	622	150	655	788	29	5	1.55	9.07	0.91	4.27	5.14	0.83	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frank House	C	88		450	33	7	8	.986	0.00
Red Wilson	C	78		393	34	4	7	.991	0.00
Charlie Lau	C	3		17	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Walt Streuli	C	3		13	1	1	1	.933	0.00
J.W. Porter	C	2		7	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Earl Torgeson	1B	83		623	32	5	62	.992	0.00
Jack Phillips	1B	56		422	32	9	49	.981	0.00
Wayne Belardi	1B	31		240	17	3	21	.988	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frank Bolling	2B	102		223	260	11	72	.978	0.00
Jim Brideweser	2B	31		84	83	4	20	.977	0.00
Reno Bertoia	2B	18		51	57	2	18	.982	0.00
Buddy Hicks	2B	6		15	13	0	2	1.000	0.00
Fred Hatfield	2B	4		7	6	0	1	1.000	0.00
Jack Phillips	2B	1		1	0	1	0	.500	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ray Boone	3B	130		151	243	17	23	.959	0.00
Bob Kennedy	3B	27		35	38	8	3	.901	0.00
Jim Brideweser	3B	4		2	5	0	1	1.000	0.00
Reno Bertoia	3B	2		3	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Buddy Hicks	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Harvey Kuenn	SS	141		219	388	20	86	.968	0.00
Jim Brideweser	SS	32		27	51	1	12	.987	0.00
Buddy Hicks	SS	16		6	18	0	3	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Al Kaline	OF	153		343	18	6	4	.984	0.00
Bill Tuttle	OF	137		348	13	9	2	.976	0.00
Charlie Maxwell	OF	136		281	12	4	1	.987	0.00
Bob Kennedy	OF	29		52	2	4	0	.931	0.00
Jim Small	OF	26		47	0	3	0	.940	0.00
Chick King	OF	4		4	0	1	0	.800	0.00
Jim Delsing	OF	3		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Wayne Belardi	OF	2		3	0	2	0	.600	0.00
J.W. Porter	OF	2		2	0	1	0	.667	0.00
Harvey Kuenn	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Jack Phillips	OF	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Paul Foytack	P	43	256	11	33	3	5	.936	1.55
Al Aber	P	42	63	1	12	1	1	.929	1.86
Frank Lary	P	41	294	15	45	3	3	.952	1.84
Steve Gromek	P	40	141	1	16	0	0	1.000	1.09
Billy Hoeft	P	38	248	5	28	1	1	.971	1.20
Walt Masterson	P	35	49	3	6	2	1	.818	1.65
Duke Maas	P	26	63	5	8	2	0	.867	1.85
Virgil Trucks	P	22	120	6	18	3	1	.889	1.80
Jim Bunning	P	15	53	2	6	0	0	1.000	1.36
Bob Miller	P	11	31	2	3	2	1	.714	1.44
Dick Marlowe	P	7	11	2	1	0	0	1.000	2.45
Jim Brady	P	6	6	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.48
Ned Garver	P	6	17	1	5	0	1	1.000	3.14
Bud Black	P	5	10	1	2	0	0	1.000	2.70
Pete Wojey	P	2	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.50
Hal Woodeshick	P	2	5	1	1	0	0	1.000	3.53
Gene Host	P	1	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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