1952 Detroit Tigers Roster (40-man)

1951 Season 1953 Season

Record: 50-104-2, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Red Rolfe (23-49-1) and Fred Hutchinson (27-55-1)

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium

Attendance: 1,026,846 (5th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 103
One-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 101

Pythagorean W-L: 58-96, 557 Runs, 738 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Matt Batts	30	us US	R	R	5' 11"	200	Oct 16, 1921	6	56	50	56	55	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.1	$10,000
Neil Berry	30	us US	R	R	5' 10"	168	Jan 11, 1922	5	73	56	73	68	0	0	0	0	2	66	0	0	0	0	1	6	0.0	$10,000
Bud Black	19	us US	R	R	6' 3"	197	Jul 9, 1932	1st	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5	$2,400
Jim Delsing	26	us US	L	R	5' 10"	175	Nov 13, 1925	5	33	31	33	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0	0	32	2	0	0.4
Walt Dropo	29	us US	R	R	6' 5"	220	Jan 30, 1923	4	115	115	115	115	0	0	115	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2
Hoot Evers	31	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Feb 8, 1921	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Al Federoff	27	us US	R	R	5' 10"	165	Jul 11, 1924	2	74	74	74	74	0	0	0	70	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Alex Garbowski	30	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Jun 25, 1922	1st	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ned Garver	26	us US	R	R	5' 10"	180	Dec 25, 1925	5	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Joe Ginsberg	25	us US	L	R	5' 11"	180	Oct 11, 1926	4	113	83	113	101	0	101	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	1	0.3
Ted Gray	27	us US	B	L	5' 11"	175	Dec 31, 1924	6	36	32	36	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.4	$15,000
Johnny Groth	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	182	Jul 23, 1926	7	141	132	141	138	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	135	0	138	4	0	0.3
Fred Hatfield	27	us US	L	R	6' 1"	171	Mar 18, 1925	3	112	111	112	112	0	0	0	0	107	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Billy Hoeft	20	us US	L	L	6' 3"	180	May 17, 1932	1st	34	10	34	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8
Johnny Hopp	35	us US	L	L	5' 10"	170	Jul 18, 1916	14	42	4	42	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	38	0	-0.1
Art Houtteman	24	us US	R	R	6' 2"	188	Aug 7, 1927	7	36	28	36	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.0
Fred Hutchinson	32	us US	L	R	6' 2"	190	Aug 12, 1919	10	17	1	17	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0.5	$25,000
Ken Johnson	29	us US	L	L	6' 1"	185	Jan 14, 1923	6	9	1	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
George Kell HOF	29	us US	R	R	5' 9"	175	Aug 23, 1922	10	39	39	39	39	0	0	0	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	$40,000
Don Kolloway	33	us US	R	R	6' 3"	200	Aug 4, 1918	11	65	36	65	41	0	0	32	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	27	0	-0.5	$13,000
Harvey Kuenn	21	us US	R	R	6' 2"	187	Dec 4, 1930	1st	19	19	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Don Lenhardt	29	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Oct 4, 1922	3	45	42	45	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	0	0	43	3	0	-0.4
George Lerchen	29	us US	B	R	5' 11"	175	Dec 1, 1922	1st	14	6	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	7	8	0	0.0
Carl Linhart	22	sk SK	L	R	5' 11"	184	Dec 14, 1929	1st	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Johnny Lipon	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Nov 10, 1922	7	39	34	39	39	0	0	0	0	0	39	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.3
Dick Littlefield	26	us US	L	L	6' 0"	180	Mar 18, 1926	3	28	1	28	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Don Lund	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	200	May 18, 1923	5	8	7	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	7	1	0	0.0
Dave Madison	31	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Feb 1, 1921	2	10	1	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.8
Cliff Mapes	30	us US	L	R	6' 3"	205	Mar 13, 1922	5	86	47	86	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	18	43	63	26	2	-0.6
Dick Marlowe	23	us US	R	R	6' 2"	165	Jun 27, 1929	2	4	1	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Wayne McLeland	27	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Aug 29, 1924	2	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Pat Mullin	34	us US	L	R	6' 2"	190	Nov 1, 1917	9	97	58	97	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	2	5	65	35	0	0.8
Hal Newhouser HOF	31	us US	L	L	6' 2"	180	May 20, 1921	14	26	19	26	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.2	$34,000
Johnny Pesky	33	us US	L	R	5' 9"	168	Feb 27, 1919	8	69	45	69	62	0	0	0	22	3	41	0	0	0	0	14	2	0.6	$22,500
Jerry Priddy	32	us US	R	R	5' 11"	180	Nov 9, 1919	10	75	75	75	75	0	0	0	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.3
Bud Souchock	33	us US	R	R	6' 2"	203	Mar 3, 1919	5	92	61	92	77	0	0	9	0	13	0	16	1	41	56	22	4	1.1
Marlin Stuart	33	us US	L	R	6' 2"	185	Aug 8, 1918	4	30	9	30	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.8	$10,000
Russ Sullivan	29	us US	L	R	6' 0"	196	Feb 19, 1923	2	15	13	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	9	14	1	0	0.4
Bob Swift	37	us US	R	R	5' 11"	180	Mar 6, 1915	13	28	23	28	28	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6	$13,000
Ben Taylor	24	us US	L	L	6' 0"	175	Sep 30, 1927	2	7	4	7	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	-0.3
Dizzy Trout	37	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Jun 29, 1915	14	10	2	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Virgil Trucks	35	us US	R	R	5' 11"	198	Apr 26, 1917	11	35	29	35	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.9
Bill Tuttle	22	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Jul 4, 1929	1st	7	6	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	6	1	0	-0.2
Vic Wertz	27	us US	L	R	6' 0"	186	Feb 9, 1925	6	85	77	85	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	79	79	8	0	2.1		All-Star
Hal White	33	us US	R	R	5' 10"	165	Mar 18, 1919	10	41	0	41	41	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9
Bill Wight	30	us US	L	L	6' 1"	180	Apr 12, 1922	7	23	19	23	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.7
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Red Rolfe	43	us US	Oct 17, 1908	Manager	Apr 15	Jul 4
Fred Hutchinson	32	us US	Aug 12, 1919	Manager	Jul 5	Sep 28
Dick Bartell	44	us US	Nov 22, 1907		Apr 15	Sep 28
Rick Ferrell	46	us US	Oct 12, 1905		Apr 15	Sep 28
Ted Lyons	51	us US	Dec 28, 1900		Apr 15	Sep 28
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date