1956 Detroit Tigers Batting Statistics

1955 Season 1957 Season

Record: 82-72-1, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Bucky Harris (82-72-1)

General Manager: Muddy Ruel

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium

Attendance: 1,051,182 (3rd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100
One-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96

Pythagorean W-L: 85-69, 789 Runs, 699 Runs Allowed

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Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Frank House*	26	94	348	321	43	77	6	2	10	44	1	1	21	19	.240	.290	.364	.655	72	117	15	3	0	3	0
2	1B	Earl Torgeson*	32	117	400	318	61	84	9	3	12	42	6	4	78	47	.264	.406	.425	.831	119	135	5	0	1	3	0
3	2B	Frank Bolling	24	102	422	366	53	103	21	7	7	45	6	2	42	51	.281	.354	.434	.789	107	159	4	2	7	5	1
4	SS	Harvey Kuenn	25	146	657	591	96	196	32	7	12	88	9	5	55	34	.332	.387	.470	.857	125	278	11	3	0	8	3
5	3B	Ray Boone	32	131	568	481	77	148	14	6	25	81	0	0	77	46	.308	.403	.518	.920	141	249	13	3	2	5	8
6	LF	Charlie Maxwell*	29	141	592	500	97	163	14	3	28	87	1	1	79	74	.326	.414	.534	.948	149	267	5	2	3	8	1
7	CF	Bill Tuttle	26	140	592	546	61	138	22	4	9	65	5	4	38	48	.253	.301	.357	.658	73	195	18	1	4	3	1
8	RF	Al Kaline	21	153	693	617	96	194	32	10	27	128	7	1	70	55	.314	.383	.530	.913	139	327	10	1	1	4	4
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	C	Red Wilson	27	78	278	228	32	66	12	2	7	38	2	1	42	18	.289	.393	.452	.844	122	103	6	0	3	5	7
10	1B	Jack Phillips	34	67	247	224	31	66	13	2	1	20	1	1	21	19	.295	.354	.384	.738	95	86	11	0	1	1	0
11	UT	Bob Kennedy	35	70	207	177	17	41	5	0	4	22	2	2	24	19	.232	.328	.328	.656	74	58	10	2	3	1	2
12	2B	Jim Brideweser	29	70	180	156	23	34	4	0	0	10	3	1	20	19	.218	.307	.244	.550	47	38	4	0	4	0	2
13	1B	Wayne Belardi*	25	79	179	154	24	43	3	1	6	15	0	0	15	13	.279	.371	.429	.799	110	66	4	8	1	1	1
14	OF	Jim Small*	19	58	99	91	13	29	4	2	0	10	0	0	6	10	.319	.361	.407	.767	102	37	1	0	2	0	0
15	2B	Reno Bertoia	21	22	74	66	7	12	2	0	1	5	0	0	6	12	.182	.260	.258	.518	37	17	4	1	0	0	0
16	MI	Buddy Hicks#	29	26	50	47	5	10	2	0	0	5	0	1	3	2	.213	.260	.255	.515	37	12	1	0	0	0	0
17	UT	Jay Porter	23	14	22	21	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	.095	.091	.095	.186	-51	2	1	0	0	1	0
18	LF	Jim Delsing*	30	10	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	-29	0	0	1	0	0	0
19	2B	Fred Hatfield*	31	8	15	12	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	75	3	0	1	0	0	0
20	LF	Chick King	25	6	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.222	.300	.222	.522	40	2	0	0	0	0	0
21	C	Walt Streuli	20	3	9	8	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.250	.333	.375	.708	87	3	0	0	0	0	0
22	C	Charley Lau*	23	3	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	18	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
23	P	Frank Lary	26	41	119	103	14	19	2	0	1	12	0	0	8	25	.184	.239	.233	.472	25	24	5	0	6	2	0
24	P	Paul Foytack	25	43	98	90	7	11	2	0	0	7	0	0	2	30	.122	.141	.144	.286	-24	13	2	0	6	0	0
25	P	Billy Hoeft*	24	42	97	80	16	20	3	1	0	9	0	0	12	22	.250	.348	.313	.660	76	25	1	0	5	0	0
26	P	Virgil Trucks	39	22	47	45	4	11	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	.244	.244	.289	.533	40	13	0	0	2	0	0
27	P	Steve Gromek#	36	40	41	27	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	10	.148	.395	.148	.543	49	4	1	0	3	0	0
28	P	Jim Bunning	24	15	20	18	4	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.333	.333	.444	.778	104	8	1	0	2	0	0
29	P	Duke Maas	27	26	18	16	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	8	.188	.278	.250	.528	40	4	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Al Aber*	28	42	13	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.300	.364	.300	.664	77	3	0	0	2	0	0
31	P	Bob Miller	20	11	8	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.286	.536	41	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Ned Garver	30	6	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	-52	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Walt Masterson	36	35	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	32	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Gene Host#	23	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Bud Black	23	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Dick Marlowe	27	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Jim Brady*	20	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Pete Wojey	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Hal Woodeshick	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.2	155	6144	5364	789	1494	209	50	150	745	43	26	643	618	.279	.356	.420	.776	104	2253	133	28	58	50	30
		Rank in 8 AL teams				1	2	1	3	3	3		3	2	4	1	1	2	2	3		2		5		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.2	155	5667	4954	739	1415	196	49	149	711	43	24	604	505	.286	.363	.435	.799	110	2156	123	28	32	48	30
		Pitcher Totals	27.5	155	477	410	50	79	13	1	1	34	0	2	39	113	.193	.262	.237	.498	32	97	10	0	26	2	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB