1958 Detroit Tigers Statistics

1957 Season 1959 Season

Record: 77-77-0, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Jack Tighe (21-28) and Bill Norman (56-49)

General Manager: John McHale (Resigned 1/25/1959)

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium

Attendance: 1,098,924 (2nd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 107
One-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102

Pythagorean W-L: 83-71, 659 Runs, 606 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
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	Red Wilson	29	103	343	298	31	89	13	1	3	29	10	0	35	30	.299	.373	.379	.752	102	113	8	2	5	3	5
2	1B	Gail Harris*	26	134	498	451	63	123	18	8	20	82	1	2	36	60	.273	.328	.481	.809	114	217	10	4	1	6	3
3	2B	Frank Bolling	26	154	681	610	91	164	25	4	14	75	6	4	54	54	.269	.328	.392	.720	92	239	9	4	4	9	1
4	SS	Billy Martin	30	131	536	498	56	127	19	1	7	42	5	3	16	62	.255	.279	.339	.619	65	169	16	3	13	6	0
5	3B	Reno Bertoia	23	86	273	240	28	56	6	0	6	27	5	2	20	35	.233	.290	.333	.623	67	80	4	2	4	7	2
6	LF	Charlie Maxwell*	31	131	466	397	56	108	14	4	13	65	6	1	64	54	.272	.369	.426	.795	113	169	5	0	0	5	4
7	CF	Harvey Kuenn	27	139	619	561	73	179	39	3	8	54	5	10	51	34	.319	.373	.442	.815	118	248	13	0	3	4	8
8	RF	Al Kaline	23	146	607	543	84	170	34	7	16	85	7	4	54	47	.313	.374	.490	.864	130	266	18	2	3	5	6
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	SS	Coot Veal	25	58	230	207	29	53	10	2	0	16	1	1	14	21	.256	.304	.324	.627	68	67	9	1	6	2	0
10	3B	Ozzie Virgil	26	49	203	193	19	47	10	2	3	19	1	0	8	20	.244	.272	.363	.635	69	70	5	0	1	1	0
11	OF	Johnny Groth	31	88	161	146	24	41	5	2	2	11	0	1	13	19	.281	.340	.384	.723	94	56	4	0	2	0	0
12	C	Jim Hegan	37	45	140	130	14	25	6	0	1	7	0	0	10	32	.192	.250	.262	.512	38	34	5	0	0	0	1
13	1B	Ray Boone	34	39	132	114	16	27	4	1	6	20	0	2	14	13	.237	.323	.447	.770	104	51	3	1	2	1	1
14	LF	Gus Zernial	35	66	131	124	8	40	7	1	5	23	0	0	6	25	.323	.351	.516	.867	130	64	3	0	0	1	0
15	OF	Tito Francona*	24	45	84	69	11	17	5	0	0	10	0	0	15	16	.246	.381	.319	.700	90	22	2	0	0	0	3
16	C	Charley Lau*	25	30	82	68	8	10	1	2	0	6	0	0	12	15	.147	.293	.221	.513	40	15	2	2	0	0	2
17	OF	Bob Hazle*	27	43	63	58	5	14	2	0	2	5	0	0	5	13	.241	.302	.379	.681	81	22	0	0	0	0	0
18	UT	Lou Skizas	26	23	38	33	4	8	2	0	1	2	0	0	5	1	.242	.342	.394	.736	97	13	1	0	0	0	1
19	SS	Milt Bolling	27	24	37	31	3	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	.194	.306	.258	.564	53	8	0	0	1	0	0
20	C	Tim Thompson*	34	4	9	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.167	.444	.167	.611	72	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	RF	Bill Taylor*	28	8	8	8	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	102	3	0	0	0	0	0
22	LF	George Alusik	23	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	2B	Steve Boros	21	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
24		Bobo Osborne*	22	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	C	Jack Feller	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	RF	George Thomas	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Frank Lary	28	39	100	88	6	15	1	1	1	6	0	2	3	20	.170	.198	.239	.436	17	21	2	0	9	0	0
28	P	Paul Foytack	27	39	88	75	5	18	2	0	0	9	1	0	6	20	.240	.296	.267	.563	52	20	1	0	7	0	0
29	P	Jim Bunning	26	36	84	75	7	14	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	24	.187	.218	.213	.431	16	16	3	0	6	0	0
30	P	Billy Hoeft*	26	43	50	44	10	12	0	2	0	5	0	0	4	11	.273	.327	.364	.690	85	16	1	0	1	1	0
31	P	Herb Moford	29	25	41	37	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.027	.053	.027	.080	-78	1	1	0	3	0	0
32	P	George Susce	27	27	28	24	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	11	.125	.192	.167	.359	-3	4	0	1	2	0	0
33	P	Al Cicotte	28	15	17	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.176	.176	.176	.353	-5	3	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Hank Aguirre	27	44	15	14	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.214	.267	.286	.552	48	4	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Tom Morgan	28	39	11	10	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	2	0	0	1	0	0
36	P	Bob Shaw	25	12	9	8	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.375	.444	.375	.819	123	3	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Herm Wehmeier	31	7	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	1	0	0	0	0
38	P	Mickey McDermott*	29	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	1	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Bill Fischer	27	22	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	47	0	1	0	1	0	0
40	P	Joe Presko	29	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Lou Sleater*	31	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	1171	4	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Vito Valentinetti	29	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Don Lee	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
44	P	George Spencer	31	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.5	154	5805	5194	659	1384	229	41	109	611	48	32	463	678	.266	.326	.389	.715	91	2022	127	22	75	51	37
		Rank in 8 AL teams				6	4	2	1	3	6		3	2	7	2	2	4	4	4		4		8		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.5	154	5347	4791	624	1308	222	38	107	579	47	30	440	563	.273	.334	.402	.736	97	1927	117	21	45	50	37
		Pitcher Totals	27.2	154	458	403	35	76	7	3	2	32	1	2	23	115	.189	.234	.236	.469	26	95	10	1	30	1	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Frank Lary	28	16	15	.516	2.90	39	34	4	19	3	1	260.1	249	91	84	20	68	4	131	12	0	4	1085	139	3.39	1.218	8.6	0.7	2.4	4.5	1.93
2	SP	Paul Foytack	27	15	13	.536	3.44	39	33	4	16	2	1	230.0	198	98	88	23	77	1	135	3	0	2	944	117	3.64	1.196	7.7	0.9	3.0	5.3	1.75
3	SP	Jim Bunning	26	14	12	.538	3.52	35	34	0	10	3	0	219.2	188	96	86	28	79	4	177	10	3	5	923	115	3.74	1.215	7.7	1.1	3.2	7.3	2.24
4	SP	Billy Hoeft*	26	10	9	.526	4.15	36	21	9	6	0	3	143.0	148	70	66	15	49	3	94	1	0	3	615	97	3.57	1.378	9.3	0.9	3.1	5.9	1.92
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	CL	Hank Aguirre*	27	3	4	.429	3.75	44	3	16	0	0	5	69.2	67	31	29	5	27	2	38	1	0	1	299	108	3.52	1.349	8.7	0.6	3.5	4.9	1.41
6	RP	Herb Moford	29	4	9	.308	3.61	25	11	4	6	0	1	109.2	83	45	44	10	42	6	58	9	0	2	448	112	4.00	1.140	6.8	0.8	3.4	4.8	1.38
7	RP	George Susce	27	4	3	.571	3.67	27	10	7	2	0	1	90.2	90	45	37	7	26	1	42	3	1	2	385	110	3.51	1.279	8.9	0.7	2.6	4.2	1.62
8	RP	Tom Morgan	28	2	5	.286	3.16	39	1	11	0	0	1	62.2	70	28	22	7	4	0	32	1	0	0	256	128	3.15	1.181	10.1	1.0	0.6	4.6	8.00
9	RP	Bill Fischer	27	2	4	.333	7.63	22	0	13	0	0	2	30.2	46	34	26	6	13	2	16	0	0	3	146	54	5.25	1.924	13.5	1.8	3.8	4.7	1.23
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Al Cicotte	28	3	1	.750	3.56	14	2	3	0	0	0	43.0	50	19	17	1	15	1	21	0	0	3	185	114	2.85	1.512	10.5	0.2	3.1	4.4	1.40
11		Bob Shaw	25	1	2	.333	5.06	11	2	2	0	0	0	26.2	32	16	15	2	13	1	17	0	0	1	124	81	3.64	1.688	10.8	0.7	4.4	5.7	1.31
12		Herm Wehmeier	31	1	0	1.000	2.38	7	3	2	0	0	0	22.2	21	8	6	2	5	0	11	0	0	0	93	172	3.31	1.147	8.3	0.8	2.0	4.4	2.20
13		Vito Valentinetti	29	1	0	1.000	3.38	15	0	9	0	0	2	18.2	18	7	7	4	5	0	10	1	0	0	77	122	5.15	1.232	8.7	1.9	2.4	4.8	2.00
14		Joe Presko	29	0	0		3.38	7	0	6	0	0	2	10.2	13	4	4	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	43	124	1.63	1.313	11.0	0.0	0.8	5.1	6.00
15		George Spencer	31	1	0	1.000	2.70	7	0	2	0	0	0	10.0	11	4	3	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	44	155	2.68	1.500	9.9	0.0	3.6	4.5	1.25
16		Lou Sleater*	31	0	0		6.75	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	3	4	4	2	6	0	4	0	0	0	25	64	9.23	1.688	5.1	3.4	10.1	6.8	0.67
17		Mickey McDermott*	29	0	0		9.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	6	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	14	53	5.48	4.000	27.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
18		Don Lee	24	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	9	53	11.98	1.000	4.5	4.5	4.5	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	27.3	77	77	.500	3.59	154	154	95	59	8	19	1357.1	1294	606	542	133	437	25	797	42	4	27	5715	113	3.63	1.275	8.6	0.9	2.9	5.3	1.82
		Rank in 8 AL teams		4	4		3				1	5	8	8	4	3	3	5	2		1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W