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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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1	Red Wilson	29	C	1.7	103	343	298	31	89	13	1	3	29	10	0	35	30	.299	.373	.379	.752	102	.364	104	113	8	2	5	3	5	2/H
2	Gail Harris*	26	1B	2.0	134	498	451	63	123	18	8	20	82	1	2	36	60	.273	.328	.481	.809	114	.368	115	217	10	4	1	6	3	*3H
3	Frank Bolling	26	2B	3.6	154	681	610	91	164	25	4	14	75	6	4	54	54	.269	.328	.392	.720	92	.340	94	239	9	4	4	9	1	*4	MVP-16,GG
4	Billy Martin	30	SS	-1.3	131	536	498	56	127	19	1	7	42	5	3	16	62	.255	.279	.339	.619	65	.293	58	169	16	3	13	6	0	65/H
5	Reno Bertoia	23	3B	-0.1	86	273	240	28	56	6	0	6	27	5	2	20	35	.233	.290	.333	.623	67	.311	70	80	4	2	4	7	2	5H/67
6	Charlie Maxwell*	31	LF	2.2	131	466	397	56	108	14	4	13	65	6	1	64	54	.272	.369	.426	.795	113	.376	117	169	5	0	0	5	4	*73H/9
7	Harvey Kuenn	27	CF	1.9	139	619	561	73	179	39	3	8	54	5	10	51	34	.319	.373	.442	.815	118	.366	116	248	13	0	3	4	8	*8/H	AS,MVP-13
8	Al Kaline	23	RF	6.5	146	607	543	84	170	34	7	16	85	7	4	54	47	.313	.374	.490	.864	130	.393	131	266	18	2	3	5	6	*9/8H	AS,MVP-20,GG
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
9	Coot Veal	25	SS	0.7	58	230	207	29	53	10	2	0	16	1	1	14	21	.256	.304	.324	.627	68	.313	73	67	9	1	6	2	0	6
10	Ozzie Virgil	26	3B	0.4	49	203	193	19	47	10	2	3	19	1	0	8	20	.244	.272	.363	.635	69	.301	64	70	5	0	1	1	0	5/H
11	Johnny Groth	31	OF	0.5	88	161	146	24	41	5	2	2	11	0	1	13	19	.281	.340	.384	.723	94	.328	86	56	4	0	2	0	0	7H89
12	Jim Hegan	37	C	-0.6	45	140	130	14	25	6	0	1	7	0	0	10	32	.192	.250	.262	.512	38	.263	37	34	5	0	0	0	1	2
13	Ray Boone	34	1B	0.1	39	132	114	16	27	4	1	6	20	0	2	14	13	.237	.323	.447	.770	104	.351	106	51	3	1	2	1	1	3/H
14	Gus Zernial	35	LF	0.1	66	131	124	8	40	7	1	5	23	0	0	6	25	.323	.351	.516	.867	130	.386	125	64	3	0	0	1	0	H7
15	Tito Francona*	24	OF	-0.4	45	84	69	11	17	5	0	0	10	0	0	15	16	.246	.381	.319	.700	90	.334	88	22	2	0	0	0	3	H7/93
16	Charley Lau*	25	C	0.1	30	82	68	8	10	1	2	0	6	0	0	12	15	.147	.293	.221	.513	40	.269	40	15	2	2	0	0	2	2/H
17	Bob Hazle*	27	OF	-0.3	43	63	58	5	14	2	0	2	5	0	0	5	13	.241	.302	.379	.681	81	.312	72	22	0	0	0	0	0	H/79
18	Lou Skizas	26	UT	-0.4	23	38	33	4	8	2	0	1	2	0	0	5	1	.242	.342	.394	.736	97	.329	85	13	1	0	0	0	1	H/579
19	Milt Bolling	27	SS	-0.4	24	37	31	3	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	.194	.306	.258	.564	53	.273	43	8	0	0	1	0	0	6H/45
20	Tim Thompson*	34	C	0.0	4	9	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.167	.444	.167	.611	72	.340	93	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2H
21	Bill Taylor*	28	RF	0.0	8	8	8	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	102	.343	95	3	0	0	0	0	0	/H9
22	George Alusik	23	LF	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-145	0	0	0	0	0	0	/7H
23	Bobo Osborne*	22			2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-145	0	0	0	0	0	0	/H
24	Steve Boros	21	2B	-0.1	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-145	0	0	0	0	0	0	/H4
25	George Thomas	20	RF	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/9H
26	Jack Feller	21	C	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
27	Frank Lary	28	P	0.0	39	100	88	6	15	1	1	1	6	0	2	3	20	.170	.198	.239	.436	17	.220	6	21	2	0	9	0	0	1	MVP-23
28	Paul Foytack	27	P	0.5	39	88	75	5	18	2	0	0	9	1	0	6	20	.240	.296	.267	.563	52	.281	43	20	1	0	7	0	0	1
29	Jim Bunning	26	P	0.0	36	84	75	7	14	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	24	.187	.218	.213	.431	16	.214	-5	16	3	0	6	0	0	1/H
30	Billy Hoeft*	26	P	0.5	43	50	44	10	12	0	2	0	5	0	0	4	11	.273	.327	.364	.690	85	.313	72	16	1	0	1	1	0	1/H
31	Herb Moford	29	P	-0.5	25	41	37	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.027	.053	.027	.080	-78	.068	-119	1	1	0	3	0	0	1
32	George Susce	27	P	-0.1	27	28	24	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	11	.125	.192	.167	.359	-3	.177	-33	4	0	1	2	0	0	1
33	Al Cicotte	28	P	0.0	15	17	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.176	.176	.176	.353	-5	.162	-35	3	0	0	0	0	0	1/H
34	Hank Aguirre	27	P	0.1	44	15	14	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.214	.267	.286	.552	48	.257	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
35	Tom Morgan	28	P	0.0	39	11	10	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	.183	-31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
36	Bob Shaw	25	P	0.1	12	9	8	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.375	.444	.375	.819	123	.385	125	3	0	0	0	0	0	1/H
37	Herm Wehmeier	31	P	-0.1	7	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	.102	-76	0	1	0	0	0	0	/1
38	Mickey McDermott*	29	P	0.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	.305	69	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1H
39	Bill Fischer	27	P	0.0	22	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	47	.357	109	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
40	Lou Sleater*	31	P	0.2	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	1171	2.144	1364	4	0	0	0	0	0	/1
41	Joe Presko	29	P	0.0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				.715	355	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
42	George Spencer	31	P	0.0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
43	Vito Valentinetti	29	P	0.0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
44	Don Lee	24	P	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
	Team Totals			16.9	154	5805	5194	659	1384	229	41	109	611	48	32	463	678	.266	.326	.389	.715	91	.336	89	2022	127	22	75	51	37
	Non-Pitcher Totals			16.2		5345	4789	624	1308	222	38	107	579	47	30	440	563	.273	.334	.402	.736	97	.344	96	1927	117	21	45	50	37
	Pitcher Totals			0.7		458	403	35	76	7	3	2	32	1	2	23	115	.189	.234	.236	.469	26	.231	10	95	10	1	30	1	0