1955 Detroit Tigers Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 79-75
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 1,181,838, Avg. 17,594
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Bucky Harris (79-75)
Location: Detroit, Michigan

1955 Detroit Tigers Roster
1955 Detroit Tigers Results

The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1955 season with a record of 79 wins and 75 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.

The Tigers scored 775 runs, most in the league. Detroit conceded 658 runs. Al Kaline paced the squad with 27 home runs, while Frank House and Ray Boone walloped 20 or more also. Ray Boone recorded 116 runs batted in. Al Kaline topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .340. Billy Hoeft led the team with 16 wins and a team-best 2.99 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Bucky Harris coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Billy Hoeft	16	7	.696	2.99	32	29	0	17	7	0	220.0	187	75	73	17	75	1	133	3	0	0	906
Frank Lary	14	15	.483	3.10	36	31	5	16	2	1	235.0	232	100	81	10	89	3	98	6	0	7	997
Steve Gromek	13	10	.565	3.98	28	25	1	8	2	0	181.0	183	89	80	26	37	5	73	9	1	1	760
Ned Garver	12	16	.429	3.98	33	32	1	16	1	0	230.7	251	115	102	21	67	10	83	5	1	6	992
Al Aber	6	3	.667	3.38	39	1	22	0	0	3	80.0	86	32	30	9	28	1	37	0	0	1	346
Duke Maas	5	6	.455	4.88	18	16	1	5	2	0	86.7	91	52	47	7	50	3	42	2	0	2	393
Babe Birrer	4	3	.571	4.15	36	3	15	1	0	3	80.3	77	39	37	9	29	4	28	0	0	0	343
Jim Bunning	3	5	.375	6.35	15	8	3	0	0	1	51.0	59	38	36	8	32	2	37	3	0	1	241
Bob Miller	2	1	.667	2.49	7	3	2	1	0	0	25.3	26	12	7	4	12	1	11	0	0	1	112
Joe Coleman	2	1	.667	3.20	17	0	13	0	0	3	25.3	22	9	9	1	14	0	5	1	0	1	109
Dick Marlowe	1	0	1.000	1.80	4	1	3	1	0	1	15.0	12	4	3	1	4	1	9	0	0	1	59
Bud Black	1	1	.500	1.29	3	2	0	1	1	0	14.0	12	5	2	0	8	0	7	2	0	1	63
Bill Froats	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7
Van Fletcher	0	0		3.00	9	0	6	0	0	0	12.0	13	10	4	1	2	1	4	0	0	0	54
Ben Flowers	0	0		6.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	5	4	4	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	24
Bob Schultz	0	0		20.25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	2	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	8
Leo Cristante	0	1	.000	3.19	20	1	1	0	0	0	36.7	37	15	13	1	14	2	9	0	0	0	159
Paul Foytack	0	1	.000	5.26	22	1	7	0	0	0	49.7	48	29	29	4	36	3	38	0	0	4	227
George Zuverink	0	5	.000	6.99	14	1	6	0	0	0	28.3	38	27	22	6	14	3	13	1	0	0	141
Totals	79	75	.513	3.79	339	154	88	66	15	12	1380.3	1381	658	582	126	517	40	629	32	2	27	5941

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Al Kaline	152	681	588	121	200	24	8	27	102	6	8	82	57	.340	.421	.546	.967	321	13	5	0	6	12
Harvey Kuenn	145	666	620	101	190	38	5	8	62	8	3	40	27	.306	.347	.423	.769	262	7	1	0	5	3
Bill Tuttle	154	698	603	102	168	23	4	14	78	6	3	76	54	.279	.358	.400	.757	241	25	1	13	5	2
Ray Boone	135	560	500	61	142	22	7	20	116	1	1	50	49	.284	.346	.476	.822	238	16	1	2	7	2
Fred Hatfield	122	492	413	51	96	15	3	8	33	3	2	61	49	.232	.337	.341	.678	141	7	5	11	2	6
Earl Torgeson	89	369	300	58	85	10	1	9	50	9	0	61	29	.283	.397	.413	.810	124	6	0	1	7	2
Frank House	102	359	328	37	85	11	1	15	53	0	0	22	25	.259	.308	.436	.744	143	4	3	2	4	4
Jim Delsing	114	409	356	49	85	15	2	10	60	2	0	48	40	.239	.328	.376	.704	134	6	1	0	4	2
Red Wilson	78	274	241	26	53	9	0	2	17	1	2	26	23	.220	.296	.282	.578	68	13	0	7	0	3
Harry Malmberg	67	242	208	25	45	5	2	0	19	0	1	29	19	.216	.310	.260	.569	54	7	0	3	2	2
Bubba Phillips	95	205	184	18	43	4	0	3	23	2	1	14	20	.234	.289	.304	.594	56	3	2	1	4	1
Jack Phillips	55	131	117	15	37	8	2	1	20	0	0	10	12	.316	.364	.444	.809	52	3	0	2	2	0
Ferris Fain	58	196	140	23	37	8	0	2	23	2	1	52	12	.264	.459	.364	.823	51	5	0	2	2	2
Charlie Maxwell	55	122	109	19	29	7	1	7	18	0	0	8	20	.266	.325	.541	.866	59	2	2	2	1	0
Ned Garver	33	91	76	11	17	1	0	1	13	1	0	9	5	.224	.295	.276	.572	21	5	0	3	3	0
Billy Hoeft	36	96	82	9	17	2	0	0	4	0	0	10	25	.207	.293	.232	.525	19	1	0	4	0	0
Frank Lary	36	91	82	4	16	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	29	.195	.233	.220	.452	18	1	0	5	0	0
Reno Bertoia	38	76	68	13	14	2	1	1	10	0	0	5	11	.206	.253	.309	.562	21	1	0	1	2	1
Jay Porter	24	63	55	6	13	2	0	0	3	0	0	8	15	.236	.333	.273	.606	15	1	0	0	0	0
Steve Gromek	28	74	54	10	9	1	0	0	5	0	0	16	12	.167	.357	.185	.542	10	0	0	4	0	0
Chick King	7	22	21	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.238	.273	.238	.511	5	0	0	0	0	0
Duke Maas	18	33	30	2	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	12	.167	.194	.233	.427	7	0	0	2	0	0
Joe Coleman	17	5	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	.750	1.500	3	0	0	1	0	0
Jim Bunning	15	17	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.200	.400	3	0	0	2	0	0
Babe Birrer	36	21	19	3	3	1	0	2	6	0	0	2	4	.158	.238	.526	.764	10	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Miller	9	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bud Souchock	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Streuli	2	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.200	.500	.700	2	0	0	0	1	0
Bud Black	3	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	1	0	0
Paul Foytack	22	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	2	0	0	0	0
Al Aber	39	19	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.059	.059	.059	.118	1	1	0	2	0	0
Leo Cristante	20	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Belardi	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Flowers	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Zuverink	14	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Marlowe	4	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Small	12	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Samford	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Schultz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Froats	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Van Fletcher	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1854	6070	5283	775	1407	211	38	130	724	41	22	638	581	.266	.344	.394	.739	2084	130	21	71	57	42

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Earl Torgeson	1B	83	80	717.7	695	53	6	79	.992	9.380	9.012	0	0	0	0
Ferris Fain	1B	44	42	366.3	370	29	5	42	.988	9.803	9.068	0	0	0	0
Jack Phillips	1B	35	25	227.7	236	13	2	16	.992	9.843	7.114	0	0	0	0
Jay Porter	1B	6	6	52.0	52	1	0	5	1.000	9.173	8.833	0	0	0	0
Charlie Maxwell	1B	2	1	17.0	21	2	1	0	.958	12.176	11.500	0	0	0	0
Fred Hatfield	2B	92	88	782.0	216	251	12	74	.975	5.375	5.076	0	0	0	0
Harry Malmberg	2B	65	61	552.7	155	181	5	42	.985	5.472	5.169	0	0	0	0
Reno Bertoia	2B	6	5	46.0	7	22	1	4	.967	5.674	4.833	0	0	0	0
Ray Boone	3B	126	126	1107.3	135	252	19	33	.953	3.145	3.071	0	0	0	0
Fred Hatfield	3B	16	14	129.3	17	30	5	2	.904	3.271	2.938	0	0	0	0
Reno Bertoia	3B	14	9	95.0	12	24	3	4	.923	3.411	2.571	0	0	0	0
Bubba Phillips	3B	4	4	36.0	3	9	2	1	.857	3.000	3.000	0	0	0	0
Jack Phillips	3B	3	1	13.0	3	2	0	0	1.000	3.462	1.667	0	0	0	0
Frank House	C	93	87	750.3	423	35	6	5	.987	5.494	4.925	3	11	27	24	47.1
Red Wilson	C	72	62	586.3	292	25	5	5	.984	4.866	4.403	5	18	11	11	50.0
Jay Porter	C	4	4	33.0	16	1	0	0	1.000	4.636	4.250	0	0	1	0	0.0
Walt Streuli	C	2	1	11.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	5.727	3.500	0	0	0	0
Bill Tuttle	OF	154	153	1366.7	442	12	7	2	.985	2.990	2.948	0	0	0	0
Al Kaline	OF	152	151	1325.7	306	14	7	4	.979	2.172	2.105	0	0	0	0
Jim Delsing	OF	101	91	805.7	178	3	1	1	.995	2.022	1.792	0	0	0	0
Bubba Phillips	OF	65	35	392.0	128	2	1	0	.992	2.985	2.000	0	0	0	0
Charlie Maxwell	OF	26	22	171.0	55	3	2	0	.967	3.053	2.231	0	0	0	0
Chick King	OF	6	6	48.0	12	0	1	0	.923	2.250	2.000	0	0	0	0
Jay Porter	OF	4	4	23.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.565	1.000	0	0	0	0
Jim Small	OF	4	0	10.0	2	1	0	0	1.000	2.700	.750	0	0	0	0
Frank Lary	P	36	31	235.0	14	46	3	4	.952	2.298	1.667	0	0	0	0
Ned Garver	P	33	32	230.7	17	40	3	4	.950	2.224	1.727	0	0	0	0
Billy Hoeft	P	32	29	220.0	7	21	0	2	1.000	1.145	.875	0	0	0	0
Steve Gromek	P	28	25	180.7	12	22	1	2	.971	1.694	1.214	0	0	0	0
Duke Maas	P	18	16	86.7	2	17	0	0	1.000	1.973	1.056	0	0	0	0
Babe Birrer	P	36	3	80.3	8	8	0	1	1.000	1.793	.444	0	0	0	0
Al Aber	P	39	1	80.3	4	17	3	2	.875	2.353	.538	0	0	0	0
Jim Bunning	P	15	8	51.0	4	8	1	1	.923	2.118	.800	0	0	0	0
Paul Foytack	P	22	1	49.7	2	7	0	0	1.000	1.631	.409	0	0	0	0
Leo Cristante	P	20	1	36.7	1	1	1	0	.667	.491	.100	0	0	0	0
George Zuverink	P	14	1	28.3	2	6	0	0	1.000	2.541	.571	0	0	0	0
Bob Miller	P	7	3	25.3	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.421	.571	0	0	0	0
Joe Coleman	P	17	0	25.3	3	6	0	0	1.000	3.197	.529	0	0	0	0
Dick Marlowe	P	4	1	15.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	.600	.250	0	0	0	0
Bud Black	P	3	2	14.3	1	3	1	0	.800	2.512	1.333	0	0	0	0
Van Fletcher	P	9	0	12.0	1	1	1	0	.667	1.500	.222	0	0	0	0
Ben Flowers	P	4	0	6.0	1	2	1	1	.750	4.500	.750	0	0	0	0
Bill Froats	P	1	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000	0	0	0	0
Bob Schultz	P	1	0	1.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Harvey Kuenn	SS	141	140	1236.7	253	378	29	83	.956	4.592	4.475	0	0	0	0
Fred Hatfield	SS	14	12	113.0	19	43	4	4	.939	4.938	4.429	0	0	0	0
Reno Bertoia	SS	5	2	27.0	4	6	0	0	1.000	3.333	2.000	0	0	0	0
Ron Samford	SS	1	0	4.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.500	2.000	0	0	0	0
Totals		1679	1386	12426.0	4143	1604	139	423	.976	4.162	3.423	8	29	39	35	47.3

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