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1953 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952/1954) 60-94, Finished 6th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 695 runs, Allowed 923 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-97 Managed by Fred Hutchinson Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 884,658 (5th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 102   (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 101   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 Stats (1952/1954) / Schedule / Transactions

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Matt Batts          31  116  374   38  104  24  3   6   43  24   36  .278  .322  .406   2   3   9   0   1           96
1B  Walt Dropo          30  152  606   61  150  30  3  13   96  29   69  .248  .289  .371   2   0  22   6   4           78
2B *Johnny Pesky        33  103  308   43   90  22  1   2   24  27   10  .292  .353  .390   3   7   4   2   5          101
3B  Ray Boone           29  101  385   73  120  16  6  22   93  48   47  .312  .395  .556   2   1   6   5   5          155
SS  Harvey Kuenn        22  155  679   94  209  33  7   2   48  50   31  .308  .356  .386   6   5  10   1   1          101
OF  Bob Nieman          26  142  508   72  143  32  5  15   69  57   57  .281  .354  .453   0   3  13   0   3          117
OF *Jim Delsing         27  138  479   77  138  26  6  11   62  66   39  .288  .380  .436   1   3   8   5   2          121
OF  Don Lund            30  131  421   51  108  21  4   9   47  39   65  .257  .323  .390   3   3  11   2   8           92
   *Fred Hatfield       28  109  311   41   79  11  1   3   19  40   34  .254  .341  .325   3   5   7   1   6           81
    Steve Souchock      34   89  278   29   84  13  3  11   46   8   35  .302  .326  .489   5   1  10   2   2          119
    Jerry Priddy        33   65  196   14   46   6  2   1   24  17   19  .235  .299  .301   1   1   6   1   2           63
    Johnny Bucha        28   60  158   17   35   9  0   1   14  20   14  .222  .309  .297   1   1   3   0   2           65
   *Pat Mullin          35   79   97   11   26   1  0   4   17  14   15  .268  .360  .402   0   1   3   0   0          106
    Owen Friend         26   31   96   10   17   4  0   3   10   6    9  .177  .233  .313   0   1   5   1   1           47
   *Russ Sullivan       30   23   72    7   18   5  1   1    6  13    5  .250  .379  .389   0   0   4   2   1          109
   *Joe Ginsberg        26   18   53    6   16   2  0   0    3  10    1  .302  .422  .340   0   0   0   1   1          108
    Billy Hitchcock     36   22   38    8    8   0  0   0    0   3    3  .211  .268  .211   0   0   4   0   0           31
    Al Kaline           18   30   28    9    7   0  0   1    2   1    5  .250  .300  .357   1   0   1   1   0           77
    John Baumgartner    22    7   27    3    5   0  0   0    2   0    5  .185  .185  .185   0   0   0   0   0            1
    Frank Carswell      33   16   15    2    4   0  0   0    2   3    1  .267  .389  .267   0   0   0   0   0           80
    Bob Swift           38    2    3    0    1   1  0   0    1   2    1  .333  .600  .667   0   0   0   0   0          243
    Reno Bertoia        18    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    George Freese       26    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

    Ned Garver          27   30   72    3   11   0  0   1    6   6   12  .153  .218  .194   0   0   4   0   4           12
   *Billy Hoeft         21   30   64    8   11   1  0   0    4   9   17  .172  .274  .188   0   0   1   0   3           27
   #Ted Gray            28   32   61    5   14   0  1   0    7   6   14  .230  .299  .262   0   0   1   0   1           53
   #Steve Gromek        33   19   41    0    3   0  0   0    2   0   10  .073  .073  .073   0   0   0   0   5          -60
    Ralph Branca        27   17   34    3    4   0  1   0    4   2   14  .118  .167  .176   0   0   2   0   1           -7
    Dick Marlowe        24   42   32    0    7   0  0   0    2   0   13  .219  .219  .219   0   0   1   0   1           19
   *Al Aber             25   17   23    2    3   0  0   0    2   1    6  .130  .167  .130   0   0   0   0   1          -19
    Ray Herbert         23   43   19    0    3   0  0   0    0   2    7  .158  .238  .158   0   0   1   0   0            9
    Art Houtteman       25   16   19    4    3   1  0   1    2   0    2  .158  .158  .368   0   0   1   0   2           39
    Dave Madison        32   32   11    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .091  .091  .091   0   0   1   0   0          -51
    Bob Miller          17   13    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   0          -32
   *Hal Newhouser       32    7    8    1    4   0  0   0    1   1    0  .500  .556  .500   0   0   0   0   0          188
   *Bill Wight          31   13    7    0    3   0  0   0    1   0    1  .429  .429  .429   0   0   0   0   0          133
   *Fred Hutchinson     33    4    6    1    1   0  0   1    1   0    0  .167  .167  .667   0   0   0   0   0          117
    Hal Erickson        33   18    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0         -100
    Earl Harrist        33    8    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .250  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -27
    Milt Jordan         26    8    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0          172
    Ray Scarborough     35   13    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Dick Weik           25   12    2    1    1   1  0   0    1   0    1  .500  .500 1.000   0   0   0   0   1          298
    Paul Foytack        22    6    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.4  158 5553  695 1479 259 44 108  661 506  603  .266  .328  .387  30  35 139  30  63          100
    Rank among 8 AL teams          1    4    1   1  4   5        6    5     3     5     3   7   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Ted Gray            28  30   4.60  10  15  0  28   0   8   0  176.0  166  102   90  25   76  115  756   1   7  0      89
SP *Billy Hoeft         21  29   4.83   9  14  2  27   2   9   0  197.7  223  113  106  24   58   90  863   2   4  1      84
SP  Ned Garver          27  30   4.45  11  11  1  26   3  13   0  198.3  228  107   98  16   66   69  868   4   2  1      92
SP  Steve Gromek        33  19   4.51   6   8  1  17   1   6   1  125.7  138   70   63  17   36   59  548   0   8  0      90
SP  Ralph Branca        27  17   4.15   4   7  1  14   3   7   0  102.0   98   55   47   7   31   50  434   5   2  0      98
SP *Al Aber             25  17   4.46   4   3  0  10   5   2   0   66.7   63   35   33   3   41   34  290   4   0  0      91
SP  Art Houtteman       25  16   5.90   2   6  1   9   6   3   1   68.7   87   50   45  11   29   28  316   2   4  0      69

CL  Ray Herbert         23  43   5.24   4   6  6   3  22   0   0   87.7  109   58   51   5   46   37  406   6   0  0      78
RP  Dave Madison        32  32   6.82   3   4  0   1  17   0   0   62.0   76   55   47   7   44   27  307   3   3  0      60
RP  Dick Marlowe        24  42   5.26   6   7  0  11   9   2   0  119.7  152   74   70  13   42   52  536   4   2  0      77
RP  Hal Erickson        33  18   4.73   0   1  1   0   8   0   0   32.3   43   23   17   4   10   19  148   0   2  0      86
RP  Ray Scarborough     35  13   8.27   0   2  2   0   5   0   0   20.7   34   24   19   3   11   12  111   0   3  0      49

   *Bob Miller          17  13   5.94   1   2  0   1   8   0   0   36.3   43   25   24   2   21    9  171   3   1  0      69
   *Bill Wight          31  13   8.88   0   3  0   4   3   0   0   25.3   35   33   25   4   14   10  125   4   0  0      46
   *Hal Newhouser       32   7   7.06   0   1  1   4   1   0   0   21.7   31   22   17   4    8    6  102   1   2  0      58
    Dick Weik           25  12  13.97   0   1  0   1   2   0   0   19.3   32   30   30   3   23    6  109   3   0  0      29
    Earl Harrist        33   8   8.68   0   2  0   1   3   0   0   18.7   25   19   18   2   15    7   95   1   0  0      47
    Milt Jordan         26   8   5.82   0   1  0   1   4   0   0   17.0   26   13   11   3    5    4   78   0   0  0      70
    Fred Hutchinson     33   3   2.79   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    9.7    9    3    3   0    0    4   37   0   0  0     146
    Paul Foytack        22   6  11.17   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    9.7   15   12   12   1    9    7   51   0   1  0      36
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.6 158   5.25  60  94 16 158 108  50   2 1415.0 1633  923  825 154  585  645 6351  43  41  2      78
    Rank among 8 AL teams           8   6   3  5           5   8      1    8    8        8    6    2
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- MBatts 103 463 44 7 7 .986 13 JBucha 56 218 22 4 4 .984 5 JGinsberg 15 71 12 1 2 .988 2 BSwift 2 13 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 158 765 78 12 13 .986 20 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 8.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WDropo 150 1260 127 14 121 .990 9.25 JPriddy 11 92 9 0 7 1.000 9.18 FHutchinson 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 SSouchock 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 1359 136 14 128 .991 9.51 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .979 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JPesky 73 166 183 3 49 .991 4.78 JPriddy 45 111 106 5 28 .977 4.82 FHatfield 28 64 87 5 21 .968 5.39 OFriend 26 74 69 8 22 .947 5.50 RBertoia 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 BHitchcock 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 416 445 22 120 .975 5.48 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .957 2.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RBoone 97 111 211 14 32 .958 3.32 FHatfield 54 56 121 4 13 .978 3.28 BHitchcock 12 9 17 2 1 .929 2.17 JBaumgartne 7 10 11 2 2 .913 3.00 JPriddy 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 186 363 22 48 .961 3.49 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .966 4.52 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HKuenn 155 308 441 21 78 .973 4.83 RBoone 3 4 8 1 2 .923 4.00 FHatfield 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BHitchcock 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 313 450 22 81 .972 4.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .981 2.18 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BNieman 135 271 10 6 1 .979 2.08 74 0 64 JDelsing 133 354 7 3 2 .992 2.71 0 133 0 DLund 123 275 12 6 0 .980 2.33 37 29 69 SSouchock 80 144 7 6 3 .962 1.89 39 0 44 AKaline 20 11 1 0 0 1.000 0.60 5 11 4 RSullivan 20 42 4 2 1 .958 2.30 20 0 0 PMullin 14 16 1 1 0 .944 1.21 10 0 4 FCarswell 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 3 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 158 1114 42 24 7 .980 2.45 158 158 158 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .957 1.95 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NGarver 30 13 39 1 0 .981 2.36 BHoeft 29 14 24 2 0 .950 1.73 TGray 30 9 22 2 0 .939 1.59 SGromek 19 9 13 0 1 1.000 1.58 DMarlowe 42 7 17 1 0 .960 1.80 RBranca 17 7 10 1 0 .944 1.50 RHerbert 43 9 28 2 2 .949 3.80 AHoutteman 16 4 10 1 0 .933 1.83 AAber 17 0 15 0 1 1.000 2.02 DMadison 32 2 13 2 0 .882 2.18 BMiller 13 5 7 0 0 1.000 2.98 HErickson 18 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.67 BWight 13 0 4 4 0 .500 1.42 HNewhouser 7 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.07 RScarboroug 13 1 2 1 0 .750 1.30 DWeik 12 3 3 0 1 1.000 2.80 EHarrist 8 0 7 0 0 1.000 3.37 MJordan 8 0 6 2 0 .750 3.18 PFoytack 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.93 FHutchinson 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 89 228 19 5 .943 2.02 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Kuenn .308 On-base % Delsing .380 Slugging % Nieman .453 OPS Delsing .816 Games Kuenn 155 At Bats Kuenn 679 Plate Appearances (approx.) Kuenn 731 Runs Kuenn 94 Hits Kuenn 209 Total Bases Kuenn 262 Doubles Kuenn 33 Triples Kuenn 7 Home Runs Boone 22 RBI Dropo 96 Bases on Balls Delsing 66 Strikeouts Dropo 69 Stolen Bases Kuenn 6 Singles Kuenn 167 Adjusted OPS+ Delsing 121 Runs Created Kuenn 92 Adjusted Batting Runs Boone 29 Batting Wins Boone 2.9 Extra-Base Hits Nieman 52 Times on Base Kuenn 260 Offensive Win% Delsing .621 Hit By Pitch Dropo 6 Sac. Hits Lund 8 Grounded into Double Plays Dropo 22 Caught Stealing Pesky 7 Power/Speed Number Souchock 6.9 At Bats per Strikeout Kuenn 21.9 At Bats per Home Run Nieman 33.9 Outs Kuenn 486

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Garver 4.45 Wins Garver 11 Won-Loss % Garver .500 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Gray 1.375 Hits Allowed/9IP Gray 8.49 Bases on Balls/9IP Hoeft 2.64 Strikeouts/9IP Gray 5.88 Games Herbert 43 Saves Herbert 6 Innings Garver 198.3 Strikeouts Gray 115 Games Started Gray 28 Comp. Games Garver 13 Shutouts Gromek and Houtteman 1 Home Runs Allow. Gray 25 Bases On Balls Allow. Gray 76 Hits Allowed Garver 228 SO to Walk Hoeft 1.55 Losses Gray 15 Earned Runs Allow. Hoeft 106 Wild Pitches Herbert 6 Hit Batsmen Gromek 8 Batters Faced Garver 868 Games Finished Herbert 22 Adjusted ERA+ Garver 92

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