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1954 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953/1955) 68-86, Finished 5th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 584 runs, Allowed 664 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-86 Managed by Fred Hutchinson Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,079,847 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 99   (one-year): Batting - 100, 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: 1954 Stats (1953/1955) / 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  *Frank House         24  114  352   35   88  12  1   9   38  31   34  .250  .307  .366   2   1   7   1   1   7       86
1B  Walt Dropo          31  107  320   27   90  14  2   4   44  24   41  .281  .328  .375   0   1  13   0   6   4       94
2B  Frank Bolling       22  117  368   46   87  15  2   6   38  36   51  .236  .302  .337   3   5   5   0   6   3       77
3B  Ray Boone           30  148  543   76  160  19  7  20   85  71   53  .295  .376  .466   4   2  18   2   2   4      132
SS  Harvey Kuenn        23  155  656   81  201  28  6   5   48  29   13  .306  .335  .390   9   9  19   1   6   4      100
OF  Bill Tuttle         24  147  530   64  141  20 11   7   58  62   60  .266  .343  .385   5   8  15   2   5   3      102
OF  Al Kaline           19  138  504   42  139  18  3   4   43  22   45  .276  .305  .347   9   5  21   0   7   2       80
OF *Jim Delsing         28  122  371   39   92  24  2   6   38  49   38  .248  .336  .372   4   4   6   1   3   2       96
    Bob Nieman          27   91  251   24   66  14  1   8   35  22   32  .263  .319  .422   0   2  10   0   3   3      104
   *Wayne Belardi       23   88  250   27   58   7  1  11   24  33   34  .232  .330  .400   1   0   6   5   3   3      102
   *Fred Hatfield       29   81  218   31   64  12  0   2   25  28   24  .294  .385  .376   4   2   5   5   4   1      112
    Red Wilson          25   54  170   22   48  11  1   2   22  27   12  .282  .379  .394   3   1   8   0   6   1      115
    Hoot Evers          33   30   60    5   11   4  0   0    5   5    8  .183  .258  .250   1   0   2   1   0   0       41
    Don Lund            31   35   54    4    7   2  0   0    3   4    3  .130  .186  .167   1   0   3   0   1   1       -2
    Steve Souchock      35   25   39    6    7   0  1   3    8   2   10  .179  .220  .462   1   1   1   0   0   0       85
    Reno Bertoia        19   54   37   13    6   2  0   1    2   5    9  .162  .262  .297   1   0   0   0   0   0       55
   *Chuck Kress         32   24   37    4    7   0  1   0    3   1    4  .189  .211  .243   0   1   0   0   0   0       26
    Chick King          23   11   28    4    6   0  1   0    3   3    8  .214  .290  .286   0   0   1   0   0   0       60
    Matt Batts          32   12   21    1    6   1  0   0    5   2    4  .286  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   1       85
   *Johnny Pesky        34   20   17    5    3   0  0   1    1   3    1  .176  .300  .353   0   0   2   0   0   0       81
    Al Lakeman          35    5    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
    George Bullard      25    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
    Walt Streuli        18    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0   0         

    Ned Garver          28   36   79    3   13   2  0   0    4   6   15  .165  .224  .190   0   1   0   0   5   0       15
   #Steve Gromek        34   36   79    6   15   0  0   0    3   8   21  .190  .273  .190   0   0   0   1  10   0       30
    George Zuverink     29   35   64    1    8   1  0   0    3   1   14  .125  .138  .141   0   1   2   0   9   0      -22
   *Billy Hoeft         22   35   52    5   10   6  0   0    6  10   24  .192  .317  .308   0   0   1   0   0   1       74
   *Al Aber             26   32   39    3    5   0  0   0    3   2   17  .128  .167  .128   0   0   1   0   3   1      -17
   #Ted Gray            29   19   22    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    4  .045  .045  .045   0   0   0   0   0   0      -75
    Dick Marlowe        25   38   18    1    3   1  0   0    1   1   11  .167  .211  .222   0   0   0   0   0   0       20
    Ray Herbert         24   42   17    5    3   0  1   1    3   2    4  .176  .263  .471   0   0   1   0   0   0      100
    Bob Miller          18   34   15    2    2   1  0   0    0   0    4  .133  .133  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0       -9
    Ralph Branca        28   17   13    2    4   1  0   0    1   2    3  .308  .400  .385   0   0   1   0   0   0      118
   *Dick Donovan        26    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
    Dick Weik           26    9    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.6  155 5233  584 1351 215 41  90  552 492  603  .258  .322  .367  48  44 148  19  80  41       96
    Rank among 8 AL teams          3    6    5   2  5   6        7    7     5     6     5   3   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Ned Garver          28  35   2.81  14  11  1  32   3  16   3  246.3  216   93   77  20   62   93 1003   2   4  0     131
SP  Steve Gromek        34  36   2.74  18  16  1  32   4  17   4  252.7  236   85   77  26   57  102 1049   1  12  0     134
SP *Billy Hoeft         22  34   4.58   7  15  1  25   5  10   4  175.0  180   93   89  22   59  114  752   3   4  0      81
SP  George Zuverink     29  35   3.59   9  13  4  25   7   9   2  203.0  201   93   81  22   62   70  869   1   8  0     103
SP *Al Aber             26  32   3.97   5  11  3  18   6   4   0  124.7  121   63   55   8   40   54  528   0   3  0      93
SP *Ted Gray            29  19   5.38   3   5  0  10   5   2   0   72.0   70   48   43   8   56   29  332   1   2  1      69

RP  Ray Herbert         24  42   5.87   3   6  0   4  15   0   0   84.3  114   64   55   6   50   44  402   3   2  0      63
RP  Dick Marlowe        25  38   4.18   5   4  2   2  20   0   0   84.0   76   45   39  11   40   39  363   1   0  0      88
RP *Bob Miller          18  32   2.45   1   1  1   1  22   0   0   69.7   62   25   19   1   26   27  287   1   0  0     150
RP  Ralph Branca        28  17   5.76   3   3  0   5   4   0   0   45.3   63   33   29  10   30   15  227   0   2  0      64

    Dick Weik           26   9   7.16   0   1  0   1   5   0   0   16.3   23   14   13   3   16    9   85   1   1  0      51
    Dick Donovan        26   2  10.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    6.0    9    7    7   1    5    2   32   0   0  0      35
    Frank Lary          24   3   2.45   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.7    4    1    1   0    3    5   17   0   0  0     150
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.2 155   3.81  68  86 13 155  97  58  13 1383.0 1375  664  585 138  506  603 5946  14  38  1      97
    Rank among 8 AL teams           4   5   4  5           4   3      3    5    4        7    2    6

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- FHouse 107 434 56 4 7 .992 4 RWilson 53 245 25 1 7 .996 1 MBatts 8 24 5 1 1 .967 0 ALakeman 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 WStreuli 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 714 86 6 15 .993 5 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 8.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WDropo 95 681 54 3 60 .996 7.74 WBelardi 79 636 51 8 54 .988 8.70 CKress 7 63 5 2 4 .971 9.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1380 110 13 118 .991 9.70 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 4.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FBolling 113 248 232 13 54 .974 4.25 FHatfield 54 114 126 7 29 .972 4.44 RBertoia 15 26 36 2 6 .969 4.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 388 394 22 89 .973 5.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .959 3.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RBoone 148 170 332 19 22 .964 3.39 FHatfield 15 15 26 4 4 .911 2.73 RBertoia 8 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.38 SSouchock 2 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 188 364 23 26 .960 3.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .960 4.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HKuenn 155 294 496 28 85 .966 5.10 RBertoia 3 0 3 1 1 .750 1.00 RBoone 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GBullard 1 2 2 1 0 .800 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 296 501 30 86 .964 5.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .979 2.17 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BTuttle 145 364 18 6 3 .985 2.63 1 144 0 AKaline 135 283 16 9 0 .971 2.21 0 0 135 JDelsing 108 221 5 1 0 .996 2.09 90 5 16 BNieman 62 119 2 2 0 .984 1.95 62 0 0 DLund 31 32 1 1 0 .971 1.06 19 3 11 HEvers 24 33 1 0 0 1.000 1.42 17 2 6 SSouchock 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.44 9 0 0 CKing 7 22 1 1 1 .958 3.29 0 7 0 CKress 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1087 44 20 4 .983 2.45 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .959 2.01 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SGromek 36 16 26 1 1 .977 1.50 NGarver 35 21 48 2 2 .972 2.52 GZuverink 35 18 46 3 3 .955 2.84 BHoeft 34 6 18 1 2 .960 1.23 AAber 32 13 21 2 2 .944 2.45 RHerbert 42 7 24 1 2 .969 3.31 DMarlowe 38 5 11 1 0 .941 1.71 TGray 19 0 9 1 1 .900 1.12 BMiller 32 4 9 1 0 .929 1.68 RBranca 17 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.59 DWeik 9 0 1 1 0 .500 0.55 DDonovan 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 FLary 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 92 220 14 14 .957 2.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Kuenn .306 On-base % Boone .376 Slugging % Boone .466 OPS Boone .842 Games Kuenn 155 At Bats Kuenn 656 Plate Appearances (approx.) Kuenn 696 Runs Kuenn 81 Hits Kuenn 201 Total Bases Kuenn 256 Doubles Kuenn 28 Triples Tuttle 11 Home Runs Boone 20 RBI Boone 85 Bases on Balls Boone 71 Strikeouts Tuttle 60 Stolen Bases Kaline and Kuenn 9 Singles Kuenn 162 Adjusted OPS+ Boone 132 Runs Created Boone 95 Adjusted Batting Runs Boone 24 Batting Wins Boone 2.4 Extra-Base Hits Boone 46 Times on Base Boone 233 Offensive Win% Boone .667 Hit By Pitch Belardi and Hatfield 5 Sac. Hits Gromek 10 Sac. Flies House 7 Grounded into Double Plays Kaline 21 Caught Stealing Kuenn 9 Power/Speed Number Boone 6.7 At Bats per Strikeout Kuenn 50.5 At Bats per Home Run Boone 27.2 Outs Kuenn 493

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Gromek 2.74 Wins Gromek 18 Won-Loss % Garver .560 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Garver 1.129 Hits Allowed/9IP Garver 7.89 Bases on Balls/9IP Gromek 2.03 Strikeouts/9IP Hoeft 5.86 Games Herbert 42 Saves Zuverink 4 Innings Gromek 252.7 Strikeouts Hoeft 114 Games Started Garver and Gromek 32 Comp. Games Gromek 17 Shutouts Gromek and Hoeft 4 Home Runs Allow. Gromek 26 Bases On Balls Allow. Garver and Zuverink 62 Hits Allowed Gromek 236 SO to Walk Hoeft 1.93 Losses Gromek 16 Earned Runs Allow. Hoeft 89 Wild Pitches Herbert and Hoeft 3 Hit Batsmen Gromek 12 Batters Faced Gromek 1049 Games Finished Miller 22 Adjusted ERA+ Gromek 134

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