1959 Detroit Tigers Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 76-78
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 1,221,491, Avg. 16,507
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Bill Norman (2-15)
Manager: Jimmy Dykes (74-63)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1959 Detroit Tigers Roster
1959 Detroit Tigers Results

The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1959 season with a record of 76 wins and 78 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.

The Tigers scored 713 runs and allowed 732 runs. Charlie Maxwell walloped 31 home runs for Detroit, while Eddie Yost and Al Kaline swatted 20 or more also. Charlie Maxwell accounted for 95 RBI. Harvey Kuenn led batters with significant playing time by hitting .353. Frank Lary, Don Mossi and Jim Bunning topped the team with 17 wins each, and Don Mossi earned a 3.36 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Bill Norman and Jimmy Dykes 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
Don Mossi179.6543.36343021530228.0210928520490125312927
Frank Lary1710.6303.55323201130223.022510988234641371112931
Jim Bunning1713.5673.89403541411249.72201111083775020111111037
Paul Foytack1414.5004.64393711121240.3239137124346431102161000
Ray Narleski412.2505.78421021105104.310583672159371104487
Jerry Davie22.5004.17115110036.7402517817120401174
Billy Hoeft11.5005.002200009.0655040210037
Barney Schultz12.3334.42130700018.31712911411710085
Pete Burnside13.2503.773001100162.0553126725149202264
Dave Sisler13.2504.013201800751.7462823436129103232
Tom Morgan14.2003.984612200992.79448411118339612386
Jim Stump002.3850200011.31233140600048
Hank Aguirre003.383020002.7411030300014
George Susce0012.8990300014.7242221490920080
Bob Bruce01.0009.002110002.0252130100112
Jim Proctor01.00016.882100002.7855030000019
Bob Smith03.0008.1890600011.02015105311000053
Totals7678.4944.20351154101539241360.0132773263517743218829455245786

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
Harvey Kuenn13961756199198427971724837.353.402.501.90328161341
Al Kaline1365955118616719227941047242.327.410.530.9402711142612
Eddie Yost14867552111514519021619213577.278.435.436.871227612431
Charlie Maxwell145611518811301223195028191.251.357.461.81923996425
Frank Bolling127520459561221831355224537.266.339.403.74218567722
Rocky Bridges11642038138102163335123035.268.320.349.670133141532
Gail Harris114387349397743939012949.221.290.327.61711476123
Lou Berberet1003803383873821344003559.216.284.367.65112490071
Ted Lepcio76234215256080724201749.279.332.414.7468970202
Red Wilson672472282860172435221023.263.295.408.7039382341
Bobo Osborne86228209274071321101641.191.254.278.5325832010
Gus Zernial6014113211304072600727.227.262.417.6795530020
Johnny Groth5511210212247111000714.235.284.353.6373600300
Coot Veal77103891218101150087.202.273.247.5202201411
Jim Bunning4010289717011700525.191.234.247.4812250800
Neil Chrisley6512010671430611001210.132.225.330.5553511010
Don Mossi368677613401800328.169.198.260.4572000510
Larry Doby18645551231040089.218.313.309.6221700010
Frank Lary329280710111200426.125.167.200.3671610800
Tom Morgan4623233900240006.391.391.6521.0431510000
Paul Foytack39938169100200520.111.172.123.2961011600
Jerry Davie1112101400020023.400.500.400.900400000
Barney Schultz132202000000001.0001.0001.0002.000200000
Steve Demeter1118181210010001.111.111.167.278310000
Ray Narleski4225210201000004.095.095.190.286410400
Jim Stump51111100000001.0001.0002.0003.000200000
Ossie Alvarez8220100000001.500.500.5001.000100000
Billy Hoeft3530100000000.333.333.333.667100200
Dave Sisler32651100000004.200.200.200.400100100
Charlie Lau2660100000002.167.167.167.333100000
Ron Shoop3771100010001.143.143.143.286110000
Bob Smith9110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
George Susce9110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Pete Burnside3012100000000015.000.091.000.091000100
Bob Bruce2000000000000000000
Jim Proctor2000000000000000000
Hank Aguirre3000000000000000000
Totals1907594852117131346196301606673417580735.258.335.400.735208210144734031


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Gail Harris1B9383752.072857659.9929.3958.4410000
Bobo Osborne1B5640393.037727736.9839.2527.2140000
Gus Zernial1B3231215.019710620.9728.6656.4690000
Frank Bolling2B1261261111.0281340881.9875.0314.9290000
Ted Lepcio2B2424200.05958518.9595.2654.8750000
Rocky Bridges2B5447.01615041.0005.9366.2000000
Eddie Yost2B102.001001.0004.5001.0000000
Eddie Yost3B1461441267.01682591721.9623.0332.9250000
Ted Lepcio3B11872.052010.9623.1252.2730000
Steve Demeter3B4221.04611.9094.2862.5000000
Lou BerberetC9591812.05113964.9896.0965.789614192455.8
Red WilsonC6460518.03742558.9886.9326.23488241131.4
Ron ShoopC3219.080001.0003.7892.66702200.0
Charlie LauC2111.0111011.0009.8186.0000000
Harvey KuennOF1371371199.0247630.9881.8991.8470000
Charlie MaxwellOF1361361193.3285641.9862.1952.1400000
Al KalineOF1361361174.7364440.9892.8202.7060000
Johnny GrothOF4121223.358010.9832.3371.4150000
Neil ChrisleyOF2115153.0280001.0001.6471.3330000
Larry DobyOF1616125.723111.9601.7191.5000000
Bobo OsborneOF119.01010.5001.0001.0000000
Gus ZernialOF102.010001.0004.5001.0000000
Jim BunningP4035249.7111631.900.973.6750000
Paul FoytackP3937240.393610.9781.6851.1540000
Don MossiP3430228.0123815.9801.9741.4710000
Frank LaryP3232223.0153431.9421.9781.5310000
Ray NarleskiP4210104.34820.8571.035.2860000
Tom MorganP46192.7415021.0001.845.4130000
Pete BurnsideP30062.0311011.0002.032.4670000
Dave SislerP32051.707001.0001.219.2190000
Jerry DavieP11536.749001.0003.1911.1820000
Barney SchultzP13018.31220.6001.473.2310000
George SusceP9014.721001.0001.841.3330000
Jim StumpP5011.312001.0002.382.6000000
Bob SmithP9011.00310.7502.455.3330000
Billy HoeftP229.002001.0002.0001.0000000
Jim ProctorP212.701001.0003.375.5000000
Hank AguirreP302.701011.0003.375.3330000
Bob BruceP212.00000.000.0000000
Rocky BridgesSS110108861.71792932466.9524.9304.2910000
Coot VealSS7225290.75796616.9624.7372.1250000
Ted LepcioSS3521207.73265512.9514.2042.7710000
Totals1719138612240.040801515124360.9784.1143.2551424453543.8




Statistical data from Baseball Databank, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License



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