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1957 Detroit Tigers  (1956)  (1958) 88-66, 3rd in American League Scored 809 runs, Allowed 705 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-66 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .700 Park Factor: Batting - 103 / Pitching - 102 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 87-67   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 78-76 Manager(s): Tom Austad

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 3B *Eddie Mathews        25  154  620  135  201  29  13  46  132   6   1   85  108  .324  .403  .635  158   9.6  2e16      111  
 1B *Ed Bouchee           24  154  579   94  185  41   5  17   86   1   0   91  113  .320  .414  .496  124   8.2  2e16       45  
 OF  Al Kaline            22  151  613  105  206  38   7  32  141  11   8   38   67  .336  .374  .577  124   7.6  1(-3)e5   130  
 OF  Jim Lemon            29  150  552   79  157  22  10  29   96   0   0   59  130  .284  .352  .518   95   6.0  3(0)e8     75  
 SS  Dick Groat           26  130  531   83  172  35   4  12   52   1   2   29   47  .324  .364  .473   93   6.8  3e24       49  
 2B  Frank Bolling        25  151  619   96  169  26   4  15   62   6   1   55   84  .273  .334  .401   84   4.6  2e16        3  
 C   Stan Lopata          31  124  407   52  114  14   0  28   74   3   3   41   92  .280  .343  .521   66   5.6  4(+2)e5   100  
 OF  Bill Tuttle          28  140  472   47  122   4   3   8   39   5   6   40   57  .258  .321  .331   49   3.5  1(-2)e7     7  
 SS  Harvey Kuenn         26   98  209   30   63   9   2   4   21   0   2   12   18  .301  .339  .421   29   5.2  3e30       46  
 C   Red Wilson           28   85  175   21   51   8   1   4   13   1   1   18   25  .291  .359  .417   26   5.5  4(+1)e4    90  
 OF  Johnny Groth         30   32   76    3   28   5   0   0   10   0   0    5    8  .368  .407  .434   13   7.8  4(0)e7    169  
 PH  Ray Boone            33   61   58   10   14   1   1   4   11   0   0    4    8  .241  .297  .500    7   4.0             26  
 2B *Pete Runnels         29   24   41    6   10   1   1   2    8   0   0    1    6  .244  .256  .463    4   3.2  4e17      111  
 OF *Tito Francona        23   37   27    6    7   1   1   0    3   2   0    3    4  .259  .323  .370    3   5.1  4(+1)e7    28  
 OF  Joe Taylor           31   33   56    2   13   2   0   0    4   0   0    2   17  .232  .259  .268    3   2.3  2(+1)e11 -214  
 PH *Joe Caffie           26   23   21    1    7   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .333  .375  .333    3   5.4             -8  
 OF *Jim Small            20    2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000  .250  .000    0    .6  3(+2)e7  -262  
 PH *Bill Taylor          27    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -679  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           889                   63

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Jim Bunning          25  20   9  .690  39  37   9   1   0   0   4  276.2  247  118  114  47   79  186  3.71  123   4.0   27  
  P  Bob Friend           26  19   9  .679  37  35   9   2   0   0   4  258.1  300  128  121  26   69  158  4.22  146   5.2   33  
  P *Billy Hoeft          25  16  11  .593  34  34   5   0   0   0   1  211.1  219  112  105  24   86  145  4.47  117   5.0   60  
  P  Frank Lary           27  13   5  .722  39  23   3   8   0   1   2  168.2  184   82   73  23   54   71  3.90   97   5.2   25  
  P  Ray Narleski         28   7   5  .583  59   0   0  25   2   5   0   87.0  111   57   51  14   43   66  5.28   66   6.9  146  
  P  Paul Foytack         26   7  12  .368  25  20   1   2   0   0   0  144.0  140   85   80  19   75   90  5.00   83   5.2   51  
  P  Arnie Portocarrero   26   3   2  .600  56   5   1  13   5   3   0   75.0   67   28   23   7   24   29  2.76   31   3.8  -23  
  P *Ken Lehman           29   2   6  .250  52   0   0  43  26   6   0   55.2   66   24   18   3   13   30  2.91   27   4.3   91  
  P *Lou Sleater          30   1   2  .333  60   0   0  14   1   1   0   46.0   46   34   30   6   27   28  5.87   27   5.1   34  
  P  Harry Byrd           32   0   5  .000  55   0   0  18   3   2   0   62.1   69   37   34  11   39   28  4.91   45   6.5  115  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      767         48

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Stan Lopata 945 114 122 631 40 5 3 .993 75 24 Red Wilson 440 40 83 287 14 8 1 .974 30 10 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ed Bouchee 1378 154 154 1424 108 15 125 .990 10.01 Ray Boone 7 0 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 10.29 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank Bolling 1340 149 151 323 454 13 102 .984 5.22 Pete Runnels 45 5 10 13 13 0 5 1.000 5.20 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Mathews 1383 154 154 173 422 11 33 .982 3.87 Ray Boone 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 13.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Groat 1043 119 123 209 329 11 67 .980 4.64 Harvey Kuenn 342 35 54 58 99 6 18 .963 4.14 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Lemon 1277 146 147 276 14 7 0 .976 2.04 Johnny Groth 39 5 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0.92 Tito Francona 28 3 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Joe Taylor 27 0 15 5 0 2 0 .714 1.67 Jim Small 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bill Tuttle 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Joe Caffie 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Tuttle 1187 132 137 284 9 6 1 .980 2.22 Johnny Groth 107 13 16 25 0 1 0 .962 2.11 Joe Taylor 61 6 11 10 1 1 0 .917 1.62 Al Kaline 25 3 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.88 Jim Lemon 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 7.36 Joe Caffie 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Kaline 1312 146 149 307 13 3 1 .991 2.19 Joe Taylor 31 3 6 12 1 0 0 1.000 3.77 Jim Lemon 24 3 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Tito Francona 17 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.62 Joe Caffie 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1957 Draft

Round 1 (#10):	Pete Runnels
Round 2 (#24):	Arnie Portocarrero
Round 3 (#37):	Joe Taylor
Round 4 (#50):	Tito Francona
Round 5 (#62):	Joe Caffie

Transactions

• 1957 postseason: released Jim Bunning, Buddy Hicks, Arnie Portocarrero

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