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1959 Detroit Tigers  (1958)  (1960) 84-70, 2nd in American League Scored 785 runs, Allowed 725 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .710 Park Factor: Batting - 114 / Pitching - 113 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 90-64   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 76-78 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        27  154  617  129  181  12  11  51  139   3   1   79   79  .293  .373  .596  143   8.7  2e19      -13  
 OF  Harvey Kuenn         28  145  604   96  218  38   4  15   70   5   2   55   39  .361  .414  .512  130   8.9  3(+2)e4    22  
 OF  Jim Lemon            31  140  514   73  150  16   4  37  105   2   1   43   96  .292  .344  .554   95   6.7  4(0)e10    54  
 OF  Al Kaline            24  141  537   99  154  20   2  25   95   5   3   54   56  .287  .357  .471   88   5.9  1(-4)e5  -112  
 1B *Ed Bouchee           26  152  535   61  148  32   3  12   64   0   1   63   88  .277  .356  .415   77   5.2  2e23      -53  
 2B  Frank Bolling        27  141  443   61  119  12   5  13   61   6   1   49   33  .269  .350  .406   65   5.1  1e11       14  
 SS  Dick Groat           28  154  637   68  161  19   2   6   45   0   0   26   43  .253  .283  .317   56   2.9  3e32      -73  
 OF  Bill Tuttle          30  104  237   42   72  12   1   3   18   7   1   29   15  .304  .387  .401   38   5.9  1(-2)e7     5  
 C  *Lou Berberet         29  109  345   30   77  13   1  13   44   0   0   22   58  .223  .266  .380   33   3.2  3(-1)e5    -5  
 2B  Jim Baxes            31   53  133   26   35   4   0  14   29   0   0   19   21  .263  .353  .609   29   7.8  4e39      180  
 PH *Norm Cash            24   82   67   13   21   1   0   5   13   2   0   18    7  .313  .478  .552   21  12.1            283  
 C   Red Wilson           30   48  138   15   36   8   0   4   16   0   0    4   14  .261  .288  .406   15   3.8  4(+1)e7   -10  
 OF *Lenny Green          26   72   65   16   22   3   1   3   12   6   2    6    7  .338  .397  .554   14   7.3  2(+2)e7   306  
 C   John Romano          24   44  100   17   20   2   0   5   12   0   0   22   22  .200  .355  .370   14   4.6  4(+1)e10 -150  
 1B  Gus Zernial          36   17   36    3    9   3   0   1    3   0   0    3    7  .250  .308  .417    4   4.9  4e30       45  
 PH *Gail Harris          27    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -617  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           829                   -9

     * - 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  Paul Foytack         28  16   9  .640  36  36   2   0   0   0   1  246.1  256  127  120  24   69  123  4.38  121   4.4  -29  
  P  Frank Lary           29  16  10  .615  35  35   8   0   0   0   3  244.1  214   95   83  26   44  151  3.06   92   3.4  -89  
  P *Don Mossi            30  14  15  .483  35  35   5   0   0   0   1  240.0  276  141  130  31   79  113  4.88  150   5.6  103  
  P  Jim Bunning          27  13  19  .406  38  38   6   0   0   0   1  268.0  264  149  123  43   99  201  4.13  145   4.8   17  
  P  Larry Sherry         23   9   7  .562  59   0   0  55  24  10   0   87.1   69   43   35  19   52   73  3.61   45   4.5   71  
  P  Bob Friend           28   6   1  .857  10  10   3   0   0   0   0   71.2   72   42   37  12   21   22  4.65   36   4.6  -28  
  P  Tom Morgan           29   6   6  .500  64   0   0  28   3   4   0   93.1   94   44   40   9   23   36  3.86   44   4.2  -77  
  P  Bob Miller           20   3   2  .600  44   0   0  23   2   1   0   54.1   67   32   29   5   24   40  4.80   36   6.1  163  
  P *Billy Hoeft          27   1   1  .500  41   0   0   9   1   1   0   28.2   29   18   18   4   10   13  5.65   13   4.2  -94  
  P  Ray Narleski         30   0   0  .000  29   0   0  15   1   0   0   44.2   53   30   28   8   27   26  5.64   35   7.0   42  
  P  Jerry Davie          26   0   0  .000   3   0   0   0   0   0   0    3.2    5    4    4   3    1    1  9.82    5  12.8  430  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      727          7

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Lou Berberet 841 92 109 526 20 1 3 .998 11 6 Red Wilson 322 36 45 219 18 5 2 .979 15 9 John Romano 219 26 28 152 9 2 0 .988 8 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ed Bouchee 1281 143 149 1237 104 19 119 .986 9.42 Gus Zernial 73 9 12 76 4 1 8 .988 9.82 Norm Cash 28 2 8 27 1 0 2 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank Bolling 1107 120 138 320 351 11 76 .984 5.46 Jim Baxes 273 34 37 104 83 9 27 .954 6.16 Lenny Green 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Mathews 1382 154 154 142 334 18 34 .964 3.10 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Groat 1373 154 154 312 425 30 95 .961 4.83 Jim Baxes 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 Bill Tuttle 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 7.36 Frank Bolling 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 Lenny Green 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Lemon 1100 133 133 215 7 4 0 .982 1.82 Bill Tuttle 216 20 43 36 3 0 0 1.000 1.63 Lenny Green 67 1 33 12 1 1 1 .929 1.76 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Kaline 1120 126 129 313 10 4 1 .988 2.59 Bill Tuttle 224 24 29 65 5 0 2 1.000 2.81 Lenny Green 31 3 4 13 0 1 0 .929 3.77 Harvey Kuenn 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Harvey Kuenn 1218 138 140 256 3 4 0 .985 1.91 Bill Tuttle 70 6 14 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.07 Al Kaline 65 7 11 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 Lenny Green 28 3 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.96 Jim Lemon 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1959 Draft

Round 1 (#13):	Ed Bouchee
Round 2 (#27):	Billy Hoeft
Round 3 (#37):	Jim Baxes
Round 4 (#49):	John Romano
Round 5 (#62):	Ray Jablonski
Round 6 (#75):	Norm Cash

Transactions

• 1959-08: traded Ray Jablonski to SFN for Mel Roach

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