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1958 Detroit Tigers  (1957)  (1959)
95-59, 2nd in American League
Scored 796 runs, Allowed 612 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-57
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .708
Park Factor: Batting - 108 / Pitching - 106 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 86-68   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 77-77
Manager(s): Tom Austad

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos
 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        26  154  588  116  164  21   1  43  121   3   8   89   95  .279  .375  .537  116   7.0  3e22      105  
 OF  Al Kaline            23  150  585   91  189  34   6  18   95  11   7   63   61  .323  .388  .494  106   6.6  1(-3)e2    18  
 OF  Harvey Kuenn         27  149  600   99  187  47   3   6   75  10   7   50   48  .312  .363  .430   92   5.7  3(+2)e7   -23  
 OF  Jim Lemon            30  150  533   88  133  12  13  32  103   1   5   48  172  .250  .315  .501   84   5.4  3(0)e7     35  
 1B *Gail Harris          26  127  409   72  115  16   5  30   85   0   2   36   65  .281  .338  .565   77   6.8  3e18       94  
 SS  Dick Groat           27  154  613   55  181  28   8   8   70   2   7   22   30  .295  .319  .406   76   4.4  3e20      -11  
 2B  Frank Bolling        26  154  608   86  158  19   4  17   66   8   5   49   78  .260  .316  .388   76   4.2  1e12      -15  
 C   Stan Lopata          32   85  252   44   72   8   0  15   37   0   0   46   68  .286  .397  .496   52   7.6  4(+2)e5   114  
 C   Red Wilson           29   92  325   47   92  14   1   3   26  21   6   28   40  .283  .342  .360   41   4.4  4(+1)e3   -50  
 1B  Mel Roach            25   48  124   23   42   6   0   5   26   0   0    8   15  .339  .382  .508   24   7.9  4e14      128  
 1B  Gus Zernial          35   40   78   10   28   4   1   2   11   0   0    4   18  .359  .390  .513   15   8.5  unrated    36  
 OF  Bill Tuttle          29   93  122   19   30   3   1   2   17   2   2   14   13  .246  .331  .336   14   3.9  1(-2)e4   -18  
 1B *Ed Bouchee           25  101   86   11   17   4   0   2    8   0   0   17   26  .198  .327  .314    9   3.7  2e14     -139  
 C   Joe Pignatano        28   51   51    8   14   3   0   1    6   1   1    3   14  .275  .315  .392    5   4.0  3(0)e5    -36  
 OF  Johnny Groth         31   24   21    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .143  .143  .143    0    .6  2(0)e6   -437  
 SS  Milt Bolling         27   13    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .000  .286  .000    0    .8  4e28     -278  
 OF *Bob Hazle            27    2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  3(+3)e6  -583  
 PH  Lou Skizas           26    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -736  
 PH  Ray Boone            34    2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -710  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           795                   21

     * - 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          26  19   5  .792  32  32   4   0   0   0   3  230.2  193   81   79  29   90  218  3.08   94   3.7  -48  
  P  Frank Lary           28  19  12  .613  36  36   6   0   0   0   4  253.1  249  107  100  26   70  129  3.55  111   3.9  -12  
  P  Paul Foytack         27  16  10  .615  34  34   6   0   0   0   2  225.1  189  104   93  22   71  142  3.71   89   3.6  -37  
  P  Bob Friend           27  16  14  .533  37  37   9   0   0   0   1  247.2  267  122  112  22   63  152  4.07  123   4.4  -34  
  P  Tom Morgan           28   7   3  .700  48   0   0  20   2   3   0   64.2   69   15   11   7   11   48  1.53   26   3.7  -54  
  P *Billy Hoeft          26   7   3  .700  65   8   1  22   5   2   0  127.1  137   63   52  19   39  103  3.68   72   5.0    0  
  P  George Susce         27   4   6  .400  33   6   0  11   1   0   0   82.0   89   41   38  13   27   51  4.17   54   6.0   58  
  P *Ken Lehman           30   3   0 1.000  40   0   0  13   0   0   0   48.2   60   30   30  11   11   35  5.55   34   6.3   79  
  P  Herb Moford          29   3   6  .333  63   1   0  53  34   7   0   94.1   67   29   25   7   34   49  2.39   29   2.7 -111  
  P  Ray Narleski         29   1   0 1.000  12   0   0   9   0   0   0   20.1   26   16   16   6   16   16  7.08   21   9.7  202  
  P  Herm Wehmeier        31   0   0  .000   3   0   0   0   0   0   0    4.0    9    4    4   0    1    2  9.00    5  12.0  351  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      661        -20

     * - 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
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 Red Wilson            657  77  82  503   22   1   2  .998  30  14
 Stan Lopata           600  72  75  444   21   4   1  .991  40  10
 Joe Pignatano         141   5  45   86    5   2   1  .978   5   1
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gail Harris 925 108 119 864 80 13 81 .986 9.19 Mel Roach 252 33 34 259 14 2 24 .993 9.75 Ed Bouchee 125 1 51 119 12 2 16 .985 9.46 Gus Zernial 97 12 13 101 12 0 10 1.000 10.48 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank Bolling 1396 154 154 369 441 19 112 .977 5.22 Mel Roach 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Mathews 1398 154 154 142 396 27 43 .952 3.46 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Groat 1387 154 154 219 423 15 83 .977 4.17 Milt Bolling 12 0 8 3 4 0 0 1.000 5.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Jim Lemon             887 100 108  202    7   2   1  .991  2.12
 Al Kaline             365  45  45   90    2   0   0 1.000  2.27
 Harvey Kuenn           64   5  15   19    0   1   0  .950  2.67
 Bill Tuttle            40   3  11    7    0   0   0 1.000  1.56
 Johnny Groth           32   0  15    6    0   0   0 1.000  1.67
 Gus Zernial            10   1   4    3    0   0   0 1.000  2.70
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Harvey Kuenn 1163 141 141 326 18 3 1 .991 2.66 Bill Tuttle 235 13 65 68 3 1 0 .986 2.72 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Kaline 986 104 112 217 4 1 0 .995 2.02 Jim Lemon 358 47 47 56 2 2 0 .967 1.46 Harvey Kuenn 25 2 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.78 Gus Zernial 15 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 Bill Tuttle 10 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 Johnny Groth 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Bob Hazle 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1958 Draft


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