1955 Detroit Tigers
79 - 75
1954 / 1956 (Organization)
5th place in the AL (17 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		46 - 31 (.597)
33 - 44 (.429)		 +2.7 wins
-0.7 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 775 / 676 ( +99 )
Allowed/Expected: 658 / 677 ( +19 )
Pyth Record: 89 - 65 (-10)
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Briggs Stadium
Attendance: 1,181,838 Avg Att: 15,349 (1.06)
Att Rank: 5 / 8 Lg Avg: 14,471
       
Park Factor: 0.98    
HR Factor: 1.10 R/L HR: 1.04 / 1.20
Notes:


Pitching

Filters
Role
Throws
#
R
H
K
1 Billy Hoeft*
SP
23.1
220.0
34.0
19.0
49.8
16.5
15.7
31.0
48.7
2.9
2.0
8.7
4.8
-10.4
-25.7
-3.1
2 Frank Lary
SP
25.2
235.0
15.9
18.4
8.4
-8.6
10.8
-15.2
-3.0
12.1
-0.6
7.1
-0.4
37.5
72.6
-1.8
3 Al Aber*
RP
27.9
80.0
7.6
0.3
0.1
-8.5
6.6
-2.2
5.3
-1.4
1.9
-0.3
-0.1
9.3
52.5
0.1
4 Joe Coleman
RP
32.9
25.3
3.5
-0.8
-0.9
2.5
-3.1
-7.4
-10.9
1.4
-0.4
5.2
3.3
-0.3
5 Dick Marlowe
SW
26.0
15.0
3.4
1.9
5.4
1.2
1.9
2.3
4.5
0.3
0.3
0.7
-0.1
0.2
-7.9
0.3
6 Leo Cristante
RP
28.6
36.7
3.1
2.5
1.3
-1.3
1.9
-9.0
-6.9
2.5
0.9
-0.3
-0.1
14.3
-19.2
-0.1
7 Bud Black
SP
23.0
14.0
1.9
0.7
-2.0
2.1
-1.7
-0.1
-2.1
1.4
-1.7
0.4
0.8
-1.9
8.2
0.5
8 Bill Froats*
RP
24.7
2.0
1.0
-0.3
0.9
1.6
-1.3
-0.8
-2.3
0.2
0.0
-0.3
3.1
0.0
9 Babe Birrer
RP
26.0
80.3
0.6
-2.0
8.6
-0.1
5.3
-10.9
-4.9
-1.5
1.9
0.1
-0.2
16.6
-0.7
1.9
10 Bob Miller*
SP
20.0
25.3
0.5
-2.8
-1.9
-0.9
-0.8
-1.7
-2.6
-1.5
0.6
0.1
-0.2
-0.1
-5.7
-0.2
11 Steve Gromek
SP
35.5
181.0
-0.1
-4.2
29.7
-12.7
39.5
-13.3
31.3
-9.5
-4.9
0.7
0.0
38.3
-126.1
-0.9
12 Ben Flowers
RP
28.0
6.0
-1.0
-0.6
1.6
0.4
0.4
-0.7
-0.3
-0.5
0.1
0.8
0.7
0.1
13 Ned Garver
SP
29.5
230.7
-1.6
5.7
6.2
-29.1
32.7
-30.0
7.1
0.7
0.4
6.8
-1.6
63.8
-5.7
0.9
14 Bob Schultz*
RP
31.6
1.3
-2.3
-0.4
-2.1
-0.2
-1.2
-0.9
-2.3
0.2
0.0
-0.1
-1.7
0.1
15 Van Fletcher
RP
30.9
12.0
-4.1
0.9
2.1
-0.9
3.4
-2.1
1.7
0.2
0.3
6.0
7.1
0.3
16 Paul Foytack
RP
24.6
49.7
-4.7
-0.4
-13.2
2.9
-13.4
12.3
-2.9
1.0
1.2
-0.3
-0.1
-23.5
-8.3
0.5
17 Duke Maas
SP
26.4
86.7
-9.4
-2.5
-19.5
-2.9
-10.9
-2.5
-14.9
1.6
0.1
0.3
0.8
-6.6
41.8
0.7
18 Jim Bunning
SP
23.7
51.0
-13.0
-5.8
-21.4
-5.0
-8.0
9.8
0.7
-2.7
-1.7
-2.4
-0.6
-22.2
-15.7
-1.3
19 George Zuverink
RP
30.9
28.3
-13.1
-5.7
-12.6
-6.4
0.1
-3.0
-2.9
-2.9
-0.2
-0.3
-0.1
-0.1
11.0
-1.0
1380.3
22.1
24.0
40.5
-49.3
77.8
-44.5
43.2
4.4
0.3
21.3
3.0
127.0
-16.5
-3.2

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