1956 Detroit Tigers

Major League Baseball

Record: 82-72 .532.... 5th in AL
Manager(s): Bucky Harris
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,051,182

HR: Charlie Maxwell [28]
RBI: Al Kaline [128]
2B: Al Kaline, Harvey Kuenn [32]
SB: Harvey Kuenn [9]

W: Frank Lary [21]
SV: Al Aber [7]
SO: Paul Foytack [184]

Oldest Player: Virgil Trucks [39]
Youngest Player: Jim Small [19]
Longest Tenure: Dick Marlowe [6]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Buddy Hicks (Apr 17) Charlie Lau (Sep 12)
Pitchers: Jim Brady (May 12) Gene Host (Sep 16) Hal Woodeshick (Sep 14)

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Batting Statistics

Pos	#	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C	2	Frank House	26	94	321	44	77	6	2	10	44	1	1	21	19	3	0	0	3	15	.240	.290	.364	654
1B	9	Earl Torgeson	32	117	318	61	84	9	3	12	42	6	4	78	47	0	0	1	3	5	.264	.406	.425	831
2B	24	Frank Bolling	24	102	366	53	103	21	7	7	45	6	2	42	51	2	1	7	5	4	.281	.354	.434	788
3B	8	Ray Boone	32	131	481	77	148	14	6	25	81	0	0	77	46	3	8	2	5	13	.308	.403	.518	921
SS	7	Harvey Kuenn	25	146	591	96	196	32	7	12	88	9	5	55	34	3	3	0	8	11	.332	.387	.470	857
OF	6	Al Kaline	21	153	617	96	194	32	10	27	128	7	1	70	55	1	4	1	4	10	.314	.383	.530	913
OF	5	Bill Tuttle	26	140	546	61	138	22	4	9	65	5	4	38	48	1	1	4	3	18	.253	.301	.357	658
OF	4	Charlie Maxwell	29	141	500	96	163	14	3	28	87	1	1	79	74	2	1	3	8	5	.326	.414	.534	948

C	10	Red Wilson	27	78	228	32	66	12	2	7	38	2	1	42	18	0	7	3	5	6	.289	.393	.452	845
P	17	Frank Lary	26	41	103	14	19	2	0	1	12	0	0	8	25	0	0	6	2	5	.184	.239	.233	472
1B	30	Jack Phillips	34	67	224	31	66	13	2	1	20	1	1	21	19	0	0	1	1	11	.295	.354	.384	738
P	21	Paul Foytack	25	43	90	7	11	2	0	0	7	0	0	2	30	0	0	6	0	2	.122	.141	.144	285
OF-3B	3	Bob Kennedy	35	69	177	17	41	5	0	4	22	2	2	24	19	2	2	3	1	10	.232	.328	.328	656
P	44	Billy Hoeft	24	42	80	16	20	3	1	0	9	0	0	12	22	0	0	5	0	1	.250	.348	.313	661
SS-2B	1	Jim Brideweser	29	70	156	23	34	4	0	0	10	3	1	20	19	0	2	4	0	4	.218	.307	.244	551
P	18	Steve Gromek	36	40	27	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	10	0	0	3	0	1	.148	.395	.148	543
1B	27	Wayne Belardi	25	79	154	24	43	3	1	6	15	0	0	15	13	8	1	1	1	4	.279	.371	.429	800
P	14	Jim Bunning	24	15	18	4	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	1	.333	.333	.444	777
OF	20	Jim Small	19	58	91	13	29	4	2	0	10	0	0	6	10	0	0	2	0	1	.319	.361	.407	768
P	47	Duke Maas	27	26	16	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.278	.250	528
2B	16	Reno Bertoia	21	22	66	7	12	2	0	1	5	0	0	6	12	1	0	0	0	4	.182	.260	.258	518
P	22	Al Aber	28	42	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	0	0	.300	.364	.300	664
SS	12	Buddy Hicks	29	26	47	5	10	2	0	0	5	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	.213	.260	.255	515
P	28	Bob Miller	20	11	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.286	536
P	23	Virgil Trucks	39	22	45	4	11	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	.244	.244	.289	533
P	31	Ned Garver	30	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	167
OF	15	J.W. Porter	23	14	21	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	1	.095	.091	.095	186
P	14	Bud Black	23	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000
OF	24	Jim Delsing	30	10	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	250
P	37	Dick Marlowe	27	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000
2B	1	Fred Hatfield	31	8	12	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	650
OF	3	Chick King	25	7	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	522
C	12	Charlie Lau	23	3	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	444
C	25	Walt Streuli	20	3	8	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.375	708
P	29	Walt Masterson	36	35	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500
P	19	Gene Host	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000
P	26	Jim Brady	20	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	1.000	---	---
Batting Totals:				154	5364	789	1494	209	50	150	745	43	26	643	618	28	30	58	50	133	.279	.356	.420	776

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