1959 Detroit Tigers

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W-L Record: 76-78 -- 4th in American League - Manager: Jimmy Dykes, Bill Norman Location: Baseball Stadium: Briggs Stadium Top Draft Pick: Attendance: 1,221,221 Youngest Player: Bobo Osborne (23) Oldest Player: Gus Zernial (36) Longest Tenure: Harvey Kuenn, Billy Hoeft (8)

Statistics

Roster

Personnel

Baseball Roster for 1959 Detroit Tigers

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	Born	Place	High Level	mlbYears	Salary
30	Hank Aguirre	P	28	B	L	6-4	205	1/31/1931	Azusa,California	MLB	1955-1970
36	Ossie Alvarez	SS-2B	25	R	R	5-10	165	10/19/1933	Bolondron,Cuba	MLB	1958-1959
11	Lou Berberet	C	29	L	R	5-11	212	11/20/1929	Long Beach,California	MLB	1954-1960
2	Frank Bolling	2B	27	R	R	6-1	175	11/16/1931	Mobile,Alabama	MLB	1954-1966
8	Rocky Bridges	SS-2B	31	R	R	5-8	175	8/7/1927	Refugio,Texas	MLB	1951-1961
20	Bob Bruce	P	26	R	R	6-3	210	5/18/1933	Detroit,Michigan	MLB	1959-1967
14	Jim Bunning	P	27	R	R	6-3	195	10/23/1931	Southgate,Kentucky	MLB	1955-1971
19	Pete Burnside	P	28	R	L	6-2	190	7/2/1930	Evanston,Illinois	MLB	1955-1963
24	Neil Chrisley	OF	27	L	R	6-3	187	12/16/1931	Calhoun Falls,South Carolina	MLB	1957-1961
27	Jerry Davie	P	26	R	R	6-0	180	2/10/1933	Detroit,Michigan	MLB	1959-1959
26	Steve Demeter	3B	24	R	R	5-9	185	1/27/1935	Homer City,Pennsylvania	MLB	1959-1960
25	Larry Doby	OF	35	L	R	6-1	182	12/13/1923	Camden,South Carolina	MLB	1947-1959
21	Paul Foytack	P	28	R	R	5-11	180	11/16/1930	Scranton,Pennsylvania	MLB	1953-1964
3	Johnny Groth	OF	32	R	R	6-0	182	7/23/1926	Chicago,Illinois	MLB	1946-1960
5	Gail Harris	1B	27	L	L	6-0	195	10/15/1931	Abingdon,Virginia	MLB	1955-1960
44	Billy Hoeft	P	27	L	L	6-3	205	5/17/1932	Oshkosh,Wisconsin	MLB	1952-1966
6	Al Kaline	OF	24	R	R	6-2	180	12/19/1934	Baltimore,Maryland	MLB	1953-1974
7	Harvey Kuenn	OF-SS	28	R	R	6-2	190	12/4/1930	West Allis,Wisconsin	MLB	1952-1966
17	Frank Lary	P	29	R	R	5-11	180	4/10/1930	Northport,Alabama	MLB	1954-1965
12	Charlie Lau	C	26	L	L	6-0	190	4/12/1933	Romulus,Michigan	MLB	1956-1967
22	Ted Lepcio	2B-3B	28	R	R	5-10	177	7/28/1930	Utica,New York	MLB	1952-1961
4	Charlie Maxwell	OF	32	L	L	5-11	185	4/8/1927	Lawton,Michigan	MLB	1950-1964
18	Tom Morgan	P	29	R	R	6-2	195	5/20/1930	ElMonte,California	MLB	1951-1963
15	Don Mossi	P	30	L	L	6-1	195	1/11/1929	St. Helena,California	MLB	1954-1965
16	Ray Narleski	P	30	R	R	6-1	175	11/25/1928	Camden,New Jersey	MLB	1954-1959
32	Bobo Osborne	1B-3B	23	L	R	6-1	205	10/12/1935	Chattahoochee,Georgia	MLB	1957-1963
37	Jim Proctor	P	23	R	R	6-0	165	9/9/1935	Brandywine,Maryland	MLB	1959-1959
20	Barney Schultz	P	32	R	R	6-2	200	8/15/1926	Beverly,New Jersey	MLB	1955-1965
25	Ron Shoop	C	27	R	R	5-11	180	9/19/1931	Rural Valley,Pennsylvania	MLB	1959-1959
30	Dave Sisler	P	27	R	R	6-4	200	10/16/1931	St. Louis,Missouri	MLB	1956-1962
26	Bob Smith	P	28	R	L		190	2/1/1931	Woodsville,New Hampshire	MLB	1955-1959
26	Jim Stump	P	27	R	R	6-0	188	2/10/1932	Lansing,Michigan	MLB	1957-1959
26	George Susce	P	27	R	R	6-1	180	9/13/1931	Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania	MLB	1955-1959
23	Coot Veal	SS	26	R	R	6-1	165	7/9/1932	Sandersville,Georgia	MLB	1958-1963
10	Red Wilson	C	30	R	R	6-0	200	3/7/1929	Milwaukee,Wisconsin	MLB	1951-1960
1	Eddie Yost	3B	32	R	R	5-10	170	10/13/1926	Brooklyn,New York	MLB	1944-1962
9	Gus Zernial	OF	36	R	R	6-2	210	6/27/1923	Beaumont,Texas	MLB	1949-1959

Team Personnel

Jimmy Dykes (Manager)
Rick Ferrell (General Manager)
Tommy Henrich (First Base Coach)
Billy Hitchcock (Third Base Coach)
Willis Hudlin (Pitching Coach)
George Kell (Broadcaster)
Bill Norman (Manager)
Van Patrick (Broadcaster)

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