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Major League Baseball (MLB) Record: 82-72 .532.... 5th in AL - Manager(s): Bucky Harris Stadium: Tiger Stadium Playoffs: Did not Qualify Attendance: 1,051,182 Major League DebutsBatters: Buddy Hicks (Apr 17) Charlie Lau (Sep 12)Pitchers: Jim Brady (May 12) Gene Host (Sep 16) Hal Woodeshick (Sep 14) | Oldest Player: Virgil Trucks [39] Youngest Player: Jim Small [19] Longest Tenure: Dick Marlowe [6] Team Home - year by year 1956 Team Statistics Alumni listing |
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| # | Player Name | Pos | Age | B | T | HT | WT | Born | Place | High Level | MLB Years | Salary |
| 22 | Al Aber | P | 28 | L | L | 6-2 | 195 | 7/31/1927 | Cleveland, OH | MLB | 1950-1957 | |
| 27 | Wayne Belardi | 1B | 25 | L | L | 6-1 | 185 | 9/5/1930 | St. Helena, CA | MLB | 1950-1956 | |
| 16 | Reno Bertoia | 3B-2B | 21 | R | R | 185 | 1/8/1935 | St. Vido Utine, IT | MLB | 1953-1962 | ||
| 14 | Bud Black | P | 23 | R | R | 6-3 | 197 | 7/9/1932 | St. Louis, MO | MLB | 1952-1956 | |
| 24 | Frank Bolling | 2B | 24 | R | R | 6-1 | 175 | 11/16/1931 | Mobile, AL | MLB | 1954-1966 | |
| 8 | Ray Boone | 3B-SS | 32 | R | R | 6-1 | 188 | 7/27/1923 | San Diego, CA | MLB | 1948-1960 | |
| 26 | Jim Brady | P | 20 | L | L | 6-2 | 185 | 3/2/1936 | Jersey City, NJ | MLB | 1956-1956 | |
| 1 | Jim Brideweser | SS-2B | 29 | R | R | 6-0 | 165 | 2/13/1927 | Lancaster, OH | MLB | 1951-1957 | |
| 14 | Jim Bunning | P | 24 | R | R | 6-3 | 195 | 10/23/1931 | Southgate, KY | MLB | 1955-1971 | |
| 24 | Jim Delsing | OF | 30 | L | R | 5-10 | 175 | 11/13/1925 | Rudolph, WI | MLB | 1948-1960 | |
| 21 | Paul Foytack | P | 25 | R | R | 5-11 | 180 | 11/16/1930 | Scranton, PA | MLB | 1953-1964 | |
| 31 | Ned Garver | P | 30 | R | R | 5-10 | 180 | 12/25/1925 | Ney, OH | MLB | 1948-1961 | |
| 18 | Steve Gromek | P | 36 | B | R | 6-2 | 180 | 1/15/1920 | Hamtramck, MI | MLB | 1941-1957 | |
| 1 | Fred Hatfield | 3B-2B | 31 | L | R | 6-1 | 171 | 3/18/1925 | Lanett, AL | MLB | 1950-1958 | |
| 12 | Buddy Hicks | SS-2B | 29 | B | R | 5-10 | 170 | 2/15/1927 | Belvedere, CA | MLB | 1956-1956 | |
| 44 | Billy Hoeft | P | 24 | L | L | 6-3 | 205 | 5/17/1932 | Oshkosh, WI | MLB | 1952-1966 | |
| 19 | Gene Host | P | 23 | B | L | 5-11 | 190 | 1/1/1933 | Leeper, PA | MLB | 1956-1957 | |
| 2 | Frank House | C | 26 | L | R | 6-2 | 190 | 2/18/1930 | Bessemer, AL | MLB | 1950-1961 | |
| 6 | Al Kaline | OF | 21 | R | R | 6-2 | 180 | 12/19/1934 | Baltimore, MD | MLB | 1953-1974 | |
| 3 | Bob Kennedy | OF-3B | 35 | R | R | 6-2 | 193 | 8/18/1920 | Chicago, IL | MLB | 1939-1957 | |
| 3 | Chick King | OF | 25 | R | R | 6-2 | 190 | 11/10/1930 | Paris, TN | MLB | 1954-1959 | |
| 7 | Harvey Kuenn | OF-SS | 25 | R | R | 6-2 | 190 | 12/4/1930 | West Allis, WI | MLB | 1952-1966 | |
| 17 | Frank Lary | P | 26 | R | R | 5-11 | 180 | 4/10/1930 | Northport, AL | MLB | 1954-1965 | |
| 12 | Charlie Lau | C | 23 | L | L | 6-0 | 190 | 4/12/1933 | Romulus, MI | MLB | 1956-1967 | |
| 47 | Duke Maas | P | 27 | R | R | 5-10 | 170 | 1/31/1929 | Utica, MI | MLB | 1955-1961 | |
| 37 | Dick Marlowe | P | 27 | R | R | 6-2 | 170 | 6/27/1929 | Hickory, NC | MLB | 1951-1956 | |
| 29 | Walt Masterson | P | 36 | R | R | 6-2 | 189 | 6/22/1920 | Philadelphia, PA | MLB | 1939-1956 | |
| 4 | Charlie Maxwell | OF | 29 | L | L | 5-11 | 185 | 4/8/1927 | Lawton, MI | MLB | 1950-1964 | |
| 28 | Bob Miller | P | 20 | R | L | 6-1 | 185 | 7/15/1935 | Berwyn, IL | MLB | 1953-1962 | |
| 30 | Jack Phillips | 1B | 34 | R | R | 6-4 | 193 | 9/6/1921 | Clarence, NY | MLB | 1947-1957 | |
| 15 | J.W. Porter | C-OF | 23 | R | R | 6-2 | 180 | 1/17/1933 | Shawnee, OK | MLB | 1952-1959 | |
| 20 | Jim Small | OF | 19 | L | L | 180 | 3/8/1937 | Portland, OR | MLB | 1955-1958 | ||
| 25 | Walt Streuli | C | 20 | R | R | 6-2 | 195 | 9/26/1935 | Memphis, TN | MLB | 1954-1956 | |
| 9 | Earl Torgeson | 1B | 32 | L | L | 6-3 | 180 | 1/1/1924 | Snohomish, WA | MLB | 1947-1961 | |
| 23 | Virgil Trucks | P | 39 | R | R | 5-11 | 198 | 4/26/1917 | Birmingham, AL | MLB | 1941-1958 | |
| 5,13 | Bill Tuttle | OF | 26 | R | R | 6-0 | 190 | 7/4/1929 | Elwood, IL | MLB | 1952-1963 | |
| 10 | Red Wilson | C | 27 | R | R | 6-0 | 200 | 3/7/1929 | Milwaukee, WI | MLB | 1951-1960 | |
| 29 | Pete Wojey | P | 36 | R | R | 5-11 | 185 | 12/1/1919 | Stowe, PA | MLB | 1954-1957 | |
| 25 | Hal Woodeshick | P | 23 | R | L | 6-3 | 200 | 8/24/1932 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | MLB | 1956-1967 |
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