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Record: 60-94 .390.... 6th in American League
Stadium: Briggs Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 884,658

Manager - Fred Hutchinson

Team Leaders

HR: Boone [22]
RBI: Dropo [96]
2B: Kuenn [33]
SB: Kuenn [6]
W: Garver [11]
SV: Herbert [6]
SO: Gray [115]

Oldest Player: Bob Swift [38]
Youngest Player: Bob Miller [17]
Longest Tenure: Hal Newhouser [15]

Major League Debuts

Batters: John Baumgartner (Apr 14) Reno Bertoia (Sep 22) Frank Carswell (Apr 17) George Freese (Apr 29) Al Kaline (Jun 25)
Pitchers: Hal Erickson (Apr 14) Paul Foytack (Apr 21) Milt Jordan (Apr 16) Bob Miller (Jun 25)

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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	Matt Batts	31	116	374	38	104	24	3	6	43	2	3	24	36	0		1		9	.278		.406	---
1B	Walt Dropo	30	152	606	61	150	30	3	13	96	2	0	29	69	6		4		22	.248		.371	---
2B	Johnny Pesky	33	103	308	43	90	22	1	2	24	3	7	27	10	2		5		4	.292		.390	---
3B	Ray Boone	29	101	385	73	120	16	6	22	93	2	1	48	47	5		5		6	.312		.556	---
SS	Harvey Kuenn	22	155	679	94	209	33	7	2	48	6	5	50	31	1		1		10	.308		.386	---
OF	Bob Nieman	26	142	508	72	143	32	5	15	69	0	3	57	57	0		3		13	.281		.453	---
OF	Jim Delsing	27	138	479	77	138	26	6	11	62	1	3	66	39	5		2		8	.288		.436	---
OF	Don Lund	30	131	421	51	108	21	4	9	47	3	3	39	65	2		8		11	.257		.390	---

3B-2B	Fred Hatfield	28	109	311	41	79	11	1	3	19	3	5	40	34	1		6		7	.254		.325	---
P	Ned Garver	27	30	72	3	11	0	0	1	6	0	0	6	12	0		4		4	.153		.194	---
OF	Steve Souchock	34	89	278	29	84	13	3	11	46	5	1	8	35	2		2		10	.302		.489	---
P	Billy Hoeft	21	30	64	8	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	9	17	0		3		1	.172		.188	---
2B	Jerry Priddy	33	65	196	14	46	6	2	1	24	1	1	17	19	1		2		6	.235		.301	---
P	Ted Gray	28	32	61	5	14	0	1	0	7	0	0	6	14	0		1		1	.230		.262	---
C	Johnny Bucha	28	60	158	17	35	9	0	1	14	1	1	20	14	0		2		3	.222		.297	---
P	Dick Marlowe	24	42	32	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	0		1		1	.219		.219	---
OF	Pat Mullin	35	79	97	11	26	1	0	4	17	0	1	14	15	0		0		3	.268		.402	---
P	Art Houtteman	25	16	19	4	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		2		1	.158		.368	---
2B	Owen Friend	26	31	96	10	17	4	0	3	10	0	1	6	9	1		1		5	.177		.313	---
P	Dave Madison	32	32	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0		1	.091		.091	---
OF	Russ Sullivan	30	23	72	7	18	5	1	1	6	0	0	13	5	2		1		4	.250		.389	---
P	Hal Newhouser	32	7	8	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	.500		.500	---
C	Joe Ginsberg	26	18	53	6	16	2	0	0	3	0	0	10	1	1		1		0	.302		.340	---
P	Bill Wight	31	13	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.429		.429	---
P	Steve Gromek	33	19	41	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	0		5		0	.073		.073	---
P	Fred Hutchinson	33	4	6	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.167		.667	---
3B	Billy Hitchcock	36	22	38	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0		0		4	.211		.211	---
P	Ralph Branca	27	17	34	3	4	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	14	0		1		2	.118		.176	---
OF	Al Kaline	18	30	28	9	7	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	5	1		0		1	.250		.357	---
3B	John Baumgartner	22	7	27	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0		0		0	.185		.185	---
P	Al Aber	25	17	23	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	0		1		0	.130		.130	---
P	Ray Herbert	23	43	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0		0		1	.158		.158	---
OF	Frank Carswell	33	16	15	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	0		0		0	.267		.267	---
P	Bob Miller	17	13	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.125		.125	---
P	Hal Erickson	33	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	.000		.000	---
P	Earl Harrist	33	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	.000		.000	---
C	Bob Swift	38	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0		0		0	.333		.667	---
P	Milt Jordan	26	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.500		.500	---
P	Ray Scarborough	35	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.000		.000	---
P	Dick Weik	25	12	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1		0	.500		1.000	---
2B	Reno Bertoia	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000		.000	---
P	Paul Foytack	22	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000		.000	---
	George Freese	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.000		.000	---
Batting Totals			154																	---		---	---