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Record: 76-78 .494.... 4th in American League
Stadium: Briggs Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,221,221

Manager - Jimmy Dykes, Bill Norman

Team Leaders

HR: Maxwell [31]
RBI: Maxwell [95]
2B: Kuenn [42]
SB: Kaline [10]
W: Mossi, Bunning, Lary [17]
SV: Morgan [9]
SO: Bunning [201]

Oldest Player: Gus Zernial [36]
Youngest Player: Bobo Osborne [23]
Longest Tenure: Billy Hoeft, Harvey Kuenn [8]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Steve Demeter (Jul 29) Ron Shoop (Aug 22)
Pitchers: Bob Bruce (Sep 14) Jerry Davie (Apr 14) Jim Proctor (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	Lou Berberet	29	100	338	38	73	8	2	13	44	0	0	35	59	0	1	0	7	9	.216	.284	.367	651
1B	Gail Harris	27	114	349	39	77	4	3	9	39	0	1	29	49	6	3	1	2	7	.221	.290	.327	617
2B	Frank Bolling	27	127	459	56	122	18	3	13	55	2	2	45	37	7	2	7	2	6	.266	.339	.403	742
3B	Eddie Yost	32	148	521	115	145	19	0	21	61	9	2	135	77	12	1	4	3	6	.278	.435	.436	871
SS	Rocky Bridges	31	116	381	38	102	16	3	3	35	1	2	30	35	1	2	5	3	14	.268	.320	.349	669
OF	Harvey Kuenn	28	139	561	99	198	42	7	9	71	7	2	48	37	1	1	3	4	6	.353	.402	.501	903
OF	Al Kaline	24	136	511	86	167	19	2	27	94	10	4	72	42	4	12	2	6	11	.327	.410	.530	940
OF	Charlie Maxwell	32	145	518	81	130	12	2	31	95	0	2	81	91	6	5	4	2	9	.251	.357	.461	818

C	Red Wilson	30	67	228	28	60	17	2	4	35	2	2	10	23	2	1	3	4	8	.263	.295	.408	703
P	Jim Bunning	27	40	89	7	17	0	1	1	7	0	0	5	25	0	0	8	0	5	.191	.234	.247	481
SS-2B	Ted Lepcio	28	76	215	25	60	8	0	7	24	2	0	17	49	0	2	2	0	7	.279	.332	.414	746
P	Paul Foytack	28	39	81	6	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	20	1	0	6	0	1	.111	.172	.123	295
1B	Bobo Osborne	23	86	209	27	40	7	1	3	21	1	0	16	41	2	0	0	1	3	.191	.254	.278	532
P	Frank Lary	29	32	80	7	10	1	1	1	2	0	0	4	26	0	0	8	0	1	.125	.167	.200	367
1B	Gus Zernial	36	60	132	11	30	4	0	7	26	0	0	7	27	0	0	0	2	3	.227	.262	.417	679
P	Tom Morgan	29	46	23	3	9	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	.391	.391	.652	1043
OF	Neil Chrisley	27	65	106	7	14	3	0	6	11	0	0	12	10	1	0	0	1	1	.132	.225	.330	555
P	Billy Hoeft	27	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666
OF	Johnny Groth	32	55	102	12	24	7	1	1	10	0	0	7	14	0	0	3	0	0	.235	.284	.353	637
P	George Susce	27	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
SS	Coot Veal	26	77	89	12	18	1	0	1	15	0	0	8	7	1	1	4	1	0	.202	.273	.247	520
P	Hank Aguirre	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Don Mossi	30	36	77	6	13	4	0	1	8	0	0	3	28	0	0	5	1	0	.169	.198	.260	458
OF	Larry Doby	35	18	55	5	12	3	1	0	4	0	0	8	9	0	0	0	1	0	.218	.313	.309	622
P	Ray Narleski	30	42	21	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	1	.095	.095	.190	285
3B	Steve Demeter	24	11	18	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.167	278
P	Pete Burnside	28	30	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.091	.000	91
P	Jerry Davie	26	11	10	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.400	900
C	Ron Shoop	27	3	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	286
C	Charlie Lau	26	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	334
P	Dave Sisler	27	32	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400
	Ossie Alvarez	25	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000
P	Barney Schultz	32	13	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000
P	Bob Smith	28	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Jim Stump	27	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3000
P	Bob Bruce	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Jim Proctor	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			154	5211	713	1346	196	30	160	667	34	17	580	735	44	31	73	40	101	.258	.335	.400	735