1959 DETROIT TIGERS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 76-78 .494
Result: 4th in American League
Manager(s): Jimmy Dykes, Bill Norman
General Manager: Rick Ferrell
Stadium: Briggs Stadium
Attendance: 1,221,221
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Detroit Tigers affiliate history

Oldest Player: Gus Zernial (36)
Youngest Player: Bobo Osborne (23)
Longest Tenure: Harvey Kuenn, Billy Hoeft (8)
Top Hitter: Al Kaline (3)
Top Pitcher: Jim Bunning (2)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 70.58%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Chi White Sox	94	60	.610	--
Cleveland	89	65	.578	5.0
NY Yankees	79	75	.513	15.0
Detroit	76	78	.494	18.0
Boston	75	79	.487	19.0
Baltimore	74	80	.481	20.0
KC Athletics	66	88	.429	28.0
Washington	63	91	.409	31.0

BATTING STATISTICS

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Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	babip	SA	ISO	bb/k	HR%	Sgl	XBH	XBH%	BB%	SO%	G/F	P/Pa	Pit	Str	Bal	Swg
7	Harvey Kuenn	of-ss	5	28	-	MLB	139	617	378	128	9.1	.364	-.258	.148	1.30	1.5	140	58	29.3	7.8	6.0	1.04	0.0	0	0	0	0
1	Eddie Yost	3b	9	32	-	MLB	148	675	391	119	8.2	.291	-.006	.158	1.75	3.1	105	40	27.6	20.0	11.4	0.96	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Charlie Maxwell	of	18	32	-	MLB	145	611	405	92	6.2	.249	-.098	.210	0.89	5.1	85	45	34.6	13.3	14.9	0.79	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	Al Kaline	of	3	24	UDFA: 1953	MLB	136	595	367	121	8.9	.312	-.174	.203	1.71	4.5	119	48	28.7	12.1	7.1	0.94	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Frank Bolling	2b	30	27	-	MLB	127	520	354	73	5.6	.265	-.168	.137	1.22	2.5	88	34	27.9	8.7	7.1	0.87	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Rocky Bridges	ss-2b	-	31	-	MLB	116	420	303	45	4.0	.286	-.192	.081	0.86	0.7	80	22	21.6	7.1	8.3	1.08	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Gail Harris	1b	50	27	-	MLB	114	387	283	34	3.2	.232	-.140	.106	0.59	2.3	61	16	20.8	7.5	12.7	1.18	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Lou Berberet	c	45	29	-	MLB	100	380	281	36	3.5	.220	-.112	.151	0.59	3.4	50	23	31.5	9.2	15.5	0.83	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Red Wilson	c	-	30	-	MLB	67	247	185	30	4.4	.273	-.219	.145	0.43	1.6	37	23	38.3	4.0	9.3	1.60	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Ted Lepcio	2b-3b	-	28	-	MLB	76	234	164	28	4.6	.333	-.191	.135	0.35	3.0	45	15	25.0	7.3	20.9	1.08	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Bobo Osborne	1b-3b	-	23	-	MLB	86	228	173	13	2.1	.223	-.110	.087	0.39	1.3	29	11	27.5	7.0	18.0	0.98	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Gus Zernial	of	-	36	-	MLB	60	141	107	14	3.7	.230	-.174	.190	0.26	5.0	19	11	36.7	5.0	19.1	1.13	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Neil Chrisley	of	-	27	-	MLB	65	120	94	9	2.7	.088	-.019	.198	1.20	5.0	5	9	64.3	10.0	8.3	0.98	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Johnny Groth	of	-	32	-	MLB	55	112	81	12	4.0	.264	-.167	.118	0.50	0.9	15	9	37.5	6.3	12.5	1.39	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Jim Bunning	p	67	27	-	MLB	40	102	85	2	0.5	.254	-.135	.056	0.20	1.0	15	2	11.8	4.9	24.5	1.76	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Coot Veal	ss	-	26	-	MLB	77	103	76	7	2.4	.207	-.112	.045	1.14	1.0	16	2	11.1	7.8	6.8	1.19	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Paul Foytack	p	-	28	-	MLB	39	93	79	-2	-0.8	.148	-.049	.012	0.25	0.0	8	1	11.1	5.4	21.5	2.11	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Frank Lary	p	59	29	-	MLB	32	92	79	-1	-0.3	.170	-.075	.075	0.15	1.1	7	3	30.0	4.3	28.3	1.52	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Don Mossi	p	-	30	-	MLB	36	86	70	2	0.7	.245	-.130	.091	0.11	1.2	8	5	38.5	3.5	32.6	2.58	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Larry Doby	of	-	35	-	MLB	18	64	44	7	4.0	.255	-.073	.091	0.89	0.0	8	4	33.3	12.5	14.1	1.33	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Tom Morgan	p	-	29	-	MLB	46	23	15	5	9.0	.467	-.391	.261	0.00	8.7	7	2	22.2	0.0	26.1	1.25	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Ray Narleski	p	-	30	-	MLB	42	25	24	-1	-0.7	.118	-.095	.095	0.00	0.0	1	1	50.0	0.0	16.0	1.38	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Steve Demeter	3b	-	24	-	MLB	11	18	17	-1	-0.8	.118	-.111	.056	0.00	0.0	1	1	50.0	0.0	5.6	1.14	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Pete Burnside	p	-	28	-	MLB	30	12	11	-1	-3.0	.000	.100	.000	0.20	0.0	0	0	0.0	8.3	41.7	--	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Jerry Davie	p	-	26	-	MLB	11	12	6	2	9.2	.571	-.200	.000	0.67	0.0	4	0	0.0	16.7	25.0	0.50	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Ron Shoop	c	-	27	-	MLB	3	7	7	-	-	.167	-.143	.000	0.00	0.0	1	0	0.0	0.0	14.3	0.67	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Charlie Lau	c	-	26	-	MLB	2	6	5	0	-0.9	.250	-.167	.000	0.00	0.0	1	0	0.0	0.0	33.3	0.50	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Dave Sisler	p	-	27	-	MLB	32	6	5	0	-1.4	1.000	-.200	.000	0.00	0.0	1	0	0.0	0.0	66.7	--	0.0	0	0	0	0
44	Billy Hoeft	p	-	27	-	MLB	3	5	4	0	3.0	.333	-.333	.000	--	0.0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.00	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Barney Schultz	p	-	32	-	MLB	13	2	0	1	--	1.000	-1.000	.000	--	0.0	2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	--	0.0	0	0	0	0
36	Ossie Alvarez	ss-2b	-	25	-	MLB	8	2	1	0	9.9	1.000	-.500	.000	0.00	0.0	1	0	0.0	0.0	50.0	--	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Bob Smith	p	-	28	-	MLB	9	1	1	-	-	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	100.0	--	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Jim Stump	p	-	27	-	MLB	5	1	0	1	--	1.000	-1.000	1.000	--	0.0	0	1	100.0	0.0	0.0	--	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	George Susce	p	-	27	-	MLB	9	1	1	-	-	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	100.0	--	0.0	0	0	0	0
Totals: (34 players)							--	5948	4096	771	5.1	.272	-.144	.000	0.79	2.7	960	386	28.7	9.8	12.4	1.05	--	0	0	0	0

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