1956 Detroit Tigers

82-72 • 0.532 Win% • 5th in AL

📊 Season Record

82 Wins
72 Losses
0.532 Win %
5th Rank
789 R 699 RA
Diff +90

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⚡ Quick Stats

789 Runs Scored
699 Runs Allowed
+90 Run Diff
1,038K Attendance

📈 vs. 1956 AL Average

Batting Avg .278 7% above the 1956 league average (.260)
OBP .355 5% above the 1956 league average (.339)
SLG .362 7% above the 1956 league average (.337)
Team ERA 4.06 2% better than the 1956 league average (4.16)
Runs Scored 789 10% above the 1956 league average (720 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 1,038,560
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Avg per Game 13,314

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Harvey Kuenn 0.332 2 Charlie Maxwell 0.326 3 Jim Small 0.319 4 Al Kaline 0.314 5 Ray Boone 0.308

Home Runs

1 Charlie Maxwell 28 2 Al Kaline 27 3 Ray Boone 25 4 Harvey Kuenn 12 5 Earl Torgeson 12

RBI

1 Al Kaline 128 2 Harvey Kuenn 88 3 Charlie Maxwell 87 4 Ray Boone 81 5 Bill Tuttle 65
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Al Kaline 153 617 96 194 0 0 27 128 70 55 7 0.314
Harvey Kuenn 146 591 96 196 0 0 12 88 55 34 9 0.332
Bill Tuttle 140 546 61 138 0 0 9 65 38 48 5 0.253
Charlie Maxwell 141 500 96 163 0 0 28 87 79 74 1 0.326
Ray Boone 131 481 77 148 0 0 25 81 77 46 0 0.308
Frank Bolling 102 366 53 103 0 0 7 45 42 51 6 0.281
Frank House 94 321 44 77 0 0 10 44 21 19 1 0.240
Earl Torgeson 117 318 61 84 0 0 12 42 78 47 6 0.264
Red Wilson 78 228 32 66 0 0 7 38 42 18 2 0.289
Jack Phillips 67 224 31 66 0 0 1 20 21 19 1 0.295
Bob Kennedy 69 177 17 41 0 0 4 22 24 19 2 0.232
Jim Brideweser 70 156 23 34 0 0 0 10 20 19 3 0.218
Wayne Belardi 79 154 24 43 0 0 6 15 15 13 0 0.279
Frank Lary 41 103 14 19 0 0 1 12 8 25 0 0.184
Jim Small 58 91 13 29 0 0 0 10 6 10 0 0.319
Paul Foytack 43 90 7 11 0 0 0 7 2 30 0 0.122
Billy Hoeft 42 80 16 20 0 0 0 9 12 22 0 0.250
Reno Bertoia 22 66 7 12 0 0 1 5 6 12 0 0.182
Buddy Hicks 26 47 5 10 0 0 0 5 3 2 0 0.213
Virgil Trucks 22 45 4 11 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0.244
Steve Gromek 40 27 3 4 0 0 0 1 11 10 0 0.148
Jay Porter 14 21 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 0.095
Jim Bunning 15 18 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.333
Duke Maas 26 16 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 8 0 0.188
Jim Delsing 10 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0.000
Fred Hatfield 8 12 2 3 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0.250
Al Aber 42 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.300
Chick King 7 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.222
Charlie Lau 3 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.222
Walt Streuli 3 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.250
Bob Miller 11 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.143
Ned Garver 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Walt Masterson 35 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.250
Bud Black 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gene Host 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dick Marlowe 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jim Brady 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Pete Wojey 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hal Woodeshick 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Frank Lary 3.15 2 Al Aber 3.43 3 Paul Foytack 3.59 4 Jim Bunning 3.71 5 Virgil Trucks 3.83

Wins

1 Frank Lary 21 2 Billy Hoeft 20 3 Paul Foytack 15 4 Steve Gromek 8 5 Virgil Trucks 6

Strikeouts

1 Paul Foytack 184 2 Billy Hoeft 172 3 Frank Lary 165 4 Steve Gromek 64 5 Virgil Trucks 43
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Frank Lary 21 13 3.15 41 38 1 294.0 116 165
Paul Foytack 15 13 3.59 43 33 1 256.0 142 184
Billy Hoeft 20 14 4.06 38 34 0 248.0 104 172
Steve Gromek 8 6 4.28 40 13 4 141.0 47 64
Virgil Trucks 6 5 3.83 22 16 1 120.0 63 43
Duke Maas 0 7 6.54 26 7 0 63.1 32 34
Al Aber 4 4 3.43 42 0 7 63.0 25 21
Jim Bunning 5 1 3.71 15 3 1 53.1 28 34
Walt Masterson 1 1 4.17 35 0 0 49.2 32 28
Bob Miller 0 2 5.68 11 3 0 31.2 22 16
Ned Garver 0 2 4.08 6 3 0 17.2 13 6
Dick Marlowe 1 1 5.73 7 1 0 11.0 9 4
Bud Black 1 1 3.60 5 1 0 10.0 5 7
Jim Brady 0 0 28.42 6 0 0 6.1 11 3
Hal Woodeshick 0 2 13.50 2 2 0 5.1 3 1
Gene Host 0 0 7.71 1 1 0 4.2 2 5
Pete Wojey 0 0 2.25 2 0 0 4.0 1 1

👥 Roster (39)

Al Aber Wayne Belardi Reno Bertoia Bud Black Frank Bolling Ray Boone Jim Brady Jim Brideweser Jim Bunning Jim Delsing Paul Foytack Ned Garver +27 more

39 players

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