1959 Detroit Tigers

76-78 • 0.494 Win% • 4th in AL

📊 Season Record

76 Wins
78 Losses
0.494 Win %
4th Rank
713 R 732 RA
Diff -19

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⚡ Quick Stats

713 Runs Scored
732 Runs Allowed
-19 Run Diff
1,221K Attendance

📈 vs. 1959 AL Average

Batting Avg .258 2% above the 1959 league average (.253)
OBP .332 4% above the 1959 league average (.321)
SLG .350 6% above the 1959 league average (.331)
Team ERA 4.20 9% worse than the 1959 league average (3.86)
Runs Scored 713 6% above the 1959 league average (674 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,221,491
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Avg per Game 15,863

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Harvey Kuenn 0.353 2 Al Kaline 0.327 3 Ted Lepcio 0.279 4 Eddie Yost 0.278 5 Rocky Bridges 0.268

Home Runs

1 Charlie Maxwell 31 2 Al Kaline 27 3 Eddie Yost 21 4 Lou Berberet 13 5 Frank Bolling 13

RBI

1 Charlie Maxwell 95 2 Al Kaline 94 3 Harvey Kuenn 71 4 Eddie Yost 61 5 Frank Bolling 55
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Harvey Kuenn 139 561 99 198 0 0 9 71 48 37 7 0.353
Eddie Yost 148 521 115 145 0 0 21 61 135 77 9 0.278
Charlie Maxwell 145 518 81 130 0 0 31 95 81 91 0 0.251
Al Kaline 136 511 86 167 0 0 27 94 72 42 10 0.327
Frank Bolling 127 459 56 122 0 0 13 55 45 37 2 0.266
Rocky Bridges 116 381 38 102 0 0 3 35 30 35 1 0.268
Gail Harris 114 349 39 77 0 0 9 39 29 49 0 0.221
Lou Berberet 100 338 38 73 0 0 13 44 35 59 0 0.216
Red Wilson 67 228 28 60 0 0 4 35 10 23 2 0.263
Ted Lepcio 76 215 25 60 0 0 7 24 17 49 2 0.279
Bobo Osborne 86 209 27 40 0 0 3 21 16 41 1 0.191
Gus Zernial 60 132 11 30 0 0 7 26 7 27 0 0.227
Neil Chrisley 65 106 7 14 0 0 6 11 12 10 0 0.132
Johnny Groth 55 102 12 24 0 0 1 10 7 14 0 0.235
Jim Bunning 40 89 7 17 0 0 1 7 5 25 0 0.191
Coot Veal 77 89 12 18 0 0 1 15 8 7 0 0.202
Paul Foytack 39 81 6 9 0 0 0 2 5 20 0 0.111
Frank Lary 32 80 7 10 0 0 1 2 4 26 0 0.125
Don Mossi 36 77 6 13 0 0 1 8 3 28 0 0.169
Larry Doby 18 55 5 12 0 0 0 4 8 9 0 0.218
Tom Morgan 46 23 3 9 0 0 2 4 0 6 0 0.391
Ray Narleski 42 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.095
Steve Demeter 11 18 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.111
Pete Burnside 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.000
Jerry Davie 11 10 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0.400
Ron Shoop 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.143
Charlie Lau 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.167
Dave Sisler 32 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.200
Billy Hoeft 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Ossie Alvarez 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Barney Schultz 13 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Bob Smith 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jim Stump 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
George Susce 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Hank Aguirre 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Bruce 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Proctor 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Don Mossi 3.36 2 Frank Lary 3.55 3 Pete Burnside 3.77 4 Jim Bunning 3.89 5 Tom Morgan 3.98

Wins

1 Jim Bunning 17 2 Frank Lary 17 3 Don Mossi 17 4 Paul Foytack 14 5 Ray Narleski 4

Strikeouts

1 Jim Bunning 201 2 Frank Lary 137 3 Don Mossi 125 4 Paul Foytack 110 5 Ray Narleski 71
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jim Bunning 17 13 3.89 40 35 1 249.2 75 201
Paul Foytack 14 14 4.64 39 37 1 240.1 64 110
Don Mossi 17 9 3.36 34 30 0 228.0 49 125
Frank Lary 17 10 3.55 32 32 0 223.0 46 137
Ray Narleski 4 12 5.78 42 10 5 104.1 59 71
Tom Morgan 1 4 3.98 46 1 9 92.2 18 39
Pete Burnside 1 3 3.77 30 0 1 62.0 25 49
Dave Sisler 1 3 4.01 32 0 7 51.2 36 29
Jerry Davie 2 2 4.17 11 5 0 36.2 17 20
Barney Schultz 1 2 4.42 13 0 0 18.1 14 17
George Susce 0 0 12.89 9 0 0 14.2 9 9
Jim Stump 0 0 2.38 5 0 0 11.1 4 6
Bob Smith 0 3 8.18 9 0 0 11.0 3 10
Billy Hoeft 1 1 5.00 2 2 0 9.0 4 2
Hank Aguirre 0 0 3.38 3 0 0 2.2 3 3
Jim Proctor 0 1 16.88 2 1 0 2.2 3 0
Bob Bruce 0 1 9.00 2 1 0 2.0 3 1

👥 Roster (37)

Hank Aguirre Ossie Alvarez Lou Berberet Frank Bolling Rocky Bridges Bob Bruce Jim Bunning Pete Burnside Neil Chrisley Jerry Davie Steve Demeter Larry Doby +25 more

37 players

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