1955 Detroit Tigers | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Briggs Stadium | |
City | Detroit, Michigan | |
Owners | Walter Briggs, Jr. | |
General managers | Muddy Ruel | |
Managers | Bucky Harris | |
Television | WJBK | |
Radio |
WKMH ( Van Patrick, Dizzy Trout) | |
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The 1955 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 79–75, 17 games behind the New York Yankees.
Al Kaline became the youngest major league player to win the American League (AL) batting title at 20 years old which still stands to this day. He hit .340 for the season, 21 points better than runner-up Vic Power.
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 96 | 58 | 0.623 | — | 52–25 | 44–33 |
Cleveland Indians | 93 | 61 | 0.604 | 3 | 49–28 | 44–33 |
Chicago White Sox | 91 | 63 | 0.591 | 5 | 49–28 | 42–35 |
Boston Red Sox | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 12 | 47–31 | 37–39 |
Detroit Tigers | 79 | 75 | 0.513 | 17 | 46–31 | 33–44 |
Kansas City Athletics | 63 | 91 | 0.409 | 33 | 33–43 | 30–48 |
Baltimore Orioles | 57 | 97 | 0.370 | 39 | 30–47 | 27–50 |
Washington Senators | 53 | 101 | 0.344 | 43 | 28–49 | 25–52 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KCA | NYY | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | — | 8–14 | 10–12–1 | 3–19 | 9–13 | 10–12–1 | 3–19 | 14–8 | |||||
Boston | 14–8 | — | 9–13 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 8–14 | 15–7 | |||||
Chicago | 12–10–1 | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 17–5 | |||||
Cleveland | 19–3 | 11–11 | 12–10 | — | 12–10 | 17–5 | 13–9 | 9–13 | |||||
Detroit | 13–9 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 10–12 | — | 12–10 | 10–12 | 17–5 | |||||
Kansas City | 12–10–1 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 10–12 | — | 7–15 | 13–9 | |||||
New York | 19–3 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 15–7 | — | 16–6 | |||||
Washington | 8–14 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 13–9 | 5–17 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — |
1955 Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Frank House | 102 | 328 | 85 | .259 | 15 | 53 |
1B | Earl Torgeson | 89 | 300 | 85 | .283 | 9 | 50 |
2B | Fred Hatfield | 122 | 413 | 96 | .232 | 8 | 33 |
SS | Harvey Kuenn | 145 | 620 | 190 | .306 | 8 | 62 |
3B | Ray Boone | 135 | 500 | 142 | .284 | 20 | 116 |
LF | Jim Delsing | 114 | 356 | 85 | .239 | 10 | 60 |
CF | Bill Tuttle | 154 | 603 | 168 | .279 | 14 | 78 |
RF | Al Kaline | 152 | 588 | 200 | .340 | 27 | 102 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Red Wilson | 78 | 241 | 53 | .220 | 2 | 17 |
Harry Malmberg | 67 | 208 | 45 | .216 | 0 | 19 |
Bubba Phillips | 95 | 184 | 43 | .234 | 3 | 23 |
Ferris Fain | 58 | 140 | 37 | .264 | 2 | 23 |
Jack Phillips | 55 | 117 | 37 | .316 | 1 | 20 |
Charlie Maxwell | 55 | 109 | 29 | .266 | 7 | 18 |
Reno Bertoia | 38 | 68 | 14 | .206 | 1 | 10 |
Jay Porter | 24 | 55 | 13 | .236 | 0 | 3 |
Chick King | 7 | 21 | 5 | .238 | 0 | 0 |
Walt Streuli | 2 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
Jim Small | 12 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Belardi | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bud Souchock | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 |
Ron Samford | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Frank Lary | 36 | 235.0 | 14 | 15 | 3.10 | 98 |
Ned Garver | 33 | 230.2 | 12 | 16 | 3.98 | 83 |
Billy Hoeft | 32 | 220.0 | 16 | 7 | 2.99 | 133 |
Steve Gromek | 28 | 181.0 | 13 | 10 | 3.98 | 73 |
Duke Maas | 18 | 86.2 | 5 | 6 | 4.88 | 42 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jim Bunning | 15 | 51.0 | 3 | 5 | 6.35 | 37 |
Bob Miller | 7 | 25.1 | 2 | 1 | 2.49 | 11 |
Dick Marlowe | 4 | 15.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.80 | 9 |
Bud Black | 3 | 14.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.29 | 7 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Al Aber | 39 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3.38 | 37 |
Babe Birrer | 36 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4.15 | 28 |
Paul Foytack | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.26 | 38 |
Leo Cristante | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.19 | 9 |
Joe Coleman | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.20 | 5 |
George Zuverink | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6.99 | 13 |
Van Fletcher | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 |
Ben Flowers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 |
Bill Froats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Bob Schultz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 0 |
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