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1959 Detroit Tigers
Record: 67-95
Finish: 6th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 733
Runs Allowed: 804
Exp W-L: 74-88
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,946,079
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-67, 2nd in the AL
AA: 65-72, 6th in the AL
A: 47-90, 8th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
DH  Orlando Cepeda 21 156 626 104 179 46 8 28 107 0 0 35 112 .286 .328 .519 .847 100.8 21.0 2.1
RF *Larry Doby 35 154 570 88 158 33 2 34 107 0 0 70 138 .277 .360 .521 .881 99.8 22.1 2.2
C  Johnny Romano 24 147 506 72 121 20 3 17 80 0 0 62 138 .239 .324 .391 .715 66.7 10.8 6.3
SS  Willie Jones 33 156 519 58 112 14 1 20 60 0 0 40 151 .216 .272 .362 .634 52.5 5.6 2.5
1B *Earl Torgeson 35 146 440 86 122 26 5 24 81 7 2 91 92 .277 .400 .523 .922 91.0 21.2 1.3
2B  Rocky Bridges 31 148 475 57 138 18 2 8 37 0 0 30 69 .291 .333 .387 .720 58.5 10.5 3.1
CF *Richie Ashburn 32 128 431 74 114 12 2 7 34 12 5 56 13 .265 .349 .350 .699 56.5 9.8 1.9
SS  Danny O'Connell 32 113 400 44 93 22 4 7 54 4 4 35 40 .233 .298 .360 .658 42.4 5.3 3.0
1B  Roman Mejias 28 133 393 44 87 14 2 17 53 0 0 18 65 .221 .255 .397 .652 38.0 4.0 1.1
2B  Jim Pyburn 26 87 186 20 33 7 2 1 16 11 2 18 72 .177 .250 .253 .503 11.7 0.0 1.2
C  Bob Schmidt 26 79 145 13 30 5 1 5 25 0 0 12 31 .207 .270 .359 .629 13.4 1.1 1.6
CF  Minnie Minoso 36 85 120 10 23 6 2 3 14 0 1 8 28 .192 .238 .350 .588 9.1 0.0 0.2
1B *Ferris Fain 38 26 101 21 33 10 2 1 8 1 0 14 11 .327 .409 .495 .904 18.4 4.4 0.3
SS *Bobo Osborne 23 59 95 10 20 4 1 3 11 0 0 12 27 .211 .291 .368 .659 11.1 1.2 0.7
P  Chris Short 21 36 102 5 10 2 1 1 9 0 0 2 33 .098 .114 .167 .281 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Chakales 31 44 94 9 18 1 1 1 8 0 0 1 12 .191 .200 .255 .455 4.0 0.0 0.0
P *Curt Simmons 30 27 69 3 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 .188 .186 .188 .374 1.8 0.0 0.0
3B *Tom Burgess 31 35 52 6 11 4 0 0 2 2 0 15 16 .212 .388 .288 .677 7.3 1.3 0.3
LF *Johnny Callison 20 26 52 7 14 2 1 2 9 0 0 7 15 .269 .356 .462 .817 8.4 1.7 0.1
P  Don Ferrarese 30 61 42 1 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 17 .143 .163 .190 .353 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Mike Cuellar 22 12 34 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .088 .088 .118 .206 -1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Shaw 26 26 31 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .065 .065 .097 .161 -1.7 0.0 0.0
P  Ted Abernathy 26 78 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .158 .200 .158 .358 0.4 0.0 0.0
P #John Gabler 28 58 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.3 0.0 0.0
P *Bennie Daniels 27 47 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Billy Muffett 28 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.5 2092 5527 733 1343 248 41 179 722 37 14 528 1140 .243 .310 .400 .710 685.2 120.0 28.0
  Rank among 8 AL teams 4 5 4 5 3 4 5 4 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 6  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Chris Short 21 17 11 .607 36 36 0 276.3 276 123 30 89 172 4.01 16.2
 Bob Chakales 31 15 18 .455 44 43 0 273.0 257 136 31 129 225 4.48 11.8
*Curt Simmons 30 5 16 .238 27 24 0 194.3 232 109 36 36 98 5.05 2.2
*Don Ferrarese 30 5 11 .313 61 20 3 169.0 150 83 22 101 126 4.42 6.9
 Ted Abernathy 26 8 12 .400 78 8 12 140.3 149 75 16 64 88 4.81 5.1
 John Gabler 28 4 6 .400 56 6 4 105.7 105 49 12 50 37 4.17 4.8
 Bob Shaw 26 2 11 .154 26 13 1 104.7 121 64 12 31 51 5.50 0.0
*Mike Cuellar 22 4 3 .571 12 12 0 91.0 109 45 18 25 56 4.45 3.4
 Bennie Daniels 27 4 5 .444 45 0 3 48.0 54 28 5 15 21 5.25 1.7
 Billy Muffett 28 3 1 .750 25 0 0 25.0 33 17 4 7 14 6.12 0.5
*Dick Rozek 32 0 1 .000 13 0 0 16.0 17 13 4 10 13 7.31 0.0
*Jack Spring 26 0 0 .000 3 0 1 3.7 5 1 0 2 5 2.46 0.4
Team Totals 27.3 67 95 .414 426 162 24 1447.0 1508 743 190 559 906 4.62 53.0
Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 6 6 7 8 7 7 6 7 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 30.6
J.Romano 1185.0 133 139 758 35 3 0 .996 29.6
B.Schmidt 262.0 29 33 190 11 2 0 .990 66.7
Team Total 1447.0 162 172 948 46 5 0 .995 36.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 10.95
E.Torgeson 797.0 86 99 946 74 16 85 .985 11.52
R.Mejias 419.7 50 51 482 36 6 50 .989 11.11
F.Fain 229.9 24 26 250 19 2 22 .993 10.53
J.Callison 6.0 1 1 6 0 0 2 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1452.6 161 177 1684 129 24 159 .987 11.23
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.44
R.Bridges 1085.0 127 128 229 441 15 95 .978 5.56
W.Jones 136.0 16 19 33 62 1 19 .990 6.29
J.Pyburn 125.3 12 25 35 46 1 14 .988 5.82
B.Osborne 100.7 7 27 22 44 1 11 .985 5.90
F.Fain 1.4 0 0 1 1 0 1 1.000 12.86
Team Total 1448.4 162 199 320 594 18 140 .981 5.68
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.62
W.Jones 998.7 112 117 66 250 18 17 .946 2.85
B.Osborne 198.0 23 29 18 52 1 3 .986 3.18
T.Burgess 142.3 16 23 2 43 1 5 .978 2.85
J.Pyburn 86.0 9 15 4 22 0 3 1.000 2.72
R.Bridges 22.0 2 5 0 7 1 1 .875 2.86
Team Total 1447.0 162 189 90 374 21 29 .957 2.89
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.88
D.O'Connell 979.0 112 112 142 408 11 80 .980 5.06
J.Pyburn 260.7 27 37 31 104 4 19 .971 4.66
W.Jones 105.3 11 16 13 49 0 11 1.000 5.30
R.Bridges 101.0 12 13 11 37 3 9 .941 4.28
B.Osborne 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.0 162 179 197 598 18 119 .978 4.94
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.80
O.Cepeda 1317.7 147 154 267 17 0 3 1.000 1.94
R.Mejias 78.0 10 10 20 0 1 0 .952 2.31
M.Minoso 34.0 3 6 8 0 1 0 .889 2.12
J.Callison 12.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75
J.Pyburn 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.7 162 174 296 17 2 3 .994 1.95
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.34
R.Ashburn 916.2 101 108 250 5 3 0 .988 2.50
L.Doby 419.3 48 51 113 3 2 1 .983 2.49
M.Minoso 87.3 10 13 22 0 1 0 .957 2.27
R.Mejias 22.0 1 10 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
Team Total 1444.9 160 182 390 8 6 1 .985 2.48
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 1.83
L.Doby 882.7 99 99 189 4 1 0 .995 1.97
E.Torgeson 244.3 25 33 42 2 10 1 .815 1.62
R.Mejias 230.0 27 28 49 1 3 0 .943 1.96
J.Callison 81.0 10 12 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
M.Minoso 9.0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
Team Total 1447.0 162 173 301 7 14 1 .957 1.92
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.01
C.Short 276.3 36 36 14 39 0 3 1.000 1.73
B.Chakales 273.0 43 44 17 49 3 3 .957 2.18
C.Simmons 194.3 24 27 10 41 1 4 .981 2.36
D.Ferrarese 169.0 20 61 8 19 0 1 1.000 1.44
T.Abernathy 140.3 8 78 8 31 1 2 .975 2.50
J.Gabler 105.7 6 56 6 14 0 0 1.000 1.70
B.Shaw 104.7 13 26 15 13 0 0 1.000 2.41
M.Cuellar 91.0 12 12 2 18 0 1 1.000 1.98
B.Daniels 48.0 0 45 4 8 0 2 1.000 2.25
B.Muffett 25.0 0 25 2 7 0 0 1.000 3.24
D.Rozek 16.0 0 13 0 2 1 0 .667 1.13
J.Spring 3.7 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.92
Team Total 1447.0 162 426 87 242 6 16 .982 2.05
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bridges .291
On-Base Pct Torgeson .400
Slugging Pct Torgeson .523
OPS Torgeson .922
XR Cepeda 100.8
Games Cepeda, Jones 156
At-Bats Cepeda 626
Runs Cepeda 104
Hits Cepeda 179
Total Bases Cepeda 325
Singles Bridges 110
Doubles Cepeda 46
Triples Cepeda 8
Homeruns Doby 34
RBIs Doby, Cepeda 107
Stolen Bases Ashburn 12
Caught Stealing Ashburn 5
Walks Torgeson 91
Strikeouts Jones 151
ERA Short 4.01
Wins Short 17
Losses Chakales 18
Winning Pct Short .607
Saves Abernathy 12
Games Pitched Abernathy 78
Games Started Chakales 43
Complete Games Simmons 13
Shutouts Chakales, Short 1
Innings Pitched Short 276.3
Hits Allowed Short 276
Homeruns Allowed Simmons 36
Strikeouts Chakales 225
Walks Allowed Chakales 129
Walks per 9IP Simmons 1.7
Hits per 9IP Ferrarese 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Chakales 7.4
WHiP Short 1.32
OAVG Ferrarese .237
OOBP Short .318
OSLG Chakales .395
OOPS Short .726
Team All-Stars
Larry Doby
Chris Short
Player Salaries
Earl Torgeson $ 15,090,300
Larry Doby $ 13,000,000
Richie Ashburn $ 6,500,000
Willie Jones $ 4,590,000
Danny O'Connell $ 2,400,000
Curt Simmons $ 1,900,000
Ted Abernathy $ 870,000
Roman Mejias $ 750,000
Dick Ellsworth $ 300,000
Jack Spring $ 300,000
Rocky Bridges $ 300,000
Tom Burgess $ 300,000
Johnny Callison $ 300,000
Orlando Cepeda $ 300,000
Bob Chakales $ 300,000
Mike Cuellar $ 300,000
John Gabler $ 300,000
Chris Short $ 300,000
Bobo Osborne $ 300,000
Don Ferrarese $ 300,000
Bob Shaw $ 300,000
Bob Schmidt $ 300,000
Johnny Romano $ 300,000
Minnie Minoso $ 300,000
Billy Muffett $ 300,000
Jim Pyburn $ 300,000
Bennie Daniels $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Jim Mcanany Montreal Hank Foiles
2/1 Traded Lenny Green
Sam Jones		 Boston (N) Tom Alston
3/3 Traded Jack Lohrke
Jim Greengrass
Red Schoendienst		 Seattle Danny O'Connell
$5,000,000
3/3 Traded Ted Kluszewski
Bobby Hofman		 New York (A) Rocky Bridges
Earl Torgeson
Tom Burgess
Don Ferrarese
3/3 Traded Billy Pierce
Hank Foiles
$2,000,000		 Oakland Jack Spring
4/2 Signed     Minnie Minoso
5/1 Traded Jack Banta
Ferris Fain
Ray Moore		 Cincinnati Bob Milliken
5/1 Traded Don Carlsen
Bob Smith
Dick Rozek		 St. Louis Richie Ashburn
 
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