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1954 Detroit Tigers
Record: 97-65
Finish: 2nd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 864
Runs Allowed: 709
Exp W-L: 95-67
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,316,086
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 4th in the AL
AA: 64-73, 6th in the AL
A: 64-73, 3rd in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 3-4 to Minnesota Twins
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
1B *Ferris Fain 33 155 608 118 188 45 4 10 76 0 0 106 50 .309 .412 .446 .857 103.3 21.6 3.4
RF *Ted Williams 35 157 574 142 186 35 2 40 125 0 1 124 72 .324 .444 .601 1.045 138.7 33.6 4.5
LF *Irv Noren 29 155 596 100 188 41 6 12 96 3 2 92 68 .315 .408 .465 .873 104.9 22.6 4.8
2B  Billy Cox 34 156 596 97 172 38 4 14 118 0 2 69 26 .289 .359 .436 .795 84.8 14.2 6.0
3B  Frankie Zak 32 159 558 84 160 19 2 9 61 1 3 80 92 .287 .377 .376 .754 79.3 13.5 4.2
3B *Joe Garagiola 28 152 521 75 150 26 4 13 84 1 0 74 73 .288 .376 .428 .804 79.5 14.7 3.7
1B *Cliff Mapes 32 132 420 59 115 27 4 13 82 1 1 60 82 .274 .362 .450 .812 65.9 12.2 3.5
SS *Merl Combs 34 123 333 38 77 8 1 4 47 0 0 49 31 .231 .331 .297 .628 35.5 3.1 4.2
SS  Gene Mauch 28 99 261 29 63 12 2 1 23 1 0 40 30 .241 .343 .314 .657 29.3 3.5 2.7
1B  Jim Mallory 35 110 251 36 76 6 2 1 23 0 0 8 27 .303 .322 .355 .676 25.8 3.0 2.5
LF *Bill Howerton 32 118 223 37 63 16 0 9 47 0 0 27 44 .283 .357 .475 .832 35.7 6.5 1.0
P *Warren Spahn 33 44 150 10 28 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 42 .187 .206 .207 .413 5.4 0.0 0.0
C  Eddie Malone 34 57 126 15 23 6 0 0 14 2 0 16 19 .183 .275 .230 .505 8.0 0.0 0.7
P *Jack Harshman 26 44 126 9 21 2 0 0 10 0 2 1 38 .167 .173 .183 .356 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Walt Masterson 34 42 106 8 14 0 0 0 7 0 0 3 38 .132 .153 .132 .285 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Porterfield 30 31 56 3 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 17 .161 .190 .161 .350 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Harris 37 37 23 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .174 .208 .304 .513 1.6 0.0 0.0
P #Bob Kuzava 31 76 12 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .167 .231 .250 .481 0.7 0.0 0.0
LF  Jim Greengrass 26 6 13 1 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 .385 .385 .615 1.000 2.7 0.7 0.1
C  Billy Shantz 26 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Ken Johnson 31 42 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.4 1903 5564 864 1546 285 31 128 830 9 11 755 758 .278 .364 .409 .773 802.8 149.1 41.3
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 2 2 5 4 3 7 4 2 8 2 2 4 3 2  
* - 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
*Warren Spahn 33 28 12 .700 44 44 0 376.7 280 119 7 109 293 2.84 38.4
 Walt Masterson 34 18 19 .486 42 42 0 322.7 300 132 30 89 165 3.68 20.8
*Jack Harshman 26 27 10 .730 44 44 0 319.3 276 149 25 158 170 4.20 20.2
 Bob Porterfield 30 8 13 .381 31 23 0 172.7 194 95 16 91 56 4.95 3.9
*Bob Kuzava 31 8 2 .800 76 5 18 117.7 105 48 5 72 72 3.67 14.3
 Bob Harris 37 2 3 .400 37 4 3 80.7 93 47 11 24 35 5.24 2.3
*Bill Werle 33 4 3 .571 28 0 4 29.7 39 20 4 15 9 6.07 0.8
*Ken Johnson 31 2 3 .400 42 0 4 28.3 41 20 2 28 11 6.35 0.0
Team Totals 31.9 97 65 .599 344 162 29 1447.6 1328 630 100 586 811 3.92 100.6
Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 5 2 6 2 1 3 4 1 3  
* - 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 .991 32.3
J.Garagiola 1188.0 132 137 688 44 7 4 .991 22.7
E.Malone 259.7 30 31 144 8 1 0 .993 42.9
Team Total 1447.7 162 168 832 52 8 4 .991 25.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.28
F.Fain 1329.7 148 153 1632 129 22 143 .988 11.92
B.Howerton 75.0 9 11 97 7 3 9 .972 12.48
C.Mapes 43.0 5 5 52 4 0 7 1.000 11.72
Team Total 1447.7 162 169 1781 140 25 159 .987 11.94
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.35
B.Cox 1328.7 148 150 306 594 25 115 .973 6.10
G.Mauch 113.0 14 14 29 37 1 9 .985 5.26
J.Mallory 6.0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1447.7 162 168 336 634 26 124 .974 6.03
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 2.84
F.Zak 1303.7 149 154 73 322 20 27 .952 2.73
G.Mauch 103.0 12 17 7 24 1 2 .969 2.71
J.Garagiola 20.0 1 8 0 6 0 0 1.000 2.70
M.Combs 12.0 0 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.75
J.Mallory 5.0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40
B.Cox 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1447.7 162 188 83 358 21 29 .955 2.74
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.54
M.Combs 887.3 104 118 140 392 20 72 .964 5.40
G.Mauch 463.3 58 65 63 188 8 38 .969 4.88
J.Mallory 87.0 0 42 19 39 1 8 .983 6.00
F.Zak 8.0 0 4 1 3 0 2 1.000 4.50
E.Malone 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Howerton 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.7 162 231 223 622 29 120 .967 5.25
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.91
I.Noren 1339.7 149 153 300 6 4 3 .987 2.06
B.Howerton 81.0 10 11 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.33
C.Mapes 25.0 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52
T.Williams 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.7 162 168 319 6 4 3 .988 2.02
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.41
C.Mapes 833.0 101 107 209 4 10 2 .955 2.30
J.Mallory 460.0 57 57 114 2 0 1 1.000 2.27
B.Howerton 130.7 1 58 27 1 1 1 .966 1.93
J.Greengrass 23.0 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57
I.Noren 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.7 162 226 354 7 11 4 .970 2.24
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.97
T.Williams 1323.7 147 154 278 6 2 4 .993 1.93
B.Howerton 96.0 12 12 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
C.Mapes 26.0 3 3 5 0 1 0 .833 1.73
I.Noren 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.7 162 170 301 6 3 4 .990 1.91
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.34
W.Spahn 376.7 44 44 25 76 2 3 .981 2.41
W.Masterson 322.7 42 42 25 66 2 4 .978 2.54
J.Harshman 319.3 44 44 24 70 2 6 .979 2.65
B.Porterfield 172.7 23 31 10 28 3 3 .927 1.98
B.Kuzava 117.7 5 76 4 22 1 2 .963 1.99
B.Harris 80.7 4 37 8 23 1 0 .969 3.46
B.Werle 29.7 0 28 0 7 0 2 1.000 2.12
K.Johnson 28.3 0 42 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.32
Team Total 1447.6 162 344 96 293 11 20 .973 2.42
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Williams .324
On-Base Pct Williams .444
Slugging Pct Williams .601
OPS Williams 1.045
XR Williams 138.7
Games Zak 159
At-Bats Fain 608
Runs Williams 142
Hits Noren, Fain 188
Total Bases Williams 345
Singles Zak 130
Doubles Fain 45
Triples Noren 6
Homeruns Williams 40
RBIs Williams 125
Stolen Bases Noren 3
Caught Stealing Zak 3
Walks Williams 124
Strikeouts Zak 92
ERA Spahn 2.84
Wins Spahn 28
Losses Masterson 19
Winning Pct Harshman .730
Saves Kuzava 18
Games Pitched Kuzava 76
Games Started Harshman, Spahn 44
Complete Games Spahn 25
Shutouts Masterson 3
Innings Pitched Spahn 376.7
Hits Allowed Masterson 300
Homeruns Allowed Masterson 30
Strikeouts Spahn 293
Walks Allowed Harshman 158
Walks per 9IP Masterson 2.5
Hits per 9IP Spahn 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Spahn 7.0
WHiP Spahn 1.03
OAVG Spahn .203
OOBP Spahn .263
OSLG Spahn .290
OOPS Spahn .554
Team All-Stars
Ferris Fain
Irv Noren
Warren Spahn
Ted Williams
Player Salaries
Warren Spahn $ 29,426,120
Ted Williams $ 15,340,000
Ferris Fain $ 5,900,000
Irv Noren $ 3,000,000
Walt Masterson $ 2,250,000
Joe Garagiola $ 1,614,286
Billy Cox $ 1,500,000
Bob Harris $ 1,250,000
Bob Porterfield $ 914,286
Frankie Zak $ 550,000
Ken Johnson $ 460,000
Eddie Malone $ 350,000
Jim Mallory $ 350,000
Merl Combs $ 300,000
Bill Howerton $ 300,000
Jack Harshman $ 300,000
Cliff Mapes $ 300,000
Jim Greengrass $ 300,000
Gene Mauch $ 300,000
Billy Shantz $ 300,000
Bill Werle $ 300,000
Bob Kuzava $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Andy Seminick New York (N) Bob Schultz
3/3 Traded Bobby Shantz Montreal Ferris Fain
Bob Kuzava
Ken Johnson
Jim Greengrass
Gene Mauch
$5,000,000
 
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