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1956 Detroit Tigers
Record: 47-115
Finish: 8th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 689
Runs Allowed: 1011
Exp W-L: 54-108
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,123,191
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 53-84, 8th in the AL
AA: 59-78, 6th in the AL
A: 62-75, 6th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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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 35 155 558 83 148 44 5 9 60 0 2 110 56 .265 .386 .410 .796 88.5 15.1 1.8
LF  Monte Irvin 37 156 587 97 168 32 8 20 106 19 4 76 73 .286 .370 .470 .841 98.1 17.7 1.3
2B  Billy Cox 36 146 574 64 159 44 5 7 97 0 0 40 42 .277 .323 .408 .730 68.8 9.5 2.8
LF  Jim Greengrass 28 150 552 80 152 33 4 21 97 1 0 51 113 .275 .332 .464 .795 84.4 13.7 1.7
3B  Frankie Zak 34 143 455 62 120 17 2 3 44 2 0 49 89 .264 .337 .330 .666 49.5 6.2 0.6
RF *Ted Williams 37 90 331 55 95 22 1 5 37 0 0 64 75 .287 .403 .405 .808 54.7 9.9 1.0
C  Joe Tipton 34 98 329 37 47 10 2 7 32 0 1 35 46 .143 .226 .249 .475 16.7 0.0 2.6
1B  Nap Reyes 36 99 331 33 88 17 2 1 31 0 1 12 27 .266 .294 .338 .632 29.9 3.2 1.1
2B  Billy Johnson 37 107 306 35 94 10 3 3 27 0 0 18 30 .307 .346 .389 .734 38.0 5.6 1.6
CF  Clint Conatser 34 101 241 21 50 8 0 4 19 0 0 22 47 .207 .271 .290 .561 20.0 0.6 0.6
SS *Merl Combs 36 60 177 16 36 1 0 0 9 0 0 13 34 .203 .262 .209 .471 10.1 0.0 1.3
C  Gus Niarhos 35 53 134 23 39 7 0 1 13 2 1 33 28 .291 .435 .366 .800 23.7 4.5 0.9
1B  Roman Mejias 25 40 138 11 25 2 0 1 17 2 0 6 26 .181 .216 .217 .434 5.9 0.0 0.2
1B  Jack Phillips 34 103 130 19 33 8 0 1 15 1 0 7 26 .254 .295 .338 .633 12.7 1.3 0.2
LF *Hal Rice 32 56 105 13 32 12 1 2 20 0 0 14 8 .305 .380 .495 .875 19.6 3.7 0.3
SS  Vern Stephens 35 48 104 7 18 3 0 0 4 0 0 9 35 .173 .239 .202 .441 2.9 0.0 0.7
P *Bob Chipman 37 31 57 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 26 .088 .103 .088 .191 -1.6 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Kramer 38 29 56 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 27 .054 .054 .107 .161 -2.5 0.0 0.0
P #Bob Kuzava 33 22 56 2 4 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 24 .071 .102 .143 .245 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Sain 38 65 50 3 8 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 2 .160 .208 .200 .408 1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Tex Clevenger 23 20 45 4 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 11 .200 .217 .222 .440 2.0 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Hanyzewski 35 45 31 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .032 .061 .065 .125 -1.3 0.0 0.2
C  Eddie Malone 36 27 30 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .100 .156 .133 .290 -0.4 0.0 0.2
P  Bob Smith 25 22 27 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .185 .185 .222 .407 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Lloyd Hittle 32 50 22 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .091 .125 .136 .261 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Walt Craddock 24 7 19 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .211 .211 .316 .526 1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bubba Church 31 63 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Al Sima 34 32 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .300 .500 0.5 0.1 0.0
P  Ken Holcombe 37 12 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Cliff Chambers 34 51 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Hughes 33 36 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  John Briggs 22 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 33.0 2126 5481 678 1354 282 34 86 651 27 9 569 896 .247 .318 .358 .676 622.5 91.0 19.0
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 7 6 4 3 8 7 3 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7  
* - 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
 Johnny Sain 38 6 14 .300 65 24 3 202.0 224 119 16 116 94 5.30 5.6
*Bob Chipman 37 7 15 .318 31 31 0 187.7 237 128 26 71 58 6.14 1.2
 Jack Kramer 38 3 15 .167 29 29 0 176.3 211 133 30 76 71 6.79 0.0
*Bob Kuzava 33 7 11 .389 22 22 0 155.7 163 102 27 87 119 5.90 2.3
 Tex Clevenger 23 4 8 .333 20 20 0 137.0 144 69 17 44 68 4.53 6.7
*Lloyd Hittle 32 6 9 .400 50 7 8 102.3 113 50 4 48 37 4.40 6.6
 Bubba Church 31 3 5 .375 63 0 2 94.3 109 57 14 42 46 5.44 2.8
*Bob Smith 25 2 11 .154 22 14 0 87.0 99 60 9 58 54 6.21 0.4
*Cliff Chambers 34 2 8 .200 51 0 1 61.3 85 52 15 33 22 7.63 0.0
 Ed Hanyzewski 35 1 4 .200 36 2 1 56.3 55 34 9 35 20 5.43 0.2
*Al Sima 34 2 7 .222 32 4 0 50.7 68 52 9 36 22 9.24 0.0
*Walt Craddock 24 1 2 .333 7 7 0 44.7 51 27 9 23 30 5.44 1.1
 Jim Hughes 33 2 2 .500 36 0 5 39.0 39 21 7 28 22 4.85 2.4
 Ken Holcombe 37 1 3 .250 12 2 0 22.7 33 30 5 29 8 11.92 0.0
 John Briggs 22 0 1 .000 9 0 0 9.7 6 2 0 3 8 1.86 1.1
 Pete Gebrian 32 0 0 .000 10 0 1 8.0 8 4 0 4 1 4.50 0.6
Team Totals 31.8 47 115 .290 495 162 21 1434.6 1645 940 197 733 680 5.90 31.0
Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 7 8 7 8 8 8 8 7 8  
* - 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 .995 34.1
J.Tipton 806.0 93 96 395 39 3 0 .993 22.7
G.Niarhos 307.0 34 45 158 11 2 0 .988 7.1
E.Malone 79.7 8 16 29 2 0 0 1.000 66.7
J.Phillips 2.7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1195.3 135 158 584 52 5 0 .992 20.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.68
F.Fain 1263.3 142 149 1562 121 17 142 .990 11.99
J.Phillips 82.0 10 12 119 5 0 9 1.000 13.61
H.Rice 45.3 5 6 52 3 1 6 .982 10.92
N.Reyes 44.0 5 5 54 12 1 9 .985 13.50
Team Total 1434.7 162 172 1787 141 19 166 .990 12.09
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 5.70
B.Cox 661.3 75 76 154 285 13 71 .971 5.97
B.Johnson 578.3 65 66 128 293 9 45 .979 6.55
N.Reyes 179.0 20 25 45 74 3 16 .975 5.98
F.Zak 16.0 2 2 1 8 0 1 1.000 5.06
Team Total 1434.7 162 169 328 660 25 133 .975 6.20
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.81
F.Zak 932.7 104 115 55 225 9 18 .969 2.70
N.Reyes 408.3 50 50 26 79 6 6 .946 2.31
B.Johnson 40.0 5 6 3 11 1 2 .933 3.15
J.Phillips 34.0 1 14 5 6 1 2 .917 2.91
V.Stephens 16.0 2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.69
B.Cox 3.7 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1434.7 162 190 89 325 17 28 .961 2.60
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.11
B.Cox 579.7 65 67 100 237 13 32 .963 5.23
M.Combs 463.3 58 58 79 209 7 42 .976 5.59
V.Stephens 194.7 22 28 37 98 4 20 .971 6.24
N.Reyes 76.3 8 12 22 47 0 15 1.000 8.14
E.Hanyzewski 75.0 9 9 6 30 1 6 .973 4.32
B.Johnson 29.3 0 16 4 17 0 3 1.000 6.44
F.Zak 16.3 0 8 2 12 0 1 1.000 7.72
Team Total 1434.6 162 198 250 650 25 119 .973 5.65
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.86
M.Irvin 1277.3 145 148 266 6 5 3 .982 1.92
C.Conatser 107.0 12 14 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
H.Rice 47.0 5 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.34
T.Williams 1.3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
J.Phillips 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Mejias 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1434.7 162 173 296 6 6 3 .981 1.89
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.54
J.Greengrass 1104.3 123 132 295 8 3 1 .990 2.47
C.Conatser 247.0 30 34 76 1 3 0 .963 2.81
H.Rice 82.0 9 15 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.96
B.Johnson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Mejias 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1434.7 162 183 397 10 6 1 .985 2.55
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.98
T.Williams 754.3 87 88 199 5 1 0 .995 2.43
R.Mejias 313.0 37 37 61 0 6 0 .910 1.75
C.Conatser 165.7 18 21 33 0 0 0 1.000 1.79
J.Greengrass 131.3 14 15 28 1 1 0 .967 1.99
H.Rice 41.0 4 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.63
M.Irvin 25.0 2 5 6 1 1 0 .875 2.52
E.Malone 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
N.Reyes 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1433.3 162 175 340 7 9 0 .975 2.18
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.28
J.Sain 202.0 24 65 6 38 1 5 .978 1.96
B.Chipman 187.7 31 31 12 38 1 4 .980 2.40
J.Kramer 176.3 29 29 17 32 4 3 .925 2.50
B.Kuzava 155.7 22 22 13 28 0 2 1.000 2.37
T.Clevenger 137.0 20 20 6 24 0 4 1.000 1.97
L.Hittle 102.3 7 50 4 15 0 2 1.000 1.67
B.Church 94.3 0 63 8 23 1 1 .969 2.96
B.Smith 87.0 14 22 7 11 0 1 1.000 1.86
C.Chambers 61.3 0 51 3 17 2 1 .909 2.93
E.Hanyzewski 56.3 2 36 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.76
A.Sima 50.7 4 32 1 10 0 1 1.000 1.95
W.Craddock 44.7 7 7 4 10 0 1 1.000 2.82
J.Hughes 39.0 0 36 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.15
K.Holcombe 22.7 2 12 1 3 0 2 1.000 1.59
J.Briggs 9.7 0 9 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.73
P.Gebrian 8.0 0 10 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1434.6 162 495 85 268 9 27 .975 2.21
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Irvin .286
On-Base Pct Fain .386
Slugging Pct Irvin .470
OPS Irvin .841
XR Irvin 98.1
Games Irvin 156
At-Bats Irvin 587
Runs Irvin 97
Hits Irvin 168
Total Bases Irvin 276
Singles Irvin 108
Doubles Cox, Fain 44
Triples Irvin 8
Homeruns Greengrass 21
RBIs Irvin 106
Stolen Bases Irvin 19
Caught Stealing Irvin 4
Walks Fain 110
Strikeouts Greengrass 113
ERA Sain 5.30
Wins Chipman, Kuzava 7
Losses Chipman, Kramer 15
Winning Pct Kuzava .389
Saves Hittle 8
Games Pitched Sain 65
Games Started Chipman 31
Complete Games Clevenger, Kuzava 3
Shutouts Clevenger, Kuzava 1
Innings Pitched Sain 202.0
Hits Allowed Chipman 237
Homeruns Allowed Kramer 30
Strikeouts Kuzava 119
Walks Allowed Sain 116
Walks per 9IP Chipman 3.4
Hits per 9IP Sain 10.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Sain 4.2
WHiP Kramer 1.63
OAVG Sain .284
OOBP Kramer .355
OSLG Sain .425
OOPS Sain .798
Team All-Stars
Billy Cox
Monte Irvin
Player Salaries
Ted Williams $ 15,340,000
Ferris Fain $ 11,500,000
Monte Irvin $ 11,000,000
Vern Stephens $ 6,380,000
Bob Chipman $ 3,425,000
Billy Johnson $ 2,750,000
Billy Cox $ 1,500,000
Ken Holcombe $ 1,071,429
Jack Kramer $ 1,007,000
Gus Niarhos $ 836,000
Nap Reyes $ 760,000
Frankie Zak $ 550,000
Eddie Malone $ 350,000
Tex Clevenger $ 300,000
Lloyd Hittle $ 300,000
Bubba Church $ 300,000
Bob Smith $ 300,000
Merl Combs $ 300,000
Clint Conatser $ 300,000
Joe Tipton $ 300,000
Walt Craddock $ 300,000
Cliff Chambers $ 300,000
Pete Gebrian $ 300,000
Ed Hanyzewski $ 300,000
Billy Shantz $ 300,000
John Briggs $ 300,000
Al Sima $ 300,000
Roman Mejias $ 300,000
Jack Phillips $ 300,000
Hal Rice $ 300,000
Johnny Sain $ 300,000
Jim Greengrass $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/2 Signed     Clint Conatser
3/2 Signed     Jack Phillips
3/2 Signed     Joe Tipton
3/2 Signed     Ed Hanyzewski
3/2 Signed     Steve Souchock
3/2 Signed     Cliff Chambers
3/2 Signed     Merl Combs
3/2 Signed     Johnny Sain
3/2 Signed     Hal Rice
3/2 Signed     Bubba Church
3/2 Signed     Al Sima
3/2 Signed     Ralph Branca
3/2 Signed     Eddie Robinson
3/2 Signed     Jose Santiago
3/3 Traded Irv Noren
Al Rosen
Walt Masterson		 Tampa Bay Monte Irvin
3/3 Traded Luis Arroyo
Gene Mauch
Bob Porterfield
Ken Johnson
$5,000,000		 Minnesota Alvin Dark
Ken Holcombe
3/3 Traded Joe Garagiola
Jack Harshman
$1,000,000		 Pittsburgh Tex Clevenger
Billy Johnson
3/3 Traded Andy Pafko
Stan Musial
Alvin Dark		 San Diego Walt Craddock
Vern Stephens
4/2 Signed     Nap Reyes
4/2 Signed     Lloyd Hittle
4/2 Signed     Gus Niarhos
7/7 Released Steve Souchock    
7/31 Traded Bob Kuzava
Jim Hughes		 New York (N) Jim Pyburn
9/1 Released Eddie Robinson    
 
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