Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
1957 Detroit Tigers
Record: 48-114
Finish: 8th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 534
Runs Allowed: 879
Exp W-L: 46-116
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,727,227
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 53-84, 8th in the AL
AA: 54-83, 8th in the AL
A: 67-70, 4th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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 36 156 530 94 152 55 3 9 55 0 0 123 59 .287 .422 .453 .874 101.1 20.3 1.6
1B  Roman Mejias 26 152 563 57 139 18 4 17 88 4 2 32 82 .247 .292 .384 .675 59.2 5.7 0.9
2B  Billy Cox 37 153 558 43 119 33 2 8 57 0 0 33 60 .213 .258 .323 .581 40.9 1.0 4.7
RF *Ted Williams 38 138 483 55 104 7 2 7 21 0 0 51 157 .215 .291 .282 .573 42.2 2.5 1.4
LF  Jim Greengrass 29 132 493 57 103 25 3 17 63 0 1 41 99 .209 .270 .375 .645 44.5 2.7 1.8
C  Billy Shantz 29 140 469 39 110 18 3 1 31 0 1 36 69 .235 .286 .292 .578 37.0 1.2 10.7
LF  Monte Irvin 38 77 285 27 72 8 1 8 36 6 1 37 38 .253 .338 .372 .710 38.5 5.5 0.8
LF *Bill Howerton 35 127 272 27 49 12 2 5 30 0 0 20 72 .180 .236 .294 .530 15.6 0.0 0.8
SS  Vern Stephens 36 78 230 18 49 7 1 0 8 0 0 23 65 .213 .281 .252 .533 16.9 0.2 1.4
3B  Frankie Zak 35 97 212 20 44 8 1 0 13 0 0 26 52 .208 .294 .255 .549 17.1 0.8 0.6
2B *Johnny Bero 34 50 153 17 39 4 0 10 25 0 0 20 27 .255 .337 .477 .814 26.0 4.4 0.8
LF *Johnny Wyrostek 37 48 158 11 44 6 2 0 19 1 1 10 32 .278 .318 .342 .659 17.1 2.0 0.5
LF *Ron Northey 37 51 120 4 30 11 0 0 8 0 0 4 16 .250 .274 .342 .616 9.4 0.8 0.3
SS  Jerry Coleman 32 50 94 15 21 7 1 2 9 1 0 11 10 .223 .305 .383 .688 11.0 1.5 0.8
CF *Lenny Green 24 26 92 13 26 6 1 5 20 1 2 10 10 .283 .346 .533 .879 15.7 2.5 0.4
P  Tex Clevenger 24 41 78 2 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 32 .128 .159 .141 .300 1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Shaw 24 35 86 2 9 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 26 .105 .125 .151 .276 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bobby Shantz 31 42 71 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 13 .099 .167 .127 .293 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Sam Jones 31 49 73 2 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 29 .110 .120 .137 .257 -0.7 0.0 0.0
C  El Tappe 30 28 72 3 11 4 0 1 5 0 0 3 7 .153 .187 .250 .437 2.4 0.0 1.7
2B  Billy Johnson 38 40 64 6 12 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 7 .188 .246 .219 .465 1.7 0.0 0.3
2B  Jim Pyburn 24 16 48 4 8 1 0 1 2 1 1 8 10 .167 .286 .250 .536 3.3 0.0 0.1
3B  Bobby Malkmus 25 16 47 4 13 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 5 .277 .333 .319 .652 4.8 0.5 0.4
LF *Hal Rice 33 31 39 6 10 3 1 2 7 0 0 1 5 .256 .275 .538 .813 5.8 0.9 0.0
SS *Merl Combs 37 17 22 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .227 .320 .227 .547 2.0 0.1 0.1
P  Billy Muffett 26 82 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .133 .133 .133 .267 -0.2 0.0 0.0
SS  Sammy Meeks 34 12 13 1 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 2 .308 .333 .615 .949 3.0 0.6 0.1
P  Glen Hobbie 21 7 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bubba Church 32 36 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P *Fred Kipp 25 48 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Pete Gebrian 33 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.3 1997 5372 534 1200 243 29 94 516 14 9 512 1013 .223 .291 .332 .623 512.5 53.3 30.2
  Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 8 6 5 8 8 5 4 6 7 8 8 8 8 8  
* - 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
 Tex Clevenger 24 10 17 .370 41 41 0 269.3 262 110 30 83 154 3.68 23.9
 Bob Shaw 24 9 22 .290 35 35 0 263.0 302 134 21 80 125 4.59 12.6
*Bobby Shantz 31 7 21 .250 42 38 0 257.3 285 153 42 84 153 5.35 7.1
 Sam Jones 31 9 22 .290 49 37 2 238.0 229 142 27 153 205 5.37 6.4
 Billy Muffett 26 4 9 .308 82 6 10 130.7 149 74 16 49 58 5.10 6.6
 Bennie Daniels 25 2 4 .333 67 0 5 76.7 95 48 10 42 43 5.64 1.9
*Fred Kipp 25 2 4 .333 47 0 3 66.7 69 44 9 43 26 5.94 0.6
 Bubba Church 32 1 3 .250 36 0 0 44.7 59 26 10 24 23 5.24 0.0
 Glen Hobbie 21 1 3 .250 7 5 0 40.3 43 21 7 11 34 4.69 1.4
 Pete Gebrian 33 1 5 .167 22 0 1 27.7 42 22 6 18 16 7.16 0.0
*Bob Smith 26 2 4 .333 19 0 0 20.7 19 17 5 16 5 7.41 0.0
Team Totals 27.1 48 114 .296 447 162 21 1435.0 1554 791 183 603 842 4.96 60.4
Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 7 8 8 8 6 8 7 6 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 .993 38.0
B.Shantz 1199.0 135 139 702 54 3 0 .996 57.5
E.Tappe 166.0 19 21 103 12 1 0 .991 50.0
B.Howerton 70.0 8 8 53 0 1 0 .981 0.0
Team Total 1435.0 162 168 858 66 5 0 .995 56.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.32
F.Fain 1264.3 143 147 1447 111 16 128 .990 11.09
B.Howerton 106.3 12 14 106 6 1 13 .991 9.48
R.Northey 50.0 6 6 48 5 0 7 1.000 9.54
J.Wyrostek 9.0 1 1 12 1 1 0 .929 13.00
E.Tappe 5.0 0 1 6 1 0 0 1.000 12.60
M.Irvin 3.0 0 1 6 0 0 1 1.000 18.00
J.Pyburn 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.0 162 171 1625 124 18 149 .990 10.95
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 5.67
B.Cox 1010.3 115 117 238 445 12 95 .983 6.08
J.Coleman 210.7 23 30 43 95 3 15 .979 5.90
B.Malkmus 127.0 15 16 24 45 1 7 .986 4.89
B.Johnson 54.0 6 8 7 23 0 2 1.000 5.00
S.Meeks 31.0 3 7 1 14 0 1 1.000 4.35
J.Pyburn 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.0 162 179 313 622 16 120 .983 5.86
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.77
R.Mejias 890.7 104 104 67 124 12 17 .941 1.93
F.Zak 405.3 41 60 20 126 7 4 .954 3.24
J.Pyburn 102.0 14 14 8 27 3 2 .921 3.09
B.Johnson 27.7 3 5 2 7 0 2 1.000 2.93
J.Bero 6.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
V.Stephens 3.3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1435.0 162 187 97 285 22 25 .946 2.40
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.97
V.Stephens 619.7 76 76 95 250 19 45 .948 5.01
J.Bero 385.3 46 47 70 144 12 31 .947 5.00
B.Cox 297.3 35 36 53 120 9 24 .951 5.24
M.Combs 41.7 5 8 2 20 3 3 .880 4.75
B.Johnson 38.3 0 16 3 11 1 0 .933 3.29
F.Zak 36.7 0 20 5 13 1 0 .947 4.42
J.Coleman 12.0 0 8 1 3 2 0 .667 3.00
S.Meeks 4.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1435.0 162 213 230 562 47 104 .944 4.97
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.81
M.Irvin 663.3 72 74 143 1 2 1 .986 1.95
J.Greengrass 518.7 59 59 121 2 2 0 .984 2.13
J.Wyrostek 139.3 16 16 29 1 1 0 .968 1.94
B.Howerton 50.0 6 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.34
T.Williams 30.0 3 3 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Northey 25.3 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.13
H.Rice 9.0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
R.Mejias 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.6 160 163 325 5 5 1 .985 2.06
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.43
J.Greengrass 601.7 68 70 186 3 1 0 .995 2.83
L.Green 222.3 26 26 61 2 0 0 1.000 2.55
B.Howerton 208.7 22 28 65 1 4 0 .943 2.85
J.Wyrostek 183.0 21 25 58 0 1 0 .983 2.85
R.Northey 144.7 17 19 36 1 3 1 .925 2.30
F.Fain 43.0 5 5 10 1 1 0 .917 2.30
H.Rice 16.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Pyburn 6.7 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.05
M.Irvin 5.4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.67
Team Total 1431.4 162 178 424 8 10 1 .977 2.72
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.94
T.Williams 975.0 112 114 227 9 3 2 .987 2.18
R.Mejias 386.3 45 46 84 1 2 1 .977 1.98
B.Howerton 57.7 4 16 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
R.Northey 8.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Wyrostek 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Greengrass 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.0 162 183 324 10 5 3 .985 2.09
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.20
T.Clevenger 269.3 41 41 20 64 0 5 1.000 2.81
B.Shaw 263.0 35 35 15 37 4 2 .929 1.78
B.Shantz 257.3 38 42 17 31 0 8 1.000 1.68
S.Jones 238.0 37 49 16 30 0 1 1.000 1.74
B.Muffett 130.7 6 82 4 34 0 4 1.000 2.62
B.Daniels 76.7 0 67 7 15 2 2 .917 2.58
F.Kipp 66.7 0 47 5 8 0 1 1.000 1.76
B.Church 44.7 0 36 3 6 2 0 .818 1.81
G.Hobbie 40.3 5 7 5 9 0 0 1.000 3.12
P.Gebrian 27.7 0 22 2 5 1 0 .875 2.28
B.Smith 20.7 0 19 0 6 0 1 1.000 2.61
Team Total 1435.0 162 447 94 245 9 24 .974 2.13
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Fain .287
On-Base Pct Fain .422
Slugging Pct Fain .453
OPS Fain .874
XR Fain 101.1
Games Fain 156
At-Bats Mejias 563
Runs Fain 94
Hits Fain 152
Total Bases Fain 240
Singles Mejias 100
Doubles Fain 55
Triples Mejias 4
Homeruns Greengrass, Mejias 17
RBIs Mejias 88
Stolen Bases Irvin 6
Caught Stealing Green, Mejias 2
Walks Fain 123
Strikeouts Williams 157
ERA Clevenger 3.68
Wins Clevenger 10
Losses Jones, Shaw 22
Winning Pct Clevenger .370
Saves Muffett 10
Games Pitched Muffett 82
Games Started Clevenger 41
Complete Games Shaw 10
Shutouts Clevenger 2
Innings Pitched Clevenger 269.3
Hits Allowed Shaw 302
Homeruns Allowed Shantz 42
Strikeouts Jones 205
Walks Allowed Jones 153
Walks per 9IP Shaw 2.7
Hits per 9IP Jones 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Jones 7.8
WHiP Clevenger 1.28
OAVG Clevenger .251
OOBP Clevenger .306
OSLG Clevenger .398
OOPS Clevenger .704
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Ted Williams $ 15,340,000
Ferris Fain $ 11,500,000
Bill Howerton $ 3,750,000
Billy Johnson $ 2,750,000
Sam Jones $ 2,537,143
Bobby Shantz $ 2,500,000
Jim Greengrass $ 1,600,000
Billy Cox $ 1,500,000
Frankie Zak $ 550,000
Vern Stephens $ 500,000
Bubba Church $ 350,000
Lloyd Hittle $ 350,000
Tex Clevenger $ 300,000
Jerry Coleman $ 300,000
Bennie Daniels $ 300,000
El Tappe $ 300,000
Pete Gebrian $ 300,000
Lenny Green $ 300,000
Fred Kipp $ 300,000
Johnny Bero $ 300,000
Bob Shaw $ 300,000
Bob Smith $ 300,000
Bobby Malkmus $ 300,000
Sammy Meeks $ 300,000
Roman Mejias $ 300,000
Billy Muffett $ 300,000
Ron Northey $ 300,000
Jim Pyburn $ 300,000
Billy Shantz $ 300,000
Glen Hobbie $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Ralph Branca Oakland Pat Seerey
Sam Jones
2/1 Traded Pat Seerey Cleveland Dale Coogan
2/7 Traded Al Sima San Diego Andy Pafko
Don Lenhardt
Bill Howerton
Bobby Shantz
2/7 Traded Andy Pafko Pittsburgh Jack Bruner
4/2 Traded Don Lenhardt
Joe Tipton
$1,000,000		 San Diego Al Sima
6/1 Signed     Ron Northey
6/1 Signed     Johnny Wyrostek
6/1 Signed     Johnny Bero
6/1 Signed     Sammy Meeks
6/1 Signed     Jerry Coleman
6/23 Released Johnny Sain    
7/1 Traded Monte Irvin Cleveland Vic Janowicz
$5,000,000
9/1 Released Johnny Wyrostek    
10/3 Released Al Sima    
10/3 Released Eddie Malone    
10/3 Released Cliff Chambers    
10/3 Released Merl Combs    
10/3 Released Hal Rice    
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.