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1958 Detroit Tigers
Record: 84-78
Finish: 4th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 871
Runs Allowed: 800
Exp W-L: 87-75
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,347,978
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 5th in the AL
AA: 67-70, 5th in the AL
A: 57-80, 7th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
1B *Ferris Fain 37 151 575 115 177 54 7 6 88 1 0 104 66 .308 .414 .457 .871 106.1 23.3 2.8
1B *Ted Kluszewski 33 156 639 120 210 39 5 40 135 0 0 40 68 .329 .368 .593 .961 121.8 27.4 0.9
DH  Orlando Cepeda 20 147 614 100 205 50 6 23 102 0 0 28 81 .334 .363 .547 .911 104.5 22.0 2.5
C  Bobby Hofman 32 152 600 94 185 28 4 22 102 0 0 48 105 .308 .359 .478 .837 93.5 17.9 5.1
SS  Jack Lohrke 34 152 535 79 143 31 1 4 49 0 0 69 79 .267 .352 .351 .703 67.4 10.7 5.8
SS  Willie Jones 32 145 509 62 118 19 3 25 82 0 0 65 75 .232 .316 .428 .744 70.4 10.3 2.4
RF *Larry Doby 34 148 490 92 128 18 3 37 114 1 0 66 128 .261 .349 .537 .886 89.1 17.5 2.1
2B #Red Schoendienst 35 100 322 42 91 22 0 4 30 0 0 20 18 .283 .325 .388 .713 37.0 5.7 3.4
CF *Lenny Green 25 83 248 41 58 15 3 2 19 10 3 39 25 .234 .340 .343 .683 31.0 4.4 1.3
C  Bob Schmidt 25 85 202 22 33 3 1 7 25 0 0 13 37 .163 .210 .292 .502 11.7 0.0 1.8
C  Johnny Romano 23 56 187 33 57 12 0 9 32 0 0 21 42 .305 .387 .513 .900 33.5 7.2 2.1
LF  Jim Greengrass 30 78 147 17 39 12 0 1 17 0 0 9 30 .265 .308 .367 .675 14.7 1.8 0.4
1B  Roman Mejias 27 71 133 16 32 3 2 2 15 0 0 4 24 .241 .259 .338 .597 11.3 0.5 0.3
P *Billy Pierce 31 41 108 8 20 3 0 1 9 0 0 1 25 .185 .193 .241 .433 4.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Shaw 25 42 97 4 9 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 29 .093 .111 .113 .225 -2.7 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Chakales 30 41 94 7 24 4 0 0 12 0 0 0 7 .255 .253 .298 .551 6.6 0.0 0.0
2B *Johnny Bero 35 28 67 12 15 0 1 1 7 0 0 9 7 .224 .316 .299 .614 5.9 0.3 0.6
P *Dick Ellsworth 18 40 35 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .086 .111 .086 .197 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P *Dick Rozek 31 69 34 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .118 .118 .118 .235 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P *Curt Simmons 29 23 21 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .238 .273 .238 .511 1.5 0.1 0.0
SS  Jerry Coleman 33 27 21 1 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 .238 .304 .429 .733 2.6 0.4 0.1
P  Ted Abernathy 25 17 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .143 .133 .143 .276 0.3 0.0 0.0
C  Billy Shantz 30 8 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .091 .091 .091 .182 -1.1 0.0 0.1
P  Sam Jones 32 85 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Bennie Daniels 26 28 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1.0 0.2 0.0
P  Billy Muffett 27 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Grim 28 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Moore 32 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.3 2014 5716 871 1567 316 36 185 849 12 3 541 879 .274 .337 .439 .776 808.1 149.8 31.9
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 7 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 1  
* - 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
 Bob Shaw 25 14 15 .483 42 39 0 297.0 333 151 25 92 132 4.58 11.2
*Billy Pierce 31 22 10 .688 41 41 0 294.3 271 130 31 110 260 3.98 19.9
 Bob Chakales 30 17 11 .607 41 41 0 263.7 246 130 32 130 201 4.44 14.5
*Dick Rozek 31 9 7 .563 69 14 13 151.7 136 70 9 95 108 4.15 10.8
*Dick Ellsworth 18 7 13 .350 40 11 2 123.7 163 80 16 33 53 5.82 0.5
 Sam Jones 32 4 4 .500 85 0 4 103.3 98 59 15 69 99 5.14 3.5
*Curt Simmons 29 4 7 .364 23 15 2 79.0 87 35 13 18 38 3.99 5.4
 Ted Abernathy 25 3 2 .600 17 2 2 57.7 61 23 4 27 39 3.59 4.3
 Bennie Daniels 26 1 4 .200 28 0 2 36.0 44 23 5 13 16 5.75 0.2
 Bob Grim 28 3 3 .500 21 0 0 24.7 37 23 6 17 28 8.39 0.0
 Billy Muffett 27 0 2 .000 15 0 0 19.7 25 14 6 7 12 6.41 0.0
 Ray Moore 32 0 0 .000 5 0 0 8.3 5 7 3 6 7 7.56 0.0
Team Totals 27.8 84 78 .519 427 163 25 1459.0 1506 745 165 617 993 4.60 70.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 6 4 6 7 4 6 6 4 6  
* - 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 30.3
B.Hofman 596.7 68 68 410 16 2 0 .995 26.1
J.Romano 458.3 51 52 338 14 2 1 .994 18.2
B.Schmidt 378.7 41 44 259 19 1 0 .996 40.0
B.Shantz 25.3 2 5 18 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1459.0 162 169 1025 51 5 1 .995 26.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.41
F.Fain 1277.7 143 151 1497 100 13 147 .992 11.25
R.Mejias 87.0 10 12 113 6 0 10 1.000 12.31
L.Doby 33.0 4 4 50 2 1 1 .981 14.18
B.Schmidt 26.0 3 3 35 1 0 3 1.000 12.46
J.Greengrass 17.0 2 2 19 1 0 2 1.000 10.59
T.Kluszewski 9.3 0 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 11.58
R.Schoendienst 9.0 0 1 13 0 0 1 1.000 13.00
Team Total 1459.0 162 178 1739 110 14 164 .992 11.41
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.75
R.Schoendienst 748.3 87 87 169 316 5 63 .990 5.83
B.Hofman 693.7 75 79 145 273 10 75 .977 5.42
J.Bero 9.0 0 6 4 4 0 1 1.000 8.00
J.Coleman 6.0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Lohrke 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
W.Jones 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.0 162 178 318 595 15 139 .984 5.63
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.73
W.Jones 1215.3 138 139 77 301 22 25 .945 2.80
L.Green 98.0 9 17 3 32 2 2 .946 3.21
J.Bero 64.3 8 9 4 19 0 3 1.000 3.22
L.Doby 44.0 4 5 3 8 1 1 .917 2.25
J.Coleman 29.0 3 6 3 6 0 1 1.000 2.79
B.Hofman 8.3 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.24
Team Total 1459.0 162 178 91 368 25 32 .948 2.83
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.11
J.Lohrke 1332.0 149 151 210 563 18 111 .977 5.22
J.Bero 92.0 11 11 13 35 1 6 .980 4.70
R.Schoendienst 19.3 2 3 7 10 0 3 1.000 7.92
W.Jones 9.7 0 2 1 5 0 0 1.000 5.59
J.Coleman 5.0 0 4 1 5 0 1 1.000 10.80
L.Green 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.0 162 172 232 618 19 121 .978 5.24
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.84
O.Cepeda 1289.0 144 147 275 23 0 4 1.000 2.08
J.Greengrass 67.0 7 9 16 1 1 1 .944 2.28
R.Mejias 66.0 8 9 9 0 2 0 .818 1.23
L.Doby 27.0 3 3 3 0 1 0 .750 1.00
R.Schoendienst 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
L.Green 5.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1459.0 162 173 308 24 4 5 .988 2.05
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.38
L.Doby 932.0 99 123 239 10 6 2 .976 2.40
L.Green 456.0 55 55 126 1 2 1 .984 2.51
J.Greengrass 64.0 7 9 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Mejias 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.0 162 188 381 11 8 3 .980 2.42
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.83
T.Kluszewski 1321.7 147 147 176 6 20 1 .901 1.24
J.Greengrass 69.3 7 9 12 0 1 0 .923 1.56
L.Doby 43.0 5 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.26
R.Mejias 25.0 3 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1459.0 162 165 199 6 21 1 .907 1.26
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.09
B.Shaw 297.0 39 42 16 51 3 6 .957 2.03
B.Pierce 294.3 41 41 16 47 1 2 .984 1.93
B.Chakales 263.7 41 41 13 64 3 7 .963 2.63
D.Rozek 151.7 14 69 6 25 0 2 1.000 1.84
D.Ellsworth 123.7 11 40 4 24 2 1 .933 2.04
S.Jones 103.3 0 85 6 16 0 1 1.000 1.92
C.Simmons 79.0 15 23 6 11 0 2 1.000 1.94
T.Abernathy 57.7 2 17 3 11 2 0 .875 2.19
B.Daniels 36.0 0 28 1 9 0 0 1.000 2.50
B.Grim 24.7 0 21 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.82
B.Muffett 19.7 0 15 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.46
R.Moore 8.3 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.0 163 427 73 262 11 21 .968 2.07
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cepeda .334
On-Base Pct Fain .414
Slugging Pct Kluszewski .593
OPS Kluszewski .961
XR Kluszewski 121.8
Games Kluszewski 156
At-Bats Kluszewski 639
Runs Kluszewski 120
Hits Kluszewski 210
Total Bases Kluszewski 379
Singles Hofman 131
Doubles Fain 54
Triples Fain 7
Homeruns Kluszewski 40
RBIs Kluszewski 135
Stolen Bases Green 10
Caught Stealing Green 3
Walks Fain 104
Strikeouts Doby 128
ERA Pierce 3.98
Wins Pierce 22
Losses Shaw 15
Winning Pct Pierce .688
Saves Rozek 13
Games Pitched Jones 85
Games Started Chakales, Pierce 41
Complete Games Shaw 8
Shutouts Shaw 3
Innings Pitched Shaw 297.0
Hits Allowed Shaw 333
Homeruns Allowed Chakales 32
Strikeouts Pierce 260
Walks Allowed Chakales 130
Walks per 9IP Shaw 2.8
Hits per 9IP Pierce 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Pierce 8.0
WHiP Pierce 1.29
OAVG Pierce .241
OOBP Pierce .309
OSLG Pierce .397
OOPS Pierce .707
Team All-Stars
Orlando Cepeda
Bobby Hofman
Ted Kluszewski
Billy Pierce
Player Salaries
Larry Doby $ 13,000,000
Ted Kluszewski $ 12,500,000
Ferris Fain $ 11,500,000
Billy Pierce $ 7,100,000
Bobby Hofman $ 6,670,000
Willie Jones $ 4,590,000
Jack Lohrke $ 2,750,000
Curt Simmons $ 1,900,000
Jim Greengrass $ 1,000,000
Sam Jones $ 800,000
Roman Mejias $ 750,000
Red Schoendienst $ 750,000
Jack Banta $ 300,000
Orlando Cepeda $ 300,000
Bob Chakales $ 300,000
Bennie Daniels $ 300,000
Bob Shaw $ 300,000
Dick Ellsworth $ 300,000
Bob Schmidt $ 300,000
Johnny Romano $ 300,000
Ted Abernathy $ 300,000
Dick Rozek $ 300,000
Ray Moore $ 300,000
Billy Muffett $ 300,000
Lenny Green $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Vic Janowicz Seattle Ted Kluszewski
2/1 Traded Glen Hobbie St. Louis Dick Rozek
2/2 Signed     Jack Banta
2/3 Traded Bill Howerton
Frankie Zak
Bobby Shantz		 Brooklyn Bobby Hofman
2/3 Traded Dale Coogan New York (N) Al Cicotte
Howie Judson
Ray Moore
$5,000,000
2/12 Signed     Larry Doby
2/21 Traded Jose Santiago Pittsburgh Willie Jones
Jack Lohrke
Red Schoendienst
Bob Chakales
3/3 Traded Tex Clevenger Boston (N) Bobo Osborne
3/3 Traded El Tappe Minnesota Billy Pierce
4/2 Traded Al Cicotte
Howie Judson		 Boston (N) Cuddles Marshall
Buddy Lively
Don Carlsen
Hal Brown
Bob Grim
7/31 Traded Bob Grim
Buddy Lively
Hal Brown		 New York (N) Ted Abernathy
Curt Simmons
10/13 Released Cuddles Marshall    
10/13 Released Billy Shantz    
10/13 Released Johnny Bero    
10/13 Released Jerry Coleman    
 
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