1957 Detroit Tigers season
1957 Detroit Tigers | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Briggs Stadium | |
City | Detroit | |
Owners | Fred Knorr, John Fetzer | |
General managers | Walter Briggs, Jr., John McHale | |
Managers | Jack Tighe | |
Television | WJBK | |
Radio | WKMH (Van Patrick, Mel Ott) | |
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The 1957 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 78–76, 20 games behind the New York Yankees. The team scored 614 runs and allowed 614 runs for a run differential of zero.[1]
Offseason
- February 8, 1957: Jim Brideweser was purchased from the Tigers by the Baltimore Orioles.[2]
Regular season
- April 18, 1957: Roger Maris hit the first home run of his career. It came at Briggs Stadium in Detroit and was a grand slam off Tigers pitcher Jack Crimian.[3]
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 98 | 56 | .636 | — | 48–29 | 50–27 |
Chicago White Sox | 90 | 64 | .584 | 8 | 45–32 | 45–32 |
Boston Red Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 16 | 44–33 | 38–39 |
Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76 | .506 | 20 | 45–32 | 33–44 |
Baltimore Orioles | 76 | 76 | .500 | 21 | 42–33 | 34–43 |
Cleveland Indians | 76 | 77 | .497 | 21½ | 40–37 | 36–40 |
Kansas City Athletics | 59 | 94 | .386 | 38½ | 37–40 | 22–54 |
Washington Senators | 55 | 99 | .357 | 43 | 28–49 | 27–50 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KCA | NYY | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | — | 8–14 | 10–12–1 | 9–12 | 9–13 | 16–5–1 | 9–13 | 15–7 | |||||
Boston | 14–8 | — | 8–14 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 8–14 | 14–8 | |||||
Chicago | 12–10–1 | 14–8 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 8–14 | 17–5 | |||||
Cleveland | 12–9 | 10–12 | 8–14 | — | 11–11 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 15–7 | |||||
Detroit | 13–9 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 11–11 | — | 8–14 | 10–12 | 13–9 | |||||
Kansas City | 5–16–1 | 6–16 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 14–8 | — | 3–19 | 12–10 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 19–3 | — | 13–9 | |||||
Washington | 7–15 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — |
Notable transactions
- June 14, 1957: Earl Torgeson was traded by the Tigers to the Chicago White Sox for Dave Philley.[4]
- August 1, 1957: Johnny Groth was purchased by the Tigers from the Kansas City Athletics.[5]
- August 27, 1957: Al Aber was selected off waivers from the Tigers by the Kansas City Athletics.[6]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Frank House | 106 | 348 | 90 | .259 | 7 | 36 |
1B | Ray Boone | 129 | 462 | 126 | .273 | 12 | 65 |
2B | Frank Bolling | 146 | 576 | 149 | .259 | 15 | 40 |
SS | Harvey Kuenn | 151 | 624 | 173 | .277 | 9 | 44 |
3B | Reno Bertoia | 97 | 295 | 81 | .275 | 4 | 28 |
LF | Charlie Maxwell | 138 | 492 | 136 | .276 | 24 | 82 |
CF | Bill Tuttle | 133 | 451 | 113 | .251 | 5 | 47 |
RF | Al Kaline | 149 | 577 | 170 | .295 | 23 | 90 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Red Wilson | 60 | 180 | 43 | .239 | 3 | 13 |
Jim Finigan | 64 | 174 | 47 | .270 | 0 | 17 |
Dave Philley | 65 | 173 | 49 | .283 | 2 | 16 |
Jay Porter | 58 | 140 | 35 | .250 | 2 | 18 |
Johnny Groth | 38 | 103 | 30 | .291 | 0 | 16 |
Ron Samford | 54 | 91 | 20 | .220 | 0 | 5 |
Earl Torgeson | 30 | 50 | 12 | .240 | 1 | 5 |
Jim Small | 36 | 42 | 9 | .214 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Boros | 24 | 41 | 6 | .146 | 0 | 2 |
Bobo Osborne | 11 | 27 | 4 | .148 | 0 | 1 |
Bill Taylor | 9 | 23 | 8 | .348 | 1 | 3 |
Jack Dittmer | 16 | 22 | 5 | .227 | 0 | 2 |
Karl Olson | 8 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Eddie Robinson | 13 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Mel Clark | 5 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Jack Phillips | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
George Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Yewcic | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jim Bunning | 45 | 267.1 | 20 | 8 | 2.69 | 182 |
Frank Lary | 40 | 237.2 | 11 | 16 | 3.98 | 107 |
Paul Foytack | 38 | 212.0 | 14 | 11 | 3.14 | 118 |
Billy Hoeft | 34 | 207.0 | 9 | 11 | 3.48 | 111 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Duke Maas | 45 | 219.1 | 10 | 14 | 3.28 | 116 |
Don Lee | 11 | 38.2 | 1 | 3 | 4.66 | 19 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Harry Byrd | 37 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3.36 | 20 |
Lou Sleater | 41 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3.76 | 43 |
Al Aber | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6.81 | 15 |
Steve Gromek | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.08 | 11 |
Joe Presko | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.64 | 3 |
Bob Shaw | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.45 | 4 |
Jim Stump | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.03 | 2 |
Jack Crimian | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.71 | 1 |
John Tsitouris | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 2 |
Pete Wojey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Chuck Daniel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 2 |
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Durham
References
- ^ "1957 Baseball Standings". MLB.com. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
- ^ Jim Brideweser at Baseball Reference
- ^ Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 87, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4165-8928-0
- ^ Dave Philley at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnny Groth at Baseball Reference
- ^ Al Aber at Baseball Reference
External links
- 1957 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference