Detroit Tigers 1956
82–72record
.532win pct
789runs
699allowed
+90run diff
150home runs
39players
The three rarest things in 1956
| Rarity | What | Who | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Complete Game, Fifteen K | PFPaul Foytack | 1956-07-28 | 1 in 1,054 games | box score ↗ |
| 60 | Three Straight Home Runs | Detroit Tigers | 1956-07-07 | 1 in 639 games | box score ↗ |
| 58 | Two Balks | PFPaul Foytack | 1956-05-25 | 1 in 551 games | box score ↗ |
Batting (39)
| Player | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 153 | 693 | 617 | 96 | 194 | 32 | 10 | 27 | 128 | 70 | 55 | 7 | 1 | .314 | .383 | .530 | .913 | |
| 146 | 657 | 591 | 96 | 196 | 32 | 7 | 12 | 88 | 55 | 34 | 9 | 5 | .332 | .387 | .470 | .857 | |
| CMCharlie Maxwell | 141 | 592 | 500 | 97 | 163 | 14 | 3 | 28 | 87 | 79 | 75 | 1 | 1 | .326 | .414 | .534 | .948 |
| BTBill Tuttle | 140 | 592 | 546 | 61 | 138 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 65 | 38 | 48 | 5 | 4 | .253 | .301 | .357 | .658 |
| 131 | 568 | 481 | 77 | 148 | 14 | 6 | 25 | 81 | 77 | 46 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .403 | .518 | .920 | |
| FBFrank Bolling | 102 | 422 | 366 | 53 | 103 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 45 | 42 | 51 | 6 | 1 | .281 | .354 | .434 | .789 |
| ETEarl Torgeson | 117 | 400 | 318 | 61 | 84 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 42 | 78 | 47 | 6 | 5 | .264 | .406 | .425 | .831 |
| FHFrank House | 94 | 348 | 321 | 43 | 77 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 44 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .240 | .290 | .364 | .655 |
| RWRed Wilson | 78 | 278 | 228 | 32 | 66 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 42 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .289 | .393 | .452 | .844 |
| JPJack Phillips | 67 | 247 | 224 | 31 | 66 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .295 | .354 | .384 | .738 |
| BKBob Kennedy | 70 | 207 | 177 | 17 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .232 | .328 | .328 | .656 |
| JBJim Brideweser | 70 | 180 | 156 | 23 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .218 | .307 | .244 | .550 |
| WBWayne Belardi | 79 | 179 | 154 | 24 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .279 | .371 | .429 | .799 |
| FLFrank Lary | 41 | 119 | 103 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .184 | .239 | .233 | .472 |
| JSJim Small | 58 | 99 | 91 | 13 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .319 | .361 | .407 | .767 |
| PFPaul Foytack | 43 | 98 | 90 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .122 | .141 | .144 | .286 |
| BHBilly Hoeft | 42 | 97 | 80 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .348 | .312 | .660 |
| RBReno Bertoia | 22 | 74 | 66 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .270 | .258 | .528 |
| BHBuddy Hicks | 26 | 50 | 47 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .213 | .260 | .255 | .515 |
| VTVirgil Trucks | 22 | 47 | 45 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .244 | .244 | .289 | .533 |
| SGSteve Gromek | 40 | 41 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .148 | .395 | .148 | .543 |
| JPJW Porter | 14 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .091 | .095 | .186 |
| 15 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .444 | .778 | |
| DMDuke Maas | 26 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .188 | .278 | .250 | .528 |
| JDJim Delsing | 10 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 |
| FHFred Hatfield | 8 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 |
| AAAl Aber | 42 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .364 | .300 | .664 |
| CKChick King | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 |
| CLCharlie Lau | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 |
| WSWalt Streuli | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .375 | .708 |
| BMBob Miller | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .250 | .286 | .536 |
| NGNed Garver | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 |
| WMWalt Masterson | 35 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
| BBBud Black | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| GHGene Host | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| JBJim Brady | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1.000 | – | – |
| DMDick Marlowe | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| PWPete Wojey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| HWHal Woodeshick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
Pitching (17)
| Player | G | W–L | GS | CG | SV | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLFrank Lary | 41 | 21–13 | 38 | 20 | 1 | 289 | 116 | 103 | 116 | 165 | 20 | 294.0 | 3.15 | 1.38 |
| PFPaul Foytack | 43 | 15–13 | 33 | 16 | 1 | 211 | 114 | 102 | 142 | 184 | 24 | 256.0 | 3.59 | 1.38 |
| BHBilly Hoeft | 38 | 20–14 | 34 | 18 | 0 | 276 | 127 | 112 | 104 | 172 | 22 | 248.0 | 4.06 | 1.53 |
| SGSteve Gromek | 40 | 8–6 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 142 | 74 | 67 | 47 | 64 | 25 | 141.0 | 4.28 | 1.34 |
| VTVirgil Trucks | 22 | 6–5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 104 | 56 | 51 | 63 | 43 | 15 | 120.0 | 3.83 | 1.39 |
| DMDuke Maas | 26 | 0–7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 51 | 45 | 32 | 34 | 9 | 63.1 | 6.39 | 1.78 |
| AAAl Aber | 42 | 4–4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 65 | 30 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 63.0 | 3.43 | 1.43 |
| 15 | 5–1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 24 | 22 | 28 | 34 | 6 | 53.1 | 3.71 | 1.56 | |
| WMWalt Masterson | 35 | 1–1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 28 | 23 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 49.2 | 4.17 | 1.73 |
| BMBob Miller | 11 | 0–2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 31.2 | 5.68 | 1.86 |
| NGNed Garver | 6 | 0–2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 17.2 | 4.08 | 1.58 |
| DMDick Marlowe | 7 | 1–1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 11.0 | 5.73 | 1.91 |
| BBBud Black | 5 | 1–1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 10.0 | 3.60 | 1.50 |
| JBJim Brady | 6 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6.1 | 28.42 | 4.11 |
| HWHal Woodeshick | 2 | 0–2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5.1 | 13.50 | 2.81 |
| GHGene Host | 1 | 0–0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4.2 | 7.71 | 2.36 |
| PWPete Wojey | 2 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 2.25 | 0.75 |