Detroit Tigers 1959

76–78record

.494win pct

713runs

732allowed

-19run diff

160home runs

37players

The three rarest things in 1959

Rarity	What	Who	Date	Rate	Game
61	Five Runs Scored	Frank Bolling	1959-05-18	1 in 688 games	box score ↗
57	Triple Play	Gail Harris	1959-09-27	1 in 498 games	box score ↗
54	Triple Play (play-by-play era)	Detroit Tigers	1959-09-27	1 in 372 games	box score ↗

Batting (37)

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Eddie Yost	148	675	521	115	145	19	0	21	60	135	77	9	2	.278	.435	.436	.871
Harvey Kuenn	139	617	561	99	198	42	7	9	71	48	37	7	2	.353	.402	.501	.903
Charlie Maxwell	145	611	518	82	130	12	2	31	95	81	91	0	2	.251	.357	.461	.819
Al Kaline	136	594	511	85	167	19	2	27	94	71	42	10	6	.327	.409	.530	.939
Frank Bolling	127	520	459	56	122	18	3	13	55	45	37	2	3	.266	.339	.403	.742
Rocky Bridges	116	420	381	38	102	16	3	3	35	30	35	1	2	.268	.320	.349	.670
Gail Harris	114	388	349	39	77	4	3	9	39	30	51	0	1	.221	.292	.327	.619
Lou Berberet	100	379	338	38	73	8	2	13	44	34	59	0	1	.216	.282	.367	.649
Red Wilson	67	247	228	28	60	17	2	4	35	10	23	2	1	.263	.295	.408	.703
Ted Lepcio	76	234	215	25	60	8	0	7	24	17	49	2	0	.279	.332	.414	.746
Bobo Osborne	86	228	209	27	40	7	1	3	21	16	41	1	0	.191	.254	.278	.532
Gus Zernial	60	141	132	11	30	4	0	7	26	7	27	0	1	.227	.262	.417	.679
Neil Chrisley	65	120	106	7	14	3	0	6	11	12	10	0	0	.132	.225	.330	.555
Johnny Groth	55	112	102	12	24	7	1	1	10	7	14	0	0	.235	.284	.353	.637
Coot Veal	77	104	89	12	18	1	0	1	15	9	8	0	0	.202	.280	.247	.527
Jim Bunning	40	102	89	7	17	0	1	1	7	5	25	0	0	.191	.234	.247	.481
Paul Foytack	39	93	81	6	9	1	0	0	2	5	19	0	0	.111	.172	.123	.296
Frank Lary	32	92	80	7	10	1	1	1	2	4	26	0	0	.125	.167	.200	.367
Don Mossi	36	86	77	6	13	4	0	1	7	3	28	0	0	.169	.198	.260	.457
Larry Doby	18	64	55	5	12	3	1	0	4	8	9	0	0	.218	.312	.309	.622
Ray Narleski	42	25	21	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	.095	.095	.190	.286
Tom Morgan	46	23	23	3	9	0	0	2	4	0	6	0	0	.391	.391	.652	1.043
Steve Demeter	11	18	18	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.111	.111	.167	.278
Pete Burnside	30	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	.000	.091	.000	.091
Jerry Davie	11	12	10	1	4	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	.400	.500	.400	.900
Ron Shoop	3	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286
Charlie Lau	2	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333
Dave Sisler	32	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400
Billy Hoeft	3	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
Ossie Alvarez	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Barney Schultz	13	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Bob Smith	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Jim Stump	5	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000
George Susce	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Hank Aguirre	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Bob Bruce	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Jim Proctor	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
Jim Bunning	40	17–13	35	14	1	220	111	108	75	201	37	249.2	3.89	1.18
Paul Foytack	39	14–14	37	11	1	239	137	124	64	110	34	240.1	4.64	1.26
Don Mossi	34	17–9	30	15	0	210	92	85	49	125	20	228.0	3.36	1.14
Frank Lary	32	17–10	32	11	0	225	109	88	46	136	23	223.0	3.55	1.22
Ray Narleski	42	4–12	10	1	5	105	83	67	59	72	21	104.1	5.78	1.57
Tom Morgan	46	1–4	1	0	9	94	48	41	18	39	11	92.2	3.98	1.21
Pete Burnside	30	1–3	0	0	1	55	31	26	25	49	7	62.0	3.77	1.29
Dave Sisler	32	1–3	0	0	7	46	28	23	36	29	4	51.2	4.01	1.59
Jerry Davie	11	2–2	5	1	0	40	25	17	17	20	8	36.2	4.17	1.55
Barney Schultz	13	1–2	0	0	0	16	12	9	14	18	1	18.1	4.42	1.64
George Susce	9	0–0	0	0	0	24	22	21	9	9	4	14.2	12.89	2.25
Jim Stump	5	0–0	0	0	0	12	3	3	4	6	1	11.1	2.38	1.41
Bob Smith	9	0–3	0	0	0	20	15	10	3	10	5	11.0	8.18	2.09
Billy Hoeft	2	1–1	2	0	0	6	5	5	4	2	0	9.0	5.00	1.11
Hank Aguirre	3	0–0	0	0	0	4	1	1	3	3	0	2.2	3.38	2.62
Jim Proctor	2	0–1	1	0	0	8	5	5	3	0	0	2.2	16.88	4.12
Bob Bruce	2	0–1	1	0	0	2	5	2	3	1	1	2.0	9.00	2.50