1956 Detroit Tigers season explained

Detroit Tigers
Season:	1956
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Briggs Stadium
City:	Detroit, Michigan
Owners:	Walter Briggs, Jr., Fred Knorr, John Fetzer
General Managers:	Muddy Ruel
Managers:	Bucky Harris
Television:	WJBK
Radio:	WKMH (Van Patrick, Mel Ott)

The 1956 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 82–72, 15 games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

• December 30, 1955: Leo Cristante and cash were traded by the Tigers to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Pete Wojey.^[1]
• Prior to 1956 season: Howie Koplitz was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.^[2]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• May 15, 1956: Jim Delsing and Fred Hatfield were traded by the Tigers to the Chicago White Sox for Jim Brideweser, Harry Byrd and Bob Kennedy.^[3]

Roster

1956 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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
C		94	321	77	.240	10	44
1B		117	318	84	.264	12	42
2B		102	366	103	.281	7	45
SS		146	591	196	.332	12	88
3B		131	481	148	.308	25	81
OF		141	500	163	.326	28	87
OF		140	546	138	.253	9	65
OF		153	617	194	.314	27	128

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
	78	228	66	.289	7	38
	67	224	66	.295	1	20
	70	177	41	.232	4	22
	70	156	34	.218	0	10
	79	154	43	.279	6	15
	58	91	29	.319	0	10
	22	66	12	.182	1	5
	26	47	10	.213	0	5
	14	21	2	.095	0	3
	10	12	0	.000	0	0
	8	12	3	.250	0	2
	6	9	2	.222	0	0
	3	9	2	.222	0	0
	3	8	2	.250	0	1

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
	41	294.0	21	13	3.15	165
	43	256.0	15	13	3.59	184
	38	248.0	20	14	4.06	172
	22	120.0	6	5	3.83	43
	2	5.1	0	2	13.50	1
	1	4.2	0	0	7.71	5

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
	40	141.0	8	6	4.28	64
	26	63.1	0	7	6.54	34
	15	53.1	5	1	3.71	34
	11	31.2	0	2	5.68	16
	6	17.2	0	2	4.08	6
	7	11.0	1	1	5.73	4
	5	10.0	1	1	3.60	7

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
	42	4	4	7	3.43	21
	35	1	1	1	4.17	28
	6	0	0	0	28.42	3
	2	0	0	0	2.25	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Valdosta
Terre Haute club folded, July 3, 1956

References

• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1956 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wojeype01.shtml Pete Wojey
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kopliho01.shtml Howie Koplitz
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brideji01.shtml Jim Brideweser