1957 Detroit Tigers season explained

Detroit Tigers
Season:	1957
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)

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]

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

1957 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		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		106	348	90	.259	7	36
1B		129	462	126	.273	12	65
2B		146	576	149	.259	15	40
SS		151	624	173	.277	9	44
3B		97	295	81	.275	4	28
LF		138	492	136	.276	24	82
CF		133	451	113	.251	5	47
RF		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
	60	180	43	.239	3	13
	64	174	47	.270	0	17
	65	173	49	.283	2	16
	58	140	35	.250	2	18
	38	103	30	.291	0	16
	54	91	20	.220	0	5
	30	50	12	.240	1	5
	36	42	9	.214	0	0
	24	41	6	.146	0	2
	11	27	4	.148	0	1
	9	23	8	.348	1	3
	16	22	5	.227	0	2
	8	14	2	.143	0	1
	13	9	0	.000	0	0
	5	7	0	.000	0	1
	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	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
	45	267.1	20	8	2.69	182
	40	237.2	11	16	3.98	107
	38	212.0	14	11	3.14	118
	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
	45	219.1	10	14	3.28	116
	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
	37	4	3	5	3.36	20
	41	3	3	2	3.76	43
	28	3	3	1	6.81	15
	15	0	1	1	6.08	11
	7	1	1	0	1.64	3
	7	0	1	0	7.45	4
	6	1	0	0	2.03	2
	4	0	1	0	12.71	1
	2	1	0	0	8.10	2
	2	0	0	0	0.00	0
	1	0	0	0	7.71	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Durham

External links

• 1957 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1957 Baseball Standings. MLB.com. September 21, 2018.
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brideji01.shtml Jim Brideweser
3. Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 87, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010,
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/phillda01.shtml Dave Philley
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grothjo01.shtml Johnny Groth
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/aberal01.shtml Al Aber