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1959 American League
Team Record GB
Chicago White Sox 94 - 60
Cleveland Indians 89 - 65 5.0
New York Yankees 79 - 75 15.0
Detroit Tigers 76 - 78 18.0
Boston Red Sox 75 - 79 19.0
Baltimore Orioles 74 - 80 20.0
Kansas City Athletics 66 - 88 28.0
Washington Senators 63 - 91 31.0

4th (AL)
Runs Scored: 713
Runs Allowed: 732
Attendance: 1,221,221

1959 Detroit Tigers Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Lou Berberet C 29 100 338 38 73 8 2 13 44 35 1 59 0 0 0 0 9 .216 .284 .367 .651
Gail Harris 1B 27 114 349 39 77 4 3 9 39 29 3 49 0 1 1 6 7 .221 .290 .327 .617
Frank Bolling 2B 27 127 459 56 122 18 3 13 55 45 2 37 2 2 7 7 6 .266 .339 .403 .742
Eddie Yost 3B 32 148 521 115 145 19 0 21 61 135 1 77 9 2 4 12 6 .278 .435 .436 .871
Rocky Bridges SS 31 116 381 38 102 16 3 3 35 30 2 35 1 2 5 1 14 .268 .320 .349 .669
Charlie Maxwell LF 32 145 518 81 130 12 2 31 95 81 5 91 0 2 4 6 9 .251 .357 .461 .818
Al Kaline CF 24 136 511 86 167 19 2 27 94 72 12 42 10 4 2 4 11 .327 .410 .530 .940
Harvey Kuenn RF 28 139 561 99 198 42 7 9 71 48 1 37 7 2 3 1 6 .353 .402 .501 .903

1959 Detroit Tigers Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Bobo Osborne 23 86 209 27 40 7 1 3 21 16 0 41 1 0 0 2 3 .191 .254 .278 .532
Coot Veal 26 77 89 12 18 1 0 1 15 8 1 7 0 0 4 1 0 .202 .273 .247 .520
Ted Lepcio 28 76 215 25 60 8 0 7 24 17 2 49 2 0 2 0 7 .279 .332 .414 .746
Red Wilson 30 67 228 28 60 17 2 4 35 10 1 23 2 2 3 2 8 .263 .295 .408 .703
Neil Chrisley 27 65 106 7 14 3 0 6 11 12 0 10 0 0 0 1 1 .132 .225 .330 .555
Gus Zernial 36 60 132 11 30 4 0 7 26 7 0 27 0 0 0 0 3 .227 .262 .417 .679
Johnny Groth 32 55 102 12 24 7 1 1 10 7 0 14 0 0 3 0 0 .235 .284 .353 .637
Larry Doby 35 18 55 5 12 3 1 0 4 8 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 .218 .313 .309 .622
Steve Demeter 24 11 18 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .167 .278
Ossie Alvarez 25 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Ron Shoop 27 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286
Charley Lau 26 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .334

1959 Detroit Tigers Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Jim Bunning P 27 40 89 7 17 0 1 1 7 5 0 25 0 0 8 0 5 .191 .234 .247 .481
Paul Foytack P 28 39 81 6 9 1 0 0 2 5 0 20 0 0 6 1 1 .111 .172 .123 .295
Frank Lary P 29 32 80 7 10 1 1 1 2 4 0 26 0 0 8 0 1 .125 .167 .200 .367
Don Mossi P 30 36 77 6 13 4 0 1 8 3 0 28 0 0 5 0 0 .169 .198 .260 .458
Tom Morgan P 29 46 23 3 9 0 0 2 4 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 .391 .391 .652 1.043
Ray Narleski P 30 42 21 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 1 .095 .095 .190 .285
Jerry Davie P 26 11 10 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .500 .400 .900
Pete Burnside P 28 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .091 .000 .091
Dave Sisler P 27 32 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Billy Hoeft P 27 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .666
Barney Schultz P 32 13 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Bob Smith P 28 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jim Stump P 27 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
George Susce P 27 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1959 Detroit Tigers Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Paul Foytack 28 39 37 14 14 .500 4.64 240.1 137 124 239 34 64 110 .256 2 6 11 2 1 4.75
Jim Bunning 27 40 35 17 13 .567 3.89 249.2 111 108 220 37 75 201 .231 11 1 14 1 1 4.35
Frank Lary 29 32 32 17 10 .630 3.55 223.0 109 88 225 23 46 137 .257 11 2 11 3 0 3.88
Don Mossi 30 34 30 17 9 .654 3.36 228.0 92 85 210 20 49 125 .240 3 2 15 3 0 3.73
Billy Hoeft 27 2 2 1 1 .500 5.00 9.0 5 5 6 0 4 2 .188 1 0 0 0 0 4.22

1959 Detroit Tigers Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Tom Morgan 29 46 1 1 4 .200 3.98 92.2 48 41 94 11 18 39 .260 6 2 0 0 9 4.48
Ray Narleski 30 42 10 4 12 .250 5.78 104.1 83 67 105 21 59 71 .246 1 4 1 0 5 5.98
Dave Sisler 27 32 0 1 3 .250 4.01 51.2 28 23 46 4 36 29 .236 1 3 0 0 7 5.03
Pete Burnside 28 30 0 1 3 .250 3.77 62.0 31 26 55 7 25 49 .232 2 2 0 0 1 4.19
Barney Schultz 32 13 0 1 2 .333 4.42 18.1 12 9 17 1 14 17 .243 1 0 0 0 0 4.31
Jerry Davie 26 11 5 2 2 .500 4.17 36.2 25 17 40 8 17 20 .261 4 1 1 0 0 6.46
Bob Smith 28 9 0 0 3 .000 8.18 11.0 15 10 20 5 3 10 .400 0 0 0 0 0 7.91
George Susce 27 9 0 0 0 .000 12.89 14.2 22 21 24 4 9 9 .348 2 0 0 0 0 7.57
Jim Stump 27 5 0 0 0 .000 2.38 11.1 3 3 12 1 4 6 .273 0 0 0 0 0 4.15
Hank Aguirre 28 3 0 0 0 .000 3.38 2.2 1 1 4 0 3 3 .364 0 0 0 0 0 4.13
Bob Bruce 26 2 1 0 1 .000 9.00 2.0 5 2 2 1 3 1 .222 0 1 0 0 0 13.00
Jim Proctor 23 2 1 0 1 .000 16.88 2.2 5 5 8 0 3 0 .500 0 0 0 0 0 6.38