1955 Detroit Tigers roster

35 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1955 MLB season.

1955 Tigers roster: batting

1955 Detroit Tigers batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Harvey Kuenn1456201011908628.306.347.769
Bill Tuttle15460310216814786.279.358.757
Al Kaline152588121200271026.340.421.967
Ray Boone13550061142201161.284.346.822
Fred Hatfield12241351968333.232.337.678
Jim Delsing114356498510602.239.328.704
Frank House102328378515530.259.308.744
Red Wilson7824126532171.220.296.578
Harry Malmberg6720825450190.216.310.569
Bubba Phillips9518418433232.234.289.594
Jack Phillips5511715371200.316.364.809
Reno Bertoia386813141100.206.253.562
Jay Porter2455613030.236.333.606
Chick King72135000.238.273.511
Walt Streuli2411010.250.200.700
Jim Small12420000.000.200.200
Wayne Belardi3300000.000.000.000
Steve Souchock11010101.0001.0002.000
Ron Samford1100000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1955 Tigers roster: pitching

1955 Detroit Tigers pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Frank LaryP363114153.10235.0981.371
Ned GarverP333212163.98230.2831.380
Billy HoeftP32291672.99220.01331.190
Steve GromekP282513103.98181.0731.220
Duke MaasP1816564.8886.2421.630
Babe BirrerP363434.1580.1281.323
Al AberP391633.3880.0371.433
Jim BunningP158356.3551.0371.781
Paul FoytackP221015.2649.2381.690
Leo CristanteP201013.1936.291.390
Bob MillerP73212.4925.1111.500
Dick MarloweP41101.8015.091.071
Bud BlackP32111.2914.071.430
Van FletcherP90003.0012.041.250
Bill FroatsP10000.002.001.000
Bob SchultzP100020.251.103.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.