1955 Detroit Tigers roster

Manager: Bucky Harris

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 Kuenn241456201011908628.306.347.769
Bill Tuttle2515460310216814786.279.358.757
Al Kaline20152588121200271026.340.421.967
Ray Boone3113550061142201161.284.346.822
Fred Hatfield3012241351968333.232.337.678
Jim Delsing29114356498510602.239.328.704
Frank House25102328378515530.259.308.744
Red Wilson267824126532171.220.296.578
Harry Malmberg286720825450190.216.310.569
Bubba Phillips279518418433232.234.289.594
Jack Phillips335511715371200.316.364.809
Reno Bertoia20386813141100.206.253.562
Jay Porter222455613030.236.333.606
Chick King2472135000.238.273.511
Walt Streuli192411010.250.200.700
Jim Small1812420000.000.200.200
Wayne Belardi243300000.000.000.000
Steve Souchock3611010101.0001.0002.000
Ron Samford251100000.000.000.000

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 LaryP25363114153.10235.0981.371
Ned GarverP29333212163.98230.2831.380
Billy HoeftP2332291672.99220.01331.190
Steve GromekP35282513103.98181.0731.220
Duke MaasP261816564.8886.2421.630
Babe BirrerP26363434.1580.1281.323
Al AberP27391633.3880.0371.433
Jim BunningP23158356.3551.0371.781
Paul FoytackP24221015.2649.2381.690
Leo CristanteP28201013.1936.291.390
Bob MillerP1973212.4925.1111.500
Dick MarloweP2641101.8015.091.071
Bud BlackP2232111.2914.071.430
Van FletcherP3090003.0012.041.250
Bill FroatsP2410000.002.001.000
Bob SchultzP31100020.251.103.000

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.