1956 Detroit Tigers roster

Manager: Bucky Harris

34 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1956 MLB season.

1956 Tigers roster: batting

1956 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.
Al Kaline2115361796194271287.314.383.913
Harvey Kuenn251465919619612889.332.387.857
Bill Tuttle26140546611389655.253.301.658
Charlie Maxwell291415009616328871.326.414.948
Ray Boone321314817714825810.308.403.920
Frank Bolling24102366531037456.281.354.789
Frank House2694321447710441.240.290.655
Earl Torgeson32117318618412426.264.406.831
Red Wilson277822832667382.289.393.844
Jack Phillips346722431661201.295.354.738
Wayne Belardi257915424436150.279.371.799
Jim Small19589113290100.319.361.767
Reno Bertoia212266712150.182.260.518
Buddy Hicks292647510050.213.260.515
Jay Porter23142102030.095.091.186
Charlie Lau233912000.222.222.444
Chick King257902000.222.300.522
Walt Streuli203802010.250.333.708

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

1956 Tigers roster: pitching

1956 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 LaryP26413821133.15294.01651.381
Paul FoytackP25433315133.59256.01841.381
Billy HoeftP24383420144.06248.01721.530
Steve GromekP364013864.28141.0641.344
Virgil TrucksP392216653.83120.0431.391
Duke MaasP27267076.5463.1341.780
Al AberP28420443.4363.0211.437
Jim BunningP24153513.7153.1341.561
Walt MastersonP36350114.1749.2281.730
Bob MillerP20113025.6831.2161.860
Ned GarverP3063024.0817.261.580
Bud BlackP2351113.6010.071.500
Jim BradyP20600028.426.134.110
Hal WoodeshickP23220213.505.112.810
Gene HostP2311007.714.252.360
Pete WojeyP3620002.254.010.750

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.