1956 Detroit Tigers roster

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 Kaline15361796194271287.314.383.913
Harvey Kuenn1465919619612889.332.387.857
Bill Tuttle140546611389655.253.301.658
Charlie Maxwell1415009616328871.326.414.948
Ray Boone1314817714825810.308.403.920
Frank Bolling102366531037456.281.354.789
Frank House94321447710441.240.290.655
Earl Torgeson117318618412426.264.406.831
Red Wilson7822832667382.289.393.844
Jack Phillips6722431661201.295.354.738
Wayne Belardi7915424436150.279.371.799
Jim Small589113290100.319.361.767
Reno Bertoia2266712150.182.260.518
Buddy Hicks2647510050.213.260.515
Jay Porter142102030.095.091.186
Charlie Lau3912000.222.222.444
Chick King7902000.222.300.522
Walt Streuli3802010.250.333.708

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 LaryP413821133.15294.01651.381
Paul FoytackP433315133.59256.01841.381
Billy HoeftP383420144.06248.01721.530
Steve GromekP4013864.28141.0641.344
Virgil TrucksP2216653.83120.0431.391
Duke MaasP267076.5463.1341.780
Al AberP420443.4363.0211.437
Jim BunningP153513.7153.1341.561
Walt MastersonP350114.1749.2281.730
Bob MillerP113025.6831.2161.860
Ned GarverP63024.0817.261.580
Bud BlackP51113.6010.071.500
Jim BradyP600028.426.134.110
Hal WoodeshickP220213.505.112.810
Gene HostP11007.714.252.360
Pete WojeyP20002.254.010.750

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.