1959 Detroit Tigers roster

Manager: Bill Norman, Jimmy Dykes

32 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1959 MLB season.

1959 Tigers roster: batting

1959 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 Kuenn28139561991989717.353.402.903
Eddie Yost3214852111514521619.278.435.871
Charlie Maxwell321455188113031950.251.357.819
Al Kaline2413651186167279410.327.410.940
Frank Bolling271274595612213552.266.339.742
Rocky Bridges31116381381023351.268.320.670
Gail Harris2711434939779390.221.290.617
Lou Berberet29100338387313440.216.284.651
Red Wilson306722828604352.263.295.703
Bobo Osborne238620927403211.191.254.532
Gus Zernial366013211307260.227.262.679
Neil Chrisley27651067146110.132.225.555
Johnny Groth325510212241100.235.284.637
Coot Veal26778912181150.202.273.520
Steve Demeter24111812010.111.111.278
Ron Shoop273711010.143.143.286
Charlie Lau262601000.167.167.333
Ossie Alvarez258201000.500.5001.000

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

1959 Tigers roster: pitching

1959 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.
Jim BunningP27403517133.89249.22011.181
Paul FoytackP28393714144.64240.11101.261
Don MossiP3034301793.36228.01251.140
Frank LaryP29323217103.55223.01371.220
Ray NarleskiP3042104125.78104.1711.575
Tom MorganP29461143.9892.2391.219
Pete BurnsideP28300133.7762.0491.291
Jerry DavieP26115224.1736.2201.550
Barney SchultzP32130124.4218.1171.690
George SusceP27900012.8914.292.250
Jim StumpP2750002.3811.161.410
Hank AguirreP2830003.382.232.630
Jim ProctorP23210116.882.204.130
Bob BruceP2621019.002.012.500

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.