1954 Detroit Tigers | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Briggs Stadium | |
City | Detroit, Michigan | |
Owners | Walter Briggs, Jr. | |
General managers | Muddy Ruel | |
Managers | Fred Hutchinson | |
Television | WJBK | |
Radio | WKMH (Van Patrick, Dizzy Trout) | |
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The 1954 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 68–86, 43 games behind the Cleveland Indians.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cleveland Indians | 111 | 43 | .721 | — | 59–18 | 52–25 |
New York Yankees | 103 | 51 | .669 | 8 | 54–23 | 49–28 |
Chicago White Sox | 94 | 60 | .610 | 17 | 45–32 | 49–28 |
Boston Red Sox | 69 | 85 | .448 | 42 | 38–39 | 31–46 |
Detroit Tigers | 68 | 86 | .442 | 43 | 35–42 | 33–44 |
Washington Senators | 66 | 88 | .429 | 45 | 37–41 | 29–47 |
Baltimore Orioles | 54 | 100 | .351 | 57 | 32–45 | 22–55 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 51 | 103 | .331 | 60 | 29–47 | 22–56 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CHW | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 3–19 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 10–12 | |||||
Boston | 11–11 | — | 5–17 | 2–20–2 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 13–9 | |||||
Chicago | 15–7 | 17–5 | — | 11–11 | 12–10–1 | 7–15 | 17–5 | 15–7 | |||||
Cleveland | 19–3 | 20–2–2 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 18–4 | 18–4 | |||||
Detroit | 14–8 | 8–14 | 10–12–1 | 8–14 | — | 6–16 | 13–9 | 9–13 | |||||
New York | 17–5 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 16–6 | — | 18–4–1 | 13–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 12–10 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 4–18 | 9–13 | 4–18–1 | — | 10–12–1 | |||||
Washington | 12–10 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 4–18 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 12–10–1 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- August 20, 1954: Earl Harrist and cash were traded by the Tigers to the Seattle Rainiers for Van Fletcher.[1]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Frank House | 114 | 352 | 88 | .250 | 9 | 38 |
1B | Walt Dropo | 107 | 320 | 90 | .281 | 4 | 44 |
2B | Frank Bolling | 117 | 368 | 87 | .236 | 6 | 38 |
SS | Harvey Kuenn | 155 | 656 | 201 | .306 | 5 | 48 |
3B | Ray Boone | 148 | 543 | 160 | .295 | 20 | 85 |
LF | Jim Delsing | 122 | 371 | 92 | .248 | 6 | 38 |
CF | Bill Tuttle | 147 | 530 | 141 | .266 | 7 | 58 |
RF | Al Kaline | 138 | 504 | 139 | .276 | 4 | 43 |
Other batters
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Bob Nieman | 91 | 251 | 66 | .263 | 8 | 35 |
Wayne Belardi | 88 | 250 | 58 | .232 | 11 | 24 |
Fred Hatfield | 81 | 218 | 64 | .294 | 2 | 25 |
Red Wilson | 54 | 170 | 48 | .282 | 2 | 22 |
Hoot Evers | 30 | 60 | 11 | .183 | 0 | 5 |
Don Lund | 35 | 54 | 7 | .130 | 0 | 3 |
Bud Souchock | 25 | 39 | 7 | .179 | 3 | 8 |
Reno Bertoia | 54 | 37 | 6 | .162 | 1 | 2 |
Chuck Kress | 24 | 37 | 7 | .189 | 0 | 3 |
Chick King | 11 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 0 | 3 |
Matt Batts | 12 | 21 | 6 | .286 | 0 | 5 |
Johnny Pesky | 20 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 1 | 1 |
Al Lakeman | 5 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
George Bullard | 4 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Walt Streuli | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Steve Gromek | 36 | 252.2 | 18 | 16 | 2.74 | 102 |
Ned Garver | 35 | 246.1 | 14 | 11 | 2.81 | 93 |
George Zuverink | 35 | 203.0 | 9 | 13 | 3.59 | 70 |
Billy Hoeft | 34 | 175.0 | 7 | 15 | 4.58 | 114 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Al Aber | 32 | 124.2 | 5 | 11 | 3.97 | 54 |
Ted Gray | 19 | 72.0 | 3 | 5 | 5.38 | 29 |
Ralph Branca | 17 | 45.1 | 3 | 3 | 5.76 | 15 |
Dick Weik | 9 | 16.1 | 0 | 1 | 7.16 | 9 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dick Marlowe | 38 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4.18 | 39 |
Ray Herbert | 42 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5.87 | 44 |
Bob Miller | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.45 | 27 |
Frank Lary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 5 |
Dick Donovan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 2 |
Farm system
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Van Fletcher at Baseball-Reference
References
[edit]- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
- 1954 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference