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1957 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations

  • American League (since 1901)
Location
  • Briggs Stadium (since 1912)

  • Detroit (since 1901)

Other information
Owner(s)
Fred Knorr, John Fetzer
General manager(s)
Walter Briggs, Jr., John McHale
Manager(s)Jack Tighe
Local televisionWJBK
Local radio
WKMH
(Van Patrick, Mel Ott)
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The 1957 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 78–76, 20 games behind the New York Yankees. The team scored 614 runs and allowed 614 runs for a run differential of zero.[1]




Contents





  • 1 Offseason


  • 2 Regular season

    • 2.1 Season standings


    • 2.2 Record vs. opponents


    • 2.3 Notable transactions


    • 2.4 Roster



  • 3 Player stats

    • 3.1 Batting

      • 3.1.1 Starters by position


      • 3.1.2 Other batters



    • 3.2 Pitching

      • 3.2.1 Starting pitchers


      • 3.2.2 Other pitchers


      • 3.2.3 Relief pitchers




  • 4 Farm system


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links




Offseason[edit]


  • February 8, 1957: Jim Brideweser was purchased from the Tigers by the Baltimore Orioles.[2]


Regular season[edit]


  • April 18, 1957: Roger Maris hit the first home run of his career. It came at Briggs Stadium in Detroit and was a grand slam off Tigers pitcher Jack Crimian.[3]


Season standings[edit]
















































American League
W
L
Pct.
GB
New York Yankees9856.636--
Chicago White Sox9064.5848
Boston Red Sox8272.53216
Detroit Tigers7876.50620
Baltimore Orioles7676.50021
Cleveland Indians7677.49721.5
Kansas City Athletics5994.38638.5
Washington Senators5599.35743


Record vs. opponents[edit]




















































































1957 American League Records


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team
BAL
BOS
CWS
CLE
DET
KC
NYY
WSH

Baltimore
8–1410–12–19–129–1316–5–19–1315–7

Boston
14–88–1412–1010–1216–68–1414–8

Chicago
12–10–114–814–811–1114–88–1417–5

Cleveland
12–910–128–1411–1111–119–1315–7

Detroit
13–912–1011–1111–118–1410–1213–9

Kansas City
5–16–16–168–1411–1114–83–1912–10

New York
13–914–814–813–912–1019–313–9

Washington
7–158–145–177–159–1310–129–13




Notable transactions[edit]


  • June 14, 1957: Earl Torgeson was traded by the Tigers to the Chicago White Sox for Dave Philley.[4]

  • August 1, 1957: Johnny Groth was purchased by the Tigers from the Kansas City Athletics.[5]

  • August 27, 1957: Al Aber was selected off waivers from the Tigers by the Kansas City Athletics.[6]


Roster[edit]









1957 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers



  • 22 Al Aber




  • 14 Jim Bunning




  • 11 Harry Byrd




  • 19 Jack Crimian




  • 18 Chuck Daniel




  • 21 Paul Foytack




  • 18 Steve Gromek




  • 44 Billy Hoeft




  • 17 Frank Lary




  • 41 Don Lee




  • 23 Duke Maas




  • 41 Joe Presko




  • 25 Bob Shaw




  • 19 Lou Sleater




  • 31 Jim Stump




  • 12 John Tsitouris




  • 29 Pete Wojey



Catchers



  •  2 Frank House




  • 10 Red Wilson




  • 12 Tom Yewcic

Infielders





  • 16 Reno Bertoia




  • 24 Frank Bolling




  •  8 Ray Boone




  • 26 Steve Boros




  •  1 Jack Dittmer




  •  5 Jim Finigan




  •  7 Harvey Kuenn




  •  9 Dave Philley




  • 11 Eddie Robinson




  • 27 Ron Samford




  • 28 George Thomas




  •  9 Earl Torgeson



Outfielders



  • 12 Mel Clark




  •  3 Johnny Groth




  •  6 Al Kaline




  •  4 Charlie Maxwell




  • 30 Karl Olson




  • 1,3 Bobo Osborne




  • 15 Jay Porter




  • 20 Jim Small




  • 29 Bill Taylor




  • 13 Bill Tuttle

Other batters





  •  9 Jack Phillips



Manager



  • 35 Jack Tighe

Coaches





  • 34 Billy Hitchcock




  • 33 Willis Hudlin




  • 32 Don Lund


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
RFAl Kaline149577170.2952390


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
Dave Philley6517349.283216
Earl Torgeson305012.24015
Jim Small36429.21400


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
Jim Bunning45267.12082.69182


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


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
Al Aber283316.8115
Jack Crimian401012.711


Farm system[edit]











































Level
Team
League
Manager

AAA

Charleston Senators

American Association

Frank Skaff, Don Griffin and Bill Norman

AA

Birmingham Barons

Southern Association

Johnny Pesky

A

Augusta Tigers

Sally League

Bill Adair

B

Durham Bulls

Carolina League

Bob Mavis

C

Idaho Falls Russets

Pioneer League

Al Lakeman

D

Montgomery Rebels

Alabama–Florida League

Stubby Overmire

D

Orlando Flyers

Florida State League

Marland Doolittle and John Rose

D

Valdosta Tigers

Georgia–Florida League

Stan Wasiak

D

Erie Sailors

New York–Penn League

Chuck Kress

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Durham



References[edit]




  1. ^ "1957 Baseball Standings". MLB.com. Retrieved September 21, 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ Jim Brideweser at Baseball Reference


  3. ^ Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 87, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010,
    ISBN 978-1-4165-8928-0



  4. ^ Dave Philley at Baseball Reference


  5. ^ Johnny Groth at Baseball Reference


  6. ^ Al Aber at Baseball Reference



External links[edit]




  • 1957 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference









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