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Positional Players from the 1953 Detroit Tigers | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Type | GP | PA/162 | H | HR | RBI | R | SB | SO | BB | BA | OBP | SLG | F/R/A | Salary | |
| Matt Batts | C | F | 116 | 420 | 104 | 6 | 43 | 38 | 2 | 36 | 24 | .278 | .322 | .406 | B-/C+/B- | $2.79M | |
| Johnny Bucha | C | F | 60 | 190 | 35 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 20 | .222 | .309 | .297 | C+/C-/C+ | $1.12M | |
| Joe Ginsberg | C | P | 18 | 69 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .302 | .422 | .340 | D+/D+/C- | $576K | |
| Walt Dropo | 1B | F | 152 | 679 | 150 | 13 | 96 | 61 | 2 | 69 | 29 | .248 | .289 | .371 | C+/D | $2.99M | |
| Johnny Pesky | 2B | F | 103 | 360 | 90 | 2 | 24 | 43 | 3 | 10 | 27 | .292 | .353 | .390 | A/D+ | $2.37M | |
| Jerry Priddy | 2B | F | 65 | 228 | 46 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 17 | .235 | .299 | .301 | B-/D- | $837K | |
| Owen Friend | 2B | P | 31 | 110 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 6 | .177 | .233 | .313 | C-/D- | $307K | |
| Ray Boone | 3B | P | 101 | 467 | 120 | 22 | 93 | 73 | 2 | 47 | 48 | .312 | .395 | .556 | B/C+ | $4.43M | |
| Fred Hatfield | 3B | F | 109 | 377 | 79 | 3 | 19 | 41 | 3 | 34 | 40 | .254 | .341 | .325 | A/B- | $2.54M | |
| Harvey Kuenn | SS | F | 155 | 769 | 209 | 2 | 48 | 94 | 6 | 31 | 50 | .308 | .356 | .386 | B+/D | $4.90M | |
| Jim Delsing | OF | F | 138 | 581 | 138 | 11 | 62 | 77 | 1 | 39 | 66 | .288 | .380 | .436 | A/B+ | $5.24M | |
| Bob Nieman | OF | F | 142 | 598 | 143 | 15 | 69 | 72 | 0 | 57 | 57 | .281 | .354 | .453 | C+/D+ | $3.75M | |
| Don Lund | OF | F | 131 | 495 | 108 | 9 | 47 | 51 | 3 | 65 | 39 | .257 | .323 | .390 | C+/C | $2.77M | |
| Steve Souchock | OF | F | 89 | 306 | 84 | 11 | 46 | 29 | 5 | 35 | 8 | .302 | .326 | .489 | D/D+ | $1.91M | |
| Pat Mullin | OF | F | 79 | 117 | 26 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 14 | .268 | .360 | .402 | C/D- | $573K | |
| Russ Sullivan | OF | F | 23 | 93 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .250 | .379 | .389 | D/C+ | $466K | |
Pitchers from the 1953 Detroit Tigers | |||||||||||||
| Player | Role | Type | GP | IP/162 | GS | ERA | OAV | WHIP | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 | HR/9 | Salary |
| Ted Gray | S | F | 30 | 186.00 | 28 | 4.60 | 0.252 | 1.38 | 1.513 | 5.88 | 3.89 | 1.278 | $3.89M |
| Billy Hoeft | S | F | 29 | 208.00 | 27 | 4.83 | 0.283 | 1.42 | 1.552 | 4.10 | 2.64 | 1.093 | $3.87M |
| Ned Garver | S | F | 30 | 209.00 | 26 | 4.45 | 0.290 | 1.48 | 1.045 | 3.13 | 3.00 | 0.726 | $3.82M |
| Steve Gromek | S | P | 19 | 133.00 | 17 | 4.51 | 0.276 | 1.38 | 1.639 | 4.23 | 2.58 | 1.218 | $2.23M |
| Ralph Branca | R | P | 17 | 108.00 | 14 | 4.15 | 0.253 | 1.26 | 1.613 | 4.41 | 2.74 | 0.618 | $2.49M |
| Dick Marlowe | R | F | 42 | 126.00 | 11 | 5.26 | 0.319 | 1.62 | 1.238 | 3.91 | 3.16 | 0.978 | $1.76M |
| Ray Herbert | R | F | 43 | 93.00 | 3 | 5.24 | 0.308 | 1.77 | 0.804 | 3.80 | 4.72 | 0.513 | $1.35M |
| Al Aber | R | P | 17 | 71.00 | 10 | 4.46 | 0.260 | 1.56 | 0.829 | 4.59 | 5.54 | 0.405 | $1.32M |
| Art Houtteman | R | P | 16 | 73.00 | 9 | 5.90 | 0.309 | 1.69 | 0.966 | 3.67 | 3.80 | 1.442 | $813K |
| Dave Madison | R | F | 32 | 66.00 | 1 | 6.82 | 0.303 | 1.94 | 0.614 | 3.92 | 6.39 | 1.016 | $751K |
| Bob Miller | R | F | 13 | 39.00 | 1 | 5.95 | 0.291 | 1.76 | 0.429 | 2.23 | 5.20 | 0.495 | $461K |
| Hal Erickson | R | F | 18 | 35.00 | 0 | 4.73 | 0.323 | 1.64 | 1.900 | 5.29 | 2.78 | 1.114 | $322K |
| Bill Wight | R | P | 13 | 27.00 | 4 | 8.88 | 0.333 | 1.93 | 0.714 | 3.55 | 4.97 | 1.421 | $200K |
The 1953 Detroit Tigers roster is above. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. Clicking on an individual player will display the player's career statistics including his time with the 1953 Detroit Tigers.
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