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Positional Players from the 1959 Detroit Tigers | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Type | GP | PA/162 | H | HR | RBI | R | SB | SO | BB | BA | OBP | SLG | F/R/A | Salary | |
| Lou Berberet | C | F | 100 | 400 | 73 | 13 | 44 | 38 | 0 | 59 | 35 | .216 | .284 | .367 | B/B+/C | $2.05M | |
| Red Wilson | C | F | 67 | 260 | 60 | 4 | 35 | 28 | 2 | 23 | 10 | .263 | .295 | .408 | B-/A/B | $1.91M | |
| Gail Harris | 1B | F | 114 | 408 | 77 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 49 | 29 | .221 | .290 | .327 | B/D | $1.63M | |
| Bobo Osborne | 1B | F | 86 | 240 | 40 | 3 | 21 | 27 | 1 | 41 | 16 | .191 | .254 | .278 | D/D- | $710K | |
| Gus Zernial | 1B | F | 60 | 149 | 30 | 7 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 27 | 7 | .227 | .262 | .417 | D-/D- | $536K | |
| Frank Bolling | 2B | F | 127 | 548 | 122 | 13 | 55 | 56 | 2 | 37 | 45 | .266 | .339 | .403 | A-/C+ | $3.84M | |
| Eddie Yost | 3B | F | 148 | 711 | 145 | 21 | 61 | 115 | 9 | 77 | 135 | .278 | .435 | .436 | B/C+ | $5.94M | |
| Rocky Bridges | SS | F | 116 | 442 | 102 | 3 | 35 | 38 | 1 | 35 | 30 | .268 | .320 | .349 | C/D | $2.12M | |
| Ted Lepcio | SS | P | 76 | 247 | 60 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 2 | 49 | 17 | .279 | .332 | .414 | C/D- | $1.29M | |
| Coot Veal | SS | F | 77 | 109 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .202 | .273 | .247 | C+/D- | $291K | |
| Al Kaline | OF | F | 136 | 626 | 167 | 27 | 94 | 86 | 10 | 42 | 72 | .327 | .410 | .530 | A-/A+ | $7.77M | |
| Harvey Kuenn | OF | F | 139 | 650 | 198 | 9 | 71 | 99 | 7 | 37 | 48 | .353 | .402 | .501 | B+/D+ | $6.09M | |
| Charlie Maxwell | OF | F | 145 | 643 | 130 | 31 | 95 | 81 | 0 | 91 | 81 | .251 | .357 | .461 | B+/B- | $4.92M | |
| Johnny Groth | OF | F | 55 | 118 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 7 | .235 | .284 | .353 | B/D- | $453K | |
| Neil Chrisley | OF | F | 65 | 127 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 12 | .132 | .225 | .330 | A+/D- | $356K | |
| Larry Doby | OF | P | 18 | 68 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .218 | .313 | .309 | D/D | $222K | |
Pitchers from the 1959 Detroit Tigers | |||||||||||||
| Player | Role | Type | GP | IP/162 | GS | ERA | OAV | WHIP | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 | HR/9 | Salary |
| Jim Bunning | S | F | 40 | 263.00 | 35 | 3.89 | 0.234 | 1.18 | 2.680 | 7.25 | 2.70 | 1.334 | $6.29M |
| Don Mossi | S | F | 34 | 240.00 | 30 | 3.36 | 0.243 | 1.14 | 2.551 | 4.93 | 1.93 | 0.789 | $6.27M |
| Frank Lary | S | F | 32 | 235.00 | 32 | 3.55 | 0.261 | 1.22 | 2.978 | 5.53 | 1.86 | 0.928 | $5.19M |
| Paul Foytack | S | F | 39 | 253.00 | 37 | 4.64 | 0.259 | 1.26 | 1.719 | 4.12 | 2.40 | 1.273 | $5.05M |
| Tom Morgan | R | F | 46 | 98.00 | 1 | 3.98 | 0.265 | 1.21 | 2.167 | 3.79 | 1.75 | 1.068 | $1.88M |
| Ray Narleski | R | F | 42 | 110.00 | 10 | 5.78 | 0.254 | 1.57 | 1.203 | 6.12 | 5.09 | 1.812 | $1.71M |
| Pete Burnside | R | F | 30 | 66.00 | 0 | 3.77 | 0.237 | 1.29 | 1.960 | 7.11 | 3.63 | 1.016 | $1.33M |
| Dave Sisler | R | P | 32 | 55.00 | 0 | 4.01 | 0.242 | 1.59 | 0.806 | 5.05 | 6.27 | 0.697 | $916K |
| Jerry Davie | R | F | 11 | 39.00 | 5 | 4.17 | 0.265 | 1.55 | 1.176 | 4.91 | 4.17 | 1.964 | $422K |
The 1959 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 1959 Detroit Tigers.
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