1954 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1954 American League Briggs Stadium Detroit, Michigan 68 86 y 6th Walter Briggs, Jr. Muddy Ruel Fred Hutchinson WJBK WKMH(Van Patrick, Dizzy Trout) 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 Season standings Record vs. opponents DET Notable transactions August 20, 1954: Earl Harrist and cash were traded by the Tigers to the Seattle Rainiers for Van Fletcher.Van Fletcher at Baseball-Reference Roster 1954 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 22 Al Aber 35 Ralph Branca 49 Dick Donovan 31 Ned Garver 34 Ted Gray 18 Steve Gromek 20 Ray Herbert 44 Billy Hoeft 30 Frank Lary 37 Dick Marlowe 28 Bob Miller 21,30 Dick Weik 38 George Zuverink Catchers 10 Matt Batts  2 Frank House 14,50 Al Lakeman 19 Walt Streuli 10 Red Wilson Infielders  4 Wayne Belardi 16 Reno Bertoia 15,40 Frank Bolling  8 Ray Boone 50 George Bullard  3 Walt Dropo  1 Fred Hatfield 4,38 Chuck Kress 26 Harvey Kuenn Outfielders 24 Jim Delsing 14 Hoot Evers  6 Al Kaline 21 Chick King 21,30 Don Lund  5 Bob Nieman 12 Steve Souchock 17 Bill Tuttle Other batters  7 Johnny Pesky Manager 29 Fred Hutchinson Coaches 36 Johnny Hopp 33 Schoolboy Rowe  9 Bob Swift Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader Batting Starters by position 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 C Frank House Frank House (baseball) 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 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 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 Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 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 Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 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 Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Dick Marlowe 38 5 4 2 4.18 39 Ray Herbert 42 3 6 0 5.87 44 Bob Miller Bob Miller (1953–62 pitcher) 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 Minor League Baseball AAA Buffalo Bisons International League Billy Hitchcock AA Little Rock Travelers Southern Association Bill Norman, Stubby Overmire and Pat Mullin A Wilkes-Barre Barons Eastern League Dan Carnevale B Durham Bulls Carolina League Charlie Metro C Greenville Tigers Cotton States League Willis Hudlin C Idaho Falls Russets Pioneer League Bob Mavis D Valdosta Tigers Georgia–Florida League Marv Owen and Stan Wasiak D Jamestown Falcons PONY League Danny Litwhiler and Wayne Blackburn Notes 2 References Baseball Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1954 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tigers Category:1954 in Detroit