1955 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1955 American League Briggs Stadium Detroit, Michigan 79 75 y 5th Walter Briggs, Jr. Muddy Ruel Bucky Harris WJBK WKMH(Van Patrick, Dizzy Trout) The 1955 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 79–75, 17 games behind the New York Yankees. Al Kaline became the youngest major league player to win the American League (AL) batting title at 20 years old which still stands to this day. He hit .340 for the season, 21 points better than runner-up Vic Power. Kaline finished runner-up to Yogi Berra in the 1955 MVP voting. Offseason December 6, 1954: Walt Dropo, Ted Gray and Bob Nieman were traded by the Tigers to the Chicago White Sox for Leo Cristante, Ferris Fain, and Jack Phillips.Walt Dropo at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents DET Roster 1955 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 22 Al Aber 19 Babe Birrer 14 Bud Black 15 Jim Bunning 12 Joe Coleman 22 Leo Cristante 26 Van Fletcher 40 Ben Flowers 36 Paul Foytack 38 Bill Froats 31 Ned Garver 38,44 Billy Hoeft 17 Frank Lary 46 Duke Maas 37 Dick Marlowe 28 Bob Miller 19 Bob Schultz 15 George Zuverink Catchers  2 Frank House 40 Walt Streuli 10 Red Wilson Infielders 16 Reno Bertoia  8 Ray Boone  3 Ferris Fain  1 Fred Hatfield  7 Harvey Kuenn 21,25 Harry Malmberg 30 Jack Phillips  8 Jay Porter 25,37 Ron Samford  9 Earl Torgeson Outfielders 24 Jim Delsing  6 Al Kaline 21 Chick King  4 Charlie Maxwell 11 Bubba Phillips 20,21 Jim Small  5 Bill Tuttle Other batters  4 Wayne Belardi 12 Steve Souchock Manager 32 Bucky Harris Coaches 34 Billy Hitchcock 33 Schoolboy Rowe 35 Jack Tighe Player stats 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 102 328 85 .259 15 53 1B Earl Torgeson 89 300 85 .283 9 50 2B Fred Hatfield 122 413 96 .232 8 33 SS Harvey Kuenn 145 620 190 .306 8 62 3B Ray Boone 135 500 142 .284 20 116 LF Jim Delsing 114 356 85 .239 10 60 CF Bill Tuttle 154 603 168 .279 14 78 RF Al Kaline 152 588 200 .340 27 102 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 Red Wilson 78 241 53 .220 2 17 Harry Malmberg 67 208 45 .216 0 19 Bubba Phillips 95 184 43 .234 3 23 Ferris Fain 58 140 37 .264 2 23 Jack Phillips Jack Phillips (first baseman) 55 117 37 .316 1 20 Charlie Maxwell 55 109 29 .266 7 18 Reno Bertoia 38 68 14 .206 1 10 Jay Porter 24 55 13 .236 0 3 Chick King 7 21 5 .238 0 0 Walt Streuli 2 4 1 .250 0 1 Jim Small Jim Small (baseball) 12 4 0 .000 0 0 Wayne Belardi 3 3 0 .000 0 0 Bud Souchock 1 1 1 1.000 0 1 Ron Samford 1 1 0 .000 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 Frank Lary 36 235.0 14 15 3.10 98 Ned Garver 33 230.2 12 16 3.98 83 Billy Hoeft 32 220.0 16 7 2.99 133 Steve Gromek 28 181.0 13 10 3.98 73 Duke Maas 18 86.2 5 6 4.88 42 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 Jim Bunning 15 51.0 3 5 6.35 37 Bob Miller 7 25.1 2 1 2.49 11 Dick Marlowe 4 15.0 1 0 1.80 9 Bud Black Bud Black (right-handed pitcher) 3 14.0 1 1 1.29 7 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 Al Aber 39 6 3 3 3.38 37 Babe Birrer 36 4 3 3 4.15 28 Paul Foytack 22 0 1 0 5.26 38 Leo Cristante 20 0 1 0 3.19 9 Joe Coleman Joe Coleman (1950s pitcher) 17 2 1 3 3.20 5 George Zuverink 14 0 5 0 6.99 13 Van Fletcher 9 0 0 0 3.00 4 Ben Flowers 4 0 0 0 6.00 2 Bill Froats 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Bob Schultz 1 0 0 0 20.25 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Buffalo Bisons International League Dan Carnevale AA Little Rock Travelers Southern Association Bob Mavis and Steve Souchock A Augusta Tigers Sally League Charlie Metro B Durham Bulls Carolina League Frank Skaff B Terre Haute Tigers Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Stubby Overmire C Greenville Bucks Cotton States League Willis Hudlin, Luther Tucker, Banks McDowell and Daniel Ryan C Idaho Falls Russets Pioneer League Pat Mullin D Panama City Fliers Alabama–Florida League Bill Adair D Valdosta Tigers Georgia–Florida League Stan Wasiak D Jamestown Falcons PONY League Tony Lupien LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Panama City References 2 Further reading Baseball Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 External links 1955 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tigers Category:1955 in Detroit Category:Long stubs with short prose