1958 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1958 American League Briggs Stadium Detroit, Michigan 77 77 y 5th Fred Knorr, John Fetzer John McHale Jack Tighe, Bill Norman WJBK WKMH(Van Patrick, Mel Ott) The 1958 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 77–77, 15 games behind the New York Yankees. Offseason November 20, 1957: Bill Tuttle, Jim Small, Duke Maas, John Tsitouris, Frank House, Kent Hadley and a player to be named later were traded by the Tigers to the Kansas City Athletics for Billy Martin, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Lou Skizas, Tim Thompson, and Gus Zernial. The Tigers completed the deal by sending Jim McManus to the Athletics on April 3.Billy Martin at Baseball Reference December 11, 1957: Dave Philley was purchased from the Tigers by the Philadelphia Phillies.Dave Philley at Baseball Reference February 18, 1958: Jay Porter and Hal Woodeshick were traded by the Tigers to the Cleveland Indians for Hank Aguirre and Jim Hegan.Jay Porter at Baseball Reference March 27, 1958: Pete Wojey and $20,000 were traded by the Tigers to the Cleveland Indians for Vito Valentinetti and Milt Bolling.Vito Valentinetti at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents DET Notable transactions June 15, 1958: Ray Boone and Bob Shaw were traded by the Tigers to the Chicago White Sox for Bill Fischer and Tito Francona.Ray Boone at Baseball Reference June 23, 1958: Vito Valentinetti was traded by the Tigers to the Washington Senators for Al Cicotte. June 30, 1958: Mickey Lolich was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.Mickey Lolich at Baseball Reference Roster 1958 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 30,42 Hank Aguirre 14 Jim Bunning 25 Al Cicotte 19 Bill Fischer 21 Paul Foytack 44 Billy Hoeft 17 Frank Lary 20 Don Lee 20 Mickey McDermott 37 Herb Moford 18 Tom Morgan 27 Joe Presko 25 Bob Shaw 19 Lou Sleater 24 George Spencer 26 George Susce 28 Vito Valentinetti 20 Herm Wehmeier Catchers 19 Jack Feller 15 Jim Hegan 12 Charley Lau 12 Tim Thompson 10 Red Wilson Infielders 16 Reno Bertoia  2 Frank Bolling 23 Milt Bolling  8 Ray Boone 24 Steve Boros  5 Gail Harris  1 Billy Martin 23,45 Coot Veal 22 Ozzie Virgil Outfielders 35 George Alusik  8 Tito Francona  3 Johnny Groth 27 Bob Hazle  6 Al Kaline  7 Harvey Kuenn  4 Charlie Maxwell 22 Lou Skizas 29 Bill Taylor 15 George Thomas  9 Gus Zernial Other batters 47 Bobo Osborne Manager 29 Bill Norman 35 Jack Tighe Coaches 31 Tommy Henrich 34 Billy Hitchcock 33 Willis Hudlin 32 Don Lund Player stats = Indicates team 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 Red Wilson 103 298 89 .299 3 29 1B Gail Harris 134 451 123 .273 20 82 2B Frank Bolling 154 610 164 .269 14 75 SS Billy Martin 131 498 127 .255 7 42 3B Reno Bertoia 86 240 56 .233 6 27 LF Charlie Maxwell 131 397 108 .272 13 65 CF Harvey Kuenn 139 561 179 .319 8 54 RF Al Kaline 146 543 170 .313 16 85 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 Coot Veal 58 207 53 .256 0 16 Ozzie Virgil Sr. 49 193 47 .244 3 19 Johnny Groth 88 146 41 .281 2 11 Jim Hegan 45 130 25 .192 1 7 Gus Zernial 66 124 40 .323 5 23 Ray Boone 39 114 27 .237 6 20 Tito Francona 45 69 17 .246 0 10 Charley Lau 30 68 10 .147 0 6 Bob Hazle 43 58 14 .241 2 5 Lou Skizas 23 33 8 .242 1 2 Milt Bolling 24 31 6 .194 0 0 Bill Taylor 8 8 3 .375 0 1 Tim Thompson 4 6 1 .167 0 0 George Alusik 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Steve Boros 6 2 0 .000 0 0 Bobo Osborne 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Jack Feller 1 0 0 ---- 0 0 George Thomas 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 Frank Lary 39 260.1 16 15 2.90 131 Paul Foytack 39 230.0 15 13 3.44 135 Jim Bunning 35 219.2 14 12 3.52 177 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 Billy Hoeft 36 143.0 10 9 4.15 94 Herb Moford 25 109.2 4 9 3.61 58 George Susce 27 90.2 4 3 3.67 42 Al Cicotte 14 43.0 3 1 3.56 21 Bob Shaw 11 26.2 1 2 5.06 17 Herm Wehmeier 7 22.2 1 0 2.38 11 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 Hank Aguirre 44 3 4 5 3.75 38 Tom Morgan Tom Morgan (baseball) 39 2 5 1 3.16 32 Bill Fischer 22 2 4 2 7.63 16 Vito Valentinetti 15 1 0 2 3.38 10 Joe Presko 7 0 0 2 3.38 6 George Spencer 7 1 0 0 2.70 5 Lou Sleater 4 0 0 0 6.75 4 Mickey McDermott 2 0 0 0 9.00 0 Don Lee 1 0 0 0 9.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Charleston Senators American Association Bill Norman and Bill Adair AA Birmingham Barons Southern Association Cal Ermer A Lancaster Red Roses Eastern League Johnny Pesky A Augusta Tigers Sally League Bill Adair, Stan Charnofsky and Wayne Blackburn B Durham Bulls Carolina League Chuck Kress C Idaho Falls Russets Pioneer League Al Lakeman D Montgomery Rebels Alabama–Florida League Schoolboy Rowe and Neil Berry D Valdosta Tigers Georgia–Florida League Stubby Overmire D Decatur Commodores Midwest League Frank Carswell D Erie Sailors New York–Penn League Steve Gromek LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Birmingham, Valdosta 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 1958 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tigers Category:1958 in Detroit