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
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 Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
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 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 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 32 124.2 5 11 3.97 54 Ted Gray 19 72.0 3 5 5.38 29 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 32 1 1 1 2.45 27 Frank Lary 3 0 0 0 2.45 5 2 0 0 0 10.50 2
Farm system
Notes
References
1954 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference