The 1957 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 78–76, 20 games behind the New York Yankees. The team scored 614 runs and allowed 614 runs for a run differential of zero.
Offseason February 8, 1957: Jim Brideweser was purchased from the Tigers by the Baltimore Orioles.Jim Brideweser at Baseball Reference
Regular season April 18, 1957: Roger Maris hit the first home run of his career. It came at Briggs Stadium in Detroit and was a grand slam off Tigers pitcher Jack Crimian.Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 87, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010,
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions June 14, 1957: Earl Torgeson was traded by the Tigers to the Chicago White Sox for Dave Philley.Dave Philley at Baseball Reference August 1, 1957: Johnny Groth was purchased by the Tigers from the Kansas City Athletics.Johnny Groth at Baseball Reference August 27, 1957: Al Aber was selected off waivers from the Tigers by the Kansas City Athletics.Al Aber at Baseball Reference
Roster 1957 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
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 106 348 90 .259 7 36 1B Ray Boone 129 462 126 .273 12 65 2B Frank Bolling 146 576 149 .259 15 40 SS Harvey Kuenn 151 624 173 .277 9 44 3B Reno Bertoia 97 295 81 .275 4 28 LF Charlie Maxwell 138 492 136 .276 24 82 CF Bill Tuttle 133 451 113 .251 5 47 RF 149 577 170 .295 23 90
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 60 180 43 .239 3 13 Jim Finigan 64 174 47 .270 0 17 65 173 49 .283 2 16 Jay Porter 58 140 35 .250 2 18 Johnny Groth 38 103 30 .291 0 16 Ron Samford 54 91 20 .220 0 5 30 50 12 .240 1 5 36 42 9 .214 0 0 Steve Boros 24 41 6 .146 0 2 Bobo Osborne 11 27 4 .148 0 1 Bill Taylor 9 23 8 .348 1 3 Jack Dittmer 16 22 5 .227 0 2 Karl Olson 8 14 2 .143 0 1 Eddie Robinson 13 9 0 .000 0 0 Mel Clark 5 7 0 .000 0 1 Jack Phillips 1 1 0 .000 0 0 George Thomas 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Tom Yewcic 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 45 267.1 20 8 2.69 182 Frank Lary 40 237.2 11 16 3.98 107 Paul Foytack 38 212.0 14 11 3.14 118 Billy Hoeft 34 207.0 9 11 3.48 111
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 Duke Maas 45 219.1 10 14 3.28 116 Don Lee 11 38.2 1 3 4.66 19
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 Harry Byrd 37 4 3 5 3.36 20 Lou Sleater 41 3 3 2 3.76 43 28 3 3 1 6.81 15 Steve Gromek 15 0 1 1 6.08 11 Joe Presko 7 1 1 0 1.64 3 Bob Shaw 7 0 1 0 7.45 4 Jim Stump 6 1 0 0 2.03 2 4 0 1 0 12.71 1 John Tsitouris 2 1 0 0 8.10 2 Pete Wojey 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 Chuck Daniel 1 0 0 0 7.71 2
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Durham
References
External links
1957 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference