1956 Detroit Tigers season

1956 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Briggs Stadium (since 1912);
	Detroit, Michigan (since 1901);
Other information
Owner(s)	Walter Briggs, Jr., Fred Knorr, John Fetzer
Manager(s)	Bucky Harris
Local television	WJBK
Local radio	WKMH; (Van Patrick, Mel Ott)
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The 1956 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 82–72, 15 games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

December 30, 1955: Leo Cristante and cash were traded by the Tigers to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Pete Wojey.^[1]
Prior to 1956 season: Howie Koplitz was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	97	57	.630	--
Cleveland Indians	88	66	.571	9
Chicago White Sox	85	69	.552	12
Boston Red Sox	84	70	.545	13
Detroit Tigers	82	72	.532	15
Baltimore Orioles	69	85	.448	28
Washington Senators	59	95	.383	38
Kansas City Athletics	52	102	.338	45

Notable transactions

May 15, 1956: Jim Delsing and Fred Hatfield were traded by the Tigers to the Chicago White Sox for Jim Brideweser, Harry Byrd and Bob Kennedy.^[3]

Roster

1956 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

32 Bucky Harris

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

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
Kennedy, BobBob Kennedy	70	177	41	.232	4	22
Brideweser, JimJim Brideweser	70	156	34	.218	0	10
Small, JimJim Small	58	91	29	.319	0	10
Delsing, JimJim Delsing	10	12	0	.000	0	0
Hatfield, FredFred Hatfield	8	12	3	.250	0	2

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
Foytack, PaulPaul Foytack	43	256	15	13	3.59	184

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
Black, BudBud Black	5	10	1	1	3.60	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
Aber, AlAl Aber	42	4	4	7	3.43	21
Bunning, JimJim Bunning	15	5	1	1	3.71	34
Brady, JimJim Brady	6	0	0	0	28.42	3
Wojey, PetePete Wojey	2	0	0	0	2.25	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Valdosta

Terre Haute club folded, July 3, 1956

Notes

References

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Baseball portal

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1956 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

[1] Pete Wojey page at Baseball Reference

[2] Howie Koplitz page at Baseball Reference

[3] Jim Brideweser page at Baseball Reference

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