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1956 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Detroit Tigers
season	1956
league	American League
ballpark	Briggs Stadium
city	Detroit, Michigan
record
league_place	5th
owners	Walter Briggs, Jr., Fred Knorr, John Fetzer
general_managers	Muddy Ruel
managers	Bucky Harris
television	WJBK
radio	WKMH
(Van Patrick, Mel Ott)

(Van Patrick, Mel Ott) |}} 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.
Prior to 1956 season: Howie Koplitz was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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.

Roster

1956 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	94	321	77	.240	10	44
1B	117	318	84	.264	12	42
2B	102	366	103	.281	7	45
SS	146	591	196	.332	12	88
3B	131	481	148	.308	25	81
OF	141	500	163	.326	28	87
OF	140	546	138	.253	9	65
OF	153	617	194	.314	27	128

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
78	228	66	.289	7	38
67	224	66	.295	1	20
70	177	41	.232	4	22
70	156	34	.218	0	10
79	154	43	.279	6	15
58	91	29	.319	0	10
22	66	12	.182	1	5
26	47	10	.213	0	5
14	21	2	.095	0	3
10	12	0	.000	0	0
8	12	3	.250	0	2
6	9	2	.222	0	0
3	9	2	.222	0	0
3	8	2	.250	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
41	294.0	21	13	3.15	165
43	256.0	15	13	3.59	184
38	248.0	20	14	4.06	172
22	120.0	6	5	3.83	43
2	5.1	0	2	13.50	1
1	4.2	0	0	7.71	5

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
40	141.0	8	6	4.28	64
26	63.1	0	7	6.54	34
15	53.1	5	1	3.71	34
11	31.2	0	2	5.68	16
6	17.2	0	2	4.08	6
7	11.0	1	1	5.73	4
5	10.0	1	1	3.60	7

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
42	4	4	7	3.43	21
35	1	1	1	4.17	28
6	0	0	0	28.42	3
2	0	0	0	2.25	1

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Valdosta Terre Haute club folded, July 3, 1956

Notes

References

1956 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wojeype01.shtml Pete Wojey] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kopliho01.shtml Howie Koplitz] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brideji01.shtml Jim Brideweser] at ''Baseball Reference''

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