1959 Detroit Tigers season

1959 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Fred Knorr, John Fetzer
General manager(s) Rick Ferrell, Bill DeWitt
Manager(s) Bill Norman, Jimmy Dykes
Local television WJBK
Local radio WKMH
(Van Patrick, George Kell)
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The 1959 Detroit Tigers season was the 59th season for the American League franchise in Detroit. Although the Tigers lost 15 of their first 17 games in 1959—resulting in the May 2 firing of manager Bill Norman—they recovered under his successor, Jimmy Dykes, to finish in fourth place with a record of 76–78, eighteen games behind the AL Champion Chicago White Sox.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
Chicago White Sox 94 60 .610 --
Cleveland Indians 89 65 .578 5
New York Yankees 79 75 .513 15
Detroit Tigers 76 78 .494 18
Boston Red Sox 75 79 .487 19
Baltimore Orioles 74 80 .481 20
Kansas City Athletics 66 88 .429 28
Washington Senators 63 91 .409 31

Record vs. opponents

1959 American League Records

Sources:

Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC NYY WSH
Baltimore — 8–14 11–11–1 10–12 13–9 8–14 12–10 12–10
Boston 14–8 — 8–14 8–14 11–11 11–11 13–9 10–12
Chicago 11–11–1 14–8 — 15–7 13–9 12–10 13–9–1 16–6
Cleveland 12–10 14–8 7–15 — 14–8 15–7 11–11 16–6
Detroit 9–13 11–11 9–13 8–14 — 15–7 14–8 10–12
Kansas City 14–8 11–11 10–12 7–15 7–15 — 5–17 12–10
New York 10–12 9–13 9–13–1 11–11 8–14 17–5 — 15–7
Washington 10–12 12–10 6–16 6–16 12–10 10–12 7–15 —

Notable transactions

Roster

1959 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
1B Harris, GailGail Harris 114 349 77 .221 9 39

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
Álvarez, OssieOssie Álvarez 8 2 1 .500 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
Bunning, JimJim Bunning 40 249.2 17 13 3.89 201
Mossi, DonDon Mossi 34 228 17 9 3.36 125

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
Narleski, RayRay Narleski 42 104.1 4 12 5.78 71
Bruce, BobBob Bruce 2 2 0 1 9.00 1

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
Susce, GeorgeGeorge Susce 9 0 0 0 12.89 9
Smith, BobBob Smith 9 0 0 0 8.18 10
Aguirre, HankHank Aguirre 3 0 0 0 3.38 3

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Charleston Senators American Association Bill Adair
AA Birmingham Barons Southern Association Skeeter Newsome
A Knoxville Smokies Sally League Johnny Pesky
B Durham Bulls Carolina League Frank Skaff
D Montgomery Rebels Alabama–Florida League Frank Carswell
D Decatur Commodores Midwest League Stubby Overmire
D Erie Sailors New York–Penn League Al Lakeman and Pat Mullin

Notes

  1. 1 2 Maury Wills at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Billy Martin at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Lou Skizas at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Andy Kosco at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Bob Smith at Baseball Reference

References

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