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1955 Detroit Tigers Season
The 1955 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 79–75, 17 games behind the New York Yankees. Al Kaline became the youngest major league player to win the American League (AL) batting title at 20 years old which still stands to this day. He hit .340 for the season, 21 points better than runner-up Vic Power. Offseason * December 6, 1954: Walt Dropo, Ted Gray and Bob Nieman were traded by the Tigers to the Chicago White Sox for Leo Cristante, Ferris Fain, and Jack Phillips. at ''Baseball Reference'' Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Roster Player stats Batting Starters by position |
Briggs Stadium
Tiger Stadium, previously known as Navin Field and Briggs Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium located in the Corktown, Detroit, Corktown neighborhood of Detroit. The stadium was nicknamed "The Corner" for its location at the intersection of U.S. Route 12 in Michigan, Michigan and Trumbull Avenues. It hosted the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1912 Detroit Tigers season, 1912 to 1999 Detroit Tigers season, 1999, as well as the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) from 1938 Detroit Lions season, 1938 to 1974 Detroit Lions season, 1974. Tiger Stadium was declared a State of Michigan Historic Site in 1975 and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1989. The last Tigers game at the stadium was held on September 27, 1999. In the decade after the Tigers vacated the stadium, several rejected redevelopment and preservation efforts finally gave way to demolition. The stadium's demolition was completed on September 21, 2009, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Gray
Ted Glenn Gray (December 31, 1924 – June 15, 2011) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played eight seasons with the Detroit Tigers (1946, 1948–1954), and then had short stints during the 1955 season with the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, and Baltimore Orioles. A native Detroiter, Gray was a star pitcher at Highland Park High School. He signed with the Tigers in 1942 at age 17 and played the 1942 season with Winston-Salem in the Piedmont League, posting a 13–14 record and a 2.04 ERA. He briefly joined the Tigers at the end of the 1942 season but did not play. Gray enlisted in the Navy when he turned 18 after the 1942 season. Gray was assigned to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station where he pitched for the Great Lakes team managed by Mickey Cochrane. Tigers pitchers Schoolboy Rowe and Dizzy Trout also pitched for Cochrane's star-studded Great Lakes team. Gray was transferred to the New Hebrides in the Pacific Theater, where he continue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Foytack
Paul Eugene Foytack (November 16, 1930 – January 23, 2021) was an American professional baseball player and right-handed pitcher who appeared in 312 games in Major League Baseball between 1953 and 1964 for two American League clubs, the Detroit Tigers and the Los Angeles Angels. He also played one season in Nippon Professional Baseball for the 1965 Chunichi Dragons. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Foytack was listed as tall and . Biography Foytack signed with the Tigers in 1949 after graduating from Scranton Technical High School. He spent four years in the Detroit farm system before his first trial in the majors at the outset of the 1953 season. He made the Tigers' pitching staff in 1955, and from 1956–59, he won 15, 14, 15, and 14 games respectively, averaging 40 games pitched and 33 games started. During that time, he was among the top ten pitchers in the American League in fewest hits allowed per nine innings three times, and also among the top ten in innings pitched (t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Flowers
Bennett Flowers (June 15, 1927 – February 18, 2009) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for four teams between and . During his playing days, Flowers stood tall, weighed and batted and threw right-handed. He was a native of Goldsboro, North Carolina. Flowers, a knuckleball pitcher, debuted in the major leagues with the Boston Red Sox, appearing in 33 games pitched, one in 1951 and 32 during the full season of . Then, during and 1956, he worked in 43 total games for three MLB teams: the Detroit Tigers (1955), St. Louis Cardinals (1955–1956) and Philadelphia Phillies (1956). His most productive season came for the 1953 Red Sox, when he posted career-bests in earned run average (ERA) (3.86), strikeouts (36), and innings pitched (87), in 32 games, including six starts, and one shutout, while recording all three of his career saves. His lone big-league shutout and complete game happened on August 5, when he blanked the St. Loui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Fletcher
Alfred Vanoide Fletcher (August 6, 1924 – March 17, 2010) was an American professional baseball player. The right-handed pitcher appeared in nine games for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball in 1955. He stood tall and weighed . Early life Fletcher was born in East Bend, North Carolina, in 1924. His parents were Wesley E. and Rhett Fletcher. He volunteered for the United States Army and fought in World War II in the European Theater of Operations. Career After the war, Fletcher was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals' organization. Beginning in 1949, he played for several minor league baseball teams, including the Elkin Blanketeers, Vancouver Capilanos, and Seattle Rainiers. In August 1954, the Detroit Tigers acquired him from the Rainiers. In nine games (all in relief during the opening six weeks of the 1955 season) and 12 full innings pitched, he allowed 13 hits, two bases on balls, and ten runs—but only four were earned. He struck out four. He did not rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Coleman (1950s Pitcher)
Joseph Patrick Coleman (July 30, 1922 – April 9, 1997) was an American professional baseball pitcher who appeared in 223 games in Major League Baseball (MLB) over ten seasons between 1942 and 1955 for the Philadelphia Athletics, Baltimore Orioles and Detroit Tigers. He was the father of Joe Coleman, a major league pitcher for 15 seasons from 1965 to 1979 and a two-time 20-game winner, and the grandfather of Casey Coleman, a pitcher with the Chicago Cubs and the Kansas City Royals between 2010 and 2014. A native of Medford, Massachusetts, Coleman attended Malden Catholic High School, where he was coached by Brother Gilbert Mathias who had mentored Babe Ruth as a youth in Baltimore. In 1940, Mathias introduced Coleman to Ruth who was visiting the school. After watching Coleman pitch, Ruth took him aside and helped him throw a more effective curveball. Coleman missed the 1943–1945 seasons while serving in the United States Navy during World War II. Along with other notable maj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Bunning
James Paul David Bunning (October 23, 1931 – May 26, 2017) was an American professional baseball pitcher and politician who represented Kentucky in both chambers of the United States Congress. He was the sole Major League Baseball athlete to have been elected to both the United States Senate and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, National Baseball Hall of Fame. Bunning pitched from 1955 to 1971 for the Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Los Angeles Dodgers. When Bunning retired, he had the second-highest total Top 100 Major League Baseball strikeout pitchers, career strikeouts in Major League history; he currently ranks 21st. As a member of the Phillies, Bunning pitched the seventh Perfect game (baseball), perfect game in Major League Baseball history on June 21, 1964, the first game of a Father's Day (United States), Father's Day doubleheader at Shea Stadium, against the New York Mets. It was the first perfect game in the National League ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bud Black (right-handed Pitcher)
William Carroll "Bud" Black (July 9, 1932 – October 2, 2005) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played parts of three seasons in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers. Black was signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1950, then traded to the Tigers in a multi-player deal on August 14, 1952. In all he appeared in 10 games, five as a starter, won two, lost three, pitched 32 innings, and had an earned run average In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the average of earned runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings pitched (i.e. the traditional length of a game). It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number ... of 4.22. External links Retrosheet Major League Baseball pitchers Detroit Tigers players Aberdeen Pheasants players Pine Bluff Judges players San Antonio Missions players Little Rock Travelers players Oakland Oaks (baseball) players Charleston Senators players Augusta Tigers pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babe Birrer
Werner Joseph Birrer (July 4, 1928 – November 19, 2013) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. Listed at 6' 0", 195 lb., Birrer batted and threw right handed. He was born in Buffalo, New York. Graduated from Kensington High School (New York), Kensington High School in Buffalo, New York (1947). Signed by Detroit Tigers Scout "Cy" Williams, not the ball player in 1947. Birrer pitched for the Detroit Tigers, Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers in all or parts of three seasons spanning 1955–1958. He posted a combined record of 4–3 and a 4.36 earned run average (ERA) in 56 pitching appearances, including three starting pitcher, starts, one complete game and four save (baseball), saves, giving up 39 runs (37 earned) on 129 hits and 29 base on balls, while strikeout, striking out 28 in 119 innings of work. His career highlight came on July 19, 1955, at Briggs Stadium, when he belted two three-run home runs off George Zuverink and Art Schallock, while pitchi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Aber
Albert Julius Aber (July 31, 1927 – May 20, 1993) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He appeared in 168 games in Major League Baseball with the Cleveland Indians (, ), Detroit Tigers (1953–) and Kansas City Athletics (1957). Born in Cleveland, he threw and batted left-handed and was listed as tall and . Aber graduated from West Technical High School and was signed as by the Indians at age 19 in 1946. He made his major league debut on September 15, 1950, pitching a complete-game victory, allowing two runs. He did not play another game in the big leagues until 1953, spending the 1951 and 1952 seasons performing military service during the Korean War. He appeared in six games for the Indians in 1953, winning one and losing one, before being traded on June 15 to the Tigers with Steve Gromek, Ray Boone and Dick Weik for Art Houtteman, Owen Friend, Bill Wight, and Joe Ginsberg. Aber spent the next five years with the Tigers, where he compiled a 22–24 record. His best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Phillips (first Baseman)
Jack Dorn Phillips (September 6, 1921 – August 30, 2009) was an American professional baseball player whose career extended from 1943 to 1959. In the Major Leagues, he was a backup first baseman who played for three different teams between the and seasons. Listed at tall and , Phillips batted and threw right-handed, and was nicknamed "Stretch" for his flexibility when covering first base. Early years A native of Clarence, New York, Phillips graduated from Lancaster High School in 1939 and Clarkson University in 1943. He served in the US Navy during World War II. Baseball career Phillips entered the majors in 1947 with the New York Yankees, playing for them two and half years joining the Pittsburgh Pirates (1949–52) and Detroit Tigers (1955–57). His most productive season came in 1956 with the Tigers, when he posted career numbers in home runs (5), runs scored (25) and runs batted in (34), while hitting for a .293 average in 69 games. The highlight of Phillips’ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferris Fain
Ferris Roy Fain (March 29, 1921 – October 18, 2001) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a first baseman in Major League Baseball from 1947 to 1955. A five-time All-Star, Fain won two American League batting championships and his career on-base percentage of .424 ranks 13th highest in Major League Baseball history. Fain played nine seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians in the American League. Known as one of the Athletics' last stars before moving to Kansas City, he had an explosive temper on and off the field. Eventually it affected his playing ability, and the Athletics traded him after the 1952 season. In his later life, Fain made headlines for his troubles with the law, mainly growing marijuana. Early life Ferris Fain was born in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Oscar Fain, a jockey best known for leading his horse Duval to a second-place finish in the 1912 Kentucky Derby, and a domestic maid. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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