1959 Detroit Tigers season

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.

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 televisionWJBK
Local radioWKMH
(Van Patrick, George Kell)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9460 0.610 — 47–30 47–30
Cleveland Indians 8965 0.578 5 43–34 46–31
New York Yankees 7975 0.513 15 40–37 39–38
Detroit Tigers 7678 0.494 18 41–36 35–42
Boston Red Sox 7579 0.487 19 43–34 32–45
Baltimore Orioles 7480 0.481 20 38–39 36–41
Kansas City Athletics 6688 0.429 28 37–40 29–48
Washington Senators 6391 0.409 31 34–43 29–48

Record vs. opponents
1959 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC NYY WSH
Baltimore —8–1411–11–110–1213–98–1412–1012–10
Boston 14–8—8–148–1411–1111–1113–910–12
Chicago 11–11–114–8—15–713–912–1013–9–116–6
Cleveland 12–1014–87–15—14–815–711–1116–6
Detroit 9–1311–119–138–14—15–714–810–12
Kansas City 14–811–1110–127–157–15—5–1712–10
New York 10–129–139–13–111–118–1417–5—15–7
Washington 10–1212–106–166–1612–1010–127–15—

Notable transactions

Roster
1959 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
1BGail Harris11434977.221939

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
Ossie Álvarez821.50000

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
Jim Bunning40249.217133.89201
Don Mossi342281793.36125

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
Ray Narleski42104.14125.7871
Bob Bruce22019.001

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
George Susce900012.899
Bob Smith90008.1810
Hank Aguirre30003.383

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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

References
  1. 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
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