# 1957 Detroit Tigers season

The 1957 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 78–76, 20 games behind the New York Yankees. The team scored 614 runs and allowed 614 runs for a run differential of zero.

## Offseason

* February 8, 1957: Jim Brideweser was purchased from the Tigers by the Baltimore Orioles.

## Regular season

* April 18, 1957: Roger Maris hit the first home run of his career. It came at Briggs Stadium in Detroit and was a grand slam off Tigers pitcher Jack Crimian.

### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 98 | 56 | .636 | — | 48‍–‍29 | 50‍–‍27 |
| Chicago White Sox | 90 | 64 | .584 | 8 | 45‍–‍32 | 45‍–‍32 |
| Boston Red Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 16 | 44‍–‍33 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76 | .506 | 20 | 45‍–‍32 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 76 | 76 | .500 | 21 | 42‍–‍33 | 34‍–‍43 |
| Cleveland Indians | 76 | 77 | .497 | 21½ | 40‍–‍37 | 36‍–‍40 |
| Kansas City Athletics | 59 | 94 | .386 | 38½ | 37‍–‍40 | 22‍–‍54 |
| Washington Senators | 55 | 99 | .357 | 43 | 28‍–‍49 | 27‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1957 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KCA | NYY | WSH |
| Baltimore | — | 8–14 | 10–12–1 | 9–12 | 9–13 | 16–5–1 | 9–13 | 15–7 |
| Boston | 14–8 | — | 8–14 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 8–14 | 14–8 |
| Chicago | 12–10–1 | 14–8 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 8–14 | 17–5 |
| Cleveland | 12–9 | 10–12 | 8–14 | — | 11–11 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 15–7 |
| Detroit | 13–9 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 11–11 | — | 8–14 | 10–12 | 13–9 |
| Kansas City | 5–16–1 | 6–16 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 14–8 | — | 3–19 | 12–10 |
| New York | 13–9 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 19–3 | — | 13–9 |
| Washington | 7–15 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 14, 1957: Earl Torgeson was traded by the Tigers to the Chicago White Sox for Dave Philley.
* August 1, 1957: Johnny Groth was purchased by the Tigers from the Kansas City Athletics.
* August 27, 1957: Al Aber was selected off waivers from the Tigers by the Kansas City Athletics.

### Roster
## 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 |
| C | Frank House | 106 | 348 | 90 | .259 | 7 | 36 |
| 1B | Ray Boone | 129 | 462 | 126 | .273 | 12 | 65 |
| 2B | Frank Bolling | 146 | 576 | 149 | .259 | 15 | 40 |
| SS | Harvey Kuenn | 151 | 624 | 173 | .277 | 9 | 44 |
| 3B | Reno Bertoia | 97 | 295 | 81 | .275 | 4 | 28 |
| LF | Charlie Maxwell | 138 | 492 | 136 | .276 | 24 | 82 |
| CF | Bill Tuttle | 133 | 451 | 113 | .251 | 5 | 47 |
| RF | Al Kaline | 149 | 577 | 170 | .295 | 23 | 90 |

#### 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 |
| Red Wilson | 60 | 180 | 43 | .239 | 3 | 13 |
| Jim Finigan | 64 | 174 | 47 | .270 | 0 | 17 |
| Dave Philley | 65 | 173 | 49 | .283 | 2 | 16 |
| Jay Porter | 58 | 140 | 35 | .250 | 2 | 18 |
| Johnny Groth | 38 | 103 | 30 | .291 | 0 | 16 |
| Ron Samford | 54 | 91 | 20 | .220 | 0 | 5 |
| Earl Torgeson | 30 | 50 | 12 | .240 | 1 | 5 |
| Jim Small | 36 | 42 | 9 | .214 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Boros | 24 | 41 | 6 | .146 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobo Osborne | 11 | 27 | 4 | .148 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Taylor | 9 | 23 | 8 | .348 | 1 | 3 |
| Jack Dittmer | 16 | 22 | 5 | .227 | 0 | 2 |
| Karl Olson | 8 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Eddie Robinson | 13 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Clark | 5 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Phillips | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| George Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Yewcic | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Jim Bunning | 45 | 267.1 | 20 | 8 | 2.69 | 182 |
| Frank Lary | 40 | 237.2 | 11 | 16 | 3.98 | 107 |
| Paul Foytack | 38 | 212.0 | 14 | 11 | 3.14 | 118 |
| Billy Hoeft | 34 | 207.0 | 9 | 11 | 3.48 | 111 |

#### 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 |
| Duke Maas | 45 | 219.1 | 10 | 14 | 3.28 | 116 |
| Don Lee | 11 | 38.2 | 1 | 3 | 4.66 | 19 |

#### 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 |
| Harry Byrd | 37 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3.36 | 20 |
| Lou Sleater | 41 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3.76 | 43 |
| Al Aber | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6.81 | 15 |
| Steve Gromek | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.08 | 11 |
| Joe Presko | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.64 | 3 |
| Bob Shaw | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.45 | 4 |
| Jim Stump | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.03 | 2 |
| Jack Crimian | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.71 | 1 |
| John Tsitouris | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 2 |
| Pete Wojey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Chuck Daniel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Charleston Senators | American Association | Frank Skaff, Don Griffin and Bill Norman |
| AA | Birmingham Barons | Southern Association | Johnny Pesky |
| A | Augusta Tigers | Sally League | Bill Adair |
| B | Durham Bulls | Carolina League | Bob Mavis |
| C | Idaho Falls Russets | Pioneer League | Al Lakeman |
| D | Montgomery Rebels | Alabama–Florida League | Stubby Overmire |
| D | Orlando Flyers | Florida State League | Marland Doolittle and John Rose |
| D | Valdosta Tigers | Georgia–Florida League | Stan Wasiak |
| D | Erie Sailors | New York–Penn League | Chuck Kress |
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