1956 Detroit Tigers
82 - 72
1955 / 1957 (Organization)
5th place in the AL (15 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		37 - 40 (.481)
45 - 32 (.584)		 -4.2 wins
+9.2 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 789 / 709 ( +80 )
Allowed/Expected: 699 / 712 ( +13 )
Pyth Record: 86 - 68 (-4)
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Attendance: 1,051,182 Avg Att: 13,477 (1.06)
Att Rank: 3 / 8 Lg Avg: 12,773
       
Park Factor: 0.99    
HR Factor: 1.09 R/L HR: 1.03 / 1.20
Notes:


Pitching Leaderboards

Actual Wins
Player W Rnk
21
1
20
2
15
11
Adjusted Wins
Player aW Rnk
21
2
16
9
14
13
Runs
Player R Rnk
35.6
5
17.2
14
Hits
Player H Rnk
37.8
3
12.4
16
           
Walks
Player BB Rnk
16.5
14
15.9
15
Strikeouts
Player K Rnk
52.6
4
40.8
5
K/BB
Player K/BB Rnk
51.8
8
30.5
13
Homeruns
Player HR Rnk
10.9
2
5.8
9
4.5
11
3.6
15
HBP
Player HBP Rnk
4.5
2
Complete Games
Player CG Rnk
8.0
4
7.3
5
5.5
8
           
Shutouts
Player SHO Rnk
2.3
5
1.0
12
Power
Player Pow Rnk
72.6
2
32.7
9
Finesse
Player Fin Rnk

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James