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The Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...

season was a season in American baseball

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. The team finished fifth in the American League

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with a record of 82-72, 15 games behind the New York Yankees

1956 New York Yankees season

The New York Yankees season was the 54th season for the team in New York, and its 56th season overall. The team finished with a record of 97-57, winning their 22nd pennant, finishing 9 games ahead of the Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games...

Offseason

December 30, 1955: Leo Cristante
Leo Cristante
Dante Leo Cristante was an American professional baseball player. A , right-handed pitcher, he had a 13-year career as a professional, including 30 games played at the Major League level for the Philadelphia Phillies and the Detroit Tigers, his hometown team.Cristante spent the early months of...

and cash were traded by the Tigers to the Brooklyn Dodgers
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for Pete Wojey
Pete Wojey
Peter Paul Wojey was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in 18 games from 1954-1957 for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Detroit Tigers-External links:...

.
Prior to 1956 season: Howie Koplitz
Howie Koplitz
Howard Dean Koplitz is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of five seasons in the majors, between and , for the Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators.-Sources:...

was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.

Notable transactions

May 15, 1956: Jim Delsing
Jim Delsing
James Henry Delsing was an American Major League Baseball outfielder who is most remembered for having been the pinch runner for -tall Eddie Gaedel on August 19,...

and Fred Hatfield
Fred Hatfield
Fred James Hatfield , nicknamed "Scrap Iron", was a Major League Baseball infielder who played 9 seasons in the Major Leagues with the Boston Red Sox , Detroit Tigers , Chicago White Sox , Cleveland Indians , and Cincinnati Redlegs .Born in Lanett, Alabama, Hatfield signed by the Boston Red Sox as an...

were traded by the Tigers to the Chicago White Sox
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for Jim Brideweser
Jim Brideweser
James Ehrenfeld Brideweser was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played from to for the New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers...

, Harry Byrd
Harry Byrd (baseball)
Harry Gladwin Byrd was an American Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Athletics , New York Yankees , Baltimore Orioles , Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers...

and Bob Kennedy
Bob Kennedy
Robert Daniel Kennedy was a right fielder/third baseman, manager and executive in Major League Baseball.From 1939-1957, Kennedy played for the Chicago White Sox , Cleveland Indians , Baltimore Orioles , Detroit Tigers and Brooklyn Dodgers . He batted and threw right-handed...

.

Roster

1956 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager Coaches

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

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
70	177	41	.232	4	22
70	156	34	.218	0	10
58	91	29	.319	0	10
10	12	0	.000	0	0
8	12	3	.250	0	2

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
	43	256	15	13	3.59	184

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
	5	10	1	1	3.60	7

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
42	4	4	7	3.43	21
15	5	1	1	3.71	34
6	0	0	0	28.42	3
2	0	0	0	2.25	1

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Valdosta

Terre Haute club folded, July 3, 1956

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