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Bill Tuttle

Birthdate:

7/4/1929

Died:

7/27/1998

Height / Weight:

6' 0" / 190 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Elwood, IL, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

A fleet footed outfielder Bill Tuttle was a well regarded defensive ballhawk and a solid hitter. He debuted with the Detroit Tigers, playing 7 games in 1952, and had very fine 1954 rookie season, hitting .266, 20 doubles, 11 triples and 7 homers. A contact hitter Bill Tuttle walked more times than he struck out, 480 W to 416 K. In 1955 Bill Tuttle, 26-years old, used his bat and speed to compile his best season, hitting .279 and played in all 154 regular schedule games, and posted career-highs in runs with 102, in doubles with 23, in home runs with 14 and in RBIs with 78.

A popular player among Tiger fans Bill Tuttle lined 1,105 career hits, had five seasons with 19 or more doubles and scored over 70 runs four times, played over 110 games 8 times, including 7 years of over 125 games. Signed by the Kansas City A’s in 1958 Bill Tuttle batted a career high .300 in 1959 when he stole a career high 10 bases. Bill Tuttle career stats: .259 BA, 1,105 hits, 149 D, 47 T, 67 Hrs, 578 Runs, 443 RBIs 38 SB, 480 Walks, 416 Ks. Bio by baseballhistorian.com Detroit Tigers Baseball History

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
12 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1952	DET (AL)	7	25	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.240	SLG
1954	DET (AL)	147	530	64	141	20	11	7	58	62	60	5	8	0	2	5	3	.266	.343	SLG
1955	DET (AL)	154	603	102	168	23	4	14	78	76	54	6	3	2	1	13	5	.279	.358	SLG
1956	DET (AL)	140	546	61	138	22	4	9	65	38	48	5	4	1	1	4	3	.253	.301	SLG
1957	DET (AL)	133	451	49	113	12	4	5	47	44	41	2	6	4	1	3	4	.251	.316	SLG
1958	KCA (AL)	148	511	77	118	14	9	11	51	74	58	7	9	1	1	4	4	.231	.327	SLG
1959	KCA (AL)	126	463	74	139	19	6	7	43	48	38	10	6	2	4	4	2	.300	.369	SLG
1960	KCA (AL)	151	559	75	143	21	3	8	40	66	52	1	5	2	2	7	1	.256	.336	SLG
1961	KCA (AL)	25	84	15	22	2	2	0	8	9	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	.262	.333	SLG
1961	MIN (AL)	113	370	38	91	12	3	5	38	43	41	1	3	4	0	7	5	.246	.321	SLG
1962	MIN (AL)	110	123	21	26	4	1	1	13	19	14	1	0	1	1	3	2	.211	.317	SLG
1963	MIN (AL)	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.0	.250	SLG
12 years		1270	4268	578	1105	149	47	67	443	480	416	38	44	18	13	52	29	.259	.334	.SLG

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