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1947 Detroit Tigers

1947 > Class Major League > 1947 American League
Overall: 85-69
Scored 714 runs, Allowed 642 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Steve O'Neill
Represented: Detroit, MI
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1946 / 1948

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Al Benton 36 36 42 39 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .154 .154 .179 .333 7 1 0 3
2 Doc Cramer* 41 73 179 157 21 42 2 2 2 30 0 4 20 5 .268 .350 .344 .694 54 9 0 2
3 Roy Cullenbine# 33 142 607 464 82 104 18 1 24 78 3 2 137 51 .224 .401 .422 .823 196 10 0 6
4 Hoot Evers 26 126 525 460 67 136 24 5 10 67 8 7 45 49 .296 .366 .435 .801 200 13 6 14
5 Johnny Gorsica 32 31 11 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .200 .273 .300 .573 3 0 0 0
6 Johnny Groth 20 2 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .500 .250 .750 1 2 0 0
7 Art Houtteman 19 23 40 40 2 12 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 .300 .300 .350 .650 14 0 0 0
8 Fred Hutchinson* 27 56 113 106 8 32 5 2 2 15 2 0 6 6 .302 .339 .443 .783 47 4 0 1
9 George Kell 24 152 662 588 75 188 29 5 5 93 9 11 61 16 .320 .387 .412 .798 242 13 3 10
10 Eddie Lake 31 158 732 602 96 127 19 6 12 46 11 10 120 54 .211 .343 .322 .665 194 14 1 9
11 Eddie Mayo* 37 142 595 535 66 149 28 4 6 48 3 7 48 28 .279 .338 .379 .717 203 16 0 12
12 John McHale* 25 39 103 95 10 20 1 0 3 11 1 1 7 24 .211 .265 .316 .580 30 0 0 1
13 Ed Mierkowicz 23 21 43 42 6 8 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 12 .190 .209 .286 .495 12 2 0 0
14 Pat Mullin* 29 116 467 398 62 102 28 6 15 62 3 8 63 66 .256 .359 .470 .829 187 6 1 5
15 Hal Newhouser* 26 40 114 96 5 19 0 0 0 9 0 0 15 20 .198 .306 .198 .504 19 3 0 3
16 Jimmy Outlaw 34 70 151 127 20 29 7 1 0 15 3 1 21 14 .228 .338 .299 .637 38 2 0 3
17 Stubby Overmire 28 28 54 47 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 8 .149 .231 .149 .380 7 0 0 2
18 Hank Riebe 25 8 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
19 Bob Swift 32 97 323 279 23 70 11 0 1 21 2 2 33 16 .251 .330 .301 .631 84 8 0 11
20 Dizzy Trout 32 34 77 68 5 11 2 1 3 15 0 0 8 19 .162 .250 .353 .603 24 0 0 1
21 Virgil Trucks 30 36 71 70 7 19 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 7 .271 .282 .300 .582 21 3 0 0
22 Dick Wakefield* 26 112 453 368 59 104 15 5 8 51 1 4 80 44 .283 .412 .416 .828 153 8 1 4
23 Skeeter Webb 37 50 89 79 13 16 3 0 0 6 3 0 7 9 .203 .267 .241 .508 19 0 0 3
24 Vic Wertz* 22 102 382 333 60 96 22 4 6 44 2 0 47 66 .288 .376 .432 .809 144 11 0 2
25 Hal White 28 35 21 18 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .167 .250 .278 .528 5 1 0 1
25 Players 29.6 158 6148 5276 714 1363 234 42 103 657 52 60 762 565 .258 .353 .377 .731 1990 130 13 97
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Al Benton 36 6 7 .462 4.40 36 14 12 4 0 7 133.0 147 77 65 11 61 33 1 0 2 590 1.564 9.9 0.7 4.1 2.2 0.54
2 Rufe Gentry 29 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 27.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
3 Johnny Gorsica 32 2 0 1.000 3.75 31 0 16 0 0 1 57.2 44 27 24 5 26 20 2 0 1 242 1.214 6.9 0.8 4.1 3.1 0.77
4 Art Houtteman 19 7 2 .778 3.42 23 9 9 7 2 0 110.2 106 51 42 6 36 58 1 0 0 469 1.283 8.6 0.5 2.9 4.7 1.61
5 Fred Hutchinson 27 18 10 .643 3.03 33 25 8 18 3 2 219.2 211 84 74 14 61 113 2 0 2 911 1.238 8.6 0.6 2.5 4.6 1.85
6 Hal Newhouser* 26 17 17 .500 2.87 40 36 4 24 3 2 285.0 268 105 91 9 110 176 2 0 11 1216 1.326 8.5 0.3 3.5 5.6 1.60
7 Stubby Overmire* 28 11 5 .688 3.77 28 17 8 7 3 0 140.2 142 62 59 9 44 33 1 0 0 600 1.322 9.1 0.6 2.8 2.1 0.75
8 Dizzy Trout 32 10 11 .476 3.48 32 26 6 9 2 2 186.1 186 85 72 6 65 74 3 1 2 795 1.347 9.0 0.3 3.1 3.6 1.14
9 Virgil Trucks 30 10 12 .455 4.53 36 26 5 8 2 2 180.2 186 105 91 14 79 108 2 0 5 800 1.467 9.3 0.7 3.9 5.4 1.37
10 Hal White 28 4 5 .444 3.61 35 5 13 0 0 2 84.2 91 43 34 5 47 33 2 0 4 380 1.630 9.7 0.5 5.0 3.5 0.70
10 Players 29.0 85 69 .552 3.57 158 158 81 77 15 18 1398.2 1382 642 555 79 531 648 16 1 27 6007 1.368 8.9 0.5 3.4 4.2 1.22

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Bob Swift 97 401 45 5 6 .989 4.60 5 18 22 55%
Hank Riebe 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 0 0 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Roy Cullenbine 138 1184 139 15 111 .989 9.59
John McHale 25 195 12 1 12 .995 8.28

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Eddie Mayo 142 326 365 12 80 .983 4.87
Skeeter Webb 30 52 74 1 9 .992 4.20

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
George Kell 152 167 333 20 25 .962 3.29
Jimmy Outlaw 9 11 7 1 0 .947 2.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Eddie Lake 158 268 441 43 94 .943 4.49
Skeeter Webb 6 0 4 1 1 .800 0.67

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dick Wakefield 101 0.00
Vic Wertz 38 0.00
Jimmy Outlaw 21 0.00
Ed Mierkowicz 10 0.00
Johnny Groth 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Hoot Evers 123 0.00
Doc Cramer 35 0.00
Jimmy Outlaw 3 0.00
Vic Wertz 2 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Pat Mullin 106 0.00
Vic Wertz 43 0.00
Jimmy Outlaw 13 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Hoot Evers 123 354 10 8 2 .978 2.96
Pat Mullin 106 229 10 3 2 .988 2.25
Dick Wakefield 101 197 10 11 2 .950 2.05
Vic Wertz 83 160 6 6 0 .965 2.00
Jimmy Outlaw 37 58 0 1 0 .983 1.57
Doc Cramer 35 79 3 3 0 .965 2.34
Ed Mierkowicz 10 18 0 1 0 .947 1.80
Johnny Groth 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Hal Newhouser 40 23 52 4 3 .949 1.88
Al Benton 36 6 24 4 1 .882 0.83
Virgil Trucks 36 13 22 2 0 .946 0.97
Hal White 35 4 22 3 0 .897 0.74
Fred Hutchinson 33 15 40 1 1 .982 1.67
Dizzy Trout 32 22 40 3 4 .954 1.94
Johnny Gorsica 31 9 12 0 1 1.000 0.68
Stubby Overmire 28 10 21 1 2 .969 1.11
Art Houtteman 23 4 17 2 2 .913 0.91
Rufe Gentry 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Al Benton 36 R R 6' 4.0" 215 Mar 18, 1911 Noble, OK, US
Doc Cramer 41 L R 6' 2.0" 185 Jul 22, 1905 Beach Haven, NJ, US
Roy Cullenbine 33 S R 6' 1.0" 190 Oct 18, 1913 Nashville, TN, US
Hoot Evers 26 R R 6' 2.0" 180 Feb 8, 1921 St. Louis, MO, US
Rufe Gentry 29 R R 6' 1.0" 180 May 18, 1918 Daisy Station, NC, US
Johnny Gorsica 32 R R 6' 2.0" 180 Mar 29, 1915 Bayonne, NJ, US
Johnny Groth 20 R R 6' 0.0" 182 Jul 23, 1926 Chicago, IL, US
Art Houtteman 19 R R 6' 2.0" 188 Aug 7, 1927 Detroit, MI, US
Fred Hutchinson 27 L R 6' 2.0" 190 Aug 12, 1919 Seattle, WA, US
George Kell 24 R R 5' 9.0" 175 Aug 23, 1922 Swifton, AR, US
Eddie Lake 31 R R 5' 7.0" 159 Mar 18, 1916 Antioch, CA, US
Eddie Mayo 37 L R 5' 11.0" 178 Apr 15, 1910 Holyoke, MA, US
John McHale 25 L R 6' 0.0" 200 Sep 21, 1921 Detroit, MI, US
Ed Mierkowicz 23 R R 6' 4.0" 205 Mar 6, 1924 Wyandotte, MI, US
Pat Mullin 29 L R 6' 2.0" 190 Nov 1, 1917 Trotter, PA, US
Hal Newhouser 26 L L 6' 2.0" 180 May 20, 1921 Detroit, MI, US
Jimmy Outlaw 34 R R 5' 8.0" 165 Jan 20, 1913 Orme, TN, US
Stubby Overmire 28 R L 5' 7.0" 170 May 16, 1919 Moline, MI, US
Hank Riebe 25 R R 5' 9.0" 175 Oct 10, 1921 Cleveland, OH, US
Ben Steiner 25 L R 5' 11.0" 165 Jul 28, 1921 Alexandria, VA, US
Bob Swift 32 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Mar 6, 1915 Salina, KS, US
Birdie Tebbetts 34 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Nov 10, 1912 Burlington, VT, US
Dizzy Trout 32 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Jun 29, 1915 Sandcut, IN, US
Virgil Trucks 30 R R 5' 11.0" 198 Apr 26, 1917 Birmingham, AL, US
Hal Wagner 31 L R 6' 0.0" 165 Jul 2, 1915 East Riverton, NJ, US
Dick Wakefield 26 L R 6' 4.0" 210 May 6, 1921 Chicago, IL, US
Skeeter Webb 37 R R 5' 9.0" 150 Nov 4, 1909 Meridian, MS, US
Vic Wertz 22 L R 6' 0.0" 186 Feb 9, 1925 York, PA, US
Hal White 28 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Mar 18, 1919 Utica, NY, US

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