Art Houtteman
Arthur Joseph Houtteman
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 188 lb.

Born: August 7, 1927 in Detroit, MI
High School: Catholic Central (Detroit, MI)
Signed
by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1945
Final Game: September 22, 1957
Died: May 6, 2003 in Rochester Hills, MI
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1945 17 DET AL 13 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
1946 18 DET AL 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 173 1 0 0 1 /1
1947 19 DET AL 23 40 40 2 12 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 .300 .300 .350 .650 78 14 0 0 0 1
1948 20 DET AL 43 57 56 2 11 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 2 .196 .196 .196 .393 3 11 1 0 1 1
1949 21 DET AL 36 81 78 8 19 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 14 .244 .253 .269 .522 38 21 5 0 2 1 MVP-22
1950 22 DET AL 41 109 93 5 14 4 1 0 3 0 0 5 20 .151 .194 .215 .409 3 20 3 0 11 1 AS,MVP-24
1952 24 DET AL 36 77 69 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 .101 .127 .101 .228 -36 7 4 0 6 1
1953 25 TOT AL 39 58 53 7 8 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 7 .151 .167 .245 .412 11 13 1 0 4 1
1953 25 DET AL 16 21 19 4 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .158 .158 .368 .526 39 7 1 0 2 1
1953 25 CLE AL 23 37 34 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .147 .171 .176 .348 -5 6 0 0 2 1
1954 26 CLE AL 32 76 65 6 18 2 0 1 10 1 0 2 11 .277 .294 .354 .648 76 23 1 0 8 1 1
1955 27 CLE AL 35 45 38 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .158 .220 .158 .377 2 6 0 0 4 0 0 1
1956 28 CLE AL 23 13 12 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 -13 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1957 29 TOT AL 8 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 184 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1957 29 CLE AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1957 29 BAL AL 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 184 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
12 Seasons 330 566 513 37 99 12 1 2 37 2 1 14 77 .193 .214 .232 .446 19 119 15 0 38 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 278 252 18 49 6 0 1 18 1 0 7 38 .193 .214 .232 .446 19 58 7 0 19
DET (8 yrs) 209 393 362 23 67 9 1 1 25 0 1 8 53 .185 .203 .224 .426 13 81 14 0 23
CLE (5 yrs) 116 171 149 14 31 3 0 1 12 2 0 6 24 .208 .237 .248 .486 31 37 1 0 15 1 0
BAL (1 yr) 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 184 1 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1945 17 DET AL 5 5 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .268 .000 .342 .000 .365 .000 .706 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1946 18 DET AL 3 2 1 13.4 101 .500 .500 .270 .500 .346 .500 .389 1.000 .735 173 .894 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1947 19 DET AL 40 29 4 3.7 99 .324 .300 .266 .300 .346 .350 .382 .650 .729 78 .443 -1.4 -0.1 .448 .025 .050
1948 20 DET AL 57 47 2 1.1 108 .204 .196 .276 .196 .362 .196 .400 .393 .762 3 .071 -8.2 -0.8 .239 .000 .000
1949 21 DET AL 81 66 5 2.0 107 .297 .244 .271 .253 .363 .269 .393 .522 .756 38 .182 -7.4 -0.7 .344 .038 .026
1950 22 DET AL 109 93 4 1.1 116 .192 .151 .282 .194 .370 .215 .423 .409 .793 3 .064 -14.4 -1.4 .305 .118 .065
1952 24 DET AL 77 72 1 0.4 97 .119 .101 .261 .127 .341 .101 .381 .228 .723 -36 .012 -13.0 -1.4 .136 .029 .000
1953 25 TOT AL 58 50 2 1.1 101 .156 .151 .268 .167 .344 .245 .394 .412 .737 11 .068 -6.9 -0.7 .304 .113 .094 .0
1953 25 DET AL 21 19 1 1.4 102 .125 .158 .268 .158 .344 .368 .395 .526 .740 39 .108 -1.8 -0.2 .412 .211 .211 .0
1953 25 CLE AL 37 31 1 0.9 101 .172 .147 .267 .171 .343 .176 .393 .348 .736 -5 .048 -5.1 -0.5 .241 .059 .029
1954 26 CLE AL 76 57 7 3.3 100 .315 .277 .268 .294 .344 .354 .391 .648 .735 76 .384 -2.4 -0.2 .542 .123 .077 1.0
1955 27 CLE AL 45 36 2 1.5 106 .176 .158 .271 .220 .351 .158 .404 .377 .755 2 .114 -5.5 -0.6 .281 .079 .000
1956 28 CLE AL 13 11 0 0.0 109 .250 .167 .271 .167 .353 .167 .413 .333 .767 -13 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .300 .083 .000 .0
1957 29 TOT AL 2 1 1 27.1 93 .500 .500 .254 .500 .326 .500 .384 1.000 .710 184 .965 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1957 29 BAL AL 2 1 1 27.1 93 .500 .500 .254 .500 .326 .500 .384 1.000 .710 184 .965 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
12 Seasons 566 469 29 1.6 105 .223 .193 .271 .214 .354 .232 .398 .446 .752 19 .137 -62.1 -6.2 .312 .068 .039 2.0
162 Game Avg. 278 230 14 1.6 105 .223 .193 .271 .214 .354 .232 .398 .446 .752 19 .137 -62.1 -6.2 .312 .068 .039 1
DET (8 yrs) 393 333 18 1.4 106 .214 .185 .272 .203 .357 .224 .398 .426 .755 13 .109 -47.3 -4.8 .284 .058 .039 .0
CLE (5 yrs) 171 135 10 2.0 103 .240 .208 .269 .237 .346 .248 .397 .486 .743 31 .187 -15.1 -1.5 .378 .094 .040 1.3
BAL (1 yr) 2 1 1 27.1 93 .500 .500 .254 .500 .326 .500 .384 1.000 .710 184 .965 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 26 CLE AL WS NYG L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1950 DET AL 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1945 17 DET AL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.5 60%
1946 18 DET AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 67%
1947 19 DET AL 40 0.0% 7.5% 0.0% 5.0% 17% 13.3 13.3 93%
1948 20 DET AL 57 0.0% 3.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 28.0 8.0 95%
1949 21 DET AL 81 0.0% 17.3% 1.2% 2.5% 11% 14.00 5.6 11.1 79%
1950 22 DET AL 109 0.0% 18.4% 4.6% 4.6% 36% 4.00 4.7 31.0 67%
1952 24 DET AL 77 0.0% 13.0% 2.6% 0.0% 0% 5.00 6.9 34.5 77%
1953 25 TOT AL 58 1.7% 12.1% 1.7% 5.2% 38% 7.00 7.6 53.0 26.5 78%
1953 25 DET AL 21 4.8% 9.5% 0.0% 9.5% 67% 9.5 19.0 9.5 76%
1953 25 CLE AL 37 0.0% 13.5% 2.7% 2.7% 20% 5.00 6.8 78%
1954 26 CLE AL 76 1.3% 14.5% 2.6% 4.0% 17% 5.50 5.9 65.0 6.5 1.75 71%
1955 27 CLE AL 45 0.0% 8.9% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 1.33 9.5 1.20 76%
1956 28 CLE AL 13 0.0% 30.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 6.0 1.33 62%
1957 29 TOT AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 100%
1957 29 BAL AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 100%
12 Seasons 566 0.4% 13.6% 2.5% 2.7% 15% 5.50 6.7 256.5 13.9 1.43 77%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 26 CLE AL 2 0 26% 27 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40% 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1955 27 CLE AL 0 0 56% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1956 28 CLE AL 0 0 0% 2 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 29 TOT AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 29 BAL AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 2 0 32% 47 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 5 4 1 0 0 0 5 1 4
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 26 CLE AL 76 29% 18 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 8 8 100% 19 1 5% 20 8 40% 59 9 15% 4 2 50% 7 2 29% 0
1955 27 CLE AL 45 42% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 8 0 0% 10 5 50% 23 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1956 28 CLE AL 13 15% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 7 2 29% 0 0 0 0 0
1957 29 TOT AL 2 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 29 BAL AL 2 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 136 32% 99 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 13 38 292% 28 15 54% 31 14 45% 89 11 12% 5 2 40% 10 3 30% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1945 17 13 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1946 18 14 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 1 0 0 1
1947 19 37 48 47 2 13 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 5 .277 .277 .319 .596 64 15 0 0 1
1948 20 80 105 103 4 24 2 0 0 11 0 1 0 7 .233 .233 .252 .485 30 26 1 0 2
1949 21 116 186 181 12 43 4 0 0 18 0 1 1 21 .238 .242 .260 .501 34 47 6 0 4
1950 22 157 295 274 17 57 8 1 0 21 0 1 6 41 .208 .225 .245 .470 23 67 9 0 15
1951 23 157 295 274 17 57 8 1 0 21 0 1 6 41 .208 .225 .245 .470 23 67 9 0 15
1952 24 193 372 343 19 64 8 1 0 23 0 1 8 51 .187 .205 .216 .421 11 74 13 0 21
1953 25 232 430 396 26 72 10 1 1 25 0 1 9 58 .182 .200 .220 .420 11 87 14 0 25
1954 26 264 506 461 32 90 12 1 2 35 1 1 11 69 .195 .214 .239 .452 20 110 15 0 33 1
1955 27 299 551 499 37 96 12 1 2 35 1 1 14 73 .192 .214 .232 .446 19 116 15 0 37 1 0
1956 28 322 564 511 37 98 12 1 2 37 2 1 14 77 .192 .213 .231 .444 18 118 15 0 38 1 0
1957 29 330 566 513 37 99 12 1 2 37 2 1 14 77 .193 .214 .232 .446 19 119 15 0 38 1 0

Neutralized Batting

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How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1945 17 14 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 13
1946 18 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 1
1947 19 24 42 42 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 4 23
1948 20 45 59 59 2 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 43
1949 21 38 82 81 8 19 2 0 0 7 0 1 15 .235 .244 .259 .503 5 36
1950 22 43 101 96 4 13 4 1 0 2 0 5 21 .135 .178 .198 .376 3 41
1952 24 38 75 73 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 2 10 .110 .133 .110 .243 1 36
1953 25 41 56 55 7 8 2 0 1 2 0 1 7 .145 .161 .236 .397 2 39
1954 26 33 71 68 6 19 2 0 1 10 1 2 11 .279 .296 .353 .649 7 32
1955 27 37 45 41 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .195 .267 .195 .462 2 35
1956 28 24 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 23
1957 29 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 8
12 Seasons 346 553 537 37 75 10 1 2 35 2 15 79 .140 .163 .173 .336 28 330
162 Game Avg. 162 259 251 17 35 5 0 1 16 1 7 37 .140 .163 .173 .336 13 330

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1964 BBWAA ( 0.9%)

All-Star Games
1950 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 AL (22, 1%)
1950 AL (24, 2%)
0.03 Career Shares (1233rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1950 AL  11 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1945 AL  born 1927-08-07 (1st)
1946 AL  born 1927-08-07 (1st)
1947 AL  born 1927-08-07 (7th)
1948 AL  born 1927-08-07 (9th)

                                         
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