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1943 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1942/1944) 78-76, Finished 5th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 632 runs, Allowed 560 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-69 Managed by Steve O'Neill Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 606,287 (2nd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 108, Pitching - 107   (one-year): Batting - 105, Pitching - 104   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1943 Stats (1942/1944) / Schedule / Transactions

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Paul Richards       34  100  313   32   69   7  1   5   33  38   35  .220  .307  .297   1   0   7   1   3           71
1B  Rudy York           29  155  571   90  155  22 11  34  118  84   88  .271  .366  .527   5   5  22   1   5          152
2B  Jimmy Bloodworth    25  129  474   41  114  23  4   6   52  29   59  .241  .289  .344   4   7  29   3  13           79
3B  Pinky Higgins       34  138  523   62  145  20  1  10   84  57   31  .277  .349  .377   2   5  17   1  11          106
SS  Joe Hoover          28  144  575   78  140  15  8   4   38  36  101  .243  .289  .318   6   5  10   1  28           72
OF *Dick Wakefield      22  155  633   91  200  38  8   7   79  62   60  .316  .377  .434   4   5  23   0   2          129
OF *Doc Cramer          37  140  606   79  182  18  4   1   43  31   13  .300  .335  .348   4   3   8   1  13           94
OF *Ned Harris          26  114  354   43   90  14  3   6   32  47   29  .254  .343  .362   6   8   6   1   9          100
    Don Ross            28   89  247   19   66  13  0   0   18  20    3  .267  .325  .320   2   0   6   1   2           83
    Joe Wood            23   60  164   22   53   4  4   1   17   6   13  .323  .347  .415   2   2   7   0   4          115
   *Rip Radcliff        37   70  115    3   30   4  0   0   10  13    3  .261  .341  .296   1   1   3   1   4           81
    Dixie Parsons       27   40  106    2   15   3  0   0    4   6   16  .142  .188  .170   0   0   5   0   5            1
    Al Unser            30   38  101   14   25   5  0   0    4  15   15  .248  .350  .297   0   1   3   1   1           84
    Jimmy Outlaw        30   20   67    8   18   1  0   1    6   8    4  .269  .347  .328   0   0   1   0   1           92
    Charlie Metro       24   44   40   12    8   0  0   0    2   3    6  .200  .256  .200   1   1   1   0   1           30
   *John McHale         21    4    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .250  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -27

    Dizzy Trout         28   45   91    9   20   5  0   1    6   2    8  .220  .237  .308   2   0   1   0   4           54
    Virgil Trucks       26   33   72    7   13   1  0   0    7   2    4  .181  .203  .194   0   0   3   0   0           13
   *Hal Newhouser       22   37   65    4   12   2  0   0    5   3    8  .185  .221  .215   0   0   0   0   4           24
    Tommy Bridges       36   25   64    4   14   3  0   0    3   5   14  .219  .275  .266   0   0   2   0   4           53
    Hal White           24   32   57    4    8   0  0   0    2   7   18  .140  .246  .140   0   0   0   1   2           11
    Stubby Overmire     24   29   42    1    7   0  1   0    2   5    7  .167  .255  .214   0   0   1   0   5           34
    Prince Oana         35   20   26    5   10   2  1   1    7   1    2  .385  .407  .654   0   0   2   0   0          198
    Johnny Gorsica      28   36   23    2    4   0  1   0    0   1    6  .174  .208  .261   0   0   0   0   2           32
    Roy Henshaw         31   26   18    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    2  .111  .111  .111   0   0   2   0   0          -37
    Rufe Gentry         25    4   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    5  .000  .091  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -73
    Joe Orrell          26   10    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0           42
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.9  155 5364  632 1401 200 47  77  572 483  553  .261  .322  .359  40  43 159  13 123           99
    Rank among 8 AL teams          2    3    1   6  3   3        7    6     1     4     2   7   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Dizzy Trout         28  44   2.48  20  12  6  30  14  18   5  246.7  204   83   68   6  101  111 1019   6   0  0     142
SP *Hal Newhouser       22  37   3.04   8  17  1  25   9  10   1  195.7  163   88   66   3  111  144  850   3   0  1     116
SP  Virgil Trucks       26  33   2.84  16  10  2  25   6  10   2  202.7  170   72   64  11   52  118  817   1   1  1     124
SP  Hal White           24  32   3.39   7  12  2  24   4   7   2  177.7  150   84   67   6   71   58  738   1   1  0     104
SP  Tommy Bridges       36  25   2.39  12   7  0  22   3  11   3  191.7  159   57   51   9   61  124  774   3   0  0     147
SP *Stubby Overmire     24  29   3.18   7   6  1  18   7   8   3  147.0  135   56   52   5   38   48  604   3   1  0     111

CL  Johnny Gorsica      28  35   3.36   4   5  5   4  18   1   0   96.3   88   43   36   3   40   45  406   2   2  1     105
RP *Roy Henshaw         31  26   3.79   0   2  2   3  12   0   0   71.3   75   35   30   2   33   33  319   0   3  0      93
RP  Prince Oana         35  10   4.50   3   2  0   0   7   0   0   34.0   34   21   17   4   19   15  155   0   2  0      78
RP  Joe Orrell          26  10   3.72   0   0  1   0   8   0   0   19.3   18    9    8   0   11    2   84   1   2  0      95

    Rufe Gentry         25   4   3.68   1   3  0   4   0   2   0   29.3   30   12   12   2   12    8  126   0   2  0      96
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.9 155   3.00  78  76 20 155  88  67  18 1411.0 1226  560  470  51  549  706 5892  20  14  3     117
    Rank among 8 AL teams           2   5   4  2           4   1      3    1    2        2    6    1

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- PRichards 100 537 86 9 12 .986 6 DParsons 40 167 31 5 2 .975 5 AUnser 37 143 20 3 4 .982 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 847 137 17 18 .983 12 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RYork 155 1349 149 15 105 .990 9.66 RRadcliff 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1351 151 15 105 .990 9.58 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .969 5.44 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JBloodworth 129 349 393 21 74 .972 5.75 JWood 22 54 41 11 6 .896 4.32 DRoss 7 14 19 4 3 .892 4.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 417 453 36 83 .960 5.55 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .951 3.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PHiggins 138 156 253 26 22 .940 2.96 JWood 18 16 23 1 0 .975 2.17 DRoss 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 173 278 27 22 .944 2.88 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .953 4.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JHoover 144 301 393 41 84 .944 4.82 DRoss 18 29 41 4 7 .946 3.89 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 330 434 45 91 .944 4.87 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.39 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DWakefield 155 314 11 14 1 .959 2.10 140 0 15 DCramer 138 346 9 4 3 .989 2.57 0 138 0 NHarris 96 192 6 8 2 .961 2.06 4 6 86 DRoss 38 62 3 1 0 .985 1.71 6 0 32 RRadcliff 19 37 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 2 0 17 JOutlaw 16 32 2 0 0 1.000 2.12 4 3 9 CMetro 14 28 0 1 0 .966 2.00 1 11 2 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1011 32 28 7 .974 2.22 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .963 2.27 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DTrout 44 20 67 4 1 .956 3.17 VTrucks 33 16 24 0 0 1.000 1.78 HNewhouser 37 8 49 1 1 .983 2.62 TBridges 25 18 28 0 1 1.000 2.16 HWhite 32 12 38 1 2 .980 2.53 SOvermire 29 10 23 0 2 1.000 2.02 JGorsica 35 10 30 0 3 1.000 3.74 RHenshaw 26 9 13 1 0 .957 2.78 POana 10 0 6 2 2 .750 1.59 RGentry 4 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.15 JOrrell 10 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 106 287 9 12 .978 2.51 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Wakefield .316 On-base % Wakefield .377 Slugging % York .527 OPS York .893 Games Wakefield and York 155 At Bats Wakefield 633 Plate Appearances (approx.) Wakefield 697 Runs Wakefield 91 Hits Wakefield 200 Total Bases York 301 Doubles Wakefield 38 Triples York 11 Home Runs York 34 RBI York 118 Bases on Balls York 84 Strikeouts Hoover 101 Stolen Bases Harris and Hoover 6 Singles Cramer 159 Adjusted OPS+ York 152 Runs Created York 109 Adjusted Batting Runs York 36 Batting Wins York 3.9 Extra-Base Hits York 67 Times on Base Wakefield 262 Offensive Win% York .735 Hit By Pitch Bloodworth 3 Sac. Hits Hoover 28 Grounded into Double Plays Bloodworth 29 Caught Stealing Harris 8 Power/Speed Number York 8.7 At Bats per Strikeout Cramer 46.6 At Bats per Home Run York 16.8 Outs Hoover 478

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Bridges 2.39 Wins Trout 20 Won-Loss % Bridges .632 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Trucks 1.095 Hits Allowed/9IP Trout 7.44 Bases on Balls/9IP Trucks 2.31 Strikeouts/9IP Newhouser 6.62 Games Trout 44 Saves Trout 6 Innings Trout 246.7 Strikeouts Newhouser 144 Games Started Trout 30 Comp. Games Trout 18 Shutouts Trout 5 Home Runs Allow. Trucks 11 Bases On Balls Allow. Newhouser 111 Hits Allowed Trout 204 SO to Walk Trucks 2.27 Losses Newhouser 17 Earned Runs Allow. Trout 68 Wild Pitches Trout 6 Hit Batsmen Henshaw 3 Batters Faced Trout 1019 Games Finished Gorsica 18 Adjusted ERA+ Bridges 147

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Hal Newhouser
Dick Wakefield (Starting LF)
Rudy York

1942/1944

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