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1943 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1942 / 1944)
78-76, Finished 5th in American League
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Scored 632 runs, Allowed 560 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-69
Manager: Steve O'Neill (78-76)
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 606,287 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 108, Pitching - 107;   one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104

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1942 / 1944 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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Rk Pos 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
1 C Paul Richards 34 100 355 313 32 69 7 1 5 33 1 0 38 35 .220 .307 .297 .604 71 93 7 1 3
2 1B Rudy York 29 155 661 571 90 155 22 11 34 118 5 5 84 88 .271 .366 .527 .893 152 301 22 1 5
3 2B Jimmy Bloodworth 25 129 519 474 41 114 23 4 6 52 4 7 29 59 .241 .289 .344 .632 79 163 29 3 13
4 SS Joe Hoover 28 144 640 575 78 140 15 8 4 38 6 5 36 101 .243 .289 .318 .607 72 183 10 1 28
5 3B Pinky Higgins 34 138 592 523 62 145 20 1 10 84 2 5 57 31 .277 .349 .377 .726 106 197 17 1 11
6 OF Doc Cramer* 37 140 651 606 79 182 18 4 1 43 4 3 31 13 .300 .335 .348 .684 94 211 8 1 13
7 OF Dick Wakefield* 22 155 697 633 91 200 38 8 7 79 4 5 62 60 .316 .377 .434 .811 129 275 23 0 2
8 OF Ned Harris* 26 114 411 354 43 90 14 3 6 32 6 8 47 29 .254 .343 .362 .705 100 128 6 1 9
Rk Pos 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
9 UT Don Ross 28 89 270 247 19 66 13 0 0 18 2 0 20 3 .267 .325 .320 .644 83 79 6 1 2
10 IF Joe Wood 23 60 174 164 22 53 4 4 1 17 2 2 6 13 .323 .347 .415 .762 115 68 7 0 4
11 OF Rip Radcliff* 37 70 133 115 3 30 4 0 0 10 1 1 13 3 .261 .341 .296 .637 81 34 3 1 4
12 C Al Unser 30 38 118 101 14 25 5 0 0 4 0 1 15 15 .248 .350 .297 .647 84 30 3 1 1
13 C Dixie Parsons 27 40 117 106 2 15 3 0 0 4 0 0 6 16 .142 .188 .170 .357 1 18 5 0 5
14 OF Jimmy Outlaw 30 20 76 67 8 18 1 0 1 6 0 0 8 4 .269 .347 .328 .675 92 22 1 0 1
15 OF Charlie Metro 24 44 44 40 12 8 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 6 .200 .256 .200 .456 30 8 1 0 1
16 John McHale* 21 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -27 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos 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
17 P Dizzy Trout 28 45 97 91 9 20 5 0 1 6 2 0 2 8 .220 .237 .308 .544 54 28 1 0 4
18 P Virgil Trucks 26 33 74 72 7 13 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 4 .181 .203 .194 .397 13 14 3 0 0
19 P Tommy Bridges 36 25 73 64 4 14 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 14 .219 .275 .266 .541 53 17 2 0 4
20 P Hal Newhouser* 22 37 72 65 4 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 8 .185 .221 .215 .436 24 14 0 0 4
21 P Hal White 24 32 67 57 4 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 18 .140 .246 .140 .387 11 8 0 1 2
22 P Stubby Overmire 24 29 52 42 1 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 7 .167 .255 .214 .470 34 9 1 0 5
23 P Prince Oana 35 20 27 26 5 10 2 1 1 7 0 0 1 2 .385 .407 .654 1.061 198 17 2 0 0
24 P Johnny Gorsica 28 36 26 23 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 .174 .208 .261 .469 32 6 0 0 2
25 P Roy Henshaw 31 26 18 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -37 2 2 0 0
26 P Rufe Gentry 25 4 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .091 .000 .091 -73 0 0 0 0
27 P Joe Orrell 26 10 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 42 1 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.0 155 5983 5364 632 1401 200 47 77 572 40 43 483 552 .261 .324 .359 .683 93 1926 159 13 123
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 3 1 6 3 3 7 6 7 6 1 4 2 2 2
Rk Pos 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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Dizzy Trout 28 20 12 .625 2.48 44 30 14 18 5 6 246.2 204 83 68 6 101 111 0 0 6 1019 142 1.236 7.4 0.2 3.7 4.1 1.10
2 SP Virgil Trucks 26 16 10 .615 2.84 33 25 6 10 2 2 202.2 170 72 64 11 52 118 1 1 1 817 124 1.095 7.5 0.5 2.3 5.2 2.27
3 SP Hal Newhouser* 22 8 17 .320 3.04 37 25 9 10 1 1 195.2 163 88 66 3 111 144 0 1 3 850 116 1.400 7.5 0.1 5.1 6.6 1.30
4 SP Tommy Bridges 36 12 7 .632 2.39 25 22 3 11 3 0 191.2 159 57 51 9 61 124 0 0 3 774 147 1.148 7.5 0.4 2.9 5.8 2.03
5 SP Hal White 24 7 12 .368 3.39 32 24 4 7 2 2 177.2 150 84 67 6 71 58 1 0 1 738 104 1.244 7.6 0.3 3.6 2.9 0.82
6 SP Stubby Overmire* 24 7 6 .538 3.18 29 18 7 8 3 1 147.0 135 56 52 5 38 48 1 0 3 604 111 1.177 8.3 0.3 2.3 2.9 1.26
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL Johnny Gorsica 28 4 5 .444 3.36 35 4 18 1 0 5 96.1 88 43 36 3 40 45 2 1 2 406 105 1.329 8.2 0.3 3.7 4.2 1.13
8 RP Roy Henshaw* 31 0 2 .000 3.79 26 3 12 0 0 2 71.1 75 35 30 2 33 33 3 0 0 319 93 1.514 9.5 0.3 4.2 4.2 1.00
9 RP Prince Oana 35 3 2 .600 4.50 10 0 7 0 0 0 34.0 34 21 17 4 19 15 2 0 0 155 78 1.559 9.0 1.1 5.0 4.0 0.79
10 RP Joe Orrell 26 0 0 3.72 10 0 8 0 0 1 19.1 18 9 8 0 11 2 2 0 1 84 95 1.500 8.4 0.0 5.1 0.9 0.18
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Rufe Gentry 25 1 3 .250 3.68 4 4 0 2 0 0 29.1 30 12 12 2 12 8 2 0 0 126 96 1.432 9.2 0.6 3.7 2.5 0.67
Team Totals 27.3 78 76 .506 3.00 155 155 88 67 16 20 1411.2 1226 560 471 51 549 706 14 3 20 5892 117 1.257 7.8 0.3 3.5 4.5 1.29
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 4 4 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 6 1
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Jimmy Bloodworth 25 129 763 349 393 21 74 .972 5.75 2B
Tommy Bridges 36 25 46 18 28 0 1 1.000 1.84 P
Doc Cramer 37 138 0 138 0 359 346 9 4 3 .989 2.57 OF
Rufe Gentry 25 4 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.75 P
Johnny Gorsica 28 35 40 10 30 0 3 1.000 1.14 P
Ned Harris 26 96 4 6 86 206 192 6 8 2 .961 2.06 OF
Roy Henshaw 31 26 23 9 13 1 0 .957 0.85 P
Pinky Higgins 34 138 435 156 253 26 22 .940 2.96 3B
Joe Hoover 28 144 735 301 393 41 84 .944 4.82 SS
Charlie Metro 24 14 1 11 2 29 28 0 1 0 .966 2.00 OF
Hal Newhouser 22 37 58 8 49 1 1 .983 1.54 P
Prince Oana 35 10 8 0 6 2 2 .750 0.60 P
Joe Orrell 26 10 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Jimmy Outlaw 30 16 4 3 9 34 32 2 0 0 1.000 2.13 OF
Stubby Overmire 24 29 33 10 23 0 2 1.000 1.14 P
Dixie Parsons 27 40 203 167 31 5 2 .975 4.95 5 C
Rip Radcliff 37 20 2 0 17 42 39 3 0 1 1.000 2.10 OF-1B
Paul Richards 34 100 632 537 86 9 12 .986 6.23 6 C
Don Ross 28 64 6 0 32 180 106 65 9 10 .950 2.67 OF-SS-2B-3B
Dizzy Trout 28 44 91 20 67 4 1 .956 1.98 P
Virgil Trucks 26 33 40 16 24 0 0 1.000 1.21 P
Al Unser 30 37 166 143 20 3 4 .982 4.41 1 C
Dick Wakefield 22 155 140 0 15 339 314 11 14 1 .959 2.10 OF
Hal White 24 32 51 12 38 1 2 .980 1.56 P
Joe Wood 23 40 146 70 64 12 6 .918 3.35 2B-3B
Rudy York 29 155 1513 1349 149 15 105 .990 9.66 1B
Team Totals 28.7 155 6184 4235 1772 177 338 .971 3.82 12
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 7 7
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1942 / 1944 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics