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1944 Detroit Tigers Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1943 / 1945)
88-66, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 658 runs, Allowed 581 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-68
Manager: Steve O'Neill (88-66)
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 923,176 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 104;   one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104

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1943 / 1945 Batting Statistics

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 35 95 343 300 24 71 13 0 3 37 8 3 35 30 .237 .318 .310 .628 76 93 13 1 7
2 1B Rudy York 30 151 652 583 77 161 27 7 18 98 5 3 68 73 .276 .353 .439 .792 120 256 18 1 0
3 2B Eddie Mayo* 34 154 696 607 76 151 18 3 5 63 9 13 57 23 .249 .317 .313 .630 76 190 12 4 28
4 SS Joe Hoover 29 120 494 441 67 104 20 2 0 29 7 10 35 66 .236 .301 .290 .591 65 128 4 6 12
5 3B Pinky Higgins 35 148 640 543 79 161 32 4 7 76 4 4 81 34 .297 .392 .409 .801 123 222 17 4 12
6 OF Doc Cramer* 38 143 626 578 69 169 20 9 2 42 6 5 37 21 .292 .337 .369 .706 97 213 7 2 9
7 OF Jimmy Outlaw 31 139 584 535 69 146 20 6 3 57 7 8 41 40 .273 .327 .350 .677 89 187 13 2 6
8 OF Dick Wakefield* 23 78 332 276 53 98 15 5 12 53 2 2 55 29 .355 .464 .576 1.040 189 159 3 1 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
9 OF Chuck Hostetler* 40 90 292 265 42 79 9 2 0 20 4 4 21 31 .298 .350 .347 .697 95 92 4 0 6
10 C Bob Swift 29 80 283 247 15 63 11 1 1 19 2 0 27 27 .255 .331 .320 .651 82 79 9 1 8
11 OF Don Ross 29 66 185 167 14 35 5 0 2 15 2 1 14 9 .210 .275 .275 .550 54 46 5 1 3
12 SS Joe Orengo 29 46 177 154 14 31 10 0 0 10 1 1 20 29 .201 .297 .266 .563 58 41 4 1 2
13 OF Charlie Metro 25 38 82 78 8 15 0 1 0 5 1 0 3 10 .192 .222 .218 .440 23 17 2 0 1
14 UT Al Unser 31 11 28 25 2 3 0 1 1 5 0 0 3 2 .120 .214 .320 .534 48 8 0 0 0
15 2B Don Heffner 33 6 24 19 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 .211 .375 .263 .638 80 5 0 0 0
16 MI Red Borom* 27 7 17 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .071 .188 .071 .259 -26 1 1 0 1
17 SS Bubba Floyd 27 3 10 9 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .444 .500 .556 1.056 194 5 0 0 0
18 C Hack Miller 31 5 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .800 1.133 210 4 0 0 0
19 John McHale* 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
20 2B Jackie Sullivan 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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
21 P Dizzy Trout 29 51 144 133 18 36 4 1 5 24 2 0 9 28 .271 .317 .429 .745 107 57 2 0 2
22 P Hal Newhouser* 23 47 132 120 10 29 4 0 0 5 1 0 6 12 .242 .278 .275 .553 54 33 5 0 6
23 P Rufe Gentry 26 37 79 76 1 15 2 0 0 10 0 0 1 11 .197 .208 .224 .431 20 17 6 0 2
24 P Stubby Overmire 25 32 74 63 4 11 3 1 0 8 0 1 6 8 .175 .246 .254 .500 40 16 2 0 5
25 P Johnny Gorsica 29 40 54 52 7 7 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 6 .135 .167 .212 .378 5 11 3 0 0
26 P Boom-Boom Beck 39 28 23 22 3 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .318 .318 .455 .773 114 10 1 0 1
27 P Zeb Eaton 24 9 11 10 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .100 .182 .100 .282 -20 1 0 0 0
28 P Jake Mooty 31 15 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 1 1 0 0
29 P Joe Orrell 27 10 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 83 1 0 0 0
30 P Roy Henshaw 32 7 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
31 P Bob Gillespie 24 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
32 P Chief Hogsett* 40 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 31.8 156 6011 5344 658 1405 220 44 60 591 61 55 532 500 .263 .332 .354 .687 91 1893 132 24 111
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 4 4 4 7 5 4 2 1 5 4 2 4 4 4
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 Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Boom-Boom Beck 39 23 17 3 4.8 96 .350 .318 .275 .318 .343 .455 .375 .773 .718 114 .576 0.4 0.0 .625 .136 .136 1
*Red Borom 27 17 15 0 0.0 96 .083 .071 .275 .188 .343 .071 .375 .259 .718 -26 .000 -2.4 -0.3 .214 .143 .000 /46
*Doc Cramer 38 626 430 71 4.5 96 .301 .292 .275 .337 .343 .369 .375 .706 .718 97 .546 -4.2 -0.4 .601 .142 .076 3.0 *O
Zeb Eaton 24 11 9 0 0.0 96 .111 .100 .275 .182 .343 .100 .375 .282 .718 -20 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .222 .100 .000 /1
Bubba Floyd 27 10 5 3 16.2 96 .444 .444 .275 .500 .343 .556 .375 1.056 .718 194 .927 1.2 0.1 1.200 .222 .111 /6
Rufe Gentry 26 79 69 4 1.6 96 .231 .197 .275 .208 .343 .224 .375 .431 .718 20 .151 -8.3 -0.9 .269 .039 .026 1
Bob Gillespie 24 2 2 0 0.0 96 .000 .275 .000 .342 .000 .376 .000 .718 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Johnny Gorsica 29 54 48 2 1.1 96 .152 .135 .275 .167 .343 .212 .375 .378 .718 5 .089 -6.9 -0.7 .271 .115 .077 1
Don Heffner 33 24 15 2 3.6 96 .222 .211 .275 .375 .343 .263 .375 .638 .718 80 .449 -0.2 0.0 .667 .316 .053 /4
Roy Henshaw 32 5 5 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .275 .000 .343 .000 .375 .000 .718 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Pinky Higgins 35 640 415 86 5.6 96 .307 .297 .275 .392 .343 .409 .375 .801 .718 123 .646 20.6 2.2 .762 .262 .112 5.1 *5
*Chief Hogsett 40 2 2 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .275 .000 .342 .000 .376 .000 .718 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Joe Hoover 29 494 363 36 2.7 96 .277 .236 .275 .301 .343 .290 .375 .591 .718 65 .321 -20.2 -2.2 .473 .127 .054 .0 *6/4
*Chuck Hostetler 40 292 200 32 4.3 96 .338 .298 .275 .350 .343 .347 .375 .697 .718 95 .532 -1.9 -0.2 .582 .128 .049 .0 O
*Eddie Mayo 34 696 509 57 3.0 96 .252 .249 .275 .317 .343 .313 .375 .630 .718 76 .371 -19.4 -2.1 .514 .152 .064 6.4 *46
*John McHale 22 1 1 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .275 .000 .343 .000 .375 .000 .718 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000
Charlie Metro 25 82 66 4 1.6 96 .221 .192 .275 .222 .343 .218 .375 .440 .718 23 .161 -8.4 -0.9 .323 .077 .026 .0 O
Hack Miller 31 6 4 1 6.8 96 .000 .200 .275 .333 .343 .800 .375 1.133 .718 210 .720 0.6 0.1 1.250 .800 .600 .0 /2
Jake Mooty 31 7 7 0 0.0 96 .143 .143 .275 .143 .343 .143 .375 .286 .718 -20 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .143 .000 .000 1
*Hal Newhouser 23 132 102 9 2.4 96 .269 .242 .275 .278 .343 .275 .375 .553 .718 54 .277 -7.5 -0.8 .417 .092 .033 .0 1
Joe Orengo 29 177 130 12 2.5 96 .248 .201 .275 .297 .343 .266 .375 .563 .718 58 .294 -8.0 -0.9 .484 .195 .065 .0 65/34
Joe Orrell 27 5 3 0 0.0 96 .333 .250 .275 .400 .343 .250 .376 .650 .718 83 .000 -0.0 0.0 .667 .250 .000 1
Jimmy Outlaw 31 584 416 59 3.8 96 .291 .273 .275 .327 .343 .350 .375 .677 .718 89 .477 -9.0 -1.0 .559 .151 .077 4.2 *O
Stubby Overmire 25 74 60 4 1.8 96 .200 .175 .275 .246 .343 .254 .375 .500 .718 40 .186 -5.2 -0.6 .382 .159 .079 1
Paul Richards 35 343 252 30 3.2 96 .255 .237 .275 .318 .343 .310 .375 .628 .718 76 .398 -9.1 -1.0 .547 .207 .073 4.4 2
Don Ross 29 185 141 12 2.3 96 .212 .210 .275 .275 .343 .275 .375 .550 .718 54 .263 -10.5 -1.1 .449 .156 .066 2.0 O/63
Jackie Sullivan 26 1 1 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .275 .000 .343 .000 .375 .000 .718 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000 /4
Bob Swift 29 283 201 26 3.5 96 .283 .255 .275 .331 .343 .320 .375 .651 .718 82 .435 -5.4 -0.6 .565 .182 .065 1.3 2
Dizzy Trout 29 144 101 18 4.8 96 .310 .271 .275 .317 .343 .429 .375 .745 .718 107 .580 0.3 0.0 .687 .241 .158 2.9 1
Al Unser 31 28 22 2 2.5 96 .091 .120 .275 .214 .343 .320 .375 .534 .718 48 .287 -2.0 -0.2 .500 .320 .200 .0 /42
*Dick Wakefield 23 332 183 73 10.8 96 .366 .355 .275 .464 .343 .576 .375 1.040 .718 189 .858 35.5 3.6 1.175 .420 .221 3.4 O
Rudy York 30 652 443 90 5.5 96 .291 .276 .275 .353 .343 .439 .375 .792 .718 120 .638 14.8 1.6 .738 .283 .163 7.8 *3
League Average 4.0 92 .280 .260 .268 .325 .335 .352 .367 .677 .702 93 .495 .588 .189 .092
Team Total 6011 4237 636 4.1 96 .281 .263 .275 .332 .343 .354 .375 .687 .718 91 .502 -61.0 -6.9 .595 .192 .091 60.5
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Boom-Boom Beck 39 29 23 23 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 28 28
*Red Borom 27 7 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .118 .000 .118 0 7 7
*Doc Cramer 38 149 646 605 73 178 21 9 2 45 6 39 22 .294 .339 .369 .708 75 143 143
Zeb Eaton 24 9 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 9 9
Bubba Floyd 27 3 11 10 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .545 .600 1.145 3 3 3
Rufe Gentry 26 39 82 81 1 17 2 0 0 12 0 1 11 .210 .220 .235 .454 4 37 37
Bob Gillespie 24 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7 7
Johnny Gorsica 29 42 57 55 8 8 2 1 0 5 0 2 6 .145 .175 .218 .394 2 40 40
Don Heffner 33 6 25 20 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 .200 .360 .250 .610 2 6 6
Roy Henshaw 32 7 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7 7
Pinky Higgins 35 155 657 568 84 169 34 4 7 81 4 85 36 .298 .393 .408 .801 91 148 148
*Chief Hogsett 40 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Joe Hoover 29 125 500 458 71 106 20 2 0 31 7 36 69 .231 .296 .284 .580 38 120 120
*Chuck Hostetler 40 94 298 276 44 82 9 2 0 21 4 22 32 .297 .349 .344 .693 33 90 90
*Eddie Mayo 34 161 695 632 80 155 18 3 5 67 9 59 24 .245 .314 .307 .621 61 154 154
*John McHale 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Charlie Metro 25 65 134 123 13 20 0 1 0 6 1 11 17 .163 .231 .179 .410 5 62 62
Hack Miller 31 5 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 .200 .333 .800 1.133 1 5 5
Jake Mooty 31 16 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15 15
*Hal Newhouser 23 49 134 127 11 32 4 0 0 6 1 7 13 .252 .291 .283 .575 10 47 47
Joe Orengo 29 48 183 161 15 32 10 0 0 11 1 21 30 .199 .295 .261 .556 13 46 46
Joe Orrell 27 10 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 10 10
Jimmy Outlaw 31 145 605 560 74 153 21 6 3 61 7 43 42 .273 .327 .348 .675 64 139 139
Stubby Overmire 25 33 73 66 5 12 3 1 0 9 0 7 8 .182 .260 .258 .518 4 32 32
Paul Richards 35 99 355 316 26 77 14 0 3 40 9 38 31 .244 .327 .316 .643 32 95 95
Don Ross 29 69 192 176 15 38 5 0 2 16 2 15 9 .216 .281 .278 .560 14 66 66
Jackie Sullivan 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Bob Swift 29 84 289 259 16 67 12 1 1 20 2 29 28 .259 .336 .324 .660 28 80 80
Dizzy Trout 29 53 150 140 19 39 4 1 5 26 2 10 29 .279 .327 .429 .755 20 51 51
Al Unser 31 11 29 26 2 3 0 1 1 6 0 3 2 .115 .207 .308 .515 2 11 11
*Dick Wakefield 23 82 349 290 57 104 16 5 13 57 2 58 30 .359 .467 .583 1.050 78 78 78
Rudy York 30 158 684 611 82 170 29 7 19 105 5 72 76 .278 .355 .442 .797 96 151 151
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Boom-Boom Beck 39 11 312 241 312 297 16 56 14 0 0 19 0 0 3 43 .189 .197 .236 .432 21 70 13 0 12 0 0
*Red Borom 27 1 17 7 17 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .071 .188 .071 .259 -26 1 1 0 1
*Doc Cramer 38 16 8928 1953 8928 8234 1247 2454 364 97 28 727 57 60 498 311 .298 .341 .376 .717 86 3096 75 38 158
Zeb Eaton 24 1 11 9 11 10 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .100 .182 .100 .282 -20 1 0 0 0
Bubba Floyd 27 1 10 3 10 9 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .444 .500 .556 1.056 194 5 0 0 0
Rufe Gentry 26 2 90 41 90 86 1 15 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 16 .174 .193 .198 .391 9 17 6 0 2
Bob Gillespie 24 1 2 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Johnny Gorsica 29 5 223 169 223 204 22 41 3 5 1 14 0 0 12 35 .201 .245 .279 .525 37 57 7 0 7
Don Heffner 33 11 2846 743 2846 2526 275 610 99 19 6 248 18 26 270 218 .241 .317 .303 .620 61 765 30 9 41
Roy Henshaw 32 8 245 217 245 229 13 41 3 0 0 7 0 0 4 41 .179 .193 .192 .385 4 44 6 0 12
Pinky Higgins 35 13 7261 1720 7261 6376 910 1873 360 49 138 1039 61 56 771 560 .294 .372 .431 .802 107 2745 103 21 93
*Chief Hogsett 40 11 429 339 429 403 46 91 11 2 6 27 0 0 18 99 .226 .262 .308 .570 44 124 0 2 6
Joe Hoover 29 2 1134 264 1134 1016 145 244 35 10 4 67 13 15 71 167 .240 .294 .306 .600 69 311 14 7 40
*Chuck Hostetler 40 1 292 90 292 265 42 79 9 2 0 20 4 4 21 31 .298 .350 .347 .697 95 92 4 0 6
*Eddie Mayo 34 5 1595 401 1595 1405 157 324 38 6 8 121 12 13 118 87 .231 .295 .283 .578 64 398 30 10 62
*John McHale 22 2 5 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -41 0 0 0 0
Charlie Metro 25 2 173 106 173 158 24 27 0 1 0 8 2 1 13 22 .171 .234 .184 .417 18 29 5 0 2
Hack Miller 31 1 6 5 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .800 1.133 210 4 0 0 0
Jake Mooty 31 7 143 116 143 132 11 27 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 14 .205 .222 .212 .434 24 28 6 0 8 0 0
*Hal Newhouser 23 6 378 185 378 338 21 66 8 0 0 15 2 0 18 40 .195 .236 .219 .455 23 74 9 0 22
Joe Orengo 29 5 1287 349 1287 1105 124 265 54 8 17 121 12 1 153 217 .240 .334 .349 .683 90 386 23 3 26
Joe Orrell 27 2 9 20 9 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .333 .250 .583 65 2 0 0 0
Jimmy Outlaw 31 5 974 277 974 900 111 244 30 9 4 79 10 8 62 89 .271 .320 .338 .658 83 304 15 3 9
Stubby Overmire 25 2 126 61 126 105 5 18 3 2 0 10 0 1 11 15 .171 .250 .238 .488 37 25 3 0 10
Paul Richards 35 6 1179 383 1179 1044 101 233 34 2 12 112 9 3 115 100 .223 .301 .294 .596 64 307 27 2 18
Don Ross 29 5 1058 329 1058 943 88 243 37 3 7 101 8 2 102 42 .258 .333 .326 .658 76 307 18 4 9
Jackie Sullivan 26 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Bob Swift 29 5 1460 439 1460 1307 93 306 50 3 3 113 6 4 128 115 .234 .303 .284 .587 61 371 37 2 23
Dizzy Trout 29 6 471 240 471 437 52 97 15 3 7 48 5 0 22 80 .222 .259 .318 .577 55 139 7 0 12
Al Unser 31 3 155 53 155 134 18 31 5 1 1 9 0 1 18 19 .231 .327 .306 .633 79 41 4 1 2
*Dick Wakefield 23 3 1036 240 1036 916 144 299 53 13 19 132 6 7 117 90 .326 .403 .475 .878 147 435 26 1 2
Rudy York 30 9 4695 1113 4695 4082 667 1160 211 37 221 849 28 18 581 587 .284 .375 .516 .891 130 2108 92 11 21
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1943 / 1945 Batting Statistics