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1944 Detroit Tigers Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(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 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 88-66, Final Rank:2, GB: 1.0
Days in First12last on Saturday, Sep 30, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 14last on Sep 30, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead1.5last on Wednesday, Sep 20, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind9last on Thursday, Aug 10, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50023last on Saturday, Sep 30
Most Games under .5007last on Tuesday, May 16
Longest Winning Streak9Sunday, Jul 30 to Saturday, Aug 12
Longest Losing Streak5Wednesday, May 3 to Sunday, May 7 and Friday, Jun 23 to Wednesday, Jun 28
Most Runs Allowed17Sunday, Aug 27
Most Runs Scored15Sunday, May 28 and Saturday, Sep 9
Times Shutout by Opponent5 
Times Opponent Shutout20 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 88 66 658 581 .571
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 43 34 325 318 .558
Road 45 32 333 263 .584
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 4 7 35 38 .364
May 17 13 112 81 .567
June 10 16 78 112 .385
July 17 14 139 149 .548
August 19 8 134 116 .704
September 21 7 159 81 .750
October 0 1 1 4 .000
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 36 42 273 278 .462
Second Half 52 24 385 303 .684
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 27 15 132 120 .643
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 27 17 270 216 .614
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BOS 12 10 101 114 .545
CHW 13 9 95 62 .591
CLE 12 10 108 72 .545
NYY 14 8 107 91 .636
PHA 11 11 69 67 .500
SLB 9 13 67 107 .409
WSH 17 5 111 68 .773

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 18 DET SLB L 1 2 0-1 6 1.0 Kramer 2:04 28,034 -
2 2 Wednesday, Apr 19 DET SLB L 1 3 0-2 8 2.0 Sundra 1:44 3,606 --
3 3 Thursday, Apr 20 DET SLB L 5 8 0-3 8 3.0 Jakucki 2:04 2,304 ---
4 4 Friday, Apr 21 DET @ CLE L 4 7 0-4 8 4.0 Reynolds 2:08 13,643 ----
5 5 Sunday, Apr 23 DET @ CLE W 6 2 1-4 6 4.0 Trout 1:52 +
6 6 Sunday, Apr 23 DET @ CLE W 4 3 2-4 6 4.0 Newhouser 6,078 ++
7 7 Thursday, Apr 27 DET @ CHW W 2 0 3-4 5 4.5 Newhouser 2:13 2,189 +++
8 8 Friday, Apr 28 DET CLE L 1 2 3-5 6 5.5 Harder 1:59 2,573 -
9 9 Saturday, Apr 29 DET CLE L 6 7 3-6 7 5.5 Heving 3:13 4,771 --
10 10 Sunday, Apr 30 DET CLE L 1 2 3-7 7 5.5 Kennedy 1:54 ---
11 11 Sunday, Apr 30 DET CLE W 4 2 4-7 7 5.5 Gorsica 1:56 38,940 +
12 12 Tuesday, May 2 DET @ SLB W 4 3 5-7 5 4.5 Newhouser 1:56 1,232 ++
13 13 Wednesday, May 3 DET @ SLB L 4 7 5-8 7 5.5 Kramer 1:58 758 -
14 14 Thursday, May 4 DET @ SLB L 0 2 5-9 8 6.5 Potter 1:45 1,072 --
15 15 Saturday, May 6 DET CHW L 2 4 5-10 8 6.5 Grove 1:50 3,723 ---
16 16 Sunday, May 7 DET CHW L 1 4 5-11 8 7.5 Dietrich 1:40 ----
17 17 Sunday, May 7 DET CHW L 2 4 5-12 8 7.5 Maltzberger 2:00 25,151 -----
18 18 Wednesday, May 10 DET @ NYY W 4 2 6-12 8 6.5 Trout 1:43 6,762 +
19 19 Thursday, May 11 DET @ NYY L 2 5 6-13 8 6.5 Borowy 1:48 7,312 -
20 20 Friday, May 12 DET @ NYY W 10 4 7-13 8 6.5 Newhouser 1:47 7,192 +
21 21 Saturday, May 13 DET @ BOS L 2 4 7-14 8 6.5 O'Neill 1:58 4,786 -
22 22 Sunday, May 14 DET @ BOS W 6 1 8-14 7 6.0 Trout 1:45 +
23 23 Sunday, May 14 DET @ BOS W 9 0 9-14 7 6.0 Gorsica 1:58 20,317 ++
24 24 Monday, May 15 DET @ PHA L 2 6 9-15 8 7.0 Christopher 1:59 5,921 -
25 25 Tuesday, May 16 DET @ PHA L 3 4 9-16 8 7.0 Berry 2:05 6,000 --
26 26 Wednesday, May 17 DET @ PHA W 2 1 10-16 7 6.0 Trout 2:07 28,535 +
27 27 Thursday, May 18 DET @ PHA W 1 0 11-16 6 5.0 Gentry 1:51 10,621 ++
28 28 Friday, May 19 DET @ WSH W 4 1 12-16 6 4.5 Gorsica 2:01 7,100 +++
29 29 Saturday, May 20 DET @ WSH W 6 2 13-16 6 4.0 Overmire 1:46 15,953 ++++
30 30 Sunday, May 21 DET @ WSH W 2 1 14-16 4 4.0 Trout 1:55 +++++
31 31 Sunday, May 21 DET @ WSH W 7 1 15-16 4 4.0 Newhouser 1:57 19,165 ++++++
32 32 Wednesday, May 24 DET PHA L 4 8 15-17 5 4.5 Black 2:14 3,817 -
33 33 Thursday, May 25 DET PHA L 0 2 15-18 5 5.0 Harris 1:53 2,563 --
34 34 Friday, May 26 DET PHA L 2 3 15-19 6 6.0 Newsom 1:55 3,731 ---
35 35 Saturday, May 27 DET PHA W 2 1 16-19 5 5.0 Newhouser 3,269 +
36 36 Sunday, May 28 DET WSH L 2 4 16-20 6 6.0 Niggeling 1:57 -
37 37 Sunday, May 28 DET WSH W 15 2 17-20 6 6.0 Gentry 1:55 27,074 +
38 38 Monday, May 29 DET WSH W 2 1 18-20 6 5.0 Gorsica 1:45 2,073 ++
39 39 Tuesday, May 30 DET NYY W 2 1 19-20 3 3.0 Trout 1:47 +++
40 40 Tuesday, May 30 DET NYY W 4 1 20-20 3 3.0 Newhouser 1:43 37,685 ++++
41 41 Wednesday, May 31 DET NYY W 6 2 21-20 3 2.5 Orrell 1:45 2,941 +++++
42 42 Thursday, Jun 1 DET NYY W 4 3 22-20 3 1.5 Newhouser 3:28 3,424 ++++++
43 43 Friday, Jun 2 DET BOS W 4 1 23-20 3 1.5 Gorsica 1:41 1,797 +++++++
44 44 Saturday, Jun 3 DET BOS L 1 11 23-21 3 2.5 Hughson 2:17 3,695 -
45 45 Sunday, Jun 4 DET BOS W 2 1 24-21 3 2.5 Trout 1:42 +
46 46 Sunday, Jun 4 DET BOS L 1 5 24-22 3 2.5 Hausmann 1:59 30,000 -
47 47 Wednesday, Jun 7 DET @ CHW L 1 3 24-23 3 3.0 Grove 1:59 17,180 --
48 48 Sunday, Jun 11 DET @ CHW L 2 4 24-24 3 2.0 Dietrich 1:53 ---
49 49 Sunday, Jun 11 DET @ CHW W 1 0 25-24 3 2.0 Overmire 1:37 23,461 +
50 50 Monday, Jun 12 DET @ CLE L 5 6 25-25 3 2.5 Klieman 2:25 16,901 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Wednesday, Jun 14 DET @ CLE W 3 0 26-25 3 2.5 Gentry 1:43 +
52 52 Wednesday, Jun 14 DET @ CLE W 11 3 27-25 3 2.5 Newhouser 2:43 7,560 ++
53 53 Thursday, Jun 15 DET @ CLE L 2 3 27-26 3 3.0 Heving 3:04 3,500 -
54 54 Friday, Jun 16 DET SLB L 1 14 27-27 3 4.0 Muncrief 2:13 14,931 --
55 55 Saturday, Jun 17 DET SLB L 0 5 27-28 3 5.0 Jakucki 1:53 3,681 ---
56 56 Sunday, Jun 18 DET SLB W 7 3 28-28 3 3.0 Newhouser 2:25 +
57 57 Sunday, Jun 18 DET SLB W 7 5 29-28 3 3.0 Trout 2:06 27,917 ++
58 58 Tuesday, Jun 20 DET CLE L 1 3 29-29 4 3.5 Reynolds 1:42 11,914 -
59 59 Wednesday, Jun 21 DET CLE L 7 9 29-30 4 4.5 Klieman 2:29 4,069 --
60 60 Thursday, Jun 22 DET CLE W 4 3 30-30 4 3.5 Gentry 1:48 3,292 +
61 61 Friday, Jun 23 DET @ SLB L 0 5 30-31 5 4.5 Jakucki 1:35 7,648 -
62 62 Saturday, Jun 24 DET @ SLB L 1 7 30-32 5 5.5 Muncrief 2:07 1,692 --
63 63 Sunday, Jun 25 DET @ SLB L 4 5 30-33 6 7.5 Shirley 2:00 ---
64 64 Sunday, Jun 25 DET @ SLB L 2 5 30-34 6 7.5 Hollingsworth 1:50 12,056 ----
65 65 Wednesday, Jun 28 DET @ WSH L 1 4 30-35 7 7.5 Niggeling 1:54 10,262 -----
66 66 Thursday, Jun 29 DET @ WSH W 4 0 31-35 6 6.5 Newhouser 1:45 10,106 +
67 67 Friday, Jun 30 DET @ WSH L 2 4 31-36 6 7.5 Candini 1:35 8,000 -
68 68 Saturday, Jul 1 DET @ PHA W 9 4 32-36 6 7.5 Overmire 2:00 2,500 +
69 69 Sunday, Jul 2 DET @ PHA W 8 0 33-36 6 6.5 Trout 1:43 0 ++
70 70 Sunday, Jul 2 DET @ PHA L 0 2 33-37 6 6.5 Flores 1:37 17,185 -
71 71 Tuesday, Jul 4 DET @ BOS W 4 3 34-37 7 6.5 Newhouser 2:02 +
72 72 Tuesday, Jul 4 DET @ BOS L 4 7 34-38 7 6.5 Bowman 1:50 24,195 -
73 73 Wednesday, Jul 5 DET @ BOS W 8 1 35-38 6 6.5 Trout 2:00 5,126 +
74 74 Thursday, Jul 6 DET @ BOS L 3 13 35-39 6 7.5 Hughson 1:56 5,146 -
75 75 Friday, Jul 7 DET @ NYY L 1 3 35-40 7 7.5 Bonham 1:26 7,819 --
76 76 Saturday, Jul 8 DET @ NYY W 6 2 36-40 6 7.5 Newhouser 1:57 9,534 +
77 77 Sunday, Jul 9 DET @ NYY L 3 4 36-41 7 8.5 Donald 2:20 -
78 78 Sunday, Jul 9 DET @ NYY L 2 8 36-42 7 8.5 Roser 1:42 33,428 --
79 79 Thursday, Jul 13 DET CHW W 9 1 37-42 7 8.0 Trout 1:33 12,185 +
80 80 Friday, Jul 14 DET CHW W 2 0 38-42 6 7.0 Overmire 1:19 2,739 ++
81 81 Saturday, Jul 15 DET CHW L 4 5 38-43 6 6.5 Maltzberger 2:14 -
82 82 Saturday, Jul 15 DET CHW W 8 2 39-43 6 6.5 Orrell 1:57 9,315 +
83 83 Sunday, Jul 16 DET CHW L 2 7 39-44 5 7.5 Wade 1:53 -
84 84 Sunday, Jul 16 DET CHW W 7 3 40-44 5 7.5 Trout 1:52 3,307 +
85 85 Tuesday, Jul 18 DET WSH W 6 5 41-44 5 7.5 Newhouser 2:17 10,666 ++
86 86 Wednesday, Jul 19 DET WSH W 2 1 42-44 4 6.5 Overmire 1:44 3,906 +++
87 87 Thursday, Jul 20 DET WSH W 7 6 43-44 4 6.5 Gentry 2:00 3,304 ++++
88 88 Friday, Jul 21 DET WSH W 6 5 44-44 4 5.5 Trout 1:57 3,317 +++++
89 89 Saturday, Jul 22 DET PHA W 4 3 45-44 4 4.5 Newhouser 1:53 4,351 ++++++
90 90 Sunday, Jul 23 DET PHA L 3 13 45-45 5 5.5 Black 2:21 -
91 91 Sunday, Jul 23 DET PHA L 2 3 45-46 5 5.5 Flores 1:44 29,673 --
92 92 Monday, Jul 24 DET PHA W 1 0 46-46 5 5.5 Trout 1:33 10,805 +
93 93 Tuesday, Jul 25 DET BOS L 3 7 46-47 5 6.5 Terry 2:00 3,583 -
94 94 Wednesday, Jul 26 DET BOS T 1 1 46-47 5 7.0 1:29 5,490 -
95 95 Thursday, Jul 27 DET BOS L 1 6 46-48 6 7.0 Hughson 1:44 3,857 --
96 96 Friday, Jul 28 DET BOS L 5 15 46-49 6 8.0 O'Neill 2:26 3,028 ---
97 97 Saturday, Jul 29 DET NYY W 3 2 47-49 6 7.5 Trout 2:09 4,850 +
98 98 Sunday, Jul 30 DET NYY L 2 10 47-50 6 8.5 Borowy 2:06 -
99 99 Sunday, Jul 30 DET NYY W 13 7 48-50 6 8.5 Newhouser 2:07 49,994 +
100 100 Tuesday, Aug 1 DET NYY W 8 4 49-50 5 9.0 Trout 2:04 26,815 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Saturday, Aug 5 DET @ CHW W 5 3 50-50 4 9.0 Newhouser 1:58 17,257 +++
102 102 Sunday, Aug 6 DET @ CHW W 10 3 51-50 4 9.0 Overmire 2:00 ++++
103 103 Sunday, Aug 6 DET @ CHW W 3 1 52-50 4 9.0 Trout 1:35 18,801 +++++
104 104 Wednesday, Aug 9 DET @ WSH W 4 2 53-50 4 9.0 Newhouser 2:06 6,000 ++++++
105 105 Thursday, Aug 10 DET @ WSH W 3 2 54-50 3 9.0 Trout 1:54 5,717 +++++++
106 106 Friday, Aug 11 DET @ WSH W 11 4 55-50 3 8.0 Overmire 2:06 4,626 ++++++++
107 107 Saturday, Aug 12 DET @ WSH W 12 5 56-50 3 8.0 Gentry 2:05 6,500 +++++++++
108 108 Sunday, Aug 13 DET @ PHA L 1 6 56-51 3 8.0 Black 1:58 0 -
109 109 Sunday, Aug 13 DET @ PHA W 6 0 57-51 3 8.0 Trout 1:55 16,479 +
110 110 Monday, Aug 14 DET @ PHA L 5 7 57-52 3 8.0 Newsom 2:01 8,871 -
111 111 Tuesday, Aug 15 DET @ PHA W 3 2 58-52 3 8.0 Newhouser 2:15 2,000 +
112 112 Wednesday, Aug 16 DET @ BOS W 4 2 59-52 3 7.0 Gentry 2:03 3,452 ++
113 113 Thursday, Aug 17 DET @ BOS T 3 3 59-52 3 7.5 1:28 2,000 ++
114 114 Friday, Aug 18 DET @ BOS W 3 0 60-52 3 7.0 Newhouser 1:56 0 +++
115 115 Friday, Aug 18 DET @ BOS L 4 7 60-53 3 7.0 Ryba 1:54 2,432 -
116 116 Saturday, Aug 19 DET @ BOS L 1 9 60-54 4 7.0 Bowman 1:39 5,140 --
117 117 Sunday, Aug 20 DET @ NYY W 4 3 61-54 3 5.0 Overmire 2:15 +
118 118 Sunday, Aug 20 DET @ NYY W 9 8 62-54 3 5.0 Trout 2:00 51,376 ++
119 119 Monday, Aug 21 DET @ NYY L 1 5 62-55 3 6.0 Dubiel 1:55 6,961 -
120 120 Tuesday, Aug 22 DET @ NYY L 7 9 62-56 4 6.0 Queen 2:25 8,221 --
121 121 Friday, Aug 25 DET SLB W 1 0 63-56 3 5.0 Trout 1:34 12,056 +
122 122 Saturday, Aug 26 DET SLB W 5 0 64-56 3 4.0 Overmire 1:31 13,605 ++
123 123 Sunday, Aug 27 DET SLB W 5 3 65-56 3 4.0 Newhouser 2:04 +++
124 124 Sunday, Aug 27 DET SLB L 2 17 65-57 3 4.0 Potter 2:10 51,376 -
125 125 Tuesday, Aug 29 DET CHW W 7 0 66-57 2 4.0 Trout 1:22 7,250 +
126 126 Wednesday, Aug 30 DET CHW L 3 8 66-58 3 4.0 Lopat 2:02 8,407 -
127 127 Thursday, Aug 31 DET @ SLB W 4 3 67-58 3 3.0 Trout 2:07 12,906 +
128 128 Friday, Sep 1 DET @ SLB W 6 3 68-58 2 2.0 Newhouser 2:15 14,030 ++
129 129 Saturday, Sep 2 DET @ SLB W 6 3 69-58 2 1.0 Gorsica 2:20 9,594 +++
130 130 Sunday, Sep 3 DET @ SLB L 1 4 69-59 3 2.0 Kramer 1:55 12,868 -
131 131 Monday, Sep 4 DET @ CHW W 12 2 70-59 3 2.5 Overmire 2:03 +
132 132 Monday, Sep 4 DET @ CHW L 3 6 70-60 3 2.5 Lopat 1:38 20,446 -
133 133 Tuesday, Sep 5 DET @ CHW W 6 0 71-60 3 2.0 Newhouser 2:00 5,819 +
134 134 Wednesday, Sep 6 DET @ CHW W 3 2 72-60 3 1.5 Gentry 1:45 1,216 ++
135 135 Thursday, Sep 7 DET CLE W 3 0 73-60 3 1.0 Trout 1:25 6,429 +++
136 136 Saturday, Sep 9 DET CLE W 15 6 74-60 2 0.5 Gentry 2:25 9,529 ++++
137 137 Sunday, Sep 10 DET CLE W 5 0 75-60 2 0.5 Newhouser 1:54 +++++
138 138 Sunday, Sep 10 DET CLE L 4 7 75-61 2 0.5 Gromek 2:11 52,691 -
139 139 Friday, Sep 15 DET @ CLE L 3 4 75-62 2 0.5 Gromek 2:22 --
140 140 Friday, Sep 15 DET @ CLE W 9 1 76-62 2 0.5 Newhouser 2:20 16,216 +
141 141 Sunday, Sep 17 DET @ CLE W 7 2 77-62 1 up 0.5 Overmire 1:57 ++
142 142 Sunday, Sep 17 DET @ CLE W 3 0 78-62 1 up 0.5 Gentry 1:57 20,275 +++
143 143 Tuesday, Sep 19 DET NYY W 4 1 79-62 1 up 1.5 Newhouser 1:54 28,290 ++++
144 144 Wednesday, Sep 20 DET NYY W 8 2 80-62 1 up 1.5 Trout 1:44 29,988 +++++
145 145 Thursday, Sep 21 DET NYY L 4 5 80-63 1 up 0.5 Zuber 2:23 27,065 -
146 146 Friday, Sep 22 DET BOS W 7 4 81-63 1 up 1.0 Gentry 1:55 +
147 147 Friday, Sep 22 DET BOS W 8 6 82-63 1 up 1.0 Beck 2:14 12,282 ++
148 148 Saturday, Sep 23 DET BOS W 8 2 83-63 1 up 1.0 Trout 1:52 14,270 +++
149 149 Sunday, Sep 24 DET BOS W 9 5 84-63 1 up 1.0 Newhouser 2:09 48,702 ++++
150 150 Monday, Sep 25 DET PHA L 1 2 84-64 1 Tied Christopher 1:46 5,881 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Tuesday, Sep 26 DET PHA W 6 0 85-64 1 Tied Trout 1:29 9,338 +
152 152 Wednesday, Sep 27 DET PHA W 4 0 86-64 1 up 1.0 Newhouser 1:51 18,998 ++
153 153 Friday, Sep 29 DET WSH W 5 2 87-64 1 Tied Gentry 1:52 0 +++
154 154 Friday, Sep 29 DET WSH L 2 9 87-65 1 Tied Haefner 2:18 17,606 -
155 155 Saturday, Sep 30 DET WSH W 7 3 88-65 1 Tied Newhouser 1:51 16,446 +
156 156 Sunday, Oct 1 DET WSH L 1 4 88-66 2 1.0 Leonard 1:39 45,565 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1943 / 1945 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits