Franchise Encyclopedia: 1943 / 1945
88-66, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Steve O'Neill (88-66)
Scored 658 runs, Allowed 581 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-68
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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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | 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 | ||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | 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 | 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 | 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 | |||
| 9 | 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 | IF | 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 | 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 | 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 | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Dizzy Trout | 29 | 27 | 14 | .659 | 2.12 | 49 | 40 | 6 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 352.1 | 314 | 104 | 83 | 9 | 83 | 144 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1421 | 168 | 1.127 | 8.0 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 1.73 | |
| 2 | SP | Hal Newhouser* | 23 | 29 | 9 | .763 | 2.22 | 47 | 34 | 10 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 312.1 | 264 | 94 | 77 | 6 | 102 | 187 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1271 | 161 | 1.172 | 7.6 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 5.4 | 1.83 | |
| 3 | SP | Rufe Gentry | 26 | 12 | 14 | .462 | 4.24 | 37 | 30 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 203.2 | 211 | 104 | 96 | 9 | 108 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 901 | 84 | 1.566 | 9.3 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 0.63 | |
| 4 | SP | Stubby Overmire* | 25 | 11 | 11 | .500 | 3.07 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 199.2 | 214 | 84 | 68 | 2 | 41 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 845 | 116 | 1.277 | 9.6 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 1.39 | |
| 5 | SP | Johnny Gorsica | 29 | 6 | 14 | .300 | 4.11 | 34 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 162.0 | 192 | 88 | 74 | 5 | 32 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 696 | 87 | 1.383 | 10.7 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 1.47 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | RP | Boom-Boom Beck | 39 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.89 | 28 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74.0 | 67 | 36 | 32 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 318 | 92 | 1.270 | 8.1 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 0.93 | |
| 7 | RP | Jake Mooty | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4.45 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.1 | 35 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 137 | 80 | 1.871 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 2.2 | 0.39 | ||
| 8 | RP | Joe Orrell | 27 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.42 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.1 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 104 | 148 | 1.657 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 0.91 | |
| 9 | RP | Roy Henshaw* | 32 | 0 | 0 | 8.76 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 41 | 1.865 | 12.4 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 7.3 | 1.67 | ||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 10 | Zeb Eaton | 24 | 0 | 0 | 5.74 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 62 | 1.723 | 10.9 | 1.1 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 0.50 | |||
| 11 | Bob Gillespie | 24 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.55 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 55 | 1.727 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 9.8 | 3.3 | 0.33 | ||
| 12 | Chief Hogsett* | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1.737 | 9.9 | 1.4 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 1.25 | ||||
| Team Totals | 27.2 | 88 | 66 | .571 | 3.09 | 156 | 156 | 69 | 87 | 20 | 8 | 1400.0 | 1373 | 581 | 480 | 39 | 452 | 568 | 22 | 5 | 20 | 5904 | 116 | 1.304 | 8.8 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 1.26 | |||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4245 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boom-Boom Beck | 39 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 0.21 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Red Borom | 27 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 4.00 | 2B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Zeb Eaton | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bubba Floyd | 27 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Rufe Gentry | 26 | 37 | 49 | 5 | 43 | 1 | 6 | .980 | 1.30 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Gillespie | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.43 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Gorsica | 29 | 34 | 61 | 17 | 42 | 2 | 5 | .967 | 1.74 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Don Heffner | 33 | 5 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 4 | .962 | 5.00 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Roy Henshaw | 32 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.71 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Pinky Higgins | 35 | 146 | 479 | 146 | 311 | 22 | 21 | .954 | 3.13 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Chief Hogsett | 40 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 0.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Hoover | 29 | 120 | 712 | 258 | 406 | 48 | 103 | .933 | 5.53 | SS-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Mayo | 34 | 154 | 920 | 401 | 498 | 21 | 125 | .977 | 5.84 | 2B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Hack Miller | 31 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.60 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Jake Mooty | 31 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 0.47 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Hal Newhouser | 23 | 47 | 71 | 9 | 61 | 1 | 5 | .986 | 1.49 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Orengo | 29 | 47 | 268 | 124 | 124 | 20 | 24 | .925 | 5.28 | SS-3B-1B-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Orrell | 27 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.90 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Stubby Overmire | 25 | 32 | 59 | 12 | 46 | 1 | 3 | .983 | 1.81 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Paul Richards | 35 | 90 | 483 | 413 | 60 | 10 | 13 | .979 | 5.26 | 7 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Don Ross | 29 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.67 | SS-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Jackie Sullivan | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Swift | 29 | 76 | 342 | 288 | 48 | 6 | 4 | .982 | 4.42 | 5 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Dizzy Trout | 29 | 49 | 119 | 21 | 94 | 4 | 8 | .966 | 2.35 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Unser | 31 | 6 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .864 | 3.17 | 0 | 2B-C | |||||||||||||||
| Rudy York | 30 | 151 | 1577 | 1453 | 107 | 17 | 163 | .989 | 10.33 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 31.4 | 156 | 6340 | 4198 | 1952 | 190 | 495 | .970 | 3.93 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |