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1944 Detroit Tigers (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
Managed by Steve O'Neill

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 923,176 (1st of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 106, Pitching - 104
  (one-year): Batting - 105, Pitching - 104
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1944 Stats / Schedule (1943/1945) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   88-66 , Final Rank: 2, GB:    1.0
Days in First:                  12 (last on September 30, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          23 (last on September 30)
Most Games under .500:           7 (last on May 16)

Biggest Lead:                  1.5 (last on September 20)
Farthest Behind Leader:        9.0 (last on August 10)

Longest Winning Streak:          9 (July 30 to August 12)
Longest Losing Streak:           5 (May 3 to May 7 and June 23 to June 28)

Most Runs Allowed:              17 (August 27)
Most Runs Scored:               15 (May 28 and September 9)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       5
Times Opponent Shutout:         20

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        88  66     658     581    .571

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           43  34     325     318    .558
Road           45  32     333     263    .584

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     36  42     273     278    .462
Second Half    52  24     385     303    .684
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        27  15     132     120    .643

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        27  17     270     216    .614

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 18     DET  SLB  L   1-2        0-1     4     1.0  2:04 J Kramer                   28,034 -
  2 Wed, Apr 19     DET  SLB  L   1-3        0-2     8     2.0  1:44 S Sundra                    3,606 --
  3 Thu, Apr 20     DET  SLB  L   5-8        0-3     8     3.0  2:04 S Jakucki                   2,304 ---
  4 Fri, Apr 21     DET @CLE  L   4-7        0-4     8     4.0  2:08 A Reynolds                 13,643 ----
  5 Sun, Apr 23     DET @CLE  W   6-2        1-4     6     4.0  1:52 D Trout                           +
  6                 DET @CLE  W   4-3        2-4     6     4.0       H Newhouser                 6,078 ++
  7 Thu, Apr 27     DET @CHW  W   2-0        3-4     5     4.5  2:13 H Newhouser                 2,189 +++
  8 Fri, Apr 28     DET  CLE  L   1-2        3-5     6     5.5  1:59 M Harder                    2,573 -
  9 Sat, Apr 29     DET  CLE  L   6-7        3-6     7     5.5  3:13 J Heving                    4,771 --
 10 Sun, Apr 30     DET  CLE  L   1-2        3-7     7     5.5  1:54 V Kennedy                         ---
 11                 DET  CLE  W   4-2        4-7     7     5.5  1:56 J Gorsica                  38,940 +
 12 Tue, May  2     DET @SLB  W   4-3        5-7     5     4.5  1:56 H Newhouser                 1,232 ++
 13 Wed, May  3     DET @SLB  L   4-7        5-8     7     5.5  1:58 J Kramer                      758 -
 14 Thu, May  4     DET @SLB  L   0-2        5-9     8     6.5  1:45 N Potter                    1,072 --
 15 Sat, May  6     DET  CHW  L   2-4        5-10    8     6.5  1:50 O Grove                     3,723 ---
 16 Sun, May  7     DET  CHW  L   1-4        5-11    8     7.5  1:40 B Dietrich                        ----
 17                 DET  CHW  L   2-4        5-12    8     7.5  2:00 G Maltzberge               25,151 -----
 18 Wed, May 10     DET @NYY  W   4-2        6-12    8     6.5  1:43 D Trout                     6,762 +
 19 Thu, May 11     DET @NYY  L   2-5        6-13    8     6.5  1:48 H Borowy                    7,312 -
 20 Fri, May 12     DET @NYY  W  10-4        7-13    8     6.5  1:47 H Newhouser                 7,192 +
 21 Sat, May 13     DET @BOS  L   2-4        7-14    8     6.5  1:58 E O'Neill                   4,786 -
 22 Sun, May 14     DET @BOS  W   6-1        8-14    7     6.0  1:45 D Trout                           +
 23                 DET @BOS  W   9-0        9-14    7     6.0  1:58 J Gorsica                  20,317 ++
 24 Mon, May 15     DET @PHA  L   2-6        9-15    8     7.0  1:59 R Christophe                5,921 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Tue, May 16     DET @PHA  L   3-4        9-16    8     7.0  2:05 J Berry                     6,000 --
 26 Wed, May 17     DET @PHA  W   2-1       10-16    7     6.0  2:07 D Trout                    28,535 +
 27 Thu, May 18     DET @PHA  W   1-0       11-16    6     5.0  1:51 R Gentry                   10,621 ++
 28 Fri, May 19     DET @WSH  W   4-1       12-16    6     4.5  2:01 J Gorsica                   7,100 +++
 29 Sat, May 20     DET @WSH  W   6-2       13-16    6     4.0  1:46 S Overmire                 15,953 ++++
 30 Sun, May 21     DET @WSH  W   2-1       14-16    4     4.0  1:55 D Trout                           +++++
 31                 DET @WSH  W   7-1       15-16    4     4.0  1:57 H Newhouser                19,165 ++++++
 32 Wed, May 24     DET  PHA  L   4-8       15-17    5     4.5  2:14 D Black                     3,817 -
 33 Thu, May 25     DET  PHA  L   0-2       15-18    5     5.0  1:53 L Harris                    2,563 --
 34 Fri, May 26     DET  PHA  L   2-3       15-19    6     6.0  1:55 B Newsom                    3,731 ---
 35 Sat, May 27     DET  PHA  W   2-1       16-19    5     5.0       H Newhouser                 3,269 +
 36 Sun, May 28     DET  WSH  L   2-4       16-20    6     6.0  1:57 J Niggeling                       -
 37                 DET  WSH  W  15-2       17-20    6     6.0  1:55 R Gentry                   27,074 +
 38 Mon, May 29     DET  WSH  W   2-1       18-20    6     5.0  1:45 J Gorsica                   2,073 ++
 39 Tue, May 30     DET  NYY  W   2-1       19-20    3     3.0  1:47 D Trout                           +++
 40                 DET  NYY  W   4-1       20-20    3     3.0  1:43 H Newhouser                37,685 ++++
 41 Wed, May 31     DET  NYY  W   6-2       21-20    3     2.5  1:45 J Orrell                    2,941 +++++
 42 Thu, Jun  1     DET  NYY  W   4-3       22-20    3     1.5  3:28 H Newhouser                 3,424 ++++++
 43 Fri, Jun  2     DET  BOS  W   4-1       23-20    3     1.5  1:41 J Gorsica                   1,797 +++++++
 44 Sat, Jun  3     DET  BOS  L   1-11      23-21    3     2.5  2:17 T Hughson                   3,695 -
 45 Sun, Jun  4     DET  BOS  W   2-1       24-21    3     2.5  1:42 D Trout                           +
 46                 DET  BOS  L   1-5       24-22    3     2.5  1:59 C Hausmann                 30,000 -
 47 Wed, Jun  7     DET @CHW  L   1-3       24-23    3     3.0  1:59 O Grove                    17,180 --
 48 Sun, Jun 11     DET @CHW  L   2-4       24-24    3     2.0  1:53 B Dietrich                        ---
 49                 DET @CHW  W   1-0       25-24    3     2.0  1:37 S Overmire                 23,461 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Mon, Jun 12     DET @CLE  L   5-6       25-25    3     2.5  2:25 E Klieman                  16,901 -
 51 Wed, Jun 14     DET @CLE  W   3-0       26-25    3     2.5  1:43 R Gentry                          +
 52                 DET @CLE  W  11-3       27-25    3     2.5  2:43 H Newhouser                 7,560 ++
 53 Thu, Jun 15     DET @CLE  L   2-3       27-26    3     3.0  3:04 J Heving                    3,500 -
 54 Fri, Jun 16     DET  SLB  L   1-14      27-27    3     4.0  2:13 B Muncrief                 14,931 --
 55 Sat, Jun 17     DET  SLB  L   0-5       27-28    3     5.0  1:53 S Jakucki                   3,681 ---
 56 Sun, Jun 18     DET  SLB  W   7-3       28-28    3     3.0  2:25 H Newhouser                       +
 57                 DET  SLB  W   7-5       29-28    3     3.0  2:06 D Trout                    27,917 ++
 58 Tue, Jun 20     DET  CLE  L   1-3       29-29    4     3.5  1:42 A Reynolds                 11,914 -
 59 Wed, Jun 21     DET  CLE  L   7-9       29-30    4     4.5  2:29 E Klieman                   4,069 --
 60 Thu, Jun 22     DET  CLE  W   4-3       30-30    4     3.5  1:48 R Gentry                    3,292 +
 61 Fri, Jun 23     DET @SLB  L   0-5       30-31    5     4.5  1:35 S Jakucki                   7,648 -
 62 Sat, Jun 24     DET @SLB  L   1-7       30-32    5     5.5  2:07 B Muncrief                  1,692 --
 63 Sun, Jun 25     DET @SLB  L   4-5       30-33    6     7.5  2:00 T Shirley                         ---
 64                 DET @SLB  L   2-5       30-34    6     7.5  1:50 A Hollingswo               12,056 ----
 65 Wed, Jun 28     DET @WSH  L   1-4       30-35    7     7.5  1:54 J Niggeling                10,262 -----
 66 Thu, Jun 29     DET @WSH  W   4-0       31-35    6     6.5  1:45 H Newhouser                10,106 +
 67 Fri, Jun 30     DET @WSH  L   2-4       31-36    6     7.5  1:35 M Candini                   8,000 -
 68 Sat, Jul  1     DET @PHA  W   9-4       32-36    6     7.5  2:00 S Overmire                  2,500 +
 69 Sun, Jul  2     DET @PHA  W   8-0       33-36    6     6.5  1:43 D Trout                         0 ++
 70                 DET @PHA  L   0-2       33-37    6     6.5  1:37 J Flores                   17,185 -
 71 Tue, Jul  4     DET @BOS  W   4-3       34-37    7     6.5  2:02 H Newhouser                       +
 72                 DET @BOS  L   4-7       34-38    7     6.5  1:50 J Bowman                   24,195 -
 73 Wed, Jul  5     DET @BOS  W   8-1       35-38    6     6.5  2:00 D Trout                     5,126 +
 74 Thu, Jul  6     DET @BOS  L   3-13      35-39    6     7.5  1:56 T Hughson                   5,146 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Fri, Jul  7     DET @NYY  L   1-3       35-40    7     7.5  1:26 T Bonham                    7,819 --
 76 Sat, Jul  8     DET @NYY  W   6-2       36-40    6     7.5  1:57 H Newhouser                 9,534 +
 77 Sun, Jul  9     DET @NYY  L   3-4       36-41    7     8.5  2:20 A Donald                          -
 78                 DET @NYY  L   2-8       36-42    7     8.5  1:42 S Roser                    33,428 --
 79 Thu, Jul 13     DET  CHW  W   9-1       37-42    7     8.0  1:33 D Trout                    12,185 +
 80 Fri, Jul 14     DET  CHW  W   2-0       38-42    6     7.0  1:19 S Overmire                  2,739 ++
 81 Sat, Jul 15     DET  CHW  L   4-5       38-43    6     6.5  2:14 G Maltzberge                      -
 82                 DET  CHW  W   8-2       39-43    6     6.5  1:57 J Orrell                    9,315 +
 83 Sun, Jul 16     DET  CHW  L   2-7       39-44    5     7.5  1:53 J Wade                            -
 84                 DET  CHW  W   7-3       40-44    5     7.5  1:52 D Trout                     3,307 +
 85 Tue, Jul 18     DET  WSH  W   6-5       41-44    5     7.5  2:17 H Newhouser                10,666 ++
 86 Wed, Jul 19     DET  WSH  W   2-1       42-44    4     6.5  1:44 S Overmire                  3,906 +++
 87 Thu, Jul 20     DET  WSH  W   7-6       43-44    4     6.5  2:00 R Gentry                    3,304 ++++
 88 Fri, Jul 21     DET  WSH  W   6-5       44-44    4     5.5  1:57 D Trout                     3,317 +++++
 89 Sat, Jul 22     DET  PHA  W   4-3       45-44    4     4.5  1:53 H Newhouser                 4,351 ++++++
 90 Sun, Jul 23     DET  PHA  L   3-13      45-45    5     5.5  2:21 D Black                           -
 91                 DET  PHA  L   2-3       45-46    5     5.5  1:44 J Flores                   29,673 --
 92 Mon, Jul 24     DET  PHA  W   1-0       46-46    5     5.5  1:33 D Trout                    10,805 +
 93 Tue, Jul 25     DET  BOS  L   3-7       46-47    5     6.5  2:00 Y Terry                     3,583 -
 94 Wed, Jul 26     DET  BOS  -   1-1       46-47    5     7.0  1:29                             5,490 -
 95 Thu, Jul 27     DET  BOS  L   1-6       46-48    6     7.0  1:44 T Hughson                   3,857 --
 96 Fri, Jul 28     DET  BOS  L   5-15      46-49    6     8.0  2:26 E O'Neill                   3,028 ---
 97 Sat, Jul 29     DET  NYY  W   3-2       47-49    6     7.5  2:09 D Trout                     4,850 +
 98 Sun, Jul 30     DET  NYY  L   2-10      47-50    6     8.5  2:06 H Borowy                          -
 99                 DET  NYY  W  13-7       48-50    6     8.5  2:07 H Newhouser                49,994 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Tue, Aug  1     DET  NYY  W   8-4       49-50    5     9.0  2:04 D Trout                    26,815 ++
101 Sat, Aug  5     DET @CHW  W   5-3       50-50    4     9.0  1:58 H Newhouser                17,257 +++
102 Sun, Aug  6     DET @CHW  W  10-3       51-50    4     9.0  2:00 S Overmire                        ++++
103                 DET @CHW  W   3-1       52-50    4     9.0  1:35 D Trout                    18,801 +++++
104 Wed, Aug  9     DET @WSH  W   4-2       53-50    4     9.0  2:06 H Newhouser                 6,000 ++++++
105 Thu, Aug 10     DET @WSH  W   3-2       54-50    3     9.0  1:54 D Trout                     5,717 +++++++
106 Fri, Aug 11     DET @WSH  W  11-4       55-50    3     8.0  2:06 S Overmire                  4,626 ++++++++
107 Sat, Aug 12     DET @WSH  W  12-5       56-50    3     8.0  2:05 R Gentry                    6,500 +++++++++
108 Sun, Aug 13     DET @PHA  L   1-6       56-51    3     8.0  1:58 D Black                         0 -
109                 DET @PHA  W   6-0       57-51    3     8.0  1:55 D Trout                    16,479 +
110 Mon, Aug 14     DET @PHA  L   5-7       57-52    3     8.0  2:01 B Newsom                    8,871 -
111 Tue, Aug 15     DET @PHA  W   3-2       58-52    3     8.0  2:15 H Newhouser                 2,000 +
112 Wed, Aug 16     DET @BOS  W   4-2       59-52    3     7.0  2:03 R Gentry                    3,452 ++
113 Thu, Aug 17     DET @BOS  -   3-3       59-52    3     7.5  1:28                             2,000 ++
114 Fri, Aug 18     DET @BOS  W   3-0       60-52    3     7.0  1:56 H Newhouser                     0 +++
115                 DET @BOS  L   4-7       60-53    3     7.0  1:54 M Ryba                      2,432 -
116 Sat, Aug 19     DET @BOS  L   1-9       60-54    4     7.0  1:39 J Bowman                    5,140 --
117 Sun, Aug 20     DET @NYY  W   4-3       61-54    3     5.0  2:15 S Overmire                        +
118                 DET @NYY  W   9-8       62-54    3     5.0  2:00 D Trout                    51,376 ++
119 Mon, Aug 21     DET @NYY  L   1-5       62-55    3     6.0  1:55 M Dubiel                    6,961 -
120 Tue, Aug 22     DET @NYY  L   7-9       62-56    4     6.0  2:25 M Queen                     8,221 --
121 Fri, Aug 25     DET  SLB  W   1-0       63-56    3     5.0  1:34 D Trout                    12,056 +
122 Sat, Aug 26     DET  SLB  W   5-0       64-56    3     4.0  1:31 S Overmire                 13,605 ++
123 Sun, Aug 27     DET  SLB  W   5-3       65-56    3     4.0  2:04 H Newhouser                       +++
124                 DET  SLB  L   2-17      65-57    3     4.0  2:10 N Potter                   51,376 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Tue, Aug 29     DET  CHW  W   7-0       66-57    2     4.0  1:22 D Trout                     7,250 +
126 Wed, Aug 30     DET  CHW  L   3-8       66-58    3     4.0  2:02 E Lopat                     8,407 -
127 Thu, Aug 31     DET @SLB  W   4-3       67-58    3     3.0  2:07 D Trout                    12,906 +
128 Fri, Sep  1     DET @SLB  W   6-3       68-58    2     2.0  2:15 H Newhouser                14,030 ++
129 Sat, Sep  2     DET @SLB  W   6-3       69-58    2     1.0  2:20 J Gorsica                   9,594 +++
130 Sun, Sep  3     DET @SLB  L   1-4       69-59    3     2.0  1:55 J Kramer                   12,868 -
131 Mon, Sep  4     DET @CHW  W  12-2       70-59    3     2.5  2:03 S Overmire                        +
132                 DET @CHW  L   3-6       70-60    3     2.5  1:38 E Lopat                    20,446 -
133 Tue, Sep  5     DET @CHW  W   6-0       71-60    3     2.0  2:00 H Newhouser                 5,819 +
134 Wed, Sep  6     DET @CHW  W   3-2       72-60    3     1.5  1:45 R Gentry                    1,216 ++
135 Thu, Sep  7     DET  CLE  W   3-0       73-60    3     1.0  1:25 D Trout                     6,429 +++
136 Sat, Sep  9     DET  CLE  W  15-6       74-60    2     0.5  2:25 R Gentry                    9,529 ++++
137 Sun, Sep 10     DET  CLE  W   5-0       75-60    2     0.5  1:54 H Newhouser                       +++++
138                 DET  CLE  L   4-7       75-61    2     0.5  2:11 S Gromek                   52,691 -
139 Fri, Sep 15     DET @CLE  L   3-4       75-62    2     0.5  2:22 S Gromek                          --
140                 DET @CLE  W   9-1       76-62    2     0.5  2:20 H Newhouser                16,216 +
141 Sun, Sep 17     DET @CLE  W   7-2       77-62    1  up 0.5  1:57 S Overmire                        ++
142                 DET @CLE  W   3-0       78-62    1  up 0.5  1:57 R Gentry                   20,275 +++
143 Tue, Sep 19     DET  NYY  W   4-1       79-62    1  up 1.5  1:54 H Newhouser                28,290 ++++
144 Wed, Sep 20     DET  NYY  W   8-2       80-62    1  up 1.5  1:44 D Trout                    29,988 +++++
145 Thu, Sep 21     DET  NYY  L   4-5       80-63    1  up 0.5  2:23 B Zuber                    27,065 -
146 Fri, Sep 22     DET  BOS  W   7-4       81-63    1  up 1.0  1:55 R Gentry                          +
147                 DET  BOS  W   8-6       82-63    1  up 1.0  2:14 B Beck                     12,282 ++
148 Sat, Sep 23     DET  BOS  W   8-2       83-63    1  up 1.0  1:52 D Trout                    14,270 +++
149 Sun, Sep 24     DET  BOS  W   9-5       84-63    1  up 1.0  2:09 H Newhouser                48,702 ++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Mon, Sep 25     DET  PHA  L   1-2       84-64    1    Tied  1:46 R Christophe                5,881 -
151 Tue, Sep 26     DET  PHA  W   6-0       85-64    1    Tied  1:29 D Trout                     9,338 +
152 Wed, Sep 27     DET  PHA  W   4-0       86-64    1  up 1.0  1:51 H Newhouser                18,998 ++
153 Fri, Sep 29     DET  WSH  W   5-2       87-64    1    Tied  1:52 R Gentry                        0 +++
154                 DET  WSH  L   2-9       87-65    1    Tied  2:18 M Haefner                  17,606 -
155 Sat, Sep 30     DET  WSH  W   7-3       88-65    1    Tied  1:51 H Newhouser                16,446 +
156 Sun, Oct  1     DET  WSH  L   1-4       88-66    2     1.0  1:39 D Leonard                  45,565 -

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