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1945 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1944 / 1946)
88-65, Finished 1st in American League
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Scored 633 runs, Allowed 565 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-69
Manager: Steve O'Neill (88-65)
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,280,341 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 105;   one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 105
World Series Champs
Postseason:  Won World Series (4-3) over Chicago Cubs

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1944 / 1946 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Bob Swift 30 95 310 279 19 65 5 0 0 24 1 0 26 22 .233 .298 .251 .549 56 70 7 0 5
2 1B Rudy York 31 155 655 595 71 157 25 5 18 87 6 6 60 85 .264 .331 .413 .745 110 246 23 0 0
3 2B Eddie Mayo* 35 134 561 501 71 143 24 3 10 54 7 7 47 29 .285 .347 .405 .752 113 203 7 0 13
4 SS Skeeter Webb 35 118 449 407 43 81 12 2 0 21 8 7 30 35 .199 .254 .238 .492 40 97 9 0 12
5 3B Bob Maier 29 132 529 486 58 128 25 7 1 34 7 11 38 32 .263 .317 .350 .667 89 170 10 0 5
6 OF Doc Cramer* 39 141 595 541 62 149 22 8 6 58 2 9 36 21 .275 .324 .379 .703 99 205 9 3 15
7 OF Jimmy Outlaw 32 132 494 446 56 121 16 5 0 34 6 7 45 33 .271 .338 .330 .668 89 147 5 0 3
8 OF Roy Cullenbine# 31 146 633 523 80 145 27 5 18 93 2 0 102 36 .277 .398 .451 .849 140 236 11 3 5
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 Hank Greenberg 34 78 312 270 47 84 20 2 13 60 3 1 42 40 .311 .404 .544 .948 167 147 9 0 0
10 C Paul Richards 36 83 256 234 26 60 12 1 3 32 4 0 19 31 .256 .315 .355 .670 89 83 1 1 2
11 SS Joe Hoover 30 74 250 222 33 57 10 5 1 17 6 2 21 35 .257 .324 .360 .684 94 80 3 1 6
12 2B Red Borom* 28 55 144 130 19 35 4 0 0 9 4 2 7 8 .269 .307 .300 .607 72 39 2 0 7
13 OF Chuck Hostetler* 41 42 51 44 3 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 8 .159 .275 .227 .502 43 10 0 0 0
14 3B Don Ross 30 8 34 29 3 11 4 0 0 4 2 0 5 1 .379 .471 .517 .988 180 15 1 0 0
15 OF Hub Walker* 38 28 32 23 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 4 .130 .375 .130 .505 46 3 1 0 0
16 OF Ed Mierkowicz 21 10 16 15 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .133 .188 .267 .454 28 4 0 0 0
17 1B John McHale* 23 19 16 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .143 .250 .143 .393 12 2 0 1 0
18 C Hack Miller 32 2 5 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 .750 1.500 325 3 1 0 1
19 C Milt Welch 20 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
20 Carl McNabb 28 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
21 Russ Kerns* 24 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
22 P Hal Newhouser* 24 40 124 109 9 28 5 1 0 17 0 1 7 10 .257 .302 .321 .623 76 35 1 0 8
23 P Dizzy Trout 30 42 104 102 11 25 3 2 2 11 1 1 2 23 .245 .260 .373 .632 78 38 3 0 0
24 P Al Benton 34 31 73 63 2 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 21 .063 .092 .095 .188 -47 6 2 0 8
25 P Stubby Overmire 26 31 63 53 5 10 2 1 0 3 0 0 4 6 .189 .246 .264 .510 44 14 1 0 6
26 P Les Mueller 26 26 47 44 5 8 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 10 .182 .217 .318 .536 51 14 1 0 1
27 P Zeb Eaton 25 26 32 32 2 8 1 0 2 10 0 0 0 7 .250 .250 .469 .719 102 15 1 0 0
28 P Jim Tobin 32 17 27 25 2 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 5 .120 .154 .360 .514 44 9 2 0 1
29 P Walter Wilson* 31 25 21 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .053 .053 .053 .105 -70 1 0 0 2
30 P Joe Orrell 28 12 15 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .133 .133 .133 .267 -24 2 1 0 0
31 P George Caster 37 22 15 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .182 .308 .182 .490 40 2 0 0 2
32 P Art Houtteman 17 13 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
33 P Prince Oana 37 4 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 13 1 0 0 0
34 P Tommy Bridges 38 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
35 P Virgil Trucks 28 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -2 0 0 0 0
36 P Billy Pierce* 18 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0
37 P Pat McLaughlin 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 32.4 155 5885 5257 633 1345 227 47 77 588 60 54 517 533 .256 .324 .361 .684 94 1897 112 9 102 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 2 3 1 5 2 5 2 4 5 5 6 2 3 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 Hal Newhouser* 24 25 9 .735 1.81 40 36 2 29 8 2 313.1 239 73 63 5 110 212 0 2 10 1261 195 1.114 6.9 0.1 3.2 6.1 1.93
2 SP Dizzy Trout 30 18 15 .545 3.14 41 31 9 18 4 2 246.1 252 108 86 8 79 97 0 1 5 1041 112 1.344 9.2 0.3 2.9 3.5 1.23
3 SP Al Benton 34 13 8 .619 2.02 31 27 4 12 5 3 191.2 175 68 43 7 63 76 2 0 3 811 175 1.242 8.2 0.3 3.0 3.6 1.21
4 SP Stubby Overmire* 26 9 9 .500 3.88 31 22 5 9 0 4 162.1 189 81 70 6 42 36 3 0 1 702 91 1.423 10.5 0.3 2.3 2.0 0.86
5 SP Les Mueller 26 6 8 .429 3.68 26 18 2 6 2 1 134.2 117 63 55 8 58 42 2 1 1 570 96 1.300 7.8 0.5 3.9 2.8 0.72
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
6 RP Walter Wilson 31 1 3 .250 4.61 25 4 9 1 0 0 70.1 76 40 36 4 35 28 3 1 1 310 77 1.578 9.7 0.5 4.5 3.6 0.80
7 RP Jim Tobin 32 4 5 .444 3.55 14 6 8 2 0 1 58.1 61 31 23 2 28 14 4 0 3 262 100 1.526 9.4 0.3 4.3 2.2 0.50
8 RP Zeb Eaton 25 4 2 .667 4.05 17 3 9 0 0 0 53.1 48 28 24 0 40 15 3 0 3 238 87 1.650 8.1 0.0 6.8 2.5 0.38
9 RP George Caster 37 5 1 .833 3.86 22 0 10 0 0 2 51.1 47 25 22 3 27 23 2 0 0 222 92 1.442 8.2 0.5 4.7 4.0 0.85
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
10 Joe Orrell 28 2 3 .400 3.00 12 5 2 1 0 0 48.0 46 18 16 1 24 14 2 0 0 207 118 1.458 8.6 0.2 4.5 2.6 0.58
11 Art Houtteman 17 0 2 .000 5.33 13 0 9 0 0 0 25.1 27 17 15 1 11 9 1 0 0 116 66 1.500 9.6 0.4 3.9 3.2 0.82
12 Prince Oana 37 0 0 1.59 3 1 1 0 0 1 11.1 3 2 2 0 7 3 0 0 0 42 222 0.882 2.4 0.0 5.6 2.4 0.43
13 Tommy Bridges 38 1 0 1.000 3.27 4 1 2 0 0 0 11.0 14 6 4 2 2 6 0 0 2 48 108 1.455 11.5 1.6 1.6 4.9 3.00
14 Billy Pierce* 18 0 0 1.80 5 0 4 0 0 0 10.0 6 2 2 1 10 10 1 0 0 45 196 1.600 5.4 0.9 9.0 9.0 1.00
15 Virgil Trucks 28 0 0 1.69 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 3 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 19 209 0.938 5.1 0.0 3.4 5.1 1.50
16 Pat McLaughlin 34 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 39 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 28.3 88 65 .575 2.99 155 155 77 78 19 16 1393.2 1305 565 463 48 538 588 23 5 29 5899 118 1.322 8.4 0.3 3.5 3.8 1.09
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 8 2 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 3 6 4187
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
Al Benton 34 31 57 11 44 2 4 .965 1.77 P
Red Borom 28 34 165 66 93 6 16 .964 4.68 2B-3B-SS
Tommy Bridges 38 4 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.50 P
George Caster 37 22 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 0.55 P
Doc Cramer 39 140 0 140 0 324 314 7 3 4 .991 2.29 OF
Roy Cullenbine 31 146 2 0 145 351 321 23 7 3 .980 2.36 OF
Zeb Eaton 25 17 17 4 11 2 0 .882 0.88 P
Hank Greenberg 34 72 72 0 0 132 129 3 0 0 1.000 1.83 OF
Joe Hoover 30 68 306 126 163 17 35 .944 4.25 SS
Chuck Hostetler 41 8 6 1 1 9 8 0 1 0 .889 1.00 OF
Art Houtteman 17 13 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 0.77 P
Bob Maier 29 129 5 0 0 395 144 226 25 19 .937 2.87 3B-OF
Eddie Mayo 35 124 734 326 393 15 91 .980 5.80 2B
John McHale 23 3 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 1B
Pat McLaughlin 34 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 P
Ed Mierkowicz 21 6 6 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 OF
Hack Miller 32 2 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 C
Les Mueller 26 26 29 6 20 3 0 .897 1.00 P
Hal Newhouser 24 40 82 16 66 0 5 1.000 2.05 P
Prince Oana 37 3 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Joe Orrell 28 12 13 4 8 1 0 .923 1.00 P
Jimmy Outlaw 32 126 82 17 8 276 210 55 11 11 .960 2.10 OF-3B
Stubby Overmire 26 31 46 11 33 2 2 .957 1.42 P
Billy Pierce 18 5 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.40 P
Paul Richards 36 83 407 361 44 2 7 .995 4.88 4 C
Don Ross 30 8 25 6 18 1 0 .960 3.00 3B
Bob Swift 30 94 423 358 60 5 12 .988 4.45 7 C
Jim Tobin 32 14 20 3 16 1 1 .950 1.36 P
Dizzy Trout 30 41 87 13 65 9 9 .897 1.90 P
Virgil Trucks 28 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Hub Walker 38 7 5 0 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.71 OF
Skeeter Webb 35 115 638 245 368 25 79 .961 5.33 SS-2B
Milt Welch 20 1 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 4.00 0 C
Walter Wilson 31 25 23 3 20 0 2 1.000 0.92 P
Rudy York 31 155 1596 1464 113 19 142 .988 10.17 1B
Team Totals 32.0 155 6217 4182 1877 158 444 .975 3.77 11
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 2 4
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1944 / 1946 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics