Franchise Encyclopedia: 1944 / 1946
88-65, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Steve O'Neill (88-65)
Scored 633 runs, Allowed 565 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-69
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
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Won World Series (4-3) over Chicago Cubs |

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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 | 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 | 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* | 29 | 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 | 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 | 35 | 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 | |||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 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 | 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 | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 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 | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 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 | 35 | 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 | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| 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 | 29 | 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 | 35 | 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 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary |