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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
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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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
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 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 3 6 1
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