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1946 Detroit Tigers Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1945 / 1947)
92-62, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 704 runs, Allowed 567 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-62
Manager: Steve O'Neill (92-62)
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,722,590 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 104;   one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 105

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1945 / 1947 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 92-62, Final Rank:2, GB: 12.0
Days in First2last on Thursday, Apr 25, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 2last on Apr 25, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind18.5last on Thursday, Sep 5, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50031last on Saturday, Sep 28
Most Games under .5003last on Sunday, May 5
Longest Winning Streak10Monday, Sep 16 to Tuesday, Sep 24
Longest Losing Streak7Sunday, Apr 28 to Sunday, May 5
Most Runs Allowed15Tuesday, May 14, Saturday, Jun 8 and Sunday, Sep 15
Most Runs Scored16Wednesday, Jun 26
Times Shutout by Opponent11 
Times Opponent Shutout18 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 92 62 704 567 .597
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 48 30 391 300 .615
Road 44 32 313 267 .579
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 7 5 43 33 .583
May 15 14 97 117 .517
June 14 11 126 114 .560
July 20 10 133 91 .667
August 15 13 122 98 .536
September 21 9 183 114 .700
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 42 32 308 292 .568
Second Half 50 30 396 275 .625
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 24 25 181 182 .490
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 25 13 259 184 .658
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BOS 7 15 101 124 .318
CHW 12 10 68 61 .545
CLE 17 5 124 61 .773
NYY 13 9 118 93 .591
PHA 17 5 91 58 .773
SLB 14 8 100 67 .636
WSH 12 10 102 103 .545

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 16 DET SLB W 2 1 1-0 1 Tied Newhouser 1:50 52,900 +
2 2 Wednesday, Apr 17 DET SLB L 6 7 1-1 3 1.0 Zoldak 2:20 14,330 -
3 3 Thursday, Apr 18 DET SLB W 6 1 2-1 3 1.0 Benton 1:58 16,469 +
4 4 Saturday, Apr 20 DET @ CLE W 7 0 3-1 2 1.0 Newhouser 42,775 ++
5 5 Sunday, Apr 21 DET @ CLE W 3 2 4-1 2 0.5 Trucks 2:25 29,573 +++
6 6 Monday, Apr 22 DET @ CHW W 4 0 5-1 2 0.5 Trout 1:55 9,933 ++++
7 7 Tuesday, Apr 23 DET @ CHW L 1 3 5-2 3 0.5 Dietrich 1:42 6,166 -
8 8 Thursday, Apr 25 DET @ SLB W 6 5 6-2 1 Tied Newhouser 2:06 4,946 +
9 9 Friday, Apr 26 DET @ SLB L 2 3 6-3 3 1.0 Potter 2:18 3,143 -
10 10 Saturday, Apr 27 DET CLE W 5 4 7-3 3 1.0 Caster 2:23 33,425 +
11 11 Sunday, Apr 28 DET CLE L 1 3 7-4 3 2.0 Embree 2:24 57,149 -
12 12 Tuesday, Apr 30 DET @ BOS L 0 4 7-5 3 3.0 Dobson 1:55 18,877 --
13 13 Wednesday, May 1 DET @ BOS L 1 13 7-6 3 4.0 Ferriss 2:12 27,371 ---
14 14 Thursday, May 2 DET @ BOS L 4 5 7-7 3 5.0 Dreisewerd 2:00 21,543 ----
15 15 Friday, May 3 DET @ NYY L 0 2 7-8 4 6.0 Gettel 1:56 29,343 -----
16 16 Saturday, May 4 DET @ NYY L 3 4 7-9 4 7.0 Page 2:01 34,090 ------
17 17 Sunday, May 5 DET @ PHA L 2 10 7-10 4 7.0 Newsom 2:10 -------
18 18 Sunday, May 5 DET @ PHA W 5 4 8-10 4 7.0 Bridges 2:23 25,052 +
19 19 Monday, May 6 DET @ PHA W 3 1 9-10 3 7.5 Trucks 2:23 6,190 ++
20 20 Tuesday, May 7 DET @ PHA W 7 2 10-10 3 7.5 Trout 1:51 4,928 +++
21 21 Wednesday, May 8 DET @ WSH W 1 0 11-10 3 7.5 Newhouser 1:43 10,064 ++++
22 22 Thursday, May 9 DET @ WSH W 9 8 12-10 3 7.5 Caster 1:50 10,377 +++++
23 23 Saturday, May 11 DET CHW W 4 1 13-10 3 7.0 Trucks 1:34 16,443 ++++++
24 24 Sunday, May 12 DET CHW W 4 1 14-10 3 7.0 Trout 1:45 43,726 +++++++
25 25 Monday, May 13 DET CHW W 6 5 15-10 3 6.5 Newhouser 2:22 14,040 ++++++++
26 26 Tuesday, May 14 DET WSH L 1 15 15-11 3 7.5 Wolff 2:01 7,006 -
27 27 Wednesday, May 15 DET WSH L 3 6 15-12 3 7.5 Leonard 2:12 16,413 --
28 28 Friday, May 17 DET PHA W 3 1 16-12 3 6.5 Trucks 1:52 8,079 +
29 29 Saturday, May 18 DET PHA W 2 0 17-12 3 6.5 Hutchinson 1:48 16,672 ++
30 30 Sunday, May 19 DET BOS L 0 4 17-13 3 6.5 Ferriss 1:47 -
31 31 Sunday, May 19 DET BOS W 3 1 18-13 3 6.5 Newhouser 1:53 57,130 +
32 32 Tuesday, May 21 DET BOS L 4 6 18-14 3 7.5 Johnson 2:10 25,381 -
33 33 Wednesday, May 22 DET NYY L 3 5 18-15 3 8.5 Wade 1:46 25,622 --
34 34 Thursday, May 23 DET NYY L 6 12 18-16 3 8.5 Marshall 2:18 26,923 ---
35 35 Friday, May 24 DET @ CHW W 3 1 19-16 3 8.0 Newhouser 1:55 41,874 +
36 36 Sunday, May 26 DET @ CHW L 1 3 19-17 4 9.5 Lee 1:49 -
37 37 Sunday, May 26 DET @ CHW L 1 2 19-18 4 9.5 Caldwell 1:52 30,926 --
38 38 Tuesday, May 28 DET @ CLE W 6 1 20-18 4 9.0 Hutchinson 1:50 18,473 +
39 39 Wednesday, May 29 DET @ CLE W 4 1 21-18 4 9.0 Newhouser 2:05 45,000 ++
40 40 Thursday, May 30 DET @ SLB W 7 1 22-18 3 10.0 Trout 2:07 +++
41 41 Thursday, May 30 DET @ SLB L 1 2 22-19 3 10.0 Galehouse 1:58 18,270 -
42 42 Saturday, Jun 1 DET @ WSH L 3 5 22-20 4 10.5 Hudson 1:58 17,885 --
43 43 Sunday, Jun 2 DET @ WSH W 10 2 23-20 3 10.0 Newhouser 2:14 21,935 +
44 44 Monday, Jun 3 DET @ WSH L 4 7 23-21 4 11.5 Kennedy 2:01 27,121 -
45 45 Tuesday, Jun 4 DET @ PHA W 2 0 24-21 3 11.5 Trout 1:55 19,891 +
46 46 Wednesday, Jun 5 DET @ PHA W 2 0 25-21 3 11.0 Trucks 1:48 6,067 ++
47 47 Saturday, Jun 8 DET @ BOS L 4 15 25-22 4 12.5 Dobson 2:15 29,453 -
48 48 Sunday, Jun 9 DET @ BOS L 1 7 25-23 4 14.5 Harris 2:06 --
49 49 Sunday, Jun 9 DET @ BOS L 6 11 25-24 4 14.5 Ferriss 2:07 32,800 ---
50 50 Monday, Jun 10 DET @ NYY W 11 3 26-24 4 14.5 Trucks 2:15 18,155 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Tuesday, Jun 11 DET @ NYY W 8 3 27-24 4 14.5 Newhouser 2:24 20,203 ++
52 52 Wednesday, Jun 12 DET @ NYY W 6 5 28-24 4 13.5 Trout 2:33 63,514 +++
53 53 Friday, Jun 14 DET WSH W 6 2 29-24 3 12.5 Trucks 1:59 26,770 ++++
54 54 Saturday, Jun 15 DET WSH W 3 1 30-24 3 11.5 Newhouser 1:30 28,438 +++++
55 55 Sunday, Jun 16 DET WSH L 3 6 30-25 3 12.0 Hudson 2:03 40,084 -
56 56 Wednesday, Jun 19 DET PHA W 3 0 31-25 3 10.5 Trucks 1:57 12,413 +
57 57 Thursday, Jun 20 DET PHA W 9 2 32-25 3 9.5 Trout 1:49 5,431 ++
58 58 Friday, Jun 21 DET NYY W 6 2 33-25 3 9.5 Newhouser 2:00 14,746 +++
59 59 Saturday, Jun 22 DET NYY L 3 5 33-26 3 9.5 Ruffing 2:05 -
60 60 Sunday, Jun 23 DET NYY L 8 10 33-27 3 11.0 Murphy 3:03 49,218 --
61 61 Monday, Jun 24 DET BOS T 5 5 33-27 3 11.0 2:26 39,957 --
62 62 Tuesday, Jun 25 DET BOS L 0 1 33-28 3 12.0 Hughson 1:37 19,124 ---
63 63 Wednesday, Jun 26 DET BOS W 16 2 34-28 3 12.0 Newhouser 2:09 +
64 64 Wednesday, Jun 26 DET BOS L 3 9 34-29 3 12.0 Ferriss 2:17 41,002 -
65 65 Friday, Jun 28 DET @ SLB L 0 9 34-30 3 13.0 Galehouse 2:10 16,035 --
66 66 Sunday, Jun 30 DET @ SLB W 1 0 35-30 3 12.5 Newhouser 2:13 +
67 67 Sunday, Jun 30 DET @ SLB W 3 2 36-30 3 12.5 Hutchinson 2:24 26,076 ++
68 68 Monday, Jul 1 DET CHW W 2 0 37-30 3 12.0 Trucks 1:47 17,528 +++
69 69 Tuesday, Jul 2 DET CHW L 7 8 37-31 3 12.0 Grove 2:35 8,915 -
70 70 Wednesday, Jul 3 DET CHW W 2 1 38-31 3 11.0 Newhouser 1:57 8,193 +
71 71 Thursday, Jul 4 DET CLE W 8 4 39-31 3 11.0 Hutchinson 2:04 ++
72 72 Thursday, Jul 4 DET CLE L 8 9 39-32 3 11.0 Reynolds 2:39 51,503 -
73 73 Friday, Jul 5 DET CLE W 7 5 40-32 3 11.0 Trucks 2:11 30,979 +
74 74 Saturday, Jul 6 DET SLB W 5 1 41-32 3 10.0 Trout 1:53 18,126 ++
75 75 Sunday, Jul 7 DET SLB W 3 0 42-32 3 10.5 Newhouser 2:06 31,428 +++
76 76 Thursday, Jul 11 DET @ BOS L 2 3 42-33 3 11.5 Hughson 2:07 26,795 -
77 77 Friday, Jul 12 DET @ BOS L 2 4 42-34 3 12.5 Ferriss 1:55 26,290 --
78 78 Saturday, Jul 13 DET @ BOS L 4 5 42-35 3 13.5 Harris 2:14 26,102 ---
79 79 Sunday, Jul 14 DET @ NYY W 5 1 43-35 3 13.5 Newhouser 2:38 +
80 80 Sunday, Jul 14 DET @ NYY W 6 3 44-35 3 13.5 Overmire 2:00 61,940 ++
81 81 Monday, Jul 15 DET @ NYY W 2 0 45-35 3 13.0 Hutchinson 1:48 39,839 +++
82 82 Wednesday, Jul 17 DET @ WSH W 3 2 46-35 3 13.0 Benton 2:47 21,438 ++++
83 83 Thursday, Jul 18 DET @ WSH L 0 1 46-36 3 14.0 Leonard 1:55 14,735 -
84 84 Friday, Jul 19 DET @ WSH W 10 5 47-36 3 14.0 Newhouser 2:32 21,320 +
85 85 Saturday, Jul 20 DET @ PHA W 4 3 48-36 3 13.0 Hutchinson 2:08 4,836 ++
86 86 Sunday, Jul 21 DET @ PHA L 3 4 48-37 3 14.0 Fowler 2:00 -
87 87 Sunday, Jul 21 DET @ PHA W 11 7 49-37 3 14.0 Overmire 2:00 13,655 +
88 88 Tuesday, Jul 23 DET WSH W 6 1 50-37 3 13.0 Newhouser 2:05 18,523 ++
89 89 Wednesday, Jul 24 DET WSH L 0 1 50-38 3 14.0 Newsom 2:12 12,735 -
90 90 Thursday, Jul 25 DET WSH L 3 8 50-39 3 14.0 Scarborough 2:04 9,555 --
91 91 Friday, Jul 26 DET PHA W 4 3 51-39 3 14.0 Trucks 1:51 5,573 +
92 92 Saturday, Jul 27 DET PHA W 4 2 52-39 3 14.0 Newhouser 1:48 19,814 ++
93 93 Sunday, Jul 28 DET PHA L 0 2 52-40 3 14.0 Flores 2:06 -
94 94 Sunday, Jul 28 DET PHA W 6 2 53-40 3 14.0 Overmire 1:49 51,116 +
95 95 Monday, Jul 29 DET PHA W 4 1 54-40 3 13.5 Hutchinson 1:38 5,665 ++
96 96 Tuesday, Jul 30 DET NYY W 6 5 55-40 3 13.5 Trucks 2:09 39,881 +++
97 97 Wednesday, Jul 31 DET NYY W 6 0 56-40 2 12.5 Benton 1:44 21,344 ++++
98 98 Thursday, Aug 1 DET NYY L 2 4 56-41 3 12.5 Gumpert 1:59 18,125 -
99 99 Friday, Aug 2 DET BOS W 7 1 57-41 2 11.5 Trout 1:47 26,075 +
100 100 Saturday, Aug 3 DET BOS L 3 5 57-42 3 12.5 Ferriss 1:58 50,642 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Sunday, Aug 4 DET BOS L 4 9 57-43 3 13.5 Harris 1:53 49,425 --
102 102 Tuesday, Aug 6 DET @ SLB W 3 1 58-43 3 13.5 Benton 1:48 8,913 +
103 103 Wednesday, Aug 7 DET @ SLB L 2 3 58-44 3 14.0 Muncrief 2:04 6,857 -
104 104 Friday, Aug 9 DET @ CHW W 5 4 59-44 3 15.0 Hutchinson 2:19 31,833 +
105 105 Sunday, Aug 11 DET @ CHW L 0 3 59-45 3 15.5 Lopat 1:55 -
106 106 Sunday, Aug 11 DET @ CHW L 3 4 59-46 3 15.5 Caldwell 2:40 29,030 --
107 107 Monday, Aug 12 DET @ CLE W 3 2 60-46 3 15.0 Benton 1:55 12,000 +
108 108 Tuesday, Aug 13 DET @ CLE W 1 0 61-46 3 15.0 Trout 2:14 65,765 ++
109 109 Wednesday, Aug 14 DET @ CLE L 5 6 61-47 3 16.0 Embree 2:36 7,527 -
110 110 Thursday, Aug 15 DET CHW W 3 0 62-47 3 15.0 Newhouser 1:53 13,302 +
111 111 Friday, Aug 16 DET CHW W 3 1 63-47 3 15.0 Trucks 1:51 10,434 ++
112 112 Saturday, Aug 17 DET SLB W 7 3 64-47 3 15.0 Benton 2:08 14,547 +++
113 113 Sunday, Aug 18 DET SLB L 3 4 64-48 3 16.0 Potter 2:15 -
114 114 Sunday, Aug 18 DET SLB L 5 6 64-49 3 16.0 Ferrick 1:52 57,235 --
115 115 Tuesday, Aug 20 DET @ PHA L 0 2 64-50 3 16.5 Savage 1:56 ---
116 116 Wednesday, Aug 21 DET @ PHA L 1 4 64-51 3 17.5 Marchildon 1:48 3,573 ----
117 117 Friday, Aug 23 DET @ WSH L 2 3 64-52 3 17.0 Newsom 2:05 -----
118 118 Friday, Aug 23 DET @ WSH W 5 0 65-52 3 17.0 Trout 1:53 18,530 +
119 119 Saturday, Aug 24 DET @ WSH W 8 4 66-52 3 16.5 Benton 2:00 8,457 ++
120 120 Sunday, Aug 25 DET @ NYY W 7 2 67-52 3 17.0 Newhouser 2:19 42,908 +++
121 121 Monday, Aug 26 DET @ NYY L 6 10 67-53 3 18.0 Marshall 2:25 20,925 -
122 122 Tuesday, Aug 27 DET @ NYY W 7 4 68-53 3 17.5 Overmire 2:23 21,159 +
123 123 Wednesday, Aug 28 DET @ BOS W 7 2 69-53 3 16.5 Hutchinson 2:11 28,789 ++
124 124 Thursday, Aug 29 DET @ BOS W 9 8 70-53 3 15.5 Trout 3:20 22,249 +++
125 125 Saturday, Aug 31 DET @ SLB W 11 3 71-53 3 16.5 Newhouser 2:08 5,436 ++++
126 126 Monday, Sep 2 DET @ CHW W 2 1 72-53 3 18.0 Trout 1:21 +++++
127 127 Monday, Sep 2 DET @ CHW L 2 6 72-54 3 18.0 Papish 1:49 33,978 -
128 128 Tuesday, Sep 3 DET @ CHW L 3 4 72-55 3 18.5 Caldwell 2:57 2,087 --
129 129 Wednesday, Sep 4 DET CLE W 4 1 73-55 3 18.5 Newhouser 2:11 15,705 +
130 130 Thursday, Sep 5 DET CLE W 10 0 74-55 3 18.5 Hutchinson 2:02 20,614 ++
131 131 Friday, Sep 6 DET CLE W 9 0 75-55 3 17.5 Trout 1:57 9,281 +++
132 132 Saturday, Sep 7 DET CHW W 10 4 76-55 3 16.5 Benton 1:57 16,431 ++++
133 133 Sunday, Sep 8 DET CHW L 2 3 76-56 3 17.0 Lopat 2:13 -
134 134 Sunday, Sep 8 DET CHW L 0 6 76-57 3 17.0 Papish 1:57 56,038 --
135 135 Tuesday, Sep 10 DET BOS W 9 1 77-57 2 16.0 Hutchinson 1:57 15,796 +
136 136 Wednesday, Sep 11 DET BOS W 7 3 78-57 2 15.0 Trout 2:00 24,676 ++
137 137 Thursday, Sep 12 DET NYY W 6 4 79-57 2 14.0 Benton 1:53 14,013 +++
138 138 Friday, Sep 13 DET NYY L 4 5 79-58 2 15.0 Gumpert 2:03 15,341 -
139 139 Saturday, Sep 14 DET NYY W 7 4 80-58 2 14.5 Hutchinson 2:11 37,834 +
140 140 Sunday, Sep 15 DET WSH L 5 15 80-59 2 15.0 Wynn 2:17 35,546 -
141 141 Monday, Sep 16 DET WSH W 11 7 81-59 2 14.5 Overmire 2:00 6,983 +
142 142 Tuesday, Sep 17 DET WSH W 6 4 82-59 2 14.0 Benton 2:04 7,091 ++
143 143 Wednesday, Sep 18 DET PHA W 2 1 83-59 2 14.0 Newhouser 2:22 7,750 +++
144 144 Thursday, Sep 19 DET PHA W 14 7 84-59 2 13.0 Trucks 2:10 7,044 ++++
145 145 Friday, Sep 20 DET @ CLE W 15 1 85-59 2 12.5 Hutchinson 2:25 1,650 +++++
146 146 Saturday, Sep 21 DET @ CLE W 5 3 86-59 2 12.5 Trout 2:40 2,772 ++++++
147 147 Sunday, Sep 22 DET @ CLE W 3 0 87-59 2 12.0 Newhouser 2:02 +++++++
148 148 Sunday, Sep 22 DET @ CLE W 4 3 88-59 2 12.0 Benton 1:44 38,103 ++++++++
149 149 Tuesday, Sep 24 DET SLB W 4 3 89-59 2 11.5 Hutchinson 1:37 +++++++++
150 150 Tuesday, Sep 24 DET SLB W 10 1 90-59 2 11.5 Trout 2:03 16,552 ++++++++++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Wednesday, Sep 25 DET SLB L 7 8 90-60 2 12.5 Biscan 2:03 5,747 -
152 152 Thursday, Sep 26 DET SLB W 6 3 91-60 2 12.0 Kretlow 1:40 4,661 +
153 153 Friday, Sep 27 DET CLE L 8 9 91-61 2 13.0 Kuzava 2:10 7,011 -
154 154 Saturday, Sep 28 DET CLE W 7 3 92-61 2 12.0 White 1:40 12,799 +
155 155 Sunday, Sep 29 DET CLE L 1 4 92-62 2 12.0 Feller 1:59 17,876 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1945 / 1947 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits