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1946 Detroit Tigers

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1945 / 1947

92-62, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Steve O'Neill (92-62)
Scored 704 runs, Allowed 567 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-62

Ballparks: Briggs Stadium · Attendance: 1,722,590 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 107, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 107


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1945 / 1947 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Birdie Tebbetts 33 87 312 280 20 68 11 2 1 34 1 3 28 23 .243 .312 .307 .619 68 86 10 0 4
2 1B Hank Greenberg 35 142 604 523 91 145 29 5 44 127 5 1 80 88 .277 .373 .604 .977 162 316 17 0 1
3 2B Jimmy Bloodworth 28 76 271 249 25 61 8 1 5 36 3 3 12 26 .245 .285 .345 .631 71 86 10 2 8
4 SS Eddie Lake 30 155 703 587 105 149 24 1 8 31 15 9 103 69 .254 .369 .339 .708 93 199 8 4 9
5 3B George Kell 23 105 477 434 67 142 19 9 4 41 3 2 30 14 .327 .371 .440 .811 119 191 11 0 13
6 OF Hoot Evers 25 81 341 304 42 81 8 4 4 33 7 1 34 43 .266 .344 .359 .703 91 109 5 2 1
7 OF Dick Wakefield* 25 111 458 396 64 106 11 5 12 59 3 5 59 55 .268 .364 .412 .776 110 163 5 1 2
8 OF Roy Cullenbine# 32 113 419 328 63 110 21 0 15 56 3 0 88 39 .335 .477 .537 1.014 175 176 5 1 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
9 UT Jimmy Outlaw 33 92 337 299 36 78 14 2 2 31 5 4 29 24 .261 .328 .341 .669 82 102 10 1 8
10 OF Pat Mullin* 28 93 306 276 34 68 13 4 3 35 3 5 25 36 .246 .311 .355 .666 81 98 4 1 4
11 OF Doc Cramer* 40 68 224 204 26 60 8 2 1 26 3 0 15 8 .294 .342 .368 .710 93 75 6 0 5
12 2B Eddie Mayo* 36 51 220 202 21 51 9 2 0 22 6 2 14 12 .252 .301 .317 .618 68 64 7 0 4
13 2B Skeeter Webb 36 64 181 169 12 37 1 1 0 17 3 3 9 18 .219 .258 .237 .495 35 40 5 0 3
14 C Paul Richards 37 57 167 139 13 28 5 2 0 11 2 0 23 18 .201 .315 .266 .581 59 37 7 0 5
15 OF Anse Moore* 28 51 148 134 16 28 4 0 1 8 1 1 12 9 .209 .279 .261 .540 47 35 1 1 1
16 C Bob Swift 31 42 124 107 13 25 2 0 2 10 0 0 14 7 .234 .322 .308 .631 72 33 4 0 3
17 OF Barney McCosky* 29 25 109 91 11 18 5 0 1 11 0 0 17 9 .198 .324 .286 .610 66 26 2 0 1
18 3B Pinky Higgins 37 18 66 60 2 13 3 1 0 8 0 1 5 6 .217 .277 .300 .577 57 18 1 0 1
19 IF Johnny Lipon 23 14 25 20 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 .300 .440 .300 .740 103 6 0 0 0
20 OF Johnny Groth 19 4 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
21 2B Billy Hitchcock 29 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 -28 0 0 0 0
22 Ned Harris* 29 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
23 P Hal Newhouser* 25 37 117 103 6 13 3 0 2 11 1 0 6 27 .126 .174 .214 .388 5 22 1 0 8
24 P Dizzy Trout 31 40 111 103 7 20 3 0 3 10 1 1 4 34 .194 .224 .311 .535 44 32 1 0 4
25 P Fred Hutchinson* 26 40 97 89 11 28 4 0 0 13 0 0 6 1 .315 .358 .360 .717 95 32 1 0 2
26 P Virgil Trucks 29 32 97 95 4 17 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 13 .179 .179 .221 .400 8 21 4 0 2
27 P Al Benton 35 28 54 49 3 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 17 .184 .184 .204 .388 5 10 0 0 5
28 P Stubby Overmire 27 24 39 33 4 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 .152 .200 .152 .352 -4 5 0 0 4
29 P Hal White 27 11 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2
30 P George Caster 38 26 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -22 1 0 0 1
31 P Tommy Bridges 39 9 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .400 .000 .400 15 0 0 0 0
32 P Lou Kretlow 25 1 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 236 3 0 0 0
33 P Ted Gray# 21 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 -28 0 0 0 0
34 P Art Houtteman 18 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 172 1 0 0 1
35 P Johnny Gorsica 31 14 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 348 3 0 0 0
36 P Hal Manders 29 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 172 1 0 0 0
37 P Rufe Gentry 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 30.4 155 6059 5318 704 1373 212 41 108 644 65 41 624 616 .258 .338 .374 .712 93 1991 125 13 104
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 2 3 6 8 3 2 4 3 6 3 2 3 3 2 6 1
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
* - 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* 25 26 9 .743 1.94 37 34 2 29 6 1 292.2 215 77 63 10 98 275 1 0 8 1176 190 1.069 6.6 0.3 3.0 8.5 2.81
2 SP Dizzy Trout 31 17 13 .567 2.34 38 32 6 23 5 3 276.1 244 85 72 11 97 151 3 1 2 1142 157 1.234 7.9 0.4 3.2 4.9 1.56
3 SP Virgil Trucks 29 14 9 .609 3.23 32 29 1 15 2 0 236.2 217 94 85 23 75 161 3 0 5 992 114 1.234 8.3 0.9 2.9 6.1 2.15
4 SP Fred Hutchinson 26 14 11 .560 3.09 28 26 2 16 3 2 207.0 184 78 71 14 66 138 0 1 0 853 119 1.208 8.0 0.6 2.9 6.0 2.09
5 SP Al Benton 35 11 7 .611 3.65 28 15 6 6 1 1 140.2 132 69 57 9 58 60 1 0 2 606 101 1.351 8.4 0.6 3.7 3.8 1.03
6 SP Stubby Overmire* 27 5 7 .417 4.62 24 13 7 3 0 1 97.1 106 54 50 6 29 34 0 0 1 422 80 1.387 9.8 0.6 2.7 3.1 1.17
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
7 RP George Caster 38 2 1 .667 5.66 26 0 19 0 0 4 41.1 42 26 26 1 24 19 1 0 0 185 66 1.597 9.1 0.2 5.2 4.1 0.79
8 RP Hal White 27 1 1 .500 5.60 11 1 1 1 0 0 27.1 34 20 17 5 15 12 0 0 0 125 67 1.793 11.2 1.6 4.9 4.0 0.80
9 RP Johnny Gorsica 31 0 0 4.56 14 0 7 0 0 1 23.2 28 13 12 5 11 14 0 0 0 105 82 1.648 10.6 1.9 4.2 5.3 1.27
10 RP Tommy Bridges 39 1 1 .500 5.91 9 1 6 0 0 1 21.1 24 16 14 5 8 17 1 0 1 95 63 1.500 10.1 2.1 3.4 7.2 2.13
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
11 Ted Gray* 21 0 2 .000 8.49 3 2 1 0 0 1 11.2 17 12 11 4 5 5 0 0 1 55 45 1.886 13.1 3.1 3.9 3.9 1.00
12 Lou Kretlow 25 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 7 3 3 2 2 4 0 0 0 36 128 1.000 7.0 2.0 2.0 4.0 2.00
13 Art Houtteman 18 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 15 8 8 1 0 2 0 0 0 40 43 1.875 16.9 1.1 0.0 2.3
14 Hal Manders 29 0 0 10.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 8 7 7 1 2 3 1 0 0 26 37 1.667 12.0 1.5 3.0 4.5 1.50
15 Rufe Gentry 28 0 0 15.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 4 5 5 0 7 1 0 0 1 19 28 3.667 12.0 0.0 21.0 3.0 0.14
Team Totals 28.8 92 62 .597 3.22 155 155 61 94 17 15 1402.0 1277 567 501 97 497 896 11 2 21 5877 115 1.265 8.2 0.6 3.2 5.8 1.80
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 7 3 1 1 4 1 2 2 3 8 1 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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Al Benton 35 28 15 6 44 16 26 2 0 .955 1.50 P
Jimmy Bloodworth 28 71 65 57 350 157 184 9 46 .974 4.80 2B
Tommy Bridges 39 9 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.44 P
George Caster 38 26 0 0 12 0 11 1 1 .917 0.42 P
Doc Cramer 40 50 45 43 91 89 2 0 0 1.000 1.82 OF
Roy Cullenbine 32 98 93 83 331 293 30 8 15 .976 3.17 OF-1B
Hoot Evers 25 76 75 70 203 196 2 5 0 .975 2.61 OF
Rufe Gentry 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Johnny Gorsica 31 14 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 0.29 P
Ted Gray 21 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Hank Greenberg 35 140 140 134 1380 1272 93 15 110 .989 9.75 1B
Johnny Groth 19 4 2 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 OF
Pinky Higgins 37 17 16 15 39 12 25 2 2 .949 2.18 3B
Billy Hitchcock 29 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 2B
Art Houtteman 18 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Fred Hutchinson 26 28 26 16 59 11 47 1 3 .983 2.07 P
George Kell 23 105 104 102 322 107 210 5 22 .984 2.99 3B-1B
Lou Kretlow 25 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Eddie Lake 30 155 155 139 658 232 391 35 85 .947 4.02 SS
Johnny Lipon 23 9 0 0 31 14 15 2 5 .935 3.22 SS-3B
Hal Manders 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Eddie Mayo 36 49 49 45 229 96 125 8 28 .965 4.51 2B
Barney McCosky 29 24 24 22 59 56 1 2 0 .966 2.38 OF
Anse Moore 28 32 29 29 69 65 2 2 1 .971 2.09 OF
Pat Mullin 28 75 69 63 136 121 8 7 1 .949 1.72 OF
Hal Newhouser 25 37 34 29 65 15 47 3 4 .954 1.68 P
Jimmy Outlaw 33 78 74 69 172 101 64 7 4 .959 2.04 OF-3B
Stubby Overmire 27 24 13 3 32 5 25 2 0 .938 1.25 P
Paul Richards 37 56 44 36 347 311 35 1 6 .997 6.41 1 12 11 48% C
Bob Swift 31 42 29 25 205 187 14 4 2 .980 4.79 3 14 4 22% C
Birdie Tebbetts 33 87 82 65 549 486 53 10 4 .982 6.20 10 21 22 51% C
Dizzy Trout 31 38 32 23 86 17 64 5 6 .942 2.13 P
Virgil Trucks 29 32 29 15 47 11 33 3 1 .936 1.38 P
Dick Wakefield 25 104 104 102 224 210 6 8 1 .964 2.08 OF
Skeeter Webb 36 59 41 36 267 105 155 7 30 .974 4.48 2B-SS
Hal White 27 11 1 1 9 3 6 0 1 1.000 0.82 P
Team Totals 30.6 155 1395 1231 6038 4199 1684 155 378 .974 3.69 14 47 37 44%
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 8 4
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Al Benton 35 54 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Jimmy Bloodworth 28 271 -8 -1 0 0 1 3 7 2 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded 4
Tommy Bridges 39 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Free Agency /1
George Caster 38 8 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Waivers 1
Doc Cramer* 40 224 0 1 0 0 -4 0 6 3 0.3 7 0.8 -0.5 $ Traded 8O
Roy Cullenbine# 32 419 40 0 0 0 1 -5 11 47 5.2 46 5.1 0.1 $ Traded O937
Hoot Evers 25 341 -1 2 0 0 2 -1 9 11 1.1 9 1.0 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 8O/7
Johnny Gorsica 31 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Ted Gray# 21 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Hank Greenberg 35 604 44 0 0 0 7 -6 15 60 6.6 53 5.8 0.8 $55,000 Free Agency *3
Johnny Groth 19 9 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /8O
Ned Harris* 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
Pinky Higgins 37 66 -3 -1 0 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Traded 5
Billy Hitchcock 29 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded /4
Art Houtteman 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Fred Hutchinson* 26 97 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 9 0.9 9 1.0 -0.1 $ Traded 1
George Kell 23 477 14 3 0 0 5 0 11 33 3.6 28 3.1 0.5 $ Traded *5/3
Lou Kretlow 25 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Eddie Lake 30 703 3 3 0 0 -5 10 17 28 2.9 33 3.6 -0.7 $ Traded *6
Johnny Lipon 23 25 1 0 0 0 -1 1 1 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent /65
Hal Manders 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Eddie Mayo* 36 220 -7 1 0 0 1 2 6 3 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 4
Barney McCosky* 29 109 -3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 8O
Anse Moore* 28 148 -8 0 0 0 0 -1 4 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ O79
Pat Mullin* 28 306 -5 -1 0 0 -2 -3 8 -3 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent O9/8
Hal Newhouser* 25 117 -13 0 0 0 0 7 3 -3 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $45,000 Amateur Free Agent 1
Jimmy Outlaw 33 337 -4 0 0 0 -1 -2 9 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ O578/9
Stubby Overmire 27 39 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Paul Richards 37 167 -6 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 $ 2
Bob Swift 31 124 -3 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded 2
Birdie Tebbetts 33 312 -9 -2 0 0 -2 3 8 -2 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent 2
Dizzy Trout 31 111 -8 0 0 0 0 7 3 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Virgil Trucks 29 97 -11 0 0 0 0 7 3 -1 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Dick Wakefield* 25 458 9 0 0 0 0 -5 12 16 1.7 16 1.8 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent *7O
Skeeter Webb 36 181 -13 -1 0 0 3 3 5 -3 -0.5 -6 -0.7 0.2 $ Traded 4/6
Hal White 27 9 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 1
Team Total 30.4 6059 -5 4 0 0 7 34 155 195 19.6 188 20.8 -1.2 $100,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Al Benton 35 140.2 15 69 75 0 1.0 6 0.9 $ Purchased
Tommy Bridges 39 21.1 1 16 11 0 1.0 -5 -0.5 $ Free Agency
George Caster 38 41.1 0 26 22 0 1.0 -4 -0.3 $ Waivers
Rufe Gentry 28 3.0 0 5 2 0 1.0 -3 -0.4 $
Johnny Gorsica 31 23.2 0 13 13 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
Ted Gray* 21 11.2 2 12 6 0 1.0 -6 -0.6 $ Amateur Free Agent
Art Houtteman 18 8.0 1 8 4 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Fred Hutchinson 26 207.0 26 78 110 1 1.0 32 3.8 $ Traded
Lou Kretlow 25 9.0 1 3 5 0 1.0 2 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Hal Manders 29 6.0 0 7 3 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $
Hal Newhouser* 25 292.2 34 77 156 1 1.0 79 9.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Stubby Overmire* 27 97.1 13 54 52 0 1.0 -2 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Dizzy Trout 31 276.1 32 85 147 1 1.0 62 7.2 $ Traded
Virgil Trucks 29 236.2 29 94 126 1 1.0 32 3.9 $ Amateur Free Agent
Hal White 27 27.1 1 20 15 0 1.0 -5 -0.5 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Team Total 28.8 1402.0 155 567 747 4 1.0 180 21.8 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1945 / 1947 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics