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1946 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 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 Birdie Tebbetts 33 87 312 280 20 68 11 2 1 34 1 3 28 23 .243 .312 .307 .619 69 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 .977 163 316 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 94 199 8 4 9
5 3B George Kell 23 105 477 434 67 142 19 9 4 41 3 2 30 14 .327 .371 .440 .811 120 191 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 92 109 5 2 1
7 OF Dick Wakefield* 25 111 458 396 64 106 11 5 12 59 3 5 59 55 .268 .364 .412 .776 111 163 5 1 2
8 OF Roy Cullenbine# 32 113 419 328 63 110 21 0 15 56 3 0 88 39 .335 .477 .537 1.014 176 176 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 83 102 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 94 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 36 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 48 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 67 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 .740 104 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 45 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 96 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 9 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 6 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 -3 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 16 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 1.250 237 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 1.000 173 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 1.667 350 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 1.000 173 1 0 0 0
Team Totals 30.4 155 6059 5318 704 1373 212 41 108 644 65 41 624 616 .258 .338 .374 .712 94 1991 125 13 104 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 2 3 6 8 3 2 4 3 6 3 2 3 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* 25 26 9 .743 1.94 37 34 2 29 6 1 292.2 215 77 63 10 98 275 1 0 8 1176 188 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 155 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 5 992 113 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 0 853 118 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 2 606 100 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 79 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 64 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 65 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 80 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 62 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 43 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 36 121 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 40 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 35 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 24 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 113 1.265 8.2 0.6 3.2 5.8 1.80
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 7 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
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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 35 28 44 16 26 2 0 .955 1.50 P
Jimmy Bloodworth 28 71 350 157 184 9 46 .974 4.80 2B
Tommy Bridges 39 9 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.44 P
George Caster 38 26 12 0 11 1 1 .917 0.42 P
Doc Cramer 40 50 0 50 0 91 89 2 0 0 1.000 1.82 OF
Roy Cullenbine 32 102 12 0 69 331 293 30 8 15 .976 3.17 OF-1B
Hoot Evers 25 76 1 76 0 203 196 2 5 0 .975 2.61 OF
Rufe Gentry 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Johnny Gorsica 31 14 5 2 2 1 0 .800 0.29 P
Ted Gray 21 3 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Hank Greenberg 35 140 1380 1272 93 15 110 .989 9.75 1B
Johnny Groth 19 4 0 4 0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 OF
Pinky Higgins 37 17 39 12 25 2 2 .949 2.18 3B
Billy Hitchcock 29 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 2B
Art Houtteman 18 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Fred Hutchinson 26 28 59 11 47 1 3 .983 2.07 P
George Kell 23 106 322 107 210 5 22 .984 2.99 3B-1B
Lou Kretlow 25 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Eddie Lake 30 155 658 232 391 35 85 .947 4.02 SS
Johnny Lipon 23 9 31 14 15 2 5 .935 3.22 SS-3B
Hal Manders 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Eddie Mayo 36 49 229 96 125 8 28 .965 4.51 2B
Barney McCosky 29 24 0 24 0 59 56 1 2 0 .966 2.38 OF
Anse Moore 28 32 17 0 15 69 65 2 2 1 .971 2.09 OF
Pat Mullin 28 75 0 1 75 136 121 8 7 1 .949 1.72 OF
Hal Newhouser 25 37 65 15 47 3 4 .954 1.68 P
Jimmy Outlaw 33 81 26 10 9 172 101 64 7 4 .959 2.04 OF-3B
Stubby Overmire 27 24 32 5 25 2 0 .938 1.25 P
Paul Richards 37 54 347 311 35 1 6 .997 6.41 1 C
Bob Swift 31 42 205 187 14 4 2 .980 4.79 3 C
Birdie Tebbetts 33 87 549 486 53 10 4 .982 6.20 10 C
Dizzy Trout 31 38 86 17 64 5 6 .942 2.13 P
Virgil Trucks 29 32 47 11 33 3 1 .936 1.38 P
Dick Wakefield 25 104 104 0 0 224 210 6 8 1 .964 2.08 OF
Skeeter Webb 36 58 267 105 155 7 30 .974 4.48 2B-SS
Hal White 27 11 9 3 6 0 1 1.000 0.82 P
Team Totals 30.6 155 6038 4199 1684 155 378 .974 3.69 14
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 8 4
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1945 / 1947 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics