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1946 Detroit Tigers (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
Managed by Steve O'Neill

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,722,590 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 106, Pitching - 104
  (one-year): Batting - 108, Pitching - 105
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946 Stats / Schedule (1945/1947) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   92-62 , Final Rank: 2, GB:   12.0
Days in First:                   2 (last on April 25, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          31 (last on September 28)
Most Games under .500:           3 (last on May 5)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       18.5 (last on September 5)

Longest Winning Streak:         10 (September 16 to September 24)
Longest Losing Streak:           7 (April 28 to May 5)

Most Runs Allowed:              15 (May 14, June 8, and September 15)
Most Runs Scored:               16 (June 26)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      11
Times Opponent Shutout:         18

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        92  62     704     567    .597

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           48  30     391     300    .615
Road           44  32     313     267    .579

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     42  32     308     292    .568
Second Half    50  30     396     275    .625
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        24  25     181     182    .490

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        25  13     259     184    .658

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 16     DET  SLB  W   2-1        1-0     1    Tied  1:50 H Newhouser                52,900 +
  2 Wed, Apr 17     DET  SLB  L   6-7        1-1     3     1.0  2:20 S Zoldak                   14,330 -
  3 Thu, Apr 18     DET  SLB  W   6-1        2-1     3     1.0  1:58 A Benton                   16,469 +
  4 Sat, Apr 20     DET @CLE  W   7-0        3-1     2     1.0       H Newhouser                42,775 ++
  5 Sun, Apr 21     DET @CLE  W   3-2        4-1     2     0.5  2:25 V Trucks                   29,573 +++
  6 Mon, Apr 22     DET @CHW  W   4-0        5-1     2     0.5  1:55 D Trout                     9,933 ++++
  7 Tue, Apr 23     DET @CHW  L   1-3        5-2     3     0.5  1:42 B Dietrich                  6,166 -
  8 Thu, Apr 25     DET @SLB  W   6-5        6-2     1    Tied  2:06 H Newhouser                 4,946 +
  9 Fri, Apr 26     DET @SLB  L   2-3        6-3     3     1.0  2:18 N Potter                    3,143 -
 10 Sat, Apr 27     DET  CLE  W   5-4        7-3     3     1.0  2:23 G Caster                   33,425 +
 11 Sun, Apr 28     DET  CLE  L   1-3        7-4     3     2.0  2:24 R Embree                   57,149 -
 12 Tue, Apr 30     DET @BOS  L   0-4        7-5     3     3.0  1:55 J Dobson                   18,877 --
 13 Wed, May  1     DET @BOS  L   1-13       7-6     3     4.0  2:12 D Ferriss                  27,371 ---
 14 Thu, May  2     DET @BOS  L   4-5        7-7     3     5.0  2:00 C Dreisewerd               21,543 ----
 15 Fri, May  3     DET @NYY  L   0-2        7-8     4     6.0  1:56 A Gettel                   29,343 -----
 16 Sat, May  4     DET @NYY  L   3-4        7-9     4     7.0  2:01 J Page                     34,090 ------
 17 Sun, May  5     DET @PHA  L   2-10       7-10    4     7.0  2:10 B Newsom                          -------
 18                 DET @PHA  W   5-4        8-10    4     7.0  2:23 T Bridges                  25,052 +
 19 Mon, May  6     DET @PHA  W   3-1        9-10    3     7.5  2:23 V Trucks                    6,190 ++
 20 Tue, May  7     DET @PHA  W   7-2       10-10    3     7.5  1:51 D Trout                     4,928 +++
 21 Wed, May  8     DET @WSH  W   1-0       11-10    3     7.5  1:43 H Newhouser                10,064 ++++
 22 Thu, May  9     DET @WSH  W   9-8       12-10    3     7.5  1:50 G Caster                   10,377 +++++
 23 Sat, May 11     DET  CHW  W   4-1       13-10    3     7.0  1:34 V Trucks                   16,443 ++++++
 24 Sun, May 12     DET  CHW  W   4-1       14-10    3     7.0  1:45 D Trout                    43,726 +++++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Mon, May 13     DET  CHW  W   6-5       15-10    3     6.5  2:22 H Newhouser                14,040 ++++++++
 26 Tue, May 14     DET  WSH  L   1-15      15-11    3     7.5  2:01 R Wolff                     7,006 -
 27 Wed, May 15     DET  WSH  L   3-6       15-12    3     7.5  2:12 D Leonard                  16,413 --
 28 Fri, May 17     DET  PHA  W   3-1       16-12    3     6.5  1:52 V Trucks                    8,079 +
 29 Sat, May 18     DET  PHA  W   2-0       17-12    3     6.5  1:48 F Hutchinson               16,672 ++
 30 Sun, May 19     DET  BOS  L   0-4       17-13    3     6.5  1:47 D Ferriss                         -
 31                 DET  BOS  W   3-1       18-13    3     6.5  1:53 H Newhouser                57,130 +
 32 Tue, May 21     DET  BOS  L   4-6       18-14    3     7.5  2:10 E Johnson                  25,381 -
 33 Wed, May 22     DET  NYY  L   3-5       18-15    3     8.5  1:46 J Wade                     25,622 --
 34 Thu, May 23     DET  NYY  L   6-12      18-16    3     8.5  2:18 C Marshall                 26,923 ---
 35 Fri, May 24     DET @CHW  W   3-1       19-16    3     8.0  1:55 H Newhouser                41,874 +
 36 Sun, May 26     DET @CHW  L   1-3       19-17    4     9.5  1:49 T Lee                             -
 37                 DET @CHW  L   1-2       19-18    4     9.5  1:52 E Caldwell                 30,926 --
 38 Tue, May 28     DET @CLE  W   6-1       20-18    4     9.0  1:50 F Hutchinson               18,473 +
 39 Wed, May 29     DET @CLE  W   4-1       21-18    4     9.0  2:05 H Newhouser                45,000 ++
 40 Thu, May 30     DET @SLB  W   7-1       22-18    3    10.0  2:07 D Trout                           +++
 41                 DET @SLB  L   1-2       22-19    3    10.0  1:58 D Galehouse                18,270 -
 42 Sat, Jun  1     DET @WSH  L   3-5       22-20    4    10.5  1:58 S Hudson                   17,885 --
 43 Sun, Jun  2     DET @WSH  W  10-2       23-20    3    10.0  2:14 H Newhouser                21,935 +
 44 Mon, Jun  3     DET @WSH  L   4-7       23-21    4    11.5  2:01 B Kennedy                  27,121 -
 45 Tue, Jun  4     DET @PHA  W   2-0       24-21    3    11.5  1:55 D Trout                    19,891 +
 46 Wed, Jun  5     DET @PHA  W   2-0       25-21    3    11.0  1:48 V Trucks                    6,067 ++
 47 Sat, Jun  8     DET @BOS  L   4-15      25-22    4    12.5  2:15 J Dobson                   29,453 -
 48 Sun, Jun  9     DET @BOS  L   1-7       25-23    4    14.5  2:06 M Harris                          --
 49                 DET @BOS  L   6-11      25-24    4    14.5  2:07 D Ferriss                  32,800 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Mon, Jun 10     DET @NYY  W  11-3       26-24    4    14.5  2:15 V Trucks                   18,155 +
 51 Tue, Jun 11     DET @NYY  W   8-3       27-24    4    14.5  2:24 H Newhouser                20,203 ++
 52 Wed, Jun 12     DET @NYY  W   6-5       28-24    4    13.5  2:33 D Trout                    63,514 +++
 53 Fri, Jun 14     DET  WSH  W   6-2       29-24    3    12.5  1:59 V Trucks                   26,770 ++++
 54 Sat, Jun 15     DET  WSH  W   3-1       30-24    3    11.5  1:30 H Newhouser                28,438 +++++
 55 Sun, Jun 16     DET  WSH  L   3-6       30-25    3    12.0  2:03 S Hudson                   40,084 -
 56 Wed, Jun 19     DET  PHA  W   3-0       31-25    3    10.5  1:57 V Trucks                   12,413 +
 57 Thu, Jun 20     DET  PHA  W   9-2       32-25    3     9.5  1:49 D Trout                     5,431 ++
 58 Fri, Jun 21     DET  NYY  W   6-2       33-25    3     9.5  2:00 H Newhouser                14,746 +++
 59 Sat, Jun 22     DET  NYY  L   3-5       33-26    3     9.5  2:05 R Ruffing                         -
 60 Sun, Jun 23     DET  NYY  L   8-10      33-27    3    11.0  3:03 J Murphy                   49,218 --
 61 Mon, Jun 24     DET  BOS  -   5-5       33-27    3    11.0  2:26                            39,957 --
 62 Tue, Jun 25     DET  BOS  L   0-1       33-28    3    12.0  1:37 T Hughson                  19,124 ---
 63 Wed, Jun 26     DET  BOS  W  16-2       34-28    3    12.0  2:09 H Newhouser                       +
 64                 DET  BOS  L   3-9       34-29    3    12.0  2:17 D Ferriss                  41,002 -
 65 Fri, Jun 28     DET @SLB  L   0-9       34-30    3    13.0  2:10 D Galehouse                16,035 --
 66 Sun, Jun 30     DET @SLB  W   1-0       35-30    3    12.5  2:13 H Newhouser                       +
 67                 DET @SLB  W   3-2       36-30    3    12.5  2:24 F Hutchinson               26,076 ++
 68 Mon, Jul  1     DET  CHW  W   2-0       37-30    3    12.0  1:47 V Trucks                   17,528 +++
 69 Tue, Jul  2     DET  CHW  L   7-8       37-31    3    12.0  2:35 O Grove                     8,915 -
 70 Wed, Jul  3     DET  CHW  W   2-1       38-31    3    11.0  1:57 H Newhouser                 8,193 +
 71 Thu, Jul  4     DET  CLE  W   8-4       39-31    3    11.0  2:04 F Hutchinson                      ++
 72                 DET  CLE  L   8-9       39-32    3    11.0  2:39 A Reynolds                 51,503 -
 73 Fri, Jul  5     DET  CLE  W   7-5       40-32    3    11.0  2:11 V Trucks                   30,979 +
 74 Sat, Jul  6     DET  SLB  W   5-1       41-32    3    10.0  1:53 D Trout                    18,126 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sun, Jul  7     DET  SLB  W   3-0       42-32    3    10.5  2:06 H Newhouser                31,428 +++
 76 Thu, Jul 11     DET @BOS  L   2-3       42-33    3    11.5  2:07 T Hughson                  26,795 -
 77 Fri, Jul 12     DET @BOS  L   2-4       42-34    3    12.5  1:55 D Ferriss                  26,290 --
 78 Sat, Jul 13     DET @BOS  L   4-5       42-35    3    13.5  2:14 M Harris                   26,102 ---
 79 Sun, Jul 14     DET @NYY  W   5-1       43-35    3    13.5  2:38 H Newhouser                       +
 80                 DET @NYY  W   6-3       44-35    3    13.5  2:00 S Overmire                 61,940 ++
 81 Mon, Jul 15     DET @NYY  W   2-0       45-35    3    13.0  1:48 F Hutchinson               39,839 +++
 82 Wed, Jul 17     DET @WSH  W   3-2       46-35    3    13.0  2:47 A Benton                   21,438 ++++
 83 Thu, Jul 18     DET @WSH  L   0-1       46-36    3    14.0  1:55 D Leonard                  14,735 -
 84 Fri, Jul 19     DET @WSH  W  10-5       47-36    3    14.0  2:32 H Newhouser                21,320 +
 85 Sat, Jul 20     DET @PHA  W   4-3       48-36    3    13.0  2:08 F Hutchinson                4,836 ++
 86 Sun, Jul 21     DET @PHA  L   3-4       48-37    3    14.0  2:00 D Fowler                          -
 87                 DET @PHA  W  11-7       49-37    3    14.0  2:00 S Overmire                 13,655 +
 88 Tue, Jul 23     DET  WSH  W   6-1       50-37    3    13.0  2:05 H Newhouser                18,523 ++
 89 Wed, Jul 24     DET  WSH  L   0-1       50-38    3    14.0  2:12 B Newsom                   12,735 -
 90 Thu, Jul 25     DET  WSH  L   3-8       50-39    3    14.0  2:04 R Scarboroug                9,555 --
 91 Fri, Jul 26     DET  PHA  W   4-3       51-39    3    14.0  1:51 V Trucks                    5,573 +
 92 Sat, Jul 27     DET  PHA  W   4-2       52-39    3    14.0  1:48 H Newhouser                19,814 ++
 93 Sun, Jul 28     DET  PHA  L   0-2       52-40    3    14.0  2:06 J Flores                          -
 94                 DET  PHA  W   6-2       53-40    3    14.0  1:49 S Overmire                 51,116 +
 95 Mon, Jul 29     DET  PHA  W   4-1       54-40    3    13.5  1:38 F Hutchinson                5,665 ++
 96 Tue, Jul 30     DET  NYY  W   6-5       55-40    3    13.5  2:09 V Trucks                   39,881 +++
 97 Wed, Jul 31     DET  NYY  W   6-0       56-40    2    12.5  1:44 A Benton                   21,344 ++++
 98 Thu, Aug  1     DET  NYY  L   2-4       56-41    3    12.5  1:59 R Gumpert                  18,125 -
 99 Fri, Aug  2     DET  BOS  W   7-1       57-41    2    11.5  1:47 D Trout                    26,075 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sat, Aug  3     DET  BOS  L   3-5       57-42    3    12.5  1:58 D Ferriss                  50,642 -
101 Sun, Aug  4     DET  BOS  L   4-9       57-43    3    13.5  1:53 M Harris                   49,425 --
102 Tue, Aug  6     DET @SLB  W   3-1       58-43    3    13.5  1:48 A Benton                    8,913 +
103 Wed, Aug  7     DET @SLB  L   2-3       58-44    3    14.0  2:04 B Muncrief                  6,857 -
104 Fri, Aug  9     DET @CHW  W   5-4       59-44    3    15.0  2:19 F Hutchinson               31,833 +
105 Sun, Aug 11     DET @CHW  L   0-3       59-45    3    15.5  1:55 E Lopat                           -
106                 DET @CHW  L   3-4       59-46    3    15.5  2:40 E Caldwell                 29,030 --
107 Mon, Aug 12     DET @CLE  W   3-2       60-46    3    15.0  1:55 A Benton                   12,000 +
108 Tue, Aug 13     DET @CLE  W   1-0       61-46    3    15.0  2:14 D Trout                    65,765 ++
109 Wed, Aug 14     DET @CLE  L   5-6       61-47    3    16.0  2:36 R Embree                    7,527 -
110 Thu, Aug 15     DET  CHW  W   3-0       62-47    3    15.0  1:53 H Newhouser                13,302 +
111 Fri, Aug 16     DET  CHW  W   3-1       63-47    3    15.0  1:51 V Trucks                   10,434 ++
112 Sat, Aug 17     DET  SLB  W   7-3       64-47    3    15.0  2:08 A Benton                   14,547 +++
113 Sun, Aug 18     DET  SLB  L   3-4       64-48    3    16.0  2:15 N Potter                          -
114                 DET  SLB  L   5-6       64-49    3    16.0  1:52 T Ferrick                  57,235 --
115 Tue, Aug 20     DET @PHA  L   0-2       64-50    3    16.5  1:56 B Savage                          ---
116 Wed, Aug 21     DET @PHA  L   1-4       64-51    3    17.5  1:48 P Marchildon                3,573 ----
117 Fri, Aug 23     DET @WSH  L   2-3       64-52    3    17.0  2:05 B Newsom                          -----
118                 DET @WSH  W   5-0       65-52    3    17.0  1:53 D Trout                    18,530 +
119 Sat, Aug 24     DET @WSH  W   8-4       66-52    3    16.5  2:00 A Benton                    8,457 ++
120 Sun, Aug 25     DET @NYY  W   7-2       67-52    3    17.0  2:19 H Newhouser                42,908 +++
121 Mon, Aug 26     DET @NYY  L   6-10      67-53    3    18.0  2:25 C Marshall                 20,925 -
122 Tue, Aug 27     DET @NYY  W   7-4       68-53    3    17.5  2:23 S Overmire                 21,159 +
123 Wed, Aug 28     DET @BOS  W   7-2       69-53    3    16.5  2:11 F Hutchinson               28,789 ++
124 Thu, Aug 29     DET @BOS  W   9-8       70-53    3    15.5  3:20 D Trout                    22,249 +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Sat, Aug 31     DET @SLB  W  11-3       71-53    3    16.5  2:08 H Newhouser                 5,436 ++++
126 Mon, Sep  2     DET @CHW  W   2-1       72-53    3    18.0  1:21 D Trout                           +++++
127                 DET @CHW  L   2-6       72-54    3    18.0  1:49 F Papish                   33,978 -
128 Tue, Sep  3     DET @CHW  L   3-4       72-55    3    18.5  2:57 E Caldwell                  2,087 --
129 Wed, Sep  4     DET  CLE  W   4-1       73-55    3    18.5  2:11 H Newhouser                15,705 +
130 Thu, Sep  5     DET  CLE  W  10-0       74-55    3    18.5  2:02 F Hutchinson               20,614 ++
131 Fri, Sep  6     DET  CLE  W   9-0       75-55    3    17.5  1:57 D Trout                     9,281 +++
132 Sat, Sep  7     DET  CHW  W  10-4       76-55    3    16.5  1:57 A Benton                   16,431 ++++
133 Sun, Sep  8     DET  CHW  L   2-3       76-56    3    17.0  2:13 E Lopat                           -
134                 DET  CHW  L   0-6       76-57    3    17.0  1:57 F Papish                   56,038 --
135 Tue, Sep 10     DET  BOS  W   9-1       77-57    2    16.0  1:57 F Hutchinson               15,796 +
136 Wed, Sep 11     DET  BOS  W   7-3       78-57    2    15.0  2:00 D Trout                    24,676 ++
137 Thu, Sep 12     DET  NYY  W   6-4       79-57    2    14.0  1:53 A Benton                   14,013 +++
138 Fri, Sep 13     DET  NYY  L   4-5       79-58    2    15.0  2:03 R Gumpert                  15,341 -
139 Sat, Sep 14     DET  NYY  W   7-4       80-58    2    14.5  2:11 F Hutchinson               37,834 +
140 Sun, Sep 15     DET  WSH  L   5-15      80-59    2    15.0  2:17 E Wynn                     35,546 -
141 Mon, Sep 16     DET  WSH  W  11-7       81-59    2    14.5  2:00 S Overmire                  6,983 +
142 Tue, Sep 17     DET  WSH  W   6-4       82-59    2    14.0  2:04 A Benton                    7,091 ++
143 Wed, Sep 18     DET  PHA  W   2-1       83-59    2    14.0  2:22 H Newhouser                 7,750 +++
144 Thu, Sep 19     DET  PHA  W  14-7       84-59    2    13.0  2:10 V Trucks                    7,044 ++++
145 Fri, Sep 20     DET @CLE  W  15-1       85-59    2    12.5  2:25 F Hutchinson                1,650 +++++
146 Sat, Sep 21     DET @CLE  W   5-3       86-59    2    12.5  2:40 D Trout                     2,772 ++++++
147 Sun, Sep 22     DET @CLE  W   3-0       87-59    2    12.0  2:02 H Newhouser                       +++++++
148                 DET @CLE  W   4-3       88-59    2    12.0  1:44 A Benton                   38,103 ++++++++
149 Tue, Sep 24     DET  SLB  W   4-3       89-59    2    11.5  1:37 F Hutchinson                      +++++++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150                 DET  SLB  W  10-1       90-59    2    11.5  2:03 D Trout                    16,552 ++++++++++
151 Wed, Sep 25     DET  SLB  L   7-8       90-60    2    12.5  2:03 F Biscan                    5,747 -
152 Thu, Sep 26     DET  SLB  W   6-3       91-60    2    12.0  1:40 L Kretlow                   4,661 +
153 Fri, Sep 27     DET  CLE  L   8-9       91-61    2    13.0  2:10 B Kuzava                    7,011 -
154 Sat, Sep 28     DET  CLE  W   7-3       92-61    2    12.0  1:40 H White                    12,799 +
155 Sun, Sep 29     DET  CLE  L   1-4       92-62    2    12.0  1:59 B Feller                   17,876 -

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