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1947 Detroit Tigers Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946 / 1948)
85-69, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 714 runs, Allowed 642 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70
Manager: Steve O'Neill (85-69)
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,398,093 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 103

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1946 / 1948 Batting Statistics

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 32 97 323 279 23 70 11 0 1 21 2 2 33 16 .251 .330 .301 .631 74 84 8 0 11
2 1B Roy Cullenbine# 33 142 607 464 82 104 18 1 24 78 3 2 137 51 .224 .401 .422 .823 126 196 10 0 6
3 2B Eddie Mayo* 37 142 595 535 66 149 28 4 6 48 3 7 48 28 .279 .338 .379 .717 97 203 16 0 12
4 SS Eddie Lake 31 158 732 602 96 127 19 6 12 46 11 10 120 54 .211 .343 .322 .665 83 194 14 1 9
5 3B George Kell 24 152 662 588 75 188 29 5 5 93 9 11 61 16 .320 .387 .412 .798 119 242 13 3 10
6 OF Hoot Evers 26 126 525 460 67 136 24 5 10 67 8 7 45 49 .296 .366 .435 .801 119 200 13 6 14
7 OF Dick Wakefield* 26 112 453 368 59 104 15 5 8 51 1 4 80 44 .283 .412 .416 .828 128 153 8 1 4
8 OF Pat Mullin* 29 116 467 398 62 102 28 6 15 62 3 8 63 66 .256 .359 .470 .829 127 187 6 1 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 Vic Wertz* 22 102 382 333 60 96 22 4 6 44 2 0 47 66 .288 .376 .432 .809 122 144 11 0 2
10 C Hal Wagner* 31 71 222 191 19 55 10 0 5 33 0 1 28 16 .288 .382 .419 .801 120 80 2 1 2
11 OF Doc Cramer* 41 73 179 157 21 42 2 2 2 30 0 4 20 5 .268 .350 .344 .694 91 54 9 0 2
12 OF Jimmy Outlaw 34 70 151 127 20 29 7 1 0 15 3 1 21 14 .228 .338 .299 .637 76 38 2 0 3
13 1B John McHale* 25 39 103 95 10 20 1 0 3 11 1 1 7 24 .211 .265 .316 .580 59 30 0 0 1
14 2B Skeeter Webb 37 50 89 79 13 16 3 0 0 6 3 0 7 9 .203 .267 .241 .508 40 19 0 0 3
15 C Birdie Tebbetts 34 20 58 53 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 3 .094 .143 .113 .256 -29 6 2 0 2
16 OF Ed Mierkowicz 23 21 43 42 6 8 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 12 .190 .209 .286 .495 35 12 2 0 0
17 C Hank Riebe 25 8 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
18 OF Johnny Groth 20 2 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .500 .250 .750 110 1 2 0 0
19 Ben Steiner* 25 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 P Hal Newhouser* 26 40 114 96 5 19 0 0 0 9 0 0 15 20 .198 .306 .198 .504 40 19 3 0 3
21 P Fred Hutchinson* 27 56 113 106 8 32 5 2 2 15 2 0 6 6 .302 .339 .443 .783 114 47 4 0 1
22 P Dizzy Trout 32 34 77 68 5 11 2 1 3 15 0 0 8 19 .162 .250 .353 .603 64 24 0 0 1
23 P Virgil Trucks 30 36 71 70 7 19 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 7 .271 .282 .300 .582 60 21 3 0 0
24 P Stubby Overmire 28 28 54 47 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 8 .149 .231 .149 .380 6 7 0 0 2
25 P Al Benton 36 36 42 39 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .154 .154 .179 .333 -9 7 1 0 3
26 P Art Houtteman 19 23 40 40 2 12 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 .300 .300 .350 .650 78 14 0 0 0
27 P Hal White 28 35 21 18 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .167 .250 .278 .528 45 5 1 0 1
28 P Johnny Gorsica 32 31 11 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .200 .273 .300 .573 57 3 0 0 0
29 P Rufe Gentry 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.6 158 6147 5276 714 1363 234 42 103 662 52 60 761 563 .258 .353 .377 .730 101 1990 130 13 97 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 3 4 1 7 3 4 1 1 5 4 1 4 2 4
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 Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Al Benton 36 42 37 1 0.7 99 .207 .154 .266 .154 .346 .179 .382 .333 .729 -9 .039 -6.0 -0.6 .206 .026 .026 1
*Doc Cramer 41 179 130 18 3.7 99 .267 .268 .266 .350 .346 .344 .382 .694 .729 91 .444 -1.9 -0.2 .547 .178 .076 .0 O
#Roy Cullenbine 33 607 378 79 5.6 99 .206 .224 .266 .401 .346 .422 .382 .823 .729 126 .629 23.6 2.4 .898 .496 .198 5.3 *3
Hoot Evers 26 525 358 70 5.2 99 .314 .296 .266 .366 .347 .435 .382 .801 .729 119 .600 11.8 1.2 .733 .239 .139 8.9 *O
Rufe Gentry 29 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Johnny Gorsica 32 11 8 1 3.3 99 .667 .200 .266 .273 .346 .300 .382 .573 .729 57 .399 -0.6 -0.1 .500 .200 .100 1
Johnny Groth 20 6 5 1 5.3 99 .333 .250 .266 .500 .346 .250 .382 .750 .729 110 .610 0.3 0.0 .600 .500 .000 /O
Art Houtteman 19 40 29 4 3.7 99 .324 .300 .266 .300 .346 .350 .382 .650 .729 78 .443 -1.4 -0.1 .448 .025 .050 1
*Fred Hutchinson 27 113 79 16 5.4 99 .306 .302 .266 .339 .346 .443 .382 .783 .729 114 .616 1.3 0.1 .705 .217 .142 2.0 1
George Kell 24 662 434 91 5.6 99 .323 .320 .266 .387 .346 .412 .382 .798 .729 119 .631 16.6 1.7 .717 .192 .092 6.4 *5
Eddie Lake 31 732 508 66 3.5 99 .215 .211 .266 .343 .347 .322 .382 .665 .729 83 .415 -10.8 -1.1 .633 .312 .111 11.5 *6
*Eddie Mayo 37 595 421 67 4.2 99 .285 .279 .266 .338 .346 .379 .382 .717 .729 97 .508 -3.0 -0.3 .604 .183 .101 4.0 *4
*John McHale 25 103 77 8 2.8 99 .250 .211 .266 .265 .346 .316 .382 .580 .729 59 .321 -5.9 -0.6 .487 .179 .105 1.5 3
Ed Mierkowicz 23 43 36 3 2.2 99 .241 .190 .266 .209 .347 .286 .382 .495 .729 35 .240 -4.0 -0.4 .389 .143 .095 1.0 O
*Pat Mullin 29 467 315 64 5.4 99 .274 .256 .266 .359 .346 .470 .382 .829 .729 127 .618 14.6 1.5 .794 .359 .214 5.0 *O
*Hal Newhouser 26 114 83 6 1.9 99 .250 .198 .266 .306 .346 .198 .382 .504 .729 40 .196 -7.5 -0.8 .425 .156 .000 1
Jimmy Outlaw 34 151 104 13 3.3 99 .257 .228 .266 .338 .346 .299 .382 .637 .729 76 .399 -3.5 -0.4 .604 .252 .071 .0 O/5
Stubby Overmire 28 54 42 2 1.3 99 .179 .149 .266 .231 .346 .149 .382 .380 .729 6 .102 -6.2 -0.6 .300 .106 .000 1
Hank Riebe 25 7 7 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .266 .000 .347 .000 .382 .000 .729 -100 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .000 .000 .000 /2
*Ben Steiner 25 0 0 0.0 0.0
Bob Swift 32 323 230 28 3.2 99 .263 .251 .266 .330 .346 .301 .382 .631 .729 74 .388 -9.2 -1.0 .534 .168 .050 1.3 2
Birdie Tebbetts 34 58 53 1 0.5 99 .100 .094 .266 .143 .346 .113 .382 .256 .729 -29 .020 -9.6 -1.0 .157 .057 .019 2
Dizzy Trout 32 77 58 6 2.8 99 .174 .162 .266 .250 .346 .353 .382 .603 .729 64 .320 -3.9 -0.4 .561 .309 .191 .0 1
Virgil Trucks 30 71 54 6 3.0 99 .302 .271 .266 .282 .346 .300 .382 .582 .729 60 .348 -4.1 -0.4 .407 .043 .029 1
*Hal Wagner 31 222 141 30 5.7 99 .294 .288 .266 .382 .346 .419 .382 .801 .729 120 .637 6.0 0.6 .777 .272 .131 .0 2
*Dick Wakefield 26 453 280 62 5.9 99 .304 .283 .266 .412 .346 .416 .382 .828 .729 128 .654 18.0 1.8 .837 .342 .133 1.8 O
Skeeter Webb 37 89 66 6 2.4 99 .229 .203 .266 .267 .346 .241 .382 .508 .729 40 .270 -6.5 -0.7 .460 .165 .038 .0 4/6
*Vic Wertz 22 382 250 55 5.9 99 .345 .288 .266 .376 .346 .432 .382 .809 .729 122 .652 10.8 1.1 .778 .291 .144 3.0 O
Hal White 28 21 17 1 1.6 99 .273 .167 .266 .250 .346 .278 .382 .528 .729 45 .143 -1.3 -0.1 .438 .222 .111 1
League Average 4.1 97 .273 .255 .263 .332 .343 .364 .378 .696 .721 93 .495 .618 .222 .109
Team Total 6147 4200 705 4.5 99 .273 .258 .266 .353 .346 .377 .382 .730 .729 101 .532 15.7 1.4 .672 .262 .119 69.1
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Al Benton 36 37 40 40 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 36 36
*Doc Cramer 41 76 181 161 22 42 2 2 2 32 0 20 5 .261 .343 .335 .678 19 73 73
#Roy Cullenbine 33 147 629 484 88 110 19 1 25 83 3 145 53 .227 .405 .426 .831 84 142 142
Hoot Evers 26 131 532 479 72 143 25 5 11 72 8 47 51 .299 .368 .441 .809 76 126 126
Johnny Gorsica 32 32 11 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 .200 .273 .300 .573 1 31 31
Johnny Groth 20 2 9 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 .400 .667 .400 1.067 1 2 2
Art Houtteman 19 24 42 42 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 4 23 23
*Fred Hutchinson 27 58 119 112 9 35 5 2 2 16 2 7 6 .313 .353 .446 .799 18 56 56
George Kell 24 158 679 612 81 197 30 5 5 100 9 64 17 .322 .389 .412 .801 98 152 152
Eddie Lake 31 164 755 627 103 134 20 6 13 49 12 127 56 .214 .347 .327 .674 71 158 158
*Eddie Mayo 37 147 606 556 71 155 29 4 6 52 3 50 29 .279 .338 .378 .716 72 142 142
*John McHale 25 40 106 99 11 21 1 0 3 12 1 7 25 .212 .264 .313 .577 8 39 39
Ed Mierkowicz 23 22 45 44 7 9 1 0 1 1 1 1 12 .205 .222 .295 .518 3 21 21
*Pat Mullin 29 120 479 413 67 106 29 6 16 67 3 65 69 .257 .359 .472 .831 70 116 116
*Hal Newhouser 26 42 116 100 5 20 0 0 0 10 0 16 21 .200 .310 .200 .510 6 40 40
Jimmy Outlaw 34 73 157 134 22 32 8 1 0 17 3 23 15 .239 .350 .313 .664 15 70 70
Stubby Overmire 28 29 56 50 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 6 8 .160 .250 .160 .410 2 28 28
Hank Riebe 25 8 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8 8
Bob Swift 32 101 327 292 25 75 12 0 1 23 2 35 17 .257 .336 .308 .645 30 97 97
Birdie Tebbetts 34 114 386 360 24 98 12 0 1 32 2 26 34 .272 .321 .314 .635 36 110 110
Dizzy Trout 32 35 78 70 5 11 2 1 3 16 0 8 20 .157 .244 .343 .586 6 34 34
Virgil Trucks 30 37 74 73 7 20 2 0 0 5 0 1 7 .274 .284 .301 .585 6 36 36
*Hal Wagner 31 96 307 267 26 74 14 0 5 42 0 39 22 .277 .371 .386 .757 38 92 92
*Dick Wakefield 26 116 468 383 64 109 16 5 8 55 1 84 46 .285 .415 .415 .830 66 112 112
Skeeter Webb 37 52 91 83 15 18 3 0 0 7 3 8 9 .217 .286 .253 .539 6 50 50
*Vic Wertz 22 106 399 349 65 103 24 4 6 48 2 50 69 .295 .383 .438 .822 59 102 102
Hal White 28 36 21 19 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 2 7 .158 .238 .263 .501 1 35 35
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Al Benton 36 10 497 325 497 442 19 42 6 0 0 12 0 0 4 169 .095 .105 .109 .214 -43 48 10 1 50
*Doc Cramer 41 19 9926 2235 9926 9136 1356 2705 396 109 37 841 62 73 569 345 .296 .340 .375 .716 87 3430 99 41 180
#Roy Cullenbine 33 10 4787 1181 4787 3879 627 1072 209 32 110 599 26 20 853 399 .276 .408 .432 .840 132 1675 61 11 44
Hoot Evers 26 3 870 208 870 768 109 217 32 9 14 100 15 8 79 94 .283 .356 .402 .758 107 309 19 8 15
Rufe Gentry 29 4 90 44 90 86 1 15 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 16 .174 .193 .198 .391 9 17 6 0 2 0 0
Johnny Gorsica 32 7 237 214 237 217 23 45 5 5 1 14 0 0 13 42 .207 .252 .290 .542 42 63 7 0 7
Johnny Groth 20 2 15 6 15 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .077 .200 .077 .277 -22 1 2 0 0
Art Houtteman 19 3 48 37 48 47 2 13 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 5 .277 .277 .319 .596 64 15 0 0 1
*Fred Hutchinson 27 5 278 128 278 261 25 81 11 2 2 36 2 0 14 9 .310 .345 .391 .736 96 102 7 0 3
George Kell 24 5 2402 570 2402 2195 247 649 99 22 13 246 19 15 150 74 .296 .342 .379 .721 102 831 66 6 51
Eddie Lake 31 8 2620 657 2620 2150 350 500 90 8 36 159 47 34 427 256 .233 .362 .332 .694 94 714 40 8 35
*Eddie Mayo 37 8 2971 728 2971 2643 315 667 99 15 24 245 28 29 227 156 .252 .314 .328 .642 80 868 60 10 91
*John McHale 25 4 124 63 124 113 10 22 1 0 3 12 1 1 9 29 .195 .260 .283 .543 50 32 0 1 1
Ed Mierkowicz 23 2 59 31 59 57 6 10 3 0 1 3 1 0 2 15 .175 .203 .281 .484 33 16 2 0 0
*Pat Mullin 29 4 1018 267 1018 898 138 246 52 15 23 120 11 14 106 120 .274 .353 .442 .795 113 397 12 4 10
*Hal Newhouser 26 9 733 302 733 646 41 126 16 1 2 52 3 1 46 97 .195 .249 .232 .481 32 150 14 0 41
Jimmy Outlaw 34 8 1956 571 1956 1772 223 472 67 17 6 159 24 20 157 160 .266 .327 .334 .661 84 591 32 4 23
Stubby Overmire 28 5 282 144 282 238 16 40 5 3 0 18 0 1 22 31 .168 .238 .214 .453 27 51 4 0 22
Hank Riebe 25 2 42 19 42 42 1 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 .262 .262 .310 .571 55 13 1 0 0
*Ben Steiner 25 3 348 82 348 308 41 79 8 3 3 20 10 6 31 29 .256 .326 .331 .658 89 102 4 1 8
Bob Swift 32 8 2217 673 2217 1972 148 466 68 3 6 168 9 6 201 160 .236 .308 .283 .591 63 558 56 2 42
Birdie Tebbetts 34 9 2602 736 2602 2349 216 622 109 19 17 282 15 18 216 165 .265 .328 .349 .677 75 820 53 6 31
Dizzy Trout 32 9 763 356 763 710 75 153 23 6 15 84 7 2 36 156 .215 .253 .328 .582 57 233 11 0 17
Virgil Trucks 30 6 311 131 311 304 23 57 8 0 0 20 0 0 4 37 .188 .198 .214 .412 13 65 13 0 3 0 0
*Hal Wagner 31 10 2001 614 2001 1732 169 436 87 12 15 218 9 6 233 140 .252 .345 .342 .687 91 592 31 15 21
*Dick Wakefield 26 5 1947 463 1947 1680 267 509 79 23 39 242 10 16 256 189 .303 .396 .447 .843 134 751 39 3 8
Skeeter Webb 37 11 2398 676 2398 2220 211 490 71 15 3 163 33 26 132 206 .221 .265 .270 .536 47 600 38 3 43
*Vic Wertz 22 1 382 102 382 333 60 96 22 4 6 44 2 0 47 66 .288 .376 .432 .809 122 144 11 0 2
Hal White 28 5 182 116 182 161 13 24 3 0 0 5 0 0 12 56 .149 .213 .168 .380 6 27 2 1 8
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1946 / 1948 Batting Statistics

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