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1947 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946 / 1948

85-69, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Steve O'Neill (85-69)
Scored 714 runs, Allowed 642 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70

Ballparks: Briggs Stadium · Attendance: 1,398,093 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 103


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1946 / 1948 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Al Benton 36 R R 6' 4" 215 Mar 18, 1911 10 36 14 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Doc Cramer 41 L R 6' 2" 185 Jul 22, 1905 19 73 34 73 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 35 38 0 0.0 $
Roy Cullenbine 33 B R 6' 1" 190 Oct 18, 1913 10 142 137 142 138 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4.2 $
Hoot Evers 26 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 8, 1921 3 126 120 126 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 122 0 124 3 1 3.0 $
Rufe Gentry 29 R R 6' 1" 180 May 18, 1918 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Johnny Gorsica 32 R R 6' 2" 180 Mar 29, 1915 7 31 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Johnny Groth 20 R R 6' 0" 182 Jul 23, 1926 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 $
Art Houtteman 19 R R 6' 2" 188 Aug 7, 1927 3 23 9 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Fred Hutchinson 27 L R 6' 2" 190 Aug 12, 1919 5 56 25 56 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 5.4 $
George Kell HOF 24 R R 5' 9" 175 Aug 23, 1922 5 152 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 $ All-Star
Eddie Lake 31 R R 5' 7" 159 Mar 18, 1916 8 158 158 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Eddie Mayo 37 L R 5' 11" 178 Apr 15, 1910 8 142 137 142 142 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.2 $
John McHale 25 L R 6' 0" 200 Sep 21, 1921 4 39 21 39 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 -0.5 $
Ed Mierkowicz 23 R R 6' 4" 205 Mar 6, 1924 2 21 8 21 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 10 2 -0.2 $
Pat Mullin 29 L R 6' 2" 190 Nov 1, 1917 4 116 106 116 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 106 10 0 2.6 $ All-Star
Hal Newhouser HOF 26 L L 6' 2" 180 May 20, 1921 9 40 36 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.3 $65,000 All-Star
Jimmy Outlaw 34 R R 5' 8" 165 Jan 20, 1913 8 70 32 70 47 0 0 0 0 9 0 21 4 13 38 6 20 -0.4 $
Stubby Overmire 28 R L 5' 7" 170 May 16, 1919 5 28 17 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Hank Riebe 25 R R 5' 9" 175 Oct 10, 1921 2 8 0 8 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.2 $
Ben Steiner 25 L R 5' 11" 165 Jul 28, 1921 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $
Bob Swift 32 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 6, 1915 8 97 84 97 97 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.2 $
Birdie Tebbetts 34 R R 5' 11" 170 Nov 10, 1912 9 20 17 20 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Dizzy Trout 32 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 29, 1915 9 34 26 34 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.5 $25,000 All-Star
Virgil Trucks 30 R R 5' 11" 198 Apr 26, 1917 6 36 26 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Hal Wagner 31 L R 6' 0" 165 Jul 2, 1915 10 71 57 71 71 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.4 $
Dick Wakefield 26 L R 6' 4" 210 May 6, 1921 5 112 100 112 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 0 0 101 12 0 2.3 $
Skeeter Webb 37 R R 5' 9" 150 Nov 4, 1909 11 50 21 50 36 0 0 0 30 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 13 0.0 $
Vic Wertz 22 L R 6' 0" 186 Feb 9, 1925 1st 102 79 102 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 2 42 83 20 0 1.9 $
Hal White 28 R R 5' 10" 165 Mar 18, 1919 5 35 5 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Birdie Tebbetts
Hal Wagner
Roy Cullenbine
Eddie Mayo
Dick Wakefield
Pat Mullin
Eddie Lake
Doc Cramer
Bob Swift

Dizzy Trout
Ed Mierkowicz
Hoot Evers
Art Houtteman
Hal Newhouser
Hal White
Stubby Overmire
Al Benton

Vic Wertz
George Kell
Virgil Trucks
John McHale
Johnny Gorsica
Johnny Groth
Hank Riebe
Ben Steiner
Jimmy Outlaw

Skeeter Webb
Fred Hutchinson
Rufe Gentry
Johnny Gorsica

1946 / 1948 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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