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1947 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 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* 26 17 17 .500 2.87 40 36 4 24 3 2 285.0 268 105 91 9 110 176 2 0 11 1216 132 1.326 8.5 0.3 3.5 5.6 1.60
2 SP Fred Hutchinson 27 18 10 .643 3.03 33 25 8 18 3 2 219.2 211 84 74 14 61 113 2 0 2 911 125 1.238 8.6 0.6 2.5 4.6 1.85
3 SP Dizzy Trout 32 10 11 .476 3.48 32 26 6 9 2 2 186.1 186 85 72 6 65 74 3 1 2 795 109 1.347 9.0 0.3 3.1 3.6 1.14
4 SP Virgil Trucks 30 10 12 .455 4.53 36 26 5 8 2 2 180.2 186 105 91 14 79 108 2 0 5 800 83 1.467 9.3 0.7 3.9 5.4 1.37
5 SP Stubby Overmire* 28 11 5 .688 3.77 28 17 8 7 3 0 140.2 142 62 59 9 44 33 1 0 0 600 100 1.322 9.1 0.6 2.8 2.1 0.75
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
6 CL Al Benton 36 6 7 .462 4.40 36 14 12 4 0 7 133.0 147 77 65 11 61 33 1 0 2 590 86 1.564 9.9 0.7 4.1 2.2 0.54
7 RP Art Houtteman 19 7 2 .778 3.42 23 9 9 7 2 0 110.2 106 51 42 6 36 58 1 0 0 469 111 1.283 8.6 0.5 2.9 4.7 1.61
8 RP Hal White 28 4 5 .444 3.61 35 5 13 0 0 2 84.2 91 43 34 5 47 33 2 0 4 380 105 1.630 9.7 0.5 5.0 3.5 0.70
9 RP Johnny Gorsica 32 2 0 1.000 3.75 31 0 16 0 0 1 57.2 44 27 24 5 26 20 2 0 1 242 101 1.214 6.9 0.8 4.1 3.1 0.77
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
10 Rufe Gentry 29 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 5 9.000 27.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 28.4 85 69 .552 3.57 158 158 81 77 15 18 1398.2 1382 642 555 79 531 648 16 1 27 6007 106 1.368 8.9 0.5 3.4 4.2 1.22
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 7 1 1 5 2 4 4 4 3 1 2
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 36 36 34 6 24 4 1 .882 0.83 P
Doc Cramer 41 35 0 35 0 85 79 3 3 0 .965 2.34 OF
Roy Cullenbine 33 138 1338 1184 139 15 111 .989 9.59 1B
Hoot Evers 26 123 0 123 0 372 354 10 8 2 .978 2.96 OF
Rufe Gentry 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Johnny Gorsica 32 31 21 9 12 0 1 1.000 0.68 P
Johnny Groth 20 1 1 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 OF
Art Houtteman 19 23 23 4 17 2 2 .913 0.91 P
Fred Hutchinson 27 33 56 15 40 1 1 .982 1.67 P
George Kell 24 152 520 167 333 20 25 .962 3.29 3B
Eddie Lake 31 158 752 268 441 43 94 .943 4.49 SS
Eddie Mayo 37 142 703 326 365 12 80 .983 4.87 2B
John McHale 25 25 208 195 12 1 12 .995 8.28 1B
Ed Mierkowicz 23 10 10 0 0 19 18 0 1 0 .947 1.80 OF
Pat Mullin 29 106 0 0 106 242 229 10 3 2 .988 2.25 OF
Hal Newhouser 26 40 79 23 52 4 3 .949 1.88 P
Jimmy Outlaw 34 46 21 3 13 78 69 7 2 0 .974 1.65 OF-3B
Stubby Overmire 28 28 32 10 21 1 2 .969 1.11 P
Hank Riebe 25 3 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 0 C
Bob Swift 32 97 451 401 45 5 6 .989 4.60 5 C
Birdie Tebbetts 34 20 110 95 15 0 3 1.000 5.50 1 C
Dizzy Trout 32 32 65 22 40 3 4 .954 1.94 P
Virgil Trucks 30 36 37 13 22 2 0 .946 0.97 P
Hal Wagner 31 71 300 275 22 3 3 .990 4.18 2 C
Dick Wakefield 26 101 101 0 0 218 197 10 11 2 .950 2.05 OF
Skeeter Webb 37 36 132 52 78 2 10 .985 3.61 2B-SS
Vic Wertz 22 83 38 2 43 172 160 6 6 0 .965 2.00 OF
Hal White 28 35 29 4 22 3 0 .897 0.74 P
Team Totals 29.8 158 6083 4182 1746 155 364 .975 3.61 8
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 8 7
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1946 / 1948 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics