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1947 Detroit Tigers (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
Managed by Steve O'Neill

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,398,093 (4th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 103
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947 Stats / Schedule (1946/1948) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   85-69 , Final Rank: 2, GB:   12.0
Days in First:                  26 (last on June 11, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          16 (last on September 28)
Most Games under .500:           2 (last on June 25)

Biggest Lead:                  4.0 (last on May 27)
Farthest Behind Leader:       15.0 (last on August 21)

Longest Winning Streak:          6 (May 10 to May 15)
Longest Losing Streak:          10 (June 11 to June 23)

Most Runs Allowed:              17 (June 4)
Most Runs Scored:               16 (September 14)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      13
Times Opponent Shutout:         15

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        85  69     714     642    .552

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           46  31     370     345    .597
Road           39  38     344     297    .506

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           6   6      45      46    .500
May            18   8     102      79    .692
June            8  17     104     127    .320
July           17  12     148     138    .586
August         20  17     189     158    .541
September      16   9     126      94    .640

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     37  32     293     286    .536
Second Half    48  37     421     356    .565
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        27  20     190     183    .574

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        29  21     300     236    .580

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BOS            10  12      90      88    .455
CHW            15   7     109      70    .682
CLE            14   8      94     100    .636
NYY             8  14     102     123    .364
PHA            11  11     100     105    .500
SLB            15   7     120      63    .682
WSH            12  10      99      93    .545

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 15     DET @SLB  W   7-0        1-0     1    Tied  2:00 H Newhouser                 4,242 +
  2 Thu, Apr 17     DET @SLB  L   3-4        1-1     3     1.0  2:39 J Kramer                    2,260 -
  3 Fri, Apr 18     DET  CLE  W   2-0        2-1     3     1.0  2:11 V Trucks                   46,111 +
  4 Sat, Apr 19     DET  CLE  L   3-5        2-2     3     2.0  1:59 D Black                    14,429 -
  5 Mon, Apr 21     DET  CHW  L   4-6        2-3     4     2.0  2:17 F Papish                    5,748 --
  6 Wed, Apr 23     DET  CHW  W   7-4        3-3     5     2.0  1:45 F Hutchinson                9,277 +
  7 Thu, Apr 24     DET  SLB  L   1-6        3-4     6     2.0  2:01 J Kramer                   16,738 -
  8 Fri, Apr 25     DET  SLB  W   6-5        4-4     5     1.5  2:01 F Hutchinson                4,008 +
  9 Sat, Apr 26     DET @CLE  L   0-6        4-5     5     2.5  2:06 B Feller                   40,925 -
 10 Mon, Apr 28     DET @CLE  W   3-0        5-5     4     1.5  1:40 D Trout                     6,054 +
 11 Tue, Apr 29     DET  BOS  W   8-3        6-5     2     1.0  1:59 V Trucks                   16,790 ++
 12 Wed, Apr 30     DET  BOS  L   1-7        6-6     3     1.0  1:58 M Parnell                  17,659 -
 13 Fri, May  2     DET  PHA  W   3-2        7-6     2     1.0  1:36 F Hutchinson                4,951 +
 14 Sat, May  3     DET  PHA  W   2-1        8-6     2     0.5  1:35 D Trout                    25,649 ++
 15 Sun, May  4     DET  NYY  -   2-2        8-6     2     1.5  1:26                            37,387 ++
 16 Tue, May  6     DET  NYY  W   3-2        9-6     2     0.5  2:14 H White                    12,652 +++
 17 Fri, May  9     DET @CHW  L   1-2        9-7     2     1.0  1:53 O Grove                     3,251 -
 18 Sat, May 10     DET @CHW  W   5-2       10-7     1    Tied  1:43 F Hutchinson               10,249 +
 19 Sun, May 11     DET @CHW  W  10-0       11-7     1  up 1.5  2:04 D Trout                           ++
 20                 DET @CHW  W   6-1       12-7     1  up 1.5  1:59 V Trucks                   45,755 +++
 21 Tue, May 13     DET @WSH  W   8-0       13-7     1  up 1.0  2:17 H Newhouser                17,928 ++++
 22 Wed, May 14     DET @WSH  W   3-2       14-7     1  up 1.0  1:56 F Hutchinson                5,223 +++++
 23 Thu, May 15     DET @PHA  W   4-2       15-7     1  up 2.0  3:14 D Trout                     3,510 ++++++
 24 Fri, May 16     DET @PHA  L   5-11      15-8     1  up 1.0  2:13 B Savage                   10,777 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sat, May 17     DET @PHA  W   2-1       16-8     1  up 2.0  1:59 H Newhouser                 7,615 +
 26 Mon, May 19     DET @BOS  W   3-2       17-8     1  up 2.0  2:40 A Benton                   28,289 ++
 27                 DET @BOS  L   4-5       17-9     1  up 2.0  1:54 T Hughson                  28,289 -
 28 Tue, May 20     DET @BOS  L   3-8       17-10    1  up 1.0  2:13 J Dobson                   10,305 --
 29 Wed, May 21     DET @NYY  L   0-5       17-11    1  up 0.5  1:49 S Shea                     49,844 ---
 30 Fri, May 23     DET  CHW  W   5-2       18-11    1  up 1.5  1:54 A Benton                   11,290 +
 31 Sat, May 24     DET  CHW  W   5-4       19-11    1  up 2.5  2:20 D Trout                    23,508 ++
 32 Sun, May 25     DET  CHW  W  10-1       20-11    1  up 3.0  2:09 H Newhouser                       +++
 33                 DET  CHW  L   2-5       20-12    1  up 3.0  1:41 E Lopat                    36,443 -
 34 Mon, May 26     DET  CLE  W   1-0       21-12    1  up 3.0  1:42 S Overmire                  8,683 +
 35 Tue, May 27     DET  CLE  W   4-2       22-12    1  up 4.0  2:13 A Benton                   15,801 ++
 36 Thu, May 29     DET  CLE  L   1-4       22-13    1  up 2.5  1:45 R Embree                    3,737 -
 37 Fri, May 30     DET  SLB  W   2-1       23-13    1  up 3.0  1:47 H Newhouser                       +
 38                 DET  SLB  L   3-8       23-14    1  up 3.0  2:31 N Potter                   56,367 -
 39 Sat, May 31     DET  WSH  W   5-4       24-14    1  up 3.5  3:00 S Overmire                 24,273 +
 40 Tue, Jun  3     DET  NYY  L   0-3       24-15    1  up 2.0  1:54 S Shea                     17,114 -
 41 Wed, Jun  4     DET  NYY  W   6-2       25-15    1  up 2.0  2:00 D Trout                           +
 42                 DET  NYY  L   8-17      25-16    1  up 2.0  2:38 J Page                     35,948 -
 43 Thu, Jun  5     DET  NYY  L   0-7       25-17    1  up 1.0  1:57 S Chandler                 11,332 --
 44 Sun, Jun  8     DET  BOS  W   5-0       26-17    1  up 1.5  2:04 H Newhouser                55,941 +
 45 Mon, Jun  9     DET  PHA  L   3-11      26-18    1  up 1.5  2:26 D Fowler                   10,471 -
 46 Tue, Jun 10     DET  PHA  L   8-9       26-19    1  up 0.5  2:19 B Savage                   36,143 --
 47 Wed, Jun 11     DET  PHA  W   7-1       27-19    1  up 1.0  1:52 A Benton                          +
 48                 DET  PHA  L   0-4       27-20    1  up 1.0  1:48 C Scheib                   21,802 -
 49 Sun, Jun 15     DET @WSH  L   0-1       27-21    2     1.0  2:08 W Masterson                       --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50                 DET @WSH  L   1-5       27-22    2     1.0  1:46 M Haefner                  25,829 ---
 51 Tue, Jun 17     DET @PHA  L   2-5       27-23    3     2.0  1:36 C Scheib                   24,261 ----
 52 Thu, Jun 19     DET @PHA  L   4-8       27-24    3     2.0  2:14 P Marchildon                7,253 -----
 53 Fri, Jun 20     DET @NYY  L   3-5       27-25    3     3.0  1:59 S Shea                     23,615 ------
 54 Sat, Jun 21     DET @NYY  L   4-5       27-26    4     5.0  2:13 S Chandler                        -------
 55                 DET @NYY  L   4-7       27-27    4     5.0  2:22 A Reynolds                 58,327 --------
 56 Sun, Jun 22     DET @NYY  L   5-6       27-28    5     6.0  1:58 K Drews                    53,765 ---------
 57 Mon, Jun 23     DET @BOS  L   2-8       27-29    5     7.0  1:58 D Galehouse                20,652 ----------
 58 Wed, Jun 25     DET @BOS  W   4-2       28-29    4     7.5  2:05 H Newhouser                22,356 +
 59                 DET @BOS  L   3-4       28-30    4     7.5  1:41 D Ferriss                  22,356 -
 60 Fri, Jun 27     DET  SLB  W  11-2       29-30    5     7.0  2:01 V Trucks                   18,330 +
 61 Sat, Jun 28     DET  SLB  W   6-3       30-30    4     7.0  2:06 S Overmire                 15,814 ++
 62 Sun, Jun 29     DET  SLB  W   7-5       31-30    3     6.0  2:12 H Newhouser                       +++
 63                 DET  SLB  W   6-1       32-30    3     6.0  1:52 D Trout                    42,292 ++++
 64 Mon, Jun 30     DET @CHW  L   5-6       32-31    3     7.0  2:33 F Papish                   34,250 -
 65 Tue, Jul  1     DET @CHW  W   2-1       33-31    3     6.5  1:45 A Benton                   13,988 +
 66 Wed, Jul  2     DET @CLE  W   6-5       34-31    2     6.5  2:36 H Newhouser                56,359 ++
 67 Thu, Jul  3     DET @CLE  W   6-5       35-31    2     6.0  2:29 F Hutchinson                6,147 +++
 68 Fri, Jul  4     DET @CLE  L   6-13      35-32    2     7.5  2:20 D Black                           -
 69                 DET @CLE  -   4-4       35-32    2     7.5  3:06                            42,575 -
 70 Sun, Jul  6     DET @SLB  W  10-2       36-32    2     8.0  2:19 V Trucks                          +
 71                 DET @SLB  W   8-4       37-32    2     8.0  2:12 H White                    10,000 ++
 72 Thu, Jul 10     DET  BOS  -   2-2       37-32    2     8.5  1:56                            37,384 ++
 73 Fri, Jul 11     DET  BOS  L   3-4       37-33    2     9.0  1:49 T Hughson                  21,419 -
 74                 DET  BOS  W   3-0       38-33    2     9.0  1:39 S Overmire                 21,419 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sat, Jul 12     DET  BOS  L   0-2       38-34    3    10.5  1:47 E Johnson                  24,996 -
 76 Sun, Jul 13     DET  PHA  W   4-2       39-34    2    10.5  1:49 V Trucks                          +
 77                 DET  PHA  W   7-6       40-34    2    10.5  2:30 F Hutchinson               40,286 ++
 78 Tue, Jul 15     DET  WSH  W  11-6       41-34    2    11.0  2:23 H White                    11,378 +++
 79 Wed, Jul 16     DET  WSH  W   9-8       42-34    2    11.5  2:22 J Gorsica                         ++++
 80                 DET  WSH  L   1-10      42-35    2    11.5  2:13 M Pieretti                 16,564 -
 81 Thu, Jul 17     DET  WSH  W   7-5       43-35    2    11.5  2:08 A Benton                          +
 82                 DET  WSH  W   4-3       44-35    2    11.5  2:28 S Overmire                 12,999 ++
 83 Fri, Jul 18     DET  NYY  W   8-0       45-35    2    10.5  1:43 F Hutchinson               28,718 +++
 84 Sat, Jul 19     DET  NYY  L   1-2       45-36    2    11.5  1:42 A Reynolds                 31,772 -
 85 Sun, Jul 20     DET  NYY  W   4-1       46-36    2     9.5  1:40 H Newhouser                       +
 86                 DET  NYY  W  12-11      47-36    2     9.5  2:47 A Houtteman                58,369 ++
 87 Tue, Jul 22     DET @WSH  L   1-6       47-37    2    10.5  2:01 E Wynn                     13,508 -
 88 Wed, Jul 23     DET @WSH  L   0-5       47-38    2    10.5  1:50 R Scarboroug               11,784 --
 89 Thu, Jul 24     DET @WSH  L   0-3       47-39    2    11.5  2:03 W Masterson                15,597 ---
 90 Fri, Jul 25     DET @PHA  L   5-9       47-40    3    12.5  2:30 P Marchildon               18,057 ----
 91 Sat, Jul 26     DET @PHA  W  13-0       48-40    3    11.5  1:59 V Trucks                    7,826 +
 92 Sun, Jul 27     DET @PHA  W   5-1       49-40    3    11.5  2:00 F Hutchinson                    0 ++
 93                 DET @PHA  L   0-5       49-41    3    11.5  1:35 D Fowler                   25,571 -
 94 Mon, Jul 28     DET @NYY  L   1-5       49-42    3    12.5  1:59 V Raschi                   64,887 --
 95 Wed, Jul 30     DET @NYY  L   5-8       49-43    3    13.5  2:29 J Page                     28,466 ---
 96 Fri, Aug  1     DET @BOS  W   3-1       50-43    3    12.5  2:10 F Hutchinson               32,286 +
 97 Sat, Aug  2     DET @BOS  L   1-2       50-44    3    14.0  1:48 T Hughson                  32,794 -
 98 Sun, Aug  3     DET @BOS  W  10-3       51-44    3    14.0  2:39 H Newhouser                24,565 +
 99 Tue, Aug  5     DET  CLE  L   4-8       51-45    3    14.5  2:32 B Lemon                    25,626 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Wed, Aug  6     DET  CLE  W  13-6       52-45    2    13.0  2:43 S Overmire                      0 +
101                 DET  CLE  W   7-5       53-45    2    13.0  2:13 F Hutchinson               33,621 ++
102 Fri, Aug  8     DET  CHW  L   2-4       53-46    3    13.0  2:25 F Papish                   15,647 -
103 Sat, Aug  9     DET  CHW  W   8-4       54-46    3    12.0  2:01 D Trout                    16,645 +
104 Sun, Aug 10     DET  CHW  L   2-10      54-47    3    13.0  1:47 E Lopat                    39,006 -
105 Mon, Aug 11     DET @CLE  W   3-1       55-47    3    12.0  2:12 V Trucks                   20,402 +
106 Tue, Aug 12     DET @CLE  L   1-3       55-48    3    13.0  1:50 S Gromek                          -
107                 DET @CLE  L   0-11      55-49    3    13.0  2:01 A Gettel                   34,756 --
108 Wed, Aug 13     DET @SLB  W   7-1       56-49    3    13.5  1:45 F Hutchinson                      +
109                 DET @SLB  L   5-6       56-50    3    13.5  1:54 S Zoldak                    3,002 -
110 Thu, Aug 14     DET @SLB  W   7-0       57-50    3    13.5  2:14 S Overmire                  2,412 +
111 Fri, Aug 15     DET @CHW  W   9-2       58-50    3    13.5  2:18 V Trucks                   34,086 ++
112 Sun, Aug 17     DET @CHW  L   0-1       58-51    3    13.5  1:47 E Lopat                           -
113                 DET @CHW  W   4-3       59-51    3    13.5  2:13 H Newhouser                29,210 +
114 Tue, Aug 19     DET  NYY  W   2-1       60-51    3    12.5  1:55 S Overmire                 19,984 ++
115 Wed, Aug 20     DET  NYY  L  13-14      60-52    3    13.5  3:18 K Drews                    23,508 -
116 Thu, Aug 21     DET  WSH  L   2-3       60-53    4    15.0  1:55 E Wynn                            --
117                 DET  WSH  L   3-5       60-54    4    15.0  2:00 S Hudson                   13,329 ---
118 Fri, Aug 22     DET  WSH  W   7-6       61-54    3    13.0  2:27 H White                         0 +
119                 DET  WSH  W   2-0       62-54    3    13.0  1:51 A Houtteman                 7,709 ++
120 Sat, Aug 23     DET  WSH  L   3-5       62-55    3    14.0  2:19 M Candini                  15,670 -
121 Sun, Aug 24     DET  PHA  W   6-2       63-55    3    13.0  1:57 V Trucks                          +
122                 DET  PHA  W   5-4       64-55    3    13.0  2:10 H Newhouser                41,913 ++
123 Mon, Aug 25     DET  PHA  L   5-7       64-56    3    13.0  2:30 B McCahan                   6,344 -
124 Tue, Aug 26     DET  BOS  W  12-1       65-56    3    12.5  2:07 A Houtteman                22,032 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125                 DET  BOS  L   1-9       65-57    3    12.5  1:55 T Hughson                  22,032 -
126 Wed, Aug 27     DET  BOS  W   7-2       66-57    3    13.0  1:52 S Overmire                 28,450 +
127                 DET  BOS  L   4-5       66-58    3    13.0  2:05 J Dobson                   28,456 -
128 Thu, Aug 28     DET  BOS  L   3-13      66-59    3    13.5  2:12 E Smith                    13,236 --
129 Fri, Aug 29     DET @SLB  W   5-4       67-59    3    13.5  2:05 F Hutchinson                2,807 +
130 Sat, Aug 30     DET @SLB  L   2-3       67-60    3    14.5  2:05 N Potter                    2,722 -
131 Sun, Aug 31     DET @SLB  W  11-2       68-60    3    14.5  2:14 H Newhouser                       +
132                 DET @SLB  W  10-1       69-60    3    14.5  2:13 S Overmire                  4,943 ++
133 Mon, Sep  1     DET  CHW  W   6-5       70-60    3    12.5  2:01 J Gorsica                         +++
134                 DET  CHW  W   7-2       71-60    3    12.5  1:56 D Trout                    37,480 ++++
135 Thu, Sep  4     DET  SLB  L   1-2       71-61    3    13.5  1:45 F Sanford                   6,844 -
136 Sat, Sep  6     DET  SLB  W   2-0       72-61    3    12.0  1:30 A Houtteman                14,875 +
137 Sun, Sep  7     DET  SLB  L   0-3       72-62    3    13.0  2:13 J Kramer                   26,215 -
138 Tue, Sep  9     DET @BOS  L   3-5       72-63    3    13.0  2:03 J Dobson                    8,795 --
139 Wed, Sep 10     DET @BOS  W   5-0       73-63    3    13.0  1:47 F Hutchinson                9,253 +
140 Thu, Sep 11     DET @NYY  W   7-2       74-63    3    13.0  2:02 H Newhouser                       ++
141                 DET @NYY  L   5-11      74-64    3    13.0  2:18 B Bevens                   22,501 -
142 Fri, Sep 12     DET @NYY  W   7-2       75-64    2    12.0  2:37 A Houtteman                 8,501 +
143 Sat, Sep 13     DET @NYY  L   2-5       75-65    3    13.0  2:04 B Newsom                   24,407 -
144 Sun, Sep 14     DET @WSH  W  16-6       76-65    2    12.5  2:21 F Hutchinson                    0 +
145                 DET @WSH  W   8-4       77-65    2    12.5  2:21 D Trout                    11,170 ++
146 Mon, Sep 15     DET @WSH  W   7-2       78-65    2    12.0  2:00 S Overmire                  4,044 +++
147 Tue, Sep 16     DET @WSH  L   1-4       78-66    2    12.5  1:51 E Wynn                      5,206 -
148 Wed, Sep 17     DET @PHA  L   4-6       78-67    3    14.0  2:15 R Christophe                      --
149                 DET @PHA  L   6-8       78-68    3    14.0  2:27 P Marchildon                6,654 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Sat, Sep 20     DET  CLE  W   3-2       79-68    3    13.5  2:10 F Hutchinson                    0 +
151                 DET  CLE  -   5-5       79-68    3    13.5  2:13                            36,993 +
152 Mon, Sep 22     DET  CLE  W   6-4       80-68    2    14.0  1:51 A Houtteman                       ++
153                 DET  CLE  L   6-7       80-69    2    14.0  2:22 E Klieman                  12,955 -
154 Tue, Sep 23     DET @CHW  W   4-1       81-69    2    14.5  2:02 H Newhouser                   942 +
155 Wed, Sep 24     DET @CHW  W   5-4       82-69    2    14.0  2:10 F Hutchinson                2,806 ++
156 Fri, Sep 26     DET @CLE  W   5-2       83-69    2    13.0  2:06 A Houtteman                 4,907 +++
157 Sat, Sep 27     DET @CLE  W   4-2       84-69    2    12.0  2:18 H Newhouser                 9,438 ++++
158 Sun, Sep 28     DET @CLE  W   1-0       85-69    2    12.0  1:34 F Hutchinson               27,617 +++++

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