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1948 Detroit Tigers Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947 / 1949)
78-76, Finished 5th in American League
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Scored 700 runs, Allowed 726 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-80
Manager: Steve O'Neill (78-76)
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,743,035 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97

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1947 / 1949 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 33 113 356 292 23 65 6 0 4 33 1 0 51 29 .223 .338 .284 .622 64 83 9 0 13
2 1B George Vico* 24 144 584 521 50 139 23 9 8 58 2 2 39 39 .267 .326 .392 .718 88 204 23 7 17
3 2B Eddie Mayo* 38 106 421 370 35 92 20 1 2 42 1 9 30 19 .249 .310 .324 .634 67 120 12 3 18
4 SS Johnny Lipon 25 121 541 458 65 133 18 8 5 52 4 4 68 22 .290 .384 .397 .782 106 182 9 2 13
5 3B George Kell 25 92 414 368 47 112 24 3 2 44 2 2 33 15 .304 .369 .402 .772 103 148 10 5 8
6 OF Hoot Evers 27 139 606 538 81 169 33 6 10 103 3 4 51 31 .314 .378 .454 .831 118 244 16 4 13
7 OF Vic Wertz* 23 119 448 391 49 97 19 9 7 67 0 0 48 70 .248 .335 .396 .731 92 155 5 3 6
8 OF Pat Mullin* 30 138 575 496 91 143 16 11 23 80 1 2 77 57 .288 .385 .504 .889 132 250 5 1 1
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 Dick Wakefield* 27 110 393 322 50 89 20 5 11 53 0 1 70 55 .276 .406 .472 .878 130 152 6 0 1
10 MI Neil Berry 26 87 301 256 46 68 8 1 0 16 1 3 37 23 .266 .358 .305 .663 75 78 4 0 8
11 IF Eddie Lake 32 64 264 198 51 52 6 0 2 18 3 3 57 20 .263 .427 .323 .751 99 64 4 0 9
12 3B Jimmy Outlaw 35 74 231 198 33 56 12 0 0 25 0 1 31 15 .283 .383 .343 .726 92 68 8 1 1
13 C Hal Wagner* 32 54 132 109 10 22 3 0 0 10 1 0 20 11 .202 .326 .229 .555 47 25 2 0 3
14 1B Paul Campbell* 30 59 85 83 15 22 1 1 1 11 0 0 1 10 .265 .274 .337 .611 60 28 0 0 1
15 C Hank Riebe 26 25 65 62 0 12 0 0 0 5 0 1 3 5 .194 .231 .194 .424 12 12 3 0 0
16 C Joe Ginsberg* 21 11 39 36 7 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .361 .410 .361 .771 104 13 1 0 0
17 OF Johnny Groth 21 6 18 17 3 8 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 1 .471 .500 .824 1.324 244 14 0 0 0
18 2B Johnny Bero* 25 4 10 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -72 0 0 0 0
19 OF Doc Cramer* 42 4 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .000 .429 .000 .429 18 0 0 0 0
20 OF Ed Mierkowicz 24 3 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .200 .429 .200 .629 68 1 1 0 0
21 John McHale* 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
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
22 P Fred Hutchinson* 28 76 137 112 11 23 1 0 1 12 3 0 22 9 .205 .341 .241 .582 54 27 3 1 2
23 P Hal Newhouser* 27 39 108 92 6 19 0 1 0 6 0 0 10 14 .207 .284 .228 .513 36 21 1 0 6
24 P Virgil Trucks 31 43 83 79 6 13 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 14 .165 .185 .190 .375 -1 15 5 0 2
25 P Dizzy Trout 33 32 76 69 6 15 3 0 1 2 0 0 5 14 .217 .270 .304 .575 51 21 2 0 2
26 P Art Houtteman 20 43 57 56 2 11 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 2 .196 .196 .196 .393 3 11 1 0 1
27 P Ted Gray# 23 26 33 29 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .241 .290 .276 .566 49 8 2 0 2
28 P Billy Pierce* 21 22 17 17 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 .294 .294 .529 .824 114 9 0 0 0
29 P Stubby Overmire 29 37 16 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .071 .188 .071 .259 -30 1 2 0 0
30 P Hal White 29 27 15 13 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .154 .267 .231 .497 31 3 0 0 0
31 P Al Benton 37 30 13 11 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .182 .182 .273 .455 18 3 0 0 2
32 P Lou Kretlow 27 5 9 8 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 163 4 0 0 1
33 P Rufe Gentry 30 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 426 1 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.1 154 6063 5235 700 1396 219 58 78 661 22 32 671 504 .267 .353 .375 .728 91 1965 134 27 130
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 5 5 6 4 4 8 5 3 7 5 5 5 4 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
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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 37 13 11 1 2.4 108 .400 .182 .277 .182 .362 .273 .400 .455 .762 18 .235 -1.4 -0.1 .333 .091 .091 1
*Johnny Bero 25 10 9 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .276 .100 .362 .000 .400 .100 .762 -72 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .111 .111 .000 /4
Neil Berry 26 301 203 27 3.5 108 .292 .266 .276 .358 .362 .305 .400 .663 .762 75 .381 -8.2 -0.8 .579 .176 .039 .0 64
*Paul Campbell 30 85 62 8 3.4 108 .292 .265 .277 .274 .362 .337 .400 .611 .762 60 .369 -5.6 -0.5 .475 .084 .072 .0 3
*Doc Cramer 42 7 4 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .276 .429 .362 .000 .400 .429 .762 18 .000 -0.2 0.0 .750 .750 .000 /O
Hoot Evers 27 606 402 90 6.0 108 .320 .314 .276 .378 .362 .454 .400 .831 .762 118 .615 12.9 1.3 .766 .232 .139 4.6 *O
Rufe Gentry 30 1 0 1 108 1.000 1.000 .276 1.000 .362 1.000 .400 2.000 .762 426 0.5 0.0 .000 .000 /1
*Joe Ginsberg 21 39 24 5 5.6 108 .371 .361 .276 .410 .362 .361 .400 .771 .762 104 .584 0.2 0.0 .667 .083 .000 2
#Ted Gray 23 33 26 2 2.0 108 .318 .241 .277 .290 .362 .276 .400 .566 .762 49 .185 -2.2 -0.2 .417 .103 .034 1
Johnny Groth 21 18 9 7 20.7 108 .467 .471 .277 .500 .362 .824 .400 1.324 .762 244 .940 3.5 0.3 1.667 .412 .353 .0 /O
Art Houtteman 20 57 47 2 1.1 108 .204 .196 .276 .196 .362 .196 .400 .393 .762 3 .071 -8.2 -0.8 .239 .000 .000 1
*Fred Hutchinson 28 137 94 10 2.8 108 .216 .205 .276 .341 .362 .241 .400 .582 .762 54 .291 -6.7 -0.7 .576 .259 .036 1.5 1
George Kell 25 414 276 53 5.1 108 .313 .304 .276 .369 .362 .402 .400 .772 .762 103 .547 1.7 0.2 .694 .188 .098 2.0 5
Lou Kretlow 27 9 5 2 10.6 108 .571 .500 .276 .500 .362 .500 .400 1.000 .762 163 .822 0.7 0.1 1.000 .000 .000 /1
Eddie Lake 32 264 162 27 4.4 108 .284 .263 .276 .427 .362 .323 .400 .751 .762 99 .483 3.9 0.4 .791 .348 .061 2.4 45
Johnny Lipon 25 541 351 69 5.2 108 .297 .290 .276 .384 .362 .397 .400 .782 .762 106 .558 4.8 0.5 .746 .255 .107 4.4 *6/45
*Eddie Mayo 38 421 317 34 2.9 108 .258 .249 .276 .310 .362 .324 .400 .634 .762 67 .294 -18.5 -1.8 .485 .135 .076 1.3 45
*John McHale 26 1 1 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .276 .000 .362 .000 .400 .000 .762 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000
Ed Mierkowicz 24 7 5 0 0.0 108 .333 .200 .276 .429 .362 .200 .400 .629 .762 68 .000 -0.1 0.0 .600 .400 .000 /O
*Pat Mullin 30 575 361 95 7.0 108 .288 .288 .276 .385 .362 .504 .400 .889 .762 132 .683 21.4 2.1 .908 .369 .216 1.9 *O
*Hal Newhouser 27 108 80 6 2.0 108 .244 .207 .276 .284 .362 .228 .400 .513 .762 36 .178 -8.9 -0.9 .419 .130 .022 1
Jimmy Outlaw 35 231 152 26 4.6 108 .306 .283 .276 .383 .362 .343 .400 .726 .762 92 .495 -0.8 -0.1 .656 .212 .061 5O
Stubby Overmire 29 16 15 0 0.0 108 .077 .071 .276 .188 .362 .071 .400 .259 .762 -30 .000 -2.7 -0.3 .200 .143 .000 1
*Billy Pierce 21 17 12 3 6.7 108 .385 .294 .277 .294 .362 .529 .400 .824 .762 114 .662 -0.1 0.0 .750 .235 .235 1
Hank Riebe 26 65 54 3 1.5 108 .211 .194 .276 .231 .362 .194 .400 .424 .762 12 .111 -8.2 -0.8 .259 .032 .000 2
Bob Swift 33 356 249 28 3.0 108 .236 .223 .276 .338 .362 .284 .400 .622 .762 64 .312 -14.1 -1.4 .572 .240 .062 1.6 *2
Dizzy Trout 33 76 58 6 2.8 108 .259 .217 .276 .270 .362 .304 .400 .575 .762 51 .281 -5.3 -0.5 .464 .159 .087 .0 1
Virgil Trucks 31 83 73 3 1.1 108 .200 .165 .277 .185 .362 .190 .400 .375 .762 -1 .067 -12.2 -1.2 .239 .051 .025 1
*George Vico 24 584 424 64 4.0 108 .276 .267 .276 .326 .362 .392 .400 .718 .762 88 .438 -11.9 -1.2 .614 .200 .125 3.2 *3
*Hal Wagner 32 132 92 8 2.3 108 .224 .202 .277 .326 .362 .229 .400 .555 .762 47 .222 -7.8 -0.8 .517 .220 .028 .0 2
*Dick Wakefield 27 393 241 61 6.7 108 .305 .276 .276 .406 .362 .472 .400 .878 .762 130 .667 16.1 1.6 .921 .410 .196 .0 O
*Vic Wertz 23 448 305 51 4.4 108 .287 .248 .277 .335 .362 .396 .400 .731 .762 92 .484 -6.3 -0.6 .689 .271 .148 .0 O
Hal White 29 15 11 1 2.4 108 .286 .154 .277 .267 .362 .231 .400 .497 .762 31 .235 -1.3 -0.1 .455 .231 .077 1
League Average 4.6 106 .282 .265 .273 .348 .358 .381 .394 .729 .753 94 .495 .665 .241 .116
Team Total 6063 4135 693 4.5 108 .283 .267 .277 .353 .362 .375 .400 .728 .762 91 .485 -67.4 -6.5 .662 .235 .109 34.3
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 37 31 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 30 30
*Johnny Bero 25 4 10 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 4 4
Neil Berry 26 91 298 262 44 66 8 1 0 15 1 36 24 .252 .342 .290 .632 26 87 87
*Paul Campbell 30 62 87 86 14 22 1 1 1 10 0 1 10 .256 .264 .326 .590 7 59 59
*Doc Cramer 42 4 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 .000 .429 .000 .429 0 4 4
Hoot Evers 27 145 606 552 77 166 32 6 10 98 3 50 32 .301 .363 .435 .798 86 139 139
Rufe Gentry 30 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 4 4
*Joe Ginsberg 21 11 40 37 7 13 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 .351 .400 .351 .751 5 11 11
#Ted Gray 23 27 32 30 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 7 .233 .281 .267 .548 2 26 26
Johnny Groth 21 6 18 17 3 8 3 0 1 4 0 1 1 .471 .500 .824 1.324 6 6 6
Art Houtteman 20 45 59 59 2 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 43 43
*Fred Hutchinson 28 79 141 117 11 24 1 0 1 12 3 23 9 .205 .340 .239 .580 9 76 76
George Kell 25 96 415 378 44 110 24 3 2 42 2 32 16 .291 .354 .386 .740 50 92 92
Lou Kretlow 27 5 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 5 5
Eddie Lake 32 67 260 204 49 51 6 0 2 17 3 56 21 .250 .412 .309 .720 26 64 64
Johnny Lipon 25 126 540 471 62 131 18 8 5 50 4 67 23 .278 .370 .382 .753 66 121 121
*Eddie Mayo 38 111 409 378 33 87 19 1 2 40 1 28 20 .230 .289 .302 .590 32 106 106
*John McHale 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Ed Mierkowicz 24 3 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .286 .000 .286 0 3 3
*Pat Mullin 30 144 587 510 87 141 16 11 23 76 1 76 60 .276 .371 .486 .858 91 138 138
*Hal Newhouser 27 41 103 94 5 18 0 1 0 5 0 9 15 .191 .262 .213 .475 5 39 39
Jimmy Outlaw 35 77 233 202 31 54 12 0 0 24 0 30 16 .267 .365 .327 .692 24 74 74
Stubby Overmire 29 39 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .118 .000 .118 0 37 37
*Billy Pierce 21 23 18 18 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 22 22
Hank Riebe 26 26 64 62 0 10 0 0 0 4 0 2 5 .161 .188 .161 .349 2 25 25
Bob Swift 33 118 353 302 22 65 6 0 4 32 1 51 30 .215 .329 .275 .603 27 113 113
Dizzy Trout 33 33 76 71 6 15 3 0 1 2 0 5 15 .211 .263 .296 .559 5 32 32
Virgil Trucks 31 45 85 83 7 14 0 1 0 2 0 2 15 .169 .188 .193 .381 3 43 43
*George Vico 24 151 581 536 48 137 23 9 8 55 2 38 41 .256 .313 .377 .690 62 144 144
*Hal Wagner 32 60 139 118 10 23 3 0 0 10 1 21 11 .195 .317 .220 .537 8 57 57
*Dick Wakefield 27 115 401 332 48 88 20 5 11 51 0 69 57 .265 .392 .455 .846 59 110 110
*Vic Wertz 23 124 452 402 46 95 19 9 7 63 0 47 73 .236 .321 .381 .701 48 119 119
Hal White 29 28 15 13 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 .154 .267 .231 .497 1 27 27
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 37 11 510 355 510 453 20 44 7 0 0 13 0 0 4 175 .097 .107 .113 .220 -42 51 10 1 52
*Johnny Bero 25 1 10 4 10 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -72 0 0 0 0
Neil Berry 26 1 301 87 301 256 46 68 8 1 0 16 1 3 37 23 .266 .358 .305 .663 75 78 4 0 8
*Paul Campbell 30 4 129 114 129 124 22 26 2 1 1 11 1 0 4 22 .210 .234 .266 .501 33 33 0 0 1
*Doc Cramer 42 20 9933 2239 9933 9140 1357 2705 396 109 37 842 62 73 572 345 .296 .340 .375 .715 87 3430 99 41 180
Hoot Evers 27 4 1476 347 1476 1306 190 386 65 15 24 203 18 12 130 125 .296 .365 .423 .788 112 553 35 12 28
Rufe Gentry 30 5 91 48 91 87 2 16 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 16 .184 .202 .207 .409 14 18 6 0 2 0 0
*Joe Ginsberg 21 1 39 11 39 36 7 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .361 .410 .361 .771 104 13 1 0 0
#Ted Gray 23 2 37 29 37 32 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 .219 .286 .250 .536 42 8 2 0 2
Johnny Groth 21 3 33 12 33 30 5 9 3 0 1 5 0 0 3 5 .300 .364 .500 .864 129 15 2 0 0
Art Houtteman 20 4 105 80 105 103 4 24 2 0 0 11 0 1 0 7 .233 .233 .252 .485 30 26 1 0 2
*Fred Hutchinson 28 6 415 204 415 373 36 104 12 2 3 48 5 0 36 18 .279 .344 .346 .690 84 129 10 1 5
George Kell 25 6 2816 662 2816 2563 294 761 123 25 15 290 21 17 183 89 .297 .346 .382 .728 103 979 76 11 59
Lou Kretlow 27 2 13 6 13 12 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .583 1.083 187 7 0 0 1
Eddie Lake 32 9 2884 721 2884 2348 401 552 96 8 38 177 50 37 484 276 .235 .368 .331 .699 95 778 44 8 44
Johnny Lipon 25 3 706 169 706 609 74 164 20 8 5 62 5 7 80 32 .269 .356 .353 .709 88 215 10 2 15
*Eddie Mayo 38 9 3392 834 3392 3013 350 759 119 16 26 287 29 38 257 175 .252 .313 .328 .641 79 988 72 13 109
*John McHale 26 5 125 64 125 114 10 22 1 0 3 12 1 1 9 29 .193 .258 .281 .539 49 32 0 1 1
Ed Mierkowicz 24 3 66 34 66 62 6 11 3 0 1 4 1 0 4 17 .177 .227 .274 .501 38 17 3 0 0
*Pat Mullin 30 5 1593 405 1593 1394 229 389 68 26 46 200 12 16 183 177 .279 .365 .464 .829 120 647 17 5 11
*Hal Newhouser 27 10 841 341 841 738 47 145 16 2 2 58 3 1 56 111 .196 .253 .232 .485 32 171 15 0 47
Jimmy Outlaw 35 9 2187 645 2187 1970 256 528 79 17 6 184 24 21 188 175 .268 .333 .335 .668 85 659 40 5 24
Stubby Overmire 29 6 298 181 298 252 16 41 5 3 0 19 0 1 24 32 .163 .236 .206 .442 23 52 6 0 22
*Billy Pierce 21 2 19 27 19 19 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 .263 .263 .474 .737 93 9 1 0 0
Hank Riebe 26 3 107 44 107 104 1 23 2 0 0 9 0 1 3 13 .221 .243 .240 .483 29 25 4 0 0
Bob Swift 33 9 2573 786 2573 2264 171 531 74 3 10 201 10 6 252 189 .235 .312 .283 .595 63 641 65 2 55
Dizzy Trout 33 10 839 388 839 779 81 168 26 6 16 86 7 2 41 170 .216 .255 .326 .581 57 254 13 0 19
Virgil Trucks 31 7 394 174 394 383 29 70 8 1 0 22 0 0 6 51 .183 .195 .209 .404 10 80 18 0 5 0 0
*George Vico 24 1 584 144 584 521 50 139 23 9 8 58 2 2 39 39 .267 .326 .392 .718 88 204 23 7 17
*Hal Wagner 32 11 2137 671 2137 1845 179 458 90 12 15 228 10 6 253 151 .248 .344 .334 .678 88 617 34 15 24
*Dick Wakefield 27 6 2340 573 2340 2002 317 598 99 28 50 295 10 17 326 244 .299 .398 .451 .849 133 903 45 3 9
*Vic Wertz 23 2 830 221 830 724 109 193 41 13 13 111 2 0 95 136 .267 .354 .413 .767 105 299 16 3 8
Hal White 29 6 197 143 197 174 14 26 4 0 0 6 0 0 14 62 .149 .217 .172 .389 8 30 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

1947 / 1949 Batting Statistics