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1948 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947 / 1949

78-76, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Steve O'Neill (78-76)
Scored 700 runs, Allowed 726 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-80

Ballparks: Briggs Stadium · 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 - 97, Pitching - 97


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1947 / 1949 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 37 R R 6' 4" 215 Mar 18, 1911 11 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Johnny Bero 25 L R 6' 0" 170 Dec 22, 1922 1st 4 2 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.2 $
Neil Berry 26 R R 5' 10" 168 Jan 11, 1922 1st 87 64 87 67 0 0 0 26 0 41 0 0 0 0 7 14 0.1 $
Paul Campbell 30 L L 5' 10" 185 Sep 1, 1917 4 59 14 59 27 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 23 -0.3 $
Doc Cramer 42 L R 6' 2" 185 Jul 22, 1905 20 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0.0 $
Hoot Evers 27 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 8, 1921 4 139 137 139 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 138 1 0 2.4 $ All-Star
Rufe Gentry 30 R R 6' 1" 180 May 18, 1918 5 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Joe Ginsberg 21 L R 5' 11" 180 Oct 11, 1926 1st 11 10 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 $
Ted Gray 23 B L 5' 11" 175 Dec 31, 1924 2 26 11 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Johnny Groth 21 R R 6' 0" 182 Jul 23, 1926 3 6 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 2 0 0.4 $
Art Houtteman 20 R R 6' 2" 188 Aug 7, 1927 4 43 20 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Fred Hutchinson 28 L R 6' 2" 190 Aug 12, 1919 6 76 28 76 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 2.6 $
George Kell HOF 25 R R 5' 9" 175 Aug 23, 1922 6 92 92 92 92 0 0 0 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $ All-Star
Lou Kretlow 27 R R 6' 2" 185 Jun 27, 1921 2 5 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Eddie Lake 32 R R 5' 7" 159 Mar 18, 1916 9 64 58 64 62 0 0 0 45 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.1 $
Johnny Lipon 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 10, 1922 3 121 116 121 118 0 0 0 1 1 117 0 0 0 0 2 1 2.5 $
Eddie Mayo 38 L R 5' 11" 178 Apr 15, 1910 9 106 89 106 96 0 0 0 86 10 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 -1.1 $
John McHale 26 L R 6' 0" 200 Sep 21, 1921 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Ed Mierkowicz 24 R R 6' 4" 205 Mar 6, 1924 3 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0.0 $
Pat Mullin 30 L R 6' 2" 190 Nov 1, 1917 5 138 130 138 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 121 131 7 0 3.1 $ All-Star
Hal Newhouser HOF 27 L L 6' 2" 180 May 20, 1921 10 39 35 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.5 $50,000 All-Star
Jimmy Outlaw 35 R R 5' 8" 165 Jan 20, 1913 9 74 50 74 58 0 0 0 0 47 0 10 0 3 13 13 5 0.2 $
Stubby Overmire 29 R L 5' 7" 170 May 16, 1919 6 37 4 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Billy Pierce 21 L L 5' 10" 160 Apr 2, 1927 2 22 5 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Hank Riebe 26 R R 5' 9" 175 Oct 10, 1921 3 25 16 25 24 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.6 $
Bob Swift 33 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 6, 1915 9 113 99 113 112 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.4 $
Dizzy Trout 33 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 29, 1915 10 32 23 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $
Virgil Trucks 31 R R 5' 11" 198 Apr 26, 1917 7 43 26 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 $
Sam Vico 24 L R 6' 4" 200 Aug 9, 1923 1st 144 140 144 142 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.6 $
Hal Wagner 32 L R 6' 0" 165 Jul 2, 1915 11 54 29 54 52 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2 $
Dick Wakefield 27 L R 6' 4" 210 May 6, 1921 6 110 83 110 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 0 0 86 24 0 2.0 $
Vic Wertz 23 L R 6' 0" 186 Feb 9, 1925 2 119 97 119 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 1 36 98 22 0 -0.1 $
Hal White 29 R R 5' 10" 165 Mar 18, 1919 6 27 0 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
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

Joe Ginsberg
Hal Wagner
Paul Campbell
Eddie Mayo
Dick Wakefield
Sam Vico
Pat Mullin
Eddie Lake
Doc Cramer

Bob Swift
Billy Pierce
Dizzy Trout
Ed Mierkowicz
Hoot Evers
Art Houtteman
George Kell
Hal Newhouser
Hal White

Stubby Overmire
Al Benton
Vic Wertz
Art Houtteman
George Kell
Virgil Trucks
Lou Kretlow
John McHale
Rufe Gentry
Johnny Groth
Hank Riebe

Johnny Lipon
Jimmy Outlaw
Johnny Bero
Fred Hutchinson
Ted Gray
Ted Gray
Neil Berry

1947 / 1949 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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