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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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| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |