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1948 Detroit Tigers Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(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 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 78-76, Final Rank:5, GB: 18.5
Days in First3last on Friday, Apr 23, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 3last on Apr 23, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind20last on Sunday, Sep 12, for days on which they played
Most Games over .5003last on Wednesday, Jun 16
Most Games under .5005last on Friday, Sep 10
Longest Winning Streak7Monday, Jul 5 to Sunday, Jul 11
Longest Losing Streak5Friday, Apr 23 to Tuesday, Apr 27 and Thursday, Jun 17 to Wednesday, Jun 23
Most Runs Allowed16Tuesday, May 25
Most Runs Scored17Friday, Jul 30
Times Shutout by Opponent9 
Times Opponent Shutout5 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 78 76 700 726 .506
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 39 38 327 355 .506
Road 39 38 373 371 .506
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 4 7 45 51 .364
May 15 13 130 135 .536
June 10 14 94 110 .417
July 17 14 168 148 .548
August 13 13 114 122 .500
September 17 14 137 148 .548
October 2 1 12 12 .667
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 39 37 344 346 .513
Second Half 39 39 356 380 .500
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 22 23 174 175 .489
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 19 26 252 301 .422
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BOS 7 15 93 137 .318
CHW 14 8 88 87 .636
CLE 9 13 90 106 .409
NYY 9 13 84 135 .409
PHA 12 10 116 101 .545
SLB 11 11 110 86 .500
WSH 16 6 119 74 .727

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 20 DET @ CHW W 5 2 1-0 2 0.5 Newhouser 2:14 14,801 +
2 2 Wednesday, Apr 21 DET @ CHW W 4 3 2-0 1 Tied Overmire 2:01 2,613 ++
3 3 Thursday, Apr 22 DET @ CHW W 3 2 3-0 1 Tied Trucks 2:04 2,611 +++
4 4 Friday, Apr 23 DET CLE L 2 8 3-1 1 Tied Lemon 2:10 45,233 -
5 5 Saturday, Apr 24 DET CLE L 1 4 3-2 3 1.0 Feller 2:00 41,655 --
6 6 Sunday, Apr 25 DET CLE L 4 7 3-3 4 2.0 Muncrief 2:32 48,880 ---
7 7 Monday, Apr 26 DET @ SLB L 1 2 3-4 6 3.0 Sanford 1:40 1,274 ----
8 8 Tuesday, Apr 27 DET @ SLB L 8 9 3-5 6 3.5 Widmar 2:53 2,096 -----
9 9 Wednesday, Apr 28 DET @ SLB W 9 4 4-5 6 3.0 Trucks 2:34 2,182 +
10 10 Thursday, Apr 29 DET CHW L 4 5 4-6 6 4.0 Haynes 2:01 8,011 -
11 11 Friday, Apr 30 DET CHW L 4 5 4-7 6 4.5 Wight 2:11 9,225 --
12 12 Saturday, May 1 DET @ CLE W 10 3 5-7 6 3.5 Trout 2:44 52,249 +
13 13 Sunday, May 2 DET @ CLE W 4 2 6-7 5 2.5 Hutchinson 1:45 57,450 ++
14 14 Tuesday, May 4 DET @ BOS L 3 6 6-8 6 2.5 Ferriss 2:15 17,316 -
15 15 Wednesday, May 5 DET @ BOS L 3 4 6-9 7 3.0 Kinder 2:36 11,434 --
16 16 Thursday, May 6 DET @ BOS W 8 3 7-9 7 3.0 White 2:26 15,960 +
17 17 Saturday, May 8 DET @ NYY W 3 2 8-9 6 3.5 Hutchinson 1:45 ++
18 18 Saturday, May 8 DET @ NYY L 1 9 8-10 6 3.5 Raschi 2:22 25,246 -
19 19 Sunday, May 9 DET @ PHA L 5 10 8-11 7 5.5 Coleman 2:31 --
20 20 Sunday, May 9 DET @ PHA L 3 5 8-12 7 5.5 Brissie 2:10 28,319 ---
21 21 Tuesday, May 11 DET @ WSH W 4 1 9-12 5 5.5 Trucks 2:13 14,461 +
22 22 Wednesday, May 12 DET @ WSH W 14 9 10-12 4 5.5 Trout 2:57 11,744 ++
23 23 Friday, May 14 DET SLB L 0 3 10-13 6 5.5 Sanford 1:42 8,873 -
24 24 Saturday, May 15 DET SLB W 4 1 11-13 5 6.0 Trout 1:54 16,775 +
25 25 Sunday, May 16 DET SLB L 2 3 11-14 5 6.5 Stephens 1:56 37,387 -
26 26 Tuesday, May 18 DET BOS W 10 7 12-14 5 5.5 White 2:22 17,010 +
27 27 Wednesday, May 19 DET BOS W 4 1 13-14 4 5.0 Newhouser 1:52 16,229 ++
28 28 Thursday, May 20 DET PHA W 4 2 14-14 4 5.0 Hutchinson 1:43 15,063 +++
29 29 Friday, May 21 DET PHA L 6 9 14-15 4 5.0 Coleman 2:32 13,020 -
30 30 Saturday, May 22 DET PHA W 6 5 15-15 4 5.0 Benton 2:09 30,349 +
31 31 Sunday, May 23 DET WSH L 0 1 15-16 4 5.5 Masterson 2:02 36,533 -
32 32 Monday, May 24 DET WSH W 5 2 16-16 4 5.0 Newhouser 2:08 6,641 +
33 33 Tuesday, May 25 DET NYY L 5 16 16-17 4 6.0 Raschi 2:23 18,864 -
34 34 Wednesday, May 26 DET NYY W 7 3 17-17 4 5.5 Trout 2:09 18,915 +
35 35 Friday, May 28 DET @ SLB L 4 5 17-18 4 7.0 Biscan 1:59 6,898 -
36 36 Saturday, May 29 DET @ SLB L 1 6 17-19 5 8.0 Widmar 2:08 3,684 --
37 37 Sunday, May 30 DET @ SLB W 6 4 18-19 4 7.5 Newhouser 2:37 9,831 +
38 38 Monday, May 31 DET CHW W 5 4 19-19 4 7.5 Trout 2:10 ++
39 39 Monday, May 31 DET CHW L 3 9 19-20 4 7.5 Pearson 2:24 55,875 -
40 40 Wednesday, Jun 2 DET @ NYY L 0 1 19-21 5 7.0 Raschi 1:53 17,143 --
41 41 Thursday, Jun 3 DET @ NYY W 6 2 20-21 4 6.5 Newhouser 2:30 15,571 +
42 42 Friday, Jun 4 DET @ NYY L 4 7 20-22 4 7.5 Hiller 1:56 64,261 -
43 43 Sunday, Jun 6 DET @ BOS L 4 5 20-23 4 9.5 Johnson 2:25 --
44 44 Sunday, Jun 6 DET @ BOS L 4 12 20-24 4 9.5 Ferriss 2:17 34,251 ---
45 45 Tuesday, Jun 8 DET @ PHA W 2 1 21-24 5 9.5 Newhouser 1:49 18,801 +
46 46 Wednesday, Jun 9 DET @ PHA W 7 4 22-24 5 9.0 Trout 2:15 7,525 ++
47 47 Thursday, Jun 10 DET @ PHA L 4 10 22-25 5 9.0 Coleman 2:18 5,426 -
48 48 Friday, Jun 11 DET @ WSH W 7 6 23-25 5 9.0 Houtteman 2:35 16,121 +
49 49 Saturday, Jun 12 DET @ WSH W 4 1 24-25 4 9.5 Newhouser 2:02 7,340 ++
50 50 Sunday, Jun 13 DET @ WSH W 9 3 25-25 4 8.0 Trout 2:05 +++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Sunday, Jun 13 DET @ WSH W 9 2 26-25 4 8.0 Trucks 1:56 16,609 ++++
52 52 Tuesday, Jun 15 DET PHA W 4 1 27-25 4 7.0 Newhouser 1:50 54,480 +++++
53 53 Wednesday, Jun 16 DET PHA W 2 1 28-25 4 6.0 Houtteman 2:03 12,695 ++++++
54 54 Thursday, Jun 17 DET PHA L 2 5 28-26 4 6.0 Scheib 1:50 10,734 -
55 55 Saturday, Jun 19 DET BOS L 7 9 28-27 4 6.5 Kramer 2:27 27,098 --
56 56 Sunday, Jun 20 DET BOS L 3 8 28-28 5 8.0 Parnell 1:44 49,148 ---
57 57 Tuesday, Jun 22 DET WSH L 4 5 28-29 5 8.5 Haefner 2:05 34,447 ----
58 58 Wednesday, Jun 23 DET WSH L 1 2 28-30 5 8.5 Harrist 2:14 6,271 -----
59 59 Friday, Jun 25 DET NYY W 4 2 29-30 5 7.0 Newhouser 2:11 42,372 +
60 60 Saturday, Jun 26 DET NYY L 5 8 29-31 5 8.0 Reynolds 2:02 22,655 -
61 61 Sunday, Jun 27 DET NYY L 0 7 29-32 5 8.5 Byrne 2:08 35,840 --
62 62 Tuesday, Jun 29 DET CLE L 2 6 29-33 5 9.5 Feller 2:01 15,171 ---
63 63 Wednesday, Jun 30 DET CLE L 0 2 29-34 6 10.5 Lemon 1:33 49,761 ----
64 64 Thursday, Jul 1 DET CLE W 9 5 30-34 5 9.5 Newhouser 1:58 11,644 +
65 65 Friday, Jul 2 DET @ CHW L 2 5 30-35 6 10.5 Pieretti 2:02 15,833 -
66 66 Saturday, Jul 3 DET @ CHW W 6 2 31-35 5 10.5 Newhouser 2:01 4,984 +
67 67 Sunday, Jul 4 DET @ CHW W 6 3 32-35 5 10.5 Trucks 2:13 ++
68 68 Sunday, Jul 4 DET @ CHW L 1 12 32-36 5 10.5 Gettel 2:05 23,128 -
69 69 Monday, Jul 5 DET @ CLE L 3 6 32-37 5 10.5 Lemon 1:52 --
70 70 Monday, Jul 5 DET @ CLE W 7 5 33-37 5 10.5 Hutchinson 1:57 59,042 +
71 71 Tuesday, Jul 6 DET @ CLE W 9 0 34-37 5 9.5 Trout 1:55 41,655 ++
72 72 Wednesday, Jul 7 DET SLB W 6 0 35-37 5 9.5 Newhouser 2:03 37,507 +++
73 73 Thursday, Jul 8 DET SLB W 12 2 36-37 5 9.5 Trucks 2:16 8,455 ++++
74 74 Friday, Jul 9 DET CHW W 4 2 37-37 5 8.5 Hutchinson 1:30 50,636 +++++
75 75 Saturday, Jul 10 DET CHW W 5 4 38-37 5 8.0 Trout 2:02 11,734 ++++++
76 76 Sunday, Jul 11 DET CHW W 5 4 39-37 5 7.5 Newhouser 2:08 20,940 +++++++
77 77 Thursday, Jul 15 DET @ BOS L 5 13 39-38 5 9.5 Kramer 2:26 14,403 -
78 78 Thursday, Jul 15 DET @ BOS L 1 3 39-39 5 9.5 Parnell 2:22 33,892 --
79 79 Friday, Jul 16 DET @ BOS L 3 5 39-40 5 9.5 Dobson 1:57 12,476 ---
80 80 Saturday, Jul 17 DET @ BOS W 3 1 40-40 5 8.5 Trucks 1:57 17,477 +
81 81 Sunday, Jul 18 DET @ NYY W 5 3 41-40 5 9.5 Newhouser 2:26 ++
82 82 Sunday, Jul 18 DET @ NYY L 4 12 41-41 5 9.5 Byrne 1:54 62,990 -
83 83 Tuesday, Jul 20 DET @ NYY W 2 1 42-41 5 9.0 Trucks 1:59 16,784 +
84 84 Wednesday, Jul 21 DET @ WSH L 1 6 42-42 5 9.5 Masterson 2:02 2,558 -
85 85 Thursday, Jul 22 DET @ WSH L 8 9 42-43 5 9.5 Thompson 3:02 3,609 --
86 86 Friday, Jul 23 DET @ WSH W 11 5 43-43 5 9.0 Trucks 2:07 2,217 +
87 87 Saturday, Jul 24 DET @ PHA L 6 8 43-44 5 9.5 Savage 2:26 12,727 -
88 88 Sunday, Jul 25 DET @ PHA L 0 4 43-45 5 9.5 Coleman 2:03 --
89 89 Sunday, Jul 25 DET @ PHA W 10 2 44-45 5 9.5 Hutchinson 2:03 28,148 +
90 90 Tuesday, Jul 27 DET BOS L 0 8 44-46 5 10.5 Kinder 2:07 54,609 -
91 91 Wednesday, Jul 28 DET BOS W 13 0 45-46 5 9.5 Trout 2:02 16,622 +
92 92 Thursday, Jul 29 DET BOS L 1 8 45-47 5 10.5 Kramer 2:27 40,872 -
93 93 Friday, Jul 30 DET PHA W 17 2 46-47 5 10.5 Hutchinson 2:08 45,996 +
94 94 Saturday, Jul 31 DET PHA L 3 8 46-48 5 10.5 Brissie 2:29 17,434 -
95 95 Sunday, Aug 1 DET PHA L 2 4 46-49 5 11.0 Marchildon 2:22 28,641 --
96 96 Tuesday, Aug 3 DET NYY L 3 15 46-50 5 11.0 Shea 2:37 48,915 ---
97 97 Thursday, Aug 5 DET NYY L 1 2 46-51 5 12.5 Reynolds 1:54 17,438 ----
98 98 Friday, Aug 6 DET WSH W 1 0 47-51 5 12.0 Gray 2:27 29,488 +
99 99 Saturday, Aug 7 DET WSH L 2 3 47-52 5 12.5 Thompson 2:25 9,928 -
100 100 Sunday, Aug 8 DET WSH W 5 3 48-52 5 12.0 Newhouser 2:09 0 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Sunday, Aug 8 DET WSH W 6 5 49-52 5 12.0 Pierce 2:02 29,811 ++
102 102 Monday, Aug 9 DET CLE L 2 6 49-53 5 13.0 Bearden 1:46 56,586 -
103 103 Tuesday, Aug 10 DET CLE W 7 3 50-53 5 12.0 Gray 2:33 27,528 +
104 104 Wednesday, Aug 11 DET @ CHW L 1 2 50-54 5 13.0 Pieretti 1:44 13,995 -
105 105 Friday, Aug 13 DET @ SLB L 1 4 50-55 5 13.5 Garver 1:48 2,569 --
106 106 Saturday, Aug 14 DET @ SLB W 10 3 51-55 5 13.5 Trucks 2:25 6,122 +
107 107 Sunday, Aug 15 DET @ SLB W 3 1 52-55 5 14.0 Hutchinson 2:00 5,553 ++
108 108 Tuesday, Aug 17 DET CHW W 6 4 53-55 5 14.0 Gray 2:12 35,430 +++
109 109 Friday, Aug 20 DET SLB L 4 5 53-56 5 15.5 Drews 2:17 48,685 -
110 110 Saturday, Aug 21 DET SLB W 6 5 54-56 5 14.5 Hutchinson 2:25 10,879 +
111 111 Sunday, Aug 22 DET SLB L 1 10 54-57 5 14.0 Sanford 1:56 18,887 -
112 112 Tuesday, Aug 24 DET @ PHA W 7 4 55-57 5 13.5 Trucks 2:15 14,553 +
113 113 Wednesday, Aug 25 DET @ PHA W 10 4 56-57 5 13.0 Hutchinson 2:26 8,076 ++
114 114 Thursday, Aug 26 DET @ PHA L 3 4 56-58 5 13.5 Coleman 2:10 4,208 -
115 115 Friday, Aug 27 DET @ WSH W 3 2 57-58 5 13.5 Pierce 2:05 1,374 +
116 116 Saturday, Aug 28 DET @ WSH W 7 5 58-58 5 13.5 Trucks 2:38 3,633 ++
117 117 Sunday, Aug 29 DET @ NYY W 9 6 59-58 5 13.5 Benton 2:24 +++
118 118 Sunday, Aug 29 DET @ NYY L 10 11 59-59 5 13.5 Lopat 2:22 10,127 -
119 119 Monday, Aug 30 DET @ NYY L 0 3 59-60 5 14.0 Shea 1:42 40,905 --
120 120 Tuesday, Aug 31 DET @ BOS L 4 8 59-61 5 15.0 Parnell 2:18 33,310 ---
121 121 Wednesday, Sep 1 DET @ BOS L 1 10 59-62 5 16.0 Kramer 2:19 22,374 ----
122 122 Friday, Sep 3 DET @ CHW W 5 2 60-62 5 16.0 Hutchinson 2:14 10,285 +
123 123 Saturday, Sep 4 DET @ CHW W 4 3 61-62 5 16.0 Newhouser 2:11 3,336 ++
124 124 Sunday, Sep 5 DET @ CHW L 3 4 61-63 5 17.0 Gettel 2:05 7,253 -
125 125 Monday, Sep 6 DET @ SLB W 8 1 62-63 5 18.0 Gray 1:47 +
126 126 Monday, Sep 6 DET @ SLB L 10 11 62-64 5 18.0 Drews 2:37 6,871 -
127 127 Wednesday, Sep 8 DET @ CLE L 7 8 62-65 5 19.0 Zoldak 3:15 43,707 --
128 128 Thursday, Sep 9 DET @ CLE L 2 3 62-66 5 20.0 Zoldak 3:28 43,373 ---
129 129 Friday, Sep 10 DET @ CLE L 1 10 62-67 5 20.0 Bearden 2:00 9,008 ----
130 130 Saturday, Sep 11 DET CHW W 4 1 63-67 5 20.0 Gray 2:09 +
131 131 Saturday, Sep 11 DET CHW W 6 4 64-67 5 20.0 Overmire 1:41 18,029 ++
132 132 Sunday, Sep 12 DET CHW L 2 5 64-68 5 20.0 Haynes 1:53 12,220 -
133 133 Tuesday, Sep 14 DET WSH W 2 1 65-68 5 19.5 Newhouser 2:01 +
134 134 Tuesday, Sep 14 DET WSH W 12 1 66-68 5 19.5 Trucks 1:56 5,307 ++
135 135 Wednesday, Sep 15 DET WSH W 4 2 67-68 5 18.5 Kretlow 1:41 2,775 +++
136 136 Thursday, Sep 16 DET NYY W 2 1 68-68 5 18.0 Hutchinson 1:35 0 ++++
137 137 Thursday, Sep 16 DET NYY L 4 8 68-69 5 18.0 Page 2:07 18,452 -
138 138 Friday, Sep 17 DET NYY L 5 13 68-70 5 19.0 Byrne 2:36 6,021 --
139 139 Saturday, Sep 18 DET NYY W 4 3 69-70 5 19.0 Newhouser 1:51 18,447 +
140 140 Sunday, Sep 19 DET BOS W 4 3 70-70 5 17.0 Overmire 2:55 ++
141 141 Sunday, Sep 19 DET BOS W 8 6 71-70 5 17.0 Kretlow 2:55 +++
142 142 Monday, Sep 20 DET BOS L 2 7 71-71 5 18.0 Harris 1:43 6,890 -
143 143 Tuesday, Sep 21 DET BOS L 2 10 71-72 5 19.0 Parnell 2:02 4,811 --
144 144 Wednesday, Sep 22 DET PHA W 5 1 72-72 5 18.0 Newhouser 2:02 3,067 +
145 145 Thursday, Sep 23 DET PHA W 8 7 73-72 5 17.5 Pierce 2:02 1,898 ++
146 146 Friday, Sep 24 DET CLE W 4 3 74-72 5 16.5 Hutchinson 1:51 10,464 +++
147 147 Saturday, Sep 25 DET CLE L 3 9 74-73 5 17.5 Bearden 2:34 30,087 -
148 148 Sunday, Sep 26 DET CLE L 1 4 74-74 5 18.5 Feller 2:11 57,888 --
149 149 Tuesday, Sep 28 DET SLB L 3 5 74-75 5 19.5 Sanford 1:35 3,418 ---
150 150 Wednesday, Sep 29 DET SLB W 4 0 75-75 5 19.5 Newhouser 31:18 92 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Thursday, Sep 30 DET SLB W 7 2 76-75 5 19.0 Gray 1:35 2,622 ++
152 152 Friday, Oct 1 DET @ CLE W 5 3 77-75 5 18.0 Trucks 2:38 15,988 +++
153 153 Saturday, Oct 2 DET @ CLE L 0 8 77-76 5 19.0 Bearden 2:05 56,235 -
154 154 Sunday, Oct 3 DET @ CLE W 7 1 78-76 5 18.0 Newhouser 2:29 74,181 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

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