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1948 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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 Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Hal Newhouser* 27 21 12 .636 3.01 39 35 4 19 2 1 272.1 249 109 91 10 99 143 1 0 5 1146 145 1.278 8.2 0.3 3.3 4.7 1.44
2 SP Fred Hutchinson 28 13 11 .542 4.32 33 28 3 15 0 0 221.0 223 119 106 32 48 92 1 0 2 925 101 1.226 9.1 1.3 2.0 3.7 1.92
3 SP Virgil Trucks 31 14 13 .519 3.78 43 26 9 7 0 2 211.2 190 97 89 14 85 123 2 1 7 901 115 1.299 8.1 0.6 3.6 5.2 1.45
4 SP Dizzy Trout 33 10 14 .417 3.43 32 23 6 11 2 2 183.2 193 87 70 6 73 91 2 1 3 803 127 1.448 9.5 0.3 3.6 4.5 1.25
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
5 CL Art Houtteman 20 2 16 .111 4.66 43 20 15 4 0 10 164.1 186 101 85 11 52 74 2 0 3 716 94 1.448 10.2 0.6 2.8 4.1 1.42
6 RP Ted Gray* 23 6 2 .750 4.22 26 11 6 3 1 0 85.1 73 43 40 2 72 60 3 0 4 392 104 1.699 7.7 0.2 7.6 6.3 0.83
7 RP Stubby Overmire* 29 3 4 .429 5.97 37 4 16 0 0 3 66.1 89 48 44 5 31 14 0 0 3 313 73 1.809 12.1 0.7 4.2 1.9 0.45
8 RP Al Benton 37 2 2 .500 5.68 30 0 10 0 0 3 44.1 45 34 28 4 36 18 1 0 1 210 77 1.827 9.1 0.8 7.3 3.7 0.50
9 RP Hal White 29 2 1 .667 6.12 27 0 12 0 0 1 42.2 46 31 29 2 26 17 1 0 2 198 71 1.688 9.7 0.4 5.5 3.6 0.65
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Billy Pierce* 21 3 0 1.000 6.34 22 5 9 0 0 0 55.1 47 40 39 5 51 36 1 0 1 258 69 1.771 7.6 0.8 8.3 5.9 0.71
11 Lou Kretlow 27 2 1 .667 4.63 5 2 2 1 0 0 23.1 21 14 12 1 11 9 0 0 0 101 94 1.371 8.1 0.4 4.2 3.5 0.82
12 Rufe Gentry 30 0 0 2.70 4 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 5 2 2 0 5 1 1 0 0 30 162 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 1.4 0.20
Team Totals 27.7 78 76 .506 4.15 154 154 94 60 5 22 1377.0 1367 725 635 92 589 678 15 2 31 5993 105 1.420 8.9 0.6 3.8 4.4 1.15
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 4 5 5 4 3 3 4 3 6 1 1
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Al Benton 37 30 11 2 8 1 1 .909 0.33 P
Johnny Bero 25 2 8 5 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 2B
Neil Berry 26 67 354 138 199 17 46 .952 5.03 SS-2B
Paul Campbell 30 27 196 172 18 6 11 .969 7.04 1B
Doc Cramer 42 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 OF
Hoot Evers 27 138 0 138 0 411 392 8 11 0 .973 2.90 OF
Rufe Gentry 30 4 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Joe Ginsberg 21 11 53 46 4 3 3 .943 4.55 0 C
Ted Gray 23 26 14 3 11 0 1 1.000 0.54 P
Johnny Groth 21 4 0 4 0 10 8 1 1 1 .900 2.25 OF
Art Houtteman 20 43 60 9 47 4 5 .933 1.30 P
Fred Hutchinson 28 33 64 19 45 0 5 1.000 1.94 P
George Kell 25 92 262 108 146 8 15 .969 2.76 3B
Lou Kretlow 27 5 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Eddie Lake 32 62 277 122 147 8 31 .971 4.34 2B-3B
Johnny Lipon 25 119 576 212 347 17 63 .970 4.70 SS-3B-2B
Eddie Mayo 38 96 464 211 242 11 49 .976 4.72 2B-3B
Ed Mierkowicz 24 1 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 OF
Pat Mullin 30 131 0 10 123 289 274 7 8 0 .972 2.15 OF
Hal Newhouser 27 39 64 11 52 1 5 .984 1.62 P
Jimmy Outlaw 35 60 10 0 3 157 58 88 11 8 .930 2.43 3B-OF
Stubby Overmire 29 37 22 6 16 0 1 1.000 0.59 P
Billy Pierce 21 22 11 2 9 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Hank Riebe 26 24 96 90 6 0 1 1.000 4.00 2 C
Bob Swift 33 112 536 476 55 5 13 .991 4.74 10 C
Dizzy Trout 33 32 53 11 37 5 7 .906 1.50 P
Virgil Trucks 31 43 41 13 28 0 1 1.000 0.95 P
George Vico 24 142 1269 1169 85 15 112 .988 8.83 1B
Hal Wagner 32 52 176 162 12 2 4 .989 3.35 1 C
Dick Wakefield 27 86 86 0 0 212 198 3 11 1 .948 2.34 OF
Vic Wertz 23 98 64 1 36 217 196 11 10 3 .954 2.11 OF
Hal White 29 27 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.22 P
Team Totals 28.3 154 5922 4123 1644 155 387 .974 3.46 13
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 8 5
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1947 / 1949 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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