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1948 Detroit Tigers

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Sam 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 .782 105 182 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 91 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 4 5 4 5 2 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
* - 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 7 901 116 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 3 803 128 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 74 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 72 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 96 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 30 170 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 106 1.420 8.9 0.6 3.8 4.4 1.15
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 4 3 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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Al Benton 37 30 0 0 11 2 8 1 1 .909 0.33 P
Johnny Bero 25 2 2 2 8 5 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 2B
Neil Berry 26 67 64 62 354 138 199 17 46 .952 5.03 SS-2B
Paul Campbell 30 27 14 12 196 172 18 6 11 .969 7.04 1B
Doc Cramer 42 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 OF
Hoot Evers 27 138 137 136 411 392 8 11 0 .973 2.90 OF
Rufe Gentry 30 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Joe Ginsberg 21 11 10 10 53 46 4 3 3 .943 4.55 0 7 0 0% C
Ted Gray 23 26 11 3 14 3 11 0 1 1.000 0.54 P
Johnny Groth 21 5 4 4 10 8 1 1 1 .900 2.25 OF
Art Houtteman 20 43 20 4 60 9 47 4 5 .933 1.30 P
Fred Hutchinson 28 33 28 15 64 19 45 0 5 1.000 1.94 P
George Kell 25 92 92 85 262 108 146 8 15 .969 2.76 3B
Lou Kretlow 27 5 2 1 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Eddie Lake 32 62 58 53 277 122 147 8 31 .971 4.34 2B-3B
Johnny Lipon 25 118 116 113 576 212 347 17 63 .970 4.70 SS-3B-2B
Eddie Mayo 38 96 89 87 464 211 242 11 49 .976 4.72 2B-3B
Ed Mierkowicz 24 1 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 OF
Pat Mullin 30 131 130 126 289 274 7 8 0 .972 2.15 OF
Hal Newhouser 27 39 35 19 64 11 52 1 5 .984 1.62 P
Jimmy Outlaw 35 58 50 45 157 58 88 11 8 .930 2.43 3B-OF
Stubby Overmire 29 37 4 0 22 6 16 0 1 1.000 0.59 P
Billy Pierce 21 22 5 0 11 2 9 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Hank Riebe 26 24 16 9 96 90 6 0 1 1.000 4.00 2 8 2 20% C
Bob Swift 33 112 99 69 536 476 55 5 13 .991 4.74 10 21 19 48% C
Dizzy Trout 33 32 23 11 53 11 37 5 7 .906 1.50 P
Virgil Trucks 31 43 26 7 41 13 28 0 1 1.000 0.95 P
Sam Vico 24 142 140 127 1269 1169 85 15 112 .988 8.83 1B
Hal Wagner 32 52 29 22 176 162 12 2 4 .989 3.35 1 13 7 35% C
Dick Wakefield 27 86 83 80 212 198 3 11 1 .948 2.34 OF
Vic Wertz 23 98 97 92 217 196 11 10 3 .954 2.11 OF
Hal White 29 27 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.22 P
Team Totals 28.3 154 1386 1195 5922 4123 1644 155 387 .974 3.46 13 49 28 36%
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 8 5
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Al Benton 37 13 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Johnny Bero* 25 10 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /4
Neil Berry 26 301 -9 1 0 0 -3 4 8 1 0.1 4 0.4 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent 64
Paul Campbell* 30 85 -5 1 0 0 0 -1 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Purchased 3
Doc Cramer* 42 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded /8O
Hoot Evers 27 606 12 0 0 0 -2 -1 15 24 2.4 26 2.7 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent *8O
Rufe Gentry 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Joe Ginsberg* 21 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 2
Ted Gray# 23 33 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Johnny Groth 21 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent /8O
Art Houtteman 20 57 -8 0 0 0 0 4 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Fred Hutchinson* 28 137 -7 0 0 0 0 7 4 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Traded 1
George Kell 25 414 1 -1 0 0 -4 0 10 6 0.6 10 1.0 -0.4 $ Traded 5
Lou Kretlow 27 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Eddie Lake 32 264 3 1 0 0 -2 2 7 11 1.1 13 1.3 -0.2 $ Traded 45
Johnny Lipon 25 541 5 0 0 0 -1 8 13 25 2.5 26 2.7 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent *6/45
Eddie Mayo* 38 421 -19 -5 0 0 -2 4 11 -11 -1.1 -9 -0.9 -0.2 $ Rule 5 Draft 45
John McHale* 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ed Mierkowicz 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /7O
Pat Mullin* 30 575 21 1 0 0 0 -6 15 31 3.1 31 3.2 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent *O98
Hal Newhouser* 27 108 -9 0 0 0 0 8 3 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $50,000 Amateur Free Agent 1
Jimmy Outlaw 35 231 -2 0 0 0 -1 -1 6 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ 5O7/9
Stubby Overmire 29 16 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Billy Pierce* 21 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Hank Riebe 26 65 -8 -1 0 0 0 1 2 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $ 2
Bob Swift 33 356 -15 -2 0 0 0 4 9 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Traded *2
Dizzy Trout 33 76 -5 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Virgil Trucks 31 83 -12 0 0 0 0 6 2 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Sam Vico* 24 584 -12 -1 0 0 -2 -6 15 -6 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ *3
Hal Wagner* 32 132 -8 0 0 0 1 2 4 -1 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded 2
Dick Wakefield* 27 393 14 -1 0 0 0 -4 11 20 2.0 20 2.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 7O
Vic Wertz* 23 448 -7 1 0 0 -2 -5 12 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent O79/8
Hal White 29 15 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 1
Team Total 28.1 6063 -75 -5 0 0 -18 38 155 95 9.5 113 11.6 -2.1 $50,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Al Benton 37 44.1 0 34 27 0 1.0 -7 -0.6 $ Purchased
Rufe Gentry 30 6.2 0 2 4 0 1.0 2 0.2 $
Ted Gray* 23 85.1 11 43 53 -1 1.0 10 1.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Art Houtteman 20 164.1 20 101 101 -2 1.0 0 0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Fred Hutchinson 28 221.0 28 119 136 -2 1.0 17 2.2 $ Traded
Lou Kretlow 27 23.1 2 14 14 0 1.0 0 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Hal Newhouser* 27 272.1 35 109 168 -2 1.0 59 6.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Stubby Overmire* 29 66.1 4 48 41 -1 1.0 -7 -0.5 $ Amateur Free Agent
Billy Pierce* 21 55.1 5 40 34 -1 1.0 -6 -0.5 $ Amateur Free Agent
Dizzy Trout 33 183.2 23 87 113 -2 1.0 26 3.0 $ Traded
Virgil Trucks 31 211.2 26 97 131 -2 1.0 34 3.7 $ Amateur Free Agent
Hal White 29 42.2 0 31 26 0 1.0 -5 -0.4 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Team Total 27.7 1377.0 154 725 848 -13 1.0 123 15.0 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1947 / 1949 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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