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1948 Detroit Tigers (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
Managed by Steve O'Neill

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,743,035 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 97
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 Stats / Schedule (1947/1949) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   78-76 , Final Rank: 5, GB:   18.0
Days in First:                   3 (last on April 23, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:           3 (last on June 16)
Most Games under .500:           5 (last on September 10)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       20.0 (last on September 12)

Longest Winning Streak:          7 (July 5 to July 11)
Longest Losing Streak:           5 (April 23 to April 27 and June 17 to June 23)

Most Runs Allowed:              16 (May 25)
Most Runs Scored:               17 (July 30)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       9
Times Opponent Shutout:          5

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        78  76     700     726    .506

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           39  38     327     355    .506
Road           39  38     373     371    .506

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     39  37     344     346    .513
Second Half    39  39     356     380    .500
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        22  23     174     175    .489

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        19  26     252     301    .422

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 20     DET @CHW  W   5-2        1-0     2     0.5  2:14 H Newhouser                14,801 +
  2 Wed, Apr 21     DET @CHW  W   4-3        2-0     1    Tied  2:01 S Overmire                  2,613 ++
  3 Thu, Apr 22     DET @CHW  W   3-2        3-0     1    Tied  2:04 V Trucks                    2,611 +++
  4 Fri, Apr 23     DET  CLE  L   2-8        3-1     1    Tied  2:10 B Lemon                    45,233 -
  5 Sat, Apr 24     DET  CLE  L   1-4        3-2     3     1.0  2:00 B Feller                   41,655 --
  6 Sun, Apr 25     DET  CLE  L   4-7        3-3     4     2.0  2:32 B Muncrief                 48,880 ---
  7 Mon, Apr 26     DET @SLB  L   1-2        3-4     6     3.0  1:40 F Sanford                   1,274 ----
  8 Tue, Apr 27     DET @SLB  L   8-9        3-5     6     3.5  2:53 A Widmar                    2,096 -----
  9 Wed, Apr 28     DET @SLB  W   9-4        4-5     6     3.0  2:34 V Trucks                    2,182 +
 10 Thu, Apr 29     DET  CHW  L   4-5        4-6     6     4.0  2:01 J Haynes                    8,011 -
 11 Fri, Apr 30     DET  CHW  L   4-5        4-7     6     4.5  2:11 B Wight                     9,225 --
 12 Sat, May  1     DET @CLE  W  10-3        5-7     6     3.5  2:44 D Trout                    52,249 +
 13 Sun, May  2     DET @CLE  W   4-2        6-7     5     2.5  1:45 F Hutchinson               57,450 ++
 14 Tue, May  4     DET @BOS  L   3-6        6-8     6     2.5  2:15 D Ferriss                  17,316 -
 15 Wed, May  5     DET @BOS  L   3-4        6-9     7     3.0  2:36 E Kinder                   11,434 --
 16 Thu, May  6     DET @BOS  W   8-3        7-9     7     3.0  2:26 H White                    15,960 +
 17 Sat, May  8     DET @NYY  W   3-2        8-9     6     3.5  1:45 F Hutchinson                      ++
 18                 DET @NYY  L   1-9        8-10    6     3.5  2:22 V Raschi                   25,246 -
 19 Sun, May  9     DET @PHA  L   5-10       8-11    7     5.5  2:31 J Coleman                         --
 20                 DET @PHA  L   3-5        8-12    7     5.5  2:10 L Brissie                  28,319 ---
 21 Tue, May 11     DET @WSH  W   4-1        9-12    5     5.5  2:13 V Trucks                   14,461 +
 22 Wed, May 12     DET @WSH  W  14-9       10-12    4     5.5  2:57 D Trout                    11,744 ++
 23 Fri, May 14     DET  SLB  L   0-3       10-13    6     5.5  1:42 F Sanford                   8,873 -
 24 Sat, May 15     DET  SLB  W   4-1       11-13    5     6.0  1:54 D Trout                    16,775 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sun, May 16     DET  SLB  L   2-3       11-14    5     6.5  1:56 B Stephens                 37,387 -
 26 Tue, May 18     DET  BOS  W  10-7       12-14    5     5.5  2:22 H White                    17,010 +
 27 Wed, May 19     DET  BOS  W   4-1       13-14    4     5.0  1:52 H Newhouser                16,229 ++
 28 Thu, May 20     DET  PHA  W   4-2       14-14    4     5.0  1:43 F Hutchinson               15,063 +++
 29 Fri, May 21     DET  PHA  L   6-9       14-15    4     5.0  2:32 J Coleman                  13,020 -
 30 Sat, May 22     DET  PHA  W   6-5       15-15    4     5.0  2:09 A Benton                   30,349 +
 31 Sun, May 23     DET  WSH  L   0-1       15-16    4     5.5  2:02 W Masterson                36,533 -
 32 Mon, May 24     DET  WSH  W   5-2       16-16    4     5.0  2:08 H Newhouser                 6,641 +
 33 Tue, May 25     DET  NYY  L   5-16      16-17    4     6.0  2:23 V Raschi                   18,864 -
 34 Wed, May 26     DET  NYY  W   7-3       17-17    4     5.5  2:09 D Trout                    18,915 +
 35 Fri, May 28     DET @SLB  L   4-5       17-18    4     7.0  1:59 F Biscan                    6,898 -
 36 Sat, May 29     DET @SLB  L   1-6       17-19    5     8.0  2:08 A Widmar                    3,684 --
 37 Sun, May 30     DET @SLB  W   6-4       18-19    4     7.5  2:37 H Newhouser                 9,831 +
 38 Mon, May 31     DET  CHW  W   5-4       19-19    4     7.5  2:10 D Trout                           ++
 39                 DET  CHW  L   3-9       19-20    4     7.5  2:24 I Pearson                  55,875 -
 40 Wed, Jun  2     DET @NYY  L   0-1       19-21    5     7.0  1:53 V Raschi                   17,143 --
 41 Thu, Jun  3     DET @NYY  W   6-2       20-21    4     6.5  2:30 H Newhouser                15,571 +
 42 Fri, Jun  4     DET @NYY  L   4-7       20-22    4     7.5  1:56 F Hiller                   64,261 -
 43 Sun, Jun  6     DET @BOS  L   4-5       20-23    4     9.5  2:25 E Johnson                         --
 44                 DET @BOS  L   4-12      20-24    4     9.5  2:17 D Ferriss                  34,251 ---
 45 Tue, Jun  8     DET @PHA  W   2-1       21-24    5     9.5  1:49 H Newhouser                18,801 +
 46 Wed, Jun  9     DET @PHA  W   7-4       22-24    5     9.0  2:15 D Trout                     7,525 ++
 47 Thu, Jun 10     DET @PHA  L   4-10      22-25    5     9.0  2:18 J Coleman                   5,426 -
 48 Fri, Jun 11     DET @WSH  W   7-6       23-25    5     9.0  2:35 A Houtteman                16,121 +
 49 Sat, Jun 12     DET @WSH  W   4-1       24-25    4     9.5  2:02 H Newhouser                 7,340 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sun, Jun 13     DET @WSH  W   9-3       25-25    4     8.0  2:05 D Trout                           +++
 51                 DET @WSH  W   9-2       26-25    4     8.0  1:56 V Trucks                   16,609 ++++
 52 Tue, Jun 15     DET  PHA  W   4-1       27-25    4     7.0  1:50 H Newhouser                54,480 +++++
 53 Wed, Jun 16     DET  PHA  W   2-1       28-25    4     6.0  2:03 A Houtteman                12,695 ++++++
 54 Thu, Jun 17     DET  PHA  L   2-5       28-26    4     6.0  1:50 C Scheib                   10,734 -
 55 Sat, Jun 19     DET  BOS  L   7-9       28-27    4     6.5  2:27 J Kramer                   27,098 --
 56 Sun, Jun 20     DET  BOS  L   3-8       28-28    5     8.0  1:44 M Parnell                  49,148 ---
 57 Tue, Jun 22     DET  WSH  L   4-5       28-29    5     8.5  2:05 M Haefner                  34,447 ----
 58 Wed, Jun 23     DET  WSH  L   1-2       28-30    5     8.5  2:14 E Harrist                   6,271 -----
 59 Fri, Jun 25     DET  NYY  W   4-2       29-30    5     7.0  2:11 H Newhouser                42,372 +
 60 Sat, Jun 26     DET  NYY  L   5-8       29-31    5     8.0  2:02 A Reynolds                 22,655 -
 61 Sun, Jun 27     DET  NYY  L   0-7       29-32    5     8.5  2:08 T Byrne                    35,840 --
 62 Tue, Jun 29     DET  CLE  L   2-6       29-33    5     9.5  2:01 B Feller                   15,171 ---
 63 Wed, Jun 30     DET  CLE  L   0-2       29-34    6    10.5  1:33 B Lemon                    49,761 ----
 64 Thu, Jul  1     DET  CLE  W   9-5       30-34    5     9.5  1:58 H Newhouser                11,644 +
 65 Fri, Jul  2     DET @CHW  L   2-5       30-35    6    10.5  2:02 M Pieretti                 15,833 -
 66 Sat, Jul  3     DET @CHW  W   6-2       31-35    5    10.5  2:01 H Newhouser                 4,984 +
 67 Sun, Jul  4     DET @CHW  W   6-3       32-35    5    10.5  2:13 V Trucks                          ++
 68                 DET @CHW  L   1-12      32-36    5    10.5  2:05 A Gettel                   23,128 -
 69 Mon, Jul  5     DET @CLE  L   3-6       32-37    5    10.5  1:52 B Lemon                           --
 70                 DET @CLE  W   7-5       33-37    5    10.5  1:57 F Hutchinson               59,042 +
 71 Tue, Jul  6     DET @CLE  W   9-0       34-37    5     9.5  1:55 D Trout                    41,655 ++
 72 Wed, Jul  7     DET  SLB  W   6-0       35-37    5     9.5  2:03 H Newhouser                37,507 +++
 73 Thu, Jul  8     DET  SLB  W  12-2       36-37    5     9.5  2:16 V Trucks                    8,455 ++++
 74 Fri, Jul  9     DET  CHW  W   4-2       37-37    5     8.5  1:30 F Hutchinson               50,636 +++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sat, Jul 10     DET  CHW  W   5-4       38-37    5     8.0  2:02 D Trout                    11,734 ++++++
 76 Sun, Jul 11     DET  CHW  W   5-4       39-37    5     7.5  2:08 H Newhouser                20,940 +++++++
 77 Thu, Jul 15     DET @BOS  L   5-13      39-38    5     9.5  2:26 J Kramer                   14,403 -
 78                 DET @BOS  L   1-3       39-39    5     9.5  2:22 M Parnell                  33,892 --
 79 Fri, Jul 16     DET @BOS  L   3-5       39-40    5     9.5  1:57 J Dobson                   12,476 ---
 80 Sat, Jul 17     DET @BOS  W   3-1       40-40    5     8.5  1:57 V Trucks                   17,477 +
 81 Sun, Jul 18     DET @NYY  W   5-3       41-40    5     9.5  2:26 H Newhouser                       ++
 82                 DET @NYY  L   4-12      41-41    5     9.5  1:54 T Byrne                    62,990 -
 83 Tue, Jul 20     DET @NYY  W   2-1       42-41    5     9.0  1:59 V Trucks                   16,784 +
 84 Wed, Jul 21     DET @WSH  L   1-6       42-42    5     9.5  2:02 W Masterson                 2,558 -
 85 Thu, Jul 22     DET @WSH  L   8-9       42-43    5     9.5  3:02 F Thompson                  3,609 --
 86 Fri, Jul 23     DET @WSH  W  11-5       43-43    5     9.0  2:07 V Trucks                    2,217 +
 87 Sat, Jul 24     DET @PHA  L   6-8       43-44    5     9.5  2:26 B Savage                   12,727 -
 88 Sun, Jul 25     DET @PHA  L   0-4       43-45    5     9.5  2:03 J Coleman                         --
 89                 DET @PHA  W  10-2       44-45    5     9.5  2:03 F Hutchinson               28,148 +
 90 Tue, Jul 27     DET  BOS  L   0-8       44-46    5    10.5  2:07 E Kinder                   54,609 -
 91 Wed, Jul 28     DET  BOS  W  13-0       45-46    5     9.5  2:02 D Trout                    16,622 +
 92 Thu, Jul 29     DET  BOS  L   1-8       45-47    5    10.5  2:27 J Kramer                   40,872 -
 93 Fri, Jul 30     DET  PHA  W  17-2       46-47    5    10.5  2:08 F Hutchinson               45,996 +
 94 Sat, Jul 31     DET  PHA  L   3-8       46-48    5    10.5  2:29 L Brissie                  17,434 -
 95 Sun, Aug  1     DET  PHA  L   2-4       46-49    5    11.0  2:22 P Marchildon               28,641 --
 96 Tue, Aug  3     DET  NYY  L   3-15      46-50    5    11.0  2:37 S Shea                     48,915 ---
 97 Thu, Aug  5     DET  NYY  L   1-2       46-51    5    12.5  1:54 A Reynolds                 17,438 ----
 98 Fri, Aug  6     DET  WSH  W   1-0       47-51    5    12.0  2:27 T Gray                     29,488 +
 99 Sat, Aug  7     DET  WSH  L   2-3       47-52    5    12.5  2:25 F Thompson                  9,928 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sun, Aug  8     DET  WSH  W   5-3       48-52    5    12.0  2:09 H Newhouser                     0 +
101                 DET  WSH  W   6-5       49-52    5    12.0  2:02 B Pierce                   29,811 ++
102 Mon, Aug  9     DET  CLE  L   2-6       49-53    5    13.0  1:46 G Bearden                  56,586 -
103 Tue, Aug 10     DET  CLE  W   7-3       50-53    5    12.0  2:33 T Gray                     27,528 +
104 Wed, Aug 11     DET @CHW  L   1-2       50-54    5    13.0  1:44 M Pieretti                 13,995 -
105 Fri, Aug 13     DET @SLB  L   1-4       50-55    5    13.5  1:48 N Garver                    2,569 --
106 Sat, Aug 14     DET @SLB  W  10-3       51-55    5    13.5  2:25 V Trucks                    6,122 +
107 Sun, Aug 15     DET @SLB  W   3-1       52-55    5    14.0  2:00 F Hutchinson                5,553 ++
108 Tue, Aug 17     DET  CHW  W   6-4       53-55    5    14.0  2:12 T Gray                     35,430 +++
109 Fri, Aug 20     DET  SLB  L   4-5       53-56    5    15.5  2:17 K Drews                    48,685 -
110 Sat, Aug 21     DET  SLB  W   6-5       54-56    5    14.5  2:25 F Hutchinson               10,879 +
111 Sun, Aug 22     DET  SLB  L   1-10      54-57    5    14.0  1:56 F Sanford                  18,887 -
112 Tue, Aug 24     DET @PHA  W   7-4       55-57    5    13.5  2:15 V Trucks                   14,553 +
113 Wed, Aug 25     DET @PHA  W  10-4       56-57    5    13.0  2:26 F Hutchinson                8,076 ++
114 Thu, Aug 26     DET @PHA  L   3-4       56-58    5    13.5  2:10 J Coleman                   4,208 -
115 Fri, Aug 27     DET @WSH  W   3-2       57-58    5    13.5  2:05 B Pierce                    1,374 +
116 Sat, Aug 28     DET @WSH  W   7-5       58-58    5    13.5  2:38 V Trucks                    3,633 ++
117 Sun, Aug 29     DET @NYY  W   9-6       59-58    5    13.5  2:24 A Benton                          +++
118                 DET @NYY  L  10-11      59-59    5    13.5  2:22 E Lopat                    10,127 -
119 Mon, Aug 30     DET @NYY  L   0-3       59-60    5    14.0  1:42 S Shea                     40,905 --
120 Tue, Aug 31     DET @BOS  L   4-8       59-61    5    15.0  2:18 M Parnell                  33,310 ---
121 Wed, Sep  1     DET @BOS  L   1-10      59-62    5    16.0  2:19 J Kramer                   22,374 ----
122 Fri, Sep  3     DET @CHW  W   5-2       60-62    5    16.0  2:14 F Hutchinson               10,285 +
123 Sat, Sep  4     DET @CHW  W   4-3       61-62    5    16.0  2:11 H Newhouser                 3,336 ++
124 Sun, Sep  5     DET @CHW  L   3-4       61-63    5    17.0  2:05 A Gettel                    7,253 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Mon, Sep  6     DET @SLB  W   8-1       62-63    5    18.0  1:47 T Gray                            +
126                 DET @SLB  L  10-11      62-64    5    18.0  2:37 K Drews                     6,871 -
127 Wed, Sep  8     DET @CLE  L   7-8       62-65    5    19.0  3:15 S Zoldak                   43,707 --
128 Thu, Sep  9     DET @CLE  L   2-3       62-66    5    20.0  3:28 S Zoldak                   43,373 ---
129 Fri, Sep 10     DET @CLE  L   1-10      62-67    5    20.0  2:00 G Bearden                   9,008 ----
130 Sat, Sep 11     DET  CHW  W   4-1       63-67    5    20.0  2:09 T Gray                            +
131                 DET  CHW  W   6-4       64-67    5    20.0  1:41 S Overmire                 18,029 ++
132 Sun, Sep 12     DET  CHW  L   2-5       64-68    5    20.0  1:53 J Haynes                   12,220 -
133 Tue, Sep 14     DET  WSH  W   2-1       65-68    5    19.5  2:01 H Newhouser                       +
134                 DET  WSH  W  12-1       66-68    5    19.5  1:56 V Trucks                    5,307 ++
135 Wed, Sep 15     DET  WSH  W   4-2       67-68    5    18.5  1:41 L Kretlow                   2,775 +++
136 Thu, Sep 16     DET  NYY  W   2-1       68-68    5    18.0  1:35 F Hutchinson                    0 ++++
137                 DET  NYY  L   4-8       68-69    5    18.0  2:07 J Page                     18,452 -
138 Fri, Sep 17     DET  NYY  L   5-13      68-70    5    19.0  2:36 T Byrne                     6,021 --
139 Sat, Sep 18     DET  NYY  W   4-3       69-70    5    19.0  1:51 H Newhouser                18,447 +
140 Sun, Sep 19     DET  BOS  W   4-3       70-70    5    17.0  2:55 S Overmire                        ++
141                 DET  BOS  W   8-6       71-70    5    17.0  2:55 L Kretlow                         +++
142 Mon, Sep 20     DET  BOS  L   2-7       71-71    5    18.0  1:43 M Harris                    6,890 -
143 Tue, Sep 21     DET  BOS  L   2-10      71-72    5    19.0  2:02 M Parnell                   4,811 --
144 Wed, Sep 22     DET  PHA  W   5-1       72-72    5    18.0  2:02 H Newhouser                 3,067 +
145 Thu, Sep 23     DET  PHA  W   8-7       73-72    5    17.5  2:02 B Pierce                    1,898 ++
146 Fri, Sep 24     DET  CLE  W   4-3       74-72    5    16.5  1:51 F Hutchinson               10,464 +++
147 Sat, Sep 25     DET  CLE  L   3-9       74-73    5    17.5  2:34 G Bearden                  30,087 -
148 Sun, Sep 26     DET  CLE  L   1-4       74-74    5    18.5  2:11 B Feller                   57,888 --
149 Tue, Sep 28     DET  SLB  L   3-5       74-75    5    19.5  1:35 F Sanford                   3,418 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Wed, Sep 29     DET  SLB  W   4-0       75-75    5    19.5  31:18 H Newhouser                    92 +
151 Thu, Sep 30     DET  SLB  W   7-2       76-75    5    19.0  1:35 T Gray                      2,622 ++
152 Fri, Oct  1     DET @CLE  W   5-3       77-75    5    18.0  2:38 V Trucks                   15,988 +++
153 Sat, Oct  2     DET @CLE  L   0-8       77-76    5    19.0  2:05 G Bearden                  56,235 -
154 Sun, Oct  3     DET @CLE  W   7-1       78-76    5    18.0  2:29 H Newhouser                74,181 +

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