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1949 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 / 1950

87-67, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Red Rolfe (87-67)
Scored 751 runs, Allowed 655 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67

Ballparks: Briggs Stadium · Attendance: 1,821,204 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 105


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1948 / 1950 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Neil Berry 27 R R 5' 10" 168 Jan 11, 1922 2 109 90 109 98 0 0 0 95 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 6 -1.2 $
Paul Campbell 31 L L 5' 10" 185 Sep 1, 1917 5 87 61 87 73 0 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 0.3 $
Hoot Evers 28 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 8, 1921 5 132 112 132 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 43 2 122 12 0 3.2 $
Ted Gray 24 B L 5' 11" 175 Dec 31, 1924 3 36 27 36 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.2 $
Marv Grissom 31 R R 6' 3" 190 Mar 31, 1918 2 27 2 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Johnny Groth 22 R R 6' 0" 182 Jul 23, 1926 4 103 94 103 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 99 4 0 2.2 $
Art Houtteman 21 R R 6' 2" 188 Aug 7, 1927 5 36 25 36 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.3 $
Fred Hutchinson 29 L R 6' 2" 190 Aug 12, 1919 7 38 21 38 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5.0 $
George Kell HOF 26 R R 5' 9" 175 Aug 23, 1922 7 134 134 134 134 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 $ All-Star
Don Kolloway 30 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 4, 1918 8 126 114 126 119 0 0 57 62 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.8 $
Lou Kretlow 28 R R 6' 2" 185 Jun 27, 1921 3 25 10 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.7 $
Eddie Lake 33 R R 5' 7" 159 Mar 18, 1916 10 94 62 94 73 0 0 0 19 18 38 0 0 0 0 17 5 -0.1 $
Johnny Lipon 26 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 10, 1922 4 127 119 127 120 0 0 0 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 5 2 1.6 $
Don Lund 26 R R 6' 0" 200 May 18, 1923 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Bob Mavis 31 L R 5' 7" 160 Apr 8, 1918 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $
Pat Mullin 31 L R 6' 2" 190 Nov 1, 1917 6 104 72 104 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 21 3 79 27 1 1.3 $
Hal Newhouser HOF 28 L L 6' 2" 180 May 20, 1921 11 38 35 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 $60,000
Jimmy Outlaw 36 R R 5' 8" 165 Jan 20, 1913 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.0 $
Stubby Overmire 30 R L 5' 7" 170 May 16, 1919 7 14 1 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Earl Rapp 28 L R 6' 2" 185 May 20, 1921 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Hank Riebe 27 R R 5' 9" 175 Oct 10, 1921 4 17 6 17 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.3 $
Aaron Robinson 34 L R 6' 2" 205 Jun 23, 1915 6 110 97 110 108 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2.3 $
Saul Rogovin 25 R R 6' 2" 205 Oct 10, 1923 1st 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Marlin Stuart 30 L R 6' 2" 185 Aug 8, 1918 1st 15 2 15 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.4 $
Bob Swift 34 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 6, 1915 10 74 52 74 69 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 -0.2 $
Dizzy Trout 34 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 29, 1915 11 33 0 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Virgil Trucks 32 R R 5' 11" 198 Apr 26, 1917 8 41 32 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.4 $ All-Star
Sam Vico 25 L R 6' 4" 200 Aug 9, 1923 2 67 40 67 53 0 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 -0.3 $
Dick Wakefield 28 L R 6' 4" 210 May 6, 1921 7 59 32 59 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 32 27 0 0.5 $
Vic Wertz 24 L R 6' 0" 186 Feb 9, 1925 3 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 155 0 0 3.4 $ All-Star
Hal White 30 R R 5' 10" 165 Mar 18, 1919 7 10 0 10 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.7 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Aaron Robinson

Johnny Lipon

Johnny Groth

Dick Wakefield

Sam Vico

Pat Mullin

Eddie Lake

Neil Berry

Bob Swift

Dizzy Trout

Art Houtteman

Hoot Evers

Paul Campbell
Art Houtteman

Hal Newhouser

Don Kolloway
Hal White

Stubby Overmire

Marv Grissom

Vic Wertz

George Kell

Virgil Trucks

Saul Rogovin

Marlin Stuart

Hank Riebe

Hal White

Jimmy Outlaw

Fred Hutchinson

Don Lund

Bob Mavis
Earl Rapp

Ted Gray

Lou Kretlow

1948 / 1950 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers