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1949 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948/1950)
87-67, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 751 runs, Allowed 655 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67
Managed by Red Rolfe

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,821,204 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
  (one-year): Batting - 108, Pitching - 106
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1949 Stats / Schedule (1948/1950) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   87-67 , Final Rank: 4, GB:   10.0
Days in First:                   2 (last on April 20, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          24 (last on September 24)
Most Games under .500:           2 (last on May 25)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       11.5 (last on August 20)

Longest Winning Streak:         10 (September 1 to September 11)
Longest Losing Streak:           6 (May 20 to May 25)

Most Runs Allowed:              15 (May 21)
Most Runs Scored:               14 (May 3)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      11
Times Opponent Shutout:         19

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        87  67     751     655    .565

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           50  27     402     350    .649
Road           37  40     349     305    .481

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           6   5      50      45    .545
May            14  14     126     144    .500
June           18  12     178     137    .600
July           16  15     152     141    .516
August         18  12     142     116    .600
September      15   7      99      60    .682
October         0   2       4      12    .000

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     41  39     389     377    .513
Second Half    46  28     362     278    .622
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        29  20     205     196    .592

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        27  16     288     200    .628

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BOS             7  15     108     133    .318
CHW            14   8      87      66    .636
CLE             9  13      89      95    .409
NYY            11  11     102     105    .500
PHA            14   8     108      87    .636
SLB            14   8     115      92    .636
WSH            18   4     142      77    .818

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 19     DET  CHW  W   5-1        1-0     1    Tied  1:35 H Newhouser                53,435 +
  2 Wed, Apr 20     DET  CHW  W   5-2        2-0     1    Tied  2:11 V Trucks                   11,671 ++
  3 Thu, Apr 21     DET  CHW  L   2-5        2-1     2     1.0  2:40 H Judson                   16,936 -
  4 Fri, Apr 22     DET @CLE  L   3-4        2-2     4     2.0  2:30 G Bearden                  63,500 --
  5 Sat, Apr 23     DET @CLE  W   5-4        3-2     3     1.0  2:35 H Newhouser                25,031 +
  6 Tue, Apr 26     DET @CHW  W   6-2        4-2     2     1.5  2:09 V Trucks                          ++
  7                 DET @CHW  W   7-5        5-2     2     1.5  2:50 D Trout                    13,799 +++
  8 Wed, Apr 27     DET  SLB  L   3-4        5-3     3     1.5  2:36 K Drews                    10,007 -
  9 Thu, Apr 28     DET  SLB  L   6-9        5-4     3     2.5  2:21 B Malloy                    6,706 --
 10 Fri, Apr 29     DET  CLE  L   1-4        5-5     3     3.5  1:55 G Bearden                  17,500 ---
 11 Sat, Apr 30     DET  CLE  W   7-5        6-5     3     3.5  2:40 V Trucks                   56,340 +
 12 Sun, May  1     DET  CLE  W   3-2        7-5     3     2.5  1:45 H Newhouser                53,486 ++
 13 Tue, May  3     DET  BOS  -  14-14       7-5     2     3.0  3:59                            18,502 ++
 14 Wed, May  4     DET  BOS  W   5-1        8-5     2     3.0  2:07 V Trucks                   17,127 +++
 15 Thu, May  5     DET  PHA  W   6-5        9-5     2     3.0  1:57 T Gray                     10,732 ++++
 16 Fri, May  6     DET  PHA  L   4-5        9-6     3     3.0  2:52 B Shantz                   10,458 -
 17 Sat, May  7     DET  PHA  W   4-2       10-6     3     3.0  1:46 F Hutchinson               20,770 +
 18 Sun, May  8     DET  NYY  L   0-12      10-7     2     4.0  2:29 T Byrne                    52,891 -
 19 Mon, May  9     DET  NYY  W   4-1       11-7     2     3.0  1:54 T Gray                     11,733 +
 20 Tue, May 10     DET  NYY  L   1-6       11-8     2     4.0  2:29 A Reynolds                 18,247 -
 21 Wed, May 11     DET  WSH  L   1-11      11-9     3     4.0  2:17 P Calvert                   6,811 --
 22 Thu, May 12     DET  WSH  W   2-1       12-9     2     3.5  1:41 V Trucks                    8,898 +
 23 Fri, May 13     DET @SLB  W   7-2       13-9     2     3.0  2:07 T Gray                      7,194 ++
 24 Sat, May 14     DET @SLB  L   3-8       13-10    2     3.0  2:14 A Papai                     2,981 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sun, May 15     DET @SLB  W   9-3       14-10    2     2.0  2:05 H Newhouser                       +
 26                 DET @SLB  L   4-12      14-11    2     2.0  2:41 N Garver                   10,615 -
 27 Tue, May 17     DET @WSH  W   4-2       15-11    2     2.0  2:31 M Grissom                  23,834 +
 28 Wed, May 18     DET @WSH  L   3-6       15-12    2     3.0  2:49 D Welteroth                16,090 -
 29 Thu, May 19     DET @WSH  W  10-1       16-12    2     2.0  1:55 F Hutchinson                6,807 +
 30 Fri, May 20     DET @PHA  L   1-2       16-13    2     2.5  2:20 J Coleman                   8,357 -
 31 Sat, May 21     DET @PHA  L   7-15      16-14    3     3.5  2:22 C Scheib                    9,766 --
 32 Sun, May 22     DET @BOS  L   2-3       16-15    3     4.0  2:50 M Parnell                  31,687 ---
 33 Mon, May 23     DET @BOS  L   0-4       16-16    5     5.0  1:53 E Kinder                   11,853 ----
 34 Tue, May 24     DET @BOS  L   7-8       16-17    6     6.0  2:38 E Johnson                  12,813 -----
 35 Wed, May 25     DET @NYY  L   2-6       16-18    6     7.0  2:17 T Byrne                    18,771 ------
 36 Fri, May 27     DET  SLB  W   5-4       17-18    6     7.0  2:05 V Trucks                   36,833 +
 37 Sat, May 28     DET  SLB  W   8-0       18-18    5     7.0  2:07 T Gray                     10,886 ++
 38 Sun, May 29     DET  SLB  W   6-4       19-18    5     6.0  2:47 L Kretlow                  23,320 +++
 39 Mon, May 30     DET @CHW  W   3-2       20-18    5     6.0  2:14 F Hutchinson                      ++++
 40                 DET @CHW  L   1-2       20-19    5     6.0  1:50 B Wight                    40,530 -
 41 Wed, Jun  1     DET  PHA  W   5-4       21-19    4     6.0  2:12 V Trucks                   39,921 +
 42 Thu, Jun  2     DET  PHA  W   5-4       22-19    4     6.0  2:20 A Houtteman                 7,740 ++
 43 Fri, Jun  3     DET  PHA  W   4-3       23-19    3     6.0  1:54 H Newhouser                 7,299 +++
 44 Sat, Jun  4     DET  BOS  W  10-9       24-19    2     6.0  2:55 M Grissom                  25,381 ++++
 45 Sun, Jun  5     DET  BOS  L   3-5       24-20    2     6.0  1:55 J Dobson                          -
 46                 DET  BOS  W  11-5       25-20    2     6.0  2:06 A Houtteman                55,837 +
 47 Mon, Jun  6     DET  BOS  L   9-10      25-21    2     6.5  2:45 T Hughson                  10,734 -
 48 Tue, Jun  7     DET  NYY  W   5-2       26-21    2     5.5  1:46 H Newhouser                14,169 +
 49 Wed, Jun  8     DET  NYY  W   3-2       27-21    2     4.5  2:59 V Trucks                   54,919 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Thu, Jun  9     DET  NYY  W   9-5       28-21    2     3.5  2:14 A Houtteman                20,543 +++
 51 Sat, Jun 11     DET  WSH  L   8-9       28-22    2     5.0  2:39 D Welteroth                20,887 -
 52 Sun, Jun 12     DET  WSH  W   9-0       29-22    2     3.0  2:17 H Newhouser                42,488 +
 53                 DET  WSH  W   6-5       30-22    2     3.0  2:28 S Overmire                 42,488 ++
 54 Tue, Jun 14     DET @PHA  W   4-0       31-22    2     3.0  1:50 V Trucks                   19,028 +++
 55 Wed, Jun 15     DET @PHA  L   1-2       31-23    2     4.0  1:40 D Fowler                   13,699 -
 56 Thu, Jun 16     DET @PHA  L   3-7       31-24    2     4.5  2:01 L Brissie                   5,664 --
 57 Sun, Jun 19     DET @WSH  W   9-0       32-24    2     3.0  2:21 V Trucks                   21,818 +
 58                 DET @WSH  W   7-0       33-24    2     3.0  2:12 F Hutchinson               21,818 ++
 59 Mon, Jun 20     DET @BOS  L   1-6       33-25    2     4.0  2:22 W Masterson                33,710 -
 60 Tue, Jun 21     DET @BOS  L   1-7       33-26    3     4.5  1:59 M Parnell                  10,132 --
 61 Wed, Jun 22     DET @BOS  W  13-4       34-26    2     4.0  2:26 H Newhouser                 9,292 +
 62 Thu, Jun 23     DET @NYY  L   0-12      34-27    3     5.0  2:30 T Byrne                    55,591 -
 63 Fri, Jun 24     DET @NYY  L   4-5       34-28    3     6.0  2:44 J Page                     15,384 --
 64 Sat, Jun 25     DET @NYY  W   9-3       35-28    3     5.0  2:43 H Newhouser                23,023 +
 65 Sun, Jun 26     DET @NYY  L   2-6       35-29    3     5.0  1:56 E Lopat                         0 -
 66                 DET @NYY  W  12-4       36-29    3     5.0  2:18 F Hutchinson               62,382 +
 67 Tue, Jun 28     DET @CLE  L   2-4       36-30    3     6.0  1:55 B Lemon                    50,892 -
 68 Wed, Jun 29     DET @CLE  W   4-0       37-30    3     6.5  2:35 H Newhouser                     0 +
 69                 DET @CLE  L   7-8       37-31    3     6.5  2:35 S Gromek                   65,243 -
 70 Thu, Jun 30     DET @CLE  W  12-6       38-31    3     6.5  2:26 A Houtteman                18,464 +
 71 Fri, Jul  1     DET  CHW  L   0-4       38-32    3     7.5  2:10 B Wight                    40,954 -
 72 Sat, Jul  2     DET  CHW  W   7-6       39-32    3     7.5  3:04 A Houtteman                 9,304 +
 73 Sun, Jul  3     DET  CHW  L   4-8       39-33    4     7.5  2:33 M Pieretti                 14,830 -
 74 Mon, Jul  4     DET  CLE  L   2-3       39-34    4     9.5  2:18 B Feller                          --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75                 DET  CLE  L   3-7       39-35    4     9.5  2:16 S Zoldak                   49,485 ---
 76 Tue, Jul  5     DET  CLE  L   1-8       39-36    4     9.5  2:25 F Papish                   47,716 ----
 77 Wed, Jul  6     DET @SLB  L   5-6       39-37    4    10.0  3:27 T Ferrick                   3,237 -----
 78 Thu, Jul  7     DET @SLB  W   9-2       40-37    4    10.0  2:20 L Kretlow                   3,246 +
 79 Fri, Jul  8     DET @CHW  L   1-3       40-38    5    11.0  2:16 B Pierce                   14,183 -
 80 Sun, Jul 10     DET @CHW  L   2-4       40-39    5    10.5  1:50 B Wight                         0 --
 81                 DET @CHW  W   1-0       41-39    5    10.5  1:55 A Houtteman                24,702 +
 82 Thu, Jul 14     DET  BOS  L   2-5       41-40    5    11.5  2:25 J Dobson                   38,266 -
 83 Fri, Jul 15     DET  BOS  W   8-7       42-40    5    11.5  2:14 D Trout                    11,273 +
 84 Sat, Jul 16     DET  BOS  L   1-11      42-41    5    11.5  1:57 M Parnell                  20,520 -
 85 Sun, Jul 17     DET  PHA  W   8-0       43-41    5    10.5  2:01 T Gray                            +
 86                 DET  PHA  W   5-4       44-41    5    10.5  2:53 V Trucks                   32,427 ++
 87 Mon, Jul 18     DET  PHA  L   8-13      44-42    5    10.5  2:59 C Scheib                    9,356 -
 88 Tue, Jul 19     DET  WSH  W   7-6       45-42    5     9.5  3:05 V Trucks                   28,010 +
 89 Wed, Jul 20     DET  WSH  W   6-5       46-42    5     9.5  2:05 A Houtteman                 7,288 ++
 90 Thu, Jul 21     DET  WSH  W   6-3       47-42    4     9.5  2:05 F Hutchinson                7,115 +++
 91 Fri, Jul 22     DET  NYY  L   2-8       47-43    4    10.5  2:20 T Byrne                    51,076 -
 92 Sat, Jul 23     DET  NYY  W   2-1       48-43    4     9.5  1:54 A Houtteman                29,829 +
 93 Sun, Jul 24     DET  NYY  L   3-6       48-44    5    10.5  2:55 J Page                     39,795 -
 94 Tue, Jul 26     DET @WSH  W   6-2       49-44    5     9.5  2:27 T Gray                      7,256 +
 95 Wed, Jul 27     DET @WSH  L   6-7       49-45    5     9.5  2:31 R Scarboroug                    0 -
 96                 DET @WSH  W  11-0       50-45    5     9.5  1:54 F Hutchinson                9,133 +
 97 Thu, Jul 28     DET @WSH  W  13-7       51-45    5     9.5  2:14 D Trout                     1,485 ++
 98 Fri, Jul 29     DET @PHA  L   3-5       51-46    5    10.5  1:57 D Fowler                   11,835 -
 99 Sat, Jul 30     DET @PHA  W  11-0       52-46    5     9.5  2:23 V Trucks                    6,134 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sun, Jul 31     DET @PHA  W   3-0       53-46    4     8.5  1:51 T Gray                          0 ++
101                 DET @PHA  W   6-0       54-46    4     8.5  1:35 F Hutchinson               20,357 +++
102 Tue, Aug  2     DET @NYY  W  10-2       55-46    4     7.5  2:31 H Newhouser                57,238 ++++
103 Wed, Aug  3     DET @NYY  L   5-7       55-47    5     8.5  2:25 J Page                     15,253 -
104 Thu, Aug  4     DET @NYY  W   3-2       56-47    4     7.5  2:24 F Hutchinson               13,800 +
105 Fri, Aug  5     DET @BOS  L   0-9       56-48    4     9.0  2:08 J Kramer                   35,975 -
106 Sat, Aug  6     DET @BOS  L   0-3       56-49    5    10.0  1:54 M Parnell                  22,826 --
107 Sun, Aug  7     DET @BOS  W   6-4       57-49    5    10.0  2:13 A Houtteman                30,573 +
108 Tue, Aug  9     DET  CHW  W  11-5       58-49    5     9.0  2:07 F Hutchinson               41,672 ++
109 Wed, Aug 10     DET  CHW  L   3-6       58-50    5    10.0  2:29 M Haefner                  11,614 -
110 Fri, Aug 12     DET  SLB  W   4-1       59-50    5     9.5  1:35 V Trucks                   32,965 +
111 Sat, Aug 13     DET  SLB  W  12-9       60-50    4     9.5  2:51 L Kretlow                  11,469 ++
112 Sun, Aug 14     DET  SLB  W   6-2       61-50    4     8.5  1:34 F Hutchinson                      +++
113                 DET  SLB  W   4-3       62-50    4     8.5  1:54 A Houtteman                35,289 ++++
114 Mon, Aug 15     DET @CLE  L   3-4       62-51    4     8.5  2:41 B Feller                   44,510 -
115 Tue, Aug 16     DET @CLE  L   0-5       62-52    5     9.0  1:51 A Benton                   23,978 --
116 Wed, Aug 17     DET @CHW  L   0-1       62-53    5    10.0  1:38 M Haefner                  20,919 ---
117 Thu, Aug 18     DET @CHW  W   2-0       63-53    4    10.0  2:00 F Hutchinson                6,137 +
118 Fri, Aug 19     DET @SLB  L   3-4       63-54    4    10.5  1:58 C Fannin                          -
119                 DET @SLB  W   4-2       64-54    4    10.5  1:12 H Newhouser                 2,721 +
120 Sat, Aug 20     DET @SLB  L   1-5       64-55    4    11.5  1:31 N Garver                    1,633 -
121 Sun, Aug 21     DET @SLB  L   2-4       64-56    4    11.0  1:55 J Ostrowski                       --
122                 DET @SLB  W   8-7       65-56    4    11.0  2:21 F Hutchinson                6,645 +
123 Tue, Aug 23     DET  NYY  W   8-4       66-56    4    10.0  2:27 H Newhouser                27,356 ++
124 Wed, Aug 24     DET  NYY  W  13-2       67-56    4     9.0  2:09 A Houtteman                28,651 +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Thu, Aug 25     DET  WSH  W   2-1       68-56    4     9.0  2:14 V Trucks                   33,102 ++++
126 Fri, Aug 26     DET  WSH  W  11-1       69-56    4     8.0  1:59 T Gray                      5,636 +++++
127 Sat, Aug 27     DET  WSH  W   7-6       70-56    4     8.0  2:00 H Newhouser                13,437 ++++++
128 Sun, Aug 28     DET  PHA  W   6-4       71-56    4     8.5  2:15 A Houtteman                30,766 +++++++
129 Mon, Aug 29     DET  PHA  W   4-3       72-56    4     8.0  2:08 H White                    36,037 ++++++++
130 Tue, Aug 30     DET  BOS  L   0-3       72-57    4     8.0  2:02 E Kinder                   15,318 -
131 Wed, Aug 31     DET  BOS  L   4-7       72-58    4     8.0  2:33 C Stobbs                   47,998 --
132 Thu, Sep  1     DET  BOS  W   7-0       73-58    4     8.0  2:01 A Houtteman                13,916 +
133 Fri, Sep  2     DET  CHW  W   8-0       74-58    4     7.5  1:54 V Trucks                    5,269 ++
134 Sat, Sep  3     DET  CHW  W   5-3       75-58    4     7.5  2:09 T Gray                     12,859 +++
135 Sun, Sep  4     DET  CHW  W   5-4       76-58    4     6.5  2:19 H Newhouser                18,885 ++++
136 Mon, Sep  5     DET  SLB  W   4-0       77-58    4     6.5  1:29 F Hutchinson                      +++++
137                 DET  SLB  W   2-1       78-58    4     6.5  1:27 A Houtteman                34,017 ++++++
138 Thu, Sep  8     DET  CLE  W  10-0       79-58    3     6.0  1:41 H Newhouser                19,877 +++++++
139                 DET  CLE  W   4-1       80-58    3     6.0  1:46 T Gray                     46,010 ++++++++
140 Sat, Sep 10     DET @CHW  W   8-3       81-58    4     5.0  2:04 F Hutchinson                4,609 +++++++++
141 Sun, Sep 11     DET @CHW  W   1-0       82-58    3     5.5  1:49 V Trucks                    5,871 ++++++++++
142 Tue, Sep 13     DET @BOS  L   4-7       82-59    3     6.0  2:21 J Kramer                   10,229 -
143 Wed, Sep 14     DET @BOS  L   0-1       82-60    3     7.5  1:54 E Kinder                   13,196 --
144 Fri, Sep 16     DET @NYY  L   1-4       82-61    4     8.0  2:02 T Byrne                    15,909 ---
145 Sat, Sep 17     DET @NYY  L   4-5       82-62    4     9.0  2:24 F Sanford                  40,758 ----
146 Sun, Sep 18     DET @WSH  W   3-2       83-62    3     8.5       H Newhouser                       +
147                 DET @WSH  W   5-2       84-62    3     8.5  1:50 V Trucks                    8,205 ++
148 Tue, Sep 20     DET @PHA  L   6-8       84-63    3    10.0  2:16 L Brissie                   1,602 -
149 Wed, Sep 21     DET @PHA  W   4-1       85-63    3     9.0  1:46 A Houtteman                 1,926 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Fri, Sep 23     DET @CLE  W   5-0       86-63    3     8.5  2:16 V Trucks                   29,646 ++
151 Sat, Sep 24     DET @CLE  W   8-5       87-63    3     7.5  2:32 H Newhouser                15,007 +++
152 Sun, Sep 25     DET @CLE  L   1-7       87-64    3     7.5  1:55 B Lemon                    33,977 -
153 Fri, Sep 30     DET  CLE  L   4-6       87-65    3     9.0  2:03 B Feller                   12,052 --
154 Sat, Oct  1     DET  CLE  L   0-4       87-66    4     9.0  2:09 M Garcia                   31,333 ---
155 Sun, Oct  2     DET  CLE  L   4-8       87-67    4    10.0  2:27 B Feller                   51,714 ----

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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