1950 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1949 / 1951

95-59, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Red Rolfe (95-59)
Scored 837 runs, Allowed 713 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-66

Ballparks: Briggs Stadium · Attendance: 1,951,474 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 95

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1949 / 1951 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
Neil Berry	28	R	R	5' 10"	168	Jan 11, 1922	3	39	10	39	15	0	0	0	2	1	12	0	0	0	0	5	21	-0.1
Hank Borowy	34	R	R	6' 0"	175	May 12, 1916	9	13	2	13	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6
Paul Calvert	32	R	R	6' 0"	175	Oct 6, 1917	6	32	0	32	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.8
Paul Campbell	32	L	L	5' 10"	185	Sep 1, 1917	6	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.0
Bill Connelly	25	L	R	6' 0"	175	Jun 29, 1925	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Hoot Evers	29	R	R	6' 2"	180	Feb 8, 1921	6	143	138	143	139	0	0	0	0	0	0	139	3	0	139	2	2	4.4	All-Star
Joe Ginsberg	23	L	R	5' 11"	180	Oct 11, 1926	2	36	24	36	31	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	-0.2
Ted Gray	25	B	L	5' 11"	175	Dec 31, 1924	4	27	21	27	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	All-Star
Johnny Groth	23	R	R	6' 0"	182	Jul 23, 1926	5	157	157	157	157	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	157	0	157	0	0	2.8
Ray Herbert	20	R	R	5' 11"	185	Dec 15, 1929	1st	8	3	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Frank House	20	L	R	6' 1"	190	Feb 18, 1930	1st	5	1	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Art Houtteman	22	R	R	6' 2"	188	Aug 7, 1927	6	41	34	41	41	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	All-Star
Fred Hutchinson	30	L	R	6' 2"	190	Aug 12, 1919	8	44	26	44	39	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	4.6
George Kell HOF	27	R	R	5' 9"	175	Aug 23, 1922	8	157	157	157	157	0	0	0	0	157	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.4	All-Star
Charlie Keller	33	L	R	5' 10"	185	Sep 12, 1916	11	50	4	50	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	6	45	0	0.7
Don Kolloway	31	R	R	6' 3"	200	Aug 4, 1918	9	125	115	125	119	0	0	118	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	-0.3
Dick Kryhoski	25	L	L	6' 2"	182	Mar 24, 1925	2	53	42	53	47	0	0	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	-1.0
Eddie Lake	34	R	R	5' 7"	159	Mar 18, 1916	11	20	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	9	9	-0.2
Johnny Lipon	27	R	R	6' 0"	175	Nov 10, 1922	5	147	147	147	147	0	0	0	0	0	147	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.8
Pat Mullin	32	L	R	6' 2"	190	Nov 1, 1917	7	69	27	69	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	13	32	38	1	-0.6
Hal Newhouser HOF	29	L	L	6' 2"	180	May 20, 1921	12	35	30	35	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.9
Jerry Priddy	30	R	R	5' 11"	180	Nov 9, 1919	8	157	157	157	157	0	0	0	157	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.1
Aaron Robinson	35	L	R	6' 2"	205	Jun 23, 1915	7	107	86	107	104	0	104	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0.9
Saul Rogovin	26	R	R	6' 2"	205	Oct 10, 1923	2	11	5	11	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Marlin Stuart	31	L	R	6' 2"	185	Aug 8, 1918	2	19	1	19	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Bob Swift	35	R	R	5' 11"	180	Mar 6, 1915	11	67	46	67	66	0	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Dizzy Trout	35	R	R	6' 2"	195	Jun 29, 1915	12	34	20	34	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.7
Virgil Trucks	33	R	R	5' 11"	198	Apr 26, 1917	9	7	7	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
Vic Wertz	25	L	R	6' 0"	186	Feb 9, 1925	4	149	145	149	145	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	145	145	4	0	4.1
Hal White	31	R	R	5' 10"	165	Mar 18, 1919	8	42	8	42	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.1
	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Aaron Robinson	Johnny Lipon	Johnny Groth	Jerry Priddy	Vic Wertz	Pat Mullin	Eddie Lake	Neil Berry
Bob Swift	Dizzy Trout	Art Houtteman	Hoot Evers	Hank Borowy Paul Campbell	Hal Newhouser	Don Kolloway	Dick Kryhoski
Vic Wertz	George Kell	Virgil Trucks	Saul Rogovin	Ray Herbert Marlin Stuart	Hal White	Joe Ginsberg Marlin Stuart	Charlie Keller
Fred Hutchinson	Bill Connelly Ray Herbert Dick Kryhoski	Paul Calvert	Ted Gray	Frank House

1949 / 1951 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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