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
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com) · 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 - 97, Pitching - 95
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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Aaron Robinson* | 35 | 107 | 358 | 283 | 37 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 35 | .226 | .388 | .346 | .735 | 87 | 98 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1B | Don Kolloway | 31 | 125 | 501 | 467 | 55 | 135 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 62 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 28 | .289 | .331 | .388 | .718 | 81 | 181 | 15 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2B | Jerry Priddy | 30 | 157 | 729 | 618 | 104 | 171 | 26 | 6 | 13 | 75 | 2 | 7 | 95 | 95 | .277 | .376 | .401 | .777 | 97 | 248 | 22 | 3 | 13 | ||
| 4 | SS | Johnny Lipon | 27 | 147 | 701 | 601 | 104 | 176 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 63 | 9 | 6 | 81 | 26 | .293 | .378 | .368 | .745 | 89 | 221 | 20 | 1 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 3B | George Kell | 27 | 157 | 724 | 641 | 114 | 218 | 56 | 6 | 8 | 101 | 3 | 3 | 66 | 18 | .340 | .403 | .484 | .886 | 123 | 310 | 23 | 1 | 16 | ||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | Johnny Groth | 23 | 157 | 670 | 566 | 95 | 173 | 30 | 8 | 12 | 85 | 1 | 5 | 95 | 27 | .306 | .407 | .451 | .858 | 117 | 255 | 21 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Vic Wertz* | 25 | 149 | 657 | 559 | 99 | 172 | 37 | 4 | 27 | 123 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 55 | .308 | .408 | .533 | .941 | 136 | 298 | 13 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 8 | Hoot Evers | 29 | 143 | 610 | 526 | 100 | 170 | 35 | 11 | 21 | 103 | 5 | 9 | 71 | 40 | .323 | .408 | .551 | .959 | 141 | 290 | 17 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 9 | 1B | Dick Kryhoski* | 25 | 53 | 179 | 169 | 20 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 11 | .219 | .258 | .349 | .608 | 52 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | Pat Mullin* | 32 | 69 | 163 | 142 | 16 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 23 | .218 | .315 | .380 | .695 | 75 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 11 | C | Bob Swift | 35 | 67 | 159 | 132 | 14 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | .227 | .350 | .303 | .653 | 66 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12 | C | Joe Ginsberg* | 23 | 36 | 109 | 95 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | .232 | .318 | .295 | .612 | 56 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13 | Charlie Keller* | 33 | 50 | 64 | 51 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | .314 | .453 | .569 | 1.022 | 157 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 14 | MI | Neil Berry | 28 | 39 | 47 | 40 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .250 | .348 | .275 | .623 | 59 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15 | IF | Eddie Lake | 34 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | -66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | C | Frank House* | 20 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .600 | 1.000 | 150 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | Paul Campbell* | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 18 | P | Fred Hutchinson* | 30 | 44 | 112 | 95 | 15 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | .326 | .407 | .400 | .807 | 105 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 19 | P | Art Houtteman | 22 | 41 | 109 | 93 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .151 | .194 | .215 | .409 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||
| 20 | P | Hal Newhouser* | 29 | 35 | 84 | 74 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .176 | .228 | .203 | .431 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 21 | P | Dizzy Trout | 35 | 34 | 72 | 63 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .190 | .261 | .286 | .547 | 38 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 22 | P | Ted Gray# | 25 | 27 | 58 | 50 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .140 | .204 | .180 | .384 | -2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 23 | P | Hal White | 31 | 42 | 35 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .121 | .121 | .182 | .303 | -24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 24 | P | Virgil Trucks | 33 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .150 | .150 | .200 | .350 | -12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | P | Saul Rogovin | 26 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .188 | .188 | .375 | .563 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | P | Marlin Stuart* | 31 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | -39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 27 | P | Paul Calvert | 32 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | -40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 28 | P | Hank Borowy | 34 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | -28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 29 | P | Ray Herbert | 20 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30 | P | Bill Connelly* | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 28.1 | 157 | 6232 | 5381 | 837 | 1518 | 285 | 50 | 114 | 788 | 23 | 40 | 722 | 481 | .282 | .369 | .417 | .786 | 98 | 2245 | 162 | 19 | 110 | ||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Art Houtteman | 22 | 19 | 12 | .613 | 3.54 | 41 | 34 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 274.2 | 257 | 112 | 108 | 29 | 99 | 88 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1147 | 132 | 1.296 | 8.4 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 0.89 | |
| 2 | SP | Fred Hutchinson | 30 | 17 | 8 | .680 | 3.96 | 39 | 26 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 231.2 | 269 | 119 | 102 | 18 | 48 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 989 | 118 | 1.368 | 10.5 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 1.48 | |
| 3 | SP | Hal Newhouser* | 29 | 15 | 13 | .536 | 4.34 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 213.2 | 232 | 110 | 103 | 23 | 81 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 929 | 108 | 1.465 | 9.8 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 1.07 | |
| 4 | SP | Dizzy Trout | 35 | 13 | 5 | .722 | 3.75 | 34 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 184.2 | 190 | 84 | 77 | 13 | 64 | 88 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 791 | 124 | 1.375 | 9.3 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 1.38 | |
| 5 | SP | Ted Gray* | 25 | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.40 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 149.1 | 139 | 85 | 73 | 22 | 72 | 102 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 644 | 106 | 1.413 | 8.4 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 1.42 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | RP | Hal White | 31 | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.54 | 42 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 111.0 | 96 | 59 | 56 | 7 | 65 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 482 | 103 | 1.450 | 7.8 | 0.6 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 0.82 | |
| 7 | RP | Paul Calvert | 32 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.31 | 32 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 51.1 | 71 | 42 | 36 | 7 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 250 | 74 | 1.870 | 12.4 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 0.56 | |
| 8 | RP | Marlin Stuart | 31 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.56 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43.2 | 59 | 32 | 27 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 205 | 84 | 1.855 | 12.2 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 0.86 | |
| 9 | RP | Hank Borowy | 34 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.31 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32.2 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 134 | 141 | 1.194 | 6.3 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 0.75 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 10 | Virgil Trucks | 33 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.54 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 48.1 | 45 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 132 | 1.366 | 8.4 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 1.19 | ||
| 11 | Saul Rogovin | 26 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.50 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 39 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 182 | 104 | 1.625 | 8.8 | 1.1 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 0.42 | ||
| 12 | Ray Herbert | 20 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.63 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22.1 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 129 | 1.433 | 8.1 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 0.42 | ||
| 13 | Bill Connelly | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 69 | 1.500 | 9.0 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 0.50 | |||
| Team Totals | 28.5 | 95 | 59 | .617 | 4.12 | 157 | 157 | 85 | 72 | 9 | 20 | 1407.1 | 1444 | 713 | 645 | 141 | 553 | 576 | 31 | 4 | 22 | 6076 | 113 | 1.419 | 9.2 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 1.04 | |||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4559 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Berry | 28 | 15 | 61 | 22 | 36 | 3 | 14 | .951 | 3.87 | SS-2B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Hank Borowy | 34 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 0.62 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Paul Calvert | 32 | 32 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 0.53 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Connelly | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Ginsberg | 23 | 31 | 107 | 97 | 8 | 2 | 3 | .981 | 3.39 | 2 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Ted Gray | 25 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 0.78 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ray Herbert | 20 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.13 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Frank House | 20 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Art Houtteman | 22 | 41 | 82 | 15 | 63 | 4 | 2 | .951 | 1.90 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Fred Hutchinson | 30 | 39 | 71 | 17 | 50 | 4 | 6 | .944 | 1.72 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| George Kell | 27 | 157 | 510 | 186 | 315 | 9 | 30 | .982 | 3.19 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Don Kolloway | 31 | 119 | 1189 | 1088 | 88 | 13 | 133 | .989 | 9.88 | 1B-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Dick Kryhoski | 25 | 47 | 440 | 409 | 27 | 4 | 44 | .991 | 9.28 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Lake | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | SS-3B | |||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Lipon | 27 | 147 | 789 | 273 | 483 | 33 | 126 | .958 | 5.14 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Hal Newhouser | 29 | 35 | 49 | 10 | 37 | 2 | 1 | .959 | 1.34 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Priddy | 30 | 157 | 1001 | 440 | 542 | 19 | 150 | .981 | 6.25 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Aaron Robinson | 35 | 103 | 400 | 355 | 42 | 3 | 4 | .993 | 3.85 | 5 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Saul Rogovin | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 0.55 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Marlin Stuart | 31 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.53 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Swift | 35 | 66 | 222 | 201 | 20 | 1 | 3 | .995 | 3.35 | 4 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Dizzy Trout | 35 | 34 | 58 | 15 | 43 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.71 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Virgil Trucks | 33 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 2.14 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Hal White | 31 | 42 | 28 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 0.64 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28.4 | 157 | 6211 | 4215 | 1876 | 120 | 532 | .981 | 3.72 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 6 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |