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1952 Detroit Tigers Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 / 1953)
50-104, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 557 runs, Allowed 738 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-96
Manager: Red Rolfe (23-49) and Fred Hutchinson (27-55)
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,026,846 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 103;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 103
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1951 / 1953 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 50-104, Final Rank:8, GB: 45.0
Days in Firstnever
 
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind45last on Sunday, Sep 28, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500never
Most Games under .50054last on Sunday, Sep 28
Longest Winning Streak4Thursday, Jul 24 to Sunday, Jul 27 and Sunday, Sep 7 to Thursday, Sep 11
Longest Losing Streak8Tuesday, Apr 15 to Tuesday, Apr 22 and Tuesday, Sep 16 to Wednesday, Sep 24
Most Runs Allowed16Friday, Jul 11
Most Runs Scored13Saturday, Apr 26
Times Shutout by Opponent18 
Times Opponent Shutout10 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 50104 557 738 .325
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 32 45 284 366 .416
Road 18 59 273 372 .234
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 2 9 31 40 .182
May 10 16 101 114 .385
June 10 21 119 157 .323
July 13 19 136 167 .406
August 8 22 83 116 .267
September 7 17 87 144 .292
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 25 49 273 345 .338
Second Half 25 55 284 393 .313
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 16 35 164 183 .314
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 12 29 164 278 .293
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BOS 6 16 93 134 .273
CHW 5 17 66 86 .227
CLE 6 16 76 131 .273
NYY 9 13 78 118 .409
PHA 5 17 91 113 .227
SLB 8 14 71 72 .364
WSH 11 11 82 84 .500

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 15 DET SLB L 0 3 0-1 6 1.0 Garver 2:10 43,112 -
2 2 Wednesday, Apr 16 DET SLB L 4 5 0-2 7 2.0 Byrne 2:11 5,524 --
3 3 Thursday, Apr 17 DET SLB L 1 3 0-3 7 3.0 Cain 2:13 5,778 ---
4 4 Friday, Apr 18 DET @ CLE L 0 5 0-4 7 4.0 Feller 2:40 56,068 ----
5 5 Saturday, Apr 19 DET @ CLE L 5 7 0-5 8 5.0 Wynn 2:43 11,829 -----
6 6 Sunday, Apr 20 DET @ CLE L 2 3 0-6 8 7.0 Lemon 2:11 0 ------
7 7 Sunday, Apr 20 DET @ CLE L 2 7 0-7 8 7.0 Gromek 2:13 35,549 -------
8 8 Tuesday, Apr 22 DET @ CHW L 0 2 0-8 8 7.0 Rogovin 2:03 3,252 --------
9 9 Saturday, Apr 26 DET CLE W 13 0 1-8 8 7.0 Houtteman 2:18 17,922 +
10 10 Sunday, Apr 27 DET CLE W 1 0 2-8 7 6.5 Gray 2:10 42,831 ++
11 11 Wednesday, Apr 30 DET @ BOS L 3 5 2-9 8 7.5 Delock 2:52 24,764 -
12 12 Thursday, May 1 DET @ NYY W 5 4 3-9 7 6.5 Houtteman 2:25 21,127 +
13 13 Friday, May 2 DET @ NYY L 1 4 3-10 8 7.5 Lopat 2:05 7,540 -
14 14 Saturday, May 3 DET @ NYY W 6 3 4-10 8 7.5 Stuart 2:40 16,525 +
15 15 Sunday, May 4 DET @ PHA L 6 10 4-11 8 8.0 Shantz 2:25 -
16 16 Sunday, May 4 DET @ PHA L 5 6 4-12 8 8.0 Scheib 2:37 12,655 --
17 17 Tuesday, May 6 DET @ WSH L 2 5 4-13 8 8.5 Marrero 1:56 12,665 ---
18 18 Wednesday, May 7 DET @ WSH L 2 6 4-14 8 9.5 Hudson 1:53 6,728 ----
19 19 Thursday, May 8 DET @ WSH T 4 4 4-14 8 9.0 3:43 2,903 ----
20 20 Friday, May 9 DET CHW L 5 8 4-15 8 9.5 Dorish 4:27 2,857 -----
21 21 Saturday, May 10 DET CHW L 3 6 4-16 8 9.5 Dobson 2:31 7,533 ------
22 22 Sunday, May 11 DET CHW L 5 6 4-17 8 10.5 Stobbs 2:34 -------
23 23 Sunday, May 11 DET CHW W 2 1 5-17 8 10.5 Gray 2:03 24,053 +
24 24 Tuesday, May 13 DET WSH L 3 4 5-18 8 11.5 Marrero 1:58 19,092 -
25 25 Wednesday, May 14 DET WSH W 3 2 6-18 8 10.5 Houtteman 1:55 2,886 +
26 26 Thursday, May 15 DET WSH W 1 0 7-18 8 10.0 Trucks 1:32 2,215 ++
27 27 Friday, May 16 DET NYY L 2 3 7-19 8 10.0 Reynolds 2:26 6,209 -
28 28 Sunday, May 18 DET BOS L 4 7 7-20 8 11.0 Wight 2:38 25,971 --
29 29 Monday, May 19 DET BOS L 2 3 7-21 8 11.5 Henry 1:59 4,950 ---
30 30 Wednesday, May 21 DET PHA W 5 1 8-21 8 11.5 Trucks 2:07 3,718 +
31 31 Friday, May 23 DET @ CHW W 9 2 9-21 8 11.0 Gray 2:35 16,524 ++
32 32 Sunday, May 25 DET @ CHW L 0 3 9-22 8 12.5 Dobson 1:46 0 -
33 33 Sunday, May 25 DET @ CHW L 0 1 9-23 8 12.5 Grissom 1:51 16,544 --
34 34 Tuesday, May 27 DET @ CLE W 6 4 10-23 8 11.5 Newhouser 2:35 15,615 +
35 35 Wednesday, May 28 DET CLE W 6 2 11-23 8 10.5 Gray 2:18 38,662 ++
36 36 Thursday, May 29 DET CLE L 4 11 11-24 8 11.5 Feller 2:59 6,820 -
37 37 Friday, May 30 DET @ SLB L 2 3 11-25 8 10.5 Paige 2:06 --
38 38 Friday, May 30 DET @ SLB W 8 5 12-25 8 10.5 Trout 3:15 13,162 +
39 39 Sunday, Jun 1 DET @ WSH L 3 4 12-26 8 10.5 Sleater 2:10 0 -
40 40 Sunday, Jun 1 DET @ WSH W 6 3 13-26 8 10.5 Gray 2:04 17,474 +
41 41 Monday, Jun 2 DET @ WSH L 2 5 13-27 8 10.5 Marrero 1:46 9,853 -
42 42 Tuesday, Jun 3 DET @ PHA L 1 3 13-28 8 11.5 Kellner 2:55 5,733 --
43 43 Wednesday, Jun 4 DET @ PHA L 3 4 13-29 8 11.5 Shantz 2:02 7,827 ---
44 44 Thursday, Jun 5 DET @ PHA W 12 2 14-29 8 11.5 Stuart 2:05 2,616 +
45 45 Friday, Jun 6 DET @ BOS W 4 2 15-29 8 11.5 Gray 2:32 30,808 ++
46 46 Saturday, Jun 7 DET @ BOS L 9 11 15-30 8 12.5 Gumpert 3:06 15,602 -
47 47 Sunday, Jun 8 DET @ BOS L 2 5 15-31 8 12.5 McDermott 2:37 --
48 48 Sunday, Jun 8 DET @ BOS L 2 5 15-32 8 12.5 Trout 2:16 33,312 ---
49 49 Monday, Jun 9 DET @ BOS L 8 9 15-33 8 13.5 Masterson 3:03 5,884 ----
50 50 Tuesday, Jun 10 DET @ NYY L 0 4 15-34 8 14.0 Lopat 1:55 35,914 -----
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Wednesday, Jun 11 DET @ NYY L 2 7 15-35 8 14.5 Sain 2:15 10,154 ------
52 52 Thursday, Jun 12 DET @ NYY L 0 3 15-36 8 15.5 Morgan 2:02 10,504 -------
53 53 Saturday, Jun 14 DET WSH W 7 6 16-36 8 15.0 White 2:14 9,997 +
54 54 Sunday, Jun 15 DET WSH W 6 3 17-36 8 16.0 Gray 2:06 0 ++
55 55 Sunday, Jun 15 DET WSH L 2 4 17-37 8 16.0 Masterson 2:20 25,541 -
56 56 Tuesday, Jun 17 DET NYY W 7 6 18-37 8 15.0 Hutchinson 3:23 47,544 +
57 57 Wednesday, Jun 18 DET NYY L 6 10 18-38 8 16.0 Sain 2:37 9,756 -
58 58 Thursday, Jun 19 DET NYY L 0 8 18-39 8 17.0 Reynolds 2:29 9,506 --
59 59 Friday, Jun 20 DET PHA L 1 3 18-40 8 17.0 Byrd 2:23 13,944 ---
60 60 Sunday, Jun 22 DET PHA W 4 3 19-40 8 16.5 Newhouser 2:50 +
61 61 Sunday, Jun 22 DET PHA L 0 10 19-41 8 16.5 Scheib 2:20 13,958 -
62 62 Monday, Jun 23 DET BOS L 6 12 19-42 8 17.5 Delock 2:42 6,290 --
63 63 Tuesday, Jun 24 DET BOS W 7 1 20-42 8 17.5 Trucks 2:48 38,698 +
64 64 Wednesday, Jun 25 DET BOS L 3 10 20-43 8 17.5 Brodowski 2:12 6,840 -
65 65 Thursday, Jun 26 DET @ SLB W 6 0 21-43 8 17.0 Wight 2:12 5,748 +
66 66 Friday, Jun 27 DET @ SLB L 1 2 21-44 8 18.0 Cain 1:59 4,972 -
67 67 Saturday, Jun 28 DET @ SLB W 5 2 22-44 8 17.0 Gray 2:08 8,017 +
68 68 Sunday, Jun 29 DET @ SLB L 2 3 22-45 8 18.5 Paige 2:59 4,858 -
69 69 Monday, Jun 30 DET CHW L 2 7 22-46 8 18.5 Dobson 2:30 28,740 --
70 70 Tuesday, Jul 1 DET CHW W 6 4 23-46 8 18.5 Hutchinson 2:16 5,396 +
71 71 Wednesday, Jul 2 DET CHW L 2 3 23-47 8 18.5 Pierce 2:05 4,273 -
72 72 Friday, Jul 4 DET CLE L 0 11 23-48 8 20.5 Wynn 2:07 --
73 73 Friday, Jul 4 DET CLE L 1 10 23-49 8 20.5 Lemon 2:22 42,035 ---
74 74 Saturday, Jul 5 DET SLB W 5 0 24-49 8 20.5 Wight 2:39 32,221 +
75 75 Sunday, Jul 6 DET SLB W 8 6 25-49 8 20.0 Newhouser 2:16 11,344 ++
76 76 Friday, Jul 11 DET @ BOS L 6 16 25-50 8 21.0 Brodowski 2:28 0 -
77 77 Friday, Jul 11 DET @ BOS L 3 5 25-51 8 21.0 Parnell 2:19 12,655 --
78 78 Saturday, Jul 12 DET @ BOS L 4 5 25-52 8 22.0 Hudson 2:12 11,394 ---
79 79 Sunday, Jul 13 DET @ NYY L 1 11 25-53 8 24.0 Raschi 2:04 ----
80 80 Sunday, Jul 13 DET @ NYY L 2 12 25-54 8 24.0 Morgan 2:13 30,775 -----
81 81 Monday, Jul 14 DET @ NYY W 8 2 26-54 8 23.0 Hoeft 2:59 6,611 +
82 82 Tuesday, Jul 15 DET @ WSH L 2 8 26-55 8 23.5 Masterson 2:10 0 -
83 83 Tuesday, Jul 15 DET @ WSH L 8 9 26-56 8 23.5 Sleater 2:23 8,382 --
84 84 Wednesday, Jul 16 DET @ WSH W 9 0 27-56 8 24.0 Wight 2:09 4,088 +
85 85 Thursday, Jul 17 DET @ WSH L 0 1 27-57 8 24.5 Shea 1:45 4,804 -
86 86 Friday, Jul 18 DET @ PHA W 2 1 28-57 8 24.5 Houtteman 1:36 8,846 +
87 87 Saturday, Jul 19 DET @ PHA L 4 5 28-58 8 25.5 Hooper 2:21 1,963 -
88 88 Sunday, Jul 20 DET @ PHA L 7 8 28-59 8 25.5 Wright 2:52 --
89 89 Sunday, Jul 20 DET @ PHA T 3 3 28-59 8 25.5 2:42 7,103 --
90 90 Tuesday, Jul 22 DET WSH W 1 0 29-59 8 26.0 Trucks 1:46 18,706 +
91 91 Wednesday, Jul 23 DET WSH L 2 5 29-60 8 26.0 Consuegra 2:21 4,351 -
92 92 Thursday, Jul 24 DET WSH W 4 2 30-60 8 25.0 Wight 2:14 4,027 +
93 93 Friday, Jul 25 DET NYY W 2 1 31-60 8 24.0 Houtteman 2:08 41,538 ++
94 94 Saturday, Jul 26 DET NYY W 10 6 32-60 8 23.0 Gray 3:14 13,060 +++
95 95 Sunday, Jul 27 DET NYY W 8 3 33-60 8 23.0 Hoeft 2:50 ++++
96 96 Sunday, Jul 27 DET NYY L 0 6 33-61 8 23.0 Miller 2:24 40,315 -
97 97 Monday, Jul 28 DET NYY W 12 2 34-61 8 22.0 Newhouser 2:20 8,046 +
98 98 Tuesday, Jul 29 DET PHA L 0 5 34-62 8 22.5 Byrd 2:58 -
99 99 Tuesday, Jul 29 DET PHA W 10 8 35-62 8 22.5 Stuart 2:34 30,654 +
100 100 Wednesday, Jul 30 DET PHA L 3 4 35-63 8 22.5 Fowler 1:59 4,490 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Thursday, Jul 31 DET PHA L 1 2 35-64 8 24.0 Shantz 1:49 --
102 102 Thursday, Jul 31 DET PHA L 2 3 35-65 8 24.0 Kellner 2:02 13,180 ---
103 103 Friday, Aug 1 DET BOS L 1 3 35-66 8 24.0 Parnell 2:10 37,412 ----
104 104 Saturday, Aug 2 DET BOS L 5 10 35-67 8 24.0 Trout 2:20 10,834 -----
105 105 Sunday, Aug 3 DET BOS W 6 0 36-67 8 24.5 Houtteman 2:03 17,659 +
106 106 Tuesday, Aug 5 DET @ SLB L 1 5 36-68 8 26.0 Cain 2:02 4,609 -
107 107 Wednesday, Aug 6 DET @ SLB L 0 1 36-69 8 26.0 Paige 3:01 6,162 --
108 108 Thursday, Aug 7 DET @ SLB L 4 5 36-70 8 26.5 Madison 3:13 3,040 ---
109 109 Friday, Aug 8 DET @ CHW L 3 4 36-71 8 27.5 Pierce 2:25 ----
110 110 Friday, Aug 8 DET @ CHW L 1 2 36-72 8 27.5 Dobson 2:12 20,648 -----
111 111 Saturday, Aug 9 DET @ CHW W 6 1 37-72 8 26.5 Newhouser 2:30 7,533 +
112 112 Sunday, Aug 10 DET @ CHW L 1 3 37-73 8 27.5 Kretlow 2:10 0 -
113 113 Sunday, Aug 10 DET @ CHW L 4 5 37-74 8 27.5 Aloma 2:26 20,757 --
114 114 Wednesday, Aug 13 DET CHW L 1 7 37-75 8 28.5 Dobson 2:26 23,951 ---
115 115 Thursday, Aug 14 DET CHW L 0 2 37-76 8 29.5 Grissom 2:20 6,974 ----
116 116 Saturday, Aug 16 DET SLB W 5 2 38-76 8 29.0 Gray 2:09 5,098 +
117 117 Sunday, Aug 17 DET SLB L 2 4 38-77 8 29.5 Bearden 2:31 -
118 118 Sunday, Aug 17 DET SLB W 4 2 39-77 8 29.5 Garver 2:25 27,479 +
119 119 Tuesday, Aug 19 DET @ PHA L 3 4 39-78 8 30.5 Byrd 2:10 -
120 120 Tuesday, Aug 19 DET @ PHA L 5 6 39-79 8 30.5 Hooper 2:06 8,982 --
121 121 Wednesday, Aug 20 DET @ PHA L 3 4 39-80 8 30.5 Scheib 2:27 1,487 ---
122 122 Friday, Aug 22 DET @ WSH W 2 0 40-80 8 29.0 Gray 2:18 6,552 +
123 123 Saturday, Aug 23 DET @ WSH W 6 3 41-80 8 29.0 Newhouser 2:34 5,355 ++
124 124 Sunday, Aug 24 DET @ NYY L 2 4 41-81 8 30.0 Lopat 2:27 27,773 -
125 125 Monday, Aug 25 DET @ NYY W 1 0 42-81 8 29.0 Trucks 2:03 13,442 +
126 126 Tuesday, Aug 26 DET @ BOS L 3 11 42-82 8 30.0 Hudson 2:09 26,287 -
127 127 Wednesday, Aug 27 DET @ BOS L 0 5 42-83 8 31.0 Parnell 2:17 10,814 --
128 128 Thursday, Aug 28 DET CLE L 3 9 42-84 8 31.0 Wynn 2:29 0 ---
129 129 Thursday, Aug 28 DET CLE W 4 1 43-84 8 31.0 Newhouser 1:57 53,988 +
130 130 Friday, Aug 29 DET CLE L 2 4 43-85 8 31.0 Lemon 2:27 8,130 -
131 131 Saturday, Aug 30 DET @ SLB L 1 2 43-86 8 32.0 Pillette 1:58 4,508 --
132 132 Sunday, Aug 31 DET @ SLB L 4 7 43-87 8 33.0 Cain 2:04 6,589 ---
133 133 Tuesday, Sep 2 DET @ CHW L 5 6 43-88 8 35.5 Aloma 2:23 0 ----
134 134 Tuesday, Sep 2 DET @ CHW L 4 7 43-89 8 35.5 Grissom 2:21 5,294 -----
135 135 Wednesday, Sep 3 DET @ CLE W 11 8 44-89 8 34.5 Houtteman 2:41 13,897 +
136 136 Thursday, Sep 4 DET @ CLE L 0 2 44-90 8 35.5 Garcia 1:38 5,077 -
137 137 Saturday, Sep 6 DET CHW L 3 4 44-91 8 36.0 Dorish 2:23 4,949 --
138 138 Sunday, Sep 7 DET CHW W 4 2 45-91 8 36.0 Gray 2:22 11,290 +
139 139 Tuesday, Sep 9 DET BOS W 4 3 46-91 8 35.0 Houtteman 2:29 3,718 ++
140 140 Wednesday, Sep 10 DET BOS W 6 2 47-91 8 35.0 Wight 2:19 3,079 +++
141 141 Thursday, Sep 11 DET BOS W 5 4 48-91 8 34.5 Madison 2:16 3,550 ++++
142 142 Friday, Sep 12 DET PHA L 6 7 48-92 8 35.5 Fricano 2:42 1,826 -
143 143 Saturday, Sep 13 DET PHA L 5 11 48-93 8 36.5 Newsom 2:47 5,985 --
144 144 Sunday, Sep 14 DET WSH L 2 6 48-94 8 37.5 Marrero 1:46 7,954 ---
145 145 Monday, Sep 15 DET WSH W 5 4 49-94 8 37.0 Newhouser 2:20 1,239 +
146 146 Tuesday, Sep 16 DET NYY L 0 7 49-95 8 38.0 Miller 2:22 8,223 -
147 147 Wednesday, Sep 17 DET NYY L 3 12 49-96 8 39.0 Kuzava 2:27 6,879 --
148 148 Friday, Sep 19 DET @ CLE L 1 4 49-97 8 39.0 Wynn 2:02 8,104 ---
149 149 Saturday, Sep 20 DET @ CLE L 3 11 49-98 8 40.0 Garcia 2:13 20,878 ----
150 150 Sunday, Sep 21 DET @ CLE L 1 7 49-99 8 41.0 Lemon 2:17 22,430 -----
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Monday, Sep 22 DET @ CLE L 3 6 49-100 8 41.5 Wynn 2:32 3,054 ------
152 152 Tuesday, Sep 23 DET SLB L 1 3 49-101 8 42.0 Cain 1:54 7,888 -------
153 153 Wednesday, Sep 24 DET SLB L 4 7 49-102 8 43.5 Byrne 2:06 850 --------
154 154 Thursday, Sep 25 DET SLB W 3 2 50-102 8 43.5 Newhouser 1:41 569 +
155 155 Saturday, Sep 27 DET CLE L 6 11 50-103 8 45.0 Chakales 2:06 7,875 -
156 156 Sunday, Sep 28 DET CLE L 2 8 50-104 8 45.0 Rozek 2:03 14,910 --
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1951 / 1953 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits