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90-72, Finished 2nd in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Mayo Smith (90-72)
Scored 701 runs, Allowed 601 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-70
Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,577,481 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102
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| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gates Brown | 30 | L | R | 5' 11" | 220 | May 2, 1939 | 7 | 60 | 14 | 60 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 46 | 0 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Ike Brown | 27 | R | R | 6' 0" | 190 | Apr 13, 1942 | 1st | 70 | 50 | 70 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0.6 | $ | |
| Dave Campbell | 27 | R | R | 6' 1" | 180 | Jan 14, 1942 | 3 | 32 | 5 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | -0.7 | $12,000 | |
| Norm Cash | 34 | L | L | 6' 0" | 185 | Nov 10, 1934 | 12 | 142 | 127 | 142 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3.5 | $60,000 | |
| Pat Dobson | 27 | R | R | 6' 3" | 190 | Feb 12, 1942 | 3 | 49 | 9 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | $ | |
| Bill Freehan | 27 | R | R | 6' 3" | 203 | Nov 29, 1941 | 8 | 143 | 134 | 143 | 136 | 0 | 118 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2.2 | $ | All-Star |
| Cesar Gutierrez | 26 | R | R | 5' 9" | 155 | Jan 26, 1943 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | $ | |
| John Hiller | 26 | R | L | 6' 1" | 185 | Apr 8, 1943 | 5 | 41 | 8 | 41 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Willie Horton | 26 | R | R | 5' 11" | 209 | Oct 18, 1942 | 7 | 141 | 135 | 141 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 0 | 4 | 136 | 6 | 0 | 2.6 | $60,000 | |
| Al Kaline HOF | 34 | R | R | 6' 1" | 175 | Dec 19, 1934 | 17 | 131 | 118 | 131 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 118 | 9 | 0 | 2.9 | $90,000 | |
| Mike Kilkenny | 24 | R | L | 6' 3" | 175 | Apr 11, 1945 | 1st | 39 | 15 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | $ | |
| Fred Lasher | 27 | R | R | 6' 3" | 190 | Aug 19, 1941 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | $ | |
| Mickey Lolich | 28 | B | L | 6' 1" | 170 | Sep 12, 1940 | 7 | 38 | 36 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.8 | $ | All-Star |
| Tommy Matchick | 25 | L | R | 6' 1" | 173 | Sep 7, 1943 | 3 | 94 | 76 | 94 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Dick McAuliffe | 29 | L | R | 5' 11" | 176 | Nov 29, 1939 | 10 | 74 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.9 | $ | |
| Denny McLain | 25 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Mar 29, 1944 | 7 | 42 | 41 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | $65,000 | All-Star |
| Don McMahon | 39 | R | R | 6' 2" | 215 | Jan 4, 1930 | 13 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Norm McRae | 21 | R | R | 6' 1" | 195 | Sep 26, 1947 | 1st | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Jim Northrup | 29 | L | R | 6' 3" | 190 | Nov 24, 1939 | 6 | 148 | 142 | 148 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 89 | 51 | 143 | 6 | 0 | 4.7 | $ | |
| Daryl Patterson | 25 | L | R | 6' 4" | 192 | Nov 21, 1943 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | $ | |
| Jim Price | 27 | R | R | 6' 0" | 192 | Oct 13, 1941 | 3 | 72 | 49 | 72 | 51 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Dick Radatz | 32 | R | R | 6' 6" | 230 | Apr 2, 1937 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Wayne Redmond | 23 | R | R | 5' 10" | 165 | Nov 25, 1945 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Bob Reed | 24 | R | R | 5' 10" | 175 | Jan 12, 1945 | 1st | 8 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | $ | |
| Fred Scherman | 24 | L | L | 6' 1" | 195 | Jul 25, 1944 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Joe Sparma | 27 | R | R | 6' 1" | 190 | Feb 4, 1942 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.9 | $23,500 | |
| Mickey Stanley | 26 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Jul 20, 1942 | 6 | 149 | 138 | 149 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 99 | 3 | 102 | 7 | 3 | 1.2 | $30,000 | |
| Gary Taylor | 23 | R | R | 6' 2" | 190 | Oct 19, 1945 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Tom Timmermann | 29 | R | R | 6' 4" | 215 | May 12, 1940 | 1st | 31 | 1 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | $ | |
| Dick Tracewski | 34 | R | R | 5' 11" | 160 | Feb 3, 1935 | 8 | 66 | 18 | 66 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Tom Tresh | 30 | B | R | 6' 1" | 180 | Sep 20, 1938 | 9 | 94 | 84 | 94 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0.6 | $40,000 | |
| Don Wert | 30 | R | R | 5' 10" | 162 | Jul 29, 1938 | 7 | 132 | 122 | 132 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.1 | $ | |
| Earl Wilson | 34 | R | R | 6' 3" | 216 | Oct 2, 1934 | 10 | 37 | 35 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.2 | $ | |
| Ron Woods | 26 | R | R | 5' 10" | 168 | Feb 1, 1943 | 1st | 17 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0.2 | $7,500 | |
| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR |