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79-83, Finished 4th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Mayo Smith (79-83)
Scored 666 runs, Allowed 731 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-88
Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,501,293 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104
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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 | 31 | L | R | 5' 11" | 220 | May 2, 1939 | 8 | 81 | 26 | 81 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 55 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Ike Brown | 28 | R | R | 6' 0" | 190 | Apr 13, 1942 | 2 | 56 | 24 | 56 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Les Cain | 22 | L | L | 6' 1" | 200 | Jan 13, 1948 | 2 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | $ | |
| Norm Cash | 35 | L | L | 6' 0" | 185 | Nov 10, 1934 | 13 | 130 | 100 | 130 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2.0 | $ | |
| Kevin Collins | 23 | L | R | 6' 1" | 180 | Aug 4, 1946 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | $14,000 | |
| Bill Freehan | 28 | R | R | 6' 3" | 203 | Nov 29, 1941 | 9 | 117 | 110 | 117 | 114 | 0 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.6 | $ | All-Star |
| Cesar Gutierrez | 27 | R | R | 5' 9" | 155 | Jan 26, 1943 | 3 | 135 | 127 | 135 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.2 | $15,000 | |
| John Hiller | 27 | R | L | 6' 1" | 185 | Apr 8, 1943 | 6 | 47 | 5 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | $ | |
| Willie Horton | 27 | R | R | 5' 11" | 209 | Oct 18, 1942 | 8 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | $ | All-Star |
| Tim Hosley | 23 | R | R | 5' 11" | 185 | May 10, 1947 | 1st | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Dalton Jones | 26 | L | R | 6' 1" | 180 | Dec 10, 1943 | 7 | 89 | 44 | 89 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 35 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 0.1 | $33,000 | |
| Al Kaline HOF | 35 | R | R | 6' 1" | 175 | Dec 19, 1934 | 18 | 131 | 123 | 131 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 3.3 | $90,000 | |
| Mike Kilkenny | 25 | R | L | 6' 3" | 175 | Apr 11, 1945 | 2 | 37 | 21 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -0.7 | $ | |
| Lerrin LaGrow | 21 | R | R | 6' 5" | 220 | Jul 8, 1948 | 1st | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | $ | |
| Gene Lamont | 23 | L | R | 6' 1" | 195 | Dec 25, 1946 | 1st | 15 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | $ | |
| Fred Lasher | 28 | R | R | 6' 3" | 190 | Aug 19, 1941 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Mickey Lolich | 29 | B | L | 6' 1" | 170 | Sep 12, 1940 | 8 | 42 | 39 | 42 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.8 | $60,000 | |
| Elliott Maddox | 22 | R | R | 5' 11" | 180 | Dec 21, 1947 | 1st | 109 | 63 | 109 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 19 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 25 | 5 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Dick McAuliffe | 30 | L | R | 5' 11" | 176 | Nov 29, 1939 | 11 | 146 | 133 | 146 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2.3 | $ | |
| Denny McLain | 26 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Mar 29, 1944 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | $90,000 | |
| Norm McRae | 22 | R | R | 6' 1" | 195 | Sep 26, 1947 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | $8,100 | |
| Russ Nagelson | 25 | L | R | 6' 0" | 205 | Sep 19, 1944 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Joe Niekro | 25 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Nov 7, 1944 | 4 | 39 | 34 | 39 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | $23,000 | |
| Jim Northrup | 30 | L | R | 6' 3" | 190 | Nov 24, 1939 | 7 | 139 | 135 | 139 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 38 | 79 | 136 | 4 | 0 | 1.4 | $ | |
| Daryl Patterson | 26 | L | R | 6' 4" | 192 | Nov 21, 1943 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | $ | |
| Jim Price | 28 | R | R | 6' 0" | 192 | Oct 13, 1941 | 4 | 52 | 37 | 52 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | -0.7 | $ | |
| Bob Reed | 25 | R | R | 5' 10" | 175 | Jan 12, 1945 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Jerry Robertson | 26 | B | R | 6' 2" | 205 | Oct 13, 1943 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $15,000 | |
| Dennis Saunders | 21 | B | R | 6' 3" | 195 | Jan 4, 1949 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Fred Scherman | 25 | L | L | 6' 1" | 195 | Jul 25, 1944 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | $ | |
| Mickey Stanley | 27 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Jul 20, 1942 | 7 | 142 | 132 | 142 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 0 | 132 | 5 | 3 | 0.7 | $ | |
| Ken Szotkiewicz | 23 | L | R | 6' 0" | 165 | Feb 25, 1947 | 1st | 47 | 27 | 47 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Tom Timmermann | 30 | R | R | 6' 4" | 215 | May 12, 1940 | 2 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Don Wert | 31 | R | R | 5' 10" | 162 | Jul 29, 1938 | 8 | 128 | 100 | 128 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | -1.6 | $29,000 | |
| Earl Wilson | 35 | R | R | 6' 3" | 216 | Oct 2, 1934 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | $ | |
| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR |