1944 Detroit Tigers Statistics

1943 Season 1945 Season

Record: 88-66-2, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Steve O'Neill (88-66-2)

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium

Attendance: 923,176 (1st of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 103
One-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 103

Pythagorean W-L: 86-68, 658 Runs, 581 Runs Allowed

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Recent Game Results

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156. Oct 1, DET (88-66) lost to WSH, 1-4

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Paul Richards	35	95	343	300	24	71	13	0	3	37	8	3	35	30	.237	.318	.310	.628	76	93	13	1	7		3
2	1B	Rudy York	30	151	652	583	76	161	27	7	18	98	5	3	68	73	.276	.353	.439	.792	121	256	18	1	0		1
3	2B	Eddie Mayo*	34	154	696	607	79	151	18	3	5	63	9	13	57	23	.249	.317	.313	.630	77	190	12	4	28		1
4	SS	Joe Hoover	29	120	494	441	65	104	20	2	0	29	7	10	35	66	.236	.301	.290	.591	66	128	4	6	12		4
5	3B	Pinky Higgins	35	148	640	543	79	161	32	4	7	76	4	4	81	34	.297	.392	.409	.801	124	222	17	4	12		8
6	OF	Doc Cramer*	38	143	626	578	69	169	20	9	2	42	6	5	37	21	.292	.337	.369	.706	98	213	7	2	9		2
7	OF	Jimmy Outlaw	31	139	584	535	69	146	20	6	3	57	7	8	41	40	.273	.327	.350	.677	89	187	13	2	6		4
8	OF	Dick Wakefield*	23	78	332	276	53	98	15	5	12	53	2	2	55	29	.355	.464	.576	1.040	190	159	5	1	0		7
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Chuck Hostetler*	40	90	292	265	42	79	9	2	0	20	4	4	21	31	.298	.350	.347	.697	95	92	4	0	6		4
10	C	Bob Swift	29	80	283	247	15	63	11	1	1	19	2	0	27	27	.255	.331	.320	.651	83	79	9	1	8		4
11	OF	Don Ross	29	66	185	167	14	35	5	0	2	15	2	1	14	9	.210	.275	.275	.550	54	46	5	1	3		1
12	SS	Joe Orengo	29	46	177	154	14	31	10	0	0	10	1	1	20	29	.201	.297	.266	.563	58	41	4	1	2		1
13	OF	Charlie Metro	26	38	82	78	8	15	0	1	0	5	1	0	3	10	.192	.222	.218	.440	24	17	2	0	1		0
14	UT	Al Unser	31	11	28	25	2	3	0	1	1	5	0	0	3	2	.120	.214	.320	.534	49	8	0	0	0		0
15	2B	Don Heffner	33	6	24	19	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	.211	.375	.263	.638	80	5	0	0	0		0
16	MI	Red Borom*	28	7	17	14	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.071	.188	.071	.259	-26	1	1	0	1		0
17	SS	Bubba Floyd	27	3	10	9	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.444	.500	.556	1.056	195	5	0	0	0		0
18	C	Hack Miller	31	5	6	5	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.800	1.133	212	4	0	0	0		0
19		John McHale*	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
20	2B	Jackie Sullivan	26	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
21	P	Dizzy Trout	29	51	144	133	18	36	4	1	5	24	2	0	9	28	.271	.317	.429	.745	108	57	2	0	2		0
22	P	Hal Newhouser*	23	47	132	120	10	29	4	0	0	5	1	0	6	12	.242	.278	.275	.553	55	33	5	0	6		0
23	P	Rufe Gentry	26	37	79	76	1	15	2	0	0	10	0	0	1	11	.197	.208	.224	.431	21	17	6	0	2		0
24	P	Stubby Overmire	25	32	74	63	4	11	3	1	0	8	0	1	6	8	.175	.246	.254	.500	40	16	2	0	5		0
25	P	Johnny Gorsica	29	40	54	52	7	7	2	1	0	4	0	0	2	6	.135	.167	.212	.378	6	11	3	0	0		0
26	P	Boom-Boom Beck	39	28	23	22	3	7	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.318	.318	.455	.773	115	10	1	0	1		0
27	P	Zeb Eaton	24	9	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.100	.182	.100	.282	-20	1	0	0	0		0
28	P	Jake Mooty	32	15	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-20	1	1	0	0		0
29	P	Joe Orrell	27	10	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	84	1	0	0	0		0
30	P	Roy Henshaw	32	7	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
31	P	Bob Gillespie	24	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
32	P	Elon Hogsett*	40	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	31.9	156	6011	5344	658	1405	220	44	60	591	61	55	532	500	.263	.332	.354	.687	92	1893	134	24	111		40
		Rank in 8 AL teams				3	4	4	4	7	5		4	7	1	4	4	3	4	4		4		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	32.4	156	5473	4848	612	1297	202	41	55	534	58	54	506	428	.268	.340	.360	.700	96	1746	114	24	95		40
		Pitcher Totals	27.0	156	538	496	46	108	18	3	5	57	3	1	26	72	.218	.257	.296	.553	55	147	20	0	16		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Dizzy Trout	29	27	14	.659	2.12	49	40	6	33	7	0	352.1	314	104	83	9	83	9	144	4	0	2	1421	167	2.94	1.127	8.0	0.2	2.1	3.7	1.73
2	SP	Hal Newhouser*	23	29	9	.763	2.22	47	34	10	25	6	2	312.1	264	94	77	6	102	3	187	1	2	4	1271	159	2.72	1.172	7.6	0.2	2.9	5.4	1.83
3	SP	Rufe Gentry	26	12	14	.462	4.24	37	30	5	10	3	0	203.2	211	104	96	9	108	2	68	4	0	4	901	83	4.24	1.566	9.3	0.4	4.8	3.0	0.63
4	SP	Stubby Overmire*	25	11	11	.500	3.07	32	28	3	11	3	1	199.2	214	84	68	2	41	4	57	2	1	2	845	116	2.89	1.277	9.6	0.1	1.8	2.6	1.39
5	SP	Johnny Gorsica	29	6	14	.300	4.11	34	19	8	8	1	4	162.0	192	88	74	5	32	2	47	4	1	1	696	86	3.17	1.383	10.7	0.3	1.8	2.6	1.47
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	RP	Boom-Boom Beck	39	1	2	.333	3.89	28	2	15	0	0	1	74.0	67	36	32	5	27	0	25	3	0	1	318	91	4.10	1.270	8.1	0.6	3.3	3.0	0.93
7	RP	Jake Mooty	32	0	0		4.45	15	0	8	0	0	0	28.1	35	20	14	0	18	1	7	1	0	2	137	81	4.20	1.871	11.1	0.0	5.7	2.2	0.39
8	RP	Joe Orrell	27	2	1	.667	2.42	10	2	4	0	0	0	22.1	26	13	6	0	11	0	10	1	0	2	104	149	3.40	1.657	10.5	0.0	4.4	4.0	0.91
9	RP	Roy Henshaw*	32	0	0		8.76	7	1	2	0	0	0	12.1	17	12	12	0	6	0	10	0	0	0	60	42	2.52	1.865	12.4	0.0	4.4	7.3	1.67
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Zeb Eaton	24	0	0		5.74	6	0	4	0	0	0	15.2	19	12	10	2	8	0	4	0	1	0	68	63	5.36	1.723	10.9	1.1	4.6	2.3	0.50
11		Bob Gillespie	24	0	1	.000	6.55	7	0	2	0	0	0	11.0	7	8	8	0	12	0	4	0	0	2	49	56	5.23	1.727	5.7	0.0	9.8	3.3	0.33
12		Elon Hogsett*	40	0	0		0.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	7	6	0	1	4	0	5	2	0	0	34		6.00	1.737	9.9	1.4	5.7	7.1	1.25
		Team Totals	27.2	88	66	.571	3.09	156	156	69	87	20	8	1400.0	1373	581	480	39	452	21	568	22	5	20	5904	115	3.25	1.304	8.8	0.3	2.9	3.7	1.26
		Rank in 8 AL teams		2	7		1				1	1	8	2	3	1	1	1	3		2
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W