1952 Detroit Tigers Statistics

1951 Season 1953 Season

Record: 50-104-2, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Red Rolfe (23-49-1) and Fred Hutchinson (27-55-1)

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium

Attendance: 1,026,846 (5th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 103
One-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 101

Pythagorean W-L: 58-96, 557 Runs, 738 Runs Allowed

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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	Joe Ginsberg*	25	113	364	307	29	68	13	2	6	36	1	1	51	21	.221	.338	.336	.673	88	103	9	3	3		3
2	1B	Walt Dropo	29	115	488	459	56	128	17	3	23	70	2	2	26	63	.279	.320	.479	.800	121	220	17	2	1		4
3	2B	Jerry Priddy	32	75	323	279	37	79	23	3	4	20	1	8	42	29	.283	.379	.430	.809	125	120	4	1	1		1
4	SS	Neil Berry	30	73	216	189	22	43	4	3	0	13	1	3	22	19	.228	.311	.280	.592	65	53	3	1	4		1
5	3B	Fred Hatfield*	27	112	490	441	43	104	12	2	2	25	2	2	35	52	.236	.301	.286	.587	64	126	13	6	7		0
6	OF	Vic Wertz*	27	85	332	285	46	70	15	3	17	51	1	0	46	44	.246	.352	.498	.851	135	142	6	1	0		4
7	OF	Johnny Groth	25	141	580	524	56	149	22	2	4	51	2	10	51	39	.284	.348	.357	.705	96	187	11	0	5		3
8	OF	Pat Mullin*	34	97	289	255	29	64	13	5	7	35	4	2	31	30	.251	.332	.424	.756	109	108	9	0	3		1
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	Bud Souchock	33	92	286	265	40	66	16	4	13	45	1	0	21	28	.249	.304	.487	.791	118	129	17	0	0		1
10	2B	Al Federoff	27	74	255	231	14	56	4	2	0	14	1	0	16	13	.242	.294	.277	.571	60	64	4	1	7		2
11	SS	Johnny Pesky*	33	69	223	177	26	45	4	0	1	9	1	2	41	11	.254	.394	.294	.688	93	52	2	0	5		2
12	OF	Cliff Mapes*	30	86	221	193	26	38	7	0	9	23	0	1	27	42	.197	.295	.373	.669	85	72	2	0	1		2
13	C	Matt Batts	30	56	190	173	11	41	4	1	3	13	1	0	14	22	.237	.298	.324	.622	73	56	5	1	2		0
14	1B	Don Kolloway	33	65	187	173	19	42	9	0	2	21	0	2	7	19	.243	.280	.329	.610	69	57	5	2	4		0
15	OF	Don Lenhardt	29	45	174	144	18	27	2	1	3	13	0	1	28	18	.188	.320	.278	.598	67	40	5	0	2		1
16	3B	George Kell	29	39	171	152	11	45	8	0	1	17	0	1	15	13	.296	.359	.368	.728	103	56	2	0	4		1
17	SS	Johnny Lipon	29	39	154	136	17	30	4	2	0	12	3	1	16	6	.221	.303	.279	.582	63	38	3	0	2		1
18	OF	Jim Delsing*	26	33	127	113	14	31	2	1	3	15	1	0	11	8	.274	.344	.389	.733	104	44	1	1	2		0
19	SS	Harvey Kuenn	21	19	85	80	1	26	2	2	0	8	2	1	2	1	.325	.349	.400	.749	108	32	3	1	2		0
20	C	Bob Swift	37	28	66	58	3	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	7	7	.138	.242	.155	.398	12	9	5	1	0		1
21	OF	Russ Sullivan*	29	15	56	52	7	17	2	1	3	5	1	0	3	5	.327	.375	.577	.952	162	30	0	1	0		0
22	OF	Johnny Hopp*	35	42	53	46	5	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	7	.217	.308	.239	.547	54	11	1	0	1		0
23	OF	George Lerchen#	29	14	39	32	1	5	1	0	1	3	1	0	7	10	.156	.308	.281	.589	65	9	1	0	0		0
24	OF	Don Lund	29	8	26	23	1	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	3	.304	.385	.304	.689	93	7	0	0	0		0
25	OF	Bill Tuttle	22	7	25	25	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.240	.240	.240	.480	34	6	2	0	0		0
26	1B	Ben Taylor*	24	7	18	18	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	-7	3	1	0	0		0
27		Carl Linhart*	22	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0		0
28		Hoot Evers	31	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	457	1	0	0	0		0
29		Alex Garbowski	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
30	P	Ted Gray#	27	36	86	76	3	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	19	.171	.192	.171	.363	2	13	0	1	8		0
31	P	Art Houtteman	24	36	77	69	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	.101	.127	.101	.228	-36	7	4	0	6		0
32	P	Virgil Trucks	35	35	67	64	3	12	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	11	.188	.200	.234	.434	21	15	2	0	2		0
33	P	Hal Newhouser*	31	26	57	46	5	10	1	0	0	4	0	0	10	9	.217	.357	.239	.596	68	11	2	0	1		0
34	P	Bill Wight*	30	23	53	50	2	11	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	7	.220	.235	.260	.495	38	13	1	0	2		0
35	P	Billy Hoeft*	20	34	43	40	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	15	.150	.190	.175	.365	2	7	1	0	1		0
36	P	Marlin Stuart*	33	30	29	23	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	.087	.192	.087	.279	-21	2	1	0	3		0
37	P	Fred Hutchinson*	32	17	21	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.056	.190	.056	.246	-29	1	1	0	0		0
38	P	Hal White	33	41	11	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.182	.182	.182	.364	1	2	1	0	0		0
39	P	Dizzy Trout	37	10	10	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667	86	3	0	0	1		0
40	P	Dick Littlefield*	26	28	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-20	1	0	0	0		0
41	P	Ned Garver	26	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2	0	0	0	0		0
42	P	Bud Black	19	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0		0
43	P	Ken Johnson*	29	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	86	1	0	0	0		0
44	P	Dave Madison	31	10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2	0	0	0	0		0
45	P	Dick Marlowe	23	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
46	P	Wayne McLeland	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	29.0	156	5916	5258	557	1278	190	37	103	529	27	38	553	603	.243	.318	.352	.670	86	1851	146	23	80		28
		Rank in 8 AL teams				6	8	8	8	6	4		8	3	5	3	7	7	6	7		7		6
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.0	156	5441	4833	534	1209	186	37	102	509	26	38	528	516	.250	.327	.367	.694	93	1775	132	22	56		28
		Pitcher Totals	28.7	156	475	425	23	69	4	0	1	20	1	0	25	87	.162	.211	.179	.389	9	76	14	1	24		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	Ted Gray*	27	12	17	.414	4.14	35	32	2	13	2	0	224.0	212	118	103	21	101	8	138	3	0	4	967	92	3.77	1.397	8.5	0.8	4.1	5.5	1.37
2	SP	Art Houtteman	24	8	20	.286	4.36	35	28	5	10	2	1	221.0	218	116	107	19	65	6	109	5	0	3	945	87	3.47	1.281	8.9	0.8	2.6	4.4	1.68
3	SP	Virgil Trucks	35	5	19	.208	3.97	35	29	5	8	3	1	197.0	190	99	87	12	82	6	129	7	1	5	858	95	3.23	1.381	8.7	0.5	3.7	5.9	1.57
4	SP	Hal Newhouser*	31	9	9	.500	3.74	25	19	2	8	0	0	154.0	148	72	64	13	47	1	57	0	0	3	643	101	3.66	1.266	8.6	0.8	2.7	3.3	1.21
5	SP	Bill Wight*	30	5	9	.357	3.88	23	19	0	8	3	0	143.2	167	71	62	7	55	4	65	0	3	5	637	98	3.27	1.545	10.5	0.4	3.4	4.1	1.18
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	CL	Hal White	33	1	8	.111	3.69	41	0	31	0	0	5	63.1	53	29	26	1	39	3	18	0	0	2	270	103	3.88	1.453	7.5	0.1	5.5	2.6	0.46
7	RP	Billy Hoeft*	20	2	7	.222	4.32	34	10	9	1	0	4	125.0	123	66	60	14	63	4	67	5	0	5	553	88	4.41	1.488	8.9	1.0	4.5	4.8	1.06
8	RP	Marlin Stuart	33	3	2	.600	4.93	30	9	12	2	0	0	91.1	91	60	50	8	48	1	32	3	0	3	405	77	4.50	1.522	9.0	0.8	4.7	3.2	0.67
9	RP	Dick Littlefield*	26	0	3	.000	4.34	28	1	17	0	0	1	47.2	46	24	23	4	25	1	32	0	0	2	212	88	3.71	1.490	8.7	0.8	4.7	6.0	1.28
10	RP	Fred Hutchinson	32	2	1	.667	3.38	12	1	6	0	0	0	37.1	40	16	14	4	9	2	12	1	0	0	157	113	3.94	1.313	9.6	1.0	2.2	2.9	1.33
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
11		Dizzy Trout	37	1	5	.167	5.33	10	2	4	0	0	1	27.0	30	16	16	4	19	3	20	0	0	2	128	72	4.95	1.815	10.0	1.3	6.3	6.7	1.05
12		Dave Madison	31	1	1	.500	7.80	10	1	5	0	0	0	15.0	16	14	13	1	10	1	7	1	0	1	66	50	4.52	1.733	9.6	0.6	6.0	4.2	0.70
13		Ken Johnson*	29	0	0		6.35	9	1	6	0	0	0	11.1	12	11	8	1	11	0	10	0	0	1	55	62	4.69	2.029	9.5	0.8	8.7	7.9	0.91
14		Dick Marlowe	23	0	2	.000	7.36	4	1	1	0	0	0	11.0	21	10	9	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	53	53	3.85	2.182	17.2	0.8	2.5	2.5	1.00
15		Ned Garver	26	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	9	2	2	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	37	198	4.17	1.333	9.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
16		Bud Black	19	0	1	.000	10.13	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	14	11	9	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	42	39	4.27	2.375	15.8	0.0	5.6	0.0	0.00
17		Wayne McLeland	27	0	0		10.13	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	4	3	3	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	18	43	9.14	3.750	13.5	0.0	20.3	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	28.7	50	104	.325	4.25	156	156	105	51	10	13	1388.1	1394	738	656	111	591	41	702	25	4	37	6046	89	3.75	1.430	9.0	0.7	3.8	4.6	1.19
		Rank in 8 AL teams		8	1		8				7	5	8	5	6	8	8	6	6		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