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1944 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1943/1945) 88-66, Finished 2nd in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 658 runs, Allowed 581 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-68 Managed by Steve O'Neill Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 923,176 (1st of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 104   (one-year): Batting - 105, Pitching - 104   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1944 Stats (1943/1945) / Schedule / Transactions

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Paul Richards       35   95  300   24   71  13  0   3   37  35   30  .237  .318  .310   8   3  13   1   7           76
1B  Rudy York           30  151  583   77  161  27  7  18   98  68   73  .276  .353  .439   5   3  18   1   0          120
2B *Eddie Mayo          34  154  607   76  151  18  3   5   63  57   23  .249  .317  .313   9  13  12   4  28           76
3B  Pinky Higgins       35  148  543   79  161  32  4   7   76  81   34  .297  .392  .409   4   4  17   4  12          123
SS  Joe Hoover          29  120  441   67  104  20  2   0   29  35   66  .236  .301  .290   7  10   4   6  12           65
OF *Doc Cramer          38  143  578   69  169  20  9   2   42  37   21  .292  .337  .369   6   5   7   2   9           97
OF  Jimmy Outlaw        31  139  535   69  146  20  6   3   57  41   40  .273  .327  .350   7   8  13   2   6           89
OF *Dick Wakefield      23   78  276   53   98  15  5  12   53  55   29  .355  .464  .576   2   2   3   1   0          189
   *Chuck Hostetler     40   90  265   42   79   9  2   0   20  21   31  .298  .350  .347   4   4   4   0   6           95
    Bob Swift           29   80  247   15   63  11  1   1   19  27   27  .255  .331  .320   2   0   9   1   8           82
    Don Ross            29   66  167   14   35   5  0   2   15  14    9  .210  .275  .275   2   1   5   1   3           54
    Joe Orengo          29   46  154   14   31  10  0   0   10  20   29  .201  .297  .266   1   1   4   1   2           58
    Charlie Metro       25   38   78    8   15   0  1   0    5   3   10  .192  .222  .218   1   0   2   0   1           23
    Al Unser            31   11   25    2    3   0  1   1    5   3    2  .120  .214  .320   0   0   0   0   0           48
    Don Heffner         33    6   19    0    4   1  0   0    1   5    1  .211  .375  .263   0   0   0   0   0           80
   *Red Borom           27    7   14    1    1   0  0   0    1   2    2  .071  .188  .071   0   0   1   0   1          -26
    Bubba Floyd         27    3    9    1    4   1  0   0    0   1    0  .444  .500  .556   0   0   0   0   0          194
    Hack Miller         31    5    5    1    1   0  0   1    3   1    1  .200  .333  .800   0   0   0   0   0          210
   *John McHale         22    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Jackie Sullivan     26    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

    Dizzy Trout         29   51  133   18   36   4  1   5   24   9   28  .271  .317  .429   2   0   2   0   2          107
   *Hal Newhouser       23   47  120   10   29   4  0   0    5   6   12  .242  .278  .275   1   0   5   0   6           54
    Rufe Gentry         26   37   76    1   15   2  0   0   10   1   11  .197  .208  .224   0   0   6   0   2           20
    Stubby Overmire     25   32   63    4   11   3  1   0    8   6    8  .175  .246  .254   0   1   2   0   5           40
    Johnny Gorsica      29   40   52    7    7   2  1   0    4   2    6  .135  .167  .212   0   0   3   0   0            5
    Boom-Boom Beck      39   28   22    3    7   3  0   0    3   0    2  .318  .318  .455   0   0   1   0   1          114
    Zeb Eaton           24    9   10    1    1   0  0   0    2   1    1  .100  .182  .100   0   0   0   0   0          -20
    Jake Mooty          31   15    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .143  .143  .143   0   0   1   0   0          -20
    Roy Henshaw         32    7    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Joe Orrell          27   10    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .250  .400  .250   0   0   0   0   0           83
    Bob Gillespie       24    7    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   *Chief Hogsett       40    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.7  156 5344  658 1405 220 44  60  591 532  500  .263  .330  .354  61  55 132  24 111           95
    Rank among 8 AL teams          3    4    4   4  7   5        1    5     4     2     4   4   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Dizzy Trout         29  49   2.12  27  14  0  40   6  33   7  352.3  314  104   83   9   83  144 1421   2   4  0     168
SP *Hal Newhouser       23  47   2.22  29   9  2  34  10  25   6  312.3  264   94   77   6  102  187 1271   4   1  2     161
SP  Rufe Gentry         26  37   4.24  12  14  0  30   5  10   3  203.7  211  104   96   9  108   68  901   4   4  0      84
SP *Stubby Overmire     25  32   3.07  11  11  1  28   3  11   3  199.7  214   84   68   2   41   57  845   2   2  1     116
SP  Johnny Gorsica      29  34   4.11   6  14  4  19   8   8   1  162.0  192   88   74   5   32   47  696   1   4  1      87

RP  Boom-Boom Beck      39  28   3.89   1   2  1   2  15   0   0   74.0   67   36   32   5   27   25  318   1   3  0      92
RP  Jake Mooty          31  15   4.45   0   0  0   0   8   0   0   28.3   35   20   14   0   18    7  137   2   1  0      80
RP  Joe Orrell          27  10   2.42   2   1  0   2   4   0   0   22.3   26   13    6   0   11   10  104   2   1  0     148
RP  Bob Gillespie       24   7   6.55   0   1  0   0   2   0   0   11.0    7    8    8   0   12    4   49   2   0  0      55

    Zeb Eaton           24   6   5.74   0   0  0   0   4   0   0   15.7   19   12   10   2    8    4   68   0   0  1      62
   *Roy Henshaw         32   7   8.76   0   0  0   1   2   0   0   12.3   17   12   12   0    6   10   60   0   0  0      41
   *Chief Hogsett       40   3   0.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    6.3    7    6    0   1    4    5   34   0   2  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.1 156   3.09  88  66  8 156  69  87  20 1400.0 1373  581  481  39  452  568 5904  20  22  5     116
    Rank among 8 AL teams           1   2   7  8           1   1      2    3    1        1    3    2

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- PRichards 90 413 60 10 13 .979 7 BSwift 76 288 48 6 4 .982 5 HMiller 5 7 1 0 0 1.000 0 AUnser 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 156 708 109 16 17 .981 12 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.80 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RYork 151 1453 107 17 163 .989 10.33 JOrengo 5 55 3 1 2 .983 11.60 DRoss 1 17 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 1525 111 18 165 .989 10.52 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .967 5.36 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EMayo 143 384 458 19 120 .978 5.89 DHeffner 5 12 13 1 4 .962 5.00 AUnser 5 12 7 3 2 .864 3.80 RBorom 4 5 14 1 1 .950 4.75 JOrengo 2 4 5 0 1 1.000 4.50 JHoover 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.00 JSullivan 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 420 498 24 129 .975 5.90 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .954 3.23 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PHiggins 146 146 311 22 21 .954 3.13 JOrengo 11 11 30 4 1 .911 3.73 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 157 341 26 22 .950 3.20 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop G PO A E DP .947 5.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JHoover 119 256 405 48 102 .932 5.55 JOrengo 29 54 86 15 20 .903 4.83 EMayo 11 17 40 2 5 .966 5.18 BFloyd 3 1 8 0 0 1.000 3.00 DRoss 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.50 RBorom 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 330 543 66 127 .930 5.61 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield G PO A E DP .974 2.35 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DCramer 141 337 13 7 2 .980 2.48 0 141 0 JOutlaw 137 254 14 10 2 .964 1.96 71 6 60 DWakefield 78 155 3 6 1 .963 2.03 78 0 0 CHostetler 65 129 5 2 1 .985 2.06 1 4 61 DRoss 37 67 2 3 1 .958 1.86 0 0 37 CMetro 20 44 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 9 10 2 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 156 986 38 28 7 .973 2.19 156 156 156 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .960 2.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DTrout 49 21 94 4 8 .966 2.94 HNewhouser 47 9 61 1 5 .986 2.02 RGentry 37 5 43 1 6 .980 2.12 SOvermire 32 12 46 1 3 .983 2.61 JGorsica 34 17 42 2 5 .967 3.28 BBeck 28 0 6 1 1 .857 0.73 JMooty 15 3 4 1 0 .875 2.23 JOrrell 10 1 8 0 0 1.000 3.63 ZEaton 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.72 RHenshaw 7 3 2 0 0 1.000 3.66 BGillespie 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.45 CHogsett 3 0 1 1 0 .500 1.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 72 312 12 28 .970 2.47 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Higgins .297 On-base % Higgins .392 Slugging % York .439 OPS Higgins .801 Games Mayo 154 At Bats Mayo 607 Plate Appearances (approx.) Mayo 696 Runs Higgins 79 Hits Cramer 169 Total Bases York 256 Doubles Higgins 32 Triples Cramer 9 Home Runs York 18 RBI York 98 Bases on Balls Higgins 81 Strikeouts York 73 Stolen Bases Mayo 9 Singles Cramer 138 Adjusted OPS+ Higgins 123 Runs Created York 90 Adjusted Batting Runs Wakefield 36 Batting Wins Wakefield 3.6 Extra-Base Hits York 52 Times on Base Higgins 246 Offensive Win% Higgins .646 Hit By Pitch Hoover 6 Sac. Hits Mayo 28 Grounded into Double Plays York 18 Caught Stealing Mayo 13 Power/Speed Number York 7.8 At Bats per Strikeout Cramer 27.5 At Bats per Home Run York 32.4 Outs Mayo 509

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Trout 2.12 Wins Newhouser 29 Won-Loss % Newhouser .763 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Trout 1.127 Hits Allowed/9IP Newhouser 7.61 Bases on Balls/9IP Gorsica 1.78 Strikeouts/9IP Newhouser 5.39 Games Trout 49 Saves Gorsica 4 Innings Trout 352.3 Strikeouts Newhouser 187 Games Started Trout 40 Comp. Games Trout 33 Shutouts Trout 7 Home Runs Allow. Gentry and Trout 9 Bases On Balls Allow. Gentry 108 Hits Allowed Trout 314 SO to Walk Newhouser 1.83 Losses Gentry, Gorsica, and Trout 14 Earned Runs Allow. Gentry 96 Wild Pitches Gentry and Newhouser 4 Hit Batsmen Gentry, Gorsica, and Trout 4 Batters Faced Trout 1421 Games Finished Beck 15 Adjusted ERA+ Trout 168

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Pinky Higgins
Hal Newhouser
Dizzy Trout
Rudy York

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