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1947 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946/1948) 85-69, Finished 2nd in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 714 runs, Allowed 642 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70 Managed by Steve O'Neill Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,398,093 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 102   (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 103   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: 1947 Stats (1946/1948) / 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   Bob Swift           32   97  279   23   70  11  0   1   21  33   16  .251  .330  .301   2   2   8   0  11           74
1B #Roy Cullenbine      33  142  464   82  104  18  1  24   78 137   51  .224  .401  .422   3   2  10   0   6          126
2B *Eddie Mayo          37  142  535   66  149  28  4   6   48  48   28  .279  .338  .379   3   7  16   0  12           97
3B  George Kell         24  152  588   75  188  29  5   5   93  61   16  .320  .387  .412   9  11  13   3  10          119
SS  Eddie Lake          31  158  602   96  127  19  6  12   46 120   54  .211  .343  .322  11  10  14   1   9           83
OF  Hoot Evers          26  126  460   67  136  24  5  10   67  45   49  .296  .366  .435   8   7  13   6  14          119
OF *Pat Mullin          29  116  398   62  102  28  6  15   62  63   66  .256  .359  .470   3   8   6   1   5          127
OF *Dick Wakefield      26  112  368   59  104  15  5   8   51  80   44  .283  .412  .416   1   4   8   1   4          128
   *Vic Wertz           22  102  333   60   96  22  4   6   44  47   66  .288  .376  .432   2   0  11   0   2          122
   *Hal Wagner          31   71  191   19   55  10  0   5   33  28   16  .288  .382  .419   0   1   2   1   2          120
   *Doc Cramer          41   73  157   21   42   2  2   2   30  20    5  .268  .350  .344   0   4   9   0   2           91
    Jimmy Outlaw        34   70  127   20   29   7  1   0   15  21   14  .228  .338  .299   3   1   2   0   3           76
   *John McHale         25   39   95   10   20   1  0   3   11   7   24  .211  .265  .316   1   1   0   0   1           59
    Skeeter Webb        37   50   79   13   16   3  0   0    6   7    9  .203  .267  .241   3   0   0   0   3           40
    Birdie Tebbetts     34   20   53    1    5   1  0   0    2   3    3  .094  .143  .113   0   1   2   0   2          -29
    Ed Mierkowicz       23   21   42    6    8   1  0   1    1   1   12  .190  .209  .286   1   0   2   0   0           35
    Hank Riebe          25    8    7    0    0   0  0   0    2   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Johnny Groth        20    2    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   2    1  .250  .500  .250   0   0   2   0   0          110
   *Ben Steiner         25    1    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0             

   *Fred Hutchinson     27   56  106    8   32   5  2   2   15   6    6  .302  .339  .443   2   0   4   0   1          114
   *Hal Newhouser       26   40   96    5   19   0  0   0    9  15   20  .198  .306  .198   0   0   3   0   3           40
    Virgil Trucks       30   36   70    7   19   2  0   0    5   1    7  .271  .282  .300   0   0   3   0   0           60
    Dizzy Trout         32   34   68    5   11   2  1   3   15   8   19  .162  .250  .353   0   0   0   0   1           64
    Stubby Overmire     28   28   47    2    7   0  0   0    2   5    8  .149  .231  .149   0   0   0   0   2            6
    Art Houtteman       19   23   40    2   12   2  0   0    3   0    3  .300  .300  .350   0   1   0   0   0           78
    Al Benton           36   36   39    1    6   1  0   0    2   0   10  .154  .154  .179   0   0   1   0   3           -9
    Hal White           28   35   18    2    3   2  0   0    1   2    7  .167  .250  .278   0   0   1   0   1           45
    Johnny Gorsica      32   31   10    0    2   1  0   0    0   1    7  .200  .273  .300   0   0   0   0   0           57
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.7  158 5276  714 1363 234 42 103  662 762  565  .258  .352  .377  52  60 130  13  97          105
    Rank among 8 AL teams          4    3    4   1  7   3        1    5     4     1     4   4   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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 *Hal Newhouser       26  40   2.87  17  17  2  36   4  24   3  285.0  268  105   91   9  110  176 1216  11   2  0     132
SP  Dizzy Trout         32  32   3.48  10  11  2  26   6   9   2  186.3  186   85   72   6   65   74  795   2   3  1     109
SP  Virgil Trucks       30  36   4.53  10  12  2  26   5   8   2  180.7  186  105   91  14   79  108  800   5   2  0      83
SP  Fred Hutchinson     27  33   3.03  18  10  2  25   8  18   3  219.7  211   84   74  14   61  113  911   2   2  0     125
SP *Stubby Overmire     28  28   3.77  11   5  0  17   8   7   3  140.7  142   62   59   9   44   33  600   0   1  0     100

CL  Al Benton           36  36   4.40   6   7  7  14  12   4   0  133.0  147   77   65  11   61   33  590   2   1  0      86
RP  Johnny Gorsica      32  31   3.75   2   0  1   0  16   0   0   57.7   44   27   24   5   26   20  242   1   2  0     101
RP  Hal White           28  35   3.61   4   5  2   5  13   0   0   84.7   91   43   34   5   47   33  380   4   2  0     105
RP  Art Houtteman       19  23   3.42   7   2  0   9   9   7   2  110.7  106   51   42   6   36   58  469   0   1  0     111

    Rufe Gentry         29   1  81.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.3    1    3    3   0    2    0    4   0   0  0       5
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.8 158   3.57  85  69 18 158  81  77  15 1398.0 1382  642  555  79  531  648 6007  27  16  1     106
    Rank among 8 AL teams           4   2   7  5           1   1      2    4    4        3    1    2

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BSwift 97 401 45 5 6 .989 5 HWagner 71 275 22 3 3 .990 2 BTebbetts 20 95 15 0 3 1.000 1 HRiebe 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 158 773 82 8 12 .991 8 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.34 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RCullenbine 138 1184 139 15 111 .989 9.59 JMcHale 25 195 12 1 12 .995 8.28 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 1379 151 16 123 .990 9.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .978 5.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EMayo 142 326 365 12 80 .983 4.87 SWebb 30 52 74 1 9 .992 4.20 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 378 439 13 89 .984 5.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .959 2.91 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GKell 152 167 333 20 25 .962 3.29 JOutlaw 9 11 7 1 0 .947 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 178 340 21 25 .961 3.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .964 4.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ELake 158 268 441 43 94 .943 4.49 SWebb 6 0 4 1 1 .800 0.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 268 445 44 95 .942 4.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .979 2.35 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- HEvers 123 354 10 8 2 .978 2.96 0 123 0 PMullin 106 229 10 3 2 .988 2.25 0 0 106 DWakefield 101 197 10 11 2 .950 2.05 101 0 0 VWertz 83 160 6 6 0 .965 2.00 38 2 43 JOutlaw 37 58 0 1 0 .983 1.57 21 3 13 DCramer 35 79 3 3 0 .965 2.34 0 35 0 EMierkowicz 10 18 0 1 0 .947 1.80 10 0 0 JGroth 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 158 1100 39 33 6 .972 2.44 158 158 158 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .955 1.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HNewhouser 40 23 52 4 3 .949 2.37 FHutchinson 33 15 40 1 1 .982 2.25 DTrout 32 22 40 3 4 .954 3.00 VTrucks 36 13 22 2 0 .946 1.74 SOvermire 28 10 21 1 2 .969 1.98 ABenton 36 6 24 4 1 .882 2.03 AHoutteman 23 4 17 2 2 .913 1.71 HWhite 35 4 22 3 0 .897 2.76 JGorsica 31 9 12 0 1 1.000 3.28 RGentry 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 106 250 20 14 .947 2.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Kell .320 On-base % Cullenbine .401 Slugging % Evers .435 OPS Cullenbine .823 Games Lake 158 At Bats Lake 602 Plate Appearances (approx.) Lake 732 Runs Lake 96 Hits Kell 188 Total Bases Kell 242 Doubles Kell 29 Triples Lake and Mullin 6 Home Runs Cullenbine 24 RBI Kell 93 Bases on Balls Cullenbine 137 Strikeouts Mullin and Wertz 66 Stolen Bases Lake 11 Singles Kell 149 Adjusted OPS+ Cullenbine 126 Runs Created Kell 91 Adjusted Batting Runs Cullenbine 24 Batting Wins Cullenbine 2.4 Extra-Base Hits Mullin 49 Times on Base Kell 252 Offensive Win% Kell .631 Hit By Pitch Evers 6 Sac. Hits Evers 14 Grounded into Double Plays Mayo 16 Caught Stealing Kell 11 Power/Speed Number Lake 11.5 At Bats per Strikeout Kell 36.8 At Bats per Home Run Cullenbine 19.3 Outs Lake 508

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Newhouser 2.87 Wins Hutchinson 18 Won-Loss % Overmire .688 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Hutchinson 1.238 Hits Allowed/9IP Newhouser 8.46 Bases on Balls/9IP Hutchinson 2.50 Strikeouts/9IP Newhouser 5.56 Games Newhouser 40 Saves Benton 7 Innings Newhouser 285.0 Strikeouts Newhouser 176 Games Started Newhouser 36 Comp. Games Newhouser 24 Shutouts Hutchinson, Newhouser, and Overmire 3 Home Runs Allow. Hutchinson and Trucks 14 Bases On Balls Allow. Newhouser 110 Hits Allowed Newhouser 268 SO to Walk Hutchinson 1.85 Losses Newhouser 17 Earned Runs Allow. Newhouser and Trucks 91 Wild Pitches Newhouser 11 Hit Batsmen Trout 3 Batters Faced Newhouser 1216 Games Finished Gorsica 16 Adjusted ERA+ Newhouser 132

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George Kell (Starting 3B)
Pat Mullin
Hal Newhouser (Starting P)
Dizzy Trout

1946/1948

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