1948 Detroit Tigers Statistics and Roster

Baseball may be over, but check out our Football, Basketball, and Hockey Sites.


Quick Index: Play Index \| Players \| Teams \| Leagues \| Managers \| Leaders \| Awards \| Postseason \| Box Scores \| Minors \| Draft SportingNews.com \| Stat of the Day \| SR Blog \| Tutorial Videos \| All-Star \| Travel \| Bullpen Wiki \| Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Detroit Tigers > 1948 Statistics and Roster

1948 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947/1949)
78-76, Finished 5th in American League
View League Standings and Leaders
Scored 700 runs, Allowed 726 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-80
Managed by Steve O'Neill

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,743,035 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 97
  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?)

Play free baseball sim games

Promote your website or business by sponsoring this page for $10 on Baseball-Reference.com.

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 Stats (1947/1949) / Schedule / Transactions

Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.

Team Batting Glossary

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           33  113  292   23   65   6  0   4   33  51   29  .223  .338  .284   1   0   9   0  13           64
1B *George Vico         24  144  521   50  139  23  9   8   58  39   39  .267  .326  .392   2   2  23   7  17           88
2B *Eddie Mayo          38  106  370   35   92  20  1   2   42  30   19  .249  .310  .324   1   9  12   3  18           67
3B  George Kell         25   92  368   47  112  24  3   2   44  33   15  .304  .369  .402   2   2  10   5   8          103
SS  Johnny Lipon        25  121  458   65  133  18  8   5   52  68   22  .290  .384  .397   4   4   9   2  13          106
OF  Hoot Evers          27  139  538   81  169  33  6  10  103  51   31  .314  .378  .454   3   4  16   4  13          118
OF *Pat Mullin          30  138  496   91  143  16 11  23   80  77   57  .288  .385  .504   1   2   5   1   1          132
OF *Vic Wertz           23  119  391   49   97  19  9   7   67  48   70  .248  .335  .396   0   0   5   3   6           92
   *Dick Wakefield      27  110  322   50   89  20  5  11   53  70   55  .276  .406  .472   0   1   6   0   1          130
    Neil Berry          26   87  256   46   68   8  1   0   16  37   23  .266  .358  .305   1   3   4   0   8           75
    Eddie Lake          32   64  198   51   52   6  0   2   18  57   20  .263  .427  .323   3   3   4   0   9           99
    Jimmy Outlaw        35   74  198   33   56  12  0   0   25  31   15  .283  .383  .343   0   1   8   1   1           92
   *Hal Wagner          32   54  109   10   22   3  0   0   10  20   11  .202  .326  .229   1   0   2   0   3           47
   *Paul Campbell       30   59   83   15   22   1  1   1   11   1   10  .265  .274  .337   0   0   0   0   1           60
    Hank Riebe          26   25   62    0   12   0  0   0    5   3    5  .194  .231  .194   0   1   3   0   0           12
   *Joe Ginsberg        21   11   36    7   13   0  0   0    1   3    1  .361  .410  .361   0   0   1   0   0          104
    Johnny Groth        21    6   17    3    8   3  0   1    5   1    1  .471  .500  .824   0   0   0   0   0          244
   *Johnny Bero         25    4    9    2    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .100  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -72
    Ed Mierkowicz       24    3    5    0    1   0  0   0    1   2    2  .200  .429  .200   0   0   1   0   0           68
   *Doc Cramer          42    4    4    1    0   0  0   0    1   3    0  .000  .429  .000   0   0   0   0   0           18
   *John McHale         26    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

   *Fred Hutchinson     28   76  112   11   23   1  0   1   12  22    9  .205  .341  .241   3   0   3   1   2           54
   *Hal Newhouser       27   39   92    6   19   0  1   0    6  10   14  .207  .284  .228   0   0   1   0   6           36
    Virgil Trucks       31   43   79    6   13   0  1   0    2   2   14  .165  .185  .190   0   0   5   0   2           -1
    Dizzy Trout         33   32   69    6   15   3  0   1    2   5   14  .217  .270  .304   0   0   2   0   2           51
    Art Houtteman       20   43   56    2   11   0  0   0    7   0    2  .196  .196  .196   0   0   1   0   1            3
   #Ted Gray            23   26   29    2    7   1  0   0    1   2    7  .241  .290  .276   0   0   2   0   2           49
   *Billy Pierce        21   22   17    5    5   0  2   0    2   0    4  .294  .294  .529   0   0   0   0   0          114
    Stubby Overmire     29   37   14    0    1   0  0   0    1   2    1  .071  .188  .071   0   0   2   0   0          -30
    Hal White           29   27   13    1    2   1  0   0    1   2    6  .154  .267  .231   0   0   0   0   0           31
    Al Benton           37   30   11    1    2   1  0   0    1   0    6  .182  .182  .273   0   0   0   0   2           18
    Lou Kretlow         27    5    8    0    4   0  0   0    1   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   1          163
    Rufe Gentry         30    4    1    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0          426
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1  154 5235  700 1396 219 58  78  661 671  504  .267  .350  .375  22  32 134  27 130           97
    Rank among 8 AL teams          5    5    5   6  4   4        3    7     5     5     5   8   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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.

Team Pitching Glossary

    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       27  39   3.01  21  12  1  35   4  19   2  272.3  249  109   91  10   99  143 1146   5   1  0     145
SP  Fred Hutchinson     28  33   4.32  13  11  0  28   3  15   0  221.0  223  119  106  32   48   92  925   2   1  0     101
SP  Virgil Trucks       31  43   3.78  14  13  2  26   9   7   0  211.7  190   97   89  14   85  123  901   7   2  1     115
SP  Dizzy Trout         33  32   3.43  10  14  2  23   6  11   2  183.7  193   87   70   6   73   91  803   3   2  1     127

CL  Art Houtteman       20  43   4.66   2  16 10  20  15   4   0  164.3  186  101   85  11   52   74  716   3   2  0      94
RP *Stubby Overmire     29  37   5.97   3   4  3   4  16   0   0   66.3   89   48   44   5   31   14  313   3   0  0      73
RP  Al Benton           37  30   5.68   2   2  3   0  10   0   0   44.3   45   34   28   4   36   18  210   1   1  0      77
RP  Hal White           29  27   6.12   2   1  1   0  12   0   0   42.7   46   31   29   2   26   17  198   2   1  0      71
RP *Billy Pierce        21  22   6.34   3   0  0   5   9   0   0   55.3   47   40   39   5   51   36  258   1   1  0      69

   *Ted Gray            23  26   4.22   6   2  0  11   6   3   1   85.3   73   43   40   2   72   60  392   4   3  0     104
    Lou Kretlow         27   5   4.63   2   1  0   2   2   1   0   23.3   21   14   12   1   11    9  101   0   0  0      94
    Rufe Gentry         30   4   2.70   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    6.7    5    2    2   0    5    1   30   0   1  0     162
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.6 154   4.15  78  76 22 154  94  60   5 1377.0 1367  726  635  92  589  678 5993  31  15  2     105
    Rank among 8 AL teams           3   5   4  4           5   5      3    3    4        6    1    1

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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BSwift 112 476 55 5 13 .991 10 HWagner 52 162 12 2 4 .989 1 HRiebe 24 90 6 0 1 1.000 2 JGinsberg 11 46 4 3 3 .943 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 774 77 10 21 .988 13 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GVico 142 1169 85 15 112 .988 8.83 PCampbell 27 172 18 6 11 .969 7.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1341 103 21 123 .986 9.44 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 5.39 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EMayo 86 202 223 11 48 .975 4.94 ELake 45 110 132 7 31 .972 5.38 NBerry 26 71 79 3 15 .980 5.77 JBero 2 5 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 JLipon 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 388 437 21 94 .975 5.39 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .958 2.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GKell 92 108 146 8 15 .969 2.76 JOutlaw 47 39 87 11 8 .920 2.68 ELake 17 12 15 1 0 .964 1.59 EMayo 10 9 19 0 1 1.000 2.80 JLipon 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 169 268 20 24 .956 2.86 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .964 4.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JLipon 117 211 346 17 63 .970 4.76 NBerry 41 67 120 14 31 .930 4.56 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 278 466 31 94 .960 4.86 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .975 2.36 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- HEvers 138 392 8 11 0 .973 2.90 0 138 0 PMullin 131 274 7 8 0 .972 2.15 0 10 123 VWertz 98 196 11 10 3 .954 2.11 64 1 36 DWakefield 86 198 3 11 1 .948 2.34 86 0 0 JOutlaw 13 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.54 10 0 3 JGroth 4 8 1 1 1 .900 2.25 0 4 0 DCramer 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 1 0 EMierkowicz 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1093 31 41 5 .965 2.45 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .963 2.02 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HNewhouser 39 11 52 1 5 .984 2.08 FHutchinson 33 19 45 0 5 1.000 2.61 VTrucks 43 13 28 0 1 1.000 1.74 DTrout 32 11 37 5 7 .906 2.35 AHoutteman 43 9 47 4 5 .933 3.07 TGray 26 3 11 0 1 1.000 1.48 SOvermire 37 6 16 0 1 1.000 2.99 BPierce 22 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.79 ABenton 30 2 8 1 1 .909 2.03 HWhite 27 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.26 LKretlow 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.93 RGentry 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.69 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 80 262 11 26 .969 2.24 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.

Team Leaders
Glossary - Select a player to see their individual page.

Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Evers .314

On-base % Mullin .385

Slugging % Mullin .504

OPS Mullin .889

Games Vico 144

At Bats Evers 538

Plate Appearances (approx.) Evers 606

Runs Mullin 91

Hits Evers 169

Total Bases Mullin 250

Doubles Evers 33

Triples Mullin 11

Home Runs Mullin 23

RBI Evers 103

Bases on Balls Mullin 77

Strikeouts Wertz 70

Stolen Bases Lipon 4

Singles Evers 120

Adjusted OPS+ Mullin 132

Runs Created Mullin 95

Adjusted Batting Runs Mullin 21

Batting Wins Mullin 2.1

Extra-Base Hits Mullin 50

Times on Base Evers 224

Offensive Win% Mullin .683

Hit By Pitch Vico 7

Sac. Hits Mayo 18

Grounded into Double Plays Vico 23

Caught Stealing Mayo 9

Power/Speed Number Evers 4.6

At Bats per Strikeout Lipon 20.8

At Bats per Home Run Mullin 21.6

Outs Vico 424

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Newhouser 3.01

Wins Newhouser 21

Won-Loss % Newhouser .636

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Hutchinson 1.226

Hits Allowed/9IP Trucks 8.08

Bases on Balls/9IP Hutchinson 1.95

Strikeouts/9IP Trucks 5.23

Games Houtteman and Trucks 43

Saves Houtteman 10

Innings Newhouser 272.3

Strikeouts Newhouser 143

Games Started Newhouser 35

Comp. Games Newhouser 19

Shutouts Newhouser and Trout 2

Home Runs Allow. Hutchinson 32

Bases On Balls Allow. Newhouser 99

Hits Allowed Newhouser 249

SO to Walk Hutchinson 1.92

Losses Houtteman 16

Earned Runs Allow. Hutchinson 106

Wild Pitches Trucks 7

Hit Batsmen Gray 3

Batters Faced Newhouser 1146

Games Finished Overmire 16

Adjusted ERA+ Newhouser 145

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Hoot Evers (Starting CF)
George Kell
Pat Mullin (Starting RF)
Hal Newhouser

1947/1949

Compare Other Links@google.com Report an error

Pages Updated through October 30,2008. Pages designed and created by Baseball-Reference part of Sports Reference, Inc. (Copyright ©2000-2007). Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Detroit Tigers > 1948 Statistics and Roster
Quick Index: Play Index \| Players \| Teams \| Leagues \| Managers \| Leaders \| Awards \| Postseason \| Box Scores \| Minors \| Draft SportingNews.com \| Stat of the Day \| SR Blog \| Tutorial Videos \| All-Star \| Travel \| Bullpen Wiki \| Random

Stats updated through October 30, 2008.

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.