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1949 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948/1950) 87-67, Finished 4th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 751 runs, Allowed 655 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67 Managed by Red Rolfe Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,821,204 (3rd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 99   (one-year): Batting - 108, Pitching - 106   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: 1949 Stats (1948/1950) / 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  *Aaron Robinson      34  110  331   38   89  12  0  13   56  73   21  .269  .402  .423   0   2  13   1   6          118
1B *Paul Campbell       31   87  255   38   71  15  4   3   30  24   32  .278  .343  .404   3   3   1   1   7           97
2B  Neil Berry          27  109  329   38   78   9  1   0   18  27   24  .237  .299  .271   4   2  11   2   7           51
3B  George Kell         26  134  522   97  179  38  9   3   59  71   13  .343  .424  .467   7   5  17   3  16          136
SS  Johnny Lipon        26  127  439   57  110  14  6   3   59  75   24  .251  .362  .330   2   4  16   2   9           84
OF *Vic Wertz           24  155  608   96  185  26  6  20  133  80   61  .304  .385  .465   2   3  19   0   7          125
OF  Hoot Evers          28  132  432   68  131  21  6   7   72  70   38  .303  .403  .428   6   7  16   2   4          120
OF  Johnny Groth        22  103  348   60  102  19  5  11   73  65   27  .293  .407  .471   3   7  15   2   3          132
    Don Kolloway        30  126  483   71  142  19  3   2   47  49   25  .294  .361  .358   7   7  17   2   4           91
   *Pat Mullin          31  104  310   55   83   8  6  12   59  42   29  .268  .357  .448   1   2   5   1   4          112
    Eddie Lake          33   94  240   38   47   9  1   1   15  61   33  .196  .359  .254   2   8   5   0   6           64
    Bob Swift           34   74  189   16   45   6  0   2   18  26   20  .238  .330  .302   0   0   2   0   0           68
   *George Vico         25   67  142   15   27   5  2   4   18  21   17  .190  .311  .338   0   0   4   4   4           72
   *Dick Wakefield      28   59  126   17   26   3  1   6   19  32   24  .206  .367  .389   0   0   4   0   1          100
    Hank Riebe          27   17   33    1    6   2  0   0    2   0    5  .182  .182  .242   1   0   2   0   0           12
    Jimmy Outlaw        36    5    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   1   0   0           32
    Don Lund            26    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   *Bob Mavis           31    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0             
   *Earl Rapp           28    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0             

    Virgil Trucks       32   41  100    6   12   2  0   0    3   1   15  .120  .137  .140   0   0   4   1   5          -27
   *Hal Newhouser       28   38   91    8   18   3  0   0    6  12   19  .198  .291  .231   0   2   3   0  14           39
    Art Houtteman       21   36   78    8   19   2  0   0    7   1   14  .244  .253  .269   0   0   5   0   2           38
   *Fred Hutchinson     29   38   73   12   18   2  1   0    7   8    5  .247  .329  .301   1   0   4   1   4           67
   #Ted Gray            24   36   63    5    8   0  0   0    0   6   27  .127  .203  .127   0   0   0   0   3          -12
    Lou Kretlow         28   25   26    0    0   0  0   0    1   1   16  .000  .037  .000   0   0   0   0   1          -90
    Dizzy Trout         34   33   14    2    2   0  0   1    4   0    2  .143  .143  .357   0   0   0   0   0           30
    Marv Grissom        31   27    9    2    2   0  0   0    0   1    3  .222  .364  .222   0   0   0   1   0           57
   *Marlin Stuart       30   15    6    2    2   0  0   0    1   1    1  .333  .429  .333   0   0   0   0   0          103
    Stubby Overmire     30   14    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0           77
    Hal White           30   10    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0           77
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.0  155 5259  751 1405 215 51  88  707 751  502  .267  .359  .378  39  52 164  23 107          103
    Rank among 8 AL teams          2    3    2   2  4   5        3    6     3     2     4   6   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 *Hal Newhouser       28  38   3.36  18  11  1  35   3  22   3  292.0  277  118  109  19  111  144 1228   3   0  0     124
SP  Virgil Trucks       32  41   2.81  19  11  4  32   8  17   6  275.0  209   95   86  16  124  153 1133   3   4  0     148
SP *Ted Gray            24  34   3.51  10  10  1  27   5   8   3  195.0  163   83   76  11  103   96  844   7   5  0     118
SP  Art Houtteman       21  34   3.71  15  10  0  25   8  13   2  203.7  227  101   84  19   59   85  877   2   5  0     112
SP  Fred Hutchinson     29  33   2.96  15   7  1  21   5   9   4  188.7  167   70   62  18   52   54  762   5   1  0     141

RP  Dizzy Trout         34  33   4.40   3   6  3   0  24   0   0   59.3   68   35   29   2   21   19  261   1   0  0      94
RP  Marv Grissom        31  27   6.41   2   4  0   2   3   0   0   39.3   56   32   28   6   34   17  206   2   1  0      65
RP  Lou Kretlow         28  25   6.16   3   2  0  10   8   1   0   76.0   85   58   52   5   69   40  368   5   1  0      67
RP *Stubby Overmire     30  14   9.87   1   3  0   1   6   0   0   17.3   29   21   19   2    9    3   89   0   1  0      42

    Marlin Stuart       30  14   9.10   0   2  0   2   4   0   0   29.7   39   33   30   3   35   14  147   2   0  0      46
    Hal White           30   9   0.00   1   0  2   0   8   0   0   12.0    5    0    0   0    4    4   44   0   0  0        
    Saul Rogovin        25   5  14.29   0   1  0   0   3   0   0    5.7   13    9    9   1    7    2   35   0   0  0      29
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.8 155   3.77  87  67 12 155  85  70  19 1393.0 1338  655  584 102  628  631 5994  30  18  0     110
    Rank among 8 AL teams           3   4   5  6           3   1      1    3    3        5    2    2

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- ARobinson 108 458 44 7 9 .986 6 BSwift 69 232 26 3 6 .989 3 HRiebe 11 21 3 1 1 .960 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 711 73 11 16 .986 10 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 9.15 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PCampbell 74 561 38 7 67 .988 8.09 DKolloway 57 472 35 5 49 .990 8.89 GVico 53 372 32 6 36 .985 7.62 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1405 105 18 152 .988 9.76 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .974 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NBerry 95 225 234 14 56 .970 4.83 DKolloway 62 135 149 13 44 .956 4.58 ELake 19 25 31 2 6 .966 2.95 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 385 414 29 106 .965 5.16 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .960 2.95 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GKell 134 154 271 11 23 .975 3.17 ELake 18 17 22 0 3 1.000 2.17 DKolloway 7 6 12 0 1 1.000 2.57 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 177 305 11 27 .978 3.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .963 4.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JLipon 120 240 364 22 92 .965 5.03 ELake 38 71 114 8 28 .959 4.87 NBerry 4 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.25 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 313 481 30 120 .964 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .980 2.27 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- VWertz 155 302 14 6 4 .981 2.04 0 0 155 HEvers 123 319 12 2 2 .994 2.69 81 42 2 JGroth 99 247 8 9 3 .966 2.58 0 99 0 PMullin 79 169 4 2 0 .989 2.19 61 18 3 DWakefield 32 71 3 0 1 1.000 2.31 32 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1108 41 19 10 .984 2.47 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .962 2.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HNewhouser 38 7 69 3 3 .962 2.34 VTrucks 41 13 33 2 2 .958 1.51 AHoutteman 34 14 59 2 7 .973 3.23 TGray 34 9 37 0 3 1.000 2.12 FHutchinson 33 18 39 1 5 .983 2.72 LKretlow 25 2 23 2 1 .926 2.96 DTrout 33 4 19 3 4 .885 3.49 MGrissom 27 1 8 1 0 .900 2.06 MStuart 14 0 7 0 0 1.000 2.12 SOvermire 14 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.12 HWhite 9 1 5 0 0 1.000 4.50 SRogovin 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.58 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 71 304 14 25 .964 2.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 .343 On-base % Kell .424 Slugging % Kell .467 OPS Kell .891 Games Wertz 155 At Bats Wertz 608 Plate Appearances (approx.) Wertz 695 Runs Kell 97 Hits Wertz 185 Total Bases Wertz 283 Doubles Kell 38 Triples Kell 9 Home Runs Wertz 20 RBI Wertz 133 Bases on Balls Wertz 80 Strikeouts Wertz 61 Stolen Bases Kell and Kolloway 7 Singles Wertz 133 Adjusted OPS+ Kell 136 Runs Created Wertz 108 Adjusted Batting Runs Kell 30 Batting Wins Kell 2.9 Extra-Base Hits Wertz 52 Times on Base Wertz 265 Offensive Win% Kell .692 Hit By Pitch Vico 4 Sac. Hits Kell 16 Grounded into Double Plays Wertz 19 Caught Stealing Lake 8 Power/Speed Number Evers 6.5 At Bats per Strikeout Kell 40.2 At Bats per Home Run Wertz 30.4 Outs Wertz 452

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Trucks 2.81 Wins Trucks 19 Won-Loss % Hutchinson .682 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Hutchinson 1.161 Hits Allowed/9IP Trucks 6.84 Bases on Balls/9IP Hutchinson 2.48 Strikeouts/9IP Trucks 5.01 Games Trucks 41 Saves Trucks 4 Innings Newhouser 292.0 Strikeouts Trucks 153 Games Started Newhouser 35 Comp. Games Newhouser 22 Shutouts Trucks 6 Home Runs Allow. Houtteman and Newhouser 19 Bases On Balls Allow. Trucks 124 Hits Allowed Newhouser 277 SO to Walk Houtteman 1.44 Losses Newhouser and Trucks 11 Earned Runs Allow. Newhouser 109 Wild Pitches Gray 7 Hit Batsmen Gray and Houtteman 5 Batters Faced Newhouser 1228 Games Finished Trout 24 Adjusted ERA+ Trucks 148

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George Kell (Starting 3B)
Virgil Trucks
Vic Wertz

1948/1950

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