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1952 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951/1953) 50-104, Finished 8th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 557 runs, Allowed 738 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-96 Managed by Red Rolfe and Fred Hutchinson Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,026,846 (5th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 103   (one-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 103   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives 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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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  *Joe Ginsberg        25  113  307   29   68  13  2   6   36  51   21  .221  .338  .336   1   1   9   3   3           87
1B  Walt Dropo          29  115  459   56  128  17  3  23   70  26   63  .279  .320  .479   2   2  17   2   1          120
2B  Jerry Priddy        32   75  279   37   79  23  3   4   20  42   29  .283  .379  .430   1   8   4   1   1          124
3B *Fred Hatfield       27  112  441   42  104  12  2   2   25  35   52  .236  .301  .286   2   2  13   6   7           63
SS  Neil Berry          30   73  189   22   43   4  3   0   13  22   19  .228  .311  .280   1   3   3   1   4           65
OF  Johnny Groth        25  141  524   56  149  22  2   4   51  51   39  .284  .348  .357   2  10  11   0   5           96
OF *Vic Wertz           27   85  285   46   70  15  3  17   51  46   44  .246  .352  .498   1   0   6   1   0          134
OF *Pat Mullin          34   97  255   29   64  13  5   7   35  31   30  .251  .332  .424   4   2   9   0   3          108
    Steve Souchock      33   92  265   40   66  16  4  13   45  21   28  .249  .304  .487   1   0  17   0   0          117
    Al Federoff         27   74  231   14   56   4  2   0   14  16   13  .242  .294  .277   1   0   4   1   7           59
   *Cliff Mapes         30   86  193   26   38   7  0   9   23  27   42  .197  .295  .373   0   1   2   0   1           84
   *Johnny Pesky        32   69  177   26   45   4  0   1    9  41   11  .254  .394  .294   1   2   2   0   5           93
    Matt Batts          30   56  173   11   41   4  1   3   13  14   22  .237  .298  .324   1   0   5   1   2           72
    Don Kolloway        33   65  173   19   42   9  0   2   21   7   19  .243  .280  .329   0   2   5   2   4           69
    George Kell         29   39  152   11   45   8  0   1   17  15   13  .296  .359  .368   0   1   2   0   4          102
    Don Lenhardt        29   45  144   18   27   2  1   3   13  28   18  .188  .320  .278   0   1   5   0   2           67
    Johnny Lipon        29   39  136   17   30   4  2   0   12  16    6  .221  .303  .279   3   1   3   0   2           62
   *Jim Delsing         26   33  113   14   31   2  1   3   15  11    8  .274  .344  .389   1   0   1   1   2          103
    Harvey Kuenn        21   19   80    2   26   2  2   0    8   2    1  .325  .349  .400   2   1   3   1   2          107
    Bob Swift           37   28   58    3    8   1  0   0    4   7    7  .138  .242  .155   0   0   5   1   0           12
   *Russ Sullivan       29   15   52    7   17   2  1   3    5   3    5  .327  .375  .577   1   0   0   1   0          161
   *Johnny Hopp         35   42   46    5   10   1  0   0    3   6    7  .217  .308  .239   0   0   1   0   1           53
   #George Lerchen      29   14   32    1    5   1  0   1    3   7   10  .156  .308  .281   1   0   1   0   0           64
    Bill Tuttle         22    7   25    2    6   0  0   0    2   0    1  .240  .240  .240   0   0   2   0   0           33
    Don Lund            29    8   23    1    7   0  0   0    1   3    3  .304  .385  .304   0   1   0   0   0           93
   *Ben Taylor          27    7   18    0    3   0  0   0    0   0    5  .167  .167  .167   0   0   1   0   0           -7
   *Carl Linhart        22    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0         -100
    Hoot Evers          31    1    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0          456
    Alex Garbowski      27    2    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0             

   #Ted Gray            27   36   76    3   13   0  0   0    2   1   19  .171  .192  .171   0   0   0   1   8            1
    Art Houtteman       24   36   69    2    7   0  0   0    2   2   10  .101  .127  .101   0   0   4   0   6          -36
    Virgil Trucks       35   35   64    3   12   0  0   1    3   1   11  .188  .200  .234   1   0   2   0   2           20
   *Bill Wight          30   23   50    2   11   2  0   0    4   1    7  .220  .235  .260   0   0   1   0   2           37
   *Hal Newhouser       31   26   46    5   10   1  0   0    4  10    9  .217  .357  .239   0   0   2   0   1           67
   *Billy Hoeft         20   34   40    3    6   1  0   0    1   2   15  .150  .190  .175   0   0   1   0   1            2
   *Marlin Stuart       33   30   23    3    2   0  0   0    2   3    6  .087  .192  .087   0   0   1   0   3          -21
   *Fred Hutchinson     32   17   18    0    1   0  0   0    0   3    0  .056  .190  .056   0   0   1   0   0          -30
    Hal White           33   41   11    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    5  .182  .182  .182   0   0   1   0   0            1
    Dizzy Trout         37   10    9    1    3   0  0   0    0   0    3  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   1           85
   *Dick Littlefield    26   28    7    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   0          -21
    Bud Black           19    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0         -100
   *Ken Johnson         29    9    3    0    1   0  0   0    2   0    0  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0           85
    Ned Garver          26    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0           -2
    Dave Madison        31   10    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0           -2
    Dick Marlowe        23    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.9  156 5258  557 1278 190 37 103  529 553  605  .243  .315  .352  27  38 146  23  80           92
    Rank among 8 AL teams          6    8    8   8  6   4        5    6     7     7     6   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.

    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 *Ted Gray            27  35   4.14  12  17  0  32   2  13   2  224.0  212  118  103  21  101  138  967   4   3  0      91
SP  Virgil Trucks       35  35   3.97   5  19  1  29   5   8   3  197.0  190   99   87  12   82  129  858   5   7  1      95
SP  Art Houtteman       24  35   4.36   8  20  1  28   5  10   2  221.0  218  116  107  19   65  109  945   3   5  0      87
SP *Hal Newhouser       31  25   3.74   9   9  0  19   2   8   0  154.0  148   72   64  13   47   57  643   3   0  0     101
SP *Bill Wight          30  23   3.88   5   9  0  19   0   8   3  143.7  167   71   62   7   55   65  637   5   0  3      97

CL  Hal White           33  41   3.69   1   8  5   0  31   0   0   63.3   53   29   26   1   39   18  270   2   0  0     102
RP *Dick Littlefield    26  28   4.34   0   3  1   1  17   0   0   47.7   46   24   23   4   25   32  212   2   0  0      87
RP *Billy Hoeft         20  34   4.32   2   7  4  10   9   1   0  125.0  123   66   60  14   63   67  553   5   5  0      88
RP  Marlin Stuart       33  30   4.93   3   2  1   9  12   2   0   91.3   91   60   50   8   48   32  405   3   3  0      77
RP  Fred Hutchinson     32  12   3.38   2   1  0   1   6   0   0   37.3   40   16   14   4    9   12  157   0   1  0     112

    Dizzy Trout         37  10   5.33   1   5  1   2   4   0   0   27.0   30   16   16   4   19   20  128   2   0  0      71
    Dave Madison        31  10   7.80   1   1  0   1   5   0   0   15.0   16   14   13   1   10    7   66   1   1  0      49
   *Ken Johnson         29   9   6.35   0   0  0   1   6   0   0   11.3   12   11    8   1   11   10   55   1   0  0      60
    Dick Marlowe        23   4   7.36   0   2  0   1   1   0   0   11.0   21   10    9   1    3    3   53   0   0  0      51
    Ned Garver          26   1   2.00   1   0  0   1   0   1   0    9.0    9    2    2   1    3    3   37   0   0  0     189
    Bud Black           19   2  10.13   0   1  0   2   0   0   0    8.0   14   11    9   0    5    0   42   0   0  0      37
    Wayne McLeland      27   4  10.13   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.7    4    3    3   0    6    0   18   1   0  0      37
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.9 156   4.25  50 104 14 156 105  51  10 1388.0 1394  738  655 111  591  702 6046  37  25  4      89
    Rank among 8 AL teams           8   8   1  8           7   5      5    6    8        6    6    2

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JGinsberg 101 442 41 8 7 .984 8 MBatts 55 262 36 5 4 .983 4 BSwift 28 118 12 3 1 .977 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 156 822 89 16 12 .983 13 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .988 8.88 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WDropo 115 1005 78 12 104 .989 9.42 DKolloway 32 252 28 6 15 .979 8.75 SSouchock 9 81 6 1 4 .989 9.67 BTaylor 4 36 2 0 4 1.000 9.50 JHopp 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 1375 114 19 127 .987 9.65 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .978 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JPriddy 75 211 209 14 48 .968 5.60 AFederoff 70 136 184 8 42 .976 4.57 JPesky 22 27 36 2 12 .969 2.86 DKolloway 8 14 16 1 4 .968 3.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 388 445 25 106 .971 5.40 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .953 2.98 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FHatfield 107 114 253 12 32 .968 3.43 GKell 39 38 78 5 7 .959 2.97 SSouchock 13 11 21 3 1 .914 2.46 JPesky 3 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.33 NBerry 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 166 359 20 40 .963 3.40 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .962 4.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NBerry 66 90 158 9 26 .965 3.76 JPesky 41 78 101 9 25 .952 4.37 JLipon 39 80 101 4 12 .978 4.64 HKuenn 19 44 57 4 12 .962 5.32 FHatfield 9 11 13 2 3 .923 2.67 AFederoff 7 12 19 1 3 .969 4.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 315 449 29 81 .963 4.95 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .980 2.18 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JGroth 139 329 14 5 3 .986 2.47 2 137 0 VWertz 79 134 8 2 3 .986 1.80 0 0 79 PMullin 65 131 6 3 2 .979 2.11 60 2 5 CMapes 63 86 3 3 1 .967 1.41 5 18 43 SSouchock 56 103 4 4 2 .964 1.91 16 1 41 DLenhardt 43 89 5 1 1 .989 2.19 43 0 0 JDelsing 32 67 1 3 0 .958 2.12 32 0 0 RSullivan 14 17 2 4 0 .826 1.36 6 0 9 GLerchen 7 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 0 3 4 DLund 7 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.57 0 0 7 BTuttle 6 19 0 0 0 1.000 3.17 3 3 0 JHopp 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 4 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 156 1006 44 25 12 .977 2.27 156 156 156 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .966 2.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TGray 35 14 40 2 3 .964 2.17 AHoutteman 35 16 40 1 3 .982 2.28 VTrucks 35 21 37 2 1 .967 2.65 HNewhouser 25 10 31 3 2 .932 2.40 BWight 23 4 40 3 0 .936 2.76 BHoeft 34 5 25 2 4 .937 2.16 MStuart 30 7 16 3 0 .885 2.27 HWhite 41 3 18 0 0 1.000 2.99 DLittlefiel 28 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.13 FHutchinson 12 1 15 0 1 1.000 3.86 DTrout 10 4 7 1 0 .917 3.67 DMadison 10 0 1 1 1 .500 0.60 KJohnson 9 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.39 DMarlowe 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 NGarver 1 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.00 BBlack 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 WMcLeland 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 93 278 18 16 .954 2.41 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Groth .284 On-base % Groth .348 Slugging % Dropo .479 OPS Dropo .799 Games Groth 141 At Bats Groth 524 Plate Appearances (approx.) Groth 580 Runs Dropo and Groth 56 Hits Groth 149 Total Bases Dropo 220 Doubles Priddy 23 Triples Mullin 5 Home Runs Dropo 23 RBI Dropo 70 Bases on Balls Ginsberg and Groth 51 Strikeouts Dropo 63 Stolen Bases Mullin 4 Singles Groth 121 Adjusted OPS+ Dropo 120 Runs Created Dropo 69 Adjusted Batting Runs Wertz 13 Batting Wins Wertz 1.3 Extra-Base Hits Dropo 43 Times on Base Groth 200 Offensive Win% Dropo .611 Hit By Pitch Hatfield 6 Sac. Hits Gray 8 Grounded into Double Plays Dropo and Souchock 17 Caught Stealing Groth 10 Power/Speed Number Mullin 5.1 At Bats per Strikeout Groth 13.4 At Bats per Home Run Dropo 20.0 Outs Groth 401

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Newhouser 3.74 Wins Gray 12 Won-Loss % Newhouser .500 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Newhouser 1.266 Hits Allowed/9IP Gray 8.52 Bases on Balls/9IP Houtteman 2.65 Strikeouts/9IP Trucks 5.89 Games White 41 Saves White 5 Innings Gray 224.0 Strikeouts Gray 138 Games Started Gray 32 Comp. Games Gray 13 Shutouts Trucks and Wight 3 Home Runs Allow. Gray 21 Bases On Balls Allow. Gray 101 Hits Allowed Houtteman 218 SO to Walk Houtteman 1.68 Losses Houtteman 20 Earned Runs Allow. Houtteman 107 Wild Pitches Hoeft, Trucks, and Wight 5 Hit Batsmen Trucks 7 Batters Faced Gray 967 Games Finished White 31 Adjusted ERA+ Newhouser 101

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