1943 Detroit Tigers Statistics

1942 Season 1944 Season

Record: 78-76-1, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Steve O'Neill (78-76-1)

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium

Attendance: 606,287 (2nd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 106
One-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102

Pythagorean W-L: 85-69, 632 Runs, 560 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Paul Richards	34	100	355	313	32	69	7	1	5	33	1	0	38	35	.220	.307	.297	.604	72	93	7	1	3		6
2	1B	Rudy York	29	155	661	571	90	155	22	11	34	118	5	5	84	88	.271	.366	.527	.893	153	301	22	1	5		9
3	2B	Jimmy Bloodworth	25	129	519	474	41	114	23	4	6	52	4	7	29	59	.241	.289	.344	.632	79	163	29	3	13		5
4	SS	Joe Hoover	28	144	640	575	78	140	15	8	4	38	6	5	36	101	.243	.289	.318	.607	73	183	10	1	28		1
5	3B	Pinky Higgins	34	138	592	523	63	145	20	1	10	84	2	5	57	31	.277	.349	.377	.726	106	197	17	1	11		3
6	OF	Doc Cramer*	37	140	651	606	79	182	18	4	1	43	4	3	31	13	.300	.335	.348	.684	94	211	8	1	13		2
7	OF	Dick Wakefield*	22	155	697	633	91	200	38	8	7	79	4	5	62	60	.316	.377	.434	.811	130	275	23	0	2		1
8	OF	Ned Harris*	26	114	411	354	43	90	14	3	6	32	6	8	47	29	.254	.343	.362	.705	100	128	6	1	9		5
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Don Ross	28	89	271	247	19	66	13	0	0	18	2	0	20	3	.267	.325	.320	.644	83	79	6	1	2		1
10	IF	Joe Wood	23	60	174	164	22	53	4	4	1	17	2	2	6	13	.323	.347	.415	.762	116	68	7	0	4		0
11	OF	Rip Radcliff*	37	70	133	115	3	30	4	0	0	10	1	1	13	3	.261	.341	.296	.637	82	34	3	1	4		3
12	C	Al Unser	30	38	118	101	14	25	5	0	0	4	0	1	15	15	.248	.350	.297	.647	85	30	3	1	1		0
13	C	Dixie Parsons	27	40	117	106	1	15	3	0	0	4	0	0	6	16	.142	.188	.170	.357	2	18	5	0	5		0
14	OF	Jimmy Outlaw	30	20	76	67	8	18	1	0	1	6	0	0	8	4	.269	.347	.328	.675	92	22	1	0	1		0
15	OF	Charlie Metro	25	44	44	40	12	8	0	0	0	2	1	1	3	6	.200	.256	.200	.456	30	8	1	0	1		0
16		John McHale*	21	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-26	0	0	0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
17	P	Dizzy Trout	28	45	97	91	9	20	5	0	1	6	2	0	2	8	.220	.237	.308	.544	54	28	1	0	4		0
18	P	Virgil Trucks	26	33	74	72	7	13	1	0	0	7	0	0	2	4	.181	.203	.194	.397	13	14	3	0	0		0
19	P	Tommy Bridges	36	25	73	64	4	14	3	0	0	3	0	0	5	14	.219	.275	.266	.541	54	17	2	0	4		0
20	P	Hal Newhouser*	22	37	72	65	4	12	2	0	0	5	0	0	3	8	.185	.221	.215	.436	24	14	0	0	4		0
21	P	Hal White	24	32	68	57	4	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	18	.140	.246	.140	.387	11	8	0	1	2		0
22	P	Stubby Overmire	24	29	52	42	1	7	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	7	.167	.255	.214	.470	34	9	1	0	5		0
23	P	Prince Oana	33	20	27	26	5	10	2	1	1	7	0	0	1	2	.385	.407	.654	1.061	200	17	2	0	0		0
24	P	Johnny Gorsica	28	36	26	23	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.174	.208	.261	.469	33	6	0	0	2		0
25	P	Roy Henshaw	31	26	18	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	-37	2	2	0	0		0
26	P	Rufe Gentry	25	4	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.091	.000	.091	-73	0	0	0	0		0
27	P	Joe Orrell	26	10	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	42	1	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	29.0	155	5985	5364	632	1401	200	47	77	572	40	43	483	552	.261	.324	.359	.683	94	1926	159	13	123		36
		Rank in 8 AL teams				2	3	1	6	3	3		7	2	7	3	1	4	2	2		2		7
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.2	155	5463	4892	596	1310	187	44	75	540	38	43	456	477	.268	.332	.370	.702	99	1810	148	12	102		36
		Pitcher Totals	27.4	155	522	472	36	91	13	3	2	32	2	0	27	75	.193	.238	.246	.484	38	116	11	1	21		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Dizzy Trout	28	20	12	.625	2.48	44	30	14	18	5	6	246.2	204	83	68	6	101	4	111	0	0	6	1019	141	3.30	1.236	7.4	0.2	3.7	4.1	1.10
2	SP	Virgil Trucks	26	16	10	.615	2.84	33	25	6	10	2	2	202.2	170	72	64	11	52	4	118	1	1	1	817	123	2.98	1.095	7.5	0.5	2.3	5.2	2.27
3	SP	Hal Newhouser*	22	8	17	.320	3.04	37	25	9	10	1	1	195.2	163	88	66	3	111	1	144	0	1	3	850	115	3.08	1.400	7.5	0.1	5.1	6.6	1.30
4	SP	Tommy Bridges	36	12	7	.632	2.39	25	22	3	11	3	0	191.2	159	57	51	9	61	2	124	0	0	3	774	146	2.93	1.148	7.5	0.4	2.9	5.8	2.03
5	SP	Hal White	24	7	12	.368	3.39	32	24	4	7	2	2	177.2	150	84	67	6	71	3	58	1	0	1	738	103	3.66	1.244	7.6	0.3	3.6	2.9	0.82
6	SP	Stubby Overmire*	24	7	6	.538	3.18	29	18	7	8	3	1	147.0	135	56	52	5	38	4	48	1	0	3	604	110	3.24	1.177	8.3	0.3	2.3	2.9	1.26
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Johnny Gorsica	28	4	5	.444	3.36	35	4	18	1	0	5	96.1	88	43	36	3	40	3	45	2	1	2	406	104	3.43	1.329	8.2	0.3	3.7	4.2	1.13
8	RP	Roy Henshaw*	31	0	2	.000	3.79	26	3	12	0	0	2	71.1	75	35	30	2	33	2	33	3	0	0	319	93	3.61	1.514	9.5	0.3	4.2	4.2	1.00
9	RP	Prince Oana	33	3	2	.600	4.50	10	0	7	0	0	0	34.0	34	21	17	4	19	0	15	2	0	0	155	79	5.15	1.559	9.0	1.1	5.0	4.0	0.79
10	RP	Joe Orrell	26	0	0		3.72	10	0	8	0	0	1	19.1	18	9	8	0	11	0	2	2	0	1	84	96	4.46	1.500	8.4	0.0	5.1	0.9	0.18
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Rufe Gentry	25	1	3	.250	3.68	4	4	0	2	0	0	29.1	30	12	12	2	12	0	8	2	0	0	126	96	4.43	1.432	9.2	0.6	3.7	2.5	0.67
		Team Totals	27.2	78	76	.506	3.00	155	155	88	67	16	20	1411.2	1226	560	471	51	549	23	706	14	3	20	5892	117	3.32	1.257	7.8	0.3	3.5	4.5	1.29
		Rank in 8 AL teams		5	4		2				4	1	2	3	1	2	2	2	6		1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W