1946 Detroit Tigers Statistics

1945 Season 1947 Season

Record: 92-62-1, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Steve O'Neill (92-62-1)

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium

Attendance: 1,722,590 (2nd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 105
One-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 107

Pythagorean W-L: 92-62, 704 Runs, 567 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	Birdie Tebbetts	33	87	312	280	20	68	11	2	1	34	1	3	28	23	.243	.312	.307	.619	68	86	10	0	4		5
2	1B	Hank Greenberg	35	142	604	523	90	145	29	5	44	127	5	1	80	88	.277	.373	.604	.977	162	316	17	0	1		7
3	2B	Jimmy Bloodworth	28	76	271	249	25	61	8	1	5	36	3	3	12	26	.245	.285	.345	.631	71	86	10	2	8		1
4	SS	Eddie Lake	30	155	705	587	108	149	24	1	8	31	15	9	103	69	.254	.369	.339	.708	93	199	8	4	9		2
5	3B	George Kell	23	105	477	434	66	142	19	9	4	41	3	2	30	14	.327	.371	.440	.811	119	191	11	0	13		0
6	OF	Hoot Evers	25	81	341	304	42	81	8	4	4	33	7	1	34	43	.266	.344	.359	.703	91	109	5	2	1		0
7	OF	Dick Wakefield*	25	111	458	396	64	106	11	5	12	59	3	5	59	55	.268	.364	.412	.776	110	163	5	1	2		4
8	OF	Roy Cullenbine#	32	113	419	328	63	110	21	0	15	56	3	0	88	39	.335	.477	.537	1.014	175	176	5	1	2		1
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	UT	Jimmy Outlaw	33	92	337	299	36	78	14	2	2	31	5	4	29	24	.261	.328	.341	.669	82	102	10	1	8		2
10	OF	Pat Mullin*	28	93	306	276	35	68	13	4	3	35	3	5	25	36	.246	.311	.355	.666	81	98	4	1	4		2
11	OF	Doc Cramer*	40	68	224	204	26	60	8	2	1	26	3	0	15	8	.294	.342	.368	.710	93	75	6	0	5		1
12	2B	Eddie Mayo*	36	51	220	202	21	51	9	2	0	22	6	2	14	12	.252	.301	.317	.618	68	64	7	0	4		1
13	2B	Skeeter Webb	36	64	181	169	11	37	1	1	0	17	3	3	9	18	.219	.258	.237	.495	35	40	5	0	3		0
14	C	Paul Richards	37	57	167	139	13	28	5	2	0	11	2	0	23	18	.201	.315	.266	.581	59	37	7	0	5		4
15	OF	Anse Moore*	28	51	148	134	16	28	4	0	1	8	1	1	12	9	.209	.279	.261	.540	47	35	1	1	1		1
16	C	Bob Swift	31	42	124	107	13	25	2	0	2	10	0	0	14	7	.234	.322	.308	.631	72	33	4	0	3		0
17	OF	Barney McCosky*	29	25	109	91	11	18	5	0	1	11	0	0	17	9	.198	.324	.286	.610	66	26	2	0	1		2
18	3B	Pinky Higgins	37	18	66	60	2	13	3	1	0	8	0	1	5	6	.217	.277	.300	.577	57	18	1	0	1		2
19	SS	Johnny Lipon	23	14	25	20	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	3	.300	.440	.300	.740	104	6	0	0	0		0
20	OF	Johnny Groth	19	4	9	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
21	2B	Billy Hitchcock	29	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-28	0	0	0	0		0
22		Ned Harris*	29	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
23	P	Hal Newhouser*	25	37	117	103	6	13	3	0	2	11	1	0	6	27	.126	.174	.214	.388	5	22	1	0	8		0
24	P	Dizzy Trout	31	40	111	103	7	20	3	0	3	10	1	1	4	34	.194	.224	.311	.535	44	32	1	0	4		0
25	P	Fred Hutchinson*	26	40	97	89	11	28	4	0	0	13	0	0	6	1	.315	.358	.360	.717	95	32	1	0	2		0
26	P	Virgil Trucks	29	32	97	95	4	17	4	0	0	5	0	0	0	13	.179	.179	.221	.400	8	21	4	0	2		0
27	P	Al Benton	35	28	54	49	3	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	.184	.184	.204	.388	5	10	0	0	5		0
28	P	Stubby Overmire	27	24	39	33	4	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	.152	.200	.152	.352	-4	5	0	0	4		0
29	P	Hal White	27	11	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2		0
30	P	George Caster	38	26	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-22	1	0	0	1		0
31	P	Tommy Bridges	39	9	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.400	.000	.400	15	0	0	0	0		0
32	P	Lou Kretlow	25	1	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	236	3	0	0	0		0
33	P	Ted Gray#	21	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-28	0	0	0	0		0
34	P	Art Houtteman	18	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	172	1	0	0	1		0
35	P	Johnny Gorsica	31	14	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	348	3	0	0	0		0
36	P	Hal Manders	29	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	172	1	0	0	0		0
37	P	Rufe Gentry	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	30.4	155	6061	5318	704	1373	212	41	108	644	65	41	624	616	.258	.338	.374	.712	93	1991	125	13	104		35
		Rank in 8 AL teams				3	2	3	6	8	3		2	5	3	3	3	2	3	3		2		6
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.6	155	5508	4815	666	1274	195	41	103	597	63	40	603	510	.265	.348	.386	.734	99	1860	118	13	75		35
		Pitcher Totals	28.5	155	553	503	38	99	17	0	5	47	2	1	21	106	.197	.229	.260	.489	33	131	7	0	29		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	Hal Newhouser*	25	26	9	.743	1.94	37	34	2	29	6	1	292.2	215	77	63	10	98	3	275	1	0	8	1176	190	2.16	1.069	6.6	0.3	3.0	8.5	2.81
2	SP	Dizzy Trout	31	17	13	.567	2.34	38	32	6	23	5	3	276.1	244	85	72	11	97	5	151	3	1	2	1142	157	3.09	1.234	7.9	0.4	3.2	4.9	1.56
3	SP	Virgil Trucks	29	14	9	.609	3.23	32	29	1	15	2	0	236.2	217	94	85	23	75	2	161	3	0	5	992	114	3.47	1.234	8.3	0.9	2.9	6.1	2.15
4	SP	Fred Hutchinson	26	14	11	.560	3.09	28	26	2	16	3	2	207.0	184	78	71	14	66	4	138	0	1	0	853	119	3.09	1.208	8.0	0.6	2.9	6.0	2.09
5	SP	Al Benton	35	11	7	.611	3.65	28	15	6	6	1	1	140.2	132	69	57	9	58	4	60	1	0	2	606	101	3.82	1.351	8.4	0.6	3.7	3.8	1.03
6	SP	Stubby Overmire*	27	5	7	.417	4.62	24	13	7	3	0	1	97.1	106	54	50	6	29	5	34	0	0	1	422	80	3.58	1.387	9.8	0.6	2.7	3.1	1.17
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	George Caster	38	2	1	.667	5.66	26	0	19	0	0	5	41.1	42	26	26	1	24	1	19	1	0	0	185	66	3.79	1.597	9.1	0.2	5.2	4.1	0.79
8	RP	Hal White	27	1	1	.500	5.60	11	1	1	1	0	0	27.1	34	20	17	5	15	1	12	0	0	0	125	67	5.73	1.793	11.2	1.6	4.9	4.0	0.80
9	RP	Johnny Gorsica	31	0	0		4.56	14	0	7	0	0	1	23.2	28	13	12	5	11	0	14	0	0	0	105	82	5.54	1.648	10.6	1.9	4.2	5.3	1.27
10	RP	Tommy Bridges	39	1	1	.500	5.91	9	1	6	0	0	1	21.1	24	16	14	5	8	0	17	1	0	1	95	63	5.30	1.500	10.1	2.1	3.4	7.2	2.13
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		Ted Gray*	21	0	2	.000	8.49	3	2	1	0	0	1	11.2	17	12	11	4	5	0	5	0	0	1	55	45	7.47	1.886	13.1	3.1	3.9	3.9	1.00
12		Lou Kretlow	25	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	7	3	3	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	36	128	5.25	1.000	7.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	2.00
13		Art Houtteman	18	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	15	8	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	40	43	3.71	1.875	16.9	1.1	0.0	2.3
14		Hal Manders	29	0	0		10.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	8	7	7	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	26	37	5.25	1.667	12.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.50
15		Rufe Gentry	28	0	0		15.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	4	5	5	0	7	0	1	0	0	1	19	28	8.92	3.667	12.0	0.0	21.0	3.0	0.14
		Team Totals	28.8	92	62	.597	3.22	155	155	61	94	17	16	1402.0	1277	567	501	97	497	25	896	11	2	21	5877	115	3.29	1.265	8.2	0.6	3.2	5.8	1.80
		Rank in 8 AL teams		2	7		3				1	1	3	1	2	2	3	8	1		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