1947 Detroit Tigers Statistics

1946 Season 1948 Season

Record: 85-69-4, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Steve O'Neill (85-69-4)

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium

Attendance: 1,398,093 (4th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 103

Pythagorean W-L: 84-70, 714 Runs, 642 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	Bob Swift	32	97	323	279	23	70	11	0	1	21	2	2	33	16	.251	.330	.301	.631	73	84	8	0	11		6
2	1B	Roy Cullenbine#	33	142	607	464	82	104	18	1	24	78	3	2	137	51	.224	.401	.422	.823	125	196	10	0	6		4
3	2B	Eddie Mayo*	37	142	595	535	66	149	28	4	6	48	3	7	48	28	.279	.338	.379	.717	96	203	16	0	12		3
4	SS	Eddie Lake	31	158	732	602	96	127	19	6	12	46	11	10	120	54	.211	.343	.322	.665	83	194	14	1	9		0
5	3B	George Kell	24	152	662	588	75	188	29	5	5	93	9	11	61	16	.320	.387	.412	.798	118	242	13	3	10		4
6	OF	Dick Wakefield*	26	112	453	368	59	104	15	5	8	51	1	4	80	44	.283	.412	.416	.828	127	153	8	1	4		3
7	OF	Hoot Evers	26	126	525	460	66	136	24	5	10	67	8	7	45	49	.296	.366	.435	.801	118	200	13	6	14		6
8	OF	Pat Mullin*	29	116	467	398	63	102	28	6	15	62	3	8	63	66	.256	.359	.470	.829	126	187	6	1	5		2
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	Vic Wertz*	22	102	383	333	60	96	22	4	6	44	2	0	47	66	.288	.376	.432	.809	121	144	11	0	2		5
10	C	Hal Wagner*	31	71	223	191	19	55	10	0	5	33	0	1	28	16	.288	.382	.419	.801	119	80	2	1	2		1
11	OF	Doc Cramer*	41	73	179	157	21	42	2	2	2	30	0	4	20	5	.268	.350	.344	.694	90	54	9	0	2		3
12	OF	Jimmy Outlaw	34	70	151	127	20	29	7	1	0	15	3	1	21	14	.228	.338	.299	.637	75	38	2	0	3		0
13	1B	John McHale*	25	39	103	95	10	20	1	0	3	11	1	1	7	24	.211	.265	.316	.580	58	30	0	0	1		2
14	2B	Skeeter Webb	37	50	89	79	13	16	3	0	0	6	3	0	7	9	.203	.267	.241	.508	40	19	0	0	3		0
15	C	Birdie Tebbetts	34	20	58	53	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	3	3	.094	.143	.113	.256	-29	6	2	0	2		0
16	OF	Ed Mierkowicz	23	21	43	42	6	8	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	12	.190	.209	.286	.495	35	12	2	0	0		0
17	C	Hank Riebe	25	8	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
18	OF	Johnny Groth	20	2	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.250	.500	.250	.750	109	1	2	0	0		0
19		Ben Steiner*	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
20	P	Hal Newhouser*	26	40	114	96	5	19	0	0	0	9	0	0	15	20	.198	.306	.198	.504	40	19	3	0	3		0
21	P	Fred Hutchinson*	27	56	113	106	8	32	5	2	2	15	2	0	6	6	.302	.339	.443	.783	113	47	4	0	1		1
22	P	Dizzy Trout	32	34	77	68	5	11	2	1	3	15	0	0	8	19	.162	.250	.353	.603	64	24	0	0	1		0
23	P	Virgil Trucks	30	36	71	70	7	19	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	7	.271	.282	.300	.582	59	21	3	0	0		0
24	P	Stubby Overmire	28	28	54	47	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	8	.149	.231	.149	.380	5	7	0	0	2		0
25	P	Al Benton	36	36	42	39	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.154	.154	.179	.333	-9	7	1	0	3		0
26	P	Art Houtteman	19	23	40	40	2	12	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	3	.300	.300	.350	.650	77	14	0	0	0		0
27	P	Hal White	28	35	21	18	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.167	.250	.278	.528	44	5	1	0	1		0
28	P	Johnny Gorsica	32	31	11	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.200	.273	.300	.573	57	3	0	0	0		0
29	P	Rufe Gentry	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	29.7	158	6149	5276	714	1363	234	42	103	662	52	60	761	563	.258	.353	.377	.730	100	1990	130	13	97		40
		Rank in 8 AL teams				4	3	4	1	7	3		4	8	1	4	4	1	4	3		4		7
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.9	158	5606	4782	682	1252	219	39	98	610	50	59	723	476	.262	.360	.385	.746	104	1843	118	13	86		39
		Pitcher Totals	28.3	158	543	494	32	111	15	3	5	52	2	1	38	87	.225	.280	.298	.578	58	147	12	0	11		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

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*	26	17	17	.500	2.87	40	36	4	24	3	2	285.0	268	105	91	9	110	5	176	2	0	11	1216	132	3.03	1.326	8.5	0.3	3.5	5.6	1.60
2	SP	Fred Hutchinson	27	18	10	.643	3.03	33	25	8	18	3	2	219.2	211	84	74	14	61	3	113	2	0	2	911	125	3.34	1.238	8.6	0.6	2.5	4.6	1.85
3	SP	Dizzy Trout	32	10	11	.476	3.48	32	26	6	9	2	2	186.1	186	85	72	6	65	1	74	3	1	2	795	109	3.39	1.347	9.0	0.3	3.1	3.6	1.14
4	SP	Virgil Trucks	30	10	12	.455	4.53	36	26	5	8	2	2	180.2	186	105	91	14	79	2	108	2	0	5	800	84	3.83	1.467	9.3	0.7	3.9	5.4	1.37
5	SP	Stubby Overmire*	28	11	5	.688	3.77	28	17	8	7	3	0	140.2	142	62	59	9	44	0	33	1	0	0	600	100	4.00	1.322	9.1	0.6	2.8	2.1	0.75
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
6	CL	Al Benton	36	6	7	.462	4.40	36	14	12	4	0	7	133.0	147	77	65	11	61	6	33	1	0	2	590	86	4.65	1.564	9.9	0.7	4.1	2.2	0.54
7	RP	Art Houtteman	19	7	2	.778	3.42	23	9	9	7	2	0	110.2	106	51	42	6	36	0	58	1	0	0	469	111	3.33	1.283	8.6	0.5	2.9	4.7	1.61
8	RP	Hal White	28	4	5	.444	3.61	35	5	13	0	0	2	84.2	91	43	34	5	47	2	33	2	0	4	380	105	4.40	1.630	9.7	0.5	5.0	3.5	0.70
9	RP	Johnny Gorsica	32	2	0	1.000	3.75	31	0	16	0	0	1	57.2	44	27	24	5	26	2	20	2	0	1	242	102	4.57	1.214	6.9	0.8	4.1	3.1	0.77
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
10		Rufe Gentry	29	0	0		81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	20.68	9.000	27.0	0.0	54.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	28.4	85	69	.552	3.57	158	158	81	77	15	18	1398.2	1382	642	555	79	531	21	648	16	1	27	6007	106	3.66	1.368	8.9	0.5	3.4	4.2	1.22
		Rank in 8 AL teams		2	7		4				1	1	5	2	4	4	4	3	1		2
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