1948 DETROIT TIGERS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 78-76 .506
Result: 5th in American League
Manager(s): Steve O'Neill
General Manager:
Stadium: Briggs Stadium
Attendance: 1,743,035
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Detroit Tigers affiliate history

Oldest Player: Doc Cramer (42)
Youngest Player: Art Houtteman (20)
Longest Tenure: Dizzy Trout, Hal Newhouser (10)
Top Hitter: Hoot Evers (16)
Top Pitcher: Hal Newhouser (2)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 88.84%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Cleveland	97	58	.626	--
Boston	96	59	.619	1.0
NY Yankees	94	60	.610	2.5
Philadelphia	84	70	.545	12.5
Detroit	78	76	.506	18.5
St. Louis	59	94	.386	37.0
Washington	56	97	.366	40.0
Chi White Sox	51	101	.336	44.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
14	Hoot Evers	of	16	27	-	MLB	139	538	81	169	33	6	10	103	3	4	51	31	4		13		16	.314	.000	.454	454	244			-	-
5	George Vico	1b	30	24	-	MLB	144	521	50	139	23	9	8	58	2	2	39	39	7		17		23	.267	.000	.392	392	204			-	-
6	Pat Mullin	of	19	30	-	MLB	138	496	91	143	16	11	23	80	1	2	77	57	1		1		5	.288	.000	.504	504	250			-	-
25,26	Johnny Lipon	ss	32	25	-	MLB	121	458	65	133	18	8	5	52	4	4	68	22	2		13		9	.290	.000	.397	397	182			-	-
20	Vic Wertz	of-1b	40	23	-	MLB	119	391	49	97	19	9	7	67	0	0	48	70	3		6		5	.248	.000	.396	396	155			-	-
3,9	Eddie Mayo	2b-3b	43	38	-	MLB	106	370	35	92	20	1	2	42	1	9	30	19	3		18		12	.249	.000	.324	324	120			-	-
15,21	George Kell	3b	51	25	-	MLB	92	368	47	112	24	3	2	44	2	2	33	15	5		8		10	.304	.000	.402	402	148			-	-
4	Dick Wakefield	of	54	27	-	MLB	110	322	50	89	20	5	11	53	0	1	70	55	0		1		6	.276	.000	.472	472	152			-	-
9	Bob Swift	c	50	33	-	MLB	113	292	23	65	6	0	4	33	1	0	51	29	0		13		9	.223	.000	.284	284	83			-	-
36	Neil Berry	ss-2b	-	26	-	MLB	87	256	46	68	8	1	0	16	1	3	37	23	0		8		4	.266	.000	.305	305	78			-	-
27	Jimmy Outlaw	of-3b	-	35	-	MLB	74	198	33	56	12	0	0	25	0	1	31	15	1		1		8	.283	.000	.343	343	68			-	-
7	Eddie Lake	ss	55	32	-	MLB	64	198	51	52	6	0	2	18	3	3	57	20	0		9		4	.263	.000	.323	323	64			-	-
29	Fred Hutchinson	p	-	28	-	MLB	76	112	11	23	1	0	1	12	3	0	22	9	1		2		3	.205	.000	.241	241	27			-	-
1	Hal Wagner	c	-	32	-	MLB	54	109	10	22	3	0	0	10	1	0	20	11	0		3		2	.202	.000	.229	229	25			-	-
16	Hal Newhouser	p	-	27	-	MLB	39	92	6	19	0	1	0	6	0	0	10	14	0		6		1	.207	.000	.228	228	21			-	-
2	Paul Campbell	1b	-	30	-	MLB	59	83	15	22	1	1	1	11	0	0	1	10	0		1		0	.265	.000	.337	337	28			-	-
22	Virgil Trucks	p	-	31	-	MLB	43	79	6	13	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	14	0		2		5	.165	.000	.190	190	15			-	-
11	Dizzy Trout	p	-	33	-	MLB	32	69	6	15	3	0	1	2	0	0	5	14	0		2		2	.217	.000	.304	304	21			-	-
25	Hank Riebe	c	-	26	-	MLB	25	62	0	12	0	0	0	5	0	1	3	5	0		0		3	.194	.000	.194	194	12			-	-
21,15	Art Houtteman	p	-	20	-	MLB	43	56	2	11	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	0		1		1	.196	.000	.196	196	11			-	-
1	Joe Ginsberg	c	-	21	-	MLB	11	36	7	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0		0		1	.361	.000	.361	361	13			-	-
30	Ted Gray	p	-	23	-	MLB	26	29	2	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	0		2		2	.241	.000	.276	276	8			-	-
3	Johnny Groth	of	-	21	-	MLB	6	17	3	8	3	0	1	5	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	.471	.000	.824	824	14			-	-
10	Billy Pierce	p	-	21	-	MLB	22	17	5	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0		0		0	.294	.000	.529	529	9			-	-
18	Stubby Overmire	p	-	29	-	MLB	37	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0		0		2	.071	.000	.071	71	1			-	-
17	Hal White	p	-	29	-	MLB	27	13	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	0		0		0	.154	.000	.231	231	3			-	-
19	Al Benton	p	-	37	-	MLB	30	11	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0		2		0	.182	.000	.273	273	3			-	-
28	Johnny Bero	ss	-	25	-	MLB	4	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
30	Lou Kretlow	p	-	27	-	MLB	5	8	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1		0	.500	.000	.500	500	4			-	-
12	Ed Mierkowicz	of	-	24	-	MLB	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0		0		1	.200	.000	.200	200	1			-	-
8	Doc Cramer	of	-	42	-	MLB	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
23	John McHale	1b	-	26	-	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
24	Rufe Gentry	p	-	30	-	MLB	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1.000	.000	1.000	1000	1			-	-

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
16	Hal Newhouser	2	27	-	MLB	21	12	3.01	39	35	19	2	4	1	272.1	249	109	91	10	99	143	5	0	1.28	8.23	0.33	3.27	4.73	0.69	--	--
29	Fred Hutchinson	7	28	-	MLB	13	11	4.32	33	28	15	0	3	0	221.0	223	119	106	32	48	92	2	0	1.23	9.08	1.30	1.95	3.75	0.52	--	--
22	Virgil Trucks	9	31	-	MLB	14	13	3.78	43	26	7	0	9	2	211.2	190	97	89	14	85	123	7	1	1.30	8.08	0.60	3.61	5.23	0.69	--	--
11	Dizzy Trout	16	33	-	MLB	10	14	3.43	32	23	11	2	6	2	183.2	193	87	70	6	73	91	3	1	1.45	9.46	0.29	3.58	4.46	0.80	--	--
21,15	Art Houtteman	17	20	-	MLB	2	16	4.66	43	20	4	0	15	10	164.1	186	101	85	11	52	74	3	0	1.45	10.19	0.60	2.85	4.05	0.70	--	--
30	Ted Gray	59	23	-	MLB	6	2	4.22	26	11	3	1	6	0	85.1	73	43	40	2	72	60	4	0	1.70	7.70	0.21	7.59	6.33	1.20	--	--
18	Stubby Overmire	48	29	-	MLB	3	4	5.97	37	4	0	0	16	3	66.1	89	48	44	5	31	14	3	0	1.81	12.08	0.68	4.21	1.90	2.21	--	--
10	Billy Pierce	-	21	-	MLB	3	0	6.34	22	5	0	0	9	0	55.1	47	40	39	5	51	36	1	0	1.77	7.64	0.81	8.30	5.86	1.42	--	--
19	Al Benton	-	37	-	MLB	2	2	5.68	30	0	0	0	10	3	44.1	45	34	28	4	36	18	1	0	1.83	9.14	0.81	7.31	3.65	2.00	--	--
17	Hal White	-	29	-	MLB	2	1	6.12	27	0	0	0	12	1	42.2	46	31	29	2	26	17	2	0	1.69	9.70	0.42	5.48	3.59	1.53	--	--
30	Lou Kretlow	-	27	-	MLB	2	1	4.63	5	2	1	0	2	0	23.1	21	14	12	1	11	9	0	0	1.37	8.10	0.39	4.24	3.47	1.22	--	--
24	Rufe Gentry	-	30	-	MLB	0	0	2.70	4	0	0	0	2	0	6.2	5	2	2	0	5	1	0	0	1.50	6.75	0.00	6.75	1.35	5.00	--	--
Totals: (33 players)						78	76	4.15	154	154	60	5	94	22	1,377	1367	725	635	78	589	678	31	2	1.50	8.93	0.60	3.85	4.43	0.87	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Swift	C	112		476	55	5	13	.991	0.00
Hal Wagner	C	52		162	12	2	4	.989	0.00
Hank Riebe	C	24		90	6	0	1	1.000	0.00
Joe Ginsberg	C	11		46	4	3	3	.943	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
George Vico	1B	142		1169	85	15	112	.988	0.00
Paul Campbell	1B	27		172	18	6	11	.969	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eddie Mayo	2B	86		202	223	11	48	.975	0.00
Eddie Lake	2B	45		110	132	7	31	.972	0.00
Neil Berry	2B	26		71	79	3	15	.980	0.00
Johnny Bero	2B	2		5	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Johnny Lipon	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
George Kell	3B	92		108	146	8	15	.969	0.00
Jimmy Outlaw	3B	47		39	87	11	8	.920	0.00
Eddie Lake	3B	17		12	15	1	0	.964	0.00
Eddie Mayo	3B	10		9	19	0	1	1.000	0.00
Johnny Lipon	3B	1		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Johnny Lipon	SS	117		211	346	17	63	.970	0.00
Neil Berry	SS	41		67	120	14	31	.930	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hoot Evers	OF	138		392	8	11	0	.973	0.00
Pat Mullin	OF	131		274	7	8	0	.972	0.00
Vic Wertz	OF	98		196	11	10	3	.954	0.00
Dick Wakefield	OF	86		198	3	11	1	.948	0.00
Jimmy Outlaw	OF	13		19	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Johnny Groth	OF	4		8	1	1	1	.900	0.00
Doc Cramer	OF	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ed Mierkowicz	OF	1		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Art Houtteman	P	43	164	9	47	4	5	.933	3.07
Virgil Trucks	P	43	211	13	28	0	1	1.000	1.75
Hal Newhouser	P	39	272	11	52	1	5	.984	2.08
Stubby Overmire	P	37	66	6	16	0	1	1.000	3.00
Fred Hutchinson	P	33	221	19	45	0	5	1.000	2.61
Dizzy Trout	P	32	183	11	37	5	7	.906	2.36
Al Benton	P	30	44	2	8	1	1	.909	2.04
Hal White	P	27	42	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.28
Ted Gray	P	26	85	3	11	0	1	1.000	1.48
Billy Pierce	P	22	55	2	9	0	0	1.000	1.80
Lou Kretlow	P	5	23	0	5	0	0	1.000	1.95
Rufe Gentry	P	4	6	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.90

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