1945 Detroit Tigers Statistics

1944 Season 1946 Season

Record: 88-65-2, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)

Postseason: Won World Series (4-3) over Chicago Cubs

Manager: Steve O'Neill (88-65-2)

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium

Attendance: 1,280,341 (1st of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 105
One-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 105

Pythagorean W-L: 84-69, 633 Runs, 565 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	30	95	310	279	19	65	5	0	0	24	1	0	26	22	.233	.298	.251	.549	56	70	7	0	5		7
2	1B	Rudy York	31	155	656	595	71	157	25	5	18	87	6	6	60	85	.264	.331	.413	.745	110	246	23	0	0		7
3	2B	Eddie Mayo*	35	134	562	501	71	143	24	3	10	54	7	7	47	29	.285	.347	.405	.752	112	203	7	0	13		4
4	SS	Skeeter Webb	35	118	449	407	43	81	12	2	0	21	8	7	30	35	.199	.254	.238	.492	39	97	9	0	12		0
5	3B	Bob Maier	29	132	529	486	58	128	25	7	1	34	7	11	38	32	.263	.317	.350	.667	88	170	10	0	5		5
6	OF	Doc Cramer*	39	141	595	541	62	149	22	8	6	58	2	9	36	21	.275	.324	.379	.703	98	205	9	3	15		4
7	OF	Jimmy Outlaw	32	132	494	446	56	121	16	5	0	34	6	7	45	33	.271	.338	.330	.668	89	147	5	0	3		4
8	OF	Roy Cullenbine#	31	146	633	523	80	145	27	5	18	93	2	0	102	36	.277	.398	.451	.849	139	236	11	3	5		8
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	Hank Greenberg	34	78	312	270	46	84	20	2	13	60	3	1	42	40	.311	.404	.544	.948	166	147	9	0	0		4
10	C	Paul Richards	36	83	256	234	26	60	12	1	3	32	4	0	19	31	.256	.315	.355	.670	89	83	1	1	2		2
11	SS	Joe Hoover	30	74	250	222	34	57	10	5	1	17	6	2	21	35	.257	.324	.360	.684	93	80	3	1	6		0
12	2B	Red Borom*	29	55	144	130	19	35	4	0	0	9	4	2	7	8	.269	.307	.300	.607	71	39	2	0	7		0
13	OF	Chuck Hostetler*	41	42	51	44	3	7	3	0	0	2	0	0	7	8	.159	.275	.227	.502	42	10	0	0	0		1
14	3B	Don Ross	30	8	34	29	3	11	4	0	0	4	2	0	5	1	.379	.471	.517	.988	178	15	1	0	0		1
15	OF	Hub Walker*	38	28	32	23	5	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	9	4	.130	.375	.130	.505	45	3	1	0	0		0
16	OF	Ed Mierkowicz	21	10	16	15	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.133	.188	.267	.454	28	4	0	0	0		0
17	1B	John McHale*	23	19	16	14	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.143	.250	.143	.393	12	2	0	1	0		0
18	C	Hack Miller	32	2	5	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	.750	1.500	324	3	1	0	1		0
19	C	Milt Welch	20	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
20		Carl McNabb	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
21		Russ Kerns*	24	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
22	P	Hal Newhouser*	24	40	124	109	8	28	5	1	0	17	0	1	7	10	.257	.302	.321	.623	76	35	1	0	8		0
23	P	Dizzy Trout	30	42	104	102	11	25	3	2	2	11	1	1	2	23	.245	.260	.373	.632	77	38	3	0	0		0
24	P	Al Benton	34	31	73	63	2	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	21	.063	.092	.095	.188	-47	6	2	0	8		0
25	P	Stubby Overmire	26	31	63	53	5	10	2	1	0	3	0	0	4	6	.189	.246	.264	.510	44	14	1	0	6		0
26	P	Les Mueller	26	26	47	44	5	8	3	0	1	4	0	0	2	10	.182	.217	.318	.536	50	14	1	0	1		0
27	P	Zeb Eaton	25	26	32	32	2	8	1	0	2	10	0	0	0	7	.250	.250	.469	.719	101	15	1	0	0		0
28	P	Jim Tobin	32	17	27	25	2	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	5	.120	.154	.360	.514	43	9	2	0	1		0
29	P	Walter Wilson*	31	25	21	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.053	.053	.053	.105	-70	1	0	0	2		0
30	P	Joe Orrell	28	12	15	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.133	.133	.133	.267	-25	2	1	0	0		0
31	P	George Caster	37	22	15	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.182	.308	.182	.490	39	2	0	0	2		0
32	P	Art Houtteman	17	13	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
33	P	Prince Oana	35	4	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	13	1	0	0	0		0
34	P	Tommy Bridges	38	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
35	P	Virgil Trucks	28	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-3	0	0	0	0		0
36	P	Billy Pierce*	18	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0		0
37	P	Pat McLaughlin	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	32.5	155	5887	5257	633	1345	227	47	77	588	60	54	517	533	.256	.324	.361	.684	93	1897	112	9	102		47
		Rank in 8 AL teams				4	2	3	1	5	2		5	6	4	4	5	6	2	2		2		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	33.0	155	5348	4767	596	1253	211	43	70	534	59	52	496	429	.263	.333	.369	.703	98	1760	99	9	74		47
		Pitcher Totals	28.3	155	539	490	37	92	16	4	7	54	1	2	21	104	.188	.221	.280	.501	41	137	13	0	28		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*	24	25	9	.735	1.81	40	36	2	29	8	2	313.1	239	73	63	5	110	7	212	0	2	10	1261	195	2.61	1.114	6.9	0.1	3.2	6.1	1.93
2	SP	Dizzy Trout	30	18	15	.545	3.14	41	31	9	18	4	2	246.1	252	108	86	8	79	7	97	0	1	5	1041	113	3.30	1.344	9.2	0.3	2.9	3.5	1.23
3	SP	Al Benton	34	13	8	.619	2.02	31	27	4	12	5	3	191.2	175	68	43	7	63	4	76	2	0	3	811	175	3.40	1.242	8.2	0.3	3.0	3.6	1.21
4	SP	Stubby Overmire*	26	9	9	.500	3.88	31	22	5	9	0	4	162.1	189	81	70	6	42	1	36	3	0	1	702	91	3.57	1.423	10.5	0.3	2.3	2.0	0.86
5	SP	Les Mueller	26	6	8	.429	3.68	26	18	2	6	2	1	134.2	117	63	55	8	58	6	42	2	1	1	570	96	4.19	1.300	7.8	0.5	3.9	2.8	0.72
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	RP	Walter Wilson	31	1	3	.250	4.61	25	4	9	1	0	0	70.1	76	40	36	4	35	1	28	3	1	1	310	77	4.26	1.578	9.7	0.5	4.5	3.6	0.80
7	RP	Jim Tobin	32	4	5	.444	3.55	14	6	8	2	0	1	58.1	61	31	23	2	28	0	14	4	0	3	262	100	4.31	1.526	9.4	0.3	4.3	2.2	0.50
8	RP	Zeb Eaton	25	4	2	.667	4.05	17	3	9	0	0	0	53.1	48	28	24	0	40	1	15	3	0	3	238	88	4.56	1.650	8.1	0.0	6.8	2.5	0.38
9	RP	George Caster	37	5	1	.833	3.86	22	0	10	0	0	2	51.1	47	25	22	3	27	1	23	2	0	0	222	92	4.26	1.442	8.2	0.5	4.7	4.0	0.85
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		Joe Orrell	28	2	3	.400	3.00	12	5	2	1	0	0	48.0	46	18	16	1	24	0	14	2	0	0	207	119	4.01	1.458	8.6	0.2	4.5	2.6	0.58
11		Art Houtteman	17	0	2	.000	5.33	13	0	9	0	0	0	25.1	27	17	15	1	11	1	9	1	0	0	116	67	3.92	1.500	9.6	0.4	3.9	3.2	0.82
12		Prince Oana	35	0	0		1.59	3	1	1	0	0	1	11.1	3	2	2	0	7	0	3	0	0	0	42	231	4.02	0.882	2.4	0.0	5.6	2.4	0.43
13		Tommy Bridges	38	1	0	1.000	3.27	4	1	2	0	0	0	11.0	14	6	4	2	2	0	6	0	0	2	48	112	4.52	1.455	11.5	1.6	1.6	4.9	3.00
14		Billy Pierce*	18	0	0		1.80	5	0	4	0	0	0	10.0	6	2	2	1	10	0	10	1	0	0	45	205	5.30	1.600	5.4	0.9	9.0	9.0	1.00
15		Virgil Trucks	28	0	0		1.69	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	3	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	19	226	2.70	0.938	5.1	0.0	3.4	5.1	1.50
16		Pat McLaughlin	34	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	56	2.70	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	28.3	88	65	.575	2.99	155	155	77	78	19	16	1393.2	1305	565	463	48	538	29	588	23	5	29	5899	119	3.51	1.322	8.4	0.3	3.5	3.8	1.09
		Rank in 8 AL teams		1	8		2				4	1	1	2	3	4	2	3	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