1945 Detroit Tigers Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 88-65
Finished 1st in the AL
Attendance: 1,280,341, Avg. 21,572
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Won World Series
World Series - Defeated Chicago Cubs 4-3
Manager: Steve O'Neill (88-65)
Location: Detroit, Michigan

1945 Detroit Tigers Roster
1945 Detroit Tigers Results

The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1945 season with a record of 88 wins and 65 losses, finishing first in the AL.

The Tigers scored 633 runs and yielded 565 runs. Roy Cullenbine and Rudy York led Detroit with 18 home runs apiece. Roy Cullenbine accounted for 93 RBI. Eddie Mayo paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .285. Hal Newhouser earned 25 wins on the mound for the team, while Dizzy Trout added 15 or more wins, too Hal Newhouser recorded a 1.81 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Steve O'Neill coached the team. The 1945 Detroit Tigers won the World Series.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Hal Newhouser	25	9	.735	1.81	40	36	2	29	8	2	313.3	239	73	63	5	110	212	0	2	10	1261
Dizzy Trout	18	15	.545	3.14	41	31	9	18	4	2	246.3	252	108	86	8	79	97	0	1	5	1041
Al Benton	13	8	.619	2.02	31	27	4	12	5	3	191.7	175	68	43	7	63	76	2	0	3	811
Stubby Overmire	9	9	.500	3.88	31	22	5	9	0	4	162.3	189	81	70	6	42	36	3	0	1	702
Les Mueller	6	8	.429	3.68	26	18	2	6	2	1	134.7	117	63	55	8	58	42	2	1	1	570
George Caster	5	1	.833	3.86	22	0	10	0	0	2	51.3	47	25	22	3	27	23	2	0	0	222
Zeb Eaton	4	2	.667	4.05	17	3	9	0	0	0	53.3	48	28	24	0	40	15	3	0	3	238
Jim Tobin	4	5	.444	3.55	14	6	8	2	0	1	58.3	61	31	23	2	28	14	4	0	3	262
Joe Orrell	2	3	.400	3.00	12	5	2	1	0	0	48.0	46	18	16	1	24	14	2	0	0	207
Tommy Bridges	1	0	1.000	3.27	4	1	2	0	0	0	11.0	14	6	4	2	2	6	0	0	2	48
Walter Wilson	1	3	.250	4.61	25	4	9	1	0	0	70.3	76	40	36	4	35	28	3	1	1	310
Prince Oana	0	0		1.59	3	1	1	0	0	1	11.3	3	2	2	0	7	3	0	0	0	42
Virgil Trucks	0	0		1.69	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.3	3	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	19
Billy Pierce	0	0		1.80	5	0	4	0	0	0	10.0	6	2	2	1	10	10	1	0	0	45
Pat McLaughlin	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Art Houtteman	0	2	.000	5.33	13	0	9	0	0	0	25.3	27	17	15	1	11	9	1	0	0	116
Totals	88	65	.575	2.99	286	155	77	78	19	16	1393.7	1305	565	463	48	538	588	23	5	29	5899

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Rudy York	155	655	595	71	157	25	5	18	87	6	6	60	85	.264	.331	.413	.745	246	23	0	0
Doc Cramer	141	595	541	62	149	22	8	6	58	2	9	36	21	.275	.324	.379	.703	205	9	3	15
Roy Cullenbine	146	633	523	80	145	27	5	18	93	2	0	102	36	.277	.398	.451	.849	236	11	3	5
Eddie Mayo	134	561	501	71	143	24	3	10	54	7	7	47	29	.285	.347	.405	.752	203	7	0	13
Bob Maier	132	529	486	58	128	25	7	1	34	7	11	38	32	.263	.317	.350	.667	170	10	0	5
Jimmy Outlaw	132	494	446	56	121	16	5	0	34	6	7	45	33	.271	.338	.330	.668	147	5	0	3
Hank Greenberg	78	312	270	47	84	20	2	13	60	3	1	42	40	.311	.404	.544	.948	147	9	0	0
Skeeter Webb	118	449	407	43	81	12	2	0	21	8	7	30	35	.199	.254	.238	.492	97	9	0	12
Bob Swift	95	310	279	19	65	5	0	0	24	1	0	26	22	.233	.298	.251	.549	70	7	0	5
Paul Richards	83	256	234	26	60	12	1	3	32	4	0	19	31	.256	.315	.355	.670	83	1	1	2
Joe Hoover	74	250	222	33	57	10	5	1	17	6	2	21	35	.257	.324	.360	.684	80	3	1	6
Red Borom	55	144	130	19	35	4	0	0	9	4	2	7	8	.269	.307	.300	.607	39	2	0	7
Hal Newhouser	40	124	109	9	28	5	1	0	17	0	1	7	10	.257	.302	.321	.623	35	1	0	8
Dizzy Trout	42	104	102	11	25	3	2	2	11	1	1	2	23	.245	.260	.373	.632	38	3	0	0
Don Ross	8	34	29	3	11	4	0	0	4	2	0	5	1	.379	.471	.517	.988	15	1	0	0
Stubby Overmire	31	63	53	5	10	2	1	0	3	0	0	4	6	.189	.246	.264	.510	14	1	0	6
Zeb Eaton	26	32	32	2	8	1	0	2	10	0	0	0	7	.250	.250	.469	.719	15	1	0	0
Les Mueller	26	47	44	5	8	3	0	1	4	0	0	2	10	.182	.217	.318	.536	14	1	0	1
Chuck Hostetler	42	51	44	3	7	3	0	0	2	0	0	7	8	.159	.275	.227	.502	10	0	0	0
Al Benton	31	73	63	2	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	21	.063	.092	.095	.188	6	2	0	8
Hack Miller	2	5	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	.750	1.500	3	1	0	1
Hub Walker	28	32	23	4	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	9	4	.130	.375	.130	.505	3	1	0	0
Jim Tobin	17	27	25	2	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	5	.120	.154	.360	.514	9	2	0	1
George Caster	22	15	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.182	.308	.182	.490	2	0	0	2
John McHale	19	16	14	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.143	.250	.143	.393	2	0	1	0
Joe Orrell	12	15	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.133	.133	.133	.267	2	1	0	0
Ed Mierkowicz	10	16	15	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.133	.188	.267	.454	4	0	0	0
Prince Oana	4	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0
Walter Wilson	25	21	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.053	.053	.053	.105	1	0	0	2
Russ Kerns	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Billy Pierce	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
Virgil Trucks	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0
Carl McNabb	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Tommy Bridges	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Milt Welch	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Art Houtteman	13	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Pat McLaughlin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1755	5885	5257	633	1345	227	47	77	588	60	54	517	533	.256	.324	.361	.684	1897	112	9	102

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Rudy York	1B	155	1464	113	19	142	.988	1.174	0
John McHale	1B	3	5	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Skeeter Webb	2B	11	30	25	0	8	1.000	5.000	0
Eddie Mayo	2B	124	326	393	15	91	.980	5.798	0
Red Borom	2B	28	62	82	5	15	.966	5.143	0
Don Ross	3B	8	6	18	1	0	.960	3.000	0
Jimmy Outlaw	3B	21	18	42	4	5	.938	2.857	0
Bob Maier	3B	124	142	226	25	19	.936	2.968	0
Red Borom	3B	4	1	7	1	0	.889	2.000	0
Milt Welch	C	1	3	1	0	1	1.000	4.000	0
Bob Swift	C	94	358	60	5	12	.988	4.447	7
Paul Richards	C	83	361	44	2	7	.995	4.880	4
Hack Miller	C	2	4	1	0	0	1.000	2.500	0
Hub Walker	OF	7	5	0	0	0	1.000	.714	0
Jimmy Outlaw	OF	105	192	13	7	6	.967	1.952	0
Ed Mierkowicz	OF	6	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.333	0
Bob Maier	OF	5	2	0	0	0	1.000	.400	0
Chuck Hostetler	OF	8	8	0	1	0	.889	1.000	0
Hank Greenberg	OF	72	129	3	0	0	1.000	1.833	0
Roy Cullenbine	OF	146	321	23	7	3	.980	2.356	0
Doc Cramer	OF	140	314	7	3	4	.991	2.293	0
Walter Wilson	P	25	3	20	0	2	1.000	.920	0
Virgil Trucks	P	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Dizzy Trout	P	41	13	65	9	9	.897	1.902	0
Jim Tobin	P	14	3	16	1	1	.950	1.357	0
Billy Pierce	P	5	0	2	0	0	1.000	.400	0
Stubby Overmire	P	31	11	33	2	2	.957	1.419	0
Joe Orrell	P	12	4	8	1	0	.923	1.000	0
Prince Oana	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Hal Newhouser	P	40	16	66	0	5	1.000	2.050	0
Les Mueller	P	26	6	20	3	0	.897	1.000	0
Pat McLaughlin	P	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	0
Art Houtteman	P	13	2	8	0	1	1.000	.769	0
Zeb Eaton	P	17	4	11	2	0	.882	.882	0
George Caster	P	22	3	9	0	0	1.000	.545	0
Tommy Bridges	P	4	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
Al Benton	P	31	11	44	2	4	.965	1.774	0
Skeeter Webb	SS	104	215	343	25	71	.957	5.365	0
Joe Hoover	SS	68	126	163	17	35	.944	4.250	0
Red Borom	SS	2	3	4	0	1	1.000	3.500	0
Totals		1607	4182	1877	158	444	.975	3.770	11

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF
Hal Newhouser	WS	2	1	.667	6.10	3	3	0	2	20.7	25	14	14	0	4	1	22	1	89
Virgil Trucks	WS	1	0	1.000	3.38	2	2	0	1	13.3	14	5	5	0	5	0	7	0	58
Dizzy Trout	WS	1	1	.500	0.66	2	1	1	1	13.7	9	2	1	0	3	1	9	0	52
Les Mueller	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	7
George Caster	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Al Benton	WS	0	0		1.93	3	0	1	0	4.7	6	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	20
Jim Tobin	WS	0	0		6.00	1	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	14
Tommy Bridges	WS	0	0		16.20	1	0	0	0	1.7	3	3	3	0	3	0	1	0	10
Stubby Overmire	WS	0	1	.000	3.00	1	1	0	0	6.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	24
Totals		4	3	.571	3.84	15	7	3	4	65.7	65	29	28	1	19	2	48	1	276

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	IBB
Doc Cramer	WS	7	31	29	7	11	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	.379	.419	.379	.799	11	1	1	0	0
Hank Greenberg	WS	7	31	23	7	7	3	2	7	0	0	6	5	.304	.467	.696	1.162	16	1	1	1	0
Eddie Mayo	WS	7	31	28	4	7	1	0	2	0	0	3	2	.250	.323	.286	.608	8	0	0	0	0
Roy Cullenbine	WS	7	31	22	5	5	2	0	4	1	0	8	2	.227	.433	.318	.752	7	0	0	1	1
Skeeter Webb	WS	7	29	27	4	5	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.185	.241	.185	.427	5	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Outlaw	WS	7	31	28	1	5	0	0	3	1	0	2	1	.179	.233	.179	.412	5	0	0	1	1
Rudy York	WS	7	31	28	1	5	1	0	3	0	0	3	4	.179	.258	.214	.472	6	0	0	0	1
Paul Richards	WS	7	23	19	0	4	2	0	6	0	0	4	3	.211	.348	.316	.664	6	0	0	0	2
Bob Maier	WS	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0
Hub Walker	WS	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	1	0	0	0
Joe Hoover	WS	1	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Swift	WS	3	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	1	0	0	0	0
Dizzy Trout	WS	2	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0
Red Borom	WS	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Zeb Eaton	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Hostetler	WS	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
John McHale	WS	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Newhouser	WS	3	9	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	2	0	0	0
Stubby Overmire	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Tobin	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Virgil Trucks	WS	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0
Al Benton	WS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Bridges	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
George Caster	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Ed Mierkowicz	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Les Mueller	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Totals		88	280	242	32	54	10	2	32	3	1	33	22	.223	.321	.289	.611	70	5	2	3	5

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB
Rudy York	WS	1B	7	7	65.7	67	8	1	3	.987	1.279	1.714	0
Eddie Mayo	WS	2B	7	7	65.7	18	13	2	3	.939	4.249	4.429	0
Jimmy Outlaw	WS	3B	7	7	65.7	5	15	0	0	1.000	2.741	2.857	0
Paul Richards	WS	C	7	6	51.7	46	5	1	0	.981	8.884	7.286	2
Bob Swift	WS	C	3	1	14.0	9	1	0	0	1.000	6.429	3.333	0
Doc Cramer	WS	CF	7	7	65.7	21	0	0	0	1.000	2.878	3.000	0
Hank Greenberg	WS	LF	7	7	64.7	8	1	0	0	1.000	1.253	1.286	0
Ed Mierkowicz	WS	LF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Hal Newhouser	WS	P	3	3	20.7	2	6	1	0	.889	3.484	2.667	0
Dizzy Trout	WS	P	2	1	13.7	2	5	0	0	1.000	4.610	3.500	0
Virgil Trucks	WS	P	2	2	13.3	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.350	1.000	0
Stubby Overmire	WS	P	1	1	6.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.500	1.000	0
Al Benton	WS	P	3	0	4.7	0	3	0	0	1.000	5.786	1.000	0
Jim Tobin	WS	P	1	0	3.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	1.000	0
Les Mueller	WS	P	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Tommy Bridges	WS	P	1	0	1.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
George Caster	WS	P	1	0	0.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Roy Cullenbine	WS	RF	7	7	65.7	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.096	1.143	0
Skeeter Webb	WS	SS	7	7	60.0	9	24	0	2	1.000	4.950	4.714	0
Joe Hoover	WS	SS	1	0	5.7	1	1	0	1	1.000	3.176	2.000	0
Totals			76	63	591.0	197	85	5	9	.983	4.294	3.711	2

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