1946 Detroit Tigers Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 92-62
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 1,722,590, Avg. 23,929
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Steve O'Neill (92-62)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1946 Detroit Tigers RosterTeam Record: 92-62
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 1,722,590, Avg. 23,929
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Steve O'Neill (92-62)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1946 Detroit Tigers Results
The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1946 season with a record of 92 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Tigers scored 704 runs and conceded 567 runs. Hank Greenberg walloped 44 home runs for Detroit, while Roy Cullenbine swatted 20 or more also. Hank Greenberg accounted for 127 RBI. George Kell led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .327. Hal Newhouser earned 26 wins on the mound for the team, plus Dizzy Trout added 15 or more wins, too Hal Newhouser recorded a 1.94 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Steve O'Neill coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Newhouser | 26 | 9 | .743 | 1.94 | 37 | 34 | 2 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 292.7 | 215 | 77 | 63 | 10 | 98 | 0 | 275 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1176 |
| Dizzy Trout | 17 | 13 | .567 | 2.34 | 38 | 32 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 276.3 | 244 | 85 | 72 | 11 | 97 | 0 | 151 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1142 |
| Virgil Trucks | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.23 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 236.7 | 217 | 94 | 85 | 23 | 75 | 0 | 161 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 992 |
| Fred Hutchinson | 14 | 11 | .560 | 3.09 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 207.0 | 184 | 78 | 71 | 14 | 66 | 0 | 138 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 853 |
| Al Benton | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.65 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 140.7 | 132 | 69 | 57 | 9 | 58 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 606 |
| Stubby Overmire | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.62 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 97.3 | 106 | 54 | 50 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 422 |
| George Caster | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.66 | 26 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 41.3 | 42 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 185 |
| Lou Kretlow | 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 |
| Hal White | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.60 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 | 34 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 |
| Tommy Bridges | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.91 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.3 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 95 |
| Johnny Gorsica | 0 | 0 | 4.56 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.7 | 28 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | |
| Hal Manders | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |
| Rufe Gentry | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | |
| Art Houtteman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Ted Gray | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.49 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.7 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 |
| Totals | 92 | 62 | .597 | 3.22 | 256 | 155 | 61 | 94 | 17 | 15 | 1402.0 | 1277 | 567 | 501 | 97 | 497 | 0 | 896 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 5877 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Lake | 155 | 703 | 587 | 105 | 149 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 103 | 69 | .254 | .369 | .339 | .708 | 199 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Greenberg | 142 | 604 | 523 | 91 | 145 | 29 | 5 | 44 | 127 | 5 | 1 | 80 | 88 | .277 | .373 | .604 | .977 | 316 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Kell | 105 | 477 | 434 | 67 | 142 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 14 | .327 | .371 | .440 | .811 | 191 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Cullenbine | 113 | 419 | 328 | 63 | 110 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 88 | 39 | .335 | .477 | .537 | 1.014 | 176 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Wakefield | 111 | 458 | 396 | 64 | 106 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 59 | 3 | 5 | 59 | 55 | .268 | .364 | .412 | .776 | 163 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hoot Evers | 81 | 341 | 304 | 42 | 81 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 43 | .266 | .344 | .359 | .703 | 109 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Outlaw | 92 | 337 | 299 | 36 | 78 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 24 | .261 | .328 | .341 | .669 | 102 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Mullin | 93 | 306 | 276 | 34 | 68 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 36 | .246 | .311 | .355 | .666 | 98 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Birdie Tebbetts | 87 | 312 | 280 | 20 | 68 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 23 | .243 | .312 | .307 | .619 | 86 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Bloodworth | 76 | 271 | 249 | 25 | 61 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 26 | .245 | .285 | .345 | .631 | 86 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Doc Cramer | 68 | 224 | 204 | 26 | 60 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | .294 | .342 | .368 | .710 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Mayo | 51 | 220 | 202 | 21 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | .252 | .301 | .317 | .618 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Skeeter Webb | 64 | 181 | 169 | 12 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | .219 | .258 | .237 | .495 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Hutchinson | 40 | 97 | 89 | 11 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .315 | .358 | .360 | .717 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Anse Moore | 51 | 148 | 134 | 16 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | .209 | .279 | .261 | .540 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Richards | 57 | 167 | 139 | 13 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 18 | .201 | .315 | .266 | .581 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Swift | 42 | 124 | 107 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | .234 | .322 | .308 | .631 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dizzy Trout | 40 | 111 | 103 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 34 | .194 | .224 | .311 | .535 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Barney McCosky | 25 | 109 | 91 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | .198 | .324 | .286 | .610 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgil Trucks | 32 | 97 | 95 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .179 | .179 | .221 | .400 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinky Higgins | 18 | 66 | 60 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | .217 | .277 | .300 | .577 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Newhouser | 37 | 117 | 103 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 27 | .126 | .174 | .214 | .388 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Benton | 28 | 54 | 49 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .184 | .184 | .204 | .388 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Lipon | 14 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .300 | .440 | .300 | .740 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stubby Overmire | 24 | 39 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .152 | .200 | .152 | .352 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Gorsica | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Kretlow | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .750 | 1.250 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Manders | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Houtteman | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Caster | 26 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Bridges | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Gray | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Groth | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ned Harris | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Hitchcock | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal White | 11 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rufe Gentry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1723 | 6059 | 5318 | 704 | 1373 | 212 | 41 | 108 | 644 | 65 | 41 | 624 | 616 | .258 | .338 | .374 | .712 | 1991 | 125 | 13 | 104 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Kell | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Greenberg | 1B | 140 | 0 | 0.0 | 1272 | 93 | 15 | 110 | .989 | 9.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Cullenbine | 1B | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 168 | 18 | 3 | 14 | .984 | 8.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skeeter Webb | 2B | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 97 | 143 | 7 | 28 | .972 | 4.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Mayo | 2B | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | 96 | 125 | 8 | 28 | .965 | 4.510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Hitchcock | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Bloodworth | 2B | 71 | 0 | 0.0 | 157 | 184 | 9 | 46 | .974 | 4.803 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Outlaw | 3B | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 59 | 7 | 4 | .927 | 2.342 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Lipon | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Kell | 3B | 105 | 0 | 0.0 | 105 | 210 | 5 | 22 | .984 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pinky Higgins | 3B | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .949 | 2.176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Birdie Tebbetts | C | 87 | 0 | 0.0 | 486 | 53 | 10 | 4 | .982 | 6.195 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Swift | C | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 187 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .980 | 4.786 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Richards | C | 54 | 0 | 0.0 | 311 | 35 | 1 | 6 | .997 | 6.407 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Wakefield | OF | 104 | 0 | 0.0 | 210 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .964 | 2.077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Outlaw | OF | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.767 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Mullin | OF | 75 | 0 | 0.0 | 121 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .949 | 1.720 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anse Moore | OF | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 65 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .971 | 2.094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barney McCosky | OF | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .966 | 2.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Groth | OF | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hoot Evers | OF | 76 | 0 | 0.0 | 196 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .975 | 2.605 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Cullenbine | OF | 81 | 0 | 0.0 | 125 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .965 | 1.691 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doc Cramer | OF | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.820 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal White | P | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Virgil Trucks | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 33 | 3 | 1 | .936 | 1.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dizzy Trout | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 64 | 5 | 6 | .942 | 2.132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stubby Overmire | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Newhouser | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 47 | 3 | 4 | .954 | 1.676 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Manders | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lou Kretlow | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Hutchinson | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 47 | 1 | 3 | .983 | 2.071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Houtteman | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Gray | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Gorsica | P | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rufe Gentry | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Caster | P | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .423 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Bridges | P | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Benton | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 26 | 2 | 0 | .955 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skeeter Webb | SS | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Lipon | SS | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | .933 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Lake | SS | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 232 | 391 | 35 | 85 | .947 | 4.019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1593 | 0 | 0.0 | 4199 | 1684 | 155 | 378 | .974 | 3.693 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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