1947 Detroit Tigers Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 85-69
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 1,398,093, Avg. 22,452
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Steve O'Neill (85-69)
Location: Detroit, Michigan

1947 Detroit Tigers Roster
1947 Detroit Tigers Results

The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1947 season with a record of 85 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the AL.

The Tigers scored 714 runs and allowed 642 runs. Roy Cullenbine led Detroit with 24 home runs, while Pat Mullin walloped 20 or more, too. George Kell drove in 93 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .320. Fred Hutchinson paced the team with 18 wins, and Hal Newhouser added 15 or more wins, too Hal Newhouser recorded a 2.87 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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Fred Hutchinson	18	10	.643	3.03	33	25	8	18	3	2	219.7	211	84	74	14	61	113	2	0	2	911
Hal Newhouser	17	17	.500	2.87	40	36	4	24	3	2	285.0	268	105	91	9	110	176	2	0	11	1216
Stubby Overmire	11	5	.688	3.77	28	17	8	7	3	0	140.7	142	62	59	9	44	33	1	0	0	600
Dizzy Trout	10	11	.476	3.48	32	26	6	9	2	2	186.3	186	85	72	6	65	74	3	1	2	795
Virgil Trucks	10	12	.455	4.53	36	26	5	8	2	2	180.7	186	105	91	14	79	108	2	0	5	800
Art Houtteman	7	2	.778	3.42	23	9	9	7	2	0	110.7	106	51	42	6	36	58	1	0	0	469
Al Benton	6	7	.462	4.40	36	14	12	4	0	7	133.0	147	77	65	11	61	33	1	0	2	590
Hal White	4	5	.444	3.61	35	5	13	0	0	2	84.7	91	43	34	5	47	33	2	0	4	380
Johnny Gorsica	2	0	1.000	3.75	31	0	16	0	0	1	57.7	44	27	24	5	26	20	2	0	1	242
Rufe Gentry	0	0		81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	4
Totals	85	69	.552	3.57	295	158	81	77	15	18	1398.7	1382	642	555	79	531	648	16	1	27	6007

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
George Kell	152	662	588	75	188	29	5	5	93	9	11	61	16	.320	.387	.412	.798	242	13	3	10
Eddie Mayo	142	595	535	66	149	28	4	6	48	3	7	48	28	.279	.338	.379	.717	203	16	0	12
Hoot Evers	126	525	460	67	136	24	5	10	67	8	7	45	49	.296	.366	.435	.801	200	13	6	14
Eddie Lake	158	732	602	96	127	19	6	12	46	11	10	120	54	.211	.343	.322	.665	194	14	1	9
Dick Wakefield	112	453	368	59	104	15	5	8	51	1	4	80	44	.283	.412	.416	.828	153	8	1	4
Roy Cullenbine	142	607	464	82	104	18	1	24	78	3	2	137	51	.224	.401	.422	.823	196	10	0	6
Pat Mullin	116	467	398	62	102	28	6	15	62	3	8	63	66	.256	.359	.470	.829	187	6	1	5
Vic Wertz	102	382	333	60	96	22	4	6	44	2	0	47	66	.288	.376	.432	.809	144	11	0	2
Bob Swift	97	323	279	23	70	11	0	1	21	2	2	33	16	.251	.330	.301	.631	84	8	0	11
Hal Wagner	71	222	191	19	55	10	0	5	33	0	1	28	16	.288	.382	.419	.801	80	2	1	2
Doc Cramer	73	179	157	21	42	2	2	2	30	0	4	20	5	.268	.350	.344	.694	54	9	0	2
Fred Hutchinson	56	113	106	8	32	5	2	2	15	2	0	6	6	.302	.339	.443	.783	47	4	0	1
Jimmy Outlaw	70	151	127	20	29	7	1	0	15	3	1	21	14	.228	.338	.299	.637	38	2	0	3
John McHale	39	103	95	10	20	1	0	3	11	1	1	7	24	.211	.265	.316	.580	30	0	0	1
Virgil Trucks	36	71	70	7	19	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	7	.271	.282	.300	.582	21	3	0	0
Hal Newhouser	40	114	96	5	19	0	0	0	9	0	0	15	20	.198	.306	.198	.504	19	3	0	3
Skeeter Webb	50	89	79	13	16	3	0	0	6	3	0	7	9	.203	.267	.241	.508	19	0	0	3
Art Houtteman	23	40	40	2	12	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	3	.300	.300	.350	.650	14	0	0	0
Dizzy Trout	34	77	68	5	11	2	1	3	15	0	0	8	19	.162	.250	.353	.603	24	0	0	1
Ed Mierkowicz	21	43	42	6	8	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	12	.190	.209	.286	.495	12	2	0	0
Stubby Overmire	28	54	47	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	8	.149	.231	.149	.380	7	0	0	2
Al Benton	36	42	39	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.154	.154	.179	.333	7	1	0	3
Birdie Tebbetts	20	58	53	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	3	3	.094	.143	.113	.256	6	2	0	2
Hal White	35	21	18	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.167	.250	.278	.528	5	1	0	1
Johnny Gorsica	31	11	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.200	.273	.300	.573	3	0	0	0
Johnny Groth	2	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.250	.500	.250	.750	1	2	0	0
Hank Riebe	8	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ben Steiner	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Rufe Gentry	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1822	6147	5276	714	1363	234	42	103	662	52	60	761	563	.258	.353	.377	.730	1990	130	13	97

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
John McHale	1B	25	195	12	1	12	.995	8.280	0
Roy Cullenbine	1B	138	1184	139	15	111	.989	9.587	0
Skeeter Webb	2B	30	52	74	1	9	.992	4.200	0
Eddie Mayo	2B	142	326	365	12	80	.983	4.866	0
Jimmy Outlaw	3B	9	11	7	1	0	.947	2.000	0
George Kell	3B	152	167	333	20	25	.962	3.289	0
Hal Wagner	C	71	275	22	3	3	.990	4.183	2
Birdie Tebbetts	C	20	95	15	0	3	1.000	5.500	1
Bob Swift	C	97	401	45	5	6	.989	4.598	5
Hank Riebe	C	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Vic Wertz	OF	83	160	6	6	0	.965	2.000	0
Dick Wakefield	OF	101	197	10	11	2	.950	2.050	0
Jimmy Outlaw	OF	37	58	0	1	0	.983	1.568	0
Pat Mullin	OF	106	229	10	3	2	.988	2.255	0
Ed Mierkowicz	OF	10	18	0	1	0	.947	1.800	0
Johnny Groth	OF	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000	0
Hoot Evers	OF	123	354	10	8	2	.978	2.959	0
Doc Cramer	OF	35	79	3	3	0	.965	2.343	0
Hal White	P	35	4	22	3	0	.897	.743	0
Virgil Trucks	P	36	13	22	2	0	.946	.972	0
Dizzy Trout	P	32	22	40	3	4	.954	1.938	0
Stubby Overmire	P	28	10	21	1	2	.969	1.107	0
Hal Newhouser	P	40	23	52	4	3	.949	1.875	0
Fred Hutchinson	P	33	15	40	1	1	.982	1.667	0
Art Houtteman	P	23	4	17	2	2	.913	.913	0
Johnny Gorsica	P	31	9	12	0	1	1.000	.677	0
Rufe Gentry	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Al Benton	P	36	6	24	4	1	.882	.833	0
Skeeter Webb	SS	6	0	4	1	1	.800	.667	0
Eddie Lake	SS	158	268	441	43	94	.943	4.487	0
Totals		1642	4182	1746	155	364	.975	3.610	8

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