1948 Detroit Tigers Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 78-76
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 1,743,035, Avg. 24,555
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Steve O'Neill (78-76)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1948 Detroit Tigers RosterTeam Record: 78-76
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 1,743,035, Avg. 24,555
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Steve O'Neill (78-76)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1948 Detroit Tigers Results
The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1948 season with a record of 78 wins and 76 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.
The Tigers scored 700 runs and yielded 726 runs. Pat Mullin led Detroit with 23 home runs Hoot Evers drove in 103 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .314. Hal Newhouser paced the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 3.01 ERA, best 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 | 21 | 12 | .636 | 3.01 | 39 | 35 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 272.3 | 249 | 109 | 91 | 10 | 99 | 0 | 143 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1146 |
| Virgil Trucks | 14 | 13 | .519 | 3.78 | 43 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 211.7 | 190 | 97 | 89 | 14 | 85 | 0 | 123 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 901 |
| Fred Hutchinson | 13 | 11 | .542 | 4.32 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 221.0 | 223 | 119 | 106 | 32 | 48 | 0 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 925 |
| Dizzy Trout | 10 | 14 | .417 | 3.43 | 32 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 183.7 | 193 | 87 | 70 | 6 | 73 | 0 | 91 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 803 |
| Ted Gray | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.22 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 85.3 | 73 | 43 | 40 | 2 | 72 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 392 |
| Billy Pierce | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.34 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.3 | 47 | 40 | 39 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 258 |
| Stubby Overmire | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.97 | 37 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66.3 | 89 | 48 | 44 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 313 |
| Lou Kretlow | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.63 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 |
| Hal White | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.12 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.7 | 46 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 198 |
| Al Benton | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.68 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44.3 | 45 | 34 | 28 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 210 |
| Art Houtteman | 2 | 16 | .111 | 4.66 | 43 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 164.3 | 186 | 101 | 85 | 11 | 52 | 0 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 716 |
| Rufe Gentry | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Totals | 78 | 76 | .506 | 4.15 | 341 | 154 | 94 | 60 | 5 | 22 | 1377.0 | 1367 | 725 | 635 | 92 | 589 | 0 | 678 | 15 | 2 | 31 | 5993 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoot Evers | 139 | 606 | 538 | 81 | 169 | 33 | 6 | 10 | 103 | 3 | 4 | 51 | 31 | .314 | .378 | .454 | .831 | 244 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Mullin | 138 | 575 | 496 | 91 | 143 | 16 | 11 | 23 | 80 | 1 | 2 | 77 | 57 | .288 | .385 | .504 | .889 | 250 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Vico | 144 | 584 | 521 | 50 | 139 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 39 | .267 | .326 | .392 | .718 | 204 | 23 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Lipon | 121 | 541 | 458 | 65 | 133 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 52 | 4 | 4 | 68 | 22 | .290 | .384 | .397 | .782 | 182 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| George Kell | 92 | 414 | 368 | 47 | 112 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 15 | .304 | .369 | .402 | .772 | 148 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Wertz | 119 | 448 | 391 | 49 | 97 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 70 | .248 | .335 | .396 | .731 | 155 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Mayo | 106 | 421 | 370 | 35 | 92 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 19 | .249 | .310 | .324 | .634 | 120 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Wakefield | 110 | 393 | 322 | 50 | 89 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 55 | .276 | .406 | .472 | .878 | 152 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Berry | 87 | 301 | 256 | 46 | 68 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 23 | .266 | .358 | .305 | .663 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Swift | 113 | 356 | 292 | 23 | 65 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 29 | .223 | .338 | .284 | .622 | 83 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Outlaw | 74 | 231 | 198 | 33 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 15 | .283 | .383 | .343 | .726 | 68 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Lake | 64 | 264 | 198 | 51 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 57 | 20 | .263 | .427 | .323 | .751 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Hutchinson | 76 | 137 | 112 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 9 | .205 | .341 | .241 | .582 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Campbell | 59 | 85 | 83 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .265 | .274 | .337 | .611 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Wagner | 54 | 132 | 109 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 11 | .202 | .326 | .229 | .555 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Newhouser | 39 | 108 | 92 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | .207 | .284 | .228 | .513 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Dizzy Trout | 32 | 76 | 69 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .217 | .270 | .304 | .575 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Ginsberg | 11 | 39 | 36 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .361 | .410 | .361 | .771 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgil Trucks | 43 | 83 | 79 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .165 | .185 | .190 | .375 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Riebe | 25 | 65 | 62 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .194 | .231 | .194 | .424 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Houtteman | 43 | 57 | 56 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .196 | .196 | .196 | .393 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Groth | 6 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .471 | .500 | .824 | 1.324 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Gray | 26 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .241 | .290 | .276 | .566 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Pierce | 22 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .294 | .294 | .529 | .824 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Kretlow | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Benton | 30 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .182 | .182 | .273 | .455 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal White | 27 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .154 | .267 | .231 | .497 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rufe Gentry | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Mierkowicz | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .200 | .429 | .200 | .629 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stubby Overmire | 37 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .071 | .188 | .071 | .259 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John McHale | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doc Cramer | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .429 | .000 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Bero | 4 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1858 | 6063 | 5235 | 700 | 1396 | 219 | 58 | 78 | 661 | 22 | 32 | 671 | 504 | .267 | .353 | .375 | .728 | 1965 | 134 | 27 | 130 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Vico | 1B | 142 | 0 | 0.0 | 1169 | 85 | 15 | 112 | .988 | 8.831 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Campbell | 1B | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 172 | 18 | 6 | 11 | .969 | 7.037 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Mayo | 2B | 86 | 0 | 0.0 | 202 | 223 | 11 | 48 | .975 | 4.942 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Lipon | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eddie Lake | 2B | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 110 | 132 | 7 | 31 | .972 | 5.378 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Neil Berry | 2B | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 71 | 79 | 3 | 15 | .980 | 5.769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Bero | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Outlaw | 3B | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 87 | 11 | 8 | .920 | 2.681 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Mayo | 3B | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Lipon | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Lake | 3B | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.588 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Kell | 3B | 92 | 0 | 0.0 | 108 | 146 | 8 | 15 | .969 | 2.761 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Wagner | C | 52 | 0 | 0.0 | 162 | 12 | 2 | 4 | .989 | 3.346 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Swift | C | 112 | 0 | 0.0 | 476 | 55 | 5 | 13 | .991 | 4.741 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Riebe | C | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 90 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Ginsberg | C | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .943 | 4.545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vic Wertz | OF | 98 | 0 | 0.0 | 196 | 11 | 10 | 3 | .954 | 2.112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Wakefield | OF | 86 | 0 | 0.0 | 198 | 3 | 11 | 1 | .948 | 2.337 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Outlaw | OF | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Mullin | OF | 131 | 0 | 0.0 | 274 | 7 | 8 | 0 | .972 | 2.145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Mierkowicz | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Groth | OF | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hoot Evers | OF | 138 | 0 | 0.0 | 392 | 8 | 11 | 0 | .973 | 2.899 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doc Cramer | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal White | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Virgil Trucks | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .953 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dizzy Trout | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 37 | 5 | 7 | .906 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Pierce | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stubby Overmire | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .595 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Newhouser | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 52 | 1 | 5 | .984 | 1.615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Kretlow | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Hutchinson | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 45 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.939 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Houtteman | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 47 | 4 | 5 | .933 | 1.302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Gray | P | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rufe Gentry | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Benton | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Lipon | SS | 117 | 0 | 0.0 | 211 | 346 | 17 | 63 | .970 | 4.761 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Neil Berry | SS | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 67 | 120 | 14 | 31 | .930 | 4.561 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1666 | 0 | 0.0 | 4123 | 1644 | 155 | 387 | .974 | 3.462 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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