1949 Detroit Tigers Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 87-67
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 1,821,204, Avg. 25,391
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Red Rolfe (87-67)
Location: Detroit, Michigan

1949 Detroit Tigers Roster
1949 Detroit Tigers Results

The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1949 season with a record of 87 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.

The Tigers scored 751 runs and yielded 655 runs. Vic Wertz led Detroit with 20 home runs and recorded 133 runs batted in. George Kell paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .343. Virgil Trucks topped the team with 19 wins, while Hal Newhouser, Art Houtteman and Fred Hutchinson each as well added 15 or more victories as well Virgil Trucks recorded a 2.81 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Red Rolfe 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	WP	BF
Virgil Trucks	19	11	.633	2.81	41	32	8	17	6	4	275.0	209	95	86	16	124	153	4	3	1133
Hal Newhouser	18	11	.621	3.36	38	35	3	22	3	1	292.0	277	118	109	19	111	144	0	3	1228
Fred Hutchinson	15	7	.682	2.96	33	21	5	9	4	1	188.7	167	70	62	18	52	54	1	5	762
Art Houtteman	15	10	.600	3.71	34	25	8	13	2	0	203.7	227	101	84	19	59	85	5	2	877
Ted Gray	10	10	.500	3.51	34	27	5	8	3	1	195.0	163	83	76	11	103	96	5	7	844
Lou Kretlow	3	2	.600	6.16	25	10	8	1	0	0	76.0	85	58	52	5	69	40	1	5	368
Dizzy Trout	3	6	.333	4.40	33	0	24	0	0	3	59.3	68	35	29	2	21	19	0	1	261
Marv Grissom	2	4	.333	6.41	27	2	3	0	0	0	39.3	56	32	28	6	34	17	1	2	206
Hal White	1	0	1.000	0.00	9	0	8	0	0	2	12.0	5	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	44
Stubby Overmire	1	3	.250	9.87	14	1	6	0	0	0	17.3	29	21	19	2	9	3	1	0	89
Saul Rogovin	0	1	.000	14.29	5	0	3	0	0	0	5.7	13	9	9	1	7	2	0	0	35
Marlin Stuart	0	2	.000	9.10	14	2	4	0	0	0	29.7	39	33	30	3	35	14	0	2	147
Totals	87	67	.565	3.77	307	155	85	70	18	12	1393.7	1338	655	584	102	628	631	18	30	5994

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Vic Wertz	155	695	608	96	185	26	6	20	133	2	3	80	61	.304	.385	.465	.851	283	19	0	7
George Kell	134	612	522	97	179	38	9	3	59	7	5	71	13	.343	.424	.467	.892	244	17	3	16
Don Kolloway	126	538	483	71	142	19	3	2	47	7	7	49	25	.294	.361	.358	.720	173	17	2	4
Hoot Evers	132	508	432	68	131	21	6	7	72	6	7	70	38	.303	.403	.428	.831	185	16	2	4
Johnny Lipon	127	525	439	57	110	14	6	3	59	2	4	75	24	.251	.362	.330	.693	145	16	2	9
Johnny Groth	103	418	348	60	102	19	5	11	73	3	7	65	27	.293	.407	.471	.878	164	15	2	3
Aaron Robinson	110	411	331	38	89	12	0	13	56	0	2	73	21	.269	.402	.423	.825	140	13	1	6
Pat Mullin	104	357	310	55	83	8	6	12	59	1	2	42	29	.268	.357	.448	.805	139	5	1	4
Neil Berry	109	365	329	38	78	9	1	0	18	4	2	27	24	.237	.299	.271	.569	89	11	2	7
Paul Campbell	87	287	255	38	71	15	4	3	30	3	3	24	32	.278	.343	.404	.747	103	1	1	7
Eddie Lake	94	307	240	38	47	9	1	1	15	2	8	61	33	.196	.359	.254	.613	61	5	0	6
Bob Swift	74	215	189	16	45	6	0	2	18	0	0	26	20	.238	.330	.302	.632	57	2	0	0
Sam Vico	67	171	142	15	27	5	2	4	18	0	0	21	17	.190	.311	.338	.649	48	4	4	4
Dick Wakefield	59	159	126	17	26	3	1	6	19	0	0	32	24	.206	.367	.389	.756	49	4	0	1
Art Houtteman	36	81	78	8	19	2	0	0	7	0	0	1	14	.244	.253	.269	.522	21	5	0	2
Fred Hutchinson	38	86	73	12	18	2	1	0	7	1	0	8	5	.247	.329	.301	.631	22	4	1	4
Hal Newhouser	38	117	91	8	18	3	0	0	6	0	2	12	19	.198	.291	.231	.522	21	3	0	14
Virgil Trucks	41	107	100	6	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	15	.120	.137	.140	.277	14	4	1	5
Ted Gray	36	72	63	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	27	.127	.203	.127	.330	8	0	0	3
Hank Riebe	17	33	33	1	6	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	5	.182	.182	.242	.424	8	2	0	0
Marlin Stuart	15	7	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.333	.429	.333	.762	2	0	0	0
Marv Grissom	27	11	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.222	.364	.222	.586	2	0	1	0
Dizzy Trout	33	14	14	2	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.357	.500	5	0	0	0
Hal White	10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Stubby Overmire	14	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Outlaw	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	1	0	0
Don Lund	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Lou Kretlow	25	28	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	16	.000	.037	.000	.037	0	0	0	1
Saul Rogovin	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Bob Mavis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Earl Rapp	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0
Totals	1825	6137	5259	751	1405	215	51	88	707	39	52	748	501	.267	.361	.378	.739	1986	164	23	107

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Sam Vico	1B	53	372	32	6	36	.985	7.623	0
Don Kolloway	1B	57	472	35	5	49	.990	8.895	0
Paul Campbell	1B	74	561	38	7	67	.988	8.095	0
Eddie Lake	2B	19	25	31	2	6	.966	2.947	0
Don Kolloway	2B	62	135	149	13	44	.956	4.581	0
Neil Berry	2B	95	225	234	14	56	.970	4.832	0
Eddie Lake	3B	18	17	22	0	3	1.000	2.167	0
Don Kolloway	3B	7	6	12	0	1	1.000	2.571	0
George Kell	3B	134	154	271	11	23	.975	3.172	0
Bob Swift	C	69	232	26	3	6	.989	3.739	3
Aaron Robinson	C	108	458	44	7	9	.986	4.648	6
Hank Riebe	C	11	21	3	1	1	.960	2.182	1
Vic Wertz	OF	155	302	14	6	4	.981	2.039	0
Dick Wakefield	OF	32	71	3	0	1	1.000	2.313	0
Pat Mullin	OF	79	169	4	2	0	.989	2.190	0
Johnny Groth	OF	99	247	8	9	3	.966	2.576	0
Hoot Evers	OF	123	319	12	2	2	.994	2.691	0
Hal White	P	9	1	5	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Virgil Trucks	P	41	13	33	2	2	.958	1.122	0
Dizzy Trout	P	33	4	19	3	4	.885	.697	0
Marlin Stuart	P	14	0	7	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Saul Rogovin	P	5	1	0	0	0	1.000	.200	0
Stubby Overmire	P	14	1	5	0	0	1.000	.429	0
Hal Newhouser	P	38	7	69	3	3	.962	2.000	0
Lou Kretlow	P	25	2	23	2	1	.926	1.000	0
Fred Hutchinson	P	33	18	39	1	5	.983	1.727	0
Art Houtteman	P	34	14	59	2	7	.973	2.147	0
Marv Grissom	P	27	1	8	1	0	.900	.333	0
Ted Gray	P	34	9	37	0	3	1.000	1.353	0
Johnny Lipon	SS	120	240	364	22	92	.965	5.033	0
Eddie Lake	SS	38	71	114	8	28	.959	4.868	0
Neil Berry	SS	4	2	3	0	0	1.000	1.250	0
Totals		1664	4170	1723	132	456	.978	3.541	10

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