1943 Detroit Tigers

78-76 • 0.506 Win% • 5th in AL

📊 Season Record

78 Wins
76 Losses
0.506 Win %
5th Rank
632 R 560 RA
Diff +72

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⚡ Quick Stats

632 Runs Scored
560 Runs Allowed
+72 Run Diff
635K Attendance

📈 vs. 1943 AL Average

Batting Avg .261 5% above the 1943 league average (.249)
OBP .322 1% above the 1943 league average (.319)
SLG .304 8% above the 1943 league average (.282)
Team ERA 3.00 9% better than the 1943 league average (3.30)
Runs Scored 632 5% above the 1943 league average (600 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 635,380
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Avg per Game 8,145

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Joe Wood 0.323 2 Dick Wakefield 0.316 3 Doc Cramer 0.300 4 Pinky Higgins 0.277 5 Rudy York 0.271

Home Runs

1 Rudy York 34 2 Pinky Higgins 10 3 Dick Wakefield 7 4 Jimmy Bloodworth 6 5 Ned Harris 6

RBI

1 Rudy York 118 2 Pinky Higgins 84 3 Dick Wakefield 79 4 Jimmy Bloodworth 52 5 Doc Cramer 43
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dick Wakefield 155 633 91 200 0 0 7 79 62 60 4 0.316
Doc Cramer 140 606 79 182 0 0 1 43 31 13 4 0.300
Joe Hoover 144 575 78 140 0 0 4 38 36 101 6 0.243
Rudy York 155 571 90 155 0 0 34 118 84 88 5 0.271
Pinky Higgins 138 523 62 145 0 0 10 84 57 31 2 0.277
Jimmy Bloodworth 129 474 41 114 0 0 6 52 29 59 4 0.241
Ned Harris 114 354 43 90 0 0 6 32 47 29 6 0.254
Paul Richards 100 313 32 69 0 0 5 33 38 35 1 0.220
Don Ross 89 247 19 66 0 0 0 18 20 3 2 0.267
Joe Wood 60 164 22 53 0 0 1 17 6 13 2 0.323
Rip Radcliff 70 115 3 30 0 0 0 10 13 3 1 0.261
Dixie Parsons 40 106 2 15 0 0 0 4 6 16 0 0.142
Al Unser 38 101 14 25 0 0 0 4 15 15 0 0.248
Dizzy Trout 45 91 9 20 0 0 1 6 2 8 2 0.220
Virgil Trucks 33 72 7 13 0 0 0 7 2 4 0 0.181
Jimmy Outlaw 20 67 8 18 0 0 1 6 8 4 0 0.269
Hal Newhouser 37 65 4 12 0 0 0 5 3 8 0 0.185
Tommy Bridges 25 64 4 14 0 0 0 3 5 14 0 0.219
Hal White 32 57 4 8 0 0 0 2 7 18 0 0.140
Stubby Overmire 29 42 1 7 0 0 0 2 5 7 0 0.167
Charlie Metro 44 40 12 8 0 0 0 2 3 6 1 0.200
Prince Oana 20 26 5 10 0 0 1 7 1 2 0 0.385
Johnny Gorsica 36 23 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.174
Roy Henshaw 26 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.111
Rufe Gentry 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.000
Joe Orrell 10 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
John McHale 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Tommy Bridges 2.39 2 Dizzy Trout 2.48 3 Virgil Trucks 2.84 4 Hal Newhouser 3.04 5 Stubby Overmire 3.18

Wins

1 Dizzy Trout 20 2 Virgil Trucks 16 3 Tommy Bridges 12 4 Hal Newhouser 8 5 Stubby Overmire 7

Strikeouts

1 Hal Newhouser 144 2 Tommy Bridges 124 3 Virgil Trucks 118 4 Dizzy Trout 111 5 Hal White 58
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dizzy Trout 20 12 2.48 44 30 6 246.2 101 111
Virgil Trucks 16 10 2.84 33 25 2 202.2 52 118
Hal Newhouser 8 17 3.04 37 25 1 195.2 111 144
Tommy Bridges 12 7 2.39 25 22 0 191.2 61 124
Hal White 7 12 3.39 32 24 2 177.2 71 58
Stubby Overmire 7 6 3.18 29 18 1 147.0 38 48
Johnny Gorsica 4 5 3.36 35 4 5 96.1 40 45
Roy Henshaw 0 2 3.79 26 3 2 71.1 33 33
Prince Oana 3 2 4.50 10 0 0 34.0 19 15
Rufe Gentry 1 3 3.68 4 4 0 29.1 12 8
Joe Orrell 0 0 3.72 10 0 1 19.1 11 2

👥 Roster (27)

Jimmy Bloodworth Tommy Bridges Doc Cramer Rufe Gentry Johnny Gorsica Ned Harris Roy Henshaw Pinky Higgins Joe Hoover John McHale Charlie Metro Hal Newhouser +15 more

27 players

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