1944 Detroit Tigers

88-66 • 0.571 Win% • 2nd in AL

📊 Season Record

88 Wins
66 Losses
0.571 Win %
2nd Rank
658 R 581 RA
Diff +77

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⚡ Quick Stats

658 Runs Scored
581 Runs Allowed
+77 Run Diff
930K Attendance

📈 vs. 1944 AL Average

Batting Avg .262 1% above the 1944 league average (.259)
OBP .329 2% above the 1944 league average (.322)
SLG .296 2% above the 1944 league average (.292)
Team ERA 3.09 10% better than the 1944 league average (3.43)
Runs Scored 658 4% above the 1944 league average (632 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 930,349
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Avg per Game 11,927

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Dick Wakefield 0.355 2 Chuck Hostetler 0.298 3 Pinky Higgins 0.297 4 Doc Cramer 0.292 5 Rudy York 0.276

Home Runs

1 Rudy York 18 2 Dick Wakefield 12 3 Pinky Higgins 7 4 Eddie Mayo 5 5 Dizzy Trout 5

RBI

1 Rudy York 98 2 Pinky Higgins 76 3 Eddie Mayo 63 4 Jimmy Outlaw 57 5 Dick Wakefield 53
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Eddie Mayo 154 607 76 151 0 0 5 63 57 23 9 0.249
Rudy York 151 583 77 161 0 0 18 98 68 73 5 0.276
Doc Cramer 143 578 69 169 0 0 2 42 37 21 6 0.292
Pinky Higgins 148 543 79 161 0 0 7 76 81 34 4 0.297
Jimmy Outlaw 139 535 69 146 0 0 3 57 41 40 7 0.273
Joe Hoover 120 441 67 104 0 0 0 29 35 66 7 0.236
Paul Richards 95 300 24 71 0 0 3 37 35 30 8 0.237
Dick Wakefield 78 276 53 98 0 0 12 53 55 29 2 0.355
Chuck Hostetler 90 265 42 79 0 0 0 20 21 31 4 0.298
Bob Swift 80 247 15 63 0 0 1 19 27 27 2 0.255
Don Ross 66 167 14 35 0 0 2 15 14 9 2 0.210
Joe Orengo 46 154 14 31 0 0 0 10 20 29 1 0.201
Dizzy Trout 51 133 18 36 0 0 5 24 9 28 2 0.271
Hal Newhouser 47 120 10 29 0 0 0 5 6 12 1 0.242
Charlie Metro 38 78 8 15 0 0 0 5 3 10 1 0.192
Rufe Gentry 37 76 1 15 0 0 0 10 1 11 0 0.197
Stubby Overmire 32 63 4 11 0 0 0 8 6 8 0 0.175
Johnny Gorsica 40 52 7 7 0 0 0 4 2 6 0 0.135
Al Unser 11 25 2 3 0 0 1 5 3 2 0 0.120
Boom-Boom Beck 28 22 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0.318
Don Heffner 6 19 0 4 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 0.211
Red Borom 7 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0.071
Zeb Eaton 9 10 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.100
Bubba Floyd 3 9 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.444
Jake Mooty 15 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.143
Roy Henshaw 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Hack Miller 5 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0.200
Joe Orrell 10 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.250
Bob Gillespie 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Elon Hogsett 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000
John McHale 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jackie Sullivan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Dizzy Trout 2.12 2 Hal Newhouser 2.22 3 Stubby Overmire 3.07 4 Boom-Boom Beck 3.89 5 Johnny Gorsica 4.11

Wins

1 Hal Newhouser 29 2 Dizzy Trout 27 3 Rufe Gentry 12 4 Stubby Overmire 11 5 Johnny Gorsica 6

Strikeouts

1 Hal Newhouser 187 2 Dizzy Trout 144 3 Rufe Gentry 68 4 Stubby Overmire 57 5 Johnny Gorsica 47
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dizzy Trout 27 14 2.12 49 40 0 352.1 83 144
Hal Newhouser 29 9 2.22 47 34 2 312.1 102 187
Rufe Gentry 12 14 4.24 37 30 0 203.2 108 68
Stubby Overmire 11 11 3.07 32 28 1 199.2 41 57
Johnny Gorsica 6 14 4.11 34 19 4 162.0 32 47
Boom-Boom Beck 1 2 3.89 28 2 1 74.0 27 25
Jake Mooty 0 0 4.45 15 0 0 28.1 18 7
Joe Orrell 2 1 2.42 10 2 0 22.1 11 10
Zeb Eaton 0 0 5.74 6 0 0 15.2 8 4
Roy Henshaw 0 0 8.76 7 1 0 12.1 6 10
Bob Gillespie 0 1 6.55 7 0 0 11.0 12 4
Elon Hogsett 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 6.1 4 5

👥 Roster (32)

Boom-Boom Beck Red Borom Doc Cramer Zeb Eaton Bubba Floyd Rufe Gentry Bob Gillespie Johnny Gorsica Don Heffner Roy Henshaw Pinky Higgins Elon Hogsett +20 more

32 players

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