1947 Detroit Tigers

85-69 • 0.552 Win% • 2nd in AL

📊 Season Record

85 Wins
69 Losses
0.552 Win %
2nd Rank
714 R 642 RA
Diff +72

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⚡ Quick Stats

714 Runs Scored
642 Runs Allowed
+72 Run Diff
1,369K Attendance

📈 vs. 1947 AL Average

Batting Avg .258 1% above the 1947 league average (.255)
OBP .351 6% above the 1947 league average (.331)
SLG .316 4% above the 1947 league average (.304)
Team ERA 3.57 4% better than the 1947 league average (3.71)
Runs Scored 714 11% above the 1947 league average (645 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 1,369,556
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Avg per Game 17,119

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 George Kell 0.320 2 Fred Hutchinson 0.302 3 Hoot Evers 0.296 4 Vic Wertz 0.288 5 Hal Wagner 0.288

Home Runs

1 Roy Cullenbine 24 2 Pat Mullin 15 3 Eddie Lake 12 4 Hoot Evers 10 5 Dick Wakefield 8

RBI

1 George Kell 93 2 Roy Cullenbine 78 3 Hoot Evers 67 4 Pat Mullin 62 5 Dick Wakefield 51
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Eddie Lake 158 602 96 127 0 0 12 46 120 54 11 0.211
George Kell 152 588 75 188 0 0 5 93 61 16 9 0.320
Eddie Mayo 142 535 66 149 0 0 6 48 48 28 3 0.279
Roy Cullenbine 142 464 82 104 0 0 24 78 137 51 3 0.224
Hoot Evers 126 460 67 136 0 0 10 67 45 49 8 0.296
Pat Mullin 116 398 62 102 0 0 15 62 63 66 3 0.256
Dick Wakefield 112 368 59 104 0 0 8 51 80 44 1 0.283
Vic Wertz 102 333 60 96 0 0 6 44 47 66 2 0.288
Bob Swift 97 279 23 70 0 0 1 21 33 16 2 0.251
Hal Wagner 71 191 19 55 0 0 5 33 28 16 0 0.288
Doc Cramer 73 157 21 42 0 0 2 30 20 5 0 0.268
Jimmy Outlaw 70 127 20 29 0 0 0 15 21 14 3 0.228
Fred Hutchinson 56 106 8 32 0 0 2 15 6 6 2 0.302
Hal Newhouser 40 96 5 19 0 0 0 9 15 20 0 0.198
John McHale 39 95 10 20 0 0 3 11 7 24 1 0.211
Skeeter Webb 50 79 13 16 0 0 0 6 7 9 3 0.203
Virgil Trucks 36 70 7 19 0 0 0 5 1 7 0 0.271
Dizzy Trout 34 68 5 11 0 0 3 15 8 19 0 0.162
Birdie Tebbetts 20 53 1 5 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0.094
Stubby Overmire 28 47 2 7 0 0 0 2 5 8 0 0.149
Ed Mierkowicz 21 42 6 8 0 0 1 1 1 12 1 0.190
Art Houtteman 23 40 2 12 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0.300
Al Benton 36 39 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 0.154
Hal White 35 18 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 7 0 0.167
Johnny Gorsica 31 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.200
Hank Riebe 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.000
Johnny Groth 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.250
Rufe Gentry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ben Steiner 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Hal Newhouser 2.87 2 Fred Hutchinson 3.03 3 Art Houtteman 3.42 4 Dizzy Trout 3.48 5 Hal White 3.61

Wins

1 Fred Hutchinson 18 2 Hal Newhouser 17 3 Stubby Overmire 11 4 Dizzy Trout 10 5 Virgil Trucks 10

Strikeouts

1 Hal Newhouser 176 2 Fred Hutchinson 113 3 Virgil Trucks 108 4 Dizzy Trout 74 5 Art Houtteman 58
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Hal Newhouser 17 17 2.87 40 36 2 285.0 110 176
Fred Hutchinson 18 10 3.03 33 25 2 219.2 61 113
Dizzy Trout 10 11 3.48 32 26 2 186.1 65 74
Virgil Trucks 10 12 4.53 36 26 2 180.2 79 108
Stubby Overmire 11 5 3.77 28 17 0 140.2 44 33
Al Benton 6 7 4.40 36 14 7 133.0 61 33
Art Houtteman 7 2 3.42 23 9 0 110.2 36 58
Hal White 4 5 3.61 35 5 2 84.2 47 33
Johnny Gorsica 2 0 3.75 31 0 1 57.2 26 20
Rufe Gentry 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0.1 2 0

👥 Roster (29)

Al Benton Doc Cramer Roy Cullenbine Hoot Evers Rufe Gentry Johnny Gorsica Johnny Groth Art Houtteman Fred Hutchinson George Kell Eddie Lake Eddie Mayo +17 more

29 players

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