1948 Detroit Tigers

78-76 • 0.506 Win% • 5th in AL

📊 Season Record

78 Wins
76 Losses
0.506 Win %
5th Rank
700 R 726 RA
Diff -26

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⚡ Quick Stats

700 Runs Scored
726 Runs Allowed
-26 Run Diff
1,743K Attendance

📈 vs. 1948 AL Average

Batting Avg .266 equal to the 1948 league average (.265)
OBP .349 1% above the 1948 league average (.346)
SLG .311 2% below the 1948 league average (.316)
Team ERA 4.15 3% better than the 1948 league average (4.29)
Runs Scored 700 4% below the 1948 league average (730 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,743,404
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Avg per Game 22,641

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Hoot Evers 0.314 2 George Kell 0.304 3 Johnny Lipon 0.290 4 Pat Mullin 0.288 5 Jimmy Outlaw 0.283

Home Runs

1 Pat Mullin 23 2 Dick Wakefield 11 3 Hoot Evers 10 4 Sam Vico 8 5 Vic Wertz 7

RBI

1 Hoot Evers 103 2 Pat Mullin 80 3 Vic Wertz 67 4 Sam Vico 58 5 Dick Wakefield 53
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Hoot Evers 139 538 81 169 0 0 10 103 51 31 3 0.314
Sam Vico 144 521 50 139 0 0 8 58 39 39 2 0.267
Pat Mullin 138 496 91 143 0 0 23 80 77 57 1 0.288
Johnny Lipon 121 458 65 133 0 0 5 52 68 22 4 0.290
Vic Wertz 119 391 49 97 0 0 7 67 48 70 0 0.248
Eddie Mayo 106 370 35 92 0 0 2 42 30 19 1 0.249
George Kell 92 368 47 112 0 0 2 44 33 15 2 0.304
Dick Wakefield 110 322 50 89 0 0 11 53 70 55 0 0.276
Bob Swift 113 292 23 65 0 0 4 33 51 29 1 0.223
Neil Berry 87 256 46 68 0 0 0 16 37 23 1 0.266
Eddie Lake 64 198 51 52 0 0 2 18 57 20 3 0.263
Jimmy Outlaw 74 198 33 56 0 0 0 25 31 15 0 0.283
Fred Hutchinson 76 112 11 23 0 0 1 12 22 9 3 0.205
Hal Wagner 54 109 10 22 0 0 0 10 20 11 1 0.202
Hal Newhouser 39 92 6 19 0 0 0 6 10 14 0 0.207
Paul Campbell 59 83 15 22 0 0 1 11 1 10 0 0.265
Virgil Trucks 43 79 6 13 0 0 0 2 2 14 0 0.165
Dizzy Trout 32 69 6 15 0 0 1 2 5 14 0 0.217
Hank Riebe 25 62 0 12 0 0 0 5 3 5 0 0.194
Art Houtteman 43 56 2 11 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 0.196
Joe Ginsberg 11 36 7 13 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0.361
Ted Gray 26 29 2 7 0 0 0 1 2 7 0 0.241
Johnny Groth 6 17 3 8 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 0.471
Billy Pierce 22 17 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0.294
Stubby Overmire 37 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0.071
Hal White 27 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 0.154
Al Benton 30 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0.182
Johnny Bero 4 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Lou Kretlow 5 8 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.500
Ed Mierkowicz 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0.200
Doc Cramer 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0.000
Rufe Gentry 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
John McHale 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Hal Newhouser 3.01 2 Dizzy Trout 3.43 3 Virgil Trucks 3.78 4 Ted Gray 4.22 5 Fred Hutchinson 4.32

Wins

1 Hal Newhouser 21 2 Virgil Trucks 14 3 Fred Hutchinson 13 4 Dizzy Trout 10 5 Ted Gray 6

Strikeouts

1 Hal Newhouser 143 2 Virgil Trucks 123 3 Fred Hutchinson 92 4 Dizzy Trout 91 5 Art Houtteman 74
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Hal Newhouser 21 12 3.01 39 35 1 272.1 99 143
Fred Hutchinson 13 11 4.32 33 28 0 221.0 48 92
Virgil Trucks 14 13 3.78 43 26 2 211.2 85 123
Dizzy Trout 10 14 3.43 32 23 2 183.2 73 91
Art Houtteman 2 16 4.66 43 20 10 164.1 52 74
Ted Gray 6 2 4.22 26 11 0 85.1 72 60
Stubby Overmire 3 4 5.97 37 4 3 66.1 31 14
Billy Pierce 3 0 6.34 22 5 0 55.1 51 36
Al Benton 2 2 5.68 30 0 3 44.1 36 18
Hal White 2 1 6.12 27 0 1 42.2 26 17
Lou Kretlow 2 1 4.63 5 2 0 23.1 11 9
Rufe Gentry 0 0 2.70 4 0 0 6.2 5 1

👥 Roster (33)

Al Benton Johnny Bero Neil Berry Paul Campbell Doc Cramer Hoot Evers Rufe Gentry Joe Ginsberg Ted Gray Johnny Groth Art Houtteman Fred Hutchinson +21 more

33 players

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