1949 Detroit Tigers

87-67 • 0.565 Win% • 4th in AL

📊 Season Record

87 Wins
67 Losses
0.565 Win %
4th Rank
751 R 655 RA
Diff +96

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⚡ Quick Stats

751 Runs Scored
655 Runs Allowed
+96 Run Diff
1,828K Attendance

📈 vs. 1949 AL Average

Batting Avg .267 2% above the 1949 league average (.263)
OBP .358 2% above the 1949 league average (.350)
SLG .317 equal to the 1949 league average (.318)
Team ERA 3.77 10% better than the 1949 league average (4.20)
Runs Scored 751 4% above the 1949 league average (722 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 1,828,143
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Avg per Game 23,437

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 George Kell 0.343 2 Vic Wertz 0.304 3 Hoot Evers 0.303 4 Don Kolloway 0.294 5 Johnny Groth 0.293

Home Runs

1 Vic Wertz 20 2 Aaron Robinson 13 3 Pat Mullin 12 4 Johnny Groth 11 5 Hoot Evers 7

RBI

1 Vic Wertz 133 2 Johnny Groth 73 3 Hoot Evers 72 4 George Kell 59 5 Johnny Lipon 59
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Vic Wertz 155 608 96 185 0 0 20 133 80 61 2 0.304
George Kell 134 522 97 179 0 0 3 59 71 13 7 0.343
Don Kolloway 126 483 71 142 0 0 2 47 49 25 7 0.294
Johnny Lipon 127 439 57 110 0 0 3 59 75 24 2 0.251
Hoot Evers 132 432 68 131 0 0 7 72 70 38 6 0.303
Johnny Groth 103 348 60 102 0 0 11 73 65 27 3 0.293
Aaron Robinson 110 331 38 89 0 0 13 56 73 21 0 0.269
Neil Berry 109 329 38 78 0 0 0 18 27 24 4 0.237
Pat Mullin 104 310 55 83 0 0 12 59 42 29 1 0.268
Paul Campbell 87 255 38 71 0 0 3 30 24 32 3 0.278
Eddie Lake 94 240 38 47 0 0 1 15 61 33 2 0.196
Bob Swift 74 189 16 45 0 0 2 18 26 20 0 0.238
Sam Vico 67 142 15 27 0 0 4 18 21 17 0 0.190
Dick Wakefield 59 126 17 26 0 0 6 19 32 24 0 0.206
Virgil Trucks 41 100 6 12 0 0 0 3 1 15 0 0.120
Hal Newhouser 38 91 8 18 0 0 0 6 12 19 0 0.198
Art Houtteman 36 78 8 19 0 0 0 7 1 14 0 0.244
Fred Hutchinson 38 73 12 18 0 0 0 7 8 5 1 0.247
Ted Gray 36 63 5 8 0 0 0 0 6 27 0 0.127
Hank Riebe 17 33 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 0.182
Lou Kretlow 25 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 0 0.000
Dizzy Trout 33 14 2 2 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0.143
Marv Grissom 27 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.222
Marlin Stuart 15 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.333
Jimmy Outlaw 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Stubby Overmire 14 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.333
Hal White 10 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.333
Don Lund 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bob Mavis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Earl Rapp 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Saul Rogovin 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Virgil Trucks 2.81 2 Fred Hutchinson 2.96 3 Hal Newhouser 3.36 4 Ted Gray 3.51 5 Art Houtteman 3.71

Wins

1 Virgil Trucks 19 2 Hal Newhouser 18 3 Art Houtteman 15 4 Fred Hutchinson 15 5 Ted Gray 10

Strikeouts

1 Virgil Trucks 153 2 Hal Newhouser 144 3 Ted Gray 96 4 Art Houtteman 85 5 Fred Hutchinson 54
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Hal Newhouser 18 11 3.36 38 35 1 292.0 111 144
Virgil Trucks 19 11 2.81 41 32 4 275.0 124 153
Art Houtteman 15 10 3.71 34 25 0 203.2 59 85
Ted Gray 10 10 3.51 34 27 1 195.0 103 96
Fred Hutchinson 15 7 2.96 33 21 1 188.2 52 54
Lou Kretlow 3 2 6.16 25 10 0 76.0 69 40
Dizzy Trout 3 6 4.40 33 0 3 59.1 21 19
Marv Grissom 2 4 6.41 27 2 0 39.1 34 17
Marlin Stuart 0 2 9.10 14 2 0 29.2 35 14
Stubby Overmire 1 3 9.87 14 1 0 17.1 9 3
Hal White 1 0 0.00 9 0 2 12.0 4 4
Saul Rogovin 0 1 14.29 5 0 0 5.2 7 2

👥 Roster (31)

Neil Berry Paul Campbell Hoot Evers Ted Gray Marv Grissom Johnny Groth Art Houtteman Fred Hutchinson George Kell Don Kolloway Lou Kretlow Eddie Lake +19 more

31 players

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