1943 Detroit Tigers
Record: 72-90
Finish: 6th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 773
Runs Allowed: 798
Exp W-L: 79-83
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,959,526
Manager: Ted Lyons

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 54-83, 7th in the AL
AA: 64-73, 5th in the AL
A: 59-78, 7th in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B *Jack Bolling 26 156 606 76 204 40 2 8 107 0 1 36 29 .337 .368 .449 .816 88.4 13.5 2.6
SS  John Mihalic 31 146 524 78 131 27 5 6 47 0 0 74 70 .250 .343 .355 .698 60.4 6.0 7.8
RF *Vince Barton 35 152 525 79 138 29 6 19 92 0 0 49 88 .263 .332 .450 .782 73.0 9.5 2.1
CF *Ernie Sulik 32 141 497 67 147 23 3 12 75 0 1 43 14 .296 .350 .427 .776 70.5 10.2 3.5
C *Billy Sullivan 32 139 506 74 158 37 3 8 89 0 0 32 47 .312 .352 .445 .796 72.7 11.0 5.6
RF *Ted Williams 24 115 417 102 141 37 7 26 75 0 0 94 36 .338 .459 .647 1.107 108.1 22.7 2.3
3B  Joe Orengo 28 87 273 38 65 12 1 5 27 2 0 34 67 .238 .325 .344 .669 29.8 2.5 1.6
CF #Jim Gleeson 31 117 271 50 84 21 4 5 49 7 7 23 23 .310 .369 .472 .841 41.6 6.3 1.5
LF *Dick Siebert 31 74 262 35 71 11 3 1 25 1 0 27 5 .271 .340 .347 .688 31.5 3.8 1.2
CF *Nino Bongiovanni 31 81 244 27 68 8 0 3 19 0 1 9 5 .279 .304 .348 .653 22.2 1.6 1.1
3B *Floyd Baker 26 66 166 21 41 4 0 0 10 1 0 44 11 .247 .399 .271 .670 24.9 3.1 1.8
C #Ken Silvestri 27 62 184 20 43 9 0 6 25 0 1 17 22 .234 .305 .380 .686 19.1 1.4 2.8
SS  Ham Schulte 30 70 158 10 28 7 0 0 13 0 1 7 8 .177 .212 .222 .434 5.8 0.0 1.7
P  Johnny Broaca 33 42 112 5 14 6 0 0 4 0 0 2 27 .125 .140 .179 .319 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Max Lanier 27 44 106 7 20 3 0 1 16 0 0 1 6 .189 .194 .245 .440 5.2 0.0 0.0
RF  Red Worthington 37 45 115 15 29 3 0 3 18 0 0 8 6 .252 .296 .357 .653 13.0 1.1 0.5
2B  Joe Chamberlain 33 45 115 15 29 4 1 4 12 0 0 6 30 .252 .289 .409 .698 13.4 1.4 1.3
1B *George McQuinn 33 85 93 14 25 6 1 3 18 0 0 9 8 .269 .333 .452 .785 11.9 1.5 0.1
P  Tiny Bonham 29 47 84 2 14 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 17 .167 .184 .190 .374 2.0 0.0 0.0
1B  Marty Hopkins 36 39 71 12 15 3 0 1 5 0 1 16 18 .211 .364 .296 .659 9.4 1.1 0.6
SS  Irv Hall 24 28 65 6 14 1 3 0 8 1 0 1 6 .215 .227 .323 .550 4.4 0.0 0.8
P *Cy Blanton 34 19 53 2 8 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 7 .151 .182 .208 .389 1.4 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Krakauskas 28 41 39 3 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 .231 .250 .231 .481 1.8 0.0 0.0
LF #Dave Philley 23 15 39 6 16 3 1 2 4 0 0 1 1 .410 .425 .692 1.117 9.4 2.2 0.3
P  Stu Flythe 31 13 21 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .143 .182 .143 .325 0.0 0.0 0.0
C *Jake Early 28 15 23 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .130 .200 .174 .374 0.6 0.0 0.3
SS  Cass Michaels 17 7 21 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 .190 .261 .286 .547 1.7 0.1 0.3
3B  Woody English 37 16 15 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .267 .353 .333 .686 1.9 0.2 0.1
P  Johnny Humphries 28 47 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .375 .625 0.7 0.1 0.0
P *Clyde Shoun 31 88 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Glenn Liebhardt 32 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Lohrman 30 38 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 2088 5625 773 1529 299 41 114 752 12 13 545 583 .272 .336 .400 .737 724.0 99.4 39.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 7 5 6 4 8 2 4 7 4 6 4 5 6 3 4 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Johnny Broaca 33 18 18 .500 42 42 0 320.0 317 140 32 85 152 3.94 20.1
*Max Lanier 27 17 15 .531 44 44 0 314.0 303 141 5 132 169 4.04 21.7
 Tiny Bonham 29 7 21 .250 47 31 2 253.0 311 152 33 53 51 5.41 5.3
 Cy Blanton 34 9 7 .563 19 19 0 145.3 158 64 10 55 34 3.96 9.3
*Joe Krakauskas 28 6 7 .462 41 11 5 123.0 123 65 14 72 67 4.76 6.7
*Clyde Shoun 31 9 5 .643 88 0 10 99.0 98 33 5 32 36 3.00 13.0
 Stu Flythe 31 0 9 .000 13 13 0 71.7 82 61 5 56 35 7.66 0.0
 Johnny Humphries 28 6 4 .600 47 2 2 62.3 85 48 8 30 17 6.93 0.0
 Bill Lohrman 30 0 3 .000 38 0 4 40.3 60 24 3 20 6 5.36 0.7
 Glenn Liebhardt 32 0 1 .000 8 0 0 13.0 26 16 0 8 5 11.08 0.0
Team Totals 30.3 72 90 .444 387 162 23 1441.6 1563 744 115 543 572 4.64 76.9
Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 7 6 6 5 5 7 2 8 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 32.9
B.Sullivan 978.0 110 116 411 37 6 0 .987 30.6
K.Silvestri 409.7 47 50 170 20 0 1 1.000 40.0
J.Early 54.0 5 12 22 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1441.7 162 178 603 59 6 1 .991 32.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.17
J.Bolling 1295.3 144 152 1601 97 15 143 .991 11.80
M.Hopkins 65.3 9 9 76 5 0 5 1.000 11.16
V.Barton 26.0 3 3 32 1 0 3 1.000 11.42
G.McQuinn 25.0 3 3 28 4 0 3 1.000 11.52
R.Worthington 13.0 2 2 17 3 0 1 1.000 13.85
K.Silvestri 11.0 1 2 16 0 0 2 1.000 13.09
N.Bongiovanni 5.0 0 2 6 1 0 1 1.000 12.60
J.Orengo 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1441.7 162 174 1779 111 15 158 .992 11.80
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.17
F.Baker 534.0 65 66 112 208 6 48 .982 5.39
H.Schulte 244.3 25 47 43 95 4 18 .972 5.08
J.Chamberlain 219.0 26 31 67 103 1 18 .994 6.99
I.Hall 171.0 20 27 41 82 1 17 .992 6.47
J.Orengo 144.3 15 24 41 52 4 17 .959 5.80
M.Hopkins 74.0 6 19 16 28 0 8 1.000 5.35
C.Michaels 46.0 5 7 13 23 0 10 1.000 7.04
W.English 5.0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Mihalic 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.7 162 228 333 592 16 136 .983 5.77
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 3.03
J.Orengo 470.0 56 56 42 117 8 8 .952 3.04
V.Barton 337.7 38 44 33 70 7 4 .936 2.75
D.Siebert 305.2 31 35 17 68 1 6 .988 2.51
J.Gleeson 49.0 0 21 1 18 1 1 .950 3.49
H.Schulte 39.0 5 5 3 9 0 2 1.000 2.77
G.McQuinn 32.0 2 13 4 7 0 1 1.000 3.09
K.Silvestri 28.0 4 4 4 9 0 1 1.000 4.18
B.Sullivan 6.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
W.English 6.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1272.9 137 181 105 301 17 23 .960 2.87
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 5.64
J.Mihalic 1206.3 136 139 193 549 21 104 .972 5.54
H.Schulte 125.7 16 16 19 60 1 8 .988 5.66
M.Hopkins 46.7 5 6 4 19 3 2 .885 4.44
J.Chamberlain 40.0 4 8 2 16 3 2 .857 4.05
J.Orengo 14.0 0 6 3 4 0 0 1.000 4.50
W.English 9.0 1 1 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.00
Team Total 1441.7 162 176 222 652 28 116 .969 5.46
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.05
N.Bongiovanni 381.0 47 47 98 3 1 1 .990 2.39
V.Barton 327.0 34 40 76 1 5 1 .939 2.12
R.Worthington 174.0 21 22 43 0 0 0 1.000 2.22
T.Williams 167.0 18 22 39 0 0 0 1.000 2.10
B.Sullivan 136.0 16 16 35 0 2 0 .946 2.32
D.Philley 108.0 14 14 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Siebert 57.1 5 13 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
E.Sulik 54.0 2 15 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.67
J.Gleeson 25.7 1 11 9 0 1 0 .900 3.16
M.Hopkins 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1433.8 158 202 350 6 9 2 .975 2.23
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.71
E.Sulik 1031.3 116 119 344 9 15 5 .959 3.08
J.Gleeson 386.3 45 47 123 1 4 1 .969 2.89
D.Siebert 46.1 4 6 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.73
N.Bongiovanni 12.0 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
V.Barton 11.0 0 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.91
J.Orengo 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1487.8 166 181 491 10 19 6 .963 3.03
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.02
T.Williams 826.3 92 93 201 3 1 0 .995 2.22
V.Barton 456.0 53 53 96 2 1 1 .990 1.93
D.Siebert 138.4 13 13 37 1 0 1 1.000 2.47
J.Gleeson 73.3 7 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.72
N.Bongiovanni 44.0 5 6 9 0 1 0 .900 1.84
J.Orengo 25.0 3 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.24
R.Worthington 17.0 2 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.76
Team Total 1580.1 175 180 375 6 3 2 .992 2.17
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.28
J.Broaca 320.0 42 42 18 56 2 5 .974 2.08
M.Lanier 314.0 44 44 17 55 4 3 .947 2.06
T.Bonham 253.0 31 47 22 63 1 6 .988 3.02
C.Blanton 145.3 19 19 10 25 1 2 .972 2.17
J.Krakauskas 123.0 11 41 7 22 3 0 .906 2.12
C.Shoun 99.0 0 88 6 18 0 2 1.000 2.18
S.Flythe 71.7 13 13 6 13 0 0 1.000 2.39
J.Humphries 62.3 2 47 2 17 0 3 1.000 2.74
B.Lohrman 40.3 0 38 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.23
G.Liebhardt 13.0 0 8 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.77
Team Total 1441.6 162 387 91 280 11 22 .971 2.32
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Williams .338
On-Base Pct Williams .459
Slugging Pct Williams .647
OPS Williams 1.107
XR Williams 108.1
Games Bolling 156
At-Bats Bolling 606
Runs Williams 102
Hits Bolling 204
Total Bases Bolling 272
Singles Bolling 154
Doubles Bolling 40
Triples Williams 7
Homeruns Williams 26
RBIs Bolling 107
Stolen Bases Gleeson 7
Caught Stealing Gleeson 7
Walks Williams 94
Strikeouts Barton 88
ERA Broaca 3.94
Wins Broaca 18
Losses Bonham 21
Winning Pct Blanton .563
Saves Shoun 10
Games Pitched Shoun 88
Games Started Lanier 44
Complete Games Broaca 15
Shutouts Broaca 5
Innings Pitched Broaca 320.0
Hits Allowed Broaca 317
Homeruns Allowed Bonham 33
Strikeouts Lanier 169
Walks Allowed Lanier 132
Walks per 9IP Bonham 1.9
Hits per 9IP Lanier 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Lanier 4.8
WHiP Broaca 1.26
OAVG Lanier .254
OOBP Broaca .303
OSLG Lanier .341
OOPS Lanier .668
Team All-Stars
Jack Bolling
Clyde Shoun
Ted Williams
Player Salaries
Ted Williams $ 6,535,714
Max Lanier $ 6,000,000
Red Worthington $ 5,560,000
Billy Sullivan $ 5,250,000
Ernie Sulik $ 4,500,000
Johnny Broaca $ 4,000,000
Jack Bolling $ 3,492,857
John Mihalic $ 3,000,000
George McQuinn $ 2,380,000
Tiny Bonham $ 2,135,714
Clyde Shoun $ 1,750,000
Dick Siebert $ 1,620,000
Vince Barton $ 1,500,000
Jim Gleeson $ 1,500,000
Bill Lohrman $ 1,250,000
Joe Krakauskas $ 1,000,000
Jake Early $ 350,000
Floyd Baker $ 300,000
Johnny Humphries $ 300,000
Irv Hall $ 300,000
Cass Michaels $ 300,000
Stu Flythe $ 300,000
Joe Orengo $ 300,000
Dave Philley $ 300,000
Nino Bongiovanni $ 300,000
Ham Schulte $ 300,000
Ken Silvestri $ 300,000
Glenn Liebhardt $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Ed Hanyzewski
Russ Meers
Boston (N) Johnny Broaca
2/1 Traded Wally Berger New York (N) Pat Simmons
2/3 Traded Don Padgett
Fred Sington
Lonny Frey
Dutch Leonard
Minnesota George Mcquinn
Cy Blanton
2/3 Signed     Vince Barton
2/7 Traded Bob Logan San Diego Red Worthington
Johnny Humphries
2/9 Signed     Billy Sullivan
2/15 Signed     Ernie Sulik
4/2 Released Don Richmond    
7/1 Traded Cy Blanton
$3,000,000
Tampa Bay Dick Siebert
7/31 Released Wayne Lamaster    
9/1 Released Woody English    
9/1 Released Joe Chamberlain    
9/1 Released Marty Hopkins    
10/1 Released Bruce Ogrodowski