1946 Detroit Tigers
Record: 107-55
Finish: 1st in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 951
Runs Allowed: 687
Exp W-L: 104-58
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,428,114
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 75-62, 2nd in the AL
AA: 51-86, 8th in the AL
A: 57-80, 6th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 3-4 to Cincinnati Reds
Won AL League Series 4-0 over Tampa Bay Devil Rays
 
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 *Johnny Hopp 29 152 618 123 187 36 8 15 76 37 14 102 30 .303 .401 .460 .861 111.4 22.2 5.9
RF *Ted Williams 27 153 550 135 172 22 2 45 145 2 0 141 36 .313 .452 .605 1.057 142.9 32.5 4.3
3B *Mel Ott 37 152 587 102 153 25 1 34 144 5 3 90 116 .261 .356 .480 .837 100.5 17.3 3.6
2B  Eddie Stanky 29 154 528 100 145 26 1 6 66 0 1 135 55 .275 .424 .362 .786 91.8 17.7 9.5
SS  John Mihalic 34 151 556 67 133 32 2 3 76 0 0 88 76 .239 .343 .320 .663 62.5 7.2 7.8
LF #Roy Cullenbine 32 144 481 99 106 22 1 14 63 1 1 124 45 .220 .380 .358 .737 76.5 11.8 3.8
1B *Jack Bolling 29 135 535 91 172 36 5 8 80 1 1 41 31 .321 .369 .452 .821 75.5 13.9 2.2
C *Butch Nieman 28 120 454 67 145 22 1 15 89 9 3 56 32 .319 .392 .471 .863 78.4 15.8 3.5
1B *Charlie Keller 29 74 248 61 65 15 2 18 63 0 0 74 45 .262 .428 .556 .984 60.5 13.2 1.9
C #Ken Silvestri 30 77 167 22 42 8 1 3 27 0 0 33 32 .251 .379 .365 .745 25.8 4.5 1.3
2B  Billy Cox 26 79 162 23 44 6 1 2 24 0 0 11 5 .272 .316 .358 .674 15.5 1.4 1.6
LF *Goody Rosen 33 53 113 14 33 8 0 0 15 1 0 18 6 .292 .386 .363 .749 15.9 2.8 0.6
P  Joe Dobson 29 41 103 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 43 .087 .145 .087 .233 -2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Hugh Mulcahy 32 33 98 8 21 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 9 .214 .228 .235 .462 4.9 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Krakauskas 31 24 62 4 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 20 .145 .172 .161 .333 -0.1 0.0 0.0
CF *Nino Bongiovanni 34 30 58 8 12 3 0 0 8 0 0 6 3 .207 .277 .259 .536 3.1 0.0 0.5
P  Bob Logan 36 18 46 3 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 .130 .128 .130 .258 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Page 28 52 50 1 10 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 18 .200 .216 .220 .436 2.1 0.0 0.0
C *Don Padgett 34 17 52 7 16 3 1 1 11 0 0 5 6 .308 .368 .462 .830 8.2 1.6 0.3
C  Bob Scheffing 32 20 41 6 13 2 0 3 8 0 0 4 5 .317 .362 .585 .947 8.2 1.4 0.3
P *Ed Lopat 28 58 42 3 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .214 .233 .214 .447 2.0 0.0 0.0
P  Emil Kush 29 44 20 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Hal Kelleher 33 6 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .154 .214 .154 .368 0.5 0.0 0.0
3B *Glenn Crawford 32 15 9 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .333 .400 .333 .733 1.3 0.1 0.1
P  Johnny Humphries 31 86 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Glenn Gardner 30 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
SS  Ham Schulte 33 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Jake Mooty 33 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Lee Stine 32 14 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.0 1940 5615 951 1510 270 26 167 924 56 24 941 639 .269 .373 .415 .789 882.1 163.2 47.4
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 2 3 5 8 2 2 4 7 1 7 3 1 4 2 2  
* - 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
 Joe Dobson 29 20 14 .588 41 41 0 289.7 300 117 9 96 99 3.64 19.2
 Hugh Mulcahy 32 19 9 .679 33 33 0 265.7 250 95 11 66 120 3.22 21.9
*Joe Page 28 14 3 .824 52 20 7 173.0 134 66 7 94 102 3.43 16.5
*Joe Krakauskas 31 11 5 .688 24 24 0 167.7 136 70 14 93 105 3.76 11.2
*Ed Lopat 28 7 9 .438 58 16 11 156.3 197 84 18 46 52 4.84 6.7
*Bob Logan 36 11 4 .733 18 18 0 140.0 143 47 10 45 56 3.02 11.1
 Johnny Humphries 31 7 3 .700 86 0 15 101.3 107 41 10 34 35 3.64 11.0
 Emil Kush 29 10 5 .667 44 4 3 86.3 79 35 8 44 33 3.65 7.6
 Hal Kelleher 33 2 0 1.000 6 1 0 36.7 38 19 3 23 21 4.66 1.7
 Jake Mooty 33 2 0 1.000 20 0 1 28.0 32 14 3 12 8 4.50 1.4
 Glenn Gardner 30 2 1 .667 15 0 1 21.0 19 7 3 4 8 3.00 1.8
 Lee Stine 32 1 2 .333 14 0 0 17.3 18 16 2 10 6 8.31 0.0
*Nino Bongiovanni 34 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.3
Team Totals 31.2 107 55 .660 412 157 38 1486.0 1454 611 98 569 645 3.70 110.4
Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1  
* - 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 .991 31.7
B.Nieman 1018.8 109 112 447 37 5 2 .990 22.9
K.Silvestri 256.0 29 29 135 10 1 1 .993 30.8
B.Scheffing 87.0 10 10 42 4 0 0 1.000 100.0
D.Padgett 82.7 10 11 33 4 1 0 .974 25.0
Team Total 1444.5 158 162 657 55 7 3 .990 27.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.12
J.Bolling 1096.3 118 123 1336 102 9 149 .994 11.80
R.Cullenbine 332.7 38 38 427 21 1 36 .998 12.12
K.Silvestri 37.7 4 5 43 5 0 4 1.000 11.47
G.Rosen 6.1 1 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 11.80
N.Bongiovanni 1.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
H.Schulte 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1475.4 161 170 1817 128 10 189 .995 11.86
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.20
E.Stanky 1366.3 149 153 329 634 22 140 .978 6.34
B.Cox 108.0 12 13 32 49 0 13 1.000 6.75
G.Crawford 12.0 1 3 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.75
Team Total 1486.3 162 169 362 687 22 153 .979 6.35
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.99
M.Ott 1339.3 147 152 93 347 31 34 .934 2.96
K.Silvestri 67.0 7 11 5 15 1 1 .952 2.69
B.Cox 51.0 5 7 5 12 2 0 .895 3.00
G.Rosen 11.2 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.21
C.Keller 2.1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 8.57
G.Crawford 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1471.6 160 176 105 378 34 35 .934 2.95
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.53
J.Mihalic 1346.3 149 151 205 582 14 120 .983 5.26
B.Cox 127.0 12 24 24 50 4 8 .949 5.24
H.Schulte 11.0 1 2 2 3 1 1 .833 4.09
G.Crawford 2.0 0 1 2 2 0 2 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1486.3 162 178 233 637 19 131 .979 5.27
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.99
R.Cullenbine 721.7 79 81 170 12 7 4 .963 2.27
C.Keller 663.5 71 72 138 4 4 2 .973 1.93
G.Rosen 171.9 23 25 36 1 1 1 .974 1.94
N.Bongiovanni 43.0 5 5 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.72
D.Padgett 33.2 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.63
T.Williams 12.0 0 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1645.3 182 193 367 17 12 7 .970 2.10
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.70
J.Hopp 1371.3 149 151 396 7 3 3 .993 2.64
R.Cullenbine 54.0 6 6 22 1 0 0 1.000 3.83
N.Bongiovanni 18.0 2 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50
G.Rosen 17.1 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.11
Team Total 1460.4 159 163 429 8 3 3 .993 2.69
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.22
T.Williams 1306.0 143 146 310 5 5 0 .984 2.17
R.Cullenbine 56.0 6 7 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
N.Bongiovanni 49.0 6 6 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
G.Rosen 26.5 3 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
C.Keller 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Padgett 0.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.3 158 165 342 6 5 0 .986 2.18
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.37
J.Dobson 289.7 41 41 22 52 2 5 .974 2.30
H.Mulcahy 265.7 33 33 14 54 3 9 .958 2.30
J.Page 173.0 20 52 6 33 3 3 .929 2.03
J.Krakauskas 167.7 24 24 10 35 2 1 .957 2.42
E.Lopat 156.3 16 58 11 30 3 3 .932 2.36
B.Logan 140.0 18 18 12 34 1 3 .979 2.96
J.Humphries 101.3 0 86 7 19 3 2 .897 2.31
E.Kush 86.3 4 44 6 21 0 1 1.000 2.81
H.Kelleher 36.7 1 6 2 7 0 2 1.000 2.21
J.Mooty 28.0 0 20 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.61
G.Gardner 21.0 0 15 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.71
L.Stine 17.3 0 14 0 7 0 0 1.000 3.64
N.Bongiovanni 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1486.0 157 412 91 300 17 29 .958 2.37
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bolling .321
On-Base Pct Williams .452
Slugging Pct Williams .605
OPS Williams 1.057
XR Williams 142.9
Games Stanky 154
At-Bats Hopp 618
Runs Williams 135
Hits Hopp 187
Total Bases Williams 333
Singles Hopp 128
Doubles Bolling, Hopp 36
Triples Hopp 8
Homeruns Williams 45
RBIs Williams 145
Stolen Bases Hopp 37
Caught Stealing Hopp 14
Walks Williams 141
Strikeouts Ott 116
ERA Mulcahy 3.22
Wins Dobson 20
Losses Dobson 14
Winning Pct Page .824
Saves Humphries 15
Games Pitched Humphries 86
Games Started Dobson 41
Complete Games Mulcahy 14
Shutouts Dobson, Logan, Mulcahy 1
Innings Pitched Dobson 289.7
Hits Allowed Dobson 300
Homeruns Allowed Lopat 18
Strikeouts Mulcahy 120
Walks Allowed Dobson 96
Walks per 9IP Mulcahy 2.2
Hits per 9IP Page 7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Krakauskas 5.6
WHiP Mulcahy 1.19
OAVG Page .213
OOBP Mulcahy .292
OSLG Page .318
OOPS Page .630
Team All-Stars
Jack Bolling
Johnny Hopp
Mel Ott
Ted Williams
Player Salaries
Mel Ott $ 13,500,000
Ted Williams $ 12,000,000
Joe Dobson $ 7,000,000
Johnny Hopp $ 7,000,000
Charlie Keller $ 5,000,000
Jack Bolling $ 5,000,000
Roy Cullenbine $ 4,500,000
Hugh Mulcahy $ 3,250,000
Eddie Stanky $ 3,057,143
Bob Logan $ 3,000,000
John Mihalic $ 3,000,000
Billy Cox $ 1,150,000
Emil Kush $ 1,100,000
Joe Krakauskas $ 1,000,000
Lee Stine $ 680,000
Ken Silvestri $ 591,429
Hal Kelleher $ 500,000
Nino Bongiovanni $ 500,000
Billy Werber $ 352,000
Johnny Humphries $ 350,000
Bob Scheffing $ 350,000
Jake Mooty $ 300,000
Butch Nieman $ 300,000
Joe Page $ 300,000
Glenn Gardner $ 300,000
Glenn Crawford $ 300,000
Ed Lopat $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Johnny Vander Meer
Joe Orengo
Dick Siebert
New York (N) Eddie Stanky
Mel Ott
2/1 Traded Bill Sayles Montreal Eddie Basinski
5/1 Traded Don Padgett Seattle Butch Nieman
7/1 Traded Cass Michaels Seattle Charlie Keller
7/1 Traded Eddie Basinski
Goody Rosen
San Diego Bob Logan
7/31 Traded Ham Schulte Seattle Jake Mooty
Hal Kelleher
Lee Stine
7/31 Signed     Billy Werber