1949 Detroit Tigers
Record: 99-63
Finish: 2nd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 1058
Runs Allowed: 825
Exp W-L: 99-63
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,371,485
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 56-81, 7th in the AL
AA: 57-80, 7th in the AL
A: 53-84, 8th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 3-4 to 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
2B  Billy Cox 29 158 638 93 207 53 3 9 119 0 0 49 21 .324 .371 .459 .830 94.4 14.8 6.7
CF *Wally Judnich 32 154 625 103 188 31 4 20 141 0 0 63 63 .301 .361 .459 .821 95.9 13.9 6.2
RF *Ted Williams 30 154 512 154 188 40 5 44 143 2 0 172 43 .367 .526 .723 1.249 171.2 39.7 3.3
1B *Johnny Hopp 32 156 577 129 167 33 6 11 81 29 18 100 24 .289 .393 .425 .817 94.7 14.4 5.0
1B *Charlie Keller 32 157 521 121 140 27 6 40 143 0 0 146 106 .269 .427 .574 1.001 124.6 23.4 1.1
3B  Ellis Clary 32 153 547 119 174 41 9 5 76 0 0 96 74 .318 .420 .453 .873 102.6 19.3 4.3
C *Butch Nieman 31 148 517 108 148 22 9 21 105 18 8 88 29 .286 .386 .485 .872 96.8 15.9 2.5
2B  Eddie Stanky 32 75 285 56 80 16 0 5 29 0 1 68 29 .281 .419 .389 .808 50.2 7.7 3.2
SS *Merl Combs 29 63 195 32 59 5 0 3 35 0 0 35 13 .303 .411 .374 .786 31.2 4.9 3.0
1B *Cliff Mapes 27 68 153 27 33 9 3 3 19 1 0 29 27 .216 .342 .373 .715 20.7 2.4 1.1
3B  Eddie Bockman 28 59 167 24 46 7 2 6 31 4 1 11 33 .275 .318 .449 .768 23.9 3.4 2.3
C  Mickey Owen 33 69 149 12 45 10 0 1 27 1 0 11 23 .302 .354 .389 .743 18.6 2.5 0.5
P  Walt Masterson 29 40 111 8 18 4 1 0 10 0 0 2 34 .162 .172 .216 .389 4.3 0.0 0.0
LF *Paul O'Dea 28 57 116 23 40 6 2 1 26 1 1 9 9 .345 .389 .457 .846 19.5 3.5 0.4
P *Bill Werle 28 42 110 15 18 1 1 0 9 0 0 4 37 .164 .191 .191 .382 2.9 0.0 0.0
P  Hugh Mulcahy 35 43 108 6 13 2 0 0 9 0 1 3 13 .120 .152 .139 .291 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Marius Russo 34 20 58 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .155 .155 .155 .310 -0.1 0.0 0.0
RF *Gene Hermanski 29 35 43 6 8 0 0 3 9 0 0 7 9 .186 .288 .395 .684 6.4 0.5 0.1
3B *Floyd Baker 32 30 46 5 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 9 .261 .280 .304 .584 4.4 0.1 0.6
3B  George Archie 35 23 39 6 11 3 0 1 5 0 0 2 4 .282 .317 .436 .753 5.3 0.8 0.4
P *Ed Lopat 31 27 24 2 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .417 .417 .417 .833 3.9 0.6 0.0
P  Bob Porterfield 25 29 18 3 6 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 .333 .368 .444 .813 1.6 0.1 0.0
1B *Tommy Henrich 36 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .100 .282 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Barrett 35 91 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.8 0.1 0.0
P *Al Brazle 35 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Scarborough 31 35 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Butch Wensloff 33 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Emil Kush 32 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.3 1978 5580 1058 1624 314 51 173 1031 56 30 898 614 .291 .388 .459 .847 973.4 167.9 40.8
  Rank among 8 AL teams 5 1 2 1 2 1 1 4 6 1 5 1 1 1 1 1  
* - 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
 Walt Masterson 29 21 15 .583 40 40 0 304.7 314 165 32 140 122 4.87 16.7
 Hugh Mulcahy 35 19 15 .559 43 43 0 303.0 312 168 39 114 133 4.99 13.7
*Bill Werle 28 21 11 .656 42 42 0 299.7 312 135 33 65 121 4.05 21.7
*Marius Russo 34 12 5 .706 20 11 0 148.7 138 71 17 38 54 4.30 9.7
 Frank Barrett 35 10 9 .526 91 0 20 104.0 96 52 5 79 55 4.50 11.6
*Ed Lopat 31 4 6 .400 27 10 1 82.3 104 52 7 32 26 5.68 3.2
 Bob Porterfield 25 4 1 .800 29 7 2 62.7 72 38 10 35 18 5.46 3.1
 Butch Wensloff 33 4 0 1.000 41 0 2 44.0 40 23 6 27 17 4.70 3.2
 Ray Scarborough 31 2 0 1.000 35 0 0 42.3 45 22 6 16 19 4.68 2.5
*Al Brazle 35 1 1 .500 35 0 7 32.0 40 19 4 15 10 5.34 2.0
 Emil Kush 32 1 0 1.000 5 0 1 7.3 9 4 1 2 1 4.91 0.8
Team Totals 31.6 99 63 .611 408 153 33 1430.6 1482 749 160 563 576 4.71 88.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 1 2 7 2 6 2 1 4 3  
* - 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 33.3
B.Nieman 1190.7 133 138 496 46 7 1 .987 26.0
M.Owen 239.0 29 29 111 6 1 0 .992 14.3
P.O'Dea 0.6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1430.3 162 168 608 52 8 1 .988 24.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.18
C.Keller 1288.3 145 148 1612 118 41 144 .977 12.09
C.Mapes 46.0 6 6 48 5 0 3 1.000 10.37
P.O'Dea 37.1 4 4 50 6 2 6 .966 13.58
G.Hermanski 36.0 4 5 46 3 0 6 1.000 12.25
E.Bockman 3.9 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.92
J.Hopp 2.3 0 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 15.45
Team Total 1413.7 159 166 1762 133 43 159 .978 12.06
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 6.52
E.Stanky 660.9 73 74 150 276 9 58 .979 5.80
B.Cox 390.3 43 47 88 176 2 34 .992 6.09
E.Bockman 313.6 28 29 85 152 0 34 1.000 6.80
G.Archie 43.0 5 6 11 27 1 5 .974 7.95
F.Baker 38.0 3 10 9 24 1 3 .971 7.82
Team Total 1445.8 152 166 343 655 13 134 .987 6.21
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.91
E.Clary 1302.3 150 151 96 329 27 23 .940 2.94
E.Bockman 67.1 4 10 2 15 2 2 .895 2.28
F.Baker 48.0 5 8 3 14 0 0 1.000 3.19
G.Archie 10.0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.70
M.Combs 7.0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57
C.Keller 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.O'Dea 0.6 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.4 160 176 103 361 29 25 .941 2.91
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.51
B.Cox 925.3 105 108 147 378 17 80 .969 5.11
M.Combs 482.0 57 57 78 230 11 45 .966 5.75
E.Bockman 22.7 0 10 5 5 0 2 1.000 3.96
F.Baker 7.0 0 3 0 6 0 0 1.000 7.71
G.Archie 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.0 162 179 230 619 28 127 .968 5.31
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.99
T.Williams 1251.7 141 146 263 7 10 1 .964 1.94
P.O'Dea 90.4 8 14 17 0 1 0 .944 1.69
C.Mapes 90.3 11 11 23 1 0 0 1.000 2.39
G.Hermanski 9.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Keller 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Hopp 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.4 161 175 303 8 11 1 .966 1.94
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.67
W.Judnich 1307.3 148 150 413 10 2 3 .995 2.91
C.Mapes 117.3 14 15 34 2 0 0 1.000 2.76
B.Nieman 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1430.7 162 167 448 12 2 3 .996 2.89
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.12
J.Hopp 1302.3 148 153 349 10 4 4 .989 2.48
C.Mapes 51.0 6 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.76
P.O'Dea 44.8 4 4 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.21
G.Hermanski 17.0 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
T.Williams 6.3 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
C.Keller 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1422.5 160 171 376 11 4 4 .990 2.45
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.37
W.Masterson 304.7 40 40 14 38 3 4 .945 1.54
H.Mulcahy 303.0 43 43 20 64 1 5 .988 2.50
B.Werle 299.7 42 42 16 57 2 2 .973 2.19
M.Russo 148.7 11 20 10 29 1 3 .975 2.36
F.Barrett 104.0 0 91 5 24 0 0 1.000 2.51
E.Lopat 82.3 10 27 7 14 0 1 1.000 2.30
B.Porterfield 62.7 7 29 5 10 0 2 1.000 2.15
B.Wensloff 44.0 0 41 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.66
R.Scarborough 42.3 0 35 2 9 0 1 1.000 2.34
A.Brazle 32.0 0 35 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.84
E.Kush 7.3 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.23
Team Total 1430.6 153 408 82 259 7 19 .980 2.15
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Williams .367
On-Base Pct Williams .526
Slugging Pct Williams .723
OPS Williams 1.249
XR Williams 171.2
Games Cox 158
At-Bats Cox 638
Runs Williams 154
Hits Cox 207
Total Bases Williams 370
Singles Cox 142
Doubles Cox 53
Triples Clary, Nieman 9
Homeruns Williams 44
RBIs Williams, Keller 143
Stolen Bases Hopp 29
Caught Stealing Hopp 18
Walks Williams 172
Strikeouts Keller 106
ERA Werle 4.05
Wins Masterson, Werle 21
Losses Masterson, Mulcahy 15
Winning Pct Russo .706
Saves Barrett 20
Games Pitched Barrett 91
Games Started Mulcahy 43
Complete Games Masterson 16
Shutouts Masterson, Russo 1
Innings Pitched Masterson 304.7
Hits Allowed Masterson 314
Homeruns Allowed Mulcahy 39
Strikeouts Mulcahy 133
Walks Allowed Masterson 140
Walks per 9IP Werle 2.0
Hits per 9IP Mulcahy 9.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Mulcahy 4.0
WHiP Werle 1.26
OAVG Mulcahy .266
OOBP Werle .308
OSLG Masterson .409
OOPS Werle .741
Team All-Stars
Ellis Clary
Billy Cox
Butch Nieman
Bill Werle
Ted Williams
Player Salaries
Ted Williams $ 12,000,000
Wally Judnich $ 9,500,000
Walt Masterson $ 8,800,000
Johnny Hopp $ 7,000,000
Charlie Keller $ 5,000,000
Butch Wensloff $ 4,000,000
Eddie Stanky $ 3,500,000
Hugh Mulcahy $ 3,250,000
Frank Barrett $ 2,992,000
Ray Scarborough $ 2,000,000
Butch Nieman $ 1,500,000
Marius Russo $ 1,412,000
Ellis Clary $ 1,305,000
Billy Cox $ 1,150,000
Mickey Owen $ 750,000
Ed Lopat $ 500,000
Al Brazle $ 364,000
George Archie $ 300,000
Gene Hermanski $ 300,000
Merl Combs $ 300,000
Bob Porterfield $ 300,000
Bill Werle $ 300,000
Floyd Baker $ 300,000
Cliff Mapes $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Hank Sauer Montreal Mickey Vernon
Cliff Mapes
2/1 Traded Johnny Sain
Eddie Stanky
New York (N) Ray Scarborough
Bob Porterfield
Eddie Bockman
$2,850,000
2/3 Traded Joe Page St. Louis Joe Coleman
$5,000,000
2/3 Traded Joe Coleman
Johnny Humphries
Oakland Red Borom
3/3 Traded Hal Manders
Ray Sanders
New York (N) Wally Judnich
3/3 Traded Allie Reynolds
Preacher Roe
Hank Majeski
Mickey Vernon
San Diego Ellis Clary
Walt Masterson
Merl Combs
4/2 Signed     Frank Barrett
4/2 Signed     Tommy Henrich
4/2 Signed     Al Brazle
7/1 Traded Paul O'Dea
Eddie Bockman
New York (N) Eddie Stanky
Gene Hermanski
7/1 Traded Mike Goliat
Tommy Henrich
Emil Kush
Seattle Marius Russo
7/1 Signed     George Archie