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1948 Detroit Tigers
Record: 97-66
Finish: 3rd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 1052
Runs Allowed: 877
Exp W-L: 95-68
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,366,382
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 68-69, 4th in the AL
AA: 63-74, 6th in the AL
A: 49-88, 8th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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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
RF *Ted Williams 29 155 536 167 188 40 3 48 155 4 0 178 44 .351 .508 .705 1.213 174.8 39.2 3.1
RF  Hank Sauer 31 157 614 107 154 23 2 45 149 0 0 78 93 .251 .332 .515 .847 102.5 14.9 2.4
1B *Charlie Keller 31 154 492 120 133 23 8 26 117 1 2 140 99 .270 .427 .508 .935 111.3 20.4 3.0
C *Butch Nieman 30 146 532 90 154 23 3 19 105 11 5 61 33 .289 .360 .451 .812 83.7 12.7 6.2
2B  Eddie Stanky 31 129 439 90 121 24 3 6 49 3 1 127 54 .276 .439 .385 .824 83.3 14.3 3.5
1B *Johnny Hopp 31 121 447 101 145 32 4 13 68 36 13 78 16 .324 .424 .501 .925 90.9 17.3 3.0
1B *Ray Sanders 31 143 438 79 120 25 4 10 82 0 0 89 38 .274 .395 .418 .813 73.7 11.9 1.7
3B *Glenn Crawford 34 135 452 75 138 16 5 0 45 0 0 62 29 .305 .387 .363 .750 65.0 9.7 5.2
2B  Billy Cox 28 142 465 72 132 23 2 8 75 1 0 47 12 .284 .345 .394 .738 63.7 8.6 5.9
3B  Hank Majeski 31 120 373 62 103 28 4 14 71 0 0 22 38 .276 .314 .485 .799 53.7 8.1 2.7
C  Mickey Owen 32 78 175 29 51 10 2 2 33 0 1 14 31 .291 .344 .406 .749 21.5 2.7 1.4
P *Joe Page 30 43 108 9 31 3 0 0 18 0 0 0 27 .287 .279 .315 .594 10.3 0.5 0.0
P  Johnny Sain 30 45 100 13 27 2 0 0 10 0 0 3 1 .270 .291 .290 .581 8.4 0.2 0.0
P  Hugh Mulcahy 34 29 79 2 10 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 15 .127 .125 .127 .252 -1.2 0.0 0.0
2B  Dick Culler 33 27 58 8 12 0 1 2 7 1 0 6 1 .207 .281 .345 .626 5.5 0.3 1.1
LF *Paul O'Dea 27 35 56 13 19 2 0 1 10 0 0 7 7 .339 .406 .429 .835 9.9 1.8 0.2
P  Joe Dobson 31 37 53 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 .057 .057 .094 .151 -2.8 0.0 0.0
P  Butch Wensloff 32 15 43 5 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 14 .256 .289 .256 .545 3.4 0.1 0.0
SS  John Mihalic 36 21 36 5 5 0 1 0 4 0 0 3 8 .139 .205 .194 .400 0.8 0.0 0.4
C  Bob Scheffing 34 26 23 1 7 1 0 0 9 0 0 2 1 .304 .360 .348 .708 2.2 0.3 0.0
P  Preacher Roe 33 31 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.9 0.0 0.0
P  Allie Reynolds 31 28 13 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .385 .385 .385 .769 1.9 0.3 0.0
P  Johnny Humphries 33 53 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .273 .273 .273 .545 0.8 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Krakauskas 33 33 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Papish 30 16 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .167 .143 .167 .310 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Hal Manders 31 49 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Forrest Thompson 30 14 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .600 1.200 1.4 0.4 0.0
SS  Bobby Mattick 32 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Emil Kush 31 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.4 2022 5598 1052 1577 277 42 194 1020 57 22 920 599 .282 .380 .450 .831 961.3 163.5 39.9
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 1 1 3 2 1 1 4 5 1 4 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
*Joe Page 30 22 9 .710 43 43 0 281.3 233 134 23 152 171 4.29 21.3
 Johnny Sain 30 13 7 .650 45 35 1 265.0 284 145 25 119 140 4.92 13.9
 Hugh Mulcahy 34 12 11 .522 29 29 0 203.0 218 94 21 78 110 4.17 13.4
 Joe Dobson 31 11 6 .647 37 23 3 164.0 164 84 11 52 66 4.61 10.3
 Butch Wensloff 32 6 4 .600 15 11 0 118.0 119 58 15 70 53 4.42 7.5
*Preacher Roe 33 8 4 .667 31 18 3 83.7 78 30 8 32 29 3.23 8.6
 Johnny Humphries 33 6 5 .545 53 2 11 73.0 104 66 13 43 22 8.14 0.0
 Hal Manders 31 5 1 .833 49 1 7 70.3 66 27 7 25 28 3.46 8.3
 Allie Reynolds 31 4 5 .444 28 8 2 57.7 64 40 8 31 26 6.24 2.0
*Joe Krakauskas 33 4 5 .444 33 4 3 56.7 60 54 6 49 31 8.58 0.0
 Emil Kush 31 3 3 .500 35 0 3 39.0 55 31 5 15 21 7.15 0.7
*Frank Papish 30 2 4 .333 16 2 1 25.7 29 22 5 34 11 7.72 0.0
*Forrest Thompson 30 1 2 .333 14 1 1 23.3 20 12 3 14 7 4.63 1.7
Team Totals 31.5 97 66 .595 428 177 35 1460.6 1494 797 150 714 715 4.91 87.6
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 1 3 2 4 4 4 6 1 4  
* - 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 31.3
B.Nieman 1157.0 128 134 588 43 2 2 .997 23.5
M.Owen 301.0 35 35 157 9 0 0 1.000 37.5
B.Scheffing 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1461.0 163 170 747 52 2 2 .998 25.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.11
R.Sanders 881.3 99 99 1020 88 9 109 .992 11.31
C.Keller 549.7 61 64 631 53 9 64 .987 11.20
G.Crawford 18.0 2 2 21 3 1 0 .960 12.00
H.Majeski 9.0 1 1 11 0 2 1 .846 11.00
J.Hopp 2.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
B.Cox 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.0 163 168 1687 144 21 174 .989 11.28
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.22
E.Stanky 1084.3 120 126 252 427 16 97 .977 5.64
B.Cox 206.7 24 24 50 94 5 26 .966 6.27
G.Crawford 120.3 14 15 29 47 5 12 .938 5.68
J.Hopp 17.0 2 2 5 6 0 2 1.000 5.82
D.Culler 13.7 1 4 7 7 0 2 1.000 9.22
J.Mihalic 10.0 1 2 7 5 0 1 1.000 10.80
T.Williams 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1461.0 163 174 353 586 26 140 .973 5.78
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 3.04
H.Majeski 797.7 91 101 65 185 10 18 .962 2.82
C.Keller 282.7 30 36 31 81 3 5 .974 3.57
G.Crawford 234.0 26 31 17 68 4 10 .955 3.27
D.Culler 91.7 11 14 10 34 1 3 .978 4.32
J.Mihalic 38.0 4 5 2 7 0 0 1.000 2.13
B.Cox 10.0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.Mattick 7.0 0 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1461.0 163 193 126 379 18 36 .966 3.11
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 5.53
B.Cox 847.7 96 108 138 337 19 76 .962 5.04
G.Crawford 522.0 60 69 100 226 11 43 .967 5.62
D.Culler 43.0 4 9 10 17 0 8 1.000 5.65
J.Mihalic 31.0 3 6 4 12 0 4 1.000 4.65
H.Majeski 15.3 0 6 3 13 0 2 1.000 9.39
M.Owen 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Mattick 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.0 163 200 255 606 30 133 .966 5.30
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.97
H.Sauer 1327.0 149 153 280 5 7 3 .976 1.93
C.Keller 65.0 6 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.94
P.O'Dea 35.8 4 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.01
R.Sanders 33.0 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
G.Crawford 15.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
T.Williams 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1478.8 165 175 311 5 7 3 .978 1.92
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.76
J.Hopp 1013.0 113 117 301 9 6 6 .981 2.75
T.Williams 226.3 25 25 69 1 4 0 .946 2.78
C.Keller 54.3 6 6 13 0 2 0 .867 2.15
G.Crawford 53.0 6 6 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.06
B.Nieman 36.0 4 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Sanders 34.0 4 4 10 0 1 0 .909 2.65
P.O'Dea 11.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
H.Sauer 9.3 1 2 6 0 1 0 .857 5.79
B.Scheffing 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.0 160 166 429 10 14 6 .969 2.75
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.14
T.Williams 1107.3 124 125 278 4 4 2 .986 2.29
C.Keller 279.7 31 32 63 1 0 1 1.000 2.06
P.O'Dea 38.0 3 9 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
G.Crawford 27.0 3 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67
R.Sanders 27.0 3 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67
Team Total 1479.0 164 173 353 5 4 3 .989 2.18
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.30
J.Page 281.3 43 43 11 38 1 4 .980 1.57
J.Sain 265.0 35 45 26 44 5 3 .933 2.38
H.Mulcahy 203.0 29 29 15 41 3 3 .949 2.48
J.Dobson 164.0 23 37 12 28 0 1 1.000 2.20
B.Wensloff 118.0 11 15 4 19 3 1 .885 1.75
P.Roe 83.7 18 31 6 15 0 1 1.000 2.26
J.Humphries 73.0 2 53 4 16 0 1 1.000 2.47
H.Manders 70.3 1 49 2 12 2 1 .875 1.79
A.Reynolds 57.7 8 28 3 14 1 2 .944 2.65
J.Krakauskas 56.7 4 33 8 16 0 0 1.000 3.81
E.Kush 39.0 0 35 5 8 0 0 1.000 3.00
F.Papish 25.7 2 16 0 5 2 1 .714 1.75
F.Thompson 23.3 1 14 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.93
Team Total 1460.6 177 428 97 260 17 18 .955 2.20
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Williams .351
On-Base Pct Williams .508
Slugging Pct Williams .705
OPS Williams 1.213
XR Williams 174.8
Games Sauer 157
At-Bats Sauer 614
Runs Williams 167
Hits Williams 188
Total Bases Williams 378
Singles Crawford 117
Doubles Williams 40
Triples Keller 8
Homeruns Williams 48
RBIs Williams 155
Stolen Bases Hopp 36
Caught Stealing Hopp 13
Walks Williams 178
Strikeouts Keller 99
ERA Mulcahy 4.17
Wins Page 22
Losses Mulcahy 11
Winning Pct Page .710
Saves Humphries 11
Games Pitched Humphries 53
Games Started Page 43
Complete Games Dobson, Sain 6
Shutouts Dobson, Sain 1
Innings Pitched Page 281.3
Hits Allowed Sain 284
Homeruns Allowed Sain 25
Strikeouts Page 171
Walks Allowed Page 152
Walks per 9IP Dobson 2.9
Hits per 9IP Page 7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Page 5.5
WHiP Dobson 1.32
OAVG Page .224
OOBP Dobson .315
OSLG Page .353
OOPS Page .675
Team All-Stars
Billy Cox
Joe Dobson
Butch Nieman
Hank Sauer
Ted Williams
Player Salaries
Ted Williams $ 12,000,000
Hank Sauer $ 10,000,000
Johnny Hopp $ 7,000,000
Johnny Sain $ 6,500,000
Charlie Keller $ 5,000,000
Butch Wensloff $ 4,000,000
Eddie Stanky $ 3,500,000
Joe Page $ 3,357,143
Hugh Mulcahy $ 3,250,000
Allie Reynolds $ 2,750,000
Preacher Roe $ 2,550,000
Ray Sanders $ 2,250,000
Hank Majeski $ 1,500,000
Butch Nieman $ 1,500,000
Billy Cox $ 1,150,000
Emil Kush $ 1,100,000
Hal Manders $ 1,000,000
Mickey Owen $ 750,000
Ed Lopat $ 500,000
Johnny Humphries $ 350,000
Bob Scheffing $ 350,000
Bobby Mattick $ 300,000
Dick Culler $ 300,000
Paul O'Dea $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Roy Cullenbine
Mel Ott
$2,800,000		 San Diego Freddy Schmidt
2/1 Traded Jack Bolling Minnesota Dixie Parsons
2/2 Signed     Hank Sauer
3/3 Traded Ken Silvestri
Jake Mooty
Nino Bongiovanni
Frank Secory		 Pittsburgh Johnny Sain
Frank Papish
Mickey Owen
4/2 Released Leo Wells    
7/1 Traded Joe Krakauskas
John Mihalic
Forrest Thompson		 Tampa Bay Preacher Roe
Allie Reynolds
Hal Manders
$5,000,000
7/1 Signed     Dick Culler
7/1 Signed     Bobby Mattick
7/1 Signed     George Fallon
7/31 Traded Joe Dobson
Glenn Gardner
$3,000,000		 Boston (N) Butch Wensloff
Paul O'Dea
10/14 Released Frank Papish    
10/14 Released Glenn Crawford    
 
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