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1951 Detroit Tigers
Record: 99-63
Finish: 2nd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 967
Runs Allowed: 839
Exp W-L: 91-71
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,390,620
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 4th in the AL
AA: 61-76, 7th in the AL
A: 48-89, 8th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-2 over Montreal Expos
Won AL League Series 4-1 over Seattle Mariners
 
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
3B  Snuffy Stirnweiss 32 152 613 133 173 35 10 12 58 40 13 95 86 .282 .379 .431 .810 103.2 20.6 5.6
RF *Ted Williams 32 156 541 144 188 35 3 37 143 0 0 163 48 .348 .494 .628 1.122 156.6 40.3 4.0
2B  Billy Cox 31 154 605 105 189 46 5 9 109 0 0 70 26 .312 .380 .450 .830 95.0 18.6 6.4
C *Butch Nieman 33 146 531 96 151 21 5 27 119 11 7 81 42 .284 .373 .495 .868 95.9 18.0 4.5
2B  Eddie Stanky 34 151 499 89 145 16 2 3 65 0 1 106 78 .291 .413 .349 .762 82.0 15.5 6.9
LF *Johnny Wyrostek 31 125 504 105 168 39 4 6 86 4 3 72 40 .333 .413 .462 .875 89.8 19.5 3.1
CF *Wally Judnich 34 126 532 86 145 31 1 17 116 0 0 49 55 .273 .331 .430 .762 73.4 11.8 5.8
LF  Tommy O'Brien 32 131 351 49 88 22 1 6 55 0 0 35 25 .251 .314 .370 .684 41.7 4.8 2.3
1B *Cliff Mapes 29 121 297 38 64 17 1 10 53 1 1 50 45 .215 .324 .380 .704 39.6 4.8 2.4
RF *Gene Hermanski 31 95 205 28 47 11 0 2 33 1 0 26 26 .229 .313 .312 .625 22.4 2.2 1.2
3B  Frankie Zak 29 85 204 35 59 6 3 5 30 1 3 23 21 .289 .364 .422 .786 29.3 4.8 1.5
C  Eddie Malone 31 56 180 21 46 5 2 2 24 1 1 28 22 .256 .351 .339 .690 22.8 2.7 1.4
P *Bill Werle 30 40 101 4 13 1 1 0 11 0 0 0 26 .129 .129 .158 .287 -2.4 0.0 0.0
SS *Merl Combs 31 39 78 8 12 0 0 0 8 0 0 14 8 .154 .280 .154 .433 3.8 0.0 0.7
P  Red Embree 33 40 68 4 10 1 1 0 7 0 0 2 19 .147 .164 .191 .356 2.0 0.0 0.0
P #Johnny Vander Meer 36 27 58 6 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 13 .155 .167 .172 .339 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Marius Russo 36 60 51 3 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 7 .216 .226 .235 .462 3.3 0.0 0.0
P  Walt Masterson 31 54 54 0 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 18 .074 .074 .093 .167 -2.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Harris 34 78 41 4 11 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 17 .268 .268 .293 .561 3.1 0.1 0.0
P *Howie Pollet 30 14 29 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 .172 .172 .172 .345 0.2 0.0 0.0
1B *Mike Schemer 33 18 29 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 .241 .313 .241 .554 1.5 0.0 0.1
P  Jim Hearn 30 75 17 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .118 .118 .118 .235 -0.4 0.0 0.0
C  Walker Cooper 36 12 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .143 .333 .143 .476 0.6 0.1 0.0
P *Ed Lopat 33 26 7 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .429 .714 0.8 0.1 0.0
P  Hugh Mulcahy 37 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 32.4 1988 5605 967 1550 291 39 136 941 59 31 821 635 .277 .366 .415 .781 861.7 163.9 45.9
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 2 4 3 3 8 2 2 6 1 3 4 1 4 3 3  
* - 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
*Bill Werle 30 18 9 .667 40 40 0 273.0 265 120 42 82 150 3.96 18.9
 Red Embree 33 18 7 .720 40 27 3 213.3 214 108 33 89 135 4.56 14.3
*Marius Russo 36 10 7 .588 60 22 6 197.3 212 123 24 86 74 5.61 7.8
 Bob Harris 34 12 9 .571 78 13 7 180.0 160 66 20 69 74 3.30 19.1
 Walt Masterson 31 10 9 .526 54 17 9 179.7 198 95 23 56 77 4.76 10.2
*Johnny Vander Meer 36 9 9 .500 27 27 0 160.3 145 115 25 142 130 6.46 1.5
 Jim Hearn 30 10 4 .714 75 2 9 108.7 109 59 10 50 34 4.89 8.8
*Howie Pollet 30 7 5 .583 14 14 0 92.3 80 58 8 70 76 5.65 3.1
*Ed Lopat 33 3 2 .600 26 0 3 34.3 42 16 1 12 7 4.19 3.3
 Hugh Mulcahy 37 1 1 .500 7 0 0 14.3 17 12 2 9 6 7.54 0.0
 Eddie Malone 31 0 1 .000 1 0 0 3.0 7 6 1 5 0 18.00 0.0
 Frankie Zak 29 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.2
 Merl Combs 31 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0
Team Totals 32.4 99 63 .611 424 162 37 1458.3 1449 778 189 670 763 4.80 87.1
Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 1 2 4 3 7 5 5 2 5  
* - 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 .990 31.3
B.Nieman 1023.7 113 117 583 32 4 2 .994 20.8
E.Malone 429.7 49 50 217 16 2 0 .991 21.1
W.Cooper 5.0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1458.3 162 171 803 49 6 2 .993 21.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.31
C.Mapes 448.3 54 55 547 38 1 52 .998 11.74
G.Hermanski 399.0 42 55 491 39 2 47 .996 11.95
J.Wyrostek 361.3 39 44 440 36 2 37 .996 11.86
F.Zak 161.0 17 18 206 17 2 16 .991 12.47
M.Schemer 23.1 1 4 31 2 0 2 1.000 12.86
W.Judnich 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1394.7 153 177 1717 132 7 154 .996 11.93
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.28
E.Stanky 1359.3 151 151 310 611 22 123 .977 6.10
F.Zak 88.0 10 10 17 34 3 9 .944 5.22
M.Combs 9.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
S.Stirnweiss 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1458.3 162 163 328 647 25 133 .975 6.02
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.95
S.Stirnweiss 1289.3 143 149 99 320 8 15 .981 2.92
F.Zak 105.0 12 14 6 27 1 3 .971 2.83
M.Combs 56.0 7 8 2 11 0 0 1.000 2.09
B.Cox 8.0 0 4 2 2 0 2 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1458.3 162 175 109 360 9 20 .981 2.89
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.53
B.Cox 1318.0 147 147 208 567 36 101 .956 5.29
M.Combs 110.0 13 14 10 43 1 11 .981 4.34
F.Zak 30.3 2 8 5 16 1 4 .955 6.23
M.Schemer 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.6 162 169 223 626 38 116 .957 5.24
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.93
J.Wyrostek 719.7 80 80 141 1 4 0 .973 1.78
T.Williams 704.0 76 83 147 3 5 2 .968 1.92
C.Mapes 59.0 7 7 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.75
T.O'Brien 27.3 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.32
B.Nieman 5.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1515.0 166 176 312 4 9 2 .972 1.88
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.55
W.Judnich 1129.0 125 125 339 7 1 2 .997 2.76
B.Nieman 173.3 20 20 43 1 3 1 .936 2.28
C.Mapes 106.0 12 13 31 1 0 0 1.000 2.72
B.Cox 18.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
J.Wyrostek 14.7 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.84
F.Zak 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
S.Stirnweiss 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
M.Schemer 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.6 162 165 422 9 4 3 .991 2.66
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.92
T.O'Brien 713.3 84 85 160 2 8 0 .953 2.04
T.Williams 633.3 71 72 123 2 0 1 1.000 1.78
C.Mapes 68.0 7 9 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
G.Hermanski 29.3 0 13 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
B.Nieman 13.3 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
J.Wyrostek 0.9 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 10.00
Team Total 1458.2 162 185 308 5 8 2 .975 1.93
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.33
B.Werle 273.0 40 40 18 67 0 6 1.000 2.80
R.Embree 213.3 27 40 12 41 0 3 1.000 2.24
M.Russo 197.3 22 60 8 26 0 2 1.000 1.55
B.Harris 180.0 13 78 20 39 1 5 .983 2.95
W.Masterson 179.7 17 54 12 20 0 2 1.000 1.60
J.Vander Meer 160.3 27 27 10 26 1 2 .973 2.02
J.Hearn 108.7 2 75 4 19 1 2 .958 1.91
H.Pollet 92.3 14 14 5 15 1 0 .952 1.95
E.Lopat 34.3 0 26 1 11 0 0 1.000 3.15
H.Mulcahy 14.3 0 7 1 4 0 1 1.000 3.14
E.Malone 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
F.Zak 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
M.Combs 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.3 162 424 91 270 4 24 .989 2.23
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Williams .348
On-Base Pct Williams .494
Slugging Pct Williams .628
OPS Williams 1.122
XR Williams 156.6
Games Williams 156
At-Bats Stirnweiss 613
Runs Williams 144
Hits Cox 189
Total Bases Williams 340
Singles Cox 129
Doubles Cox 46
Triples Stirnweiss 10
Homeruns Williams 37
RBIs Williams 143
Stolen Bases Stirnweiss 40
Caught Stealing Stirnweiss 13
Walks Williams 163
Strikeouts Stirnweiss 86
ERA Harris 3.30
Wins Embree, Werle 18
Losses Harris, Masterson, Vander Meer, Werle 9
Winning Pct Embree .720
Saves Hearn, Masterson 9
Games Pitched Harris 78
Games Started Werle 40
Complete Games Masterson 7
Shutouts Harris, Masterson, Vander Meer, Werle 1
Innings Pitched Werle 273.0
Hits Allowed Werle 265
Homeruns Allowed Werle 42
Strikeouts Werle 150
Walks Allowed Vander Meer 142
Walks per 9IP Werle 2.7
Hits per 9IP Harris 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Embree 5.7
WHiP Werle 1.27
OAVG Harris .235
OOBP Harris .306
OSLG Harris .358
OOPS Harris .664
Team All-Stars
Billy Cox
Butch Nieman
Marius Russo
Bill Werle
Ted Williams
Player Salaries
Ted Williams $ 15,340,000
Walt Masterson $ 8,800,000
Howie Pollet $ 8,500,000
Wally Judnich $ 7,500,000
Billy Cox $ 5,240,000
Red Embree $ 3,700,000
Snuffy Stirnweiss $ 3,490,000
Eddie Stanky $ 3,000,000
Butch Nieman $ 2,500,000
Frankie Zak $ 2,290,000
Bob Harris $ 2,135,714
Johnny Wyrostek $ 1,807,143
Marius Russo $ 1,250,000
Tommy O'Brien $ 500,000
Gene Hermanski $ 350,000
Jim Hearn $ 350,000
Walker Cooper $ 300,000
Merl Combs $ 300,000
Milt Byrnes $ 300,000
Cliff Mapes $ 300,000
Bill Werle $ 300,000
Eddie Malone $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Johnny Sain
Charlie Keller
Eddie Lukon		 Boston (A) Frankie Zak
2/19 Signed     Tommy O'Brien
3/3 Traded Everett Fagan Cincinnati Jim Hearn
Bob Harris
4/2 Traded Joe Demaestri Tampa Bay Mickey Grasso
4/2 Signed     Walker Cooper
4/2 Signed     Roy Partee
5/1 Traded Hugh Mulcahy
Floyd Baker
Dick Marlowe
Mike Schemer		 New York (N) Red Embree
Johnny Wyrostek
7/31 Traded Johnny Vander Meer
Ed Lopat		 Boston (N) Howie Pollet
$5,000,000
9/22 Signed     Milt Byrnes
 
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