1945 Detroit Tigers
Record: 94-69
Finish: 3rd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 863
Runs Allowed: 727
Exp W-L: 94-69
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,320,946
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 6th in the AL
AA: 64-73, 6th in the AL
A: 68-69, 3rd 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
LF #Roy Cullenbine 31 155 544 118 154 30 5 17 89 0 1 127 43 .283 .417 .450 .867 105.4 21.9 3.0
1B *Jack Bolling 28 153 625 93 205 59 1 10 100 0 0 49 27 .328 .373 .474 .847 99.5 20.6 2.6
SS  John Mihalic 33 155 507 65 119 21 4 4 61 1 0 89 63 .235 .348 .316 .663 60.7 7.5 8.4
C *Don Padgett 33 143 543 66 153 29 4 8 89 0 1 47 43 .282 .335 .394 .729 66.1 9.6 5.7
1B *Johnny Hopp 28 130 493 97 144 35 5 12 63 32 12 80 23 .292 .391 .456 .847 86.8 18.2 3.4
RF *Ted Williams 26 126 443 108 140 31 3 37 120 0 0 95 35 .316 .435 .650 1.085 115.8 28.6 2.7
3B  Joe Orengo 30 130 443 71 114 25 5 18 93 1 3 67 84 .257 .352 .458 .810 71.0 12.4 3.6
LF *Goody Rosen 32 130 376 67 107 33 2 3 53 3 1 59 23 .285 .380 .407 .787 57.7 11.0 2.5
2B  Billy Cox 25 97 329 39 91 25 3 8 44 1 0 18 10 .277 .314 .444 .758 40.2 6.3 4.0
SS  Cass Michaels 19 95 225 35 46 5 2 1 9 10 4 24 23 .204 .284 .258 .542 16.3 0.0 2.7
C #Ken Silvestri 29 76 187 21 49 9 1 3 31 0 0 28 27 .262 .356 .369 .725 25.3 3.8 1.9
LF *Dick Siebert 33 104 171 26 48 7 0 4 22 2 0 12 6 .281 .326 .392 .718 21.2 3.2 0.6
P *Joe Krakauskas 30 40 116 6 21 3 0 0 10 0 0 1 37 .181 .188 .207 .395 3.1 0.0 0.0
CF *Augie Bergamo 28 47 84 10 19 3 0 0 8 1 0 11 9 .226 .313 .262 .574 7.8 0.5 0.2
P *Ed Lopat 27 52 73 2 11 1 1 0 8 0 0 1 12 .151 .156 .192 .348 1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Dobson 28 28 61 5 8 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 16 .131 .145 .131 .276 -0.6 0.0 0.0
C  Bob Scheffing 31 39 45 4 9 2 0 1 6 0 0 2 6 .200 .229 .311 .540 2.9 0.0 0.3
P *Joe Page 27 63 36 4 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 .167 .167 .167 .333 -0.1 0.0 0.0
SS  Moe Franklin 31 22 45 6 14 3 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 .311 .311 .378 .689 4.5 0.6 0.4
P #Johnny Vander Meer 30 14 38 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .079 .103 .079 .182 -1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Hugh Mulcahy 31 15 32 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .094 .147 .094 .241 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Max Lanier 29 14 36 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .139 .162 .167 .329 0.0 0.0 0.0
SS  Ham Schulte 32 11 26 4 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .231 .286 .346 .632 2.5 0.3 0.5
P  Bill Sayles 27 49 20 3 7 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 4 .350 .381 .450 .831 2.8 0.5 0.0
P  Charley Schanz 26 48 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.3 0.0 0.0
CF #Jim Gleeson 33 13 12 4 4 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 0 .333 .385 .833 1.218 3.3 1.0 0.1
3B *Glenn Crawford 31 12 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.4 0.0 0.3
3B *Floyd Baker 28 10 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .400 .500 .600 1.100 1.3 0.5 0.1
P  Johnny Humphries 30 35 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
CF *Nino Bongiovanni 33 6 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .600 .667 .800 1.467 1.9 0.5 0.0
P  Tiny Bonham 31 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Gene Schott 31 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.4 2050 5549 863 1493 328 38 127 841 51 22 720 526 .269 .351 .411 .762 794.4 146.9 43.2
  Rank among 8 AL teams 5 2 2 1 5 2 2 3 6 3 1 2 3 3 2 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
*Joe Krakauskas 30 21 8 .724 40 40 0 289.3 250 122 31 166 166 3.79 19.9
*Ed Lopat 27 16 11 .593 52 24 1 227.3 227 79 16 50 41 3.13 19.8
 Joe Dobson 28 9 10 .474 28 26 0 171.0 201 101 11 66 62 5.32 2.9
*Joe Page 27 9 12 .429 63 20 15 166.3 140 87 18 103 124 4.71 8.8
 Hugh Mulcahy 31 8 4 .667 15 13 0 110.3 101 43 7 32 55 3.51 8.7
*Johnny Vander Meer 30 9 2 .818 14 14 0 108.0 84 37 6 55 80 3.08 9.5
*Max Lanier 29 3 6 .333 14 14 0 98.0 106 65 5 48 50 5.97 0.0
 Bill Sayles 27 9 8 .529 49 6 8 91.0 83 45 6 62 86 4.45 7.3
 Charley Schanz 26 6 5 .545 48 12 3 86.7 80 40 4 32 54 4.15 6.0
 Johnny Humphries 30 1 0 1.000 35 0 2 48.7 61 20 5 16 12 3.70 3.0
 Tiny Bonham 31 2 2 .500 24 0 3 35.7 34 14 2 20 6 3.53 3.5
 Gene Schott 31 1 1 .500 14 3 3 19.3 13 8 1 11 4 3.72 2.4
 Emil Kush 28 0 0 .000 7 0 1 5.0 11 6 0 5 2 10.80 0.0
Team Totals 28.8 94 69 .577 403 172 36 1456.6 1391 667 112 666 742 4.12 91.9
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 1 3 3 2 4 5 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 .989 33.9
D.Padgett 1200.3 135 136 603 37 6 2 .991 31.9
K.Silvestri 204.7 23 24 134 5 0 0 1.000 33.3
B.Scheffing 50.3 5 8 27 4 0 0 1.000 66.7
J.Mihalic 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1456.3 163 169 766 46 6 2 .993 34.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.89
J.Bolling 1314.3 148 153 1624 98 19 167 .989 11.79
K.Silvestri 89.0 10 12 110 11 0 10 1.000 12.24
D.Siebert 41.0 5 6 50 2 1 4 .981 11.41
R.Cullenbine 7.0 0 1 10 1 0 0 1.000 14.14
J.Orengo 5.0 0 1 5 1 0 2 1.000 10.80
J.Gleeson 4.8 1 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1461.1 164 174 1805 113 20 183 .990 11.81
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.17
B.Cox 760.4 92 92 177 360 9 81 .984 6.36
C.Michaels 509.7 56 77 121 219 6 60 .983 6.00
M.Franklin 57.9 6 15 12 22 1 3 .971 5.28
G.Crawford 28.0 2 10 10 15 0 3 1.000 8.04
J.Orengo 17.3 0 8 4 10 1 2 .933 7.27
F.Baker 15.7 1 7 6 8 0 2 1.000 8.05
H.Schulte 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Mihalic 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1393.0 157 211 330 634 17 151 .983 6.23
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.89
J.Orengo 997.3 113 114 65 273 16 30 .955 3.05
G.Rosen 182.7 19 29 10 42 1 5 .981 2.56
K.Silvestri 144.0 17 19 7 36 0 1 1.000 2.69
C.Michaels 83.0 10 11 7 21 0 1 1.000 3.04
D.Siebert 40.7 4 7 3 9 1 3 .923 2.66
J.Gleeson 8.3 1 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.25
G.Crawford 4.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75
B.Cox 2.7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.33
F.Baker 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1463.7 164 187 94 386 18 40 .964 2.95
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.53
J.Mihalic 1340.3 149 153 221 606 14 125 .983 5.55
H.Schulte 64.0 8 8 18 29 1 6 .979 6.61
M.Franklin 50.6 7 7 7 20 2 3 .931 4.80
B.Cox 38.2 5 5 7 21 0 3 1.000 6.60
C.Michaels 15.0 2 2 1 10 0 3 1.000 6.60
J.Orengo 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Baker 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1510.1 171 177 254 686 17 140 .982 5.60
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.06
R.Cullenbine 1264.3 144 148 272 12 12 2 .959 2.02
G.Rosen 67.0 7 8 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.82
A.Bergamo 64.0 8 9 9 0 1 0 .900 1.27
D.Siebert 42.0 4 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
T.Williams 19.0 0 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
J.Gleeson 1.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.8 163 178 313 13 13 2 .962 2.01
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.71
J.Hopp 943.9 105 110 249 6 4 3 .985 2.43
G.Rosen 477.3 54 57 124 5 1 1 .992 2.43
A.Bergamo 35.0 5 5 10 0 1 0 .909 2.57
D.Siebert 30.0 3 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.10
J.Gleeson 2.5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
J.Orengo 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1489.7 167 180 391 11 6 4 .985 2.43
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.17
T.Williams 1029.7 117 118 236 5 4 3 .984 2.11
J.Hopp 175.6 19 19 40 2 0 1 1.000 2.15
D.Siebert 83.0 10 11 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.71
G.Rosen 64.0 6 10 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.11
A.Bergamo 43.0 5 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.67
D.Padgett 25.7 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.10
J.Orengo 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
J.Gleeson 4.3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.09
R.Cullenbine 3.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1437.2 161 171 335 7 4 4 .988 2.14
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.27
J.Krakauskas 289.3 40 40 21 57 5 4 .940 2.43
E.Lopat 227.3 24 52 8 40 0 2 1.000 1.90
J.Dobson 171.0 26 28 9 28 1 1 .974 1.95
J.Page 166.3 20 63 6 25 0 0 1.000 1.68
H.Mulcahy 110.3 13 15 7 20 1 0 .964 2.20
J.Vander Meer 108.0 14 14 3 16 1 1 .950 1.58
M.Lanier 98.0 14 14 4 20 1 1 .960 2.20
B.Sayles 91.0 6 49 2 15 1 1 .944 1.68
C.Schanz 86.7 12 48 5 17 0 2 1.000 2.28
J.Humphries 48.7 0 35 0 12 0 1 1.000 2.22
T.Bonham 35.7 0 24 1 9 0 0 1.000 2.52
G.Schott 19.3 3 14 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.86
E.Kush 5.0 0 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1456.6 172 403 67 263 10 13 .971 2.04
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bolling .328
On-Base Pct Williams .435
Slugging Pct Williams .650
OPS Williams 1.085
XR Williams 115.8
Games Mihalic, Cullenbine 155
At-Bats Bolling 625
Runs Cullenbine 118
Hits Bolling 205
Total Bases Bolling 296
Singles Bolling 135
Doubles Bolling 59
Triples Cullenbine, Hopp, Orengo 5
Homeruns Williams 37
RBIs Williams 120
Stolen Bases Hopp 32
Caught Stealing Hopp 12
Walks Cullenbine 127
Strikeouts Orengo 84
ERA Lopat 3.13
Wins Krakauskas 21
Losses Page 12
Winning Pct Krakauskas .724
Saves Page 15
Games Pitched Page 63
Games Started Krakauskas 40
Complete Games Lopat 12
Shutouts Krakauskas 2
Innings Pitched Krakauskas 289.3
Hits Allowed Krakauskas 250
Homeruns Allowed Krakauskas 31
Strikeouts Krakauskas 166
Walks Allowed Krakauskas 166
Walks per 9IP Lopat 2.0
Hits per 9IP Page 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Page 6.7
WHiP Lopat 1.22
OAVG Page .228
OOBP Lopat .303
OSLG Krakauskas .376
OOPS Lopat .693
Team All-Stars
Joe Krakauskas
Don Padgett
Ted Williams
Player Salaries
Ted Williams $ 12,000,000
Johnny Vander Meer $ 7,770,000
Don Padgett $ 6,000,000
Bill Sayles $ 5,658,266
Roy Cullenbine $ 4,500,000
Hugh Mulcahy $ 3,971,429
Johnny Hopp $ 3,935,714
Joe Dobson $ 3,600,000
Jack Bolling $ 3,492,857
John Mihalic $ 3,000,000
Joe Orengo $ 1,864,286
Emil Kush $ 1,662,857
Goody Rosen $ 1,500,000
Dick Siebert $ 1,400,000
Joe Krakauskas $ 1,000,000
Nino Bongiovanni $ 500,000
Ken Silvestri $ 470,000
Ham Schulte $ 350,000
Billy Cox $ 350,000
Glenn Crawford $ 300,000
Johnny Humphries $ 300,000
Floyd Baker $ 300,000
Cass Michaels $ 300,000
Joe Page $ 300,000
Bob Scheffing $ 300,000
Ed Lopat $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Bill Sayles
2/7 Traded Tommy De La Cruz Boston (N) Russ Meers
4/2 Traded Dave Philley
Irv Hall
Babe Phelps
Bob Seeds
Minnesota Don Padgett
5/1 Traded Gene Schott Cleveland Emil Kush
5/1 Traded Jim Gleeson Boston (A) Johnny Hopp
6/1 Traded Max Lanier
Moe Franklin
Round Draft Pick.
Cincinnati Joe Dobson
Billy Cox
Round Draft Pick.
7/31 Traded Stan Klopp Cleveland Hugh Mulcahy
7/31 Traded Jose Zardon
Charley Schanz
Tiny Bonham
Russ Meers
Clyde Shoun
Oakland Johnny Vander Meer
7/31 Traded Augie Bergamo Boston (A) Fred Chapman
$5,870,000