1950 Detroit Tigers
Record: 104-58
Finish: 1st in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 1115
Runs Allowed: 773
Exp W-L: 107-55
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,396,670
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 60-77, 6th in the AL
AA: 69-68, 4th in the AL
A: 60-77, 6th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 3-4 to 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
CF *Wally Judnich 33 156 615 126 189 40 3 26 150 0 0 98 62 .307 .397 .509 .906 122.1 22.1 5.5
RF *Ted Williams 31 155 549 178 215 47 5 52 198 1 0 166 48 .392 .527 .780 1.307 191.3 45.6 4.5
1B *Charlie Keller 33 157 551 116 130 26 5 41 138 0 0 143 120 .236 .388 .525 .913 119.8 20.3 2.2
2B  Billy Cox 30 153 609 111 194 50 6 14 122 0 2 73 19 .319 .390 .489 .880 105.2 19.1 7.9
C *Butch Nieman 32 143 528 102 138 14 3 20 101 17 5 95 33 .261 .372 .413 .785 84.9 12.1 3.5
2B  Eddie Stanky 33 131 470 118 146 14 0 8 51 1 1 117 54 .311 .447 .391 .838 91.5 16.3 4.1
3B  Ellis Clary 33 99 345 62 102 23 0 1 45 1 0 85 41 .296 .432 .371 .803 61.1 10.3 2.6
1B *Johnny Hopp 33 88 329 50 96 22 3 2 32 15 11 48 23 .292 .381 .395 .776 46.8 6.6 3.3
1B *Eddie Lukon 29 77 289 56 84 24 0 19 93 0 0 36 39 .291 .364 .571 .935 56.3 9.6 1.7
3B  Snuffy Stirnweiss 31 53 217 44 63 8 2 2 33 19 10 39 21 .290 .398 .373 .772 32.9 4.5 2.1
SS *Merl Combs 30 53 152 17 39 4 0 0 21 0 0 30 13 .257 .379 .283 .662 18.9 2.2 2.0
1B *Cliff Mapes 28 52 126 29 29 5 1 5 22 0 1 21 13 .230 .338 .405 .743 17.7 2.1 1.2
RF *Gene Hermanski 30 65 98 21 32 8 1 2 20 5 0 12 12 .327 .404 .490 .893 19.4 3.7 0.5
P  Marius Russo 35 36 98 9 19 2 0 0 13 0 0 3 22 .194 .225 .214 .440 4.1 0.0 0.0
P  Walt Masterson 30 33 98 4 14 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 33 .143 .167 .153 .320 0.7 0.0 0.0
1B *Mike Schemer 32 76 93 13 29 3 1 1 15 4 1 2 2 .312 .326 .398 .724 10.5 1.2 0.1
C  Mickey Owen 34 34 84 6 17 3 0 1 7 0 0 10 15 .202 .287 .274 .561 6.6 0.0 0.4
P *Bill Werle 29 29 80 6 17 3 1 0 7 0 0 0 22 .213 .207 .275 .482 4.9 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Scarborough 32 27 61 2 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 13 .148 .159 .148 .306 0.4 0.0 0.0
3B *Floyd Baker 33 25 59 17 18 3 0 0 3 0 0 10 6 .305 .406 .356 .762 8.6 1.4 0.1
C  Eddie Malone 30 20 60 6 12 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 4 .200 .294 .233 .527 4.5 0.0 0.5
P  Hugh Mulcahy 36 54 53 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .075 .093 .075 .168 -1.9 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Sain 32 19 26 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .192 .192 .192 .385 0.4 0.0 0.0
2B  Mickey Witek 34 19 28 5 11 2 0 2 7 0 0 1 3 .393 .414 .679 1.092 6.6 1.6 0.4
P #Johnny Vander Meer 35 42 24 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .083 .120 .083 .203 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Ed Lopat 32 51 17 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .353 .353 .353 .706 2.2 0.3 0.0
P  Connie Marrero 39 18 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Butch Wensloff 34 46 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Porterfield 26 40 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 32.0 1951 5678 1115 1621 304 31 196 1091 63 31 1003 641 .285 .390 .454 .844 1014.0 179.0 42.5
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 1 2 2 5 2 1 2 6 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
*Marius Russo 35 21 8 .724 36 36 0 249.0 223 85 28 70 97 3.07 21.9
 Walt Masterson 30 16 9 .640 33 31 0 242.0 241 109 30 101 112 4.05 14.1
*Bill Werle 29 18 5 .783 29 29 0 208.0 206 100 25 61 87 4.33 13.5
 Hugh Mulcahy 36 5 13 .278 54 21 2 182.3 222 129 24 109 83 6.37 0.0
 Ray Scarborough 32 12 3 .800 27 23 3 166.7 136 50 15 84 92 2.70 15.8
*Johnny Vander Meer 35 6 3 .667 42 19 5 96.7 72 34 10 60 80 3.17 8.4
 Johnny Sain 32 4 5 .444 19 16 4 89.0 93 62 14 46 52 6.27 0.1
*Ed Lopat 32 9 4 .692 51 2 2 83.0 81 28 7 39 25 3.04 9.0
 Butch Wensloff 34 3 1 .750 46 7 5 56.7 46 15 6 27 26 2.38 6.9
 Bob Porterfield 26 5 4 .556 40 11 3 47.7 62 42 5 21 10 7.93 0.0
 Connie Marrero 39 4 2 .667 18 3 0 35.7 50 31 9 21 5 7.82 0.0
 Cliff Mapes 28 1 1 .500 2 0 0 5.3 4 2 1 3 0 3.38 0.6
*Butch Nieman 32 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.2
 Eddie Malone 30 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 1 1 0 1 0 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 32.1 104 58 .642 399 198 25 1464.0 1438 688 174 644 669 4.23 90.5
Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 6 1 3 3 6 2 2 4 2  
* - 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 .992 32.3
B.Nieman 1183.7 129 134 581 34 7 3 .989 20.0
M.Owen 158.7 18 20 59 6 0 0 1.000 50.0
E.Malone 122.0 15 15 71 5 0 0 1.000 28.6
Team Total 1464.3 162 169 711 45 7 3 .991 24.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 12.09
C.Keller 1317.0 147 149 1619 135 41 164 .977 11.99
E.Lukon 171.4 19 20 199 15 2 15 .991 11.24
M.Schemer 65.0 6 10 77 6 1 7 .988 11.49
G.Hermanski 60.0 7 7 64 4 0 7 1.000 10.20
J.Hopp 10.0 1 2 14 0 0 0 1.000 12.60
C.Mapes 9.0 1 1 14 1 0 1 1.000 15.00
W.Judnich 3.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1635.7 181 190 1988 161 44 194 .980 11.82
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.21
E.Stanky 1145.3 127 130 259 526 17 110 .979 6.17
M.Combs 200.0 25 27 43 83 9 20 .933 5.67
B.Cox 67.0 7 8 18 21 0 6 1.000 5.24
M.Witek 26.0 2 5 4 16 0 3 1.000 6.92
F.Baker 21.3 1 6 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.69
S.Stirnweiss 1.3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.92
E.Clary 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.7 162 177 325 650 26 139 .974 6.00
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.87
E.Clary 580.4 63 63 35 150 10 7 .949 2.87
S.Stirnweiss 179.5 19 20 15 48 1 4 .984 3.16
F.Baker 117.7 13 17 6 35 4 2 .911 3.14
C.Keller 13.3 0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.70
M.Combs 11.3 1 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.38
B.Cox 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 903.2 96 107 59 237 15 13 .952 2.95
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.52
B.Cox 1249.3 141 144 217 526 23 109 .970 5.35
E.Clary 313.0 34 34 48 150 5 27 .975 5.69
S.Stirnweiss 289.8 32 33 49 129 3 30 .983 5.53
M.Combs 180.0 21 23 33 87 3 17 .976 6.00
M.Witek 29.0 0 9 3 15 0 3 1.000 5.59
F.Baker 3.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 2064.1 228 244 352 908 34 186 .974 5.49
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.97
T.Williams 674.0 75 79 155 7 3 1 .982 2.16
E.Lukon 495.3 53 55 100 2 0 0 1.000 1.85
G.Hermanski 67.3 8 10 20 1 0 1 1.000 2.81
C.Mapes 50.0 6 6 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.62
J.Hopp 16.3 2 3 5 1 0 1 1.000 3.31
C.Keller 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
W.Judnich 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1309.0 144 155 289 12 3 3 .990 2.07
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.55
W.Judnich 1330.7 147 152 354 8 1 1 .997 2.45
C.Mapes 121.3 14 15 37 2 0 0 1.000 2.89
J.Hopp 9.0 1 2 4 2 0 1 1.000 6.00
E.Lukon 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.7 162 170 395 12 1 2 .998 2.50
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.10
J.Hopp 677.7 76 78 191 5 1 1 .995 2.60
T.Williams 647.3 71 74 145 4 0 3 1.000 2.07
C.Mapes 98.3 11 13 26 1 1 0 .964 2.47
G.Hermanski 34.0 4 5 7 0 1 0 .875 1.85
B.Nieman 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Lukon 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1463.3 162 173 369 10 3 4 .992 2.33
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.35
M.Russo 249.0 36 36 15 54 2 6 .972 2.49
W.Masterson 242.0 31 33 14 34 2 5 .960 1.79
B.Werle 208.0 29 29 15 45 1 3 .984 2.60
H.Mulcahy 182.3 21 54 11 44 2 1 .965 2.71
R.Scarborough 166.7 23 27 13 31 2 5 .957 2.38
J.Vander Meer 96.7 19 42 6 12 0 0 1.000 1.68
J.Sain 89.0 16 19 6 13 1 1 .950 1.92
E.Lopat 83.0 2 51 4 13 1 4 .944 1.84
B.Wensloff 56.7 7 46 3 12 2 2 .882 2.38
B.Porterfield 47.7 11 40 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.27
C.Marrero 35.7 3 18 6 9 1 0 .938 3.79
C.Mapes 5.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
B.Nieman 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Malone 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1464.0 198 399 97 276 14 28 .964 2.29
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Williams .392
On-Base Pct Williams .527
Slugging Pct Williams .780
OPS Williams 1.307
XR Williams 191.3
Games Keller 157
At-Bats Judnich 615
Runs Williams 178
Hits Williams 215
Total Bases Williams 428
Singles Stanky, Cox 124
Doubles Cox 50
Triples Cox 6
Homeruns Williams 52
RBIs Williams 198
Stolen Bases Stirnweiss 19
Caught Stealing Hopp 11
Walks Williams 166
Strikeouts Keller 120
ERA Scarborough 2.70
Wins Russo 21
Losses Mulcahy 13
Winning Pct Werle .783
Saves Vander Meer, Wensloff 5
Games Pitched Mulcahy 54
Games Started Russo 36
Complete Games Masterson 12
Shutouts Masterson, Werle 1
Innings Pitched Russo 249.0
Hits Allowed Masterson 241
Homeruns Allowed Masterson 30
Strikeouts Masterson 112
Walks Allowed Mulcahy 109
Walks per 9IP Russo 2.5
Hits per 9IP Scarborough 7.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Scarborough 5.0
WHiP Russo 1.18
OAVG Scarborough .222
OOBP Russo .289
OSLG Scarborough .344
OOPS Scarborough .662
Team All-Stars
Wally Judnich
Butch Nieman
Marius Russo
Ray Scarborough
Eddie Stanky
Ted Williams
Player Salaries
Ted Williams $ 12,000,000
Walt Masterson $ 8,800,000
Wally Judnich $ 7,500,000
Johnny Sain $ 6,500,000
Johnny Vander Meer $ 6,000,000
Charlie Keller $ 5,500,000
Billy Cox $ 5,240,000
Snuffy Stirnweiss $ 3,490,714
Eddie Stanky $ 3,000,000
Eddie Lukon $ 2,800,000
Butch Nieman $ 2,500,000
Hugh Mulcahy $ 1,500,000
Marius Russo $ 1,250,000
Mike Schemer $ 856,000
Mickey Owen $ 750,000
Ed Lopat $ 500,000
Floyd Baker $ 350,000
Gene Hermanski $ 350,000
Mickey Witek $ 300,000
Cliff Mapes $ 300,000
Eddie Malone $ 300,000
Bill Werle $ 300,000
Merl Combs $ 300,000
Connie Marrero $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/2 Signed     Mike Schemer
4/2 Signed     Mickey Witek
4/2 Signed     Eddie Malone
4/2 Signed     Bob Scheffing
7/1 Traded Butch Wensloff New York (N) Johnny Vander Meer
Eddie Lukon
7/31 Traded Ray Scarborough New York (N) Johnny Sain
$1,500,000
7/31 Traded Bob Porterfield
Scott Cary
Ellis Clary
Johnny Hopp
Tampa Bay Snuffy Stirnweiss