1944 Detroit Tigers
Record: 93-69
Finish: 3rd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 805
Runs Allowed: 737
Exp W-L: 88-74
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,246,440
Manager: Ted Lyons

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 4th in the AL
AA: 75-62, 3rd in the AL
A: 61-76, 6th 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
RF *Ted Williams 25 157 551 138 190 48 5 43 147 0 0 137 35 .345 .472 .684 1.156 156.3 36.6 3.8
3B  Joe Orengo 29 156 578 88 143 31 1 17 82 5 3 82 117 .247 .337 .393 .730 80.2 10.1 2.3
LF #Roy Cullenbine 30 142 503 112 154 24 6 20 78 0 0 107 33 .306 .425 .497 .922 100.2 19.0 3.3
1B *Jack Bolling 27 143 563 66 193 48 1 11 106 1 1 43 28 .343 .386 .490 .876 92.2 17.6 3.5
SS  John Mihalic 32 156 507 73 134 21 4 7 63 0 0 70 62 .264 .353 .363 .716 68.7 9.7 6.1
LF *Goody Rosen 31 132 455 89 131 24 1 7 44 2 2 64 36 .288 .374 .391 .765 67.7 10.8 3.5
C #Ken Silvestri 28 74 227 14 45 12 0 2 21 0 0 40 43 .198 .330 .278 .607 21.4 0.6 4.5
CF  Bob Seeds 37 99 243 40 81 11 0 8 34 5 2 18 15 .333 .380 .477 .858 39.6 7.2 1.2
C  Bob Scheffing 30 62 207 25 61 16 1 5 40 0 0 17 19 .295 .347 .454 .801 30.4 5.2 4.5
C *Babe Phelps 36 68 200 21 59 5 0 4 28 0 0 20 27 .295 .360 .380 .740 25.3 3.5 3.1
3B *Floyd Baker 27 63 175 20 39 7 1 0 17 0 1 30 12 .223 .337 .274 .611 15.8 0.7 2.0
LF *Dick Siebert 32 83 181 23 59 6 3 3 25 1 1 13 7 .326 .371 .442 .813 25.8 4.2 0.9
CF #Jim Gleeson 32 100 157 24 34 12 2 4 18 4 1 12 8 .217 .275 .395 .670 16.3 1.2 0.9
SS  Moe Franklin 30 71 152 10 38 5 0 1 13 0 0 6 5 .250 .281 .303 .584 10.2 0.0 1.8
1B  Zeke Bonura 35 58 142 11 28 7 0 3 24 0 0 8 19 .197 .235 .310 .545 9.7 0.0 0.7
SS  Irv Hall 25 51 128 13 36 1 2 0 8 2 1 6 8 .281 .313 .320 .634 12.1 0.8 1.6
SS  Ham Schulte 31 51 126 11 32 6 0 1 13 0 0 11 5 .254 .314 .325 .639 11.3 0.8 1.5
P  Tommy De La Cruz 32 41 115 10 17 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 27 .148 .162 .165 .328 1.4 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Krakauskas 29 40 113 7 16 2 1 0 6 0 0 1 45 .142 .149 .177 .326 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Max Lanier 28 41 98 5 17 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 11 .173 .198 .184 .382 2.7 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Page 26 40 93 3 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 28 .108 .116 .108 .223 -1.8 0.0 0.0
CF *Augie Bergamo 27 8 29 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .207 .281 .207 .488 1.6 0.0 0.1
P  Charley Schanz 25 92 12 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .417 .750 1.5 0.4 0.0
CF *Nino Bongiovanni 32 4 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.6 0.2 0.0
SS  Cass Michaels 18 5 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2 0.1
P  Gene Schott 30 37 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Clyde Shoun 32 58 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Ed Lopat 26 26 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 29.4 2058 5577 805 1534 290 28 136 784 20 12 693 597 .275 .354 .410 .765 791.2 129.1 45.4
  Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 4 5 8 2 4 5 4 2 4 3 2 2 2 2  
* - 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
 Tommy De La Cruz 32 15 19 .441 41 41 0 329.3 373 153 26 74 146 4.18 17.3
*Max Lanier 28 18 13 .581 41 41 0 307.3 271 136 13 143 148 3.98 22.2
*Joe Krakauskas 29 21 11 .656 40 40 0 292.7 266 139 26 177 158 4.27 18.2
*Joe Page 26 19 14 .576 40 40 0 263.3 237 110 20 119 171 3.76 18.7
 Charley Schanz 25 10 5 .667 92 0 20 111.7 115 56 6 43 45 4.51 13.2
*Clyde Shoun 32 5 2 .714 58 0 6 73.3 67 28 2 26 21 3.44 9.0
 Gene Schott 30 2 3 .400 37 0 0 46.7 43 21 1 22 21 4.05 3.5
*Ed Lopat 26 3 2 .600 26 0 2 31.0 32 17 2 9 14 4.94 2.6
 Tiny Bonham 30 0 0 .000 2 0 1 1.7 3 3 0 3 0 16.27 0.0
Team Totals 28.7 93 69 .574 377 162 29 1457.0 1407 663 96 616 724 4.10 104.5
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 3 3 2 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 .988 35.2
K.Silvestri 519.0 58 62 291 21 1 0 .997 40.9
B.Scheffing 489.7 55 60 272 21 0 2 1.000 45.0
B.Phelps 448.3 49 60 207 19 4 0 .983 31.6
Team Total 1457.0 162 182 770 61 5 2 .994 39.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.09
J.Bolling 1192.0 132 137 1482 104 11 116 .993 11.97
Z.Bonura 255.0 30 31 294 14 4 29 .987 10.87
D.Siebert 5.0 0 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 14.40
B.Seeds 4.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Gleeson 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1457.0 162 173 1789 118 15 145 .992 11.78
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.24
F.Baker 473.0 56 62 93 198 3 32 .990 5.54
I.Hall 333.7 38 48 86 143 5 31 .979 6.18
M.Franklin 312.3 34 60 74 131 6 26 .972 5.91
H.Schulte 292.0 33 44 60 134 3 25 .985 5.98
J.Orengo 17.0 0 9 4 6 1 1 .909 5.29
J.Mihalic 14.0 0 5 6 5 0 0 1.000 7.07
C.Michaels 13.0 1 4 5 4 0 1 1.000 6.23
Z.Bonura 2.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1457.0 162 233 329 623 18 117 .981 5.88
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 3.08
J.Orengo 1276.0 146 148 106 325 18 25 .960 3.04
D.Siebert 84.7 8 13 12 19 1 1 .969 3.30
K.Silvestri 60.0 8 8 4 14 2 0 .900 2.70
J.Gleeson 26.3 0 12 0 7 2 1 .778 2.39
G.Rosen 5.0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Mihalic 5.0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1457.0 162 186 122 369 23 27 .955 3.03
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.61
J.Mihalic 1312.0 146 150 165 572 14 92 .981 5.06
M.Franklin 94.0 11 11 11 48 4 5 .937 5.65
H.Schulte 40.0 5 5 5 18 2 3 .920 5.18
J.Orengo 10.0 0 2 1 5 0 1 1.000 5.40
I.Hall 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.0 162 169 182 643 20 101 .976 5.10
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.00
R.Cullenbine 1131.0 123 136 267 10 8 1 .972 2.20
B.Seeds 172.0 22 23 26 2 1 1 .966 1.47
D.Siebert 114.0 14 14 27 1 0 1 1.000 2.21
G.Rosen 20.0 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
T.Williams 11.0 0 7 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
N.Bongiovanni 8.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Gleeson 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1457.0 162 186 325 13 10 3 .971 2.09
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.55
G.Rosen 908.3 98 109 255 11 4 2 .985 2.64
B.Seeds 232.7 25 31 65 1 1 0 .985 2.55
J.Gleeson 215.0 26 27 69 0 0 0 1.000 2.89
D.Siebert 52.0 6 10 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.60
A.Bergamo 49.0 7 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.47
Team Total 1457.0 162 184 412 12 5 2 .988 2.62
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.10
T.Williams 1323.0 147 148 315 7 3 1 .991 2.19
D.Siebert 56.0 7 8 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Seeds 23.7 2 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.28
G.Rosen 18.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
R.Cullenbine 17.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
A.Bergamo 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
N.Bongiovanni 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Orengo 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Scheffing 1.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77
J.Gleeson 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1457.0 162 172 346 7 3 1 .992 2.18
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.25
T.De La Cruz 329.3 41 41 28 63 4 4 .958 2.49
M.Lanier 307.3 41 41 19 48 1 4 .985 1.96
J.Krakauskas 292.7 40 40 15 57 3 5 .960 2.21
J.Page 263.3 40 40 11 43 1 2 .982 1.85
C.Schanz 111.7 0 92 7 12 1 0 .950 1.53
C.Shoun 73.3 0 58 5 10 0 1 1.000 1.84
G.Schott 46.7 0 37 0 8 0 1 1.000 1.54
E.Lopat 31.0 0 26 1 5 1 0 .857 1.74
T.Bonham 1.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.0 162 377 86 246 11 17 .968 2.05
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Williams .345
On-Base Pct Williams .472
Slugging Pct Williams .684
OPS Williams 1.156
XR Williams 156.3
Games Williams 157
At-Bats Orengo 578
Runs Williams 138
Hits Bolling 193
Total Bases Williams 377
Singles Bolling 133
Doubles Williams, Bolling 48
Triples Cullenbine 6
Homeruns Williams 43
RBIs Williams 147
Stolen Bases Orengo, Seeds 5
Caught Stealing Orengo 3
Walks Williams 137
Strikeouts Orengo 117
ERA Page 3.76
Wins Krakauskas 21
Losses De La Cruz 19
Winning Pct Krakauskas .656
Saves Schanz 20
Games Pitched Schanz 92
Games Started De La Cruz, Lanier 41
Complete Games De La Cruz 24
Shutouts Lanier 2
Innings Pitched De La Cruz 329.3
Hits Allowed De La Cruz 373
Homeruns Allowed De La Cruz, Krakauskas 26
Strikeouts Page 171
Walks Allowed Krakauskas 177
Walks per 9IP De La Cruz 2.0
Hits per 9IP Lanier 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Page 5.8
WHiP Lanier 1.35
OAVG Page .239
OOBP Page .318
OSLG Lanier .352
OOPS Lanier .674
Team All-Stars
Jack Bolling
Roy Cullenbine
Joe Krakauskas
Max Lanier
Joe Page
Clyde Shoun
Ted Williams
Player Salaries
Ted Williams $ 7,021,429
Max Lanier $ 6,000,000
Roy Cullenbine $ 4,235,714
Zeke Bonura $ 4,100,000
Jack Bolling $ 3,492,857
Goody Rosen $ 3,121,429
Bob Seeds $ 3,000,001
Gene Schott $ 3,000,000
John Mihalic $ 3,000,000
Clyde Shoun $ 1,750,000
Dick Siebert $ 1,620,000
Jim Gleeson $ 1,500,000
Tiny Bonham $ 1,250,000
Babe Phelps $ 1,250,000
Joe Krakauskas $ 1,000,000
Nino Bongiovanni $ 500,000
Tommy De La Cruz $ 300,000
Moe Franklin $ 300,000
Augie Bergamo $ 300,000
Irv Hall $ 300,000
Floyd Baker $ 300,000
Cass Michaels $ 300,000
Joe Orengo $ 300,000
Joe Page $ 300,000
Charley Schanz $ 300,000
Bob Scheffing $ 300,000
Ham Schulte $ 300,000
Ken Silvestri $ 300,000
Ed Lopat $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Johnny Broaca
Red Worthington
Vince Barton
St. Louis Moe Franklin
2/1 Traded George Mcquinn Cleveland Bob Scheffing
2/4 Signed     Gene Schott
2/15 Signed     Zeke Bonura
2/17 Signed     Bob Seeds
2/21 Traded Billy Sullivan Boston (N) Tommy De La Cruz
3/3 Traded Stu Flythe
Freddy Schmidt
Bill Lohrman
Ernie Sulik
San Diego Roy Cullenbine
Babe Phelps
Goody Rosen
10/13 Released Jake Early