1948 Detroit Tigers season

1948 Detroit Tigers
League	American League
Ballpark	Briggs Stadium
City	Detroit, Michigan
Owners	Walter Briggs, Sr.
General managers	Billy Evans
Managers	Steve O'Neill
Television	WWJ (Harry Heilmann, Paul Williams, Ty Tyson)
Radio	WJLB (Harry Heilmann, Harry Wismer, Ty Tyson)
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The 1948 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 78–76, 18½ games behind the Cleveland Indians.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	97	58	0.626	—	48–30	49–28
Boston Red Sox	96	59	0.619	1	55–23	41–36
New York Yankees	94	60	0.610	2½	50–27	44–33
Philadelphia Athletics	84	70	0.545	12½	36–41	48–29
Detroit Tigers	78	76	0.506	18½	39–38	39–38
St. Louis Browns	59	94	0.386	37	34–42	25–52
Washington Senators	56	97	0.366	40	29–48	27–49
Chicago White Sox	51	101	0.336	44½	27–48	24–53

Record vs. opponents

1948 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	14–8	11–12	15–7	14–8	12–10	15–7	15–7
Chicago	8–14	—	6–16	8–14	6–16	6–16	8–13–1	9–12–1
Cleveland	12–11	16–6	—	13–9	10–12	16–6	14–8–1	16–6
Detroit	7–15	14–8	9–13	—	9–13	12–10	11–11	16–6
New York	8–14	16–6	12–10	13–9	—	12–10	16–6	17–5
Philadelphia	10–12	16–6	6–16	10–12	10–12	—	18–4	14–8
St. Louis	7–15	13–8–1	8–14–1	11–11	6–16	4–18	—	10–12
Washington	7–15	12–9–1	6–16	6–16	5–17	8–14	12–10	—

Roster

1948 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers 19 Al Benton 24 Rufe Gentry 30 Ted Gray 21,15 Art Houtteman 29 Fred Hutchinson 30 Lou Kretlow 16 Hal Newhouser 18 Stubby Overmire 10 Billy Pierce 11 Dizzy Trout 22 Virgil Trucks 17 Hal White		Catchers  1 Joe Ginsberg 25 Hank Riebe  9 Bob Swift  1 Hal Wagner Infielders 28 Johnny Bero 36 Neil Berry  2 Paul Campbell 15,21 George Kell  7 Eddie Lake 25,26 Johnny Lipon 3,9 Eddie Mayo 27 Jimmy Outlaw  5 George Vico		Outfielders  8 Doc Cramer 14 Hoot Evers  3 Johnny Groth 12 Ed Mierkowicz  6 Pat Mullin  4 Dick Wakefield 20 Vic Wertz Other batters 23 John McHale		Manager 32 Steve O'Neill Coaches  8 Doc Cramer 31 Art Mills 33 Bill Sweeney

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bob Swift	113	292	65	.223	4	33
1B	Sam Vico	144	521	139	.267	8	58
2B	Eddie Mayo	106	370	92	.249	2	42
SS	Johnny Lipon	121	458	133	.290	5	52
3B	George Kell	92	368	112	.304	2	44
OF	Hoot Evers	139	538	169	.314	10	103
OF	Vic Wertz	119	391	97	.248	7	67
OF	Pat Mullin	138	496	143	.288	23	80

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Dick Wakefield	110	322	89	.276	11	53
Neil Berry	87	256	68	.266	0	16
Eddie Lake	64	198	52	.263	2	18
Jimmy Outlaw	74	198	56	.283	0	25
Hal Wagner	54	109	22	.202	0	10
Paul Campbell	59	83	22	.265	1	11
Hank Riebe	25	62	12	.194	0	5
Joe Ginsberg	11	36	13	.361	0	1
Johnny Groth	6	17	8	.471	1	5
Johnny Bero	4	9	0	.000	0	0
Ed Mierkowicz	3	5	1	.200	0	1
Doc Cramer	4	4	0	.000	0	1
John McHale	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Hal Newhouser	39	272.1	21	12	3.01	143
Fred Hutchinson	33	221.0	13	11	4.32	92
Dizzy Trout	32	183.2	10	14	3.43	91

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Virgil Trucks	43	211.2	14	13	3.78	123
Art Houtteman	43	164.1	2	16	4.66	74
Ted Gray	26	85.1	6	2	4.22	60
Billy Pierce	22	55.1	3	0	6.34	36
Lou Kretlow	5	23.1	2	1	4.63	9

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Stubby Overmire	37	3	4	3	5.97	14
Al Benton	30	2	2	3	5.68	18
Hal White	27	2	1	1	6.12	17
Rufe Gentry	4	0	0	0	2.70	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	Paul Richards
AAA	Seattle Rainiers	Pacific Coast League	Jo-Jo White
AA	Little Rock Travelers	Southern Association	Jack Saltzgaver
A	Flint Arrows	Central League	Jack Tighe
A	Williamsport Tigers	Eastern League	Gene Desautels
B	Hagerstown Owls	Interstate League	Pep Rambert, Gene Crumling and Benny Culp
C	Rome Colonels	Canadian–American League	Clyde Smoll
C	Durham Bulls	Carolina League	Willie Duke
D	Troy Trojans	Alabama State League	Bob Benish
D	Thomasville Tigers	Georgia–Florida League	Bob Engle
D	Jamestown Falcons	PONY League	Marv Olson
D	Clinton Blues	Tobacco State League	Marv Lorenz

Notes

References

• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

External links

• 1948 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference