1948 Detroit Tigers season

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1948 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
  • American League (since 1901)
Location
  • Briggs Stadium (since 1912)
  • Detroit, Michigan (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)Walter Briggs, Sr.
General manager(s)Billy Evans
Manager(s)Steve O'Neill
Local televisionWWJ
(Harry Heilmann, Paul Williams, Ty Tyson)
Local radioWJLB
(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[]

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 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[]


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL 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 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 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
D Alabama State League
D Thomasville Tigers Georgia–Florida League
D Jamestown Falcons PONY League Marv Olson
D Clinton Blues Tobacco State League

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[]

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