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1944 Detroit Tigers  (1943)  (1945) 79-75, 3rd in American League Scored 721 runs, Allowed 668 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .685 Park Factor: Batting - 108 / Pitching - 107 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 72-82   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 88-66 Manager(s): Thomas Treece

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Dick Wakefield       23  113  279   67  110  20   5  12   70   1   2   77   35  .394  .518  .631   95  13.6  3(0)e12   109  
 OF *Doc Cramer           38  154  610   75  201  25  11   4   94   0   3   40   33  .330  .367  .426   95   5.9  3(-1)e7    87  
 1B *Tony Lupien          27  154  641   90  195  24  12   6   68  11   4   49   43  .304  .352  .407   89   5.1  2e13       36  
 3B  Oscar Grimes         29  121  406   86  127  28  10   9   56  14   4   53   73  .313  .392  .498   80   7.3  4e26      109  
 OF  Jimmy Outlaw         31  128  508   73  138  12  13   5   50   7   6   30   48  .272  .313  .376   58   4.0  4(-1)e11   13  
 2B *Eddie Mayo           34  143  569   72  143  16   4   8   57   6  10   44   31  .251  .304  .336   54   3.1  2e20       10  
 C   Paul Richards        35   99  314   41   70   9   0   9   48   6   2   43   35  .223  .319  .338   35   3.6  3(+1)e9    28  
 OF *Chuck Hostetler      40  102  252   28   81   5   1   0   29   3   3   24   27  .321  .384  .349   33   4.9  3(+1)e10   36  
 SS  Bobby Bragan         26   98  270   28   72   7   5   0   29   4   3   14   17  .267  .306  .330   25   3.2  3e39        5  
 OF  Chet Laabs           32   99  197   24   50   6   0   4   19   2   0   29   26  .254  .354  .345   25   4.3  2(-2)e10  -10  
 SS  Joe Hoover           29   88  273   26   65  12   1   0   25   4   0   21   56  .238  .290  .289   22   2.7  3e61      -12  
 3B  Rusty Peters         29   90  188   17   43  14   3   0   22   1   0   11   30  .229  .272  .335   16   2.9  4e24       38  
 C   Bob Swift            29   73  236   18   46   7   0   0   21   0   4   26   27  .195  .272  .225   14   1.9  3(-1)e9  -154  
 2B  Joe Orengo           29   35   93   11   18   4   0   0    9   1   1   15   25  .194  .300  .237    7   2.8  4e29      -27  
 C   Tom Jordan           24   15   43    5   17   1   0   0    6   0   0    0    0  .395  .395  .419    6   6.1  4(-1)e16  198  
 SS #Mike Sandlock        28   18   31    4   11   1   0   0   10   0   0    3    5  .355  .412  .387    4   6.1  4e39      449  
 3B  Steve Shemo          29    7   26    2    9   4   0   0    8   0   0    0    4  .346  .346  .500    3   5.0  4e27      179  
 OF *Morrie Aderholt      28   51   54    4   11   0   2   0    4   0   0    4    4  .204  .259  .278    2   1.6  3(+3)e25 -188  
 OF  Tom Hafey            30    4   12    2    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    5  .250  .400  .250    1   3.9  4(+5)e10 -250  
 OF *George Binks         29    3   11    0    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .273  .273  .273    0   2.8  2(-1)e10   45  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                           674                   32

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Dizzy Trout          29  29  11  .725  41  41  23   0   0   0   2  339.2  333  131  104  20   70  158  2.76  132   3.4  -12  
  P *Hal Newhouser        23  19  15  .559  40  40  14   0   0   0   6  330.0  273  116   99  11  120  237  2.70  105   2.8  -34  
  P  Johnny Gorsica       29   8  13  .381  30  19   1   6   1   1   0  143.2  185   89   75   6   24   61  4.70   86   5.3   29  
  P  Rufe Gentry          26   7   8  .467  21  20   4   0   0   0   2  116.1  131   68   55   2   48   42  4.26   62   4.8  -17  
  P  Joe Orrell           26   2   2  .500  14   2   0   3   0   0   0   24.0   43   23   21   0   15   15  7.88   23   8.8  201  
  P  Carl Scheib          17   2   3  .400  32   0   0  22   0   2   0   40.0   51   22   17   4   16   26  3.82   27   6.1  119  
  P  Ralph Branca         18   2   3  .400  10   6   0   2   0   0   0   41.1   39   24   21   3   21   19  4.57   23   5.0  -41  
  P  Ray Poat             26   2   3  .400  12   6   1   3   1   0   0   50.1   61   39   37   6   33   30  6.62   41   7.4   76  
  P  Mel Queen            26   2   4  .333  10  10   2   0   0   0   0   73.0   74   36   31  10   24   34  3.82   40   4.9   58  
  P *Tommy Warren         27   2   5  .286  25   7   2   7   1   0   0   65.0   64   39   30   2   31   18  4.15   32   4.5 -116  
  P  Jake Mooty           32   1   0 1.000  24   0   0  10   0   0   0   31.1   52   30   28   0   16    8  8.04   30   8.8  180  
  P *Earl Henry           27   1   2  .333   6   2   1   2   1   1   0   19.0   20    6    6   0    3   10  2.84    7   3.3 -135  
  P  Bob Katz             33   1   2  .333   9   0   0   6   0   1   0   22.0   21    4    4   0    5   10  1.64    9   4.0  -35  
  P  Andy Karl            30   1   3  .250  44   0   0  38  29   3   0   68.2   60   16   15   1   17   14  1.97   21   2.8   27  
  P *Johnny Gee           28   0   0  .000   4   0   0   4   0   0   0    4.0   14    8    8   0    1    2 18.00    9  23.8  310  
  P *Johnny Johnson       29   0   1  .000  12   1   0   3   0   0   0   17.2   23   17   17   0   18   10  8.66   13   7.0  143  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      667          5

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Paul Richards 754 83 92 400 51 15 1 .968 57 27 Bob Swift 549 61 71 341 20 6 2 .984 33 10 Tom Jordan 82 10 12 54 2 1 0 .982 6 1 Bobby Bragan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tony Lupien 1381 154 154 1488 128 8 146 .995 10.53 Joe Orengo 5 0 1 5 1 0 1 1.000 10.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Mayo 1175 130 139 330 453 14 89 .982 6.00 Joe Orengo 195 23 28 53 70 3 21 .976 5.68 Steve Shemo 10 1 3 2 7 0 1 1.000 8.10 Rusty Peters 6 0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Oscar Grimes 877 103 113 129 212 17 22 .953 3.50 Rusty Peters 431 42 78 69 124 8 18 .960 4.03 Steve Shemo 39 5 5 5 3 0 1 1.000 1.85 Mike Sandlock 19 2 5 1 6 0 1 1.000 3.32 Joe Orengo 13 1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.77 Bobby Bragan 7 1 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Hoover 646 76 84 130 219 29 39 .923 4.86 Bobby Bragan 629 67 94 143 217 12 51 .968 5.15 Rusty Peters 48 5 7 14 14 2 4 .933 5.21 Mike Sandlock 48 5 11 10 11 0 1 1.000 3.94 Joe Orengo 14 1 4 4 3 0 1 1.000 4.61 Oscar Grimes 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Wakefield 704 84 96 148 7 10 0 .939 1.98 Jimmy Outlaw 313 37 40 68 2 5 0 .933 2.01 Chuck Hostetler 221 21 38 52 2 1 0 .982 2.20 Chet Laabs 118 10 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 1.91 George Binks 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Tom Hafey 11 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 Morrie Aderholt 7 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Doc Cramer 1376 154 154 301 20 10 1 .970 2.10 Chet Laabs 7 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.86 Morrie Aderholt 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Dick Wakefield 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Chuck Hostetler 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jimmy Outlaw 655 79 83 142 3 8 1 .948 1.99 Chuck Hostetler 335 36 46 86 2 4 1 .957 2.36 Chet Laabs 332 34 60 78 1 3 0 .963 2.14 Morrie Aderholt 22 1 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 Tom Hafey 17 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 Dick Wakefield 16 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 George Binks 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1944 Draft

Round 1 (#13):	Bobby Bragan
Round 2 (#27):	Mel Queen
Round 4 (#48):	Carl Scheib
Round 5 (#57):	Rusty Peters
Round 6 (#63):	Morrie Aderholt
Round 7 (#66):	Tom Jordan
Round 8 (#69):	Tommy Warren
Round 9 (#72):	Steve Shemo

Transactions

• 1944-01: traded Howie Schultz to PIN for Oscar Grimes
• 1944-01: acquired Tom Hafey as a free agent
• 1944-02: acquired Bob Katz as a free agent
• 1944-03: acquired Earl Henry as a free agent
• 1944-05: acquired George Binks as a free agent
• 1944-05: released Tom Hafey
• 1944-06: released George Binks
• 1944-06: acquired Ralph Branca as a free agent
• 1944-09: acquired Ray Poat as a free agent
• 1944-09: released Bob Katz
• 1944-09: acquired Mike Sandlock as a free agent
• 1944-09: released Earl Henry
• 1944-10: released Mel Queen
• 1944-10: acquired Johnny Johnson as a free agent
• 1944-13: released Carl Scheib
• 1944-13: acquired Johnny Gee as a free agent
• 1944 postseason: released Prince Oana

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