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1947 Detroit Tigers  (1946)  (1948) 77-77, 4th in American League Scored 741 runs, Allowed 663 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-68 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .678 Park Factor: Batting - 105 / Pitching - 104 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 80-74   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 85-69 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 3B  George Kell          24  153  619   89  196  26   9   7   74  11   3   67   26  .317  .384  .422  102   6.0  1e20        8  
 1B #Roy Cullenbine       33  151  488   95  114  24   1  20   86   8   7  161   61  .234  .428  .410   96   6.5  4e16       14  
 OF *Pat Mullin           29  131  438   84  132  25   9  24   99   0   4   69   84  .301  .395  .564   96   8.0  3(+1)e4   130  
 OF *Dick Wakefield       26  129  409   81  111  13   3  14   41   0   1   83   58  .271  .397  .421   74   6.4  3(0)e16   -10  
 OF *Vic Wertz            22  125  361   54  106  26   4  12   54   6   4   48   75  .294  .372  .488   66   6.5  4(-2)e11   50  
 2B *Eddie Mayo           37  132  490   50  139  21   3   6   61   5   1   43   25  .284  .343  .376   63   4.7  2e13        1  
 OF  Hoot Evers           26  133  460   55  125  19   9  10   83   5   0   38   53  .272  .327  .417   60   4.5  3(0)e10   -57  
 SS  Eddie Lake           31  141  486   56  101  18   3  17   60   1   4   67   48  .208  .303  .362   54   3.7  3e41        0  
 C  *Hal Wagner           32  103  254   30   74  15   0   3   26   1   0   35   23  .291  .377  .386   36   5.1  1(+3)e6    12  
 C   Bob Swift            32   91  309   29   89  15   1   0   35   1   1   19   23  .288  .329  .343   33   3.8  3(-1)e6    41  
 OF  Jimmy Outlaw         34   37  103   12   24   4   0   0   11   0   0   20    9  .233  .355  .272   11   3.6  4(-1)e8   -10  
 OF *Doc Cramer           41   58   92   12   22   3   0   1   10   1   0   11    2  .239  .324  .304    9   3.6  3(-1)e13  -66  
 2B  Don Kolloway         28   62  132   18   34   5   0   0    6   3   3    2    9  .258  .269  .295    8   2.3  3e35      -97  
 1B  Hank Greenberg       36   29   41    7    9   1   0   2    7   0   0   16    5  .220  .431  .390    8   6.3  4e11      -64  
 1B *Les Fleming          31   35   38    4    7   2   0   0    0   0   0    8    7  .184  .326  .237    3   2.8  4e16     -148  
 SS  Skeeter Webb         37   37   75    4   11   1   0   0    5   1   0    9   11  .147  .238  .160    3   1.4  3e29     -110  
 UT  Jack Lohrke          23   28   61    8   10   1   1   1   12   0   0    2    4  .164  .188  .262    2   1.5           -288  
 C  *Don Padgett          35    6   20    2    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    0  .250  .333  .350    2   3.8  4(+3)e9   -79  
 OF *Gene Woodling        24    9   22    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    5    3  .136  .321  .136    1   2.1  4(+1)e14 -210  
 OF  Ed Mierkowicz        23    5   11    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .182  .231  .273    0   1.4  4(+3)e15    8  
 OF  Chuck Diering        24   11    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250  .250  .250    0   2.2  1(0)e8   -248  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           736                    3

     * - 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 *Hal Newhouser        26  18  15  .545  43  39  15   3   0   0   2  293.0  308  136  121  19   92  248  3.72  139   4.2   12  
  P  Fred Hutchinson      27  16  12  .571  41  35   8   4   0   0   4  240.0  254   92   79  20   69  138  2.96  111   4.1   17  
  P  Virgil Trucks        30   8   8  .500  35  25   5   7   4   0   3  143.0  139   65   55  14   62  100  3.46   69   4.3  -25  
  P  Dizzy Trout          32   8  13  .381  29  28   2   1   0   0   0  156.0  196  105   91  18   69   75  5.25  108   6.2  119  
  P  Earl Harrist         27   7   5  .583  63   1   0  21   3   6   0   95.1  101   43   38   9   54   56  3.59   58   5.5   40  
  P  Art Houtteman        19   5   5  .500  41   9   3  20   8   6   1  109.1  117   48   42   9   40   74  3.46   56   4.7   39  
  P  Nick Strincevich     32   4   3  .571  29   5   0   6   1   0   0   73.0   83   40   37   8   34   24  4.56   48   6.0  -42  
  P  Schoolboy Rowe       37   4   4  .500   9   9   3   0   0   0   1   71.1   79   29   25   7   16   32  3.15   37   4.6  -88  
  P  Sid Hudson           32   3   3  .500  45   2   0   8   1   4   0   63.2   82   44   35   8   35   24  4.95   50   7.0   88  
  P *Ken Johnson          24   1   0 1.000  12   0   0   1   0   0   0   11.0    3    0    0   0    6   12  0.00    1   1.1   38  
  P  Dick Starr           26   1   0 1.000  10   0   0   8   1   0   0    9.1   11    1    1   0    2    2  0.96    3   2.9 -127  
  P *Dick Koecher         21   1   2  .333  28   0   0   4   0   1   0   19.0   24    9    8   1    5    9  3.79   10   5.0  -26  
  P  Johnny Gorsica       32   1   5  .167  41   0   0  23   3   2   0   58.0   55   32   30   8   24   22  4.66   28   4.2   49  
  P *Steve Nagy           28   0   0  .000   1   0   0   0   0   0   0     .1    2    1    1   0    0    0 27.00    1  36.0  951  
  P  Phil Haugstad        23   0   0  .000   8   0   0   5   0   0   0    9.2    9    3    3   1    1    2  2.79    3   3.5  -27  
  P *Lefty Hoerst         29   0   0  .000   7   0   0   1   1   0   0    5.1    5    4    4   2    3    0  6.75    4   6.8   85  
  P  Ed Wright            28   0   1  .000   6   1   0   1   0   0   0   11.2    8    5    4   0    6    7  3.09    3   2.8 -317  
  P  Dick Mauney          27   0   1  .000  14   0   0   5   2   0   0   18.1   17    6    4   1    5    9  1.96    6   2.9  -81  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      742         18

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Bob Swift 695 84 91 491 29 4 4 .992 17 15 Hal Wagner 644 64 100 407 35 2 4 .995 62 22 Don Padgett 48 6 6 26 3 0 0 1.000 7 3 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roy Cullenbine 1231 140 143 1232 103 23 167 .983 9.76 Hank Greenberg 85 9 18 76 14 1 5 .989 9.53 Don Kolloway 39 3 11 30 4 0 7 1.000 7.78 Les Fleming 32 2 7 35 3 0 1 1.000 10.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Mayo 1125 123 131 326 433 13 128 .983 6.07 Don Kolloway 217 26 29 56 66 3 10 .976 5.05 Jack Lohrke 45 5 6 11 15 1 3 .963 5.20 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- George Kell 1323 148 152 171 332 16 50 .969 3.42 Jack Lohrke 63 6 14 10 19 2 3 .935 4.12 Jimmy Outlaw 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Lake 1181 134 140 269 372 27 99 .960 4.89 Skeeter Webb 207 20 37 36 79 3 17 .975 5.01 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Wakefield 631 76 88 177 2 4 0 .978 2.55 Vic Wertz 356 42 48 87 5 1 0 .989 2.32 Jimmy Outlaw 218 27 31 51 4 2 1 .965 2.27 Doc Cramer 89 3 28 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.22 Pat Mullin 40 2 14 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.57 Gene Woodling 27 3 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67 Chuck Diering 13 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 Ed Mierkowicz 8 1 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 Hoot Evers 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hoot Evers 1014 110 120 246 13 6 0 .977 2.30 Pat Mullin 291 37 37 49 6 0 0 1.000 1.70 Doc Cramer 70 7 12 12 2 0 0 1.000 1.79 Chuck Diering 8 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 Ed Mierkowicz 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jimmy Outlaw 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Roy Cullenbine 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pat Mullin 629 65 82 117 2 7 1 .944 1.70 Vic Wertz 387 47 49 60 3 5 1 .926 1.47 Dick Wakefield 222 28 28 39 1 3 1 .930 1.62 Doc Cramer 69 6 18 11 1 1 0 .923 1.57 Gene Woodling 31 4 4 5 0 1 0 .833 1.44 Ed Mierkowicz 24 3 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 Jimmy Outlaw 12 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.75 Hoot Evers 11 0 8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Chuck Diering 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1947 Draft

Round 1 (#12):	Nick Strincevich
Round 2 (#23):	Les Fleming
Round 3 (#36):	Ed Wright
Round 4 (#46):	Earl Harrist
Round 5 (#57):	Chuck Diering

Transactions

• 1947-01: acquired Ken Johnson as a free agent
• 1947-02: acquired Dick Koecher as a free agent
• 1947-03: acquired Gene Woodling as a free agent
• 1947-05: traded Chuck Diering, Don Padgett to PHA for PHA#2
• 1947-05: acquired Skeeter Webb as a free agent
• 1947-07: acquired Dick Mauney as a free agent
• 1947-12: acquired Phil Haugstad as a free agent
• 1947-12: released Ken Johnson
• 1947-12: traded Nick Strincevich, DEA#2 to PIN for Hank Greenberg
• 1947-12: traded John McHale, DEA#1 to CHA for Schoolboy Rowe, NYA#1
• 1947-13: released Dick Mauney
• 1947-13: acquired Dick Starr as a free agent
• 1947-14: released Dick Koecher
• 1947-14: acquired Lefty Hoerst as a free agent
• 1947-17: acquired Phil Haugstad as a free agent
• 1947-17: acquired Steve Nagy as a free agent
• 1947 postseason: released Art Houtteman

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