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1952 Detroit Tigers  (1951)  (1953) 63-91, 7th in American League Scored 612 runs, Allowed 742 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-92 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .691 Park Factor: Batting - 105 / Pitching - 106 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 66-88   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 50-104 Manager(s): Tom Austad (14-14), Rick Field (49-77)

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Vic Wertz            27  128  450   75  132  20   2  32   96   1   1   83   86  .293  .400  .560  101   8.1  4(-2)e7    73  
 3B  George Kell          29  130  474   62  145  15   1  12   47   1   0   61   33  .306  .385  .418   77   5.9  1e19        1  
 SS *Pete Runnels         24  152  618   78  170  16   2   3   43   0   0   73   81  .275  .353  .322   76   4.4  3e26      -26  
 2B  Jerry Priddy         32   85  322   48  104  21   4  11   44   6   8   31   33  .323  .384  .516   60   6.9  2e28       90  
 C   Stan Lopata          26   72  185   30   57   9   3  10   44   1   2   42   30  .308  .430  .551   46   9.2  4(+2)e6   184  
 OF  Hoot Evers           31  130  452   48  105  11   2  18   60   3   4   29   83  .232  .282  .385   45   3.4  2(0)e9    -83  
 UT  Steve Souchock       33   75  220   35   61  14   1  12   34   0   1   25   23  .277  .355  .514   37   5.9             77  
 OF *Pat Mullin           34  108  278   34   72  13   5   7   30   5   1   30   42  .259  .332  .417   36   4.4  3(+1)e7    -6  
 1B *Dick Kryhoski        27  103  371   29   83   9   0  10   36   1   0   18   49  .224  .260  .329   31   2.8  4e18      -91  
 OF  Bobby Del Greco      19  101  256   24   48  10   2   1   18   6   1   28   63  .188  .269  .254   19   2.5  1(-2)e10  -57  
 2B  Al Federoff          27   83  262   25   64   4   5   0   20   1   1    9   13  .244  .265  .298   19   2.4  3e19       -8  
 1B  Don Kolloway         33   50  169   23   47  13   0   2   19   0   0    2   16  .278  .289  .391   18   3.9  3e28       70  
 OF  Bob Thorpe           25   69  226   21   55   3   2   4   14   3   2    3   34  .243  .255  .327   17   2.7  3(-1)e8   -25  
 C   Matt Batts           30   65  187   17   43   1   2   4   15   4   0   10   36  .230  .273  .321   16   3.0  4(-1)e7   -28  
 OF *Russ Sullivan        29   24   58    7   17   1   0   5   12   0   0    5    4  .293  .359  .569   12   8.2  3(-3)e25  -24  
 2B *Merl Combs           32   14   53    3   17   0   1   1    5   1   0    4    4  .321  .362  .415    8   5.9  4e19      327  
 OF *Cliff Mapes          30   68   89    9   16   3   0   5   11   0   0    8   26  .180  .247  .382    7   2.4  3(0)e7    -39  
 1B *George Wilson        27   56   78    6   16   3   0   2    5   0   0    3   12  .205  .235  .321    5   2.2  4e14      -40  
 C  #Ebba St. Claire      30   38  116    5   18   4   0   0    5   0   0   10   23  .155  .233  .190    5   1.4  3(-1)e11 -132  
 1B *Johnny Hopp          35   24   68    4    9   0   0   0    3   1   0    9   13  .132  .234  .132    2   1.2  2e11     -133  
 C   Bob Swift            37   20   58    3    7   2   0   0    5   0   0    6   10  .121  .203  .155    1   1.0  3(-1)e8   -39  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           647                    0

     * - 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  Art Houtteman        24  13  10  .565  35  31   3   4   1   0   3  220.1  229  105   89  20   58  146  3.64  107   4.4  -46  
  P *Hal Newhouser        31  11   7  .611  43  19   2  15   4   1   1  166.2  182   85   70  19   61   76  3.78   93   4.9   47  
  P  Jim Wilson           30  10  13  .435  35  33   6   1   0   0   1  222.1  244  117  100  33   75  105  4.05  138   5.6   57  
  P  Bob Friend           21   8  15  .348  37  32   3   2   0   0   0  199.2  213  111   85  13   80   97  3.83  106   4.7   -7  
  P *Billy Hoeft          20   6   8  .429  77   1   0  29   4   8   0  112.0  116   78   70  22   63   73  5.62   75   6.1   23  
  P  Virgil Trucks        35   6  16  .273  34  33   2   1   0   0   0  210.0  203  108   90  15   95  165  3.86  103   4.4  -23  
  P  Turk Lown            28   4  11  .267  72   3   0  45  17   4   0  126.1  134   81   73  14   71   68  5.20   82   5.8   24  
  P *Joe Nuxhall          23   3   8  .273  63   0   0  33   8   5   0   80.0   81   39   35   6   42   55  3.94   43   4.9   61  
  P  Ray Moore            26   1   0 1.000  13   2   0   1   0   0   0   28.1   22    4    4   0   15   17  1.27    8   2.6 -278  
  P  Fred Hutchinson      32   1   3  .250  33   0   0   7   0   0   0   28.2   32   14   12   2    8   11  3.77   15   4.7  -48  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      775          4

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Stan Lopata 481 55 59 320 29 5 0 .986 27 18 Matt Batts 465 51 64 315 20 6 4 .982 18 8 Ebba St. Claire 291 31 38 181 17 4 1 .980 5 8 Bob Swift 158 17 20 97 6 3 0 .972 10 3 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Kryhoski 774 91 92 799 74 11 59 .988 10.15 Don Kolloway 329 36 36 331 33 6 32 .984 9.97 Johnny Hopp 126 13 16 131 8 0 12 1.000 9.90 George Wilson 123 10 31 129 13 2 13 .986 10.42 Steve Souchock 41 4 6 44 4 0 1 1.000 10.62 Vic Wertz 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 .750 13.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jerry Priddy 667 73 79 156 223 12 42 .969 5.12 Al Federoff 602 68 69 148 209 13 49 .965 5.34 Merl Combs 110 12 12 31 30 0 11 1.000 4.99 Don Kolloway 16 1 5 3 5 0 1 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- George Kell 1091 118 129 161 323 13 34 .974 3.99 Steve Souchock 303 36 36 34 65 7 4 .934 2.94 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pete Runnels 1359 151 152 284 444 23 76 .969 4.82 Merl Combs 22 2 3 4 8 0 2 1.000 4.98 Al Federoff 13 1 5 3 3 1 0 .857 4.05 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pat Mullin 523 58 61 124 4 1 0 .992 2.20 Hoot Evers 327 35 41 84 2 4 0 .956 2.36 Bobby Del Greco 141 16 16 52 3 0 1 1.000 3.52 Steve Souchock 127 15 17 31 1 1 0 .970 2.26 Russ Sullivan 108 12 13 26 0 1 0 .963 2.16 Bob Thorpe 76 9 9 24 0 1 0 .960 2.84 Cliff Mapes 42 4 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.28 Vic Wertz 41 4 6 9 0 2 0 .818 1.96 Don Kolloway 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hoot Evers 676 78 78 158 15 11 1 .940 2.30 Bobby Del Greco 463 48 58 109 7 1 0 .991 2.26 Bob Thorpe 154 18 18 34 1 1 0 .972 2.04 Johnny Hopp 46 5 5 7 2 0 0 1.000 1.76 Cliff Mapes 32 3 4 6 0 1 0 .857 1.71 Pat Mullin 17 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65 Steve Souchock 7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Vic Wertz 995 118 118 191 8 4 1 .980 1.80 Bob Thorpe 239 25 31 37 0 2 0 .949 1.39 Pat Mullin 78 6 17 9 0 1 0 .900 1.04 Cliff Mapes 35 3 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Bobby Del Greco 23 0 13 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.99 George Wilson 17 2 2 4 0 1 0 .800 2.12 Hoot Evers 6 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Steve Souchock 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Russ Sullivan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1952 Draft

Round 1 (#2):	Vic Wertz
Round 3 (#32):	Bobby Del Greco
Round 4 (#46):	George Wilson
Round 5 (#58):	Dick Kryhoski
Round 6 (#70):	Turk Lown
Round 7 (#78):	Bob Thorpe
Round 8 (#86):	Ebba St. Claire
Round 9 (#91):	Ray Moore

Transactions

• 1952-01: acquired Merl Combs as a free agent
• 1952 postseason: released Hank Borowy, Merl Combs, Turk Lown, Jim Wilson

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