1943 Detroit Tigers season
1943 Detroit Tigers | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Briggs Stadium | |
City | Detroit | |
Owners | Walter Briggs, Sr. | |
General managers | Jack Zeller | |
Managers | Steve O'Neill | |
Radio | WXYZ (Harry Heilmann) | |
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The 1943 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 78–76, 20 games behind the New York Yankees.
Offseason
[edit]- November 2, 1942: Johnny Welaj was drafted from the Tigers by the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1942 rule 5 draft.[1]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 98 | 56 | .636 | — | 54–23 | 44–33 |
Washington Senators | 84 | 69 | .549 | 13½ | 44–32 | 40–37 |
Cleveland Indians | 82 | 71 | .536 | 15½ | 44–33 | 38–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 16 | 40–36 | 42–36 |
Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76 | .506 | 20 | 45–32 | 33–44 |
St. Louis Browns | 72 | 80 | .474 | 25 | 44–33 | 28–47 |
Boston Red Sox | 68 | 84 | .447 | 29 | 39–36 | 29–48 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 49 | 105 | .318 | 49 | 27–51 | 22–54 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 8–14 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | 5–17–1 | 11–11 | 11–9–1 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 14–8 | — | 7–15 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 18–4–1 | 10–12 | 14–8 | |||||
Cleveland | 10–12 | 15–7 | — | 15–7 | 9–13 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 8–13 | |||||
Detroit | 11–11–1 | 13–9 | 7–15 | — | 10–12 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 13–9 | |||||
New York | 17–5–1 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | 17–5 | 11–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–11 | 4–18–1 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 8–14 | 5–17 | |||||
St. Louis | 9–11–1 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 14–8 | — | 8–14 | |||||
Washington | 12–10 | 8–14 | 13–8 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 17–5 | 14–8 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers
| Catchers
Infielders
| Outfielders
Other batters
| Manager Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Paul Richards | 100 | 313 | 69 | .220 | 5 | 33 |
1B | Rudy York | 155 | 571 | 155 | .271 | 34 | 118 |
2B | Jimmy Bloodworth | 129 | 474 | 114 | .241 | 6 | 52 |
SS | Joe Hoover | 144 | 575 | 140 | .243 | 4 | 38 |
3B | Pinky Higgins | 138 | 523 | 145 | .277 | 10 | 84 |
OF | Doc Cramer | 140 | 606 | 182 | .300 | 1 | 43 |
OF | Dick Wakefield | 155 | 633 | 200 | .316 | 7 | 79 |
OF | Ned Harris | 114 | 354 | 90 | .254 | 6 | 32 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Don Ross | 89 | 247 | 66 | .267 | 0 | 18 |
Joe Wood | 60 | 164 | 53 | .323 | 1 | 17 |
Rip Radcliff | 70 | 115 | 30 | .261 | 0 | 10 |
Dixie Parsons | 40 | 106 | 15 | .142 | 0 | 4 |
Al Unser | 38 | 101 | 25 | .248 | 0 | 4 |
Jimmy Outlaw | 20 | 67 | 18 | .269 | 1 | 6 |
Charlie Metro | 44 | 40 | 8 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
John McHale | 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Dizzy Trout | 44 | 246.2 | 20 | 12 | 2.48 | 111 |
Virgil Trucks | 33 | 202.2 | 16 | 10 | 2.84 | 118 |
Hal Newhouser | 37 | 195.2 | 8 | 17 | 3.04 | 144 |
Tommy Bridges | 25 | 191.2 | 12 | 7 | 2.39 | 124 |
Hal White | 32 | 177.2 | 7 | 12 | 3.39 | 58 |
Rufe Gentry | 4 | 29.1 | 1 | 3 | 3.68 | 8 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Stubby Overmire | 29 | 147.0 | 7 | 6 | 3.18 | 48 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Johnny Gorsica | 35 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3.36 | 45 |
Roy Henshaw | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.79 | 33 |
Prince Oana | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.50 | 15 |
Joe Orrell | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.72 | 2 |
Awards and honors
[edit]League leaders
[edit]- Rudy York, Major league home run champion, (34)
- Rudy York, American League RBI champion, (118)
Farm system
[edit]Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Buffalo Bisons | International League | Greg Mulleavy |
B | Hagerstown Owls | Interstate League | Eddie Phillips and Bobby Maier |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Johnny Welaj at Baseball Reference
References
[edit]- 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.
- 1943 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference