1949 Detroit Tigers season
1949 Detroit Tigers | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Briggs Stadium | |
City | Detroit, Michigan | |
Owners | Walter Briggs, Sr. | |
General managers | Billy Evans | |
Managers | Red Rolfe | |
Television | WWJ (Harry Heilmann, Paul Williams, Ty Tyson) | |
Radio | WJBK (Harry Heilmann, Van Patrick) | |
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The 1949 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 87–67, 10 games behind the New York Yankees.
Offseason
[edit]- November 10, 1948: Marv Grissom was drafted by the Tigers from the Sacramento Solons in the 1948 rule 5 draft.[1]
Regular season
[edit]Tigers third baseman George Kell beat Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox for the American League batting title by 0.0002 percentage points (.3429 to .3427).[2]
Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 97 | 57 | .630 | — | 54–23 | 43–34 |
Boston Red Sox | 96 | 58 | .623 | 1 | 61–16 | 35–42 |
Cleveland Indians | 89 | 65 | .578 | 8 | 49–28 | 40–37 |
Detroit Tigers | 87 | 67 | .565 | 10 | 50–27 | 37–40 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 81 | 73 | .526 | 16 | 52–25 | 29–48 |
Chicago White Sox | 63 | 91 | .409 | 34 | 32–45 | 31–46 |
St. Louis Browns | 53 | 101 | .344 | 44 | 36–41 | 17–60 |
Washington Senators | 50 | 104 | .325 | 47 | 26–51 | 24–53 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 17–5 | 8–14 | 15–7–1 | 9–13 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 18–4 | |||||
Chicago | 5–17 | — | 7–15 | 8–14 | 7–15 | 6–16 | 15–7 | 15–7 | |||||
Cleveland | 14–8 | 15–7 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 13–9 | |||||
Detroit | 7–15–1 | 14–8 | 9–13 | — | 11–11 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 18–4 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 17–5–1 | 15–7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 16–6 | 13–9 | 8–14 | 8–14 | — | 12–10 | 16–6 | |||||
St. Louis | 7–15 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 5–17–1 | 10–12 | — | 9–13 | |||||
Washington | 4–18 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 4–18 | 7–15 | 6–16 | 13–9 | — |
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 | Aaron Robinson | 110 | 331 | 89 | .269 | 13 | 56 |
1B | Paul Campbell | 87 | 255 | 71 | .278 | 3 | 30 |
2B | Neil Berry | 109 | 329 | 78 | .237 | 0 | 18 |
SS | Johnny Lipon | 127 | 439 | 110 | .251 | 3 | 59 |
3B | George Kell | 134 | 522 | 179 | .343 | 3 | 59 |
OF | Johnny Groth | 103 | 348 | 102 | .293 | 11 | 73 |
OF | Hoot Evers | 132 | 432 | 131 | .303 | 7 | 72 |
OF | Vic Wertz | 155 | 608 | 185 | .304 | 20 | 133 |
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 Kolloway | 126 | 483 | 142 | .294 | 2 | 47 |
Pat Mullin | 104 | 310 | 83 | .268 | 12 | 59 |
Eddie Lake | 94 | 240 | 47 | .196 | 1 | 15 |
Bob Swift | 74 | 189 | 45 | .238 | 2 | 18 |
Sam Vico | 67 | 142 | 27 | .190 | 4 | 18 |
Dick Wakefield | 59 | 126 | 26 | .206 | 6 | 19 |
Hank Riebe | 17 | 33 | 6 | .182 | 0 | 2 |
Jimmy Outlaw | 5 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Don Lund | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Earl Rapp | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Bob Mavis | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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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Hal Newhouser | 38 | 292.0 | 18 | 11 | 3.36 | 144 |
Virgil Trucks | 41 | 275.0 | 19 | 11 | 2.81 | 153 |
Art Houtteman | 34 | 203.2 | 15 | 10 | 3.71 | 85 |
Ted Gray | 34 | 195.0 | 10 | 10 | 3.51 | 96 |
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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Fred Hutchinson | 33 | 188.2 | 15 | 7 | 2.96 | 54 |
Lou Kretlow | 25 | 76.0 | 3 | 2 | 6.16 | 40 |
Marlin Stuart | 14 | 29.2 | 0 | 2 | 9.10 | 14 |
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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Dizzy Trout | 33 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4.40 | 19 |
Marv Grissom | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6.41 | 17 |
Stubby Overmire | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9.87 | 3 |
Hal White | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 4 |
Saul Rogovin | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14.29 | 2 |
Awards and honors
[edit]- George Kell, AL Batting champion
Farm system
[edit]Lynn franchise folded, July 19, 1949
Notes
[edit]- ^ Marv Grissom at Baseball Reference
- ^ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 44, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
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.
- 1949 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference