1947 Detroit Tigers season

1947 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Walter Briggs, Sr.
General manager(s) Billy Evans
Manager(s) Steve O'Neill
Local television WWDT
(Harry Heilmann, Paul Williams, Ty Tyson)
Local radio WJLB
(Harry Heilmann, Hal Prough)
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The 1947 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 85–69, 12 games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees9757.630--
Detroit Tigers8569.55212
Boston Red Sox8371.53914
Cleveland Indians8074.51917
Philadelphia Athletics7876.50619
Chicago White Sox7084.45527
Washington Senators6490.41633
St. Louis Browns5995.38338

Record vs. opponents

1947 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —16–6–19–1312–10–19–1310–12–115–712–10
Chicago 6–16–1—11–117–1510–1211–1111–1114–8
Cleveland 13–911–11—8–14–27–1511–11–117–513–9
Detroit 10–12–115–714–8–2—8–14–111–1115–712–10
New York 13–912–1015–714–8–1—13–915–715–7
Philadelphia 12–10–111–1111–11–111–119–13—13–911–11
St. Louis 7–1511–115–177–157–159–13—13–9
Washington 10–128–149–1310–127–1511–119–13—

Roster

1947 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
CBob Swift9727970.251121
1BRoy Cullenbine142464104.2242478
2BEddie Mayo142535149.279648
SSEddie Lake158602127.2111246
3BGeorge Kell152588188.320593
OFDick Wakefield112368104.283851
OFHoot Evers126460136.2961067
OFPat Mullin116398102.2561562

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Hal Newhouser4028517172.87176
Fred Hutchinson33219.218103.03113
Dizzy Trout32186.110113.4874
Virgil Trucks36180.210124.53108
Stubby Overmire28140.21153.7733

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Al Benton36133674.4033

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Rufe Gentry100081.000

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Buffalo Bisons International League Paul Richards
AA Dallas Rebels Texas League Al Vincent
A Williamsport Grays Eastern League George Detore
B Hagerstown Owls Interstate League Bunny Griffiths
B Montgomery Rebels Southeastern League Frank Skaff
C Rome Colonels Canadian–American League Ed Boland and Adam Bengoechea
C Lubbock Hubbers West Texas–New Mexico League Jackie Sullivan
D Troy Trojans Alabama State League Bob Benish
D Thomasville Tigers Georgia–Florida League Vince "Moon" Mullen
D Nazareth Tigers North Atlantic League John Mueller
D Jamestown Falcons PONY League Marv Olson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lubbock, Jamestown[2]

References

  1. ↑ George Caster at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007


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