1946 Detroit Tigers season

The 1946 Detroit Tigers finished the season with a record of 92–62, twelve games behind the Boston Red Sox. The season was their 46th since they entered the American League in 1901.

1946 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Walter Briggs, Sr.
General manager(s)George Trautman
Manager(s)Steve O'Neill
Local radioWXYZ
(Harry Heilmann)
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Offseason

Regular season

The 1946 Tigers were led by first baseman Hank Greenberg who led the AL with 127 RBIs and led the major leagues with 44 home runs, and by Hal Newhouser who led the major leagues with 26 wins, a 1.94 ERA, an Adjusted ERA+ of 188, and 8.46 strikeouts per nine innings pitched.

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 10450 0.675 — 61–16 43–34
Detroit Tigers 9262 0.597 12 48–30 44–32
New York Yankees 8767 0.565 17 47–30 40–37
Washington Senators 7678 0.494 28 38–38 38–40
Chicago White Sox 7480 0.481 30 40–38 34–42
Cleveland Indians 6886 0.442 36 36–41 32–45
St. Louis Browns 6688 0.429 38 35–41 31–47
Philadelphia Athletics 49105 0.318 55 31–46 18–59

Record vs. opponents
1946 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —13–915–715–7–114–817–514–8–116–6
Chicago 9–13—13–9–110–128–1412–1012–1010–12
Cleveland 7–159–13–1—5–1710–1215–715–7–17–15
Detroit 7–15–112–1017–5—13–917–514–812–10
New York 8–1414–812–109–13—16–614–814–8
Philadelphia 5–1710–127–155–176–16—10–126–16–1
St. Louis 8–14–110–127–15–18–148–1412–10—13–9
Washington 6–1612–1015–710–128–1416–6–19–13—

Roster
1946 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
CBirdie Tebbetts8728068.243134
1BHank Greenberg142523145.27744127
2BJimmy Bloodworth7624961.245536
3BGeorge Kell105434142.327441
SSEddie Lake155587149.254831
OFDick Wakefield111396106.2681259
OFRoy Cullenbine113328110.3351556
OFHoot Evers8130481.266433

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
Jimmy Outlaw9229978.261231
Pat Mullin9327668.246335
Doc Cramer6820460.294126
Eddie Mayo5120251.252022
Skeeter Webb6416937.219017
Paul Richards5713928.201011
Anse Moore5113428.20918
Bob Swift4210725.234210
Barney McCosky259137.198111
Pinky Higgins186013.21708
Johnny Lipon14206.30001
Johnny Groth490.00000
Billy Hitchcock330.00000
Ned Harris110.00000

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

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 Newhouser37292.22691.94275
Dizzy Trout38276.117132.34151
Virgil Trucks32236.21493.23161
Fred Hutchinson2820714113.09138
Lou Kretlow19103.004
Art Houtteman18019.002

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 Benton28140.21173.6560
Stubby Overmire2497.1574.6234
Ted Gray311.2028.495

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV GF ERA SO
George Caster26214195.6619
Johnny Gorsica1400174.5614
Hal White1111015.6012
Tommy Bridges911165.9117
Hal Manders2000110.503
Rufe Gentry2000215.001

Awards and honors

League leaders
  • Hank Greenberg: MLB leader in home runs (44)
  • Hank Greenberg: AL leader in RBIs (127)
  • Hank Greenberg: MLB leader in at bats per home run (11.9)
  • Art Houtteman: Youngest player in MLB (18)
  • Eddie Lake: AL leader in games played (155)
  • Eddie Lake: MLB leader in plate appearances (703)
  • Eddie Lake: MLB leader in outs (464)
  • Eddie Lake: AL leader in power/speed number (10.4)[2]
  • Hal Newhouser: MLB leader in ERA (1.94)
  • Hal Newhouser: MLB leader in wins (26)
  • Hal Newhouser: MLB leader in Adjusted ERA+ (188)
  • Hal Newhouser: MLB leader in walks plus hits per 9 innings pitched (1.069)
  • Hal Newhouser: MLB leader in hits allowed per 9 innings (6.61)
  • Hal Newhouser: MLB leader in strikeouts per 9 innings (8.46)
  • Virgil Trucks: MLB leader in home runs allowed (23)

Players ranking among top 100 of all time at position

The following members of the 1945 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001:

  • Birdie Tebbetts: 64th best catcher of all time (played 87 games at catcher for 1946 Tigers)
  • Hank Greenberg: 8th best first baseman of all time
  • George Kell: 30th best third baseman of all time
  • Hoot Evers: 100th best left fielder of all time (played 76 games in center field for 1946 Tigers)
  • Doc Cramer: 91st best center fielder of all time (played 50 games in center field in 1946 Tigers)
  • Barney McCosky: 70th best center fielder of all time (played 24 games in center field for 1946 Tigers)
  • Roy Cullenbine: 68th best right fielder of all time (played 69 games in right field for 1946 Tigers)
  • Hal Newhouser: 36th best pitcher of all time
  • Virgil Trucks: 61st best pitcher of all time
  • Tommy Bridges: 77th best pitcher of all time (pitched in 9 games for 1946 Tigers)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Buffalo Bisons International League Gabby Hartnett
AA Dallas Rebels Texas League Al Vincent
A Williamsport Grays Eastern League Gerard "Nig" Lipscomb and Harry Davis
C Rome Colonels Canadian–American League Woody Wheaton
C Lubbock Hubbers West Texas–New Mexico League Jim Miller
C Muskogee Reds Western Association Ray Baker
D Jamestown Falcons PONY League Marv Olson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Dallas

References
  1. Rip Radcliff at Baseball Reference
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