1947 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1947 American League Briggs Stadium Detroit 85 69 y 2nd Walter Briggs, Sr. Billy Evans Steve O'Neill WWDT(Harry Heilmann, Paul Williams, Ty Tyson) WJLB(Harry Heilmann, Hal Prough) 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 December 12, 1946: George Caster was released by the Tigers.George Caster at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents DET Roster 1947 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 19 Al Benton 34 Rufe Gentry 24 Johnny Gorsica 15,21 Art Houtteman 29 Fred Hutchinson 16 Hal Newhouser 18 Stubby Overmire 11 Dizzy Trout 22 Virgil Trucks 17 Hal White Catchers 25 Hank Riebe  9 Bob Swift  1 Birdie Tebbetts  1 Hal Wagner Infielders  2 Roy Cullenbine 15,21 George Kell  7 Eddie Lake  3 Eddie Mayo 23 John McHale 28 Skeeter Webb Outfielders  8 Doc Cramer 14 Hoot Evers 10 Johnny Groth 12 Ed Mierkowicz  6 Pat Mullin 27 Jimmy Outlaw  4 Dick Wakefield 20 Vic Wertz Other batters 26 Ben Steiner Manager 32 Steve O'Neill Coaches 31 Art Mills 30 Frank Shellenback 33 Bill Sweeney 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 C Bob Swift 97 279 70 .251 1 21 1B Roy Cullenbine 142 464 104 .224 24 78 2B Eddie Mayo 142 535 149 .279 6 48 SS Eddie Lake 158 602 127 .211 12 46 3B George Kell 152 588 188 .320 5 93 OF Dick Wakefield 112 368 104 .283 8 51 OF Hoot Evers 126 460 136 .296 10 67 OF Pat Mullin 116 398 102 .256 15 62 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 Vic Wertz 102 333 96 .288 6 44 Hal Wagner 71 191 55 .288 5 33 Doc Cramer 73 157 42 .268 2 30 Jimmy Outlaw 70 127 29 .228 0 15 John McHale 39 95 20 .211 3 11 Skeeter Webb 50 79 16 .203 0 6 Birdie Tebbetts 20 53 5 .094 0 2 Ed Mierkowicz 21 42 8 .190 1 1 Hank Riebe 8 7 0 .000 0 2 Johnny Groth 2 4 1 .250 0 0 Ben Steiner 1 0 0 ---- 0 0 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 Newhouser 40 285.0 17 17 2.87 176 Fred Hutchinson 33 219.2 18 10 3.03 113 Dizzy Trout 32 186.1 10 11 3.48 74 Virgil Trucks 36 180.2 10 12 4.53 108 Stubby Overmire 28 140.2 11 5 3.77 33 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 Benton 36 133.0 6 7 4.40 33 Art Houtteman 23 110.2 7 2 3.42 58 Hal White 35 84.2 4 5 3.61 33 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 Johnny Gorsica 31 2 0 1 3.75 20 Rufe Gentry 1 0 0 0 81.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 OlsonLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lubbock, JamestownJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links Baseball 1947 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tigers Category:1947 in Detroit