1943 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1943 American League Briggs Stadium Detroit 78 76 y 5th Walter Briggs, Sr. Jack Zeller Steve O'Neill WXYZ(Harry Heilmann) 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 November 2, 1942: Johnny Welaj was drafted from the Tigers by the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1942 rule 5 draft.Johnny Welaj at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents DET Roster 1943 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 10 Tommy Bridges -- Rufe Gentry 15 Johnny Gorsica 18 Roy Henshaw 16 Hal Newhouser 14 Prince Oana 14 Joe Orrell 19 Stubby Overmire 11 Dizzy Trout 22 Virgil Trucks 25 Hal White Catchers 23 Dixie Parsons  9 Paul Richards 30 Al Unser Infielders  3 Jimmy Bloodworth  6 Pinky Higgins  7 Joe Hoover 24 Joe Wood  4 Rudy York Outfielders  8 Doc Cramer 26 Ned Harris 21 Charlie Metro -- Jimmy Outlaw  5 Rip Radcliff 20 Don Ross  2 Dick Wakefield Other batters 27 John McHale Manager 32 Steve O'Neill Coaches 31 Al Vincent Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 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 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 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 Al Unser (baseball) 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 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 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 Tied with Spud Chandler (New York) 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 Stubby Overmire 29 147.0 7 6 3.18 48 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 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 League leaders Rudy York, Major league home run champion, (34) Rudy York, American League RBI champion, (118) Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Buffalo Bisons International League Greg Mulleavy B Hagerstown Owls Interstate League Eddie Phillips and Bobby Maier Notes 2 References Baseball Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1943 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tigers Category:1943 in Detroit