1949 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1949 American League Briggs Stadium Detroit, Michigan 87 67 y 4th Walter Briggs, Sr. Billy Evans Red Rolfe WWJ(Harry Heilmann, Paul Williams, Ty Tyson) WJBK(Harry Heilmann, Van Patrick) 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 November 10, 1948: Marv Grissom was drafted by the Tigers from the Sacramento Solons in the 1948 rule 5 draft.Marv Grissom at Baseball Reference Regular season 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).Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 44, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, 978-1-55365-507-7 Season standings Record vs. opponents DET Roster 1949 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 30 Ted Gray 19 Marv Grissom 12 Art Houtteman 29,37 Fred Hutchinson 36 Lou Kretlow 16 Hal Newhouser 18 Stubby Overmire 23 Saul Rogovin 24 Marlin Stuart 11 Dizzy Trout 22 Virgil Trucks 26 Hal White Catchers 25 Hank Riebe  1 Aaron Robinson  9 Bob Swift Infielders  8 Neil Berry 15 Paul Campbell 21 George Kell 17 Don Kolloway  7 Eddie Lake  2 Johnny Lipon  5 George Vico Outfielders 14 Hoot Evers  3 Johnny Groth  6 Pat Mullin  4 Dick Wakefield 20 Vic Wertz Other batters 30 Don Lund 30 Bob Mavis 27 Jimmy Outlaw 32 Earl Rapp Manager 10 Red Rolfe Coaches 28 Dick Bartell 33 Ted Lyons Player stats Batting = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 Aaron Robinson Aaron Robinson (baseball) 110 331 89 .269 13 56 1B Paul Campbell Paul Campbell (first baseman) 87 255 71 .278 3 30 2B Neil Berry Neil Berry (baseball) 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 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 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 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 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 Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 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 Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 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 George Kell, AL Batting champion Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Toledo Mud Hens American Association Eddie Mayo AAA Buffalo Bisons International League Paul Richards AA Little Rock Travelers Southern Association Jack Saltzgaver A Flint Arrows Central League Jack Tighe A Williamsport Tigers Eastern League Gene Desautels B Durham Bulls Carolina League Ace Parker B Lynn Tigers New England League Pep Kennedy and Charles Webb C Rome Colonels Canadian–American League Clyde Smoll C Butler Tigers Middle Atlantic League Boom-Boom Beck D Troy Tigers Alabama State League Holt Milner D Thomasville Tigers Georgia–Florida League Ralph DiLullo D Jamestown Falcons PONY League Marv OlsonLynn franchise folded, July 19, 1949 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 1949 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tigers Category:1949 in Detroit