1946 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1946 American League Briggs Stadium Detroit 92 62 y 2nd Walter Briggs, Sr. George Trautman Steve O'Neill WXYZ(Harry Heilmann) 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. Offseason March 26, 1946: Rip Radcliff was released by the Tigers. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/radclri01.shtml Rip Radcliff at Baseball Reference 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 Record vs. opponents DET Roster 1946 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 19 Al Benton 10 Tommy Bridges 25 George Caster 34 Rufe Gentry 35 Johnny Gorsica 34 Ted Gray  6 Art Houtteman 29 Fred Hutchinson 35 Lou Kretlow 24 Hal Manders 16 Hal Newhouser 18 Stubby Overmire 11 Dizzy Trout 22 Virgil Trucks 17 Hal White Catchers  9 Paul Richards 12 Bob Swift  1 Birdie Tebbetts Infielders 26 Jimmy Bloodworth  5 Hank Greenberg  6 Pinky Higgins 23 Billy Hitchcock 21 George Kell  7 Eddie Lake 37 Johnny Lipon  3 Eddie Mayo 28 Skeeter Webb Outfielders  8 Doc Cramer  2 Roy Cullenbine 14 Hoot Evers 24 Johnny Groth 21 Barney McCosky 20 Anse Moore 33 Pat Mullin 27 Jimmy Outlaw  4 Dick Wakefield Other batters 26 Ned Harris Manager 32 Steve O'Neill Coaches 10 Tommy Bridges 31 Art Mills 30 Frank Shellenback 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 Birdie Tebbetts 87 280 68 .243 1 34 1B Hank Greenberg 142 523 145 .277 44 127 2B Jimmy Bloodworth 76 249 61 .245 5 36 3B George Kell 105 434 142 .327 4 41 SS Eddie Lake 155 587 149 .254 8 31 OF Dick Wakefield 111 396 106 .268 12 59 OF Roy Cullenbine 113 328 110 .335 15 56 OF Hoot Evers 81 304 81 .266 4 33 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 Outlaw 92 299 78 .261 2 31 Pat Mullin 93 276 68 .246 3 35 Doc Cramer 68 204 60 .294 1 26 Eddie Mayo 51 202 51 .252 0 22 Skeeter Webb 64 169 37 .219 0 17 Paul Richards Paul Richards (baseball) 57 139 28 .201 0 11 Anse Moore 51 134 28 .209 1 8 Bob Swift 42 107 25 .234 2 10 Barney McCosky 25 91 37 .198 1 11 Pinky Higgins 18 60 13 .217 0 8 Johnny Lipon 14 20 6 .300 0 1 Johnny Groth 4 9 0 .000 0 0 Billy Hitchcock 3 3 0 .000 0 0 Ned Harris 1 1 0 .000 0 0 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 Newhouser 37 292.2 26 9 1.94 275 Dizzy Trout 38 276.1 17 13 2.34 151 Virgil Trucks 32 236.2 14 9 3.23 161 Fred Hutchinson 28 207.0 14 11 3.09 138 Lou Kretlow 1 9.0 1 0 3.00 4 Art Houtteman 1 8.0 0 1 9.00 2 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 28 140.2 11 7 3.65 60 Stubby Overmire 24 97.1 5 7 4.62 34 Ted Gray 3 11.2 0 2 8.49 5 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 Caster 26 2 1 4 19 5.66 19 Johnny Gorsica 14 0 0 1 7 4.56 14 Hal White 11 1 1 0 1 5.60 12 Tommy Bridges 9 1 1 1 6 5.91 17 Hal Manders 2 0 0 0 1 10.50 3 Rufe Gentry 2 0 0 0 2 15.00 1 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) https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL_1946.shtml Reference at www.baseball-reference.com 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 Minor League Baseball 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 OlsonLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Dallas References 2 External links Baseball 1946 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics Baseball-Reference.com Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tigers Category:1946 in Detroit