1947 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkBriggs Stadium
CityDetroit
OwnersWalter Briggs, Sr.
General managersBilly Evans
ManagersSteve O'Neill
TelevisionWWDT
(Harry Heilmann, Paul Williams, Ty Tyson)
RadioWJLB
(Harry Heilmann, Hal Prough)
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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

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 97 57 0.630 — 55–22 42–35
Detroit Tigers 85 69 0.552 12 46–31 39–38
Boston Red Sox 83 71 0.539 14 49–30 34–41
Cleveland Indians 80 74 0.519 17 38–39 42–35
Philadelphia Athletics 78 76 0.506 19 39–38 39–38
Chicago White Sox 70 84 0.455 27 32–43 38–41
Washington Senators 64 90 0.416 33 36–41 28–49
St. Louis Browns 59 95 0.383 38 29–48 30–47

Record vs. opponents

1947 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 16–6–1 9–13 12–10–1 9–13 10–12–1 15–7 12–10
Chicago 6–16–1 — 11–11 7–15 10–12 11–11 11–11 14–8
Cleveland 13–9 11–11 — 8–14–2 7–15 11–11–1 17–5 13–9
Detroit 10–12–1 15–7 14–8–2 — 8–14–1 11–11 15–7 12–10
New York 13–9 12–10 15–7 14–8–1 — 13–9 15–7 15–7
Philadelphia 12–10–1 11–11 11–11–1 11–11 9–13 — 13–9 11–11
St. Louis 7–15 11–11 5–17 7–15 7–15 9–13 — 13–9
Washington 10–12 8–14 9–13 10–12 7–15 11–11 9–13 —


Roster

1947 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
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

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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 Olson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lubbock, Jamestown[2]

References

  1. ^ George Caster at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links


1947 MLB season by team
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