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Contents

   



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1 Offseason  




2 Regular season  


2.1  Season standings  




2.2  Record vs. opponents  




2.3  Roster  






3 Player stats  


3.1  Batting  


3.1.1  Starters by position  




3.1.2  Other batters  






3.2  Pitching  


3.2.1  Starting pitchers  




3.2.2  Other pitchers  




3.2.3  Relief pitchers  








4 Awards and honors  


4.1  League leaders  




4.2  Players ranking among top 100 of all time at position  






5 Farm system  




6 References  




7 External links  













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1946 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkBriggs Stadium
CityDetroit
OwnersWalter Briggs, Sr.
General managersGeorge Trautman
ManagersSteve O'Neill
RadioWXYZ
(Harry Heilmann)
← 1945 Seasons 1947 →

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[edit]

Regular season[edit]

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[edit]

  • t
  • e
    • American League     		W L Pct. GB Home Road
    Boston Red Sox 104 50 0.675 — 61–16 43–34
    Detroit Tigers 92 62 0.597 12 48–30 44–32
    New York Yankees 87 67 0.565 17 47–30 40–37
    Washington Senators 76 78 0.494 28 38–38 38–40
    Chicago White Sox 74 80 0.481 30 40–38 34–42
    Cleveland Indians 68 86 0.442 36 36–41 32–45
    St. Louis Browns 66 88 0.429 38 35–41 31–47
    Philadelphia Athletics 49 105 0.318 55 31–46 18–59

    Record vs. opponents[edit]

    1946 American League record
  • t
  • e

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


    Roster[edit]

    1946 Detroit Tigers
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders

    Other batters

    		Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats[edit]

    Batting[edit]

    Starters by position[edit]

    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[edit]

    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 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[edit]

    Starting pitchers[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    League leaders[edit]

    Players ranking among top 100 of all time at position[edit]

    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:

    Farm system[edit]

    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    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 Olson

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Dallas

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Rip Radcliff".atBaseball Reference
  • ^ "Reference at www.baseball-reference.com".

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