1948 Detroit Tigers

Roster of 33 · every name linked to a full player profile

W–L summed from pitcher decisions in the corpus.

Record

78–76

Runs

700

Home runs

Team AVG

.267

Team ERA

4.16

Pitching K

678

Postseason

Missed

Best by VAL

VAL is shown only for players who spent the whole season with this club.

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Hoot EversLF	139	538	81	169	10	103	3	.314	.832	12.1
George Vico1B	144	521	50	139	8	58	2	.267	.718	8.0
Pat MullinRF	138	496	91	143	23	80	1	.288	.889	14.0
Johnny LiponSS	121	458	65	133	5	52	4	.290	.781	8.3
Vic WertzOF	119	391	49	97	7	67	0	.248	.731	7.2
Eddie Mayo2B	106	370	35	92	2	42	1	.249	.634	4.2
George Kell3B	92	368	47	112	2	44	2	.304	.771	6.0
Dick WakefieldLF	110	322	50	89	11	53	0	.276	.878	8.9
Bob SwiftC	113	292	23	65	4	33	1	.223	.622	3.8
Neil BerrySS	87	256	46	68	0	16	1	.266	.663	3.4
Eddie LakeSS	64	198	51	52	2	18	3	.263	.750	4.1
Jimmy OutlawLF	74	198	33	56	0	25	0	.283	.726	3.4
Fred HutchinsonP	76	112	11	23	1	12	3	.205	.582	8.8
Hal WagnerC	54	109	10	22	0	10	1	.202	.555	—
Hal NewhouserP	39	92	6	19	0	6	0	.207	.512	13.3
Paul Campbell1B	59	83	15	22	1	11	0	.265	.611	1.3
Virgil TrucksP	43	79	6	13	0	2	0	.165	.375	11.3
Dizzy TroutP	32	69	6	15	1	2	0	.217	.574	8.8
Hank RiebeC	25	62	0	12	0	5	0	.194	.425	—
Art HouttemanP	43	56	2	11	0	7	0	.196	.392	9.2
Joe GinsbergC	11	36	7	13	0	1	0	.361	.771	—
Ted GrayP	26	29	2	7	0	1	0	.241	.566	4.6
Billy PierceP	22	17	5	5	0	2	0	.294	.823	1.7
Johnny GrothCF	6	17	3	8	1	5	0	.471	1.324	—
Stubby OvermireP	37	14	0	1	0	1	0	.071	.259	2.8
Hal WhiteP	27	13	1	2	0	1	0	.154	.498	2.2
Al BentonP	30	11	1	2	0	1	0	.182	.455	2.7
Johnny BeroSS	4	9	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	—
Lou KretlowP	5	8	0	4	0	1	0	.500	1.000	—
Ed MierkowiczLF	3	5	0	1	0	1	0	.200	.629	—
Doc CramerCF	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.429	—
John McHale1B	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
Rufe GentryP	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	—

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Hal NewhouserP	39	35	21	12	1	272.1	143	3.01	13.3
Fred HutchinsonP	33	28	13	11	0	221.0	92	4.32	8.8
Virgil TrucksP	43	26	14	13	2	211.2	123	3.78	11.3
Dizzy TroutP	32	23	10	14	2	183.2	91	3.48	8.8
Art HouttemanP	43	20	2	16	10	164.1	74	4.66	9.2
Ted GrayP	26	11	6	2	0	85.1	60	4.22	4.6
Stubby OvermireP	37	4	3	4	3	66.1	14	5.97	2.8
Billy PierceP	22	5	3	0	0	55.1	36	6.34	1.7
Al BentonP	30	0	2	2	3	44.1	18	5.68	2.7
Hal WhiteP	27	0	2	1	1	42.2	17	6.12	2.2
Lou KretlowP	5	2	2	1	0	23.1	9	4.63	—
Rufe GentryP	4	0	0	0	0	6.2	1	2.70	—

Players traded mid-season are listed with their numbers for this club only.

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Hoot EversLF	139	538	81	169	10	103	3	.314	.832	12.1
George Vico1B	144	521	50	139	8	58	2	.267	.718	8.0
Pat MullinRF	138	496	91	143	23	80	1	.288	.889	14.0
Johnny LiponSS	121	458	65	133	5	52	4	.290	.781	8.3
Vic WertzOF	119	391	49	97	7	67	0	.248	.731	7.2
Eddie Mayo2B	106	370	35	92	2	42	1	.249	.634	4.2
George Kell3B	92	368	47	112	2	44	2	.304	.771	6.0
Dick WakefieldLF	110	322	50	89	11	53	0	.276	.878	8.9
Bob SwiftC	113	292	23	65	4	33	1	.223	.622	3.8
Neil BerrySS	87	256	46	68	0	16	1	.266	.663	3.4
Eddie LakeSS	64	198	51	52	2	18	3	.263	.750	4.1
Jimmy OutlawLF	74	198	33	56	0	25	0	.283	.726	3.4
Fred HutchinsonP	76	112	11	23	1	12	3	.205	.582	8.8
Hal WagnerC	54	109	10	22	0	10	1	.202	.555	—
Hal NewhouserP	39	92	6	19	0	6	0	.207	.512	13.3
Paul Campbell1B	59	83	15	22	1	11	0	.265	.611	1.3
Virgil TrucksP	43	79	6	13	0	2	0	.165	.375	11.3
Dizzy TroutP	32	69	6	15	1	2	0	.217	.574	8.8
Hank RiebeC	25	62	0	12	0	5	0	.194	.425	—
Art HouttemanP	43	56	2	11	0	7	0	.196	.392	9.2
Joe GinsbergC	11	36	7	13	0	1	0	.361	.771	—
Ted GrayP	26	29	2	7	0	1	0	.241	.566	4.6
Billy PierceP	22	17	5	5	0	2	0	.294	.823	1.7
Johnny GrothCF	6	17	3	8	1	5	0	.471	1.324	—
Stubby OvermireP	37	14	0	1	0	1	0	.071	.259	2.8
Hal WhiteP	27	13	1	2	0	1	0	.154	.498	2.2
Al BentonP	30	11	1	2	0	1	0	.182	.455	2.7
Johnny BeroSS	4	9	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	—
Lou KretlowP	5	8	0	4	0	1	0	.500	1.000	—
Ed MierkowiczLF	3	5	0	1	0	1	0	.200	.629	—
Doc CramerCF	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.429	—
John McHale1B	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
Rufe GentryP	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	—

Pitching

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Hal NewhouserP	39	35	21	12	1	272.1	143	3.01	13.3
Fred HutchinsonP	33	28	13	11	0	221.0	92	4.32	8.8
Virgil TrucksP	43	26	14	13	2	211.2	123	3.78	11.3
Dizzy TroutP	32	23	10	14	2	183.2	91	3.48	8.8
Art HouttemanP	43	20	2	16	10	164.1	74	4.66	9.2
Ted GrayP	26	11	6	2	0	85.1	60	4.22	4.6
Stubby OvermireP	37	4	3	4	3	66.1	14	5.97	2.8
Billy PierceP	22	5	3	0	0	55.1	36	6.34	1.7
Al BentonP	30	0	2	2	3	44.1	18	5.68	2.7
Hal WhiteP	27	0	2	1	1	42.2	17	6.12	2.2
Lou KretlowP	5	2	2	1	0	23.1	9	4.63	—
Rufe GentryP	4	0	0	0	0	6.2	1	2.70	—