1947 Detroit Tigers season

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.

1947 Detroit Tigers
League	American League
Ballpark	Briggs Stadium
City	Detroit
Owners	Walter Briggs, Sr.
General managers	Billy Evans
Managers	Steve O'Neill
Television	WWDT (Harry Heilmann, Paul Williams, Ty Tyson)
Radio	WJLB (Harry Heilmann, Hal Prough)
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Offseason

• December 12, 1946: George Caster was released by the Tigers.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	97	57	.630	—	55‍–‍22	42‍–‍35
Detroit Tigers	85	69	.552	12	46‍–‍31	39‍–‍38
Boston Red Sox	83	71	.539	14	49‍–‍30	34‍–‍41
Cleveland Indians	80	74	.519	17	38‍–‍39	42‍–‍35
Philadelphia Athletics	78	76	.506	19	39‍–‍38	39‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox	70	84	.455	27	32‍–‍43	38‍–‍41
Washington Senators	64	90	.416	33	36‍–‍41	28‍–‍49
St. Louis Browns	59	95	.383	38	29‍–‍48	30‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1947 American League record v t e Sources:
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 19 Al Benton 34 Rufe Gentry 24 Johnny Gorsica 15,21 Art Houtteman 29 Fred Hutchinson 16 Hal Newhouser 18 Stubby Overmire 11 Dizzy Trout 22 Virgil Trucks 17 Hal White		Catchers 25 Hank Riebe  9 Bob Swift  1 Birdie Tebbetts  1 Hal Wagner Infielders  2 Roy Cullenbine 15,21 George Kell  7 Eddie Lake  3 Eddie Mayo 23 John McHale 28 Skeeter Webb		Outfielders  8 Doc Cramer 14 Hoot Evers 10 Johnny Groth 12 Ed Mierkowicz  6 Pat Mullin 27 Jimmy Outlaw  4 Dick Wakefield 20 Vic Wertz Other batters 26 Ben Steiner		Manager 32 Steve O'Neill Coaches 31 Art Mills 30 Frank Shellenback 33 Bill Sweeney

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]