1947 Detroit Tigers season

1947 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Briggs Stadium (since 1912)
Detroit (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Walter Briggs, Sr.
General manager(s)	Billy Evans
Manager(s)	Steve O'Neill
Local television	WWDT (Harry Heilmann, Paul Williams, Ty Tyson)
Local radio	WJLB (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

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

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	97	57	.630	--
Detroit Tigers	85	69	.552	12
Boston Red Sox	83	71	.539	14
Cleveland Indians	80	74	.519	17
Philadelphia Athletics	78	76	.506	19
Chicago White Sox	70	84	.455	27
Washington Senators	64	90	.416	33
St. Louis Browns	59	95	.383	38

Record vs. opponents

1947 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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	Swift, BobBob Swift	97	279	70	.251	1	21
1B	Cullenbine, RoyRoy Cullenbine	142	464	104	.224	24	78
2B	Mayo, EddieEddie Mayo	142	535	149	.279	6	48
3B	Kell, GeorgeGeorge Kell	152	588	188	.320	5	93

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

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

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
Benton, AlAl Benton	36	133	6	7	4.40	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
Gentry, RufeRufe Gentry	1	0	0	0	81.00	0

Farm system

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 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference