The 1948 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 78–76, 18½ games behind the Cleveland Indians.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1948 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 113 292 65 .223 4 33 1B Sam Vico 144 521 139 .267 8 58 2B Eddie Mayo 106 370 92 .249 2 42 SS 121 458 133 .290 5 52 3B George Kell 92 368 112 .304 2 44 OF Hoot Evers 139 538 169 .314 10 103 OF Vic Wertz 119 391 97 .248 7 67 OF Pat Mullin 138 496 143 .288 23 80
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 Dick Wakefield 110 322 89 .276 11 53 Neil Berry 87 256 68 .266 0 16 Eddie Lake 64 198 52 .263 2 18 Jimmy Outlaw 74 198 56 .283 0 25 Hal Wagner 54 109 22 .202 0 10 59 83 22 .265 1 11 Hank Riebe 25 62 12 .194 0 5 Joe Ginsberg 11 36 13 .361 0 1 Johnny Groth 6 17 8 .471 1 5 Johnny Bero 4 9 0 .000 0 0 Ed Mierkowicz 3 5 1 .200 0 1 Doc Cramer 4 4 0 .000 0 1 John McHale 1 1 0 .000 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 39 272.1 21 12 3.01 143 Fred Hutchinson 33 221.0 13 11 4.32 92 Dizzy Trout 32 183.2 10 14 3.43 91
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 Virgil Trucks 43 211.2 14 13 3.78 123 Art Houtteman 43 164.1 2 16 4.66 74 Ted Gray 26 85.1 6 2 4.22 60 Billy Pierce 22 55.1 3 0 6.34 36 Lou Kretlow 5 23.1 2 1 4.63 9
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 Stubby Overmire 37 3 4 3 5.97 14 30 2 2 3 5.68 18 Hal White 27 2 1 1 6.12 17 4 0 0 0 2.70 1
Farm system
Notes
References
External links 1948 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference