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.

Offseason

• December 12, 1946: George Caster was released by the Tigers.

Regular season

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		97	279	70	.251	1	21
1B		142	464	104	.224	24	78
2B		142	535	149	.279	6	48
SS		158	602	127	.211	12	46
3B		152	588	188	.320	5	93
OF		112	368	104	.283	8	51
OF		126	460	136	.296	10	67
OF		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
	40	285.0	17	17	2.87	176
	33	219.2	18	10	3.03	113
	32	186.1	10	11	3.48	74
	36	180.2	10	12	4.53	108
	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
	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
	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

External links

• 1947 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

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