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.George Caster at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1947 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 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
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lubbock, JamestownJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links
1947 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference