1944 Detroit Tigers Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 88-66
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 930,349, Avg. 14,537
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Steve O'Neill (88-66)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1944 Detroit Tigers RosterTeam Record: 88-66
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 930,349, Avg. 14,537
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Steve O'Neill (88-66)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1944 Detroit Tigers Results
The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1944 season with a record of 88 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Tigers allowed 581 runs, least in the league. Detroit plated 658 runs. Rudy York paced the squad with 18 home runs and recorded 98 runs batted in. Pinky Higgins led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .297. Hal Newhouser earned 29 wins on the mound for the team, while Dizzy Trout, too added 15 or more wins, too Dizzy Trout recorded a 2.12 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Steve O'Neill coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Newhouser | 29 | 9 | .763 | 2.22 | 47 | 34 | 10 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 312.3 | 264 | 94 | 77 | 6 | 102 | 0 | 187 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1271 |
| Dizzy Trout | 27 | 14 | .659 | 2.12 | 49 | 40 | 6 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 352.3 | 314 | 104 | 83 | 9 | 83 | 0 | 144 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1421 |
| Rufe Gentry | 12 | 14 | .462 | 4.24 | 37 | 30 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 203.7 | 211 | 104 | 96 | 9 | 108 | 0 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 901 |
| Stubby Overmire | 11 | 11 | .500 | 3.07 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 199.7 | 214 | 84 | 68 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 845 |
| Johnny Gorsica | 6 | 14 | .300 | 4.11 | 34 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 162.0 | 192 | 88 | 74 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 696 |
| Joe Orrell | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.42 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 104 |
| Boom-Boom Beck | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.89 | 28 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74.0 | 67 | 36 | 32 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 318 |
| Elon Hogsett | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | |
| Jake Mooty | 0 | 0 | 4.45 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.3 | 35 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 137 | |
| Zeb Eaton | 0 | 0 | 5.74 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | |
| Roy Henshaw | 0 | 0 | 8.76 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |
| Bob Gillespie | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.55 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 |
| Totals | 88 | 66 | .571 | 3.09 | 275 | 156 | 69 | 87 | 20 | 8 | 1400.0 | 1373 | 581 | 480 | 39 | 452 | 0 | 568 | 22 | 5 | 20 | 5904 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doc Cramer | 143 | 626 | 578 | 69 | 169 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 42 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 21 | .292 | .337 | .369 | .706 | 213 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinky Higgins | 148 | 640 | 543 | 79 | 161 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 76 | 4 | 4 | 81 | 34 | .297 | .392 | .409 | .801 | 222 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy York | 151 | 652 | 583 | 77 | 161 | 27 | 7 | 18 | 98 | 5 | 3 | 68 | 73 | .276 | .353 | .439 | .792 | 256 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Mayo | 154 | 696 | 607 | 76 | 151 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 63 | 9 | 13 | 57 | 23 | .249 | .317 | .313 | .630 | 190 | 12 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Outlaw | 139 | 584 | 535 | 69 | 146 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 57 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 40 | .273 | .327 | .350 | .677 | 187 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Hoover | 120 | 494 | 441 | 67 | 104 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 66 | .236 | .301 | .290 | .591 | 128 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Wakefield | 78 | 332 | 276 | 53 | 98 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 53 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 29 | .355 | .464 | .576 | 1.040 | 159 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Hostetler | 90 | 292 | 265 | 42 | 79 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 31 | .298 | .350 | .347 | .697 | 92 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Richards | 95 | 343 | 300 | 24 | 71 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 30 | .237 | .318 | .310 | .628 | 93 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Swift | 80 | 283 | 247 | 15 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 27 | .255 | .331 | .320 | .651 | 79 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Dizzy Trout | 51 | 144 | 133 | 18 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 28 | .271 | .317 | .429 | .745 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Ross | 66 | 185 | 167 | 14 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | .210 | .275 | .275 | .550 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Orengo | 46 | 177 | 154 | 14 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 29 | .201 | .297 | .266 | .563 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Newhouser | 47 | 132 | 120 | 10 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .242 | .278 | .275 | .553 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Rufe Gentry | 37 | 79 | 76 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .197 | .208 | .224 | .431 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Metro | 38 | 82 | 78 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .192 | .222 | .218 | .440 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stubby Overmire | 32 | 74 | 63 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | .175 | .246 | .254 | .500 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Boom-Boom Beck | 28 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .318 | .318 | .455 | .773 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Gorsica | 40 | 54 | 52 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .135 | .167 | .212 | .378 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bubba Floyd | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .444 | .500 | .556 | 1.056 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Heffner | 6 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .211 | .375 | .263 | .638 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Unser | 11 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .120 | .214 | .320 | .534 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Orrell | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hack Miller | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .800 | 1.133 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Mooty | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zeb Eaton | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Borom | 7 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .071 | .188 | .071 | .259 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elon Hogsett | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackie Sullivan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Gillespie | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Henshaw | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John McHale | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1668 | 6011 | 5344 | 658 | 1405 | 220 | 44 | 60 | 591 | 61 | 55 | 532 | 500 | .263 | .332 | .354 | .687 | 1893 | 132 | 24 | 111 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy York | 1B | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 1453 | 107 | 17 | 163 | .989 | 1.331 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Ross | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 18.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Orengo | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .983 | 11.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Unser | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .864 | 3.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Sullivan | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Orengo | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Mayo | 2B | 143 | 0 | 0.0 | 384 | 458 | 19 | 120 | .978 | 5.888 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Hoover | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Heffner | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 4 | .962 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Borom | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 4.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Orengo | 3B | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 30 | 4 | 1 | .911 | 3.727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pinky Higgins | 3B | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 146 | 311 | 22 | 21 | .954 | 3.130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Unser | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Swift | C | 76 | 0 | 0.0 | 288 | 48 | 6 | 4 | .982 | 4.421 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Richards | C | 90 | 0 | 0.0 | 413 | 60 | 10 | 13 | .979 | 5.256 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hack Miller | C | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Wakefield | OF | 78 | 0 | 0.0 | 155 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .963 | 2.026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Ross | OF | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 67 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .958 | 1.865 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Outlaw | OF | 137 | 0 | 0.0 | 254 | 14 | 10 | 2 | .964 | 1.956 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Metro | OF | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Hostetler | OF | 65 | 0 | 0.0 | 129 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .985 | 2.062 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doc Cramer | OF | 141 | 0 | 0.0 | 337 | 13 | 7 | 2 | .980 | 2.482 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dizzy Trout | P | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 94 | 4 | 8 | .966 | 2.347 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stubby Overmire | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 46 | 1 | 3 | .983 | 1.813 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Orrell | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Newhouser | P | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 61 | 1 | 5 | .986 | 1.489 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jake Mooty | P | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .467 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elon Hogsett | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Henshaw | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Gorsica | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 42 | 2 | 5 | .967 | 1.735 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gillespie | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rufe Gentry | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 43 | 1 | 6 | .980 | 1.297 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zeb Eaton | P | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boom-Boom Beck | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Ross | SS | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Orengo | SS | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 54 | 86 | 15 | 20 | .903 | 4.828 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Mayo | SS | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 40 | 2 | 5 | .966 | 5.182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Hoover | SS | 119 | 0 | 0.0 | 256 | 405 | 48 | 102 | .932 | 5.555 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bubba Floyd | SS | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Borom | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1565 | 0 | 0.0 | 4198 | 1952 | 190 | 495 | .970 | 3.930 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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