1943 Detroit Tigers Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 78-76
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 635,380, Avg. 10,590
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Steve O'Neill (78-76)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1943 Detroit Tigers RosterTeam Record: 78-76
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 635,380, Avg. 10,590
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Steve O'Neill (78-76)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1943 Detroit Tigers Results
The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1943 season with a record of 78 wins and 76 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.
The Tigers scored 632 runs and allowed 560 runs. Rudy York walloped 34 home runs for Detroit and recorded 118 runs batted in. Dick Wakefield paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .316. Dizzy Trout topped the squad with 20 wins, while Virgil Trucks added 15 or more wins, too Tommy Bridges recorded a 2.39 ERA, best among 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dizzy Trout | 20 | 12 | .625 | 2.48 | 44 | 30 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 246.7 | 204 | 83 | 68 | 6 | 101 | 0 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1019 |
| Virgil Trucks | 16 | 10 | .615 | 2.84 | 33 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 202.7 | 170 | 72 | 64 | 11 | 52 | 0 | 118 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 817 |
| Tommy Bridges | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2.39 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 191.7 | 159 | 57 | 51 | 9 | 61 | 0 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 774 |
| Hal Newhouser | 8 | 17 | .320 | 3.04 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 195.7 | 163 | 88 | 66 | 3 | 111 | 0 | 144 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 850 |
| Stubby Overmire | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.18 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 147.0 | 135 | 56 | 52 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 604 |
| Hal White | 7 | 12 | .368 | 3.39 | 32 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 177.7 | 150 | 84 | 67 | 6 | 71 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 738 |
| Johnny Gorsica | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.36 | 35 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 96.3 | 88 | 43 | 36 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 406 |
| Prince Oana | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.50 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 34 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 155 |
| Rufe Gentry | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.68 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29.3 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 126 |
| Joe Orrell | 0 | 0 | 3.72 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.3 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 84 | |
| Roy Henshaw | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.79 | 26 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 71.3 | 75 | 35 | 30 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 319 |
| Totals | 78 | 76 | .506 | 3.00 | 285 | 155 | 88 | 67 | 16 | 20 | 1411.7 | 1226 | 560 | 471 | 51 | 549 | 0 | 706 | 14 | 3 | 20 | 5892 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Wakefield | 155 | 697 | 633 | 91 | 200 | 38 | 8 | 7 | 79 | 4 | 5 | 62 | 60 | .316 | .377 | .434 | .811 | 275 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Doc Cramer | 140 | 651 | 606 | 79 | 182 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 13 | .300 | .335 | .348 | .684 | 211 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy York | 155 | 661 | 571 | 90 | 155 | 22 | 11 | 34 | 118 | 5 | 5 | 84 | 88 | .271 | .366 | .527 | .893 | 301 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinky Higgins | 138 | 592 | 523 | 62 | 145 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 84 | 2 | 5 | 57 | 31 | .277 | .349 | .377 | .726 | 197 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Hoover | 144 | 640 | 575 | 78 | 140 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 101 | .243 | .289 | .318 | .607 | 183 | 10 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Bloodworth | 129 | 519 | 474 | 41 | 114 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 52 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 59 | .241 | .289 | .344 | .632 | 163 | 29 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Ned Harris | 114 | 411 | 354 | 43 | 90 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 29 | .254 | .343 | .362 | .705 | 128 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Richards | 100 | 355 | 313 | 32 | 69 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 35 | .220 | .307 | .297 | .604 | 93 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Ross | 89 | 270 | 247 | 19 | 66 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | .267 | .325 | .320 | .644 | 79 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Wood | 60 | 174 | 164 | 22 | 53 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | .323 | .347 | .415 | .762 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Rip Radcliff | 70 | 133 | 115 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | .261 | .341 | .296 | .637 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Unser | 38 | 118 | 101 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 | .248 | .350 | .297 | .647 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dizzy Trout | 45 | 97 | 91 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .220 | .237 | .308 | .544 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Outlaw | 20 | 76 | 67 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | .269 | .347 | .328 | .675 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dixie Parsons | 40 | 117 | 106 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .142 | .188 | .170 | .357 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Bridges | 25 | 73 | 64 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .219 | .275 | .266 | .541 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgil Trucks | 33 | 74 | 72 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .181 | .203 | .194 | .397 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Newhouser | 37 | 72 | 65 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .185 | .221 | .215 | .436 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Prince Oana | 20 | 27 | 26 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .385 | .407 | .654 | 1.061 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Metro | 44 | 44 | 40 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .200 | .256 | .200 | .456 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal White | 32 | 67 | 57 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .140 | .246 | .140 | .387 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Stubby Overmire | 29 | 52 | 42 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .167 | .255 | .214 | .470 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Gorsica | 36 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .174 | .208 | .261 | .469 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Henshaw | 26 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Orrell | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rufe Gentry | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John McHale | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1737 | 5983 | 5364 | 632 | 1401 | 200 | 47 | 77 | 572 | 40 | 43 | 483 | 552 | .261 | .324 | .359 | .683 | 1926 | 159 | 13 | 123 | 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 | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 1349 | 149 | 15 | 105 | .990 | 9.665 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rip Radcliff | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Wood | 2B | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 54 | 41 | 11 | 6 | .896 | 4.318 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Ross | 2B | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 3 | .892 | 4.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Bloodworth | 2B | 129 | 0 | 0.0 | 349 | 393 | 21 | 74 | .972 | 5.752 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Wood | 3B | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .975 | 2.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Ross | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pinky Higgins | 3B | 138 | 0 | 0.0 | 156 | 253 | 26 | 22 | .940 | 2.964 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Unser | C | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 143 | 20 | 3 | 4 | .982 | 4.405 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Richards | C | 100 | 0 | 0.0 | 537 | 86 | 9 | 12 | .986 | 6.230 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dixie Parsons | C | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 167 | 31 | 5 | 2 | .975 | 4.950 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Wakefield | OF | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 314 | 11 | 14 | 1 | .959 | 2.097 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Ross | OF | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 1.711 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rip Radcliff | OF | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Outlaw | OF | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Metro | OF | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ned Harris | OF | 96 | 0 | 0.0 | 192 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .961 | 2.063 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doc Cramer | OF | 138 | 0 | 0.0 | 346 | 9 | 4 | 3 | .989 | 2.572 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal White | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 38 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 1.563 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Virgil Trucks | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dizzy Trout | P | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 67 | 4 | 1 | .956 | 1.977 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stubby Overmire | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Orrell | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Prince Oana | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .750 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Newhouser | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 49 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 1.541 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Henshaw | P | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Gorsica | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rufe Gentry | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Bridges | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.840 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Ross | SS | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 41 | 4 | 7 | .946 | 3.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Hoover | SS | 144 | 0 | 0.0 | 301 | 393 | 41 | 84 | .944 | 4.819 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1571 | 0 | 0.0 | 4235 | 1772 | 177 | 338 | .971 | 3.824 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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