1947 Detroit Tigers season explained

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.^[1]

Regular season

Roster

1947 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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
	102	333	96	.288	6	44
	71	191	55	.288	5	33
	73	157	42	.268	2	30
	70	127	29	.228	0	15
	39	95	20	.211	3	11
	50	79	16	.203	0	6
	20	53	5	.094	0	2
	21	42	8	.190	1	1
	8	7	0	.000	0	2
	2	4	1	.250	0	0
	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
	23	110.2	7	2	3.42	58
	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
	31	2	0	1	3.75	20
	1	0	0	0	81.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lubbock, Jamestown^[2]

External links

• 1947 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/castege01.shtml George Caster
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007