# 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
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 97 | 57 | .630 | — | 55‍–‍22 | 42‍–‍35 |
| Detroit Tigers | 85 | 69 | .552 | 12 | 46‍–‍31 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Boston Red Sox | 83 | 71 | .539 | 14 | 49‍–‍30 | 34‍–‍41 |
| Cleveland Indians | 80 | 74 | .519 | 17 | 38‍–‍39 | 42‍–‍35 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 78 | 76 | .506 | 19 | 39‍–‍38 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Chicago White Sox | 70 | 84 | .455 | 27 | 32‍–‍43 | 38‍–‍41 |
| Washington Senators | 64 | 90 | .416 | 33 | 36‍–‍41 | 28‍–‍49 |
| St. Louis Browns | 59 | 95 | .383 | 38 | 29‍–‍48 | 30‍–‍47 |

### Record vs. opponents

1947 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 16–6–1 | 9–13 | 12–10–1 | 9–13 | 10–12–1 | 15–7 | 12–10 |
| Chicago | 6–16–1 | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 14–8 |
| Cleveland | 13–9 | 11–11 | — | 8–14–2 | 7–15 | 11–11–1 | 17–5 | 13–9 |
| Detroit | 10–12–1 | 15–7 | 14–8–2 | — | 8–14–1 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 12–10 |
| New York | 13–9 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 14–8–1 | — | 13–9 | 15–7 | 15–7 |
| Philadelphia | 12–10–1 | 11–11 | 11–11–1 | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 13–9 | 11–11 |
| St. Louis | 7–15 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 9–13 | — | 13–9 |
| Washington | 10–12 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 9–13 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Bob Swift | 97 | 279 | 70 | .251 | 1 | 21 |
| 1B | Roy Cullenbine | 142 | 464 | 104 | .224 | 24 | 78 |
| 2B | Eddie Mayo | 142 | 535 | 149 | .279 | 6 | 48 |
| SS | Eddie Lake | 158 | 602 | 127 | .211 | 12 | 46 |
| 3B | George Kell | 152 | 588 | 188 | .320 | 5 | 93 |
| OF | Dick Wakefield | 112 | 368 | 104 | .283 | 8 | 51 |
| OF | Hoot Evers | 126 | 460 | 136 | .296 | 10 | 67 |
| OF | Pat Mullin | 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 |
| Hal Newhouser | 40 | 285.0 | 17 | 17 | 2.87 | 176 |
| Fred Hutchinson | 33 | 219.2 | 18 | 10 | 3.03 | 113 |
| Dizzy Trout | 32 | 186.1 | 10 | 11 | 3.48 | 74 |
| Virgil Trucks | 36 | 180.2 | 10 | 12 | 4.53 | 108 |
| Stubby Overmire | 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 |
| Al Benton | 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 |
| Rufe Gentry | 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