1948 Detroit Tigers roster

32 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1948 MLB season.

1948 Tigers roster: batting

1948 Detroit Tigers batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Hoot Evers13953881169101033.314.378.831
George Vico144521501398582.267.326.718
Pat Mullin1384969114323801.288.385.889
Johnny Lipon121458651335524.290.384.782
Vic Wertz11939149977670.248.335.731
Eddie Mayo10637035922421.249.310.634
George Kell92368471122442.304.369.772
Dick Wakefield110322508911530.276.406.878
Bob Swift11329223654331.223.338.622
Neil Berry8725646680161.266.358.663
Eddie Lake6419851522183.263.427.751
Jimmy Outlaw7419833560250.283.383.726
Paul Campbell598315221110.265.274.611
Hank Riebe2562012050.194.231.424
Joe Ginsberg1136713010.361.410.771
Johnny Groth61738150.471.5001.324
Johnny Bero4920000.000.100.100
Ed Mierkowicz3501010.200.429.629
Doc Cramer4410010.000.429.429
John McHale1100000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1948 Tigers roster: pitching

1948 Detroit Tigers pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Hal NewhouserP393521123.01272.11431.281
Fred HutchinsonP332813114.32221.0921.230
Virgil TrucksP432614133.78211.21231.302
Dizzy TroutP322310143.43183.2911.452
Art HouttemanP43202164.66164.1741.4510
Ted GrayP2611624.2285.1601.700
Stubby OvermireP374345.9766.1141.813
Billy PierceP225306.3455.1361.770
Al BentonP300225.6844.1181.833
Hal WhiteP270216.1242.2171.691
Lou KretlowP52214.6323.191.370
Rufe GentryP40002.706.211.500

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.