1948 Detroit Tigers roster

Manager: Steve O'Neill

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 Evers2713953881169101033.314.378.831
George Vico24144521501398582.267.326.718
Pat Mullin301384969114323801.288.385.889
Johnny Lipon25121458651335524.290.384.782
Vic Wertz2311939149977670.248.335.731
Eddie Mayo3810637035922421.249.310.634
George Kell2592368471122442.304.369.772
Dick Wakefield27110322508911530.276.406.878
Bob Swift3311329223654331.223.338.622
Neil Berry268725646680161.266.358.663
Eddie Lake326419851522183.263.427.751
Jimmy Outlaw357419833560250.283.383.726
Paul Campbell30598315221110.265.274.611
Hank Riebe262562012050.194.231.424
Joe Ginsberg211136713010.361.410.771
Johnny Groth2161738150.471.5001.324
Johnny Bero254920000.000.100.100
Ed Mierkowicz243501010.200.429.629
Doc Cramer424410010.000.429.429
John McHale261100000.000.000.000

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 NewhouserP27393521123.01272.11431.281
Fred HutchinsonP28332813114.32221.0921.230
Virgil TrucksP31432614133.78211.21231.302
Dizzy TroutP33322310143.43183.2911.452
Art HouttemanP2043202164.66164.1741.4510
Ted GrayP232611624.2285.1601.700
Stubby OvermireP29374345.9766.1141.813
Billy PierceP21225306.3455.1361.770
Al BentonP37300225.6844.1181.833
Hal WhiteP29270216.1242.2171.691
Lou KretlowP2752214.6323.191.370
Rufe GentryP3040002.706.211.500

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.