1947 Detroit Tigers Roster

American League (AL)
Team Record: 85-69
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 1,369,556, Avg. 22,452
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Steve O'Neill (85-69)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1947 Detroit Tigers Statistics
1947 Detroit Tigers Results

The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1947 season with a record of 85 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the AL.

The Tigers scored 714 runs and allowed 642 runs. Roy Cullenbine led Detroit with 24 home runs, while Pat Mullin walloped 20 or more, too. George Kell drove in 93 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .320. Fred Hutchinson paced the team with 18 wins, and Hal Newhouser added 15 or more wins, too Hal Newhouser recorded a 2.87 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Steve O'Neill coached the team.

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Player Pos. Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Al BentonPRRMarch 18, 19116'4"215Noble, OK USA
Doc CramerCFLRJuly 22, 19056'2"185Beach Haven, NJ USA
Roy Cullenbine1BBROctober 18, 19136'1"190Nashville, TN USA
Hoot EversCFRRFebruary 8, 19216'2"180St. Louis, MO USA
Rufe GentryPRRMay 18, 19186'1"180Daisy Station, NC USA
Johnny GorsicaPRRMarch 29, 19156'2"180Bayonne, NJ USA
Johnny GrothLFRRJuly 23, 19266'0"182Chicago, IL USA
Art HouttemanPRRAugust 7, 19276'2"188Detroit, MI USA
Fred HutchinsonPLRAugust 12, 19196'2"190Seattle, WA USA
George Kell3BRRAugust 23, 19225'9"175Swifton, AR USA
Eddie LakeSSRRMarch 18, 19165'7"159Antioch, CA USA
Eddie Mayo2BLRApril 15, 19105'11"178Holyoke, MA USA
John McHale1BLRSeptember 21, 19216'0"200Detroit, MI USA
Ed MierkowiczLFRRMarch 6, 19246'4"205Wyandotte, MI USA
Pat MullinRFLRNovember 1, 19176'2"190Trotter, PA USA
Hal NewhouserPLLMay 20, 19216'2"180Detroit, MI USA
Jimmy OutlawOFRRJanuary 20, 19135'8"165Orme, TN USA
Stubby OvermirePRLMay 16, 19195'7"170Moline, MI USA
Hank RiebeCRROctober 10, 19215'9"175Cleveland, OH USA
Ben SteinerPLRJuly 28, 19215'11"165Alexandria, VA USA
Bob SwiftCRRMarch 6, 19155'11"180Salina, KS USA
Birdie TebbettsCRRNovember 10, 19125'11"170Burlington, VT USA
Dizzy TroutPRRJune 29, 19156'2"195Sandcut, IN USA
Virgil TrucksPRRApril 26, 19175'11"198Birmingham, AL USA
Hal WagnerCLRJuly 2, 19156'0"165East Riverton, NJ USA
Dick WakefieldLFLRMay 6, 19216'4"210Chicago, IL USA
Skeeter Webb2BRRNovember 4, 19095'9"150Meridian, MS USA
Vic WertzRFLRFebruary 9, 19256'0"186York, PA USA
Hal WhitePRRMarch 18, 19195'10"165Utica, NY USA



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