1949 Detroit Tigers Roster

American League (AL)
Team Record: 87-67
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 1,828,143, Avg. 25,391
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Red Rolfe (87-67)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1949 Detroit Tigers Statistics
1949 Detroit Tigers Results

The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1949 season with a record of 87 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.

The Tigers scored 751 runs and yielded 655 runs. Vic Wertz led Detroit with 20 home runs and recorded 133 runs batted in. George Kell paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .343. Virgil Trucks topped the team with 19 wins, while Hal Newhouser, Art Houtteman and Fred Hutchinson each as well added 15 or more victories as well Virgil Trucks recorded a 2.81 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Red Rolfe coached the team.

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Player Pos. Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Neil Berry2BRRJanuary 11, 19225'10"168Kalamazoo, MI USA
Paul Campbell1BLLSeptember 1, 19175'10"185Paw Creek, NC USA
Hoot EversLFRRFebruary 8, 19216'2"180St. Louis, MO USA
Ted GrayPBLDecember 31, 19245'11"175Detroit, MI USA
Marv GrissomPRRMarch 31, 19186'3"190Los Molinos, CA USA
Johnny GrothCFRRJuly 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
Don Kolloway2BRRAugust 4, 19186'3"200Posen, IL USA
Lou KretlowPRRJune 27, 19216'2"185Apache, OK USA
Eddie LakeSSRRMarch 18, 19165'7"159Antioch, CA USA
Johnny LiponSSRRNovember 10, 19226'0"175Martins Ferry, OH USA
Don LundPRRMay 18, 19236'0"200Detroit, MI USA
Bob MavisPLRApril 8, 19185'7"160Milwaukee, WI USA
Pat MullinLFLRNovember 1, 19176'2"190Trotter, PA USA
Hal NewhouserPLLMay 20, 19216'2"180Detroit, MI USA
Jimmy OutlawPRRJanuary 20, 19135'8"165Orme, TN USA
Stubby OvermirePRLMay 16, 19195'7"170Moline, MI USA
Earl RappPLRMay 20, 19216'2"185Corunna, MI USA
Hank RiebeCRROctober 10, 19215'9"175Cleveland, OH USA
Aaron RobinsonCLRJune 23, 19156'2"205Lancaster, SC USA
Saul RogovinPRRMarch 24, 19226'2"205Brooklyn, NY USA
Marlin StuartPLRAugust 8, 19186'2"185Paragould, AR USA
Bob SwiftCRRMarch 6, 19155'11"180Salina, KS USA
Dizzy TroutPRRJune 29, 19156'2"195Sandcut, IN USA
Virgil TrucksPRRApril 26, 19175'11"198Birmingham, AL USA
Sam Vico1BLRAugust 9, 19236'4"200San Fernando, CA USA
Dick WakefieldLFLRMay 6, 19216'4"210Chicago, IL USA
Vic WertzRFLRFebruary 9, 19256'0"186York, PA USA
Hal WhitePRRMarch 18, 19195'10"165Utica, NY USA



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