1945 Detroit Tigers Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 88–65 (.575), 1st place in American League
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1945 Al Benton 31 71 2 4 2 0 0 3 2 21 0 0 .056 .082 .085 .167
1945 Art Houtteman 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Billy Pierce 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Bob Maier 132 491 58 128 25 7 1 34 38 32 7 11 .261 .314 .346 .660
1945 Bob Swift 95 284 19 65 5 0 0 24 26 22 1 0 .229 .294 .246 .540
1945 Carl McNabb 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Chuck Hostetler 42 44 3 7 3 0 0 2 7 8 0 0 .159 .275 .227 .502
1945 Dizzy Trout 42 102 11 25 3 2 2 11 2 23 1 1 .245 .260 .373 .632
1945 Doc Cramer 141 556 62 149 22 8 6 58 36 21 2 9 .268 .316 .369 .685
1945 Don Ross 8 29 3 11 4 0 0 4 5 1 2 0 .379 .471 .517 .988
1945 Ed Mierkowicz 10 15 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 .133 .187 .267 .454
1945 Eddie Mayo 134 514 71 143 24 3 10 54 47 29 7 7 .278 .339 .395 .734
1945 George Caster 22 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 .154 .267 .154 .421
1945 Hack Miller 2 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .600 1.200
1945 Hal Newhouser 40 117 9 28 5 1 0 17 7 10 0 1 .239 .282 .299 .581
1945 Hank Greenberg 78 270 47 84 20 2 13 60 42 40 3 1 .311 .404 .544 .948
1945 Hub Walker 28 23 4 3 0 0 0 1 9 4 1 0 .130 .375 .130 .505
1945 Jim Tobin 17 26 2 3 0 0 2 5 1 5 0 0 .115 .148 .346 .494
1945 Jimmy Outlaw 132 449 56 121 16 5 0 34 45 33 6 7 .269 .336 .327 .663
1945 Joe Hoover 74 228 33 57 10 5 1 17 21 35 6 2 .250 .316 .351 .667
1945 Joe Orrell 12 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 .133 .133 .133 .267
1945 John McHale 19 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 .143 .250 .143 .393
1945 Les Mueller 26 45 5 8 3 0 1 4 2 10 0 0 .178 .213 .311 .524
1945 Milt Welch 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Paul Richards 83 236 26 60 12 1 3 32 19 31 4 0 .254 .312 .352 .664
1945 Prince Oana 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1945 Red Borom 55 137 19 35 4 0 0 9 7 8 4 2 .255 .292 .285 .576
1945 Roy Cullenbine 146 528 80 145 27 5 18 93 102 36 2 0 .275 .395 .447 .842
1945 Rudy York 155 595 71 157 25 5 18 87 60 85 6 6 .264 .331 .413 .745
1945 Russ Kerns 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Skeeter Webb 118 419 43 81 12 2 0 21 30 35 8 7 .193 .247 .232 .479
1945 Stubby Overmire 31 59 5 10 2 1 0 3 4 6 0 0 .169 .222 .237 .460
1945 Tommy Bridges 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Virgil Trucks 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
1945 Walter Wilson 25 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 .048 .048 .048 .095
1945 Zeb Eaton 26 32 2 8 1 0 2 10 0 7 0 0 .250 .250 .469 .719
– – 153 5,359 633 1,345 227 47 77 588 517 533 60 54 .251 .318 .354 .672

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1945 Al Benton 31 191.2 13 8 3 0 0 175 68 43 63 2 76 27 0 12 5 2.02 1.24
1945 Art Houtteman 13 25.1 0 2 0 0 0 27 17 15 11 1 9 0 0 0 0 5.33 1.50
1945 Billy Pierce 5 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 10 1 10 0 0 0 0 1.80 1.60
1945 Dizzy Trout 41 246.1 18 15 2 0 0 252 108 86 79 0 97 31 0 18 4 3.14 1.34
1945 George Caster 22 51.1 5 1 2 0 0 47 25 22 27 2 23 0 0 0 0 3.86 1.44
1945 Hal Newhouser 40 313.1 25 9 2 0 0 239 73 63 110 0 212 36 0 29 8 1.81 1.11
1945 Jim Tobin 14 58.1 4 5 1 0 0 61 31 23 28 4 14 6 0 2 0 3.55 1.53
1945 Joe Orrell 12 48.0 2 3 0 0 0 46 18 16 24 2 14 5 0 1 0 3.00 1.46
1945 Les Mueller 26 134.2 6 8 1 0 0 117 63 55 58 2 42 18 0 6 2 3.68 1.30
1945 Pat McLaughlin 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 2.00
1945 Prince Oana 3 11.1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 2 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.59 0.88
1945 Stubby Overmire 31 162.1 9 9 4 0 0 189 81 70 42 3 36 22 0 9 0 3.88 1.42
1945 Tommy Bridges 4 11.0 1 0 0 0 0 14 6 4 2 0 6 1 0 0 0 3.27 1.45
1945 Virgil Trucks 1 5.1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.69 0.94
1945 Walter Wilson 25 70.1 1 3 0 0 0 76 40 36 35 3 28 4 0 1 0 4.61 1.58
1945 Zeb Eaton 17 53.1 4 2 0 0 0 48 28 24 40 3 15 3 0 0 0 4.05 1.65
– – 153 1,393.2 88 65 16 0 0 1,305 565 463 538 23 588 155 0 78 19 2.99 1.32

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1945 Al Benton P 31 11 44 2 57 4 .965 1.77
1945 Art Houtteman P 13 2 8 0 10 1 1.000 0.77
1945 Billy Pierce P 5 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.40
1945 Dizzy Trout P 41 13 65 9 87 9 .897 1.90
1945 George Caster P 22 3 9 0 12 0 1.000 0.55
1945 Hal Newhouser P 40 16 66 0 82 5 1.000 2.05
1945 Jim Tobin P 14 3 16 1 20 1 .950 1.36
1945 Joe Orrell P 12 4 8 1 13 0 .923 1.00
1945 Les Mueller P 26 6 20 3 29 0 .897 1.00
1945 Pat McLaughlin P 1 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0.00
1945 Prince Oana P 3 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.33
1945 Stubby Overmire P 31 11 33 2 46 2 .957 1.42
1945 Tommy Bridges P 4 2 4 0 6 0 1.000 1.50
1945 Virgil Trucks P 1 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1945 Walter Wilson P 25 3 20 0 23 2 1.000 0.92
1945 Zeb Eaton P 17 4 11 2 17 0 .882 0.88
1945 Bob Swift C 94 358 60 5 423 12 0 0 0.0% .988 4.45
1945 Hack Miller C 2 4 1 0 5 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 2.50
1945 Milt Welch C 1 3 1 0 4 1 0 0 0.0% 1.000 4.00
1945 Paul Richards C 83 361 44 2 407 7 0 0 0.0% .995 4.88
1945 John McHale 1B 3 5 1 0 6 0 1.000 2.00
1945 Rudy York 1B 155 1,464 113 19 1,596 142 .988 10.17
1945 Eddie Mayo 2B 124 326 393 15 734 91 .980 5.80
1945 Red Borom 2B 28 62 82 5 149 15 .966 5.14
1945 Skeeter Webb 2B 11 30 25 0 55 8 1.000 5.00
1945 Bob Maier 3B 124 142 226 25 393 19 .936 2.97
1945 Don Ross 3B 8 6 18 1 25 0 .960 3.00
1945 Jimmy Outlaw 3B 21 18 42 4 64 5 .937 2.86
1945 Red Borom 3B 4 1 7 1 9 0 .889 2.00
1945 Joe Hoover SS 68 126 163 17 306 35 .944 4.25
1945 Red Borom SS 2 3 4 0 7 1 1.000 3.50
1945 Skeeter Webb SS 104 215 343 25 583 71 .957 5.37
1945 Bob Maier LF 5 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.40
1945 Chuck Hostetler LF 8 8 0 1 9 0 .889 1.00
1945 Ed Mierkowicz LF 6 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 1.33
1945 Hank Greenberg LF 72 129 3 0 132 0 1.000 1.83
1945 Hub Walker LF 7 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 0.71
1945 Jimmy Outlaw LF 105 192 13 7 212 6 .967 1.95
1945 Doc Cramer CF 140 314 7 3 324 4 .991 2.29
1945 Roy Cullenbine RF 146 321 23 7 351 3 .980 2.36
– – 153 4,182 1,877 158 6,217 444 0 0 .975 39.60

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1945 Al Benton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Bob Maier 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1945 Bob Swift 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .250 .500 .250 .750
1945 Chuck Hostetler 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Dizzy Trout 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
1945 Doc Cramer 7 29 7 11 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 .379 .419 .379 .799
1945 Ed Mierkowicz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Eddie Mayo 7 28 4 7 1 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 .250 .323 .286 .608
1945 George Caster 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Hal Newhouser 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .000 .111 .000 .111
1945 Hank Greenberg 7 24 7 7 3 0 2 7 6 5 0 0 .292 .452 .667 1.118
1945 Hub Walker 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
1945 Jim Tobin 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Jimmy Outlaw 7 29 1 5 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 .172 .226 .172 .398
1945 Joe Hoover 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
1945 John McHale 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Les Mueller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Paul Richards 7 19 0 4 2 0 0 6 4 3 0 0 .211 .348 .316 .664
1945 Red Borom 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Roy Cullenbine 7 23 5 5 2 0 0 4 8 2 1 0 .217 .419 .304 .724
1945 Rudy York 7 28 1 5 1 0 0 3 3 4 0 0 .179 .258 .214 .472
1945 Skeeter Webb 7 27 4 5 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 .185 .241 .185 .427
1945 Stubby Overmire 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Tommy Bridges 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Virgil Trucks 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
1945 Zeb Eaton 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
– – 7 245 32 54 10 0 2 32 33 22 3 1 .220 .318 .286 .604

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1945 Al Benton 3 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1.93 1.29
1945 Dizzy Trout 2 13.2 1 1 0 0 0 9 2 1 3 0 9 1 0 1 0 0.66 0.88
1945 George Caster 1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
1945 Hal Newhouser 3 20.2 2 1 0 0 0 25 14 14 4 0 22 3 0 2 0 6.10 1.40
1945 Jim Tobin 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 1.67
1945 Les Mueller 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50
1945 Stubby Overmire 1 6.0 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 3.00 1.00
1945 Tommy Bridges 1 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 16.20 3.60
1945 Virgil Trucks 2 13.1 1 0 0 0 0 14 5 5 5 0 7 2 0 1 0 3.37 1.43
– – 8 65.2 4 3 0 0 0 65 29 28 19 0 48 7 0 4 0 3.84 1.28

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1945 Al Benton P 3 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 1.00
1945 Dizzy Trout P 2 2 5 0 7 0 1.000 3.50
1945 George Caster P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1945 Hal Newhouser P 3 2 6 1 9 0 .889 2.67
1945 Jim Tobin P 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1945 Les Mueller P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1945 Stubby Overmire P 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1945 Tommy Bridges P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1945 Virgil Trucks P 2 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1945 Bob Swift C 3 9 1 0 10 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 3.33
1945 Paul Richards C 7 46 5 1 52 0 0 0 0.0% .981 7.29
1945 Rudy York 1B 7 67 8 1 76 3 .987 10.71
1945 Eddie Mayo 2B 7 18 13 2 33 3 .939 4.43
1945 Jimmy Outlaw 3B 7 5 15 0 20 0 1.000 2.86
1945 Joe Hoover SS 1 1 1 0 2 1 1.000 2.00
1945 Skeeter Webb SS 7 9 24 0 33 2 1.000 4.71
1945 Ed Mierkowicz LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1945 Hank Greenberg LF 7 8 1 0 9 0 1.000 1.29
1945 Doc Cramer CF 7 21 0 0 21 0 1.000 3.00
1945 Roy Cullenbine RF 7 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 1.14
– – 7 197 85 5 287 9 0 0 .983 40.29

Awards

Player Award Stats
Hal Newhouser Most Valuable Player (P) 25–9, 2 Sv, 212 SO, 1.81 ERA
Hal Newhouser All-Star (P) 25–9, 2 Sv, 212 SO, 1.81 ERA
Hank Greenberg All-Star (1B) .311–13–60, 3 SB
Eddie Mayo All-Star (2B) .278–10–54, 7 SB

Frequently asked questions about the 1945 Detroit Tigers

Who had the most hits on the 1945 Detroit Tigers?

Rudy York led the 1945 Detroit Tigers with 157 hits in 155 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1945 Detroit Tigers?

Eddie Mayo led the 1945 Detroit Tigers with a .278 batting average in 134 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1945 Detroit Tigers?

Roy Cullenbine led the 1945 Detroit Tigers with 18 home runs in 146 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1945 Detroit Tigers?

Roy Cullenbine led the 1945 Detroit Tigers with a .395 on-base percentage (OBP) in 146 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1945 Detroit Tigers?

Roy Cullenbine led the 1945 Detroit Tigers with a .447 slugging percentage in 146 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1945 Detroit Tigers?

Skeeter Webb led the 1945 Detroit Tigers with 8 stolen bases in 118 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1945 Detroit Tigers?

Hal Newhouser had a 1.81 earned-run average (ERA) in 40 games, the lowest on the 1945 Detroit Tigers.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1945 Detroit Tigers?

Hal Newhouser had a 1.11 WHIP in 40 games, the lowest on the 1945 Detroit Tigers.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1945 Detroit Tigers?

Hal Newhouser led the 1945 Detroit Tigers with 212 strikeouts in 40 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1945 Detroit Tigers?

Hal Newhouser led the 1945 Detroit Tigers with 25 wins in 40 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1945 Detroit Tigers?

Stubby Overmire led the 1945 Detroit Tigers with 4 saves in 31 games.