1943 Detroit Tigers season

The 1943 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 78–76, 20 games behind the New York Yankees.

Record78–76 (.506)

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1943 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	8–14	12–10	11–11–1	5–17–1	11–11	11–9–1	10–12
Chicago	14–8	—	7–15	9–13	10–12	18–4–1	10–12	14–8
Cleveland	10–12	15–7	—	15–7	9–13	16–6	9–13	8–13
Detroit	11–11–1	13–9	7–15	—	10–12	13–9	11–11	13–9
New York	17–5–1	12–10	13–9	12–10	—	16–6	17–5	11–11
Philadelphia	11–11	4–18–1	6–16	9–13	6–16	—	8–14	5–17
St. Louis	9–11–1	12–10	13–9	11–11	5–17	14–8	—	8–14
Washington	12–10	8–14	13–8	9–13	11–11	17–5	14–8	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Paul Richards	100	313	69	.220	5	33
1B	Rudy York	155	571	155	.271	34	118
2B	Jimmy Bloodworth	129	474	114	.241	6	52
SS	Joe Hoover	144	575	140	.243	4	38
3B	Pinky Higgins	138	523	145	.277	10	84
OF	Doc Cramer	140	606	182	.300	1	43
OF	Dick Wakefield	155	633	200	.316	7	79
OF	Ned Harris	114	354	90	.254	6	32

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Don Ross	89	247	66	.267	0	18
Joe Wood	60	164	53	.323	1	17
Rip Radcliff	70	115	30	.261	0	10
Dixie Parsons	40	106	15	.142	0	4
Al Unser	38	101	25	.248	0	4
Jimmy Outlaw	20	67	18	.269	1	6
Charlie Metro	44	40	8	.200	0	2
John McHale	4	3	0	.000	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dizzy Trout	44	246.2	20*	12	2.48	111
Virgil Trucks	33	202.2	16	10	2.84	118
Hal Newhouser	37	195.2	8	17	3.04	144
Tommy Bridges	25	191.2	12	7	2.39	124
Hal White	32	177.2	7	12	3.39	58
Rufe Gentry	4	29.1	1	3	3.68	8

Offseason

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Johnny Gorsica	35	4	5	5	3.36	45
Roy Henshaw	26	0	2	2	3.79	33
Prince Oana	10	3	2	0	4.50	15
Joe Orrell	10	0	0	1	3.72	2

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	Greg Mulleavy
B	Hagerstown Owls	Interstate League	Eddie Phillips and Bobby Maier