Editing Detroit Tigers (section)

====1946–1950====
Following their World Series win in 1945, the Tigers continued to have winning records for the remainder of the decade, finishing second in the AL three times, but never winning the pennant.<ref>{{cite web|title=1946 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1946.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 31, 2018|archive-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901003737/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1946.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1947 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1947.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 31, 2018|archive-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901044351/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1947.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1948 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1948.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 31, 2018|archive-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901044355/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1948.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1949 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1949.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 31, 2018|archive-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901003725/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1949.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="1950 season">{{cite web|title=1950 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1950.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 31, 2018|archive-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901044359/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1950.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hal Newhouser had another outstanding season in [[1946 Detroit Tigers season|1946]], again leading the league in wins (26) and ERA (1.94) while striking out a career-high 275 batters. He nearly won his third straight AL MVP award, finishing second to [[Ted Williams]], who had led the [[Boston Red Sox]] to 104 wins (12 games ahead of the second-place Tigers). Also in 1946, the Tigers acquired [[George Kell]], a third baseman who would become a 10-time all-star and Hall of Famer.<ref name="Kell ESPN">{{cite web|title=George Kell, former Detroit Tigers broadcaster, dies at 86|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=4011970|website=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press|date=March 24, 2009|access-date=August 31, 2018|archive-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901044429/http://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=4011970|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Kell NYT">{{cite web|title=George Kell, 86, Detroit Tigers Hall of Famer and Broadcaster, Dies|first=Richard|last=Goldstein|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/sports/baseball/25kell.html|website=The New York Times|date=March 24, 2009|access-date=August 31, 2018|archive-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901003821/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/sports/baseball/25kell.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He batted over .300 in eight straight seasons (1946–53), and finished with a career .306 average.<ref name="Kell ESPN"/><ref name="Kell NYT"/> Kell won the batting title in a very close race with Ted Williams in [[1949 Detroit Tigers season|1949]], going 2-for-3 on the last day of the season to edge out the Red Sox slugger, .34291 to .34276.<ref name="Kell ESPN"/><ref name="Kell NYT"/><ref>{{cite web|first=Richard|last=Bak|title=The Day George Kell Won the Batting Title|url=https://www.vintagedetroit.com/blog/2014/08/31/day-george-kell-won-batting-title/|website=Vintage Detroit|date=August 31, 2014|access-date=January 15, 2020|archive-date=January 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115222644/https://www.vintagedetroit.com/blog/2014/08/31/day-george-kell-won-batting-title/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[1950 Detroit Tigers season|1950 season]] was particularly frustrating, as the Tigers posted a 95–59 record for a .617 winning percentage, the fourth-best in team history at the time. However, they finished that season three games behind a strong [[1950 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] team that went on to sweep the [[1950 Philadelphia Phillies season|Philadelphia Phillies]] in the [[1950 World Series|World Series]].<ref name="1950 season"/><ref>{{cite web|first=David|last=Anderson|title=In October 1950, Yankees Pitching Delivered a Sweep of the Phillies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/sports/baseball/27anderson.html|website=The New York Times|date=October 26, 2009|access-date=August 31, 2018|archive-date=July 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715152001/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/sports/baseball/27anderson.html|url-status=live}}</ref>