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Tommy Bridges
Thomas Jefferson Davis Bridges
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 155 lb.

Born: December 28, 1906 in Gordonsville, TN
School: University of Tennessee (All Transactions)
Debut: August 13, 1930
Final Game: July 20, 1946
Died: April 19, 1968 in Nashville, TN
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1930 23 DET AL 3 2 .600 4.06 8 5 2 2 0 0 37.2 28 18 17 4 23 17 0 0 0 158 118 1.354 6.7 1.0 5.5 4.1 0.74
1931 24 DET AL 8 16 .333 4.99 35 23 8 8 2 0 173.0 182 120 96 13 108 105 0 1 9 809 92 1.676 9.5 0.7 5.6 5.5 0.97
1932 25 DET AL 14 12 .538 3.36 34 26 7 10 4 1 201.0 174 95 75 14 119 108 1 1 6 881 140 1.458 7.8 0.6 5.3 4.8 0.91
1933 26 DET AL 14 12 .538 3.09 33 28 4 17 2 2 233.0 192 102 80 8 110 120 6 1 2 984 140 1.296 7.4 0.3 4.2 4.6 1.09
1934 27 DET AL 22 11 .667 3.67 36 35 1 23 3 1 275.0 249 117 112 16 104 151 3 0 3 1153 120 1.284 8.1 0.5 3.4 4.9 1.45 AS
1935 28 DET AL 21 10 .677 3.51 36 34 1 23 4 1 274.1 277 129 107 22 113 163 3 1 5 1195 119 1.422 9.1 0.7 3.7 5.3 1.44 AS,MVP-11
1936 29 DET AL 23 11 .676 3.60 39 38 1 26 5 0 294.2 289 141 118 21 115 175 5 1 6 1272 137 1.371 8.8 0.6 3.5 5.3 1.52 AS,MVP-9
1937 30 DET AL 15 12 .556 4.07 34 31 2 18 3 0 245.1 267 129 111 15 91 138 3 1 4 1076 115 1.459 9.8 0.6 3.3 5.1 1.52 AS
1938 31 DET AL 13 9 .591 4.59 25 20 4 13 0 1 151.0 171 83 77 14 58 101 2 1 2 665 110 1.517 10.2 0.8 3.5 6.0 1.74
1939 32 DET AL 17 7 .708 3.50 29 26 2 16 2 2 198.0 186 87 77 11 61 129 6 0 4 840 140 1.247 8.5 0.5 2.8 5.9 2.11 AS,MVP-22
1940 33 DET AL 12 9 .571 3.37 29 28 1 12 2 0 197.2 171 89 74 11 88 133 0 0 5 843 140 1.310 7.8 0.5 4.0 6.1 1.51 AS
1941 34 DET AL 9 12 .429 3.41 25 22 2 10 1 0 147.2 128 66 56 10 70 90 1 1 2 630 132 1.341 7.8 0.6 4.3 5.5 1.29
1942 35 DET AL 9 7 .563 2.74 23 22 1 11 2 1 174.0 164 66 53 6 61 97 4 0 5 742 144 1.293 8.5 0.3 3.2 5.0 1.59
1943 36 DET AL 12 7 .632 2.39 25 22 3 11 3 0 191.2 159 57 51 9 61 124 0 0 3 774 147 1.148 7.5 0.4 2.9 5.8 2.03
1945 38 DET AL 1 0 1.000 3.27 4 1 2 0 0 0 11.0 14 6 4 2 2 6 0 0 2 48 108 1.455 11.5 1.6 1.6 4.9 3.00
1946 39 DET AL 1 1 .500 5.91 9 1 6 0 0 1 21.1 24 16 14 5 8 17 1 0 1 95 62 1.500 10.1 2.1 3.4 7.2 2.13
16 Seasons 194 138 .584 3.57 424 362 47 200 33 10 2826.1 2675 1321 1122 181 1192 1674 35 8 59 12165 126 1.368 8.5 0.6 3.8 5.3 1.40
162 Game Avg. 17 12 .584 3.57 37 31 4 17 3 1 245 231 114 97 16 103 145 3 1 5 1052 126 1.368 8.5 0.6 3.8 5.3 1.40

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1934 27 DET AL WS L STL 1 1 .500 3.63 3 2 0 1 0 0 17.1 21 9 7 1 1 0 12 1 0 1 75 1.269 10.9 0.5 0.5 6.2 12.00
1935 28 DET AL WS W CHC 2 0 1.000 2.50 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 18 6 5 1 4 0 9 0 0 0 74 1.222 9.0 0.5 2.0 4.5 2.25
1940 33 DET AL WS L CIN 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 10 4 3 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 38 1.222 10.0 0.0 1.0 5.0 5.00
1945 38 DET AL WS W CHC 0 0 16.20 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 10 3.600 16.2 0.0 16.2 5.4 0.33
4 Seasons (4 Series) 4 1 .800 3.52 7 5 0 4 0 0 46.0 52 22 18 2 9 0 27 1 0 1 197 1.326 10.2 0.4 1.8 5.3 3.00
4 WS 4 1 .800 3.52 7 5 0 4 0 0 46.0 52 22 18 2 9 0 27 1 0 1 197 1.326 10.2 0.4 1.8 5.3 3.00

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1930 23 DET AL 8 13 10 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .300 .364 .400 .764 92 4 0 2 /1
1931 24 DET AL 35 64 54 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 23 .148 .220 .148 .368 -3 8 0 5 1
1932 25 DET AL 34 79 67 5 11 1 1 0 4 0 0 7 24 .164 .243 .209 .452 16 14 0 5 1
1933 26 DET AL 33 92 78 5 16 2 2 0 5 0 0 7 17 .205 .271 .282 .553 45 22 0 7 1
1934 27 DET AL 36 113 98 7 12 2 0 0 10 0 0 7 25 .122 .181 .143 .324 -16 14 0 8 1 AS
1935 28 DET AL 36 119 109 9 26 5 1 0 10 0 0 6 24 .239 .278 .303 .581 52 33 0 4 1 AS,MVP-11
1936 29 DET AL 39 127 118 10 25 4 1 0 15 0 0 3 26 .212 .231 .263 .494 22 31 0 6 1 AS,MVP-9
1937 30 DET AL 34 104 96 9 23 2 1 0 8 0 0 5 26 .240 .277 .281 .558 40 27 0 3 1 AS
1938 31 DET AL 25 64 54 5 7 1 1 0 3 0 0 6 17 .130 .217 .185 .402 -1 10 0 4 1
1939 32 DET AL 29 87 71 11 14 2 0 0 6 0 0 8 24 .197 .278 .225 .504 27 16 0 0 8 1 AS,MVP-22
1940 33 DET AL 29 75 68 5 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 23 .176 .211 .206 .417 5 14 1 0 4 1 AS
1941 34 DET AL 25 55 47 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 11 .085 .157 .106 .263 -32 5 1 0 4 1
1942 35 DET AL 23 69 63 5 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 12 .095 .162 .143 .305 -17 9 2 0 1 1
1943 36 DET AL 25 73 64 4 14 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 14 .219 .275 .266 .541 53 17 2 0 4 1
1945 38 DET AL 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1946 39 DET AL 9 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .400 .000 .400 16 0 0 0 0 /1
16 Seasons 424 1142 1003 83 181 27 8 0 72 0 0 74 271 .180 .237 .223 .460 19 224 6 0 65
162 Game Avg. 162 436 383 32 69 10 3 0 28 0 0 28 104 .180 .237 .223 .460 19 86 0 25

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1934 27 DET AL WS STL L 3 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 0 0 0 0 0
1935 28 DET AL WS CHC W 2 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 1 0 0 0 0 0
1940 33 DET AL WS CIN L 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 38 DET AL WS CHC W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 7 19 18 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .111 .158 .111 .269 2 0 0 0 0 0
4 WS 7 19 18 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .111 .158 .111 .269 2 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1930 DET AL 23 P 8 8 0 7 1 0 .875 0.88 .950 1.18
1931 DET AL 24 P 35 34 5 27 2 0 .941 0.91 .956 1.19
1932 DET AL 25 P 34 41 5 34 2 1 .951 1.15 .959 1.21
1933 DET AL 26 P 33 61 9 49 3 5 .951 1.76 .961 1.18
1934 DET AL 27 P 36 50 6 42 2 2 .960 1.33 .956 1.11 AS
1935 DET AL 28 P 36 56 15 39 2 4 .964 1.50 .948 1.12 AS,MVP-11
1936 DET AL 29 P 39 72 19 51 2 3 .972 1.79 .956 1.04 AS,MVP-9
1937 DET AL 30 P 34 61 14 46 1 2 .984 1.76 .952 1.09 AS
1938 DET AL 31 P 25 29 8 19 2 0 .931 1.08 .952 1.12
1939 DET AL 32 P 29 39 8 28 3 2 .923 1.24 .951 0.98 AS,MVP-22
1940 DET AL 33 P 29 36 4 30 2 0 .944 1.17 .956 1.05 AS
1941 DET AL 34 P 25 46 15 30 1 1 .978 1.80 .959 1.16
1942 DET AL 35 P 23 48 15 32 1 2 .979 2.04 .956 1.30
1943 DET AL 36 P 25 46 18 28 0 1 1.000 1.84 .961 1.27
1945 DET AL 38 P 4 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.50 .950 1.27
1946 DET AL 39 P 9 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.44 .950 1.01
16 Seasons P 424 637 144 469 24 23 .962 1.45 .955 1.13
16 Seasons TOT 424 637 144 469 24 23 .962 1.45 .918 1.13

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1956 BBWAA ( 1.6%)
1958 BBWAA ( 4.1%)
1960 BBWAA ( 1.5%)
1962 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1964 BBWAA ( 7.5%)
1964 Run Off ( 0.5%)
1966 BBWAA ( 5.3%)

All-Star Games
1934
1935
1936
1937 *
1939 *
1940

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1935 AL (11, 14%)
1936 AL (9, 31%)
1939 AL (22, 2%)
0.47 Career Shares (451st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1932 AL  3.358 (5th)
1933 AL  3.090 (2nd)
1934 AL  3.665 (9th)
1935 AL  3.510 (6th)
1936 AL  3.604 (4th)
1937 AL  4.072 (10th)
1939 AL  3.500 (7th)
1940 AL  3.369 (9th)
1942 AL  2.741 (10th)
1943 AL  2.395 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1934 AL  22 (3rd)
1935 AL  21 (3rd)
1936 AL  23 (1st)
1937 AL  15 (8th)
1939 AL  17 (5th)
Career  194 (123rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1934 AL  .667 (6th)
1935 AL  .677 (4th)
1936 AL  .676 (5th)
1939 AL  .708 (6th)
1943 AL  .632 (7th)
Career  .584 (164th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1933 AL  1.296 (5th)
1934 AL  1.284 (4th)
1936 AL  1.371 (6th)
1939 AL  1.248 (6th)
1940 AL  1.310 (9th)
1943 AL  1.148 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1932 AL  7.791 (3rd)
1933 AL  7.416 (1st)
1934 AL  8.149 (3rd)
1936 AL  8.827 (5th)
1939 AL  8.454 (9th)
1940 AL  7.786 (4th)
1943 AL  7.466 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1939 AL  2.773 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1931 AL  5.462 (3rd)
1932 AL  4.836 (6th)
1933 AL  4.635 (4th)
1934 AL  4.942 (5th)
1935 AL  5.348 (2nd)
1936 AL  5.345 (2nd)
1937 AL  5.063 (5th)
1939 AL  5.864 (3rd)
1940 AL  6.056 (2nd)
1942 AL  5.017 (2nd)
1943 AL  5.823 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1933 AL  233.0 (10th)
1934 AL  275.0 (2nd)
1935 AL  274.3 (5th)
1936 AL  294.7 (2nd)
1937 AL  245.3 (8th)
Career  2826.3 (160th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1931 AL  105 (9th)
1932 AL  108 (8th)
1933 AL  120 (4th)
1934 AL  151 (2nd)
1935 AL  163 (1st)
1936 AL  175 (1st)
1937 AL  138 (5th)
1938 AL  101 (10th)
1939 AL  129 (3rd)
1940 AL  133 (4th)
1942 AL  97 (7th)
1943 AL  124 (4th)
Career  1674 (114th)

Games Started s c a p y
1934 AL  35 (1st)
1935 AL  34 (3rd)
1936 AL  38 (1st)
1937 AL  31 (8th)
Career  362 (172nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1933 AL  17 (5th)
1934 AL  23 (2nd)
1935 AL  23 (2nd)
1936 AL  26 (2nd)
1937 AL  18 (8th)
1939 AL  16 (6th)
Career  200 (137th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1931 AL  2 (3rd)
1932 AL  4 (1st)
1933 AL  2 (4th)
1934 AL  3 (5th)
1935 AL  4 (2nd)
1936 AL  5 (2nd)
1937 AL  3 (6th)
1939 AL  2 (4th)
1940 AL  2 (9th)
1943 AL  3 (5th)
Career  33 (87th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1931 AL  13 (10th)
1934 AL  16 (5th)
1935 AL  22 (1st)
1936 AL  21 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1931 AL  108 (6th)
1932 AL  119 (2nd)
1933 AL  110 (3rd)
1934 AL  104 (6th)
1935 AL  113 (2nd)
1936 AL  115 (6th)
1940 AL  88 (9th)
Career  1192 (53rd)

Hits s c a p y
1934 AL  249 (8th)
1935 AL  277 (4th)
1936 AL  289 (4th)
1937 AL  267 (6th)
Career  2675 (186th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1934 AL  1.452 (4th)
1935 AL  1.443 (6th)
1936 AL  1.522 (4th)
1937 AL  1.516 (5th)
1939 AL  2.115 (2nd)
1940 AL  1.511 (8th)
1942 AL  1.590 (5th)
1943 AL  2.033 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1933 AL  .309 (6th)
1940 AL  .501 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1931 AL  16 (5th)
Career  138 (212th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1934 AL  112 (8th)
Career  1122 (159th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1931 AL  9 (1st)
1932 AL  6 (4th)
1935 AL  5 (10th)
1942 AL  5 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1933 AL  6 (1st)
1934 AL  3 (10th)
1936 AL  5 (7th)
1939 AL  6 (2nd)
1942 AL  4 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1934 AL  1153 (2nd)
1935 AL  1195 (4th)
1936 AL  1272 (2nd)
1937 AL  1076 (7th)
Career  12165 (124th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1932 AL  140 (2nd)
1933 AL  140 (2nd)
1934 AL  120 (10th)
1935 AL  119 (10th)
1936 AL  137 (3rd)
1937 AL  115 (10th)
1939 AL  140 (6th)
1940 AL  140 (4th)
1942 AL  144 (6th)
1943 AL  147 (2nd)
Career  126 (55th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 17 (120), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 180 (56), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 81 (138), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 29 (155), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

December 15, 1945: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

Before 1946 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

September 16, 1946: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

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