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1938 Detroit Tigers Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 / 1939)
84-70, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 862 runs, Allowed 795 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71
Manager: Mickey Cochrane (47-51) and Del Baker (37-19)
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 799,557 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 105;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99

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1937 / 1939 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 84-70, Final Rank:4, GB: 16.0
Days in Firstnever
 
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind23.5last on Friday, Sep 9, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50014last on Sunday, Oct 2
Most Games under .5008last on Thursday, Jul 21
Longest Winning Streak8Sunday, Jul 24 to Saturday, Jul 30
Longest Losing Streak7Thursday, Jul 14 to Thursday, Jul 21
Most Runs Allowed16Sunday, Jul 17
Most Runs Scored18Sunday, Jun 12
Times Shutout by Opponent6 
Times Opponent Shutout3 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 84 70 862 795 .545
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 48 31 447 392 .608
Road 36 39 415 403 .480
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 5 6 55 44 .455
May 13 12 123 117 .520
June 15 15 188 177 .500
July 13 13 140 148 .500
August 16 14 177 183 .533
September 20 9 165 112 .690
October 2 1 14 14 .667
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 35 36 390 368 .493
Second Half 49 34 472 427 .590
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 20 23 213 216 .465
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 27 23 339 308 .540
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BOS 12 10 135 118 .545
CHW 15 7 110 73 .682
CLE 10 12 99 112 .455
NYY 8 14 108 138 .364
PHA 14 8 136 114 .636
SLB 12 10 125 109 .545
WSH 13 9 149 131 .591

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 19 DET @ CHW L 3 4 0-1 5 1.5 Whitehead 1:59 18,000 -
2 2 Wednesday, Apr 20 DET @ CHW L 4 5 0-2 7 2.5 Rigney 2:42 2,500 --
3 3 Thursday, Apr 21 DET @ CHW W 9 3 1-2 5 2.0 Auker 2:10 2,500 +
4 4 Friday, Apr 22 DET CLE L 3 4 1-3 6 2.0 Harder 2:28 54,500 -
5 5 Saturday, Apr 23 DET CLE L 3 6 1-4 7 3.0 Allen 2:41 13,200 --
6 6 Sunday, Apr 24 DET CLE L 4 9 1-5 8 4.0 Feller 2:21 32,969 ---
7 7 Monday, Apr 25 DET @ SLB W 10 1 2-5 8 3.5 Kennedy 2:10 1,988 +
8 8 Tuesday, Apr 26 DET @ SLB W 7 1 3-5 6 3.5 Auker 2:13 1,588 ++
9 9 Wednesday, Apr 27 DET @ SLB L 2 7 3-6 7 3.5 Newsom 2:42 1,448 -
10 10 Friday, Apr 29 DET CHW W 5 1 4-6 6 4.0 Poffenberger 1:54 7,500 +
11 11 Saturday, Apr 30 DET @ CLE W 5 3 5-6 6 3.0 Kennedy 2:17 12,000 ++
12 12 Sunday, May 1 DET @ CLE L 3 4 5-7 6 4.0 Harder 2:26 23,782 -
13 13 Monday, May 2 DET @ CLE L 3 11 5-8 6 5.0 Allen 2:17 7,500 --
14 14 Tuesday, May 3 DET @ BOS L 3 4 5-9 7 6.0 Grove 2:43 4,500 ---
15 15 Wednesday, May 4 DET @ BOS W 4 1 6-9 6 5.0 Poffenberger 2:00 6,600 +
16 16 Thursday, May 5 DET @ BOS W 7 5 7-9 6 4.0 Kennedy 2:37 5,500 ++
17 17 Saturday, May 7 DET @ NYY L 8 12 7-10 6 5.5 Gomez 2:28 41,070 -
18 18 Sunday, May 8 DET @ PHA L 6 7 7-11 6 5.5 Nelson 2:28 10,000 --
19 19 Wednesday, May 11 DET @ WSH W 4 1 8-11 5 5.0 Kennedy 6,500 +
20 20 Thursday, May 12 DET @ WSH L 6 7 8-12 5 6.0 DeShong 2:16 7,000 -
21 21 Friday, May 13 DET SLB W 7 5 9-12 5 5.0 Gill 2:07 5,500 +
22 22 Sunday, May 15 DET SLB L 1 4 9-13 6 6.0 Hildebrand 1:30 8,500 -
23 23 Monday, May 16 DET WSH W 13 7 10-13 5 5.5 Kennedy 2:35 8,000 +
24 24 Wednesday, May 18 DET WSH L 1 5 10-14 6 6.0 Ferrell 1:46 4,700 -
25 25 Thursday, May 19 DET PHA W 6 2 11-14 6 6.0 Gill 2:00 4,850 +
26 26 Friday, May 20 DET PHA L 2 5 11-15 6 7.0 Thomas 2:11 6,700 -
27 27 Saturday, May 21 DET PHA W 7 5 12-15 5 6.0 Kennedy 1:35 7,400 +
28 28 Sunday, May 22 DET BOS W 4 3 13-15 5 6.0 Poffenberger 1:58 27,700 ++
29 29 Tuesday, May 24 DET BOS L 4 5 13-16 6 7.0 Grove 2:25 6,600 -
30 30 Wednesday, May 25 DET NYY W 7 3 14-16 6 7.0 Gill 1:56 17,000 +
31 31 Thursday, May 26 DET NYY L 1 5 14-17 6 7.0 Ruffing 2:06 22,000 -
32 32 Friday, May 27 DET @ CHW W 5 2 15-17 5 6.5 Kennedy 1:45 8,000 +
33 33 Saturday, May 28 DET @ CHW W 9 1 16-17 5 6.0 Bridges 1:54 5,000 ++
34 34 Sunday, May 29 DET @ CHW W 2 1 17-17 5 5.0 Poffenberger 1:53 16,000 +++
35 35 Monday, May 30 DET SLB W 10 9 18-17 5 6.0 Coffman 2:45 0 ++++
36 36 Monday, May 30 DET SLB L 0 3 18-18 5 6.0 Tietje 120 -
37 37 Wednesday, Jun 1 DET @ NYY W 8 4 19-18 5 5.0 Kennedy 1:55 8,462 +
38 38 Thursday, Jun 2 DET @ NYY L 4 5 19-19 5 6.5 Chandler 1:46 0 -
39 39 Thursday, Jun 2 DET @ NYY L 2 5 19-20 5 6.5 Pearson 1:46 --
40 40 Friday, Jun 3 DET @ NYY L 1 5 19-21 5 7.5 Ruffing 1:28 6,294 ---
41 41 Saturday, Jun 4 DET @ BOS L 3 5 19-22 5 8.5 Grove 1:41 9,700 ----
42 42 Sunday, Jun 5 DET @ BOS W 10 4 20-22 5 8.5 Kennedy 2:00 29,000 +
43 43 Monday, Jun 6 DET @ BOS L 7 8 20-23 5 8.5 Wilson 2:02 4,000 -
44 44 Tuesday, Jun 7 DET @ PHA W 5 4 21-23 5 8.5 Gill 2:05 8,000 +
45 45 Wednesday, Jun 8 DET @ PHA W 5 1 22-23 5 7.5 Bridges 2:20 5,000 ++
46 46 Thursday, Jun 9 DET @ PHA L 5 8 22-24 5 7.5 Dean 2:27 15,000 -
47 47 Friday, Jun 10 DET @ WSH W 7 6 23-24 5 6.5 Eisenstat 2:24 +
48 48 Saturday, Jun 11 DET @ WSH W 7 2 24-24 5 6.0 Lawson 1:38 10,000 ++
49 49 Sunday, Jun 12 DET @ WSH W 18 12 25-24 5 5.0 Bridges 2:47 18,000 +++
50 50 Tuesday, Jun 14 DET PHA L 2 8 25-25 5 5.0 Nelson 1:54 7,000 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Wednesday, Jun 15 DET PHA L 6 7 25-26 5 6.0 Dean 2:10 5,400 --
52 52 Thursday, Jun 16 DET PHA W 12 3 26-26 5 6.0 Bridges 2:10 4,850 +
53 53 Friday, Jun 17 DET WSH L 10 12 26-27 5 6.5 Ferrell 2:20 0 -
54 54 Friday, Jun 17 DET WSH W 4 3 27-27 5 6.5 Lawson 1:42 +
55 55 Saturday, Jun 18 DET WSH W 5 3 28-27 4 5.5 Eisenstat 1:51 9,200 ++
56 56 Sunday, Jun 19 DET WSH L 6 10 28-28 5 6.5 Appleton 2:23 22,200 -
57 57 Tuesday, Jun 21 DET BOS L 3 8 28-29 5 7.0 Ostermueller 2:20 0 --
58 58 Tuesday, Jun 21 DET BOS W 5 4 29-29 5 7.0 Lawson 2:06 26,400 +
59 59 Wednesday, Jun 22 DET BOS W 8 3 30-29 4 7.5 Kennedy 1:55 7,000 ++
60 60 Thursday, Jun 23 DET BOS W 10 2 31-29 4 6.5 Gill 2:06 6,900 +++
61 61 Friday, Jun 24 DET NYY W 12 8 32-29 4 6.5 Wade 2:17 15,300 ++++
62 62 Saturday, Jun 25 DET NYY L 3 9 32-30 4 7.0 Ruffing 2:23 22,500 -
63 63 Sunday, Jun 26 DET NYY L 3 10 32-31 5 7.5 Pearson 2:40 25,000 --
64 64 Tuesday, Jun 28 DET @ CLE L 4 5 32-32 5 9.0 Allen 2:20 12,000 ---
65 65 Wednesday, Jun 29 DET @ CLE W 4 3 33-32 5 8.0 Auker 2:25 15,000 +
66 66 Thursday, Jun 30 DET @ CLE L 9 10 33-33 5 9.0 Allen 2:55 15,000 -
67 67 Saturday, Jul 2 DET @ SLB L 5 13 33-34 4 9.5 Mills 2:34 1,192 --
68 68 Sunday, Jul 3 DET @ SLB L 5 6 33-35 5 10.5 Hildebrand 2:16 0 ---
69 69 Sunday, Jul 3 DET @ SLB L 2 6 33-36 5 10.5 Newsom 1:50 ----
70 70 Monday, Jul 4 DET CLE W 7 3 34-36 4 8.5 Auker 2:17 0 +
71 71 Monday, Jul 4 DET CLE W 5 2 35-36 4 8.5 Eisenstat 2:22 53,700 ++
72 72 Friday, Jul 8 DET CHW W 7 5 36-36 4 9.0 Lawson 1:57 0 +++
73 73 Friday, Jul 8 DET CHW L 3 5 36-37 4 9.0 Rigney 2:58 -
74 74 Saturday, Jul 9 DET CHW W 4 0 37-37 4 9.0 Auker 1:56 8,200 +
75 75 Sunday, Jul 10 DET CHW L 4 5 37-38 5 10.0 Lyons 1:58 18,000 -
76 76 Wednesday, Jul 13 DET @ BOS L 4 7 37-39 5 9.5 Dickman 1:58 --
77 77 Wednesday, Jul 13 DET @ BOS W 9 5 38-39 5 9.5 Auker 2:00 20,000 +
78 78 Thursday, Jul 14 DET @ BOS L 1 12 38-40 5 10.5 Grove 2:05 4,200 -
79 79 Friday, Jul 15 DET @ NYY L 0 3 38-41 5 11.5 Gomez 1:09 17,039 --
80 80 Saturday, Jul 16 DET @ NYY L 5 7 38-42 5 12.5 Ruffing 1:54 17,796 ---
81 81 Sunday, Jul 17 DET @ NYY L 3 16 38-43 5 13.5 Chandler 2:12 24,000 ----
82 82 Tuesday, Jul 19 DET @ WSH L 3 4 38-44 6 13.5 Hogsett 2:32 5,000 -----
83 83 Wednesday, Jul 20 DET @ WSH L 2 7 38-45 6 14.0 Ferrell 3,000 ------
84 84 Thursday, Jul 21 DET @ WSH L 3 4 38-46 6 14.5 Leonard 2:13 4,000 -------
85 85 Sunday, Jul 24 DET @ PHA W 7 6 39-46 6 13.5 Auker 2:17 0 +
86 86 Sunday, Jul 24 DET @ PHA W 7 3 40-46 6 13.5 Bridges 2:32 12,000 ++
87 87 Tuesday, Jul 26 DET WSH W 6 5 41-46 6 14.0 Eisenstat 2:00 68,000 +++
88 88 Wednesday, Jul 27 DET WSH W 9 4 42-46 5 14.0 Lawson 2:12 6,500 ++++
89 89 Thursday, Jul 28 DET WSH W 12 4 43-46 5 13.0 Gill 1:55 5,200 +++++
90 90 Friday, Jul 29 DET PHA W 9 2 44-46 5 13.0 Auker 1:44 ++++++
91 91 Saturday, Jul 30 DET PHA W 10 7 45-46 4 12.5 Eisenstat 2:29 0 +++++++
92 92 Saturday, Jul 30 DET PHA W 8 7 46-46 4 12.5 Eisenstat 2:17 ++++++++
93 93 Monday, Aug 1 DET PHA L 0 4 46-47 5 14.0 Ross 2:14 5,800 -
94 94 Tuesday, Aug 2 DET NYY W 4 3 47-47 5 13.0 Gill 1:50 19,000 +
95 95 Wednesday, Aug 3 DET NYY L 7 10 47-48 5 14.0 Murphy 3:12 20,000 -
96 96 Thursday, Aug 4 DET NYY L 4 8 47-49 5 15.0 Pearson 2:30 16,000 --
97 97 Friday, Aug 5 DET BOS L 8 9 47-50 5 16.0 Bagby 2:46 7,200 ---
98 98 Saturday, Aug 6 DET BOS L 8 14 47-51 5 17.0 Bagby 2:45 10,200 ----
99 99 Sunday, Aug 7 DET BOS W 7 3 48-51 5 17.0 Gill 1:53 19,000 +
100 100 Tuesday, Aug 9 DET @ CHW W 4 1 49-51 5 16.0 Bridges 2:14 4,000 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Wednesday, Aug 10 DET @ CHW L 7 8 49-52 5 17.0 Lee 2:03 3,000 -
102 102 Thursday, Aug 11 DET @ CHW L 1 13 49-53 5 18.0 Stratton 2:04 3,000 --
103 103 Saturday, Aug 13 DET @ SLB L 3 6 49-54 5 19.0 Cox 2:18 ---
104 104 Sunday, Aug 14 DET @ SLB L 1 7 49-55 5 20.5 Newsom 2:24 0 ----
105 105 Sunday, Aug 14 DET @ SLB T 3 3 49-55 5 20.5 1:56 ----
106 106 Wednesday, Aug 17 DET CHW W 4 3 50-55 5 20.5 Bridges 1:45 0 +
107 107 Wednesday, Aug 17 DET CHW W 3 2 51-55 5 20.5 Benton 2:15 ++
108 108 Thursday, Aug 18 DET CHW W 5 1 52-55 5 20.0 Gill 2:12 6,500 +++
109 109 Friday, Aug 19 DET SLB W 8 7 53-55 5 19.5 Wade 2:22 0 ++++
110 110 Friday, Aug 19 DET SLB W 7 4 54-55 5 19.5 Auker 2:14 +++++
111 111 Saturday, Aug 20 DET SLB W 6 4 55-55 4 19.5 Lawson 2:00 8,200 ++++++
112 112 Sunday, Aug 21 DET SLB L 4 9 55-56 5 21.0 Newsom 2:20 9,500 -
113 113 Tuesday, Aug 23 DET @ PHA W 13 5 56-56 4 20.0 Bridges 2:22 0 +
114 114 Tuesday, Aug 23 DET @ PHA W 8 3 57-56 4 20.0 Gill 2:11 8,000 ++
115 115 Wednesday, Aug 24 DET @ PHA L 5 10 57-57 5 21.0 Potter 2:01 0 -
116 116 Wednesday, Aug 24 DET @ PHA L 2 11 57-58 5 21.0 Caster 1:47 6,000 --
117 117 Thursday, Aug 25 DET @ WSH L 2 8 57-59 5 22.5 Appleton 1:50 4,000 ---
118 118 Friday, Aug 26 DET @ WSH W 9 3 58-59 5 22.0 Benton 2:10 10,000 +
119 119 Saturday, Aug 27 DET @ WSH W 12 11 59-59 5 22.5 Wade 2:45 7,000 ++
120 120 Sunday, Aug 28 DET @ BOS W 4 3 60-59 4 22.5 Bridges 2:17 18,000 +++
121 121 Monday, Aug 29 DET @ BOS W 15 1 61-59 4 22.5 Auker 2:00 4,500 ++++
122 122 Tuesday, Aug 30 DET @ NYY L 1 3 61-60 4 23.5 Chandler 1:30 8,465 -
123 123 Wednesday, Aug 31 DET @ NYY W 12 6 62-60 4 22.5 Kennedy 2:15 7,854 +
124 124 Thursday, Sep 1 DET @ NYY W 6 3 63-60 4 21.5 Coffman 2:23 6,946 ++
125 125 Saturday, Sep 3 DET @ CHW W 11 4 64-60 4 21.0 Bridges 2:28 3,000 +++
126 126 Sunday, Sep 4 DET @ CHW L 1 2 64-61 4 22.0 Rigney 2:00 7,500 -
127 127 Monday, Sep 5 DET @ SLB L 2 3 64-62 4 23.0 Mills 1:57 0 --
128 128 Monday, Sep 5 DET @ SLB W 9 3 65-62 4 23.0 Auker 1:45 +
129 129 Tuesday, Sep 6 DET CLE L 0 6 65-63 4 23.5 Feller 1:52 4,800 -
130 130 Wednesday, Sep 7 DET CLE L 0 1 65-64 4 23.5 Harder 1:46 3,000 --
131 131 Thursday, Sep 8 DET @ CLE W 4 1 66-64 4 23.5 Benton 2:09 2,000 +
132 132 Friday, Sep 9 DET @ CLE W 11 5 67-64 4 23.5 Bridges 2:12 5,000 ++
133 133 Sunday, Sep 11 DET CHW W 10 1 68-64 4 22.5 Gill 1:50 0 +++
134 134 Sunday, Sep 11 DET CHW W 5 3 69-64 4 22.5 Eisenstat 2:02 ++++
135 135 Monday, Sep 12 DET CHW W 4 3 70-64 4 22.0 Benton 1:40 3,500 +++++
136 136 Tuesday, Sep 13 DET BOS W 9 3 71-64 4 22.0 Kennedy 1:50 6,000 ++++++
137 137 Wednesday, Sep 14 DET BOS L 2 9 71-65 4 22.5 Heving 1:38 -
138 138 Thursday, Sep 15 DET NYY W 6 4 72-65 4 21.5 Coffman 2:06 8,200 +
139 139 Friday, Sep 16 DET NYY L 4 6 72-66 4 22.5 Gomez 1:47 8,000 -
140 140 Saturday, Sep 17 DET NYY W 7 3 73-66 4 21.5 Benton 1:50 19,200 +
141 141 Sunday, Sep 18 DET WSH W 8 1 74-66 4 20.0 Bridges 2:06 15,700 ++
142 142 Monday, Sep 19 DET WSH L 2 12 74-67 4 20.0 Appleton 1:48 2,700 -
143 143 Wednesday, Sep 21 DET PHA W 8 6 75-67 4 18.0 Lawson 2:09 0 +
144 144 Wednesday, Sep 21 DET PHA W 3 0 76-67 4 18.0 Poffenberger 1:02 ++
145 145 Friday, Sep 23 DET CLE L 1 8 76-68 4 19.5 Feller 2:06 0 -
146 146 Friday, Sep 23 DET CLE L 5 6 76-69 4 19.5 Whitehill 1:55 --
147 147 Saturday, Sep 24 DET CLE W 7 6 77-69 4 18.5 Eisenstat 2:20 8,900 +
148 148 Sunday, Sep 25 DET CLE W 7 5 78-69 4 17.5 Poffenberger 1:56 19,700 ++
149 149 Tuesday, Sep 27 DET SLB W 5 4 79-69 4 17.5 Lawson 2:10 0 +++
150 150 Tuesday, Sep 27 DET SLB W 10 2 80-69 4 17.5 Coffman 1:40 ++++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Wednesday, Sep 28 DET SLB W 12 0 81-69 4 16.5 Gill 1:55 5,000 +++++
152 152 Thursday, Sep 29 DET SLB W 6 2 82-69 4 16.5 Bridges 1:58 ++++++
153 153 Saturday, Oct 1 DET @ CLE L 0 5 82-70 4 16.5 Galehouse 1:38 -
154 154 Sunday, Oct 2 DET @ CLE W 4 1 83-70 4 16.0 Eisenstat 2:07 0 +
155 155 Sunday, Oct 2 DET @ CLE W 10 8 84-70 4 16.0 Harris 1:37 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

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