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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 Stats / Schedule (1937/1939) / Transactions
Season Summary 84-70 , Final Rank: 4, GB: 16.0 Days in First: never Most Games over .500: 14 (last on October 2) Most Games under .500: 8 (last on July 21) Biggest Lead: never led Farthest Behind Leader: 23.5 (last on September 9) Longest Winning Streak: 8 (July 24 to July 30) Longest Losing Streak: 7 (July 14 to July 21) Most Runs Allowed: 16 (July 17) Most Runs Scored: 18 (June 12) Times Shutout by Opponent: 6 Times Opponent Shutout: 3
Overall Split W L RS RA WP Overall 84 70 862 795 .545 Home/Road Split W L RS RA WP Home 48 31 447 392 .608 Road 36 39 415 403 .480 Month by Month Split W L RS RA WP 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 Split W L RS RA WP First Half 35 36 390 368 .493 Second Half 49 34 472 427 .590 | One-Run Games Split W L RS RA WP One Run 20 23 213 216 .465 Blowouts (5+ Runs) Split W L RS RA WP Blowout 27 23 339 308 .540 Opponent Split W L RS RA WP 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 |
Gm Date Team Opp Score W-L Rank GB Time Winner Loser Attend Streak (+win -loss) 1 Tue, Apr 19 DET @CHW L 3-4 0-1 5 1.5 1:59 J Whitehead 18,000 - 2 Wed, Apr 20 DET @CHW L 4-5 0-2 7 2.5 2:42 J Rigney 2,500 -- 3 Thu, Apr 21 DET @CHW W 9-3 1-2 5 2.0 2:10 E Auker 2,500 + 4 Fri, Apr 22 DET CLE L 3-4 1-3 6 2.0 2:28 M Harder 54,500 - 5 Sat, Apr 23 DET CLE L 3-6 1-4 7 3.0 2:41 J Allen 13,200 -- 6 Sun, Apr 24 DET CLE L 4-9 1-5 8 4.0 2:21 B Feller 32,969 --- 7 Mon, Apr 25 DET @SLB W 10-1 2-5 8 3.5 2:10 V Kennedy 1,988 + 8 Tue, Apr 26 DET @SLB W 7-1 3-5 6 3.5 2:13 E Auker 1,588 ++ 9 Wed, Apr 27 DET @SLB L 2-7 3-6 7 3.5 2:42 B Newsom 1,448 - 10 Fri, Apr 29 DET CHW W 5-1 4-6 6 4.0 1:54 B Poffenberg 7,500 + 11 Sat, Apr 30 DET @CLE W 5-3 5-6 6 3.0 2:17 V Kennedy 12,000 ++ 12 Sun, May 1 DET @CLE L 3-4 5-7 6 4.0 2:26 M Harder 23,782 - 13 Mon, May 2 DET @CLE L 3-11 5-8 6 5.0 2:17 J Allen 7,500 -- 14 Tue, May 3 DET @BOS L 3-4 5-9 7 6.0 2:43 L Grove 4,500 --- 15 Wed, May 4 DET @BOS W 4-1 6-9 6 5.0 2:00 B Poffenberg 6,600 + 16 Thu, May 5 DET @BOS W 7-5 7-9 6 4.0 2:37 V Kennedy 5,500 ++ 17 Sat, May 7 DET @NYY L 8-12 7-10 6 5.5 2:28 L Gomez 41,070 - 18 Sun, May 8 DET @PHA L 6-7 7-11 6 5.5 2:28 L Nelson 10,000 -- 19 Wed, May 11 DET @WSH W 4-1 8-11 5 5.0 V Kennedy 6,500 + 20 Thu, May 12 DET @WSH L 6-7 8-12 5 6.0 2:16 J DeShong 7,000 - 21 Fri, May 13 DET SLB W 7-5 9-12 5 5.0 2:07 G Gill 5,500 + 22 Sun, May 15 DET SLB L 1-4 9-13 6 6.0 1:30 O Hildebrand 8,500 - 23 Mon, May 16 DET WSH W 13-7 10-13 5 5.5 2:35 V Kennedy 8,000 + 24 Wed, May 18 DET WSH L 1-5 10-14 6 6.0 1:46 W Ferrell 4,700 - Gm Date Team Opp Score W-L Rank GB Time Winner Loser Attend Streak (+win -loss) 25 Thu, May 19 DET PHA W 6-2 11-14 6 6.0 2:00 G Gill 4,850 + 26 Fri, May 20 DET PHA L 2-5 11-15 6 7.0 2:11 B Thomas 6,700 - 27 Sat, May 21 DET PHA W 7-5 12-15 5 6.0 1:35 V Kennedy 7,400 + 28 Sun, May 22 DET BOS W 4-3 13-15 5 6.0 1:58 B Poffenberg 27,700 ++ 29 Tue, May 24 DET BOS L 4-5 13-16 6 7.0 2:25 L Grove 6,600 - 30 Wed, May 25 DET NYY W 7-3 14-16 6 7.0 1:56 G Gill 17,000 + 31 Thu, May 26 DET NYY L 1-5 14-17 6 7.0 2:06 R Ruffing 22,000 - 32 Fri, May 27 DET @CHW W 5-2 15-17 5 6.5 1:45 V Kennedy 8,000 + 33 Sat, May 28 DET @CHW W 9-1 16-17 5 6.0 1:54 T Bridges 5,000 ++ 34 Sun, May 29 DET @CHW W 2-1 17-17 5 5.0 1:53 B Poffenberg 16,000 +++ 35 Mon, May 30 DET SLB W 10-9 18-17 5 6.0 2:45 S Coffman 0 ++++ 36 DET SLB L 0-3 18-18 5 6.0 L Tietje 120 - 37 Wed, Jun 1 DET @NYY W 8-4 19-18 5 5.0 1:55 V Kennedy 8,462 + 38 Thu, Jun 2 DET @NYY L 4-5 19-19 5 6.5 1:46 S Chandler 0 - 39 DET @NYY L 2-5 19-20 5 6.5 1:46 M Pearson -- 40 Fri, Jun 3 DET @NYY L 1-5 19-21 5 7.5 1:28 R Ruffing 6,294 --- 41 Sat, Jun 4 DET @BOS L 3-5 19-22 5 8.5 1:41 L Grove 9,700 ---- 42 Sun, Jun 5 DET @BOS W 10-4 20-22 5 8.5 2:00 V Kennedy 29,000 + 43 Mon, Jun 6 DET @BOS L 7-8 20-23 5 8.5 2:02 J Wilson 4,000 - 44 Tue, Jun 7 DET @PHA W 5-4 21-23 5 8.5 2:05 G Gill 8,000 + 45 Wed, Jun 8 DET @PHA W 5-1 22-23 5 7.5 2:20 T Bridges 5,000 ++ 46 Thu, Jun 9 DET @PHA L 5-8 22-24 5 7.5 2:27 C Dean 15,000 - 47 Fri, Jun 10 DET @WSH W 7-6 23-24 5 6.5 2:24 H Eisenstat + 48 Sat, Jun 11 DET @WSH W 7-2 24-24 5 6.0 1:38 R Lawson 10,000 ++ 49 Sun, Jun 12 DET @WSH W 18-12 25-24 5 5.0 2:47 T Bridges 18,000 +++ Gm Date Team Opp Score W-L Rank GB Time Winner Loser Attend Streak (+win -loss) 50 Tue, Jun 14 DET PHA L 2-8 25-25 5 5.0 1:54 L Nelson 7,000 - 51 Wed, Jun 15 DET PHA L 6-7 25-26 5 6.0 2:10 C Dean 5,400 -- 52 Thu, Jun 16 DET PHA W 12-3 26-26 5 6.0 2:10 T Bridges 4,850 + 53 Fri, Jun 17 DET WSH L 10-12 26-27 5 6.5 2:20 W Ferrell 0 - 54 DET WSH W 4-3 27-27 5 6.5 1:42 R Lawson + 55 Sat, Jun 18 DET WSH W 5-3 28-27 4 5.5 1:51 H Eisenstat 9,200 ++ 56 Sun, Jun 19 DET WSH L 6-10 28-28 5 6.5 2:23 P Appleton 22,200 - 57 Tue, Jun 21 DET BOS L 3-8 28-29 5 7.0 2:20 F Ostermuell 0 -- 58 DET BOS W 5-4 29-29 5 7.0 2:06 R Lawson 26,400 + 59 Wed, Jun 22 DET BOS W 8-3 30-29 4 7.5 1:55 V Kennedy 7,000 ++ 60 Thu, Jun 23 DET BOS W 10-2 31-29 4 6.5 2:06 G Gill 6,900 +++ 61 Fri, Jun 24 DET NYY W 12-8 32-29 4 6.5 2:17 J Wade 15,300 ++++ 62 Sat, Jun 25 DET NYY L 3-9 32-30 4 7.0 2:23 R Ruffing 22,500 - 63 Sun, Jun 26 DET NYY L 3-10 32-31 5 7.5 2:40 M Pearson 25,000 -- 64 Tue, Jun 28 DET @CLE L 4-5 32-32 5 9.0 2:20 J Allen 12,000 --- 65 Wed, Jun 29 DET @CLE W 4-3 33-32 5 8.0 2:25 E Auker 15,000 + 66 Thu, Jun 30 DET @CLE L 9-10 33-33 5 9.0 2:55 J Allen 15,000 - 67 Sat, Jul 2 DET @SLB L 5-13 33-34 4 9.5 2:34 L Mills 1,192 -- 68 Sun, Jul 3 DET @SLB L 5-6 33-35 5 10.5 2:16 O Hildebrand 0 --- 69 DET @SLB L 2-6 33-36 5 10.5 1:50 B Newsom ---- 70 Mon, Jul 4 DET CLE W 7-3 34-36 4 8.5 2:17 E Auker 0 + 71 DET CLE W 5-2 35-36 4 8.5 2:22 H Eisenstat 53,700 ++ 72 Fri, Jul 8 DET CHW W 7-5 36-36 4 9.0 1:57 R Lawson 0 +++ 73 DET CHW L 3-5 36-37 4 9.0 2:58 J Rigney - 74 Sat, Jul 9 DET CHW W 4-0 37-37 4 9.0 1:56 E Auker 8,200 + Gm Date Team Opp Score W-L Rank GB Time Winner Loser Attend Streak (+win -loss) 75 Sun, Jul 10 DET CHW L 4-5 37-38 5 10.0 1:58 T Lyons 18,000 - 76 Wed, Jul 13 DET @BOS L 4-7 37-39 5 9.5 1:58 E Dickman -- 77 DET @BOS W 9-5 38-39 5 9.5 2:00 E Auker 20,000 + 78 Thu, Jul 14 DET @BOS L 1-12 38-40 5 10.5 2:05 L Grove 4,200 - 79 Fri, Jul 15 DET @NYY L 0-3 38-41 5 11.5 1:09 L Gomez 17,039 -- 80 Sat, Jul 16 DET @NYY L 5-7 38-42 5 12.5 1:54 R Ruffing 17,796 --- 81 Sun, Jul 17 DET @NYY L 3-16 38-43 5 13.5 2:12 S Chandler 24,000 ---- 82 Tue, Jul 19 DET @WSH L 3-4 38-44 6 13.5 2:32 C Hogsett 5,000 ----- 83 Wed, Jul 20 DET @WSH L 2-7 38-45 6 14.0 W Ferrell 3,000 ------ 84 Thu, Jul 21 DET @WSH L 3-4 38-46 6 14.5 2:13 D Leonard 4,000 ------- 85 Sun, Jul 24 DET @PHA W 7-6 39-46 6 13.5 2:17 E Auker 0 + 86 DET @PHA W 7-3 40-46 6 13.5 2:32 T Bridges 12,000 ++ 87 Tue, Jul 26 DET WSH W 6-5 41-46 6 14.0 2:00 H Eisenstat 68,000 +++ 88 Wed, Jul 27 DET WSH W 9-4 42-46 5 14.0 2:12 R Lawson 6,500 ++++ 89 Thu, Jul 28 DET WSH W 12-4 43-46 5 13.0 1:55 G Gill 5,200 +++++ 90 Fri, Jul 29 DET PHA W 9-2 44-46 5 13.0 1:44 E Auker ++++++ 91 Sat, Jul 30 DET PHA W 10-7 45-46 4 12.5 2:29 H Eisenstat 0 +++++++ 92 DET PHA W 8-7 46-46 4 12.5 2:17 H Eisenstat ++++++++ 93 Mon, Aug 1 DET PHA L 0-4 46-47 5 14.0 2:14 B Ross 5,800 - 94 Tue, Aug 2 DET NYY W 4-3 47-47 5 13.0 1:50 G Gill 19,000 + 95 Wed, Aug 3 DET NYY L 7-10 47-48 5 14.0 3:12 J Murphy 20,000 - 96 Thu, Aug 4 DET NYY L 4-8 47-49 5 15.0 2:30 M Pearson 16,000 -- 97 Fri, Aug 5 DET BOS L 8-9 47-50 5 16.0 2:46 J Bagby 7,200 --- 98 Sat, Aug 6 DET BOS L 8-14 47-51 5 17.0 2:45 J Bagby 10,200 ---- 99 Sun, Aug 7 DET BOS W 7-3 48-51 5 17.0 1:53 G Gill 19,000 + Gm Date Team Opp Score W-L Rank GB Time Winner Loser Attend Streak (+win -loss) 100 Tue, Aug 9 DET @CHW W 4-1 49-51 5 16.0 2:14 T Bridges 4,000 ++ 101 Wed, Aug 10 DET @CHW L 7-8 49-52 5 17.0 2:03 T Lee 3,000 - 102 Thu, Aug 11 DET @CHW L 1-13 49-53 5 18.0 2:04 M Stratton 3,000 -- 103 Sat, Aug 13 DET @SLB L 3-6 49-54 5 19.0 2:18 B Cox --- 104 Sun, Aug 14 DET @SLB L 1-7 49-55 5 20.5 2:24 B Newsom 0 ---- 105 DET @SLB - 3-3 49-55 5 20.5 1:56 ---- 106 Wed, Aug 17 DET CHW W 4-3 50-55 5 20.5 1:45 T Bridges 0 + 107 DET CHW W 3-2 51-55 5 20.5 2:15 A Benton ++ 108 Thu, Aug 18 DET CHW W 5-1 52-55 5 20.0 2:12 G Gill 6,500 +++ 109 Fri, Aug 19 DET SLB W 8-7 53-55 5 19.5 2:22 J Wade 0 ++++ 110 DET SLB W 7-4 54-55 5 19.5 2:14 E Auker +++++ 111 Sat, Aug 20 DET SLB W 6-4 55-55 4 19.5 2:00 R Lawson 8,200 ++++++ 112 Sun, Aug 21 DET SLB L 4-9 55-56 5 21.0 2:20 B Newsom 9,500 - 113 Tue, Aug 23 DET @PHA W 13-5 56-56 4 20.0 2:22 T Bridges 0 + 114 DET @PHA W 8-3 57-56 4 20.0 2:11 G Gill 8,000 ++ 115 Wed, Aug 24 DET @PHA L 5-10 57-57 5 21.0 2:01 N Potter 0 - 116 DET @PHA L 2-11 57-58 5 21.0 1:47 G Caster 6,000 -- 117 Thu, Aug 25 DET @WSH L 2-8 57-59 5 22.5 1:50 P Appleton 4,000 --- 118 Fri, Aug 26 DET @WSH W 9-3 58-59 5 22.0 2:10 A Benton 10,000 + 119 Sat, Aug 27 DET @WSH W 12-11 59-59 5 22.5 2:45 J Wade 7,000 ++ 120 Sun, Aug 28 DET @BOS W 4-3 60-59 4 22.5 2:17 T Bridges 18,000 +++ 121 Mon, Aug 29 DET @BOS W 15-1 61-59 4 22.5 2:00 E Auker 4,500 ++++ 122 Tue, Aug 30 DET @NYY L 1-3 61-60 4 23.5 1:30 S Chandler 8,465 - 123 Wed, Aug 31 DET @NYY W 12-6 62-60 4 22.5 2:15 V Kennedy 7,854 + 124 Thu, Sep 1 DET @NYY W 6-3 63-60 4 21.5 2:23 S Coffman 6,946 ++ Gm Date Team Opp Score W-L Rank GB Time Winner Loser Attend Streak (+win -loss) 125 Sat, Sep 3 DET @CHW W 11-4 64-60 4 21.0 2:28 T Bridges 3,000 +++ 126 Sun, Sep 4 DET @CHW L 1-2 64-61 4 22.0 2:00 J Rigney 7,500 - 127 Mon, Sep 5 DET @SLB L 2-3 64-62 4 23.0 1:57 L Mills 0 -- 128 DET @SLB W 9-3 65-62 4 23.0 1:45 E Auker + 129 Tue, Sep 6 DET CLE L 0-6 65-63 4 23.5 1:52 B Feller 4,800 - 130 Wed, Sep 7 DET CLE L 0-1 65-64 4 23.5 1:46 M Harder 3,000 -- 131 Thu, Sep 8 DET @CLE W 4-1 66-64 4 23.5 2:09 A Benton 2,000 + 132 Fri, Sep 9 DET @CLE W 11-5 67-64 4 23.5 2:12 T Bridges 5,000 ++ 133 Sun, Sep 11 DET CHW W 10-1 68-64 4 22.5 1:50 G Gill 0 +++ 134 DET CHW W 5-3 69-64 4 22.5 2:02 H Eisenstat ++++ 135 Mon, Sep 12 DET CHW W 4-3 70-64 4 22.0 1:40 A Benton 3,500 +++++ 136 Tue, Sep 13 DET BOS W 9-3 71-64 4 22.0 1:50 V Kennedy 6,000 ++++++ 137 Wed, Sep 14 DET BOS L 2-9 71-65 4 22.5 1:38 J Heving - 138 Thu, Sep 15 DET NYY W 6-4 72-65 4 21.5 2:06 S Coffman 8,200 + 139 Fri, Sep 16 DET NYY L 4-6 72-66 4 22.5 1:47 L Gomez 8,000 - 140 Sat, Sep 17 DET NYY W 7-3 73-66 4 21.5 1:50 A Benton 19,200 + 141 Sun, Sep 18 DET WSH W 8-1 74-66 4 20.0 2:06 T Bridges 15,700 ++ 142 Mon, Sep 19 DET WSH L 2-12 74-67 4 20.0 1:48 P Appleton 2,700 - 143 Wed, Sep 21 DET PHA W 8-6 75-67 4 18.0 2:09 R Lawson 0 + 144 DET PHA W 3-0 76-67 4 18.0 1:02 B Poffenberg ++ 145 Fri, Sep 23 DET CLE L 1-8 76-68 4 19.5 2:06 B Feller 0 - 146 DET CLE L 5-6 76-69 4 19.5 1:55 E Whitehill -- 147 Sat, Sep 24 DET CLE W 7-6 77-69 4 18.5 2:20 H Eisenstat 8,900 + 148 Sun, Sep 25 DET CLE W 7-5 78-69 4 17.5 1:56 B Poffenberg 19,700 ++ 149 Tue, Sep 27 DET SLB W 5-4 79-69 4 17.5 2:10 R Lawson 0 +++ Gm Date Team Opp Score W-L Rank GB Time Winner Loser Attend Streak (+win -loss) 150 DET SLB W 10-2 80-69 4 17.5 1:40 S Coffman ++++ 151 Wed, Sep 28 DET SLB W 12-0 81-69 4 16.5 1:55 G Gill 5,000 +++++ 152 Thu, Sep 29 DET SLB W 6-2 82-69 4 16.5 1:58 T Bridges ++++++ 153 Sat, Oct 1 DET @CLE L 0-5 82-70 4 16.5 1:38 D Galehouse - 154 Sun, Oct 2 DET @CLE W 4-1 83-70 4 16.0 2:07 H Eisenstat 0 + 155 DET @CLE W 10-8 84-70 4 16.0 1:37 B Harris ++
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