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1939 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940

81-73, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Del Baker (81-73)
Scored 849 runs, Allowed 762 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-69

Ballparks: Briggs Stadium · Attendance: 836,279 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 106 · one-year: Batting - 111, Pitching - 110


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1938 / 1940 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Earl Averill HOF 37 L R 5' 9" 172 May 21, 1902 11 87 78 87 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 4 0 80 7 0 0.8 $
Beau Bell 31 R R 6' 2" 185 Aug 20, 1907 5 54 35 54 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 0 37 17 1 -0.2 $
Al Benton 28 R R 6' 4" 215 Mar 18, 1911 4 37 16 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Tommy Bridges 32 R R 5' 10" 155 Dec 28, 1906 10 29 26 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.9 $ All-Star
Mark Christman 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Oct 21, 1913 2 6 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Slick Coffman 28 R R 6' 0" 155 Dec 11, 1910 3 23 1 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Frank Croucher 24 R R 5' 11" 165 Jul 23, 1914 1st 97 89 97 96 0 0 0 3 0 93 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.2 $
Roy Cullenbine 25 B R 6' 1" 190 Oct 18, 1913 2 75 41 75 48 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 4 19 46 28 1 -0.1 $
Harry Eisenstat 23 L L 5' 11" 185 Oct 10, 1915 5 10 2 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Les Fleming 23 L L 5' 10" 185 Aug 7, 1915 1st 8 3 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 5 0 -0.4 $
Pete Fox 30 R R 5' 11" 165 Mar 8, 1909 7 141 123 141 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 126 15 0 0.9 $
Charlie Gehringer HOF 36 L R 5' 11" 180 May 11, 1903 16 118 106 118 107 0 0 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 4.6 $18,500
Floyd Giebell 29 L R 6' 2" 172 Dec 10, 1909 1st 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
George Gill 30 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 13, 1909 3 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Hank Greenberg HOF 28 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 1, 1911 8 138 136 138 136 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.2 $35,000 All-Star
Bob Harris 24 R R 6' 0" 185 May 1, 1915 2 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Pinky Higgins 30 R R 6' 1" 185 May 27, 1909 8 132 128 132 130 0 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.2 $
Fred Hutchinson 19 L R 6' 2" 190 Aug 12, 1919 1st 13 12 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Vern Kennedy 32 L R 6' 0" 175 Mar 20, 1907 6 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Red Kress 34 R R 5' 11" 165 Jan 2, 1905 12 51 43 51 45 0 0 0 16 4 25 0 0 0 0 6 1 -0.4 $
Chet Laabs 27 R R 5' 8" 175 Apr 30, 1912 3 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.1 $
Roxie Lawson 33 R R 6' 0" 170 Apr 13, 1906 8 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Red Lynn 25 R R 6' 0" 162 Dec 27, 1913 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Barney McCosky 22 L R 6' 1" 184 Apr 11, 1917 1st 147 145 147 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 145 2 0 3.4 $
Benny McCoy 23 L R 5' 9" 170 Nov 9, 1915 2 55 45 55 50 0 0 0 34 0 16 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.3 $
Archie McKain 28 B L 5' 10" 175 May 12, 1911 3 32 11 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $
Hal Newhouser HOF 18 L L 6' 2" 180 May 20, 1921 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Bobo Newsom 31 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 11, 1907 9 35 31 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.4 $ All-Star
Dixie Parsons 23 R R 6' 2" 180 May 12, 1916 1st 5 0 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Cotton Pippen 28 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 2, 1911 2 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Billy Rogell 34 B R 5' 10" 163 Nov 24, 1904 13 74 51 74 65 0 0 0 2 21 43 0 0 0 0 3 8 -0.2 $
Schoolboy Rowe 29 R R 6' 4" 210 Jan 11, 1910 7 31 24 31 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.8 $
Merv Shea 38 R R 5' 11" 175 Sep 5, 1900 10 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Birdie Tebbetts 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Nov 10, 1912 4 106 94 106 100 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.2 $
Bud Thomas 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 9, 1910 5 27 0 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Dizzy Trout 24 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 29, 1915 1st 35 22 35 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.0 $
Dixie Walker 28 L R 6' 1" 175 Sep 24, 1910 8 43 36 43 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 5 11 37 5 1 1.0 $
Jim Walkup 29 R R 6' 1" 170 Dec 14, 1909 6 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Rudy York 25 R R 6' 1" 209 Aug 17, 1913 4 102 79 102 85 0 66 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 2.5 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Birdie Tebbetts
Charlie Gehringer
Frank Croucher
Rudy York
Hank Greenberg
Pinky Higgins
Billy Rogell
Dixie Parsons
Dixie Walker

Pete Fox
Tommy Bridges
Vern Kennedy
Bud Thomas
Mark Christman
Bobo Newsom
Schoolboy Rowe
Dizzy Trout
George Gill
Hal Newhouser
Beau Bell
Chet Laabs

Fred Hutchinson
Bobo Newsom
Al Benton
Roy Cullenbine
Beau Bell
Les Fleming
Barney McCosky
Al Benton
Red Kress
Roxie Lawson
Earl Averill
Harry Eisenstat
Benny McCoy
Slick Coffman

Bob Harris
Cotton Pippen
Jim Walkup
Red Lynn
Benny McCoy
Archie McKain
Floyd Giebell
Merv Shea

1938 / 1940 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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