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1939 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940)
81-73, Finished 5th in American League
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Scored 849 runs, Allowed 762 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-69
Manager: Del Baker (81-73)
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 - 109

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1938 / 1940 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Earl Averill HOF 37 L R 172 May 21, 1902 11 87 87 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 5 0 80
Beau Bell 31 R R 6' 2" 185 Aug 20, 1907 5 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 0 37
Al Benton 28 R R 6' 4" 215 Mar 18, 1911 4 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tommy Bridges 32 R R 155 Dec 28, 1906 10 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Mark Christman 25 R R 5' 11" 180 Oct 21, 1913 2 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Slick Coffman 28 R R 6' 0" 155 Dec 11, 1910 3 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Croucher 24 R R 5' 11" 165 Jul 23, 1914 1st 97 97 97 0 0 0 3 0 93 0 0 0 0
Roy Cullenbine 25 B R 6' 1" 190 Oct 18, 1913 2 75 75 75 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 4 19 46
Harry Eisenstat 23 L L 5' 11" 185 Oct 10, 1915 5 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Les Fleming 23 L L 5' 10" 185 Aug 7, 1915 1st 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3
Pete Fox 30 R R 5' 11" 165 Mar 8, 1909 7 141 141 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 126
Charlie Gehringer HOF 36 L R 5' 11" 180 May 11, 1903 16 118 118 118 0 0 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0
Floyd Giebell 29 L R 172 Dec 10, 1909 1st 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Gill 30 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 13, 1909 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hank Greenberg HOF 28 R R 6' 4" 210 Jan 1, 1911 8 138 138 138 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Bob Harris 24 R R 6' 0" 185 May 1, 1915 2 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pinky Higgins 30 R R 6' 1" 185 May 27, 1909 8 132 132 132 0 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Hutchinson 19 L R 6' 2" 200 Aug 12, 1919 1st 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vern Kennedy 32 L R 6' 0" 175 Mar 20, 1907 6 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Kress 32 R R 165 Jan 2, 1907 12 51 51 51 0 0 0 16 4 25 0 0 0 0
Chet Laabs 27 R R 5' 8" 175 Apr 30, 1912 3 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
Roxie Lawson 33 R R 6' 0" 170 Apr 13, 1906 8 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Lynn 25 R R 6' 0" 162 Dec 27, 1913 1st 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barney McCosky 22 L R 6' 1" 184 Apr 11, 1917 1st 147 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 145
Benny McCoy 23 L R 5' 9" 170 Nov 9, 1915 2 55 55 55 0 0 0 34 0 16 0 0 0 0
Archie McKain 28 B L 5' 10" 175 May 12, 1911 3 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Newhouser HOF 18 L L 6' 2" 192 May 20, 1921 1st 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobo Newsom 31 R R 6' 2" 220 Aug 11, 1907 9 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Dixie Parsons 23 R R 6' 2" 180 May 12, 1916 1st 5 5 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cotton Pippen 28 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 2, 1911 2 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Rogell 34 B R 163 Nov 24, 1904 13 74 74 74 0 0 0 2 21 43 0 0 0 0
Schoolboy Rowe 29 R R 210 Jan 11, 1910 7 31 31 31 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merv Shea 38 R R 5' 11" 175 Sep 5, 1900 10 4 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Birdie Tebbetts 26 R R 170 Nov 10, 1912 4 106 106 106 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bud Thomas 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 9, 1910 5 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dizzy Trout 24 R R 195 Jun 29, 1915 1st 35 35 35 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dixie Walker 28 L R 6' 1" 175 Sep 24, 1910 8 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 4 11 37
Jim Walkup 29 R R 6' 1" 170 Dec 14, 1909 6 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rudy York 25 R R 6' 1" 209 Aug 17, 1913 4 102 102 102 0 67 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1938 / 1940 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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