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1939 Detroit Tigers Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(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 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 81-73, Final Rank:5, GB: 26.5
Days in First2last on Thursday, Apr 20, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 4last on Apr 20, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead0.5last on Thursday, Apr 20, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind27.5last on Saturday, Sep 23, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50010last on Wednesday, Sep 27
Most Games under .50010last on Sunday, May 21
Longest Winning Streak9Thursday, Jun 8 to Friday, Jun 16
Longest Losing Streak7Tuesday, May 2 to Monday, May 8
Most Runs Allowed22Tuesday, May 2
Most Runs Scored17Saturday, Jun 10
Times Shutout by Opponent8 
Times Opponent Shutout8 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 81 73 849 762 .526
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 42 35 461 434 .545
Road 39 38 388 328 .506
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 6 5 53 40 .545
May 10 17 134 150 .370
June 18 8 164 124 .692
July 14 16 172 147 .467
August 17 12 183 167 .586
September 15 14 139 126 .517
October 1 1 4 8 .500
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 38 36 397 361 .514
Second Half 43 37 452 401 .538
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 19 24 199 204 .442
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 30 20 364 289 .600
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BOS 12 10 140 119 .545
CHW 10 12 99 94 .455
CLE 11 11 106 74 .500
NYY 9 13 103 156 .409
PHA 11 11 146 113 .500
SLB 14 8 135 121 .636
WSH 14 8 120 85 .636

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 18 DET CHW W 6 1 1-0 1 up 0.5 Bridges 1:31 47,000 +
2 2 Thursday, Apr 20 DET CHW W 8 7 2-0 1 up 0.5 Lawson 3:25 7,361 ++
3 3 Friday, Apr 21 DET @ CLE L 1 5 2-1 2 0.5 Feller 2:15 20,000 -
4 4 Saturday, Apr 22 DET @ CLE L 1 2 2-2 5 1.0 Hudlin 2:17 5,000 --
5 5 Sunday, Apr 23 DET @ CLE W 8 0 3-2 2 0.5 Rowe 2:30 +
6 6 Monday, Apr 24 DET SLB W 4 2 4-2 2 0.5 Bridges 2:13 9,376 ++
7 7 Tuesday, Apr 25 DET SLB L 2 7 4-3 2 1.5 Kramer 2:18 7,856 -
8 8 Wednesday, Apr 26 DET SLB W 7 6 5-3 2 1.0 Harris 2:45 +
9 9 Thursday, Apr 27 DET @ CHW L 1 2 5-4 2 1.5 Brown 2:53 1,500 -
10 10 Saturday, Apr 29 DET CLE L 1 7 5-5 4 1.5 Feller 2:18 27,643 --
11 11 Sunday, Apr 30 DET CLE W 14 1 6-5 4 0.5 Bridges 2:24 24,507 +
12 12 Tuesday, May 2 DET NYY L 2 22 6-6 5 1.5 Ruffing 2:22 11,379 -
13 13 Wednesday, May 3 DET NYY L 6 10 6-7 5 2.5 Sundra 2:34 14,136 --
14 14 Thursday, May 4 DET BOS L 6 7 6-8 5 3.5 Heving 2:25 5,550 ---
15 15 Friday, May 5 DET BOS L 1 4 6-9 5 4.0 Rich 1:45 8,592 ----
16 16 Saturday, May 6 DET BOS L 4 5 6-10 6 5.0 Grove 1:58 14,802 -----
17 17 Sunday, May 7 DET PHA L 3 10 6-11 7 5.5 Caster 2:17 16,299 ------
18 18 Monday, May 8 DET PHA L 5 6 6-12 8 5.5 Nelson 2:16 2,751 -------
19 19 Wednesday, May 10 DET WSH W 5 1 7-12 7 6.0 Bridges 2:03 4,072 +
20 20 Thursday, May 11 DET WSH L 2 4 7-13 7 7.0 Haynes 2:03 4,294 -
21 21 Friday, May 12 DET @ SLB L 0 1 7-14 8 7.5 Kramer 1:51 899 --
22 22 Saturday, May 13 DET @ SLB L 3 5 7-15 8 8.0 Newsom 2:22 2,778 ---
23 23 Sunday, May 14 DET @ SLB W 14 4 8-15 7 7.5 McKain 2:12 0 +
24 24 Sunday, May 14 DET @ SLB W 7 4 9-15 7 7.5 Eisenstat 2:06 15,328 ++
25 25 Tuesday, May 16 DET @ WSH W 6 2 10-15 5 8.0 Bridges 2:00 2,000 +++
26 26 Wednesday, May 17 DET @ WSH L 1 4 10-16 6 9.0 Masterson 2:16 4,000 -
27 27 Thursday, May 18 DET @ WSH L 2 3 10-17 6 10.0 Carrasquel 1:47 3,500 --
28 28 Friday, May 19 DET @ PHA L 6 11 10-18 7 11.0 Ross 2:37 2,000 ---
29 29 Saturday, May 20 DET @ PHA L 5 6 10-19 8 12.0 Joyce 1:43 8,000 ----
30 30 Sunday, May 21 DET @ BOS L 3 8 10-20 8 13.0 Grove 2:10 24,000 -----
31 31 Tuesday, May 23 DET @ BOS W 7 2 11-20 8 13.0 Newsom 2:10 2,500 +
32 32 Wednesday, May 24 DET @ NYY W 6 1 12-20 7 12.0 Trout 2:07 10,875 ++
33 33 Thursday, May 25 DET @ NYY L 2 5 12-21 7 13.0 Ruffing 1:55 12,087 -
34 34 Saturday, May 27 DET SLB W 12 5 13-21 6 14.0 Bridges 2:17 17,345 +
35 35 Sunday, May 28 DET SLB W 6 2 14-21 5 14.0 Newsom 2:27 10,920 ++
36 36 Monday, May 29 DET SLB W 10 9 15-21 5 14.0 Thomas 2:17 3,985 +++
37 37 Tuesday, May 30 DET @ CHW L 2 6 15-22 5 14.0 Lyons 2:02 0 -
38 38 Tuesday, May 30 DET @ CHW W 8 3 16-22 5 14.0 Trout 2:08 35,000 +
39 39 Thursday, Jun 1 DET BOS L 5 14 16-23 5 15.0 Auker 2:34 6,871 -
40 40 Friday, Jun 2 DET BOS W 8 5 17-23 5 15.0 Benton 2:19 3,914 +
41 41 Sunday, Jun 4 DET NYY L 4 8 17-24 6 16.5 Ruffing 2:21 44,190 -
42 42 Monday, Jun 5 DET NYY W 3 0 18-24 5 15.5 Bridges 2:04 9,910 +
43 43 Tuesday, Jun 6 DET NYY W 6 2 19-24 5 14.5 Newsom 2:19 11,924 ++
44 44 Wednesday, Jun 7 DET PHA L 4 5 19-25 5 15.5 Nelson 2:05 9,067 -
45 45 Thursday, Jun 8 DET PHA W 8 4 20-25 5 15.5 Trout 1:55 3,353 +
46 46 Friday, Jun 9 DET PHA W 14 4 21-25 5 15.0 Benton 2:05 3,069 ++
47 47 Saturday, Jun 10 DET WSH W 6 5 22-25 5 14.0 Coffman 2:20 0 +++
48 48 Saturday, Jun 10 DET WSH W 17 5 23-25 5 14.0 Eisenstat 2:11 14,833 ++++
49 49 Sunday, Jun 11 DET WSH W 6 3 24-25 5 14.5 Newsom 2:14 10,229 +++++
50 50 Wednesday, Jun 14 DET @ BOS W 9 8 25-25 5 13.0 Thomas 2:18 0 ++++++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Wednesday, Jun 14 DET @ BOS W 6 2 26-25 5 13.0 Trout 2:00 7,000 +++++++
52 52 Thursday, Jun 15 DET @ BOS W 6 3 27-25 5 13.0 Bridges 2:16 3,300 ++++++++
53 53 Friday, Jun 16 DET @ BOS W 8 7 28-25 5 13.0 Benton 2:10 3,200 +++++++++
54 54 Saturday, Jun 17 DET @ NYY L 0 1 28-26 5 14.0 Ruffing 2:30 18,599 -
55 55 Sunday, Jun 18 DET @ NYY W 8 5 29-26 3 13.0 Rowe 1:55 32,679 +
56 56 Monday, Jun 19 DET @ NYY L 5 8 29-27 5 14.0 Hildebrand 1:47 6,469 -
57 57 Tuesday, Jun 20 DET @ PHA W 5 0 30-27 4 14.0 Bridges 2:08 13,048 +
58 58 Thursday, Jun 22 DET @ PHA L 5 6 30-28 4 15.5 Nelson 2:43 12,000 -
59 59 Friday, Jun 23 DET @ WSH W 7 4 31-28 4 15.0 Benton 2:16 10,000 +
60 60 Saturday, Jun 24 DET @ WSH L 4 12 31-29 4 16.0 Carrasquel 2:10 8,000 -
61 61 Sunday, Jun 25 DET @ WSH W 6 5 32-29 4 15.5 Thomas 2:17 12,000 +
62 62 Monday, Jun 26 DET @ CLE W 11 2 33-29 3 14.5 Bridges 2:35 3,500 ++
63 63 Tuesday, Jun 27 DET @ CLE L 0 5 33-30 4 15.0 Feller 2:03 55,305 -
64 64 Friday, Jun 30 DET CHW W 3 1 34-30 3 16.0 Newsom 2:00 4,997 +
65 65 Saturday, Jul 1 DET CHW W 6 5 35-30 4 15.5 Thomas 2:16 0 ++
66 66 Saturday, Jul 1 DET CHW L 3 4 35-31 4 15.5 Smith 2:22 26,879 -
67 67 Sunday, Jul 2 DET CHW W 5 1 36-31 3 15.0 Bridges 2:00 17,858 +
68 68 Monday, Jul 3 DET CLE L 2 4 36-32 4 15.5 Feller 2:03 15,474 -
69 69 Tuesday, Jul 4 DET CLE W 4 0 37-32 3 15.0 Newsom 2:17 56,272 +
70 70 Thursday, Jul 6 DET @ SLB W 9 5 38-32 3 15.0 Giebell 2:32 729 ++
71 71 Friday, Jul 7 DET @ SLB L 6 8 38-33 3 15.0 Kimberlin 1:59 642 -
72 72 Saturday, Jul 8 DET @ CHW L 5 10 38-34 4 14.5 Lee 2:14 6,000 --
73 73 Sunday, Jul 9 DET @ CHW L 3 4 38-35 5 14.5 Brown 2:15 0 ---
74 74 Sunday, Jul 9 DET @ CHW L 3 6 38-36 5 14.5 Rigney 2:14 30,000 ----
75 75 Thursday, Jul 13 DET NYY W 10 6 39-36 5 13.5 Thomas 2:57 25,764 +
76 76 Friday, Jul 14 DET NYY L 3 6 39-37 5 14.5 Ruffing 2:10 19,279 -
77 77 Saturday, Jul 15 DET NYY L 7 10 39-38 5 15.5 Pearson 2:29 31,253 --
78 78 Sunday, Jul 16 DET BOS L 2 9 39-39 5 17.5 Grove 1:58 0 ---
79 79 Sunday, Jul 16 DET BOS L 0 3 39-40 5 17.5 Galehouse 1:39 48,152 ----
80 80 Monday, Jul 17 DET BOS W 13 6 40-40 5 17.5 Newsom 2:21 5,860 +
81 81 Tuesday, Jul 18 DET WSH L 2 10 40-41 5 19.0 Krakauskas 2:03 4,620 -
82 82 Wednesday, Jul 19 DET WSH W 11 0 41-41 5 18.5 Rowe 1:50 5,626 +
83 83 Thursday, Jul 20 DET WSH L 7 8 41-42 5 19.5 Kelley 1:58 5,234 -
84 84 Friday, Jul 21 DET PHA L 2 6 41-43 5 19.5 Pippen 2:30 4,221 --
85 85 Saturday, Jul 22 DET PHA L 2 4 41-44 5 19.5 Nelson 2:31 0 ---
86 86 Saturday, Jul 22 DET PHA W 11 10 42-44 5 19.5 Benton 2:22 14,009 +
87 87 Sunday, Jul 23 DET PHA W 16 3 43-44 5 19.0 Bridges 2:21 9,772 ++
88 88 Tuesday, Jul 25 DET @ WSH L 3 5 43-45 5 20.0 Leonard 1:57 2,500 -
89 89 Wednesday, Jul 26 DET @ WSH W 3 1 44-45 5 20.0 Newsom 1:54 4,000 +
90 90 Thursday, Jul 27 DET @ WSH W 8 1 45-45 5 19.5 Trout 1:39 1,200 ++
91 91 Friday, Jul 28 DET @ PHA L 0 3 45-46 5 20.5 Ross 1:52 12,000 -
92 92 Saturday, Jul 29 DET @ PHA W 7 6 46-46 5 20.0 Bridges 2:25 6,000 +
93 93 Sunday, Jul 30 DET @ PHA W 14 0 47-46 5 19.0 Newsom 2:05 0 ++
94 94 Sunday, Jul 30 DET @ PHA W 5 3 48-46 5 19.0 Hutchinson 2:14 10,251 +++
95 95 Tuesday, Aug 1 DET @ NYY W 5 2 49-46 5 18.0 Trout 2:05 10,382 ++++
96 96 Wednesday, Aug 2 DET @ NYY W 7 2 50-46 5 17.0 Rowe 2:10 12,341 +++++
97 97 Thursday, Aug 3 DET @ NYY L 3 12 50-47 5 18.0 Pearson 2:12 9,010 -
98 98 Saturday, Aug 5 DET @ BOS W 16 4 51-47 4 18.5 Bridges 2:25 11,000 +
99 99 Sunday, Aug 6 DET @ BOS W 10 1 52-47 4 17.5 Hutchinson 2:03 0 ++
100 100 Sunday, Aug 6 DET @ BOS L 3 8 52-48 4 17.5 Wilson 1:47 35,000 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Tuesday, Aug 8 DET CHW L 3 5 52-49 5 17.5 Rigney 2:34 10,375 --
102 102 Wednesday, Aug 9 DET CHW W 10 3 53-49 5 17.5 Rowe 2:02 10,645 +
103 103 Thursday, Aug 10 DET CHW W 4 3 54-49 5 16.5 Bridges 2:12 10,545 ++
104 104 Friday, Aug 11 DET SLB W 4 3 55-49 4 16.5 Newsom 2:16 5,118 +++
105 105 Saturday, Aug 12 DET SLB L 3 17 55-50 5 17.5 Kennedy 2:13 9,838 -
106 106 Sunday, Aug 13 DET SLB L 7 11 55-51 5 18.0 Mills 2:32 11,763 --
107 107 Monday, Aug 14 DET CLE L 4 8 55-52 5 18.0 Milnar 2:19 0 ---
108 108 Monday, Aug 14 DET CLE W 10 3 56-52 5 18.0 Rowe 1:56 23,209 +
109 109 Tuesday, Aug 15 DET CLE W 12 3 57-52 5 18.0 Newsom 1:54 7,665 ++
110 110 Wednesday, Aug 16 DET @ CHW L 6 7 57-53 5 19.0 Brown 2:45 5,000 -
111 111 Thursday, Aug 17 DET @ CHW L 1 2 57-54 5 20.0 Knott 2:02 7,000 --
112 112 Saturday, Aug 19 DET @ SLB W 9 3 58-54 5 20.0 Rowe 2:20 1,250 +
113 113 Sunday, Aug 20 DET @ SLB L 2 6 58-55 5 20.5 Kennedy 1:55 4,514 -
114 114 Tuesday, Aug 22 DET PHA W 9 4 59-55 5 20.5 Bridges 1:59 4,845 +
115 115 Wednesday, Aug 23 DET PHA L 6 7 59-56 5 22.0 Pippen 2:16 3,323 -
116 116 Thursday, Aug 24 DET WSH W 8 1 60-56 5 22.0 Trout 1:41 6,265 +
117 117 Friday, Aug 25 DET WSH W 5 2 61-56 5 22.5 Newsom 2:07 5,693 ++
118 118 Saturday, Aug 26 DET WSH W 6 3 62-56 5 22.5 McKain 1:49 9,838 +++
119 119 Sunday, Aug 27 DET NYY L 3 13 62-57 5 23.5 Ruffing 1:48 47,966 -
120 120 Monday, Aug 28 DET NYY L 2 18 62-58 5 24.5 Russo 2:03 14,281 --
121 121 Tuesday, Aug 29 DET NYY W 7 6 63-58 5 23.5 McKain 2:31 11,397 +
122 122 Wednesday, Aug 30 DET BOS W 7 6 64-58 5 22.5 Coffman 2:05 6,316 ++
123 123 Thursday, Aug 31 DET BOS W 11 4 65-58 5 22.0 Trout 2:16 +++
124 124 Friday, Sep 1 DET BOS W 14 10 66-58 5 22.0 Rowe 2:20 5,741 ++++
125 125 Saturday, Sep 2 DET @ CHW L 0 2 66-59 5 22.0 Rigney 1:58 5,000 -
126 126 Sunday, Sep 3 DET @ CHW L 1 8 66-60 5 21.5 Lee 1:52 0 --
127 127 Sunday, Sep 3 DET @ CHW W 7 2 67-60 5 21.5 Hutchinson 2:03 15,000 +
128 128 Monday, Sep 4 DET SLB L 2 3 67-61 5 23.0 Harris 1:55 0 -
129 129 Monday, Sep 4 DET SLB T 5 5 67-61 5 23.0 2:10 11,957 -
130 130 Tuesday, Sep 5 DET SLB W 4 2 68-61 5 22.5 Benton 1:52 1,797 +
131 131 Wednesday, Sep 6 DET @ CLE W 2 0 69-61 4 22.5 McKain 2:07 2,000 ++
132 132 Thursday, Sep 7 DET @ CLE L 8 9 69-62 5 23.5 Harder 2:15 5,000 -
133 133 Sunday, Sep 10 DET CHW W 5 1 70-62 5 25.5 Newsom 2:06 0 +
134 134 Sunday, Sep 10 DET CHW L 9 11 70-63 5 25.5 Smith 2:29 24,517 -
135 135 Tuesday, Sep 12 DET @ BOS L 1 2 70-64 5 25.5 Galehouse 1:49 1,800 --
136 136 Wednesday, Sep 13 DET @ BOS L 0 1 70-65 5 25.5 Grove 1:36 2,400 ---
137 137 Thursday, Sep 14 DET @ NYY W 6 1 71-65 5 24.5 Newsom 2:14 10,938 +
138 138 Friday, Sep 15 DET @ NYY L 3 10 71-66 5 25.5 Sundra 2:07 10,538 -
139 139 Saturday, Sep 16 DET @ NYY L 5 8 71-67 5 26.5 Russo 2:14 10,626 --
140 140 Sunday, Sep 17 DET @ WSH W 3 2 72-67 5 25.0 McKain 2:35 15,000 +
141 141 Monday, Sep 18 DET @ WSH L 2 4 72-68 5 26.0 Leonard 1:47 600 -
142 142 Tuesday, Sep 19 DET @ PHA W 8 4 73-68 5 26.0 Thomas 2:32 500 +
143 143 Wednesday, Sep 20 DET @ PHA L 4 5 73-69 5 27.0 Caster 2:38 5,000 -
144 144 Thursday, Sep 21 DET @ PHA W 7 6 74-69 5 27.0 Rowe 2:14 5,000 +
145 145 Friday, Sep 22 DET @ CLE L 4 5 74-70 5 27.5 Feller 2:00 6,000 -
146 146 Saturday, Sep 23 DET @ CLE W 6 3 75-70 5 27.5 Newsom 2:22 10,000 +
147 147 Sunday, Sep 24 DET @ CLE W 2 1 76-70 5 27.0 Bridges 2:02 0 ++
148 148 Sunday, Sep 24 DET @ CLE W 9 1 77-70 5 27.0 Trout 1:25 20,000 +++
149 149 Tuesday, Sep 26 DET @ SLB W 5 4 78-70 5 26.0 Thomas 2:01 0 ++++
150 150 Tuesday, Sep 26 DET @ SLB W 7 5 79-70 5 26.0 Rowe 1:31 625 +++++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Wednesday, Sep 27 DET @ SLB W 7 4 80-70 5 25.5 Newsom 2:15 386 ++++++
152 152 Friday, Sep 29 DET CLE L 3 4 80-71 5 26.5 Harder 2:06 0 -
153 153 Friday, Sep 29 DET CLE L 0 3 80-72 5 26.5 Milnar 1:00 7,509 --
154 154 Sunday, Oct 1 DET CLE L 3 8 80-73 5 26.5 Feller 2:13 0 ---
155 155 Sunday, Oct 1 DET CLE W 1 0 81-73 5 26.5 Newsom 1:00 15,383 +
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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