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1939 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938/1940) 81-73, Finished 5th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 849 runs, Allowed 762 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-69 Managed by Del Baker Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 836,279 (2nd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 106   (one-year): Batting - 111, Pitching - 109   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Birdie Tebbetts     26  106  341   37   89  22  2   4   53  25   20  .261  .315  .372   2   1   8   2   8           70
1B  Hank Greenberg      28  138  500  112  156  42  7  33  112  91   95  .312  .420  .622   8   3   8   2  11          156
2B *Charlie Gehringer   36  118  406   86  132  29  6  16   86  68   16  .325  .423  .544   4   3   7   1  11          139
3B  Pinky Higgins       30  132  489   57  135  23  2   8   76  56   41  .276  .353  .380   7   4  14   2  14           82
SS  Frank Croucher      24   97  324   38   87  15  0   5   40  16   42  .269  .303  .361   2   2  10   0  11           64
OF *Barney McCosky      22  147  611  120  190  33 14   4   58  70   45  .311  .384  .430  20   4   7   2   9          102
OF  Pete Fox            30  141  519   69  153  24  6   7   66  35   41  .295  .342  .405  23  12  13   2   5           85
OF *Earl Averill        37   87  309   58   81  20  6  10   58  43   30  .262  .354  .463   4   2   4   1  11          102
    Rudy York           25  102  329   66  101  16  1  20   68  41   50  .307  .387  .544   5   0   8   2   4          129
   *Benny McCoy         23   55  192   38   58  13  6   1   33  29   26  .302  .394  .448   3   1   4   0   6          109
   #Roy Cullenbine      25   75  179   31   43   9  2   6   23  34   29  .240  .362  .413   0   1   2   0   1           92
   #Billy Rogell        34   74  174   24   40   6  3   2   23  26   14  .230  .330  .333   3   1   2   0   6           65
    Red Kress           32   51  157   19   38   7  0   1   22  17   16  .242  .316  .306   2   1   7   0   4           55
   *Dixie Walker        28   43  154   30   47   4  5   4   19  15    8  .305  .367  .474   4   1   5   0   8          108
    Beau Bell           31   54  134   14   32   4  2   0   24  24   16  .239  .358  .299   0   1   6   1   8           65
    Mark Christman      25    6   16    0    4   2  0   0    0   0    2  .250  .250  .375   0   0   2   0   0           53
   *Les Fleming         23    8   16    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0         -100
    Chet Laabs          27    5   16    1    5   1  1   0    2   2    0  .313  .389  .500   0   0   1   0   0          119
    Merv Shea           38    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Dixie Parsons       23    5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   0   0           35

    Bobo Newsom         31   35   97    6   18   0  1   0    7   1   16  .186  .194  .206   0   0   6   0   4            0
    Tommy Bridges       32   29   71   11   14   2  0   0    6   8   24  .197  .278  .225   0   0   0   0   8           27
    Schoolboy Rowe      29   31   61    7   15   0  1   1   12   5    7  .246  .303  .328   1   1   3   0   3           57
    Dizzy Trout         24   35   57    7   12   2  1   0    2   1    9  .211  .224  .281   0   0   1   0   2           25
    Al Benton           28   37   44    5    4   0  0   0    1   0   15  .091  .111  .091   0   0   3   1   7          -49
   #Archie McKain       28   32   41    7    9   2  1   2    5   8   12  .220  .347  .463   0   0   1   0   0          100
   *Fred Hutchinson     19   13   34    5   13   1  0   0    6   2    0  .382  .417  .412   0   0   2   0   0          107
    Bud Thomas          28   27    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    6  .111  .111  .111   0   0   0   0   1          -45
   *Harry Eisenstat     23   10    8    0    3   0  0   0    0   0    2  .375  .375  .375   0   0   0   0   1           87
   *Vern Kennedy        32    4    7    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .286  .286  .286   0   0   0   0   0           43
    Slick Coffman       28   23    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .167  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -55
    Bob Harris          24    5    5    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    0  .400  .400  .400   0   0   0   0   0          100
    Cotton Pippen       28    3    5    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    0  .400  .400  .400   0   0   0   0   0          100
    Roxie Lawson        33    2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
   *Floyd Giebell       29    9    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
    George Gill         30    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Red Lynn            25    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Jim Walkup          29    7    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0          149
   *Hal Newhouser       18    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.4  155 5326  849 1487 277 67 124  803 620  592  .279  .354  .426  88  38 125  16 145          100
    Rank among 8 AL teams          3    3    4   4  3   2        2    2     4     3     3   3   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bobo Newsom         31  35   3.37  17  10  2  31   4  21   3  246.0  222  100   92  14  104  164 1050   4   2  0     145
SP  Tommy Bridges       32  29   3.50  17   7  2  26   2  16   2  198.0  186   87   77  11   61  129  840   4   6  0     140
SP  Schoolboy Rowe      29  28   4.99  10  12  0  24   2   8   1  164.0  192  113   91  17   61   51  734   2   2  0      98
SP  Dizzy Trout         24  33   3.61   9  10  2  22   6   6   0  162.0  168   82   65   5   74   72  716   5   4  1     136
SP  Fred Hutchinson     19  13   5.21   3   6  0  12   0   3   0   84.7   95   56   49   9   51   22  391   1   0  0      94

CL  Al Benton           28  37   4.56   6   8  5  16  18   3   0  150.0  182   94   76  11   58   67  693   5   1  0     107
RP  Bud Thomas          28  27   4.18   7   0  1   0  15   0   0   47.3   45   25   22   7   20   14  202   2   0  0     117
RP  Slick Coffman       28  23   6.38   2   1  0   1  10   0   0   42.3   51   36   30   4   22   10  201   1   1  0      77
RP *Archie McKain       28  32   3.68   5   6  4  11  12   4   1  129.7  120   66   53   6   54   49  554   1   0  0     133
RP  Floyd Giebell       29   9   2.93   1   1  0   0   6   0   0   15.3   19    7    5   1   12    9   74   2   0  0     167

   *Harry Eisenstat     23  10   6.98   2   2  0   2   5   1   0   29.7   39   24   23   3    9    6  135   1   0  0      70
    Vern Kennedy        32   4   6.43   0   3  0   4   0   1   0   21.0   25   15   15   4    9    9   95   0   1  0      76
    Bob Harris          24   5   4.00   1   1  0   1   2   0   0   18.0   18    8    8   4    8    9   76   2   0  0     122
    Cotton Pippen       28   3   7.07   0   1  0   2   0   0   0   14.0   18   13   11   1    6    5   69   0   0  0      69
    Jim Walkup          29   7   7.50   0   1  0   0   4   0   0   12.0   15   10   10   3    8    5   59   0   0  0      65
    Roxie Lawson        33   2   4.76   1   1  0   1   1   0   0   11.3    7    7    6   1    7    4   50   0   0  0     103
    George Gill         30   3   8.31   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    8.7   14    8    8   1    3    1   42   0   0  0      59
    Red Lynn            25   4   8.64   0   1  0   0   3   0   0    8.3   11    8    8   2    3    3   40   0   1  1      57
   *Hal Newhouser       18   1   5.40   0   1  0   1   0   1   0    5.0    3    3    3   0    4    4   22   3   0  0      91
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.0 155   4.29  81  73 16 155  91  64   8 1367.0 1430  762  652 104  574  633 6043  33  18  2     114
    Rank among 8 AL teams           3   5   4  4           4   3      3    4    4        6    4    1
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BTebbetts 100 449 64 16 10 .970 8 RYork 67 283 38 5 5 .985 6 DParsons 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 MShea 4 1 0 1 0 .500 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 735 102 22 15 .974 14 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HGreenberg 136 1205 75 9 108 .993 9.41 RYork 19 151 1 0 17 1.000 8.00 RCullenbine 2 23 2 0 4 1.000 12.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1379 78 9 129 .994 9.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .965 5.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CGehringer 107 245 312 13 67 .977 5.21 BMcCoy 34 79 104 8 19 .958 5.38 RKress 16 29 47 6 13 .927 4.75 FCroucher 3 5 8 1 3 .929 4.33 BRogell 2 8 5 1 2 .929 6.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 366 476 29 104 .967 5.54 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .943 3.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PHiggins 130 140 241 36 22 .914 2.93 BRogell 21 17 40 4 3 .934 2.71 MChristman 5 4 5 1 1 .900 1.80 RKress 4 7 7 1 1 .933 3.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 168 293 42 27 .917 3.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .950 4.68 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FCroucher 93 139 256 28 47 .934 4.25 BRogell 43 59 90 11 21 .931 3.47 RKress 25 48 69 5 15 .959 4.68 BMcCoy 16 29 46 3 6 .962 4.69 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 275 461 47 89 .940 4.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .969 2.35 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BMcCosky 145 428 7 6 2 .986 3.00 0 145 0 PFox 126 275 12 9 3 .970 2.28 0 0 126 EAverill 80 157 3 4 0 .976 2.00 75 5 0 RCullenbine 46 81 2 9 1 .902 1.80 24 4 19 BBell 37 73 4 0 1 1.000 2.08 37 0 0 DWalker 37 93 4 3 1 .970 2.62 23 4 11 CLaabs 5 13 1 1 0 .933 2.80 5 0 0 LFleming 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1 0 2 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1126 33 32 8 .973 2.54 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .951 1.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BNewsom 35 8 33 3 1 .932 1.50 TBridges 29 8 28 3 2 .923 1.64 SRowe 28 9 27 2 5 .947 1.98 DTrout 33 3 23 4 1 .867 1.44 ABenton 37 6 27 2 0 .943 1.98 AMcKain 32 1 15 2 0 .889 1.11 FHutchinson 13 6 13 0 1 1.000 2.02 BThomas 27 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.28 SCoffman 23 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.91 HEisenstat 10 3 8 0 1 1.000 3.33 VKennedy 4 1 6 0 1 1.000 3.00 BHarris 5 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.50 FGiebell 9 1 1 1 0 .667 1.18 CPippen 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 JWalkup 7 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 RLawson 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.39 GGill 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.07 RLynn 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.17 HNewhouser 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 52 211 17 14 .939 1.73 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Gehringer .325 On-base % Gehringer .423 Slugging % Greenberg .622 OPS Greenberg 1.042 Games McCosky 147 At Bats McCosky 611 Plate Appearances (approx.) McCosky 692 Runs McCosky 120 Hits McCosky 190 Total Bases Greenberg 311 Doubles Greenberg 42 Triples McCosky 14 Home Runs Greenberg 33 RBI Greenberg 112 Bases on Balls Greenberg 91 Strikeouts Greenberg 95 Stolen Bases Fox 23 Singles McCosky 139 Adjusted OPS+ Greenberg 156 Runs Created Greenberg 130 Adjusted Batting Runs Greenberg 44 Batting Wins Greenberg 4.0 Extra-Base Hits Greenberg 82 Times on Base McCosky 262 Offensive Win% Greenberg .757 Hit By Pitch Fox, Greenberg, Higgins, McCosky, and Tebbetts 2 Sac. Hits Higgins 14 Grounded into Double Plays Higgins 14 Caught Stealing Fox 12 Power/Speed Number Greenberg 12.9 At Bats per Strikeout Gehringer 25.4 At Bats per Home Run Greenberg 15.2 Outs McCosky 441

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Newsom 3.37 Wins Bridges and Newsom 17 Won-Loss % Bridges .708 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Bridges 1.247 Hits Allowed/9IP Newsom 8.12 Bases on Balls/9IP Bridges 2.77 Strikeouts/9IP Newsom 6.00 Games Benton 37 Saves Benton 5 Innings Newsom 246.0 Strikeouts Newsom 164 Games Started Newsom 31 Comp. Games Newsom 21 Shutouts Newsom 3 Home Runs Allow. Rowe 17 Bases On Balls Allow. Newsom 104 Hits Allowed Newsom 222 SO to Walk Bridges 2.11 Losses Rowe 12 Earned Runs Allow. Newsom 92 Wild Pitches Benton and Trout 5 Hit Batsmen Bridges 6 Batters Faced Newsom 1050 Games Finished Benton 18 Adjusted ERA+ Newsom 145

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Tommy Bridges
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Bobo Newsom

1938/1940

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