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1939 Detroit Tigers (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
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.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 Stats (1938/1940) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

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.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    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
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

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.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageGehringer.325
On-base %Gehringer.423
Slugging %Greenberg.622
OPSGreenberg1.042
GamesMcCosky147
At BatsMcCosky611
Plate Appearances (approx.)McCosky692
RunsMcCosky120
HitsMcCosky190
Total BasesGreenberg311
DoublesGreenberg42
TriplesMcCosky14
Home RunsGreenberg33
RBIGreenberg112
Bases on BallsGreenberg91
StrikeoutsGreenberg95
Stolen BasesFox23
SinglesMcCosky139
Adjusted OPS+Greenberg156
Runs CreatedGreenberg130
Adjusted Batting RunsGreenberg44
Batting WinsGreenberg4.0
Extra-Base HitsGreenberg82
Times on BaseMcCosky262
Offensive Win%Greenberg.757
Hit By PitchFox, Greenberg, Higgins, McCosky, and Tebbetts2
Sac. HitsHiggins14
Grounded into Double PlaysHiggins14
Caught StealingFox12
Power/Speed NumberGreenberg12.9
At Bats per StrikeoutGehringer25.4
At Bats per Home RunGreenberg15.2
OutsMcCosky441

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERANewsom3.37
WinsBridges and Newsom17
Won-Loss %Bridges.708
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Bridges1.247
Hits Allowed/9IPNewsom8.12
Bases on Balls/9IPBridges2.77
Strikeouts/9IPNewsom6.00
GamesBenton37
SavesBenton5
InningsNewsom246.0
StrikeoutsNewsom164
Games StartedNewsom31
Comp. GamesNewsom21
ShutoutsNewsom3
Home Runs Allow.Rowe17
Bases On Balls Allow.Newsom104
Hits AllowedNewsom222
SO to WalkBridges2.11
LossesRowe12
Earned Runs Allow.Newsom92
Wild PitchesBenton and Trout5
Hit BatsmenBridges6
Batters FacedNewsom1050
Games FinishedBenton18
Adjusted ERA+Newsom145

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Tommy Bridges
Hank Greenberg (Starting 1B)
Bobo Newsom

1938/1940

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