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1939 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Birdie Tebbetts 26 106 376 341 37 89 22 2 4 53 2 1 25 20 .261 .315 .372 .688 70 127 8 2 8
2 1B Hank Greenberg 28 138 604 500 112 156 42 7 33 112 8 3 91 95 .312 .420 .622 1.042 156 311 8 2 11
3 2B Charlie Gehringer* 36 118 486 406 86 132 29 6 16 86 4 3 68 16 .325 .423 .544 .967 139 221 7 1 11
4 SS Frank Croucher 24 97 351 324 38 87 15 0 5 40 2 2 16 42 .269 .303 .361 .664 64 117 10 0 11
5 3B Pinky Higgins 30 132 561 489 57 135 23 2 8 76 7 4 56 41 .276 .353 .380 .733 82 186 14 2 14
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
6 Barney McCosky* 22 147 692 611 120 190 33 14 4 58 20 4 70 45 .311 .384 .430 .814 102 263 7 2 9
7 Pete Fox 30 141 561 519 69 153 24 6 7 66 23 12 35 41 .295 .342 .405 .746 85 210 13 2 5
8 UT Rudy York 25 102 376 329 66 101 16 1 20 68 5 0 41 50 .307 .387 .544 .931 129 179 8 2 4
9 Earl Averill* 37 87 364 309 58 81 20 6 10 58 4 2 43 30 .262 .354 .463 .817 102 143 4 1 11
10 MI Benny McCoy* 23 55 227 192 38 58 13 6 1 33 3 1 29 26 .302 .394 .448 .842 109 86 4 0 6
11 1B Roy Cullenbine# 25 75 214 179 31 43 9 2 6 23 0 1 34 29 .240 .362 .413 .775 92 74 2 0 1
12 IF Billy Rogell# 34 74 206 174 24 40 6 3 2 23 3 1 26 14 .230 .330 .333 .663 65 58 2 0 6
13 MI Red Kress 32 51 178 157 19 38 7 0 1 22 2 1 17 16 .242 .316 .306 .622 55 48 7 0 4
14 Dixie Walker* 28 43 177 154 30 47 4 5 4 19 4 1 15 8 .305 .367 .474 .841 108 73 5 0 8
15 Beau Bell 31 54 167 134 14 32 4 2 0 24 0 1 24 16 .239 .358 .299 .657 65 40 6 1 8
16 Chet Laabs 27 5 18 16 1 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 .313 .389 .500 .889 119 8 1 0 0
17 3B Mark Christman 25 6 16 16 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .375 .625 53 6 2 0 0
18 Les Fleming* 23 8 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0
19 C Merv Shea 38 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
20 C Dixie Parsons 23 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 35 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
21 P Bobo Newsom 31 35 102 97 6 18 0 1 0 7 0 0 1 16 .186 .194 .206 .400 -0 20 6 0 4
22 P Tommy Bridges 32 29 87 71 11 14 2 0 0 6 0 0 8 24 .197 .278 .225 .504 27 16 0 0 8
23 P Schoolboy Rowe 29 31 69 61 7 15 0 1 1 12 1 1 5 7 .246 .303 .328 .631 57 20 3 0 3
24 P Dizzy Trout 24 35 60 57 7 12 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 9 .211 .224 .281 .505 25 16 1 0 2
25 P Al Benton 28 37 52 44 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 .091 .111 .091 .202 -49 4 3 1 7
26 P Archie McKain# 28 32 49 41 7 9 2 1 2 5 0 0 8 12 .220 .347 .463 .810 100 19 1 0 0
27 P Fred Hutchinson* 19 13 36 34 5 13 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 .382 .417 .412 .828 107 14 2 0 0
28 P Bud Thomas 28 27 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .111 .111 .111 .222 -45 1 0 0 1
29 P Harry Eisenstat* 23 10 9 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750 87 3 0 0 1
30 P Vern Kennedy* 32 4 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 43 2 0 0 0
31 P Slick Coffman 28 23 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -55 0 0 0 0
32 P Cotton Pippen 28 3 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 100 2 0 0 0
33 P Roxie Lawson 33 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
34 P Bob Harris 24 5 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 100 2 0 0 0
35 P Floyd Giebell* 29 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
36 P Jim Walkup 29 7 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 149 1 0 0 0
37 P George Gill 30 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
38 P Red Lynn 25 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
39 P Hal Newhouser* 18 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.4 155 6106 5326 849 1487 277 67 124 803 88 38 619 593 .279 .356 .426 .782 94 2270 125 16 145
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 3 4 4 3 2 3 5 2 2 4 3 3 3 3
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Bobo Newsom 31 17 10 .630 3.37 35 31 4 21 3 2 246.0 222 100 92 14 104 164 2 0 4 1050 145 1.325 8.1 0.5 3.8 6.0 1.58
2 SP Tommy Bridges 32 17 7 .708 3.50 29 26 2 16 2 2 198.0 186 87 77 11 61 129 6 0 4 840 140 1.247 8.5 0.5 2.8 5.9 2.11
3 SP Schoolboy Rowe 29 10 12 .455 4.99 28 24 2 8 1 0 164.0 192 113 91 17 61 51 2 0 2 734 98 1.543 10.5 0.9 3.3 2.8 0.84
4 SP Dizzy Trout 24 9 10 .474 3.61 33 22 6 6 0 2 162.0 168 82 65 5 74 72 4 1 5 716 136 1.494 9.3 0.3 4.1 4.0 0.97
5 SP Fred Hutchinson 19 3 6 .333 5.21 13 12 0 3 0 0 84.2 95 56 49 9 51 22 0 0 1 391 94 1.724 10.1 1.0 5.4 2.3 0.43
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Al Benton 28 6 8 .429 4.56 37 16 18 3 0 5 150.0 182 94 76 11 58 67 1 0 5 693 107 1.600 10.9 0.7 3.5 4.0 1.16
7 RP Archie McKain* 28 5 6 .455 3.68 32 11 12 4 1 4 129.2 120 66 53 6 54 49 0 0 1 554 133 1.342 8.3 0.4 3.7 3.4 0.91
8 RP Bud Thomas 28 7 0 1.000 4.18 27 0 15 0 0 1 47.1 45 25 22 7 20 14 0 0 2 202 117 1.373 8.6 1.3 3.8 2.7 0.70
9 RP Slick Coffman 28 2 1 .667 6.38 23 1 10 0 0 0 42.1 51 36 30 4 22 10 1 0 1 201 77 1.724 10.8 0.9 4.7 2.1 0.45
10 RP Harry Eisenstat* 23 2 2 .500 6.98 10 2 5 1 0 0 29.2 39 24 23 3 9 6 0 0 1 135 70 1.618 11.8 0.9 2.7 1.8 0.67
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Vern Kennedy 32 0 3 .000 6.43 4 4 0 1 0 0 21.0 25 15 15 4 9 9 1 0 0 95 76 1.619 10.7 1.7 3.9 3.9 1.00
12 Bob Harris 24 1 1 .500 4.00 5 1 2 0 0 0 18.0 18 8 8 4 8 9 0 0 2 76 122 1.444 9.0 2.0 4.0 4.5 1.13
13 Floyd Giebell 29 1 1 .500 2.93 9 0 6 0 0 0 15.1 19 7 5 1 12 9 0 0 2 74 167 2.022 11.2 0.6 7.0 5.3 0.75
14 Cotton Pippen 28 0 1 .000 7.07 3 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 18 13 11 1 6 5 0 0 0 69 69 1.714 11.6 0.6 3.9 3.2 0.83
15 Jim Walkup 29 0 1 .000 7.50 7 0 4 0 0 0 12.0 15 10 10 3 8 5 0 0 0 59 65 1.917 11.3 2.3 6.0 3.8 0.63
16 Roxie Lawson 33 1 1 .500 4.76 2 1 1 0 0 0 11.1 7 7 6 1 7 4 0 0 0 50 103 1.235 5.6 0.8 5.6 3.2 0.57
17 George Gill 30 0 1 .000 8.31 3 1 1 0 0 0 8.2 14 8 8 1 3 1 0 0 0 42 59 1.962 14.5 1.0 3.1 1.0 0.33
18 Red Lynn 25 0 1 .000 8.64 4 0 3 0 0 0 8.1 11 8 8 2 3 3 1 1 0 40 57 1.680 11.9 2.2 3.2 3.2 1.00
19 Hal Newhouser* 18 0 1 .000 5.40 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.0 3 3 3 0 4 4 0 0 3 22 91 1.400 5.4 0.0 7.2 7.2 1.00
Team Totals 28.1 81 73 .526 4.29 155 155 91 64 7 16 1367.1 1430 762 652 104 574 633 18 2 33 6043 114 1.466 9.4 0.7 3.8 4.2 1.10
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 6 4 4321
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Al Benton 28 37 35 6 27 2 0 .943 0.89 P
Tommy Bridges 32 29 39 8 28 3 2 .923 1.24 P
Mark Christman 25 5 10 4 5 1 1 .900 1.80 3B
Slick Coffman 28 23 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 0.39 P
Frank Croucher 24 96 437 144 264 29 50 .934 4.25 SS-2B
Roy Cullenbine 25 2 25 23 2 0 4 1.000 12.50 1B
Harry Eisenstat 23 10 11 3 8 0 1 1.000 1.10 P
Charlie Gehringer 36 107 570 245 312 13 67 .977 5.21 2B
Floyd Giebell 29 9 3 1 1 1 0 .667 0.22 P
George Gill 30 3 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.67 P
Hank Greenberg 28 136 1289 1205 75 9 108 .993 9.41 1B
Bob Harris 24 5 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.60 P
Pinky Higgins 30 130 417 140 241 36 22 .914 2.93 3B
Fred Hutchinson 19 13 19 6 13 0 1 1.000 1.46 P
Vern Kennedy 32 4 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.75 P
Red Kress 32 45 219 84 123 12 29 .945 4.60 SS-2B-3B
Roxie Lawson 33 2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50 P
Red Lynn 25 4 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Benny McCoy 23 50 269 108 150 11 25 .959 5.16 2B-SS
Archie McKain 28 32 18 1 15 2 0 .889 0.50 P
Hal Newhouser 18 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Bobo Newsom 31 35 44 8 33 3 1 .932 1.17 P
Dixie Parsons 23 4 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 0 C
Cotton Pippen 28 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Billy Rogell 34 66 235 84 135 16 26 .932 3.32 SS-3B-2B
Schoolboy Rowe 29 28 38 9 27 2 5 .947 1.29 P
Merv Shea 38 4 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.25 0 C
Birdie Tebbetts 26 100 529 449 64 16 10 .970 5.13 8 C
Bud Thomas 28 27 12 2 10 0 0 1.000 0.44 P
Dizzy Trout 24 33 30 3 23 4 1 .867 0.79 P
Jim Walkup 29 7 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.43 P
Rudy York 25 86 478 434 39 5 22 .990 5.50 6 C-1B
Team Totals 28.4 155 5953 4101 1654 198 386 .967 3.56 14
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 4 6
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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