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1939 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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
6 OF 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
7 OF 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
8 OF 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
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
9 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
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 OF 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 OF 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 OF 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 OF 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 OF 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 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 6 4 1
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 G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Earl Averill 37 80 75 5 0 164 157 3 4 0 .976 2.00 OF
Beau Bell 31 37 37 0 0 77 73 4 0 1 1.000 2.08 OF
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 48 24 4 19 117 104 4 9 5 .923 2.25 OF-1B
Harry Eisenstat 23 10 11 3 8 0 1 1.000 1.10 P
Les Fleming 23 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 OF
Pete Fox 30 126 0 0 126 296 275 12 9 3 .970 2.28 OF
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
Chet Laabs 27 5 5 0 0 15 13 1 1 0 .933 2.80 OF
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
Barney McCosky 22 145 0 145 0 441 428 7 6 2 .986 3.00 OF
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
Dixie Walker 28 37 23 4 11 100 93 4 3 1 .970 2.62 OF
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 G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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