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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 / Schedule (1938/1940) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   81-73 , Final Rank: 5, GB:   26.5
Days in First:                   2 (last on April 20, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          10 (last on September 27)
Most Games under .500:          10 (last on May 21)

Biggest Lead:                  1.0 (last on April 18)
Farthest Behind Leader:       27.5 (last on September 23)

Longest Winning Streak:          9 (June 8 to June 16)
Longest Losing Streak:           7 (May 2 to May 8)

Most Runs Allowed:              22 (May 2)
Most Runs Scored:               17 (June 10)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       8
Times Opponent Shutout:          8

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        81  73     849     762    .526

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           42  35     461     434    .545
Road           39  38     388     328    .506

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     38  36     397     361    .514
Second Half    43  37     452     401    .538
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        19  24     199     204    .442

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        30  20     364     289    .600

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 18     DET  CHW  W   6-1        1-0     1  up 1.0  1:31 T Bridges                  47,000 +
  2 Thu, Apr 20     DET  CHW  W   8-7        2-0     1  up 0.5  3:25 R Lawson                    7,361 ++
  3 Fri, Apr 21     DET @CLE  L   1-5        2-1     2     0.5  2:15 B Feller                   20,000 -
  4 Sat, Apr 22     DET @CLE  L   1-2        2-2     5     1.0  2:17 W Hudlin                    5,000 --
  5 Sun, Apr 23     DET @CLE  W   8-0        3-2     2     0.5  2:30 S Rowe                            +
  6 Mon, Apr 24     DET  SLB  W   4-2        4-2     2     0.5  2:13 T Bridges                   9,376 ++
  7 Tue, Apr 25     DET  SLB  L   2-7        4-3     2     1.5  2:18 J Kramer                    7,856 -
  8 Wed, Apr 26     DET  SLB  W   7-6        5-3     2     1.0  2:45 B Harris                          +
  9 Thu, Apr 27     DET @CHW  L   1-2        5-4     2     1.5  2:53 C Brown                     1,500 -
 10 Sat, Apr 29     DET  CLE  L   1-7        5-5     4     1.5  2:18 B Feller                   27,643 --
 11 Sun, Apr 30     DET  CLE  W  14-1        6-5     4     0.5  2:24 T Bridges                  24,507 +
 12 Tue, May  2     DET  NYY  L   2-22       6-6     5     1.5  2:22 R Ruffing                  11,379 -
 13 Wed, May  3     DET  NYY  L   6-10       6-7     5     2.5  2:34 S Sundra                   14,136 --
 14 Thu, May  4     DET  BOS  L   6-7        6-8     5     3.5  2:25 J Heving                    5,550 ---
 15 Fri, May  5     DET  BOS  L   1-4        6-9     5     4.0  1:45 W Rich                      8,592 ----
 16 Sat, May  6     DET  BOS  L   4-5        6-10    6     5.0  1:58 L Grove                    14,802 -----
 17 Sun, May  7     DET  PHA  L   3-10       6-11    7     5.5  2:17 G Caster                   16,299 ------
 18 Mon, May  8     DET  PHA  L   5-6        6-12    8     5.5  2:16 L Nelson                    2,751 -------
 19 Wed, May 10     DET  WSH  W   5-1        7-12    7     6.0  2:03 T Bridges                   4,072 +
 20 Thu, May 11     DET  WSH  L   2-4        7-13    7     7.0  2:03 J Haynes                    4,294 -
 21 Fri, May 12     DET @SLB  L   0-1        7-14    8     7.5  1:51 J Kramer                      899 --
 22 Sat, May 13     DET @SLB  L   3-5        7-15    8     8.0  2:22 B Newsom                    2,778 ---
 23 Sun, May 14     DET @SLB  W  14-4        8-15    7     7.5  2:12 A McKain                        0 +
 24                 DET @SLB  W   7-4        9-15    7     7.5  2:06 H Eisenstat                15,328 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Tue, May 16     DET @WSH  W   6-2       10-15    5     8.0  2:00 T Bridges                   2,000 +++
 26 Wed, May 17     DET @WSH  L   1-4       10-16    6     9.0  2:16 W Masterson                 4,000 -
 27 Thu, May 18     DET @WSH  L   2-3       10-17    6    10.0  1:47 A Carrasquel                3,500 --
 28 Fri, May 19     DET @PHA  L   6-11      10-18    7    11.0  2:37 B Ross                      2,000 ---
 29 Sat, May 20     DET @PHA  L   5-6       10-19    8    12.0  1:43 B Joyce                     8,000 ----
 30 Sun, May 21     DET @BOS  L   3-8       10-20    8    13.0  2:10 L Grove                    24,000 -----
 31 Tue, May 23     DET @BOS  W   7-2       11-20    8    13.0  2:10 B Newsom                    2,500 +
 32 Wed, May 24     DET @NYY  W   6-1       12-20    7    12.0  2:07 D Trout                    10,875 ++
 33 Thu, May 25     DET @NYY  L   2-5       12-21    7    13.0  1:55 R Ruffing                  12,087 -
 34 Sat, May 27     DET  SLB  W  12-5       13-21    6    14.0  2:17 T Bridges                  17,345 +
 35 Sun, May 28     DET  SLB  W   6-2       14-21    5    14.0  2:27 B Newsom                   10,920 ++
 36 Mon, May 29     DET  SLB  W  10-9       15-21    5    14.0  2:17 B Thomas                    3,985 +++
 37 Tue, May 30     DET @CHW  L   2-6       15-22    5    14.0  2:02 T Lyons                         0 -
 38                 DET @CHW  W   8-3       16-22    5    14.0  2:08 D Trout                    35,000 +
 39 Thu, Jun  1     DET  BOS  L   5-14      16-23    5    15.0  2:34 E Auker                     6,871 -
 40 Fri, Jun  2     DET  BOS  W   8-5       17-23    5    15.0  2:19 A Benton                    3,914 +
 41 Sun, Jun  4     DET  NYY  L   4-8       17-24    6    16.5  2:21 R Ruffing                  44,190 -
 42 Mon, Jun  5     DET  NYY  W   3-0       18-24    5    15.5  2:04 T Bridges                   9,910 +
 43 Tue, Jun  6     DET  NYY  W   6-2       19-24    5    14.5  2:19 B Newsom                   11,924 ++
 44 Wed, Jun  7     DET  PHA  L   4-5       19-25    5    15.5  2:05 L Nelson                    9,067 -
 45 Thu, Jun  8     DET  PHA  W   8-4       20-25    5    15.5  1:55 D Trout                     3,353 +
 46 Fri, Jun  9     DET  PHA  W  14-4       21-25    5    15.0  2:05 A Benton                    3,069 ++
 47 Sat, Jun 10     DET  WSH  W   6-5       22-25    5    14.0  2:20 S Coffman                       0 +++
 48                 DET  WSH  W  17-5       23-25    5    14.0  2:11 H Eisenstat                14,833 ++++
 49 Sun, Jun 11     DET  WSH  W   6-3       24-25    5    14.5  2:14 B Newsom                   10,229 +++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Wed, Jun 14     DET @BOS  W   9-8       25-25    5    13.0  2:18 B Thomas                        0 ++++++
 51                 DET @BOS  W   6-2       26-25    5    13.0  2:00 D Trout                     7,000 +++++++
 52 Thu, Jun 15     DET @BOS  W   6-3       27-25    5    13.0  2:16 T Bridges                   3,300 ++++++++
 53 Fri, Jun 16     DET @BOS  W   8-7       28-25    5    13.0  2:10 A Benton                    3,200 +++++++++
 54 Sat, Jun 17     DET @NYY  L   0-1       28-26    5    14.0  2:30 R Ruffing                  18,599 -
 55 Sun, Jun 18     DET @NYY  W   8-5       29-26    3    13.0  1:55 S Rowe                     32,679 +
 56 Mon, Jun 19     DET @NYY  L   5-8       29-27    5    14.0  1:47 O Hildebrand                6,469 -
 57 Tue, Jun 20     DET @PHA  W   5-0       30-27    4    14.0  2:08 T Bridges                  13,048 +
 58 Thu, Jun 22     DET @PHA  L   5-6       30-28    4    15.5  2:43 L Nelson                   12,000 -
 59 Fri, Jun 23     DET @WSH  W   7-4       31-28    4    15.0  2:16 A Benton                   10,000 +
 60 Sat, Jun 24     DET @WSH  L   4-12      31-29    4    16.0  2:10 A Carrasquel                8,000 -
 61 Sun, Jun 25     DET @WSH  W   6-5       32-29    4    15.5  2:17 B Thomas                   12,000 +
 62 Mon, Jun 26     DET @CLE  W  11-2       33-29    3    14.5  2:35 T Bridges                   3,500 ++
 63 Tue, Jun 27     DET @CLE  L   0-5       33-30    4    15.0  2:03 B Feller                   55,305 -
 64 Fri, Jun 30     DET  CHW  W   3-1       34-30    3    16.0  2:00 B Newsom                    4,997 +
 65 Sat, Jul  1     DET  CHW  W   6-5       35-30    4    15.5  2:16 B Thomas                        0 ++
 66                 DET  CHW  L   3-4       35-31    4    15.5  2:22 E Smith                    26,879 -
 67 Sun, Jul  2     DET  CHW  W   5-1       36-31    3    15.0  2:00 T Bridges                  17,858 +
 68 Mon, Jul  3     DET  CLE  L   2-4       36-32    4    15.5  2:03 B Feller                   15,474 -
 69 Tue, Jul  4     DET  CLE  W   4-0       37-32    3    15.0  2:17 B Newsom                   56,272 +
 70 Thu, Jul  6     DET @SLB  W   9-5       38-32    3    15.0  2:32 F Giebell                     729 ++
 71 Fri, Jul  7     DET @SLB  L   6-8       38-33    3    15.0  1:59 H Kimberlin                   642 -
 72 Sat, Jul  8     DET @CHW  L   5-10      38-34    4    14.5  2:14 T Lee                       6,000 --
 73 Sun, Jul  9     DET @CHW  L   3-4       38-35    5    14.5  2:15 C Brown                         0 ---
 74                 DET @CHW  L   3-6       38-36    5    14.5  2:14 J Rigney                   30,000 ----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Thu, Jul 13     DET  NYY  W  10-6       39-36    5    13.5  2:57 B Thomas                   25,764 +
 76 Fri, Jul 14     DET  NYY  L   3-6       39-37    5    14.5  2:10 R Ruffing                  19,279 -
 77 Sat, Jul 15     DET  NYY  L   7-10      39-38    5    15.5  2:29 M Pearson                  31,253 --
 78 Sun, Jul 16     DET  BOS  L   2-9       39-39    5    17.5  1:58 L Grove                         0 ---
 79                 DET  BOS  L   0-3       39-40    5    17.5  1:39 D Galehouse                48,152 ----
 80 Mon, Jul 17     DET  BOS  W  13-6       40-40    5    17.5  2:21 B Newsom                    5,860 +
 81 Tue, Jul 18     DET  WSH  L   2-10      40-41    5    19.0  2:03 J Krakauskas                4,620 -
 82 Wed, Jul 19     DET  WSH  W  11-0       41-41    5    18.5  1:50 S Rowe                      5,626 +
 83 Thu, Jul 20     DET  WSH  L   7-8       41-42    5    19.5  1:58 H Kelley                    5,234 -
 84 Fri, Jul 21     DET  PHA  L   2-6       41-43    5    19.5  2:30 C Pippen                    4,221 --
 85 Sat, Jul 22     DET  PHA  L   2-4       41-44    5    19.5  2:31 L Nelson                        0 ---
 86                 DET  PHA  W  11-10      42-44    5    19.5  2:22 A Benton                   14,009 +
 87 Sun, Jul 23     DET  PHA  W  16-3       43-44    5    19.0  2:21 T Bridges                   9,772 ++
 88 Tue, Jul 25     DET @WSH  L   3-5       43-45    5    20.0  1:57 D Leonard                   2,500 -
 89 Wed, Jul 26     DET @WSH  W   3-1       44-45    5    20.0  1:54 B Newsom                    4,000 +
 90 Thu, Jul 27     DET @WSH  W   8-1       45-45    5    19.5  1:39 D Trout                     1,200 ++
 91 Fri, Jul 28     DET @PHA  L   0-3       45-46    5    20.5  1:52 B Ross                     12,000 -
 92 Sat, Jul 29     DET @PHA  W   7-6       46-46    5    20.0  2:25 T Bridges                   6,000 +
 93 Sun, Jul 30     DET @PHA  W  14-0       47-46    5    19.0  2:05 B Newsom                        0 ++
 94                 DET @PHA  W   5-3       48-46    5    19.0  2:14 F Hutchinson               10,251 +++
 95 Tue, Aug  1     DET @NYY  W   5-2       49-46    5    18.0  2:05 D Trout                    10,382 ++++
 96 Wed, Aug  2     DET @NYY  W   7-2       50-46    5    17.0  2:10 S Rowe                     12,341 +++++
 97 Thu, Aug  3     DET @NYY  L   3-12      50-47    5    18.0  2:12 M Pearson                   9,010 -
 98 Sat, Aug  5     DET @BOS  W  16-4       51-47    4    18.5  2:25 T Bridges                  11,000 +
 99 Sun, Aug  6     DET @BOS  W  10-1       52-47    4    17.5  2:03 F Hutchinson                    0 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100                 DET @BOS  L   3-8       52-48    4    17.5  1:47 J Wilson                   35,000 -
101 Tue, Aug  8     DET  CHW  L   3-5       52-49    5    17.5  2:34 J Rigney                   10,375 --
102 Wed, Aug  9     DET  CHW  W  10-3       53-49    5    17.5  2:02 S Rowe                     10,645 +
103 Thu, Aug 10     DET  CHW  W   4-3       54-49    5    16.5  2:12 T Bridges                  10,545 ++
104 Fri, Aug 11     DET  SLB  W   4-3       55-49    4    16.5  2:16 B Newsom                    5,118 +++
105 Sat, Aug 12     DET  SLB  L   3-17      55-50    5    17.5  2:13 V Kennedy                   9,838 -
106 Sun, Aug 13     DET  SLB  L   7-11      55-51    5    18.0  2:32 L Mills                    11,763 --
107 Mon, Aug 14     DET  CLE  L   4-8       55-52    5    18.0  2:19 A Milnar                        0 ---
108                 DET  CLE  W  10-3       56-52    5    18.0  1:56 S Rowe                     23,209 +
109 Tue, Aug 15     DET  CLE  W  12-3       57-52    5    18.0  1:54 B Newsom                    7,665 ++
110 Wed, Aug 16     DET @CHW  L   6-7       57-53    5    19.0  2:45 C Brown                     5,000 -
111 Thu, Aug 17     DET @CHW  L   1-2       57-54    5    20.0  2:02 J Knott                     7,000 --
112 Sat, Aug 19     DET @SLB  W   9-3       58-54    5    20.0  2:20 S Rowe                      1,250 +
113 Sun, Aug 20     DET @SLB  L   2-6       58-55    5    20.5  1:55 V Kennedy                   4,514 -
114 Tue, Aug 22     DET  PHA  W   9-4       59-55    5    20.5  1:59 T Bridges                   4,845 +
115 Wed, Aug 23     DET  PHA  L   6-7       59-56    5    22.0  2:16 C Pippen                    3,323 -
116 Thu, Aug 24     DET  WSH  W   8-1       60-56    5    22.0  1:41 D Trout                     6,265 +
117 Fri, Aug 25     DET  WSH  W   5-2       61-56    5    22.5  2:07 B Newsom                    5,693 ++
118 Sat, Aug 26     DET  WSH  W   6-3       62-56    5    22.5  1:49 A McKain                    9,838 +++
119 Sun, Aug 27     DET  NYY  L   3-13      62-57    5    23.5  1:48 R Ruffing                  47,966 -
120 Mon, Aug 28     DET  NYY  L   2-18      62-58    5    24.5  2:03 M Russo                    14,281 --
121 Tue, Aug 29     DET  NYY  W   7-6       63-58    5    23.5  2:31 A McKain                   11,397 +
122 Wed, Aug 30     DET  BOS  W   7-6       64-58    5    22.5  2:05 S Coffman                   6,316 ++
123 Thu, Aug 31     DET  BOS  W  11-4       65-58    5    22.0  2:16 D Trout                           +++
124 Fri, Sep  1     DET  BOS  W  14-10      66-58    5    22.0  2:20 S Rowe                      5,741 ++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Sat, Sep  2     DET @CHW  L   0-2       66-59    5    22.0  1:58 J Rigney                    5,000 -
126 Sun, Sep  3     DET @CHW  L   1-8       66-60    5    21.5  1:52 T Lee                           0 --
127                 DET @CHW  W   7-2       67-60    5    21.5  2:03 F Hutchinson               15,000 +
128 Mon, Sep  4     DET  SLB  L   2-3       67-61    5    23.0  1:55 B Harris                        0 -
129                 DET  SLB  -   5-5       67-61    5    23.0  2:10                            11,957 -
130 Tue, Sep  5     DET  SLB  W   4-2       68-61    5    22.5  1:52 A Benton                    1,797 +
131 Wed, Sep  6     DET @CLE  W   2-0       69-61    4    22.5  2:07 A McKain                    2,000 ++
132 Thu, Sep  7     DET @CLE  L   8-9       69-62    5    23.5  2:15 M Harder                    5,000 -
133 Sun, Sep 10     DET  CHW  W   5-1       70-62    5    25.5  2:06 B Newsom                        0 +
134                 DET  CHW  L   9-11      70-63    5    25.5  2:29 E Smith                    24,517 -
135 Tue, Sep 12     DET @BOS  L   1-2       70-64    5    25.5  1:49 D Galehouse                 1,800 --
136 Wed, Sep 13     DET @BOS  L   0-1       70-65    5    25.5  1:36 L Grove                     2,400 ---
137 Thu, Sep 14     DET @NYY  W   6-1       71-65    5    24.5  2:14 B Newsom                   10,938 +
138 Fri, Sep 15     DET @NYY  L   3-10      71-66    5    25.5  2:07 S Sundra                   10,538 -
139 Sat, Sep 16     DET @NYY  L   5-8       71-67    5    26.5  2:14 M Russo                    10,626 --
140 Sun, Sep 17     DET @WSH  W   3-2       72-67    5    25.0  2:35 A McKain                   15,000 +
141 Mon, Sep 18     DET @WSH  L   2-4       72-68    5    26.0  1:47 D Leonard                     600 -
142 Tue, Sep 19     DET @PHA  W   8-4       73-68    5    26.0  2:32 B Thomas                      500 +
143 Wed, Sep 20     DET @PHA  L   4-5       73-69    5    27.0  2:38 G Caster                    5,000 -
144 Thu, Sep 21     DET @PHA  W   7-6       74-69    5    27.0  0:34 S Rowe                      5,000 +
145 Fri, Sep 22     DET @CLE  L   4-5       74-70    5    27.5  2:00 B Feller                    6,000 -
146 Sat, Sep 23     DET @CLE  W   6-3       75-70    5    27.5  2:22 B Newsom                   10,000 +
147 Sun, Sep 24     DET @CLE  W   2-1       76-70    5    27.0  2:02 T Bridges                       0 ++
148                 DET @CLE  W   9-1       77-70    5    27.0  1:25 D Trout                    20,000 +++
149 Tue, Sep 26     DET @SLB  W   5-4       78-70    5    26.0  2:01 B Thomas                        0 ++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150                 DET @SLB  W   7-5       79-70    5    26.0  1:31 S Rowe                        625 +++++
151 Wed, Sep 27     DET @SLB  W   7-4       80-70    5    25.5  2:15 B Newsom                      386 ++++++
152 Fri, Sep 29     DET  CLE  L   3-4       80-71    5    26.5  2:06 M Harder                        0 -
153                 DET  CLE  L   0-3       80-72    5    26.5  1:00 A Milnar                    7,509 --
154 Sun, Oct  1     DET  CLE  L   3-8       80-73    5    26.5  2:13 B Feller                        0 ---
155                 DET  CLE  W   1-0       81-73    5    26.5  1:00 B Newsom                   15,383 +

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