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1940 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941

90-64, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Del Baker (90-64)
Scored 888 runs, Allowed 717 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-62

Ballparks: Briggs Stadium · Attendance: 1,112,693 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 108 · one-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 108

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-3) to Cincinnati Reds

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1939 / 1941 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Earl Averill HOF 38 L R 5' 9" 172 May 21, 1902 12 64 17 64 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 11 5 22 42 0 -0.7 $
Dick Bartell 32 R R 5' 9" 160 Nov 22, 1907 14 139 137 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $10,000
Al Benton 29 R R 6' 4" 215 Mar 18, 1911 5 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Tommy Bridges 33 R R 5' 10" 155 Dec 28, 1906 11 29 28 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 $ All-Star
Bruce Campbell 30 L R 6' 1" 185 Oct 20, 1909 11 103 72 103 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 74 30 0 0.8 $
Dick Conger 19 R R 6' 0" 185 Apr 3, 1921 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Frank Croucher 25 R R 5' 11" 165 Jul 23, 1914 2 37 8 37 34 0 0 0 7 1 26 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.8 $
Pete Fox 31 R R 5' 11" 165 Mar 8, 1909 8 93 80 93 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 80 85 9 0 -0.3 $
Charlie Gehringer HOF 37 L R 5' 11" 180 May 11, 1903 17 139 138 139 138 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.4 $
Floyd Giebell 30 L R 6' 2" 172 Dec 10, 1909 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Johnny Gorsica 25 R R 6' 2" 180 Mar 29, 1915 1st 29 20 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $
Hank Greenberg HOF 29 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 1, 1911 9 148 148 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 148 0 0 6.4 $ All-Star
Pinky Higgins 31 R R 6' 1" 185 May 27, 1909 9 131 128 131 129 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.6 $
Fred Hutchinson 20 L R 6' 2" 190 Aug 12, 1919 2 17 10 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Red Kress 35 R R 5' 11" 165 Jan 2, 1905 13 34 27 34 28 0 0 0 0 17 12 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.4 $
Barney McCosky 23 L R 6' 1" 184 Apr 11, 1917 2 143 141 143 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 141 2 0 4.0 $
Archie McKain 29 B L 5' 10" 175 May 12, 1911 4 27 0 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Scat Metha 26 R R 5' 11" 165 Dec 13, 1913 1st 26 9 26 16 0 0 0 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 -0.1 $
Dutch Meyer 24 R R 5' 10" 181 Oct 6, 1915 2 23 12 23 20 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 -0.1 $
Pat Mullin 22 L R 6' 2" 190 Nov 1, 1917 1st 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 -0.1 $
Lynn Nelson 35 L R 5' 10" 170 Feb 24, 1905 7 19 2 19 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 -0.7 $
Hal Newhouser HOF 19 L L 6' 2" 180 May 20, 1921 2 28 20 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $50,000
Bobo Newsom 32 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 11, 1907 10 36 34 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 $ All-Star
Cotton Pippen 29 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 2, 1911 3 4 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Schoolboy Rowe 30 R R 6' 4" 210 Jan 11, 1910 8 27 23 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.4 $
Tom Seats 29 R L 5' 11" 190 Sep 24, 1910 1st 26 2 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Frank Secory 27 R R 6' 1" 200 Aug 24, 1912 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Clay Smith 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Sep 11, 1914 2 14 1 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Tuck Stainback 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 4, 1911 7 15 7 15 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 9 6 0 -0.2 $
Billy Sullivan 29 L R 6' 0" 170 Oct 23, 1910 9 78 57 78 63 0 57 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 1.5 $
Birdie Tebbetts 27 R R 5' 11" 170 Nov 10, 1912 5 111 104 111 107 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.8 $
Bud Thomas 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 9, 1910 6 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Dizzy Trout 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 29, 1915 2 33 10 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Bob Uhl 26 B L 5' 11" 175 Sep 17, 1913 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Rudy York 26 R R 6' 1" 209 Aug 17, 1913 5 155 155 155 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.4 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Frank Secory
Birdie Tebbetts
Charlie Gehringer
Frank Croucher
Rudy York
Hank Greenberg
Pinky Higgins
Dick Bartell

Billy Sullivan
Pete Fox
Tommy Bridges
Cotton Pippen
Bud Thomas
Bobo Newsom
Schoolboy Rowe
Dizzy Trout
Hal Newhouser

Pat Mullin
Cotton Pippen
Bud Thomas
Fred Hutchinson
Al Benton
Bruce Campbell
Barney McCosky
Dick Conger
Floyd Giebell
Tuck Stainback
Tom Seats

Lynn Nelson
Bob Uhl
Johnny Gorsica
Red Kress
Earl Averill
Archie McKain
Clay Smith
Scat Metha
Dutch Meyer
Johnny Gorsica

1939 / 1941 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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