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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
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Lost World Series (4-3) to Cincinnati Reds |
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| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR | |||
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| 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 |