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1940 Detroit Tigers Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941)
90-64, Finished 1st in American League
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Scored 888 runs, Allowed 717 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-62
Manager: Del Baker (90-64)
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 - 111, Pitching - 108
Won AL Pennant
Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-3) to Cincinnati Reds

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1939 / 1941 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 90-64, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0
Days in First43last on Sunday, Sep 29, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 53last on Sep 29, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead3last on Friday, Sep 27, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind5.5last on Wednesday, Aug 21, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50028last on Friday, Sep 27
Most Games under .5001last on Friday, Apr 19
Longest Winning Streak6Friday, Jun 14 to Wednesday, Jun 19
Longest Losing Streak6Friday, Aug 16 to Wednesday, Aug 21
Most Runs Allowed16Saturday, Sep 14
Most Runs Scored15Thursday, May 30 and Saturday, Jul 27
Times Shutout by Opponent4 
Times Opponent Shutout10 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 90 64 888 717 .584
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 50 29 512 389 .633
Road 40 35 376 328 .533
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 6 5 48 48 .545
May 14 10 130 114 .583
June 18 10 189 125 .643
July 19 13 168 156 .594
August 15 15 180 142 .500
September 18 11 173 132 .621
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 44 27 411 318 .620
Second Half 46 37 477 399 .554
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 23 19 180 176 .548
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 32 15 378 218 .681
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BOS 11 11 149 126 .500
CHW 9 13 88 108 .409
CLE 11 11 112 89 .500
NYY 14 8 116 99 .636
PHA 11 11 153 127 .500
SLB 18 4 138 82 .818
WSH 16 6 132 86 .727

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 16 DET SLB L 1 5 0-1 5 1.0 Coffman 49,417 -
2 2 Thursday, Apr 18 DET SLB W 4 2 1-1 3 1.0 Bridges 1,356 +
3 3 Friday, Apr 19 DET @ CLE L 0 4 1-2 6 1.5 Allen 26,529 -
4 4 Sunday, Apr 21 DET @ CLE W 12 2 2-2 4 1.0 Rowe 18,264 +
5 5 Monday, Apr 22 DET @ CHW W 6 5 3-2 3 0.5 Conger 5,009 ++
6 6 Wednesday, Apr 24 DET @ CHW W 2 1 4-2 2 0.5 Bridges 1,500 +++
7 7 Thursday, Apr 25 DET @ SLB W 4 2 5-2 2 0.5 Newsom 1,162 ++++
8 8 Saturday, Apr 27 DET CLE L 2 4 5-3 2 1.0 Naymick 20,133 -
9 9 Sunday, Apr 28 DET CLE L 9 11 5-4 3 2.0 Smith 30,200 --
10 10 Monday, Apr 29 DET CLE W 4 3 6-4 3 1.0 Pippen 9,072 +
11 11 Tuesday, Apr 30 DET @ WSH L 4 9 6-5 3 2.0 Haynes 3,000 -
12 12 Wednesday, May 1 DET @ WSH W 10 7 7-5 3 1.0 Nelson 1,000 +
13 13 Thursday, May 2 DET @ WSH W 5 3 8-5 3 0.5 Newhouser 2,000 ++
14 14 Saturday, May 4 DET @ PHA L 5 14 8-6 3 2.0 Babich 6,000 -
15 15 Sunday, May 5 DET @ NYY W 6 4 9-6 3 1.5 McKain 36,937 +
16 16 Monday, May 6 DET @ NYY W 6 4 10-6 3 1.0 Seats 5,650 ++
17 17 Tuesday, May 7 DET @ NYY W 4 2 11-6 2 1.0 Newhouser 10,482 +++
18 18 Wednesday, May 8 DET @ BOS L 4 5 11-7 3 2.0 Bagby 3,800 -
19 19 Thursday, May 9 DET @ BOS L 5 6 11-8 3 3.0 Hash 7,700 --
20 20 Friday, May 10 DET CHW W 3 0 12-8 3 3.0 Newsom 4,342 +
21 21 Saturday, May 11 DET CHW L 0 1 12-9 3 4.0 Knott 24,525 -
22 22 Sunday, May 12 DET CHW L 3 4 12-10 3 4.0 Lyons 18,517 --
23 23 Tuesday, May 14 DET WSH L 2 4 12-11 3 5.0 Leonard 5,032 ---
24 24 Saturday, May 18 DET PHA W 8 6 13-11 3 5.0 Newsom 8,470 +
25 25 Monday, May 20 DET BOS W 10 7 14-11 3 4.0 Rowe 7,931 ++
26 26 Tuesday, May 21 DET BOS L 8 11 14-12 3 5.0 Dickman 6,908 -
27 27 Wednesday, May 22 DET NYY L 2 8 14-13 3 5.0 Breuer 9,914 --
28 28 Thursday, May 23 DET NYY W 3 2 15-13 3 4.5 Newsom 9,429 +
29 29 Friday, May 24 DET @ CHW L 1 2 15-14 3 5.0 Rigney 2,000 -
30 30 Saturday, May 25 DET @ CHW W 10 4 16-14 3 4.5 Trout 7,000 +
31 31 Monday, May 27 DET @ CLE W 6 1 17-14 3 3.5 Newsom 25,718 ++
32 32 Tuesday, May 28 DET @ CLE W 8 5 18-14 3 3.5 Benton 2,000 +++
33 33 Wednesday, May 29 DET @ CLE L 4 7 18-15 3 4.5 Feller 2,500 -
34 34 Thursday, May 30 DET SLB W 2 1 19-15 3 3.5 Bridges +
35 35 Thursday, May 30 DET SLB W 15 6 20-15 3 3.5 Rowe 33,461 ++
36 36 Saturday, Jun 1 DET @ WSH W 12 3 21-15 3 3.5 Newsom 7,500 +++
37 37 Sunday, Jun 2 DET @ WSH W 8 6 22-15 3 3.0 Benton 1,000 ++++
38 38 Monday, Jun 3 DET @ WSH L 3 9 22-16 3 3.0 Leonard -
39 39 Tuesday, Jun 4 DET @ PHA L 6 8 22-17 3 3.0 Babich 2,500 --
40 40 Wednesday, Jun 5 DET @ PHA W 9 1 23-17 3 2.0 Rowe 18,553 +
41 41 Thursday, Jun 6 DET @ PHA L 4 7 23-18 3 3.0 Dean 6,000 -
42 42 Friday, Jun 7 DET @ BOS W 7 1 24-18 3 2.0 Newhouser 1,170 +
43 43 Saturday, Jun 8 DET @ BOS W 4 2 25-18 3 1.5 Gorsica 10,900 ++
44 44 Tuesday, Jun 11 DET @ NYY W 6 1 26-18 2 1.0 Bridges 5,654 +++
45 45 Wednesday, Jun 12 DET @ NYY L 5 7 26-19 2 2.0 Hadley 10,036 -
46 46 Thursday, Jun 13 DET @ CLE L 2 3 26-20 3 2.5 Smith 3,000 --
47 47 Friday, Jun 14 DET WSH W 10 1 27-20 3 2.5 Newhouser 4,401 +
48 48 Saturday, Jun 15 DET WSH W 11 1 28-20 2 2.0 Newsom ++
49 49 Saturday, Jun 15 DET WSH W 8 0 29-20 2 2.0 Gorsica 26,402 +++
50 50 Sunday, Jun 16 DET WSH W 8 7 30-20 2 2.5 McKain 19,760 ++++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Wednesday, Jun 19 DET PHA W 5 4 31-20 2 0.5 Newsom +++++
52 52 Wednesday, Jun 19 DET PHA W 9 4 32-20 2 0.5 Rowe 16,351 ++++++
53 53 Thursday, Jun 20 DET PHA L 4 6 32-21 2 1.0 Dean 4,262 -
54 54 Friday, Jun 21 DET NYY L 7 12 32-22 2 2.0 Ruffing 11,717 --
55 55 Saturday, Jun 22 DET NYY W 3 2 33-22 2 2.0 Benton 14,694 +
56 56 Sunday, Jun 23 DET NYY W 9 2 34-22 2 1.5 Newsom 32,892 ++
57 57 Tuesday, Jun 25 DET BOS L 7 11 34-23 2 2.5 Wilson -
58 58 Tuesday, Jun 25 DET BOS W 5 1 35-23 2 2.5 Newhouser 26,169 +
59 59 Wednesday, Jun 26 DET BOS L 1 3 35-24 2 2.5 Hash 8,329 -
60 60 Thursday, Jun 27 DET @ SLB W 2 1 36-24 2 2.0 Newsom 15,258 +
61 61 Saturday, Jun 29 DET @ SLB W 9 5 37-24 2 2.0 Bridges ++
62 62 Saturday, Jun 29 DET @ SLB T 9 9 37-24 2 2.0 3,849 ++
63 63 Sunday, Jun 30 DET @ SLB L 6 7 37-25 2 2.0 Lawson -
64 64 Sunday, Jun 30 DET @ SLB W 10 1 38-25 2 2.0 Gorsica 9,492 +
65 65 Monday, Jul 1 DET CHW W 3 1 39-25 2 1.0 Newsom 5,018 ++
66 66 Tuesday, Jul 2 DET CHW W 10 9 40-25 1 Tied Benton 4,663 +++
67 67 Wednesday, Jul 3 DET CHW L 7 12 40-26 2 1.0 Knott 5,171 -
68 68 Thursday, Jul 4 DET CLE W 5 3 41-26 2 1.0 Bridges +
69 69 Thursday, Jul 4 DET CLE L 1 2 41-27 2 1.0 Allen 57,633 -
70 70 Saturday, Jul 6 DET SLB W 11 2 42-27 2 0.5 Newsom +
71 71 Saturday, Jul 6 DET SLB W 2 0 43-27 2 0.5 Gorsica 25,005 ++
72 72 Sunday, Jul 7 DET SLB W 5 2 44-27 1 up 0.5 Rowe 13,587 +++
73 73 Thursday, Jul 11 DET @ WSH L 3 7 44-28 2 0.5 Hudson 3,500 -
74 74 Saturday, Jul 13 DET @ WSH W 4 3 45-28 2 0.5 Smith +
75 75 Saturday, Jul 13 DET @ WSH W 4 0 46-28 2 0.5 Newsom 14,000 ++
76 76 Sunday, Jul 14 DET @ PHA L 2 8 46-29 2 1.0 Vaughan -
77 77 Sunday, Jul 14 DET @ PHA L 2 5 46-30 2 1.0 Potter 21,030 --
78 78 Monday, Jul 15 DET @ PHA W 9 8 47-30 1 Tied Newhouser 3,000 +
79 79 Tuesday, Jul 16 DET @ PHA L 1 3 47-31 1 Tied Caster 2,500 -
80 80 Wednesday, Jul 17 DET @ BOS L 3 8 47-32 2 0.5 Ostermueller --
81 81 Wednesday, Jul 17 DET @ BOS L 5 8 47-33 2 0.5 Bagby 32,400 ---
82 82 Thursday, Jul 18 DET @ BOS W 10 8 48-33 1 up 0.5 Seats 5,800 +
83 83 Friday, Jul 19 DET @ BOS W 4 0 49-33 1 up 1.5 Bridges 13,300 ++
84 84 Saturday, Jul 20 DET @ NYY W 3 1 50-33 1 up 1.5 Newhouser 16,868 +++
85 85 Sunday, Jul 21 DET @ NYY W 4 3 51-33 1 up 1.5 McKain ++++
86 86 Sunday, Jul 21 DET @ NYY W 3 2 52-33 1 up 1.5 Rowe 68,590 +++++
87 87 Tuesday, Jul 23 DET WSH L 3 6 52-34 1 up 0.5 Chase 7,239 -
88 88 Wednesday, Jul 24 DET WSH W 7 5 53-34 1 up 0.5 Hutchinson 6,044 +
89 89 Thursday, Jul 25 DET WSH W 5 2 54-34 1 up 1.5 Newhouser 5,481 ++
90 90 Friday, Jul 26 DET PHA L 4 7 54-35 1 up 0.5 Caster 4,971 -
91 91 Saturday, Jul 27 DET PHA W 15 2 55-35 1 up 2.0 Rowe +
92 92 Saturday, Jul 27 DET PHA W 8 7 56-35 1 up 2.0 Gorsica 23,470 ++
93 93 Sunday, Jul 28 DET PHA L 5 9 56-36 1 up 1.5 Beckmann 13,967 -
94 94 Monday, Jul 29 DET PHA L 7 9 56-37 1 up 1.0 Potter 8,310 --
95 95 Tuesday, Jul 30 DET NYY L 6 8 56-38 1 Tied Ruffing 14,845 ---
96 96 Wednesday, Jul 31 DET NYY W 7 6 57-38 1 Tied McKain 13,169 +
97 97 Thursday, Aug 1 DET NYY W 11 2 58-38 1 up 1.0 Rowe 16,440 ++
98 98 Friday, Aug 2 DET BOS L 9 12 58-39 1 up 1.0 Wilson 8,693 -
99 99 Saturday, Aug 3 DET BOS W 6 4 59-39 1 up 1.5 Hutchinson +
100 100 Saturday, Aug 3 DET BOS W 14 2 60-39 1 up 1.5 Gorsica 38,150 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Sunday, Aug 4 DET BOS L 3 7 60-40 1 up 0.5 Grove 27,398 -
102 102 Monday, Aug 5 DET @ SLB W 9 2 61-40 1 Tied Rowe +
103 103 Monday, Aug 5 DET @ SLB L 0 4 61-41 1 Tied Whitehead 2,158 -
104 104 Tuesday, Aug 6 DET @ SLB W 6 2 62-41 1 up 0.5 Newsom 8,252 +
105 105 Wednesday, Aug 7 DET @ SLB W 7 5 63-41 1 up 0.5 Gorsica 1,081 ++
106 106 Friday, Aug 9 DET @ CHW L 2 3 63-42 1 up 0.5 Smith 36,713 -
107 107 Saturday, Aug 10 DET @ CHW W 5 2 64-42 1 up 1.0 Rowe 17,247 +
108 108 Sunday, Aug 11 DET @ CHW L 3 4 64-43 1 Tied Lyons -
109 109 Sunday, Aug 11 DET @ CHW L 3 4 64-44 1 Tied Brown 32,032 --
110 110 Monday, Aug 12 DET @ CLE L 5 8 64-45 2 1.0 Feller 23,720 ---
111 111 Tuesday, Aug 13 DET @ CLE L 5 6 64-46 2 2.0 Eisenstat 16,128 ----
112 112 Wednesday, Aug 14 DET SLB W 13 7 65-46 2 2.0 Trout 6,733 +
113 113 Thursday, Aug 15 DET SLB W 5 2 66-46 2 2.0 Newsom 6,962 ++
114 114 Friday, Aug 16 DET CHW L 4 13 66-47 2 3.0 Rigney 10,013 -
115 115 Saturday, Aug 17 DET CHW L 5 9 66-48 2 3.0 Knott 13,706 --
116 116 Sunday, Aug 18 DET CHW L 5 7 66-49 2 3.5 Lyons 19,292 ---
117 117 Tuesday, Aug 20 DET @ NYY L 3 4 66-50 2 4.5 Ruffing ----
118 118 Tuesday, Aug 20 DET @ NYY L 2 4 66-51 2 4.5 Bonham 30,346 -----
119 119 Wednesday, Aug 21 DET @ NYY L 5 6 66-52 2 5.5 Murphy 9,234 ------
120 120 Thursday, Aug 22 DET @ BOS W 9 8 67-52 2 4.5 Hutchinson 6,600 +
121 121 Saturday, Aug 24 DET @ BOS W 12 1 68-52 2 3.5 Bridges ++
122 122 Saturday, Aug 24 DET @ BOS L 7 8 68-53 2 3.5 Dickman 29,209 -
123 123 Sunday, Aug 25 DET @ PHA W 7 3 69-53 2 2.5 Newsom 19,794 +
124 124 Thursday, Aug 29 DET @ WSH W 3 2 70-53 2 2.0 Rowe ++
125 125 Thursday, Aug 29 DET @ WSH W 6 0 71-53 2 2.0 Newsom 4,000 +++
126 126 Saturday, Aug 31 DET @ SLB W 6 1 72-53 2 2.5 Bridges 1,819 ++++
127 127 Sunday, Sep 1 DET @ SLB L 2 8 72-54 2 3.5 Niggeling 5,763 -
128 128 Monday, Sep 2 DET @ CHW L 1 2 72-55 2 3.5 Dietrich --
129 129 Monday, Sep 2 DET @ CHW L 0 4 72-56 2 3.5 Rigney 27,654 ---
130 130 Tuesday, Sep 3 DET @ CHW L 2 10 72-57 3 4.0 Knott 2,681 ----
131 131 Wednesday, Sep 4 DET CLE W 7 2 73-57 2 3.0 Rowe 17,710 +
132 132 Thursday, Sep 5 DET CLE W 11 3 74-57 2 2.0 Benton 18,508 ++
133 133 Friday, Sep 6 DET CLE W 10 5 75-57 2 1.0 Newsom 22,566 +++
134 134 Saturday, Sep 7 DET SLB W 5 4 76-57 1 Tied Benton 11,219 ++++
135 135 Sunday, Sep 8 DET SLB W 5 4 77-57 1 Tied Bridges 24,632 +++++
136 136 Tuesday, Sep 10 DET BOS L 5 6 77-58 1 Tied Grove 6,634 -
137 137 Wednesday, Sep 11 DET BOS W 11 7 78-58 1 up 0.5 McKain 3,966 +
138 138 Thursday, Sep 12 DET NYY W 6 3 79-58 1 up 0.5 Rowe 19,272 ++
139 139 Friday, Sep 13 DET NYY W 8 0 80-58 1 up 0.5 Bridges 25,514 +++
140 140 Saturday, Sep 14 DET NYY L 7 16 80-59 1 up 0.5 Breuer 56,697 -
141 141 Sunday, Sep 15 DET WSH L 1 6 80-60 2 1.0 Leonard 21,613 --
142 142 Monday, Sep 16 DET WSH W 9 2 81-60 2 0.5 Newsom 3,917 +
143 143 Tuesday, Sep 17 DET WSH W 6 3 82-60 1 up 0.5 Rowe 5,655 ++
144 144 Wednesday, Sep 18 DET PHA W 14 0 83-60 2 0.5 Bridges +++
145 145 Wednesday, Sep 18 DET PHA L 6 13 83-61 2 0.5 Heusser 12,757 -
146 146 Thursday, Sep 19 DET PHA W 13 2 84-61 1 Tied Giebell +
147 147 Thursday, Sep 19 DET PHA W 10 1 85-61 1 Tied Trout 10,493 ++
148 148 Friday, Sep 20 DET CLE W 6 5 86-61 1 up 1.0 Newhouser 22,508 +++
149 149 Saturday, Sep 21 DET CLE W 5 0 87-61 1 up 2.0 Rowe 42,320 ++++
150 150 Sunday, Sep 22 DET CLE L 5 10 87-62 1 up 1.0 Feller 56,771 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Wednesday, Sep 25 DET CHW W 10 9 88-62 1 up 2.0 Newsom +
152 152 Wednesday, Sep 25 DET CHW W 3 2 89-62 1 up 2.0 Newsom 21,566 ++
153 153 Friday, Sep 27 DET @ CLE W 2 0 90-62 1 up 3.0 Giebell 32,553 +++
154 154 Saturday, Sep 28 DET @ CLE L 1 2 90-63 1 up 2.0 Harder 18,346 -
155 155 Sunday, Sep 29 DET @ CLE L 2 3 90-64 1 up 1.0 Milnar 27,494 --
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

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