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1940 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 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 27 111 417 379 46 112 24 4 4 46 4 5 35 14 .296 .357 .412 .768 92 156 9 1 2
2 1B Rudy York 26 155 685 588 105 186 46 6 33 134 3 2 89 88 .316 .410 .583 .993 145 343 12 4 4
3 2B Charlie Gehringer* 37 139 629 515 108 161 33 3 10 81 10 0 101 17 .313 .428 .447 .875 119 230 9 3 10
4 SS Dick Bartell 32 139 620 528 76 123 24 3 7 53 12 2 76 53 .233 .335 .330 .665 67 174 11 5 11
5 3B Pinky Higgins 31 131 551 480 70 130 24 3 13 76 4 2 61 31 .271 .357 .415 .771 92 199 14 3 7
6 OF Hank Greenberg 29 148 670 573 129 195 50 8 41 150 6 3 93 75 .340 .433 .670 1.103 171 384 15 1 3
7 OF Barney McCosky* 23 143 660 589 123 200 39 19 4 57 13 9 67 41 .340 .408 .491 .899 124 289 8 1 3
8 OF Pete Fox 31 93 374 350 49 101 17 4 5 48 7 7 21 30 .289 .329 .403 .732 82 141 4 0 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
9 OF Bruce Campbell* 30 103 348 297 56 84 15 5 8 44 2 7 45 28 .283 .381 .448 .829 106 133 8 2 4
10 C Billy Sullivan* 29 78 256 220 36 68 14 4 3 41 2 0 31 11 .309 .399 .450 .849 112 99 2 2 3
11 OF Earl Averill* 38 64 124 118 10 33 4 1 2 20 0 0 5 14 .280 .309 .381 .690 72 45 3 0 1
12 IF Red Kress 33 33 110 99 13 22 3 1 1 11 0 0 10 12 .222 .294 .303 .597 50 30 7 0 1
13 2B Dutch Meyer 24 23 65 58 12 15 3 0 0 6 2 0 4 10 .259 .317 .310 .628 58 18 0 1 2
14 SS Frank Croucher 25 37 61 57 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 .105 .164 .105 .269 -31 6 0 0 0
15 OF Tuck Stainback 28 15 44 40 4 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .225 .262 .275 .537 34 11 2 1 2
16 IF Scat Metha 26 26 40 37 6 9 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 8 .243 .282 .297 .579 45 11 0 0 1
17 OF Pat Mullin* 22 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
18 Frank Secory 27 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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
19 P Bobo Newsom 32 36 112 107 9 23 5 0 0 16 0 0 1 17 .215 .222 .262 .484 21 28 4 0 4
20 P Tommy Bridges 33 29 75 68 5 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 23 .176 .211 .206 .417 5 14 1 0 4
21 P Schoolboy Rowe 30 27 73 67 7 18 6 1 1 18 1 1 5 13 .269 .319 .433 .752 86 29 2 0 1
22 P Johnny Gorsica 25 29 66 62 6 12 0 2 1 7 0 0 3 15 .194 .231 .306 .537 33 19 1 0 1
23 P Hal Newhouser* 19 28 47 40 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 .200 .256 .200 .456 16 8 0 0 4
24 P Dizzy Trout 25 33 33 31 4 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 9 .129 .182 .129 .311 -21 4 1 0 0
25 P Fred Hutchinson* 20 17 30 30 1 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .267 .267 .300 .567 41 9 0 0 0
26 P Lynn Nelson* 35 19 23 23 4 8 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 6 .348 .348 .478 .826 104 11 0 0 0
27 P Al Benton 29 42 21 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 4
28 P Tom Seats 29 26 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .083 .083 .083 .167 -58 1 0 0 0
29 P Archie McKain# 29 27 10 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .143 .333 .143 .476 24 1 0 0 1
30 P Cotton Pippen 29 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 2 0 0
31 P Clay Smith 25 14 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
32 P Floyd Giebell* 30 2 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
Team Totals 29.4 155 6183 5418 888 1549 312 65 134 829 66 39 664 554 .286 .366 .442 .808 101 2393 115 24 77 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 1 2 1 4 3 2 5 1 7 1 1 2 1 2
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 32 21 5 .808 2.83 36 34 1 20 3 0 264.0 235 110 83 19 100 164 3 2 2 1101 167 1.269 8.0 0.6 3.4 5.6 1.64
2 SP Tommy Bridges 33 12 9 .571 3.37 29 28 1 12 2 0 197.2 171 89 74 11 88 133 0 0 5 843 140 1.310 7.8 0.5 4.0 6.1 1.51
3 SP Schoolboy Rowe 30 16 3 .842 3.46 27 23 4 11 1 0 169.0 170 68 65 15 43 61 1 0 2 706 137 1.260 9.1 0.8 2.3 3.2 1.42
4 SP Johnny Gorsica 25 7 7 .500 4.33 29 20 2 5 2 0 160.0 170 85 77 10 57 68 4 1 2 692 109 1.419 9.6 0.6 3.2 3.8 1.19
5 SP Hal Newhouser* 19 9 9 .500 4.86 28 20 3 7 0 0 133.1 149 81 72 12 76 89 2 1 1 613 97 1.688 10.1 0.8 5.1 6.0 1.17
6 SP Fred Hutchinson 20 3 7 .300 5.68 17 10 6 1 0 0 76.0 85 52 48 6 26 32 2 1 0 335 83 1.461 10.1 0.7 3.1 3.8 1.23
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
7 CL Al Benton 29 6 10 .375 4.42 42 0 35 0 0 17 79.1 93 44 39 5 36 50 0 0 2 361 107 1.626 10.6 0.6 4.1 5.7 1.39
8 RP Dizzy Trout 25 3 7 .300 4.47 33 10 6 1 0 2 100.2 125 60 50 4 54 64 3 0 3 469 106 1.778 11.2 0.4 4.8 5.7 1.19
9 RP Tom Seats* 29 2 2 .500 4.69 26 2 10 0 0 1 55.2 67 43 29 4 21 25 0 0 2 256 101 1.581 10.8 0.6 3.4 4.0 1.19
10 RP Archie McKain* 29 5 0 1.000 2.82 27 0 17 0 0 3 51.0 48 18 16 2 25 24 0 0 1 224 168 1.431 8.5 0.4 4.4 4.2 0.96
11 RP Clay Smith 25 1 1 .500 5.08 14 1 5 0 0 0 28.1 32 18 16 3 13 14 1 0 2 128 93 1.588 10.2 1.0 4.1 4.4 1.08
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
12 Cotton Pippen 29 1 2 .333 6.75 4 3 0 0 0 0 21.1 29 16 16 3 10 9 1 0 1 102 70 1.828 12.2 1.3 4.2 3.8 0.90
13 Floyd Giebell 30 2 0 1.000 1.00 2 2 0 2 1 0 18.0 14 2 2 2 4 11 0 0 1 73 473 1.000 7.0 1.0 2.0 5.5 2.75
14 Lynn Nelson 35 1 1 .500 10.93 6 2 4 0 0 0 14.0 23 19 17 5 9 7 0 0 0 73 43 2.286 14.8 3.2 5.8 4.5 0.78
15 Bud Thomas 29 0 1 .000 9.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 8 5 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 24 53 2.750 18.0 2.3 6.8 0.0 0.00
16 Dick Conger 19 1 0 1.000 3.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 14 158 1.667 6.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33
17 Bob Uhl* 26 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 4 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 0.00
Team Totals 28.0 90 64 .584 3.99 155 155 96 59 9 23 1375.1 1425 716 609 102 570 752 17 5 25 6020 119 1.451 9.3 0.7 3.7 4.9 1.32
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 8 7 2 1 3 4 4 4 3 5 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 38 22 7 11 5 26 23 2 1 0 .962 1.14 OF
Dick Bartell 32 139 723 295 394 34 74 .953 4.96 SS
Al Benton 29 42 19 5 11 3 1 .842 0.38 P
Tommy Bridges 33 29 36 4 30 2 0 .944 1.17 P
Bruce Campbell 30 74 0 0 74 145 133 6 6 0 .959 1.88 OF
Dick Conger 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Frank Croucher 25 34 58 23 30 5 3 .914 1.56 SS-2B-3B
Pete Fox 31 85 2 1 82 181 169 6 6 0 .967 2.06 OF
Charlie Gehringer 37 138 669 276 374 19 72 .972 4.71 2B
Floyd Giebell 30 2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Johnny Gorsica 25 29 72 15 53 4 2 .944 2.34 P
Hank Greenberg 29 148 148 0 0 327 298 14 15 1 .954 2.11 OF
Pinky Higgins 31 129 401 133 239 29 16 .928 2.88 3B
Fred Hutchinson 20 17 20 2 16 2 1 .900 1.06 P
Red Kress 33 29 127 45 74 8 6 .937 4.10 3B-SS
Barney McCosky 23 141 0 141 0 362 349 7 6 2 .983 2.52 OF
Archie McKain 29 27 18 2 16 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Scat Metha 26 16 39 10 27 2 3 .949 2.31 2B-3B
Dutch Meyer 24 21 75 28 44 3 6 .960 3.43 2B
Pat Mullin 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OF
Lynn Nelson 35 6 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Hal Newhouser 19 28 37 5 31 1 0 .973 1.29 P
Bobo Newsom 32 36 38 3 32 3 3 .921 0.97 P
Cotton Pippen 29 4 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.50 P
Schoolboy Rowe 30 27 38 10 28 0 2 1.000 1.41 P
Tom Seats 29 26 15 4 11 0 0 1.000 0.58 P
Clay Smith 25 14 11 1 10 0 0 1.000 0.79 P
Tuck Stainback 28 9 1 8 0 31 26 4 1 0 .968 3.33 OF
Billy Sullivan 29 63 349 296 43 10 5 .971 5.38 2 C-3B
Birdie Tebbetts 27 107 678 572 89 17 10 .975 6.18 6 C
Bud Thomas 29 3 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.33 P
Dizzy Trout 25 33 32 5 25 2 1 .938 0.91 P
Bob Uhl 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Rudy York 26 155 1512 1390 107 15 101 .990 9.66 1B
Team Totals 29.0 155 6056 4126 1736 194 309 .968 3.58 8
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 8 6
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1939 / 1941 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics