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1940 Detroit Tigers

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 91 156 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 35 33 110 99 13 22 3 1 1 11 0 0 10 12 .222 .294 .303 .597 49 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
33 P Bud Thomas 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Bob Uhl# 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Dick Conger 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.5 155 6183 5418 888 1549 312 65 134 829 66 39 664 554 .286 .366 .442 .808 101 2393 115 24 77
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 1 2 1 4 3 2 5 1 7 1 1 2 1 2 2 1
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
* - 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 168 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 5 843 141 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 2 692 110 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 98 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 84 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 2 256 102 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 1 224 169 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 94 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 71 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 73 482 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 44 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 57 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 14 175 1.667 6.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33
17 Bob Uhl* 26 0 0 inf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 4 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 4 0.00
Team Totals 28.0 90 64 .584 4.01 155 155 96 59 9 23 1375.1 1425 716 613 102 570 752 17 5 25 6020 118 1.451 9.3 0.7 3.7 4.9 1.32
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 8 4 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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Earl Averill 38 22 17 16 26 23 2 1 0 .962 1.14 OF
Dick Bartell 32 139 137 120 723 295 394 34 74 .953 4.96 SS
Al Benton 29 42 0 0 19 5 11 3 1 .842 0.38 P
Tommy Bridges 33 29 28 12 36 4 30 2 0 .944 1.17 P
Bruce Campbell 30 74 72 70 145 133 6 6 0 .959 1.88 OF
Dick Conger 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Frank Croucher 25 34 8 7 58 23 30 5 3 .914 1.56 SS-2B-3B
Pete Fox 31 85 80 79 181 169 6 6 0 .967 2.06 OF
Charlie Gehringer 37 138 138 118 669 276 374 19 72 .972 4.71 2B
Floyd Giebell 30 2 2 2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Johnny Gorsica 25 29 20 5 72 15 53 4 2 .944 2.34 P
Hank Greenberg 29 148 148 145 327 298 14 15 1 .954 2.11 OF
Pinky Higgins 31 129 128 128 401 133 239 29 16 .928 2.88 3B
Fred Hutchinson 20 17 10 1 20 2 16 2 1 .900 1.06 P
Red Kress 35 28 27 20 127 45 74 8 6 .937 4.10 3B-SS
Barney McCosky 23 141 141 133 362 349 7 6 2 .983 2.52 OF
Archie McKain 29 27 0 0 18 2 16 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Scat Metha 26 16 9 8 39 10 27 2 3 .949 2.31 2B-3B
Dutch Meyer 24 20 12 12 75 28 44 3 6 .960 3.43 2B
Pat Mullin 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OF
Lynn Nelson 35 6 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Hal Newhouser 19 28 20 7 37 5 31 1 0 .973 1.29 P
Bobo Newsom 32 36 34 20 38 3 32 3 3 .921 0.97 P
Cotton Pippen 29 4 3 0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.50 P
Schoolboy Rowe 30 27 23 11 38 10 28 0 2 1.000 1.41 P
Tom Seats 29 26 2 0 15 4 11 0 0 1.000 0.58 P
Clay Smith 25 14 1 0 11 1 10 0 0 1.000 0.79 P
Tuck Stainback 28 9 7 7 31 26 4 1 0 .968 3.33 OF
Billy Sullivan 29 63 57 54 349 296 43 10 5 .971 5.38 2 14 17 55% C-3B
Birdie Tebbetts 27 107 104 98 678 572 89 17 10 .975 6.18 6 40 41 51% C
Bud Thomas 29 3 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.33 P
Dizzy Trout 25 33 10 1 32 5 25 2 1 .938 0.91 P
Bob Uhl 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Rudy York 26 155 155 155 1512 1390 107 15 101 .990 9.66 1B
Team Totals 29.1 155 1395 1229 6056 4126 1736 194 309 .968 3.58 8 54 58 52%
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 8 6
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Earl Averill* 38 124 -5 0 0 0 -4 -1 3 -7 -0.7 -3 -0.3 -0.4 $ Traded O8/79
Dick Bartell 32 620 -25 2 0 0 -10 9 15 -9 -0.8 1 0.1 -0.9 $10,000 Traded *6
Al Benton 29 21 -5 0 0 0 0 1 0 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ Purchased 1
Tommy Bridges 33 75 -10 0 0 0 0 6 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
Bruce Campbell* 30 348 3 -1 0 0 0 -3 9 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ Traded O9
Frank Croucher 25 61 -11 0 0 0 -1 2 2 -8 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $ 6/45
Pete Fox 31 374 -10 -1 0 0 2 -4 10 -3 -0.3 -5 -0.5 0.2 $ O9/87
Charlie Gehringer* 37 629 21 4 0 0 -11 6 15 35 3.4 46 4.5 -1.1 $ Free Agency *4
Floyd Giebell* 30 7 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /1
Johnny Gorsica 25 66 -7 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Hank Greenberg 29 670 58 1 0 0 -2 -7 16 66 6.4 68 6.7 -0.3 $ Free Agency *7O
Pinky Higgins 31 551 -5 0 0 0 -3 0 14 6 0.6 9 0.9 -0.3 $ Traded *5
Fred Hutchinson* 20 30 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Red Kress 35 110 -8 0 0 0 0 1 3 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Traded 56
Barney McCosky* 23 660 22 4 0 0 0 -1 16 41 4.0 41 4.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent *8O
Archie McKain# 29 10 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Scat Metha 26 40 -3 0 0 0 1 0 1 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ Purchased 4/5
Dutch Meyer 24 65 -4 1 0 0 -1 1 2 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Traded 4
Pat Mullin* 22 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /8O
Lynn Nelson* 35 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Waivers /1
Hal Newhouser* 19 47 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $50,000 Amateur Free Agent 1
Bobo Newsom 32 112 -13 0 0 0 0 8 3 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Cotton Pippen 29 8 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Waivers /1
Schoolboy Rowe 30 73 -2 0 0 0 0 5 2 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1
Tom Seats 29 12 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Frank Secory 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
Clay Smith 25 7 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Tuck Stainback 28 44 -4 0 0 0 1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Purchased /O879
Billy Sullivan* 29 256 5 1 0 0 0 2 7 15 1.5 15 1.5 0.0 $ Traded 2/5
Birdie Tebbetts 27 417 -4 -2 0 0 -1 3 11 7 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent *2
Dizzy Trout 25 33 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Rudy York 26 685 37 -2 0 0 0 -7 17 45 4.4 45 4.4 0.0 $ *3
Team Total 29.5 6183 5 7 0 0 -29 38 155 176 17.4 205 20.1 -2.7 $60,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Al Benton 29 79.1 0 44 52 -1 1.0 8 1.2 $ Purchased
Tommy Bridges 33 197.2 28 89 129 -3 1.0 40 4.8 $
Dick Conger 19 3.0 0 1 2 0 1.0 1 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Floyd Giebell 30 18.0 2 2 12 0 1.0 10 1.0 $
Johnny Gorsica 25 160.0 20 85 105 -2 1.0 20 2.8 $
Fred Hutchinson 20 76.0 10 52 50 -1 1.0 -2 0.3 $ Traded
Archie McKain* 29 51.0 0 18 33 -1 1.0 15 1.7 $ Traded
Lynn Nelson 35 14.0 2 19 9 0 1.0 -10 -0.8 $ Waivers
Hal Newhouser* 19 133.1 20 81 87 -2 1.0 6 1.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bobo Newsom 32 264.0 34 110 173 -4 1.0 63 7.3 $ Traded
Cotton Pippen 29 21.1 3 16 14 0 1.0 -2 0.0 $ Waivers
Schoolboy Rowe 30 169.0 23 68 111 -2 1.0 43 4.9 $
Tom Seats* 29 55.2 2 43 36 -1 1.0 -7 -0.2 $ Rule 5 Draft
Clay Smith 25 28.1 1 18 19 0 1.0 1 0.2 $ Purchased
Bud Thomas 29 4.0 0 5 3 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $ Waivers
Dizzy Trout 25 100.2 10 60 66 -1 1.0 6 1.2 $ Traded
Bob Uhl* 26 0.0 0 5 0 0 1.0 -5 -0.4 $ Purchased
Team Total 28.0 1375.1 155 716 901 -18 1.0 185 25.3 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1939 / 1941 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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