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1940 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939/1941)
90-64, Finished 1st in American League
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Won AL Pennant
Scored 888 runs, Allowed 717 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-62
Managed by Del Baker

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,112,693 (1st of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 109, Pitching - 108
  (one-year): Batting - 111, Pitching - 108
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940 Stats / Schedule (1939/1941) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   90-64 , Final Rank: 1, GB: up 1.0
Days in First:                  43 (last on September 29, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          28 (last on September 27)
Most Games under .500:           1 (last on April 19)

Biggest Lead:                  3.0 (last on September 27)
Farthest Behind Leader:        5.5 (last on August 21)

Longest Winning Streak:          6 (June 14 to June 19)
Longest Losing Streak:           6 (August 16 to August 21)

Most Runs Allowed:              16 (September 14)
Most Runs Scored:               15 (May 30 and July 27)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       4
Times Opponent Shutout:         10

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        90  64     888     717    .584

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           50  29     512     389    .633
Road           40  35     376     328    .533

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     44  27     411     318    .620
Second Half    46  37     477     399    .554
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        23  19     180     176    .548

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        32  15     378     218    .681

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 16     DET  SLB  L   1-5        0-1     5     1.0       S Coffman                  49,417 -
  2 Thu, Apr 18     DET  SLB  W   4-2        1-1     3     1.0       T Bridges                   1,356 +
  3 Fri, Apr 19     DET @CLE  L   0-4        1-2     6     1.5       J Allen                    26,529 -
  4 Sun, Apr 21     DET @CLE  W  12-2        2-2     4     1.0       S Rowe                     18,264 +
  5 Mon, Apr 22     DET @CHW  W   6-5        3-2     3     0.5       D Conger                    5,009 ++
  6 Wed, Apr 24     DET @CHW  W   2-1        4-2     2     0.5       T Bridges                   1,500 +++
  7 Thu, Apr 25     DET @SLB  W   4-2        5-2     2     0.5       B Newsom                    1,162 ++++
  8 Sat, Apr 27     DET  CLE  L   2-4        5-3     2     1.0       M Naymick                  20,133 -
  9 Sun, Apr 28     DET  CLE  L   9-11       5-4     3     2.0       A Smith                    30,200 --
 10 Mon, Apr 29     DET  CLE  W   4-3        6-4     3     1.0       C Pippen                    9,072 +
 11 Tue, Apr 30     DET @WSH  L   4-9        6-5     3     2.0       J Haynes                    3,000 -
 12 Wed, May  1     DET @WSH  W  10-7        7-5     3     1.0       L Nelson                    1,000 +
 13 Thu, May  2     DET @WSH  W   5-3        8-5     3     0.5       H Newhouser                 2,000 ++
 14 Sat, May  4     DET @PHA  L   5-14       8-6     3     2.0       J Babich                    6,000 -
 15 Sun, May  5     DET @NYY  W   6-4        9-6     3     1.5       A McKain                   36,937 +
 16 Mon, May  6     DET @NYY  W   6-4       10-6     3     1.0       T Seats                     5,650 ++
 17 Tue, May  7     DET @NYY  W   4-2       11-6     2     1.0       H Newhouser                10,482 +++
 18 Wed, May  8     DET @BOS  L   4-5       11-7     3     2.0       J Bagby                     3,800 -
 19 Thu, May  9     DET @BOS  L   5-6       11-8     3     3.0       H Hash                      7,700 --
 20 Fri, May 10     DET  CHW  W   3-0       12-8     3     3.0       B Newsom                    4,342 +
 21 Sat, May 11     DET  CHW  L   0-1       12-9     3     4.0       J Knott                    24,525 -
 22 Sun, May 12     DET  CHW  L   3-4       12-10    3     4.0       T Lyons                    18,517 --
 23 Tue, May 14     DET  WSH  L   2-4       12-11    3     5.0       D Leonard                   5,032 ---
 24 Sat, May 18     DET  PHA  W   8-6       13-11    3     5.0       B Newsom                    8,470 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Mon, May 20     DET  BOS  W  10-7       14-11    3     4.0       S Rowe                      7,931 ++
 26 Tue, May 21     DET  BOS  L   8-11      14-12    3     5.0       E Dickman                   6,908 -
 27 Wed, May 22     DET  NYY  L   2-8       14-13    3     5.0       M Breuer                    9,914 --
 28 Thu, May 23     DET  NYY  W   3-2       15-13    3     4.5       B Newsom                    9,429 +
 29 Fri, May 24     DET @CHW  L   1-2       15-14    3     5.0       J Rigney                    2,000 -
 30 Sat, May 25     DET @CHW  W  10-4       16-14    3     4.5       D Trout                     7,000 +
 31 Mon, May 27     DET @CLE  W   6-1       17-14    3     3.5       B Newsom                   25,718 ++
 32 Tue, May 28     DET @CLE  W   8-5       18-14    3     3.5       A Benton                    2,000 +++
 33 Wed, May 29     DET @CLE  L   4-7       18-15    3     4.5       B Feller                    2,500 -
 34 Thu, May 30     DET  SLB  W   2-1       19-15    3     3.5       T Bridges                         +
 35                 DET  SLB  W  15-6       20-15    3     3.5       S Rowe                     33,461 ++
 36 Sat, Jun  1     DET @WSH  W  12-3       21-15    3     3.5       B Newsom                    7,500 +++
 37 Sun, Jun  2     DET @WSH  W   8-6       22-15    3     3.0       A Benton                    1,000 ++++
 38 Mon, Jun  3     DET @WSH  L   3-9       22-16    3     3.0       D Leonard                         -
 39 Tue, Jun  4     DET @PHA  L   6-8       22-17    3     3.0       J Babich                    2,500 --
 40 Wed, Jun  5     DET @PHA  W   9-1       23-17    3     2.0       S Rowe                     18,553 +
 41 Thu, Jun  6     DET @PHA  L   4-7       23-18    3     3.0       C Dean                      6,000 -
 42 Fri, Jun  7     DET @BOS  W   7-1       24-18    3     2.0       H Newhouser                 1,170 +
 43 Sat, Jun  8     DET @BOS  W   4-2       25-18    3     1.5       J Gorsica                  10,900 ++
 44 Tue, Jun 11     DET @NYY  W   6-1       26-18    2     1.0       T Bridges                   5,654 +++
 45 Wed, Jun 12     DET @NYY  L   5-7       26-19    2     2.0       B Hadley                   10,036 -
 46 Thu, Jun 13     DET @CLE  L   2-3       26-20    3     2.5       A Smith                     3,000 --
 47 Fri, Jun 14     DET  WSH  W  10-1       27-20    3     2.5       H Newhouser                 4,401 +
 48 Sat, Jun 15     DET  WSH  W  11-1       28-20    2     2.0       B Newsom                          ++
 49                 DET  WSH  W   8-0       29-20    2     2.0       J Gorsica                  26,402 +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sun, Jun 16     DET  WSH  W   8-7       30-20    2     2.5       A McKain                   19,760 ++++
 51 Wed, Jun 19     DET  PHA  W   5-4       31-20    2     0.5       B Newsom                          +++++
 52                 DET  PHA  W   9-4       32-20    2     0.5       S Rowe                     16,351 ++++++
 53 Thu, Jun 20     DET  PHA  L   4-6       32-21    2     1.0       C Dean                      4,262 -
 54 Fri, Jun 21     DET  NYY  L   7-12      32-22    2     2.0       R Ruffing                  11,717 --
 55 Sat, Jun 22     DET  NYY  W   3-2       33-22    2     2.0       A Benton                   14,694 +
 56 Sun, Jun 23     DET  NYY  W   9-2       34-22    2     1.5       B Newsom                   32,892 ++
 57 Tue, Jun 25     DET  BOS  L   7-11      34-23    2     2.5       J Wilson                          -
 58                 DET  BOS  W   5-1       35-23    2     2.5       H Newhouser                26,169 +
 59 Wed, Jun 26     DET  BOS  L   1-3       35-24    2     2.5       H Hash                      8,329 -
 60 Thu, Jun 27     DET @SLB  W   2-1       36-24    2     2.0       B Newsom                   15,258 +
 61 Sat, Jun 29     DET @SLB  W   9-5       37-24    2     2.0       T Bridges                         ++
 62                 DET @SLB  -   9-9       37-24    2     2.0                                   3,849 ++
 63 Sun, Jun 30     DET @SLB  L   6-7       37-25    2     2.0       R Lawson                          -
 64                 DET @SLB  W  10-1       38-25    2     2.0       J Gorsica                   9,492 +
 65 Mon, Jul  1     DET  CHW  W   3-1       39-25    2     1.0       B Newsom                    5,018 ++
 66 Tue, Jul  2     DET  CHW  W  10-9       40-25    1    Tied       A Benton                    4,663 +++
 67 Wed, Jul  3     DET  CHW  L   7-12      40-26    2     1.0       J Knott                     5,171 -
 68 Thu, Jul  4     DET  CLE  W   5-3       41-26    2     1.0       T Bridges                         +
 69                 DET  CLE  L   1-2       41-27    2     1.0       J Allen                    57,633 -
 70 Sat, Jul  6     DET  SLB  W  11-2       42-27    2     0.5       B Newsom                          +
 71                 DET  SLB  W   2-0       43-27    2     0.5       J Gorsica                  25,005 ++
 72 Sun, Jul  7     DET  SLB  W   5-2       44-27    1  up 0.5       S Rowe                     13,587 +++
 73 Thu, Jul 11     DET @WSH  L   3-7       44-28    2     0.5       S Hudson                    3,500 -
 74 Sat, Jul 13     DET @WSH  W   4-3       45-28    2     0.5       C Smith                           +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75                 DET @WSH  W   4-0       46-28    2     0.5       B Newsom                   14,000 ++
 76 Sun, Jul 14     DET @PHA  L   2-8       46-29    2     1.0       P Vaughan                         -
 77                 DET @PHA  L   2-5       46-30    2     1.0       N Potter                   21,030 --
 78 Mon, Jul 15     DET @PHA  W   9-8       47-30    1    Tied       H Newhouser                 3,000 +
 79 Tue, Jul 16     DET @PHA  L   1-3       47-31    1    Tied       G Caster                    2,500 -
 80 Wed, Jul 17     DET @BOS  L   3-8       47-32    2     0.5       F Ostermuell                      --
 81                 DET @BOS  L   5-8       47-33    2     0.5       J Bagby                    32,400 ---
 82 Thu, Jul 18     DET @BOS  W  10-8       48-33    1  up 0.5       T Seats                     5,800 +
 83 Fri, Jul 19     DET @BOS  W   4-0       49-33    1  up 1.5       T Bridges                  13,300 ++
 84 Sat, Jul 20     DET @NYY  W   3-1       50-33    1  up 1.5       H Newhouser                16,868 +++
 85 Sun, Jul 21     DET @NYY  W   4-3       51-33    1  up 1.5       A McKain                          ++++
 86                 DET @NYY  W   3-2       52-33    1  up 1.5       S Rowe                     68,590 +++++
 87 Tue, Jul 23     DET  WSH  L   3-6       52-34    1  up 0.5       K Chase                     7,239 -
 88 Wed, Jul 24     DET  WSH  W   7-5       53-34    1  up 0.5       F Hutchinson                6,044 +
 89 Thu, Jul 25     DET  WSH  W   5-2       54-34    1  up 1.5       H Newhouser                 5,481 ++
 90 Fri, Jul 26     DET  PHA  L   4-7       54-35    1  up 0.5       G Caster                    4,971 -
 91 Sat, Jul 27     DET  PHA  W  15-2       55-35    1  up 2.0       S Rowe                            +
 92                 DET  PHA  W   8-7       56-35    1  up 2.0       J Gorsica                  23,470 ++
 93 Sun, Jul 28     DET  PHA  L   5-9       56-36    1  up 1.5       B Beckmann                 13,967 -
 94 Mon, Jul 29     DET  PHA  L   7-9       56-37    1  up 1.0       N Potter                    8,310 --
 95 Tue, Jul 30     DET  NYY  L   6-8       56-38    1    Tied       R Ruffing                  14,845 ---
 96 Wed, Jul 31     DET  NYY  W   7-6       57-38    1    Tied       A McKain                   13,169 +
 97 Thu, Aug  1     DET  NYY  W  11-2       58-38    1  up 1.0       S Rowe                     16,440 ++
 98 Fri, Aug  2     DET  BOS  L   9-12      58-39    1  up 1.0       J Wilson                    8,693 -
 99 Sat, Aug  3     DET  BOS  W   6-4       59-39    1  up 1.5       F Hutchinson                      +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100                 DET  BOS  W  14-2       60-39    1  up 1.5       J Gorsica                  38,150 ++
101 Sun, Aug  4     DET  BOS  L   3-7       60-40    1  up 0.5       L Grove                    27,398 -
102 Mon, Aug  5     DET @SLB  W   9-2       61-40    1    Tied       S Rowe                            +
103                 DET @SLB  L   0-4       61-41    1    Tied       J Whitehead                 2,158 -
104 Tue, Aug  6     DET @SLB  W   6-2       62-41    1  up 0.5       B Newsom                    8,252 +
105 Wed, Aug  7     DET @SLB  W   7-5       63-41    1  up 0.5       J Gorsica                   1,081 ++
106 Fri, Aug  9     DET @CHW  L   2-3       63-42    1  up 0.5       E Smith                    36,713 -
107 Sat, Aug 10     DET @CHW  W   5-2       64-42    1  up 1.0       S Rowe                     17,247 +
108 Sun, Aug 11     DET @CHW  L   3-4       64-43    1    Tied       T Lyons                           -
109                 DET @CHW  L   3-4       64-44    1    Tied       C Brown                    32,032 --
110 Mon, Aug 12     DET @CLE  L   5-8       64-45    2     1.0       B Feller                   23,720 ---
111 Tue, Aug 13     DET @CLE  L   5-6       64-46    2     2.0       H Eisenstat                16,128 ----
112 Wed, Aug 14     DET  SLB  W  13-7       65-46    2     2.0       D Trout                     6,733 +
113 Thu, Aug 15     DET  SLB  W   5-2       66-46    2     2.0       B Newsom                    6,962 ++
114 Fri, Aug 16     DET  CHW  L   4-13      66-47    2     3.0       J Rigney                   10,013 -
115 Sat, Aug 17     DET  CHW  L   5-9       66-48    2     3.0       J Knott                    13,706 --
116 Sun, Aug 18     DET  CHW  L   5-7       66-49    2     3.5       T Lyons                    19,292 ---
117 Tue, Aug 20     DET @NYY  L   3-4       66-50    2     4.5       R Ruffing                         ----
118                 DET @NYY  L   2-4       66-51    2     4.5       T Bonham                   30,346 -----
119 Wed, Aug 21     DET @NYY  L   5-6       66-52    2     5.5       J Murphy                    9,234 ------
120 Thu, Aug 22     DET @BOS  W   9-8       67-52    2     4.5       F Hutchinson                6,600 +
121 Sat, Aug 24     DET @BOS  W  12-1       68-52    2     3.5       T Bridges                         ++
122                 DET @BOS  L   7-8       68-53    2     3.5       E Dickman                  29,209 -
123 Sun, Aug 25     DET @PHA  W   7-3       69-53    2     2.5       B Newsom                   19,794 +
124 Thu, Aug 29     DET @WSH  W   3-2       70-53    2     2.0       S Rowe                            ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125                 DET @WSH  W   6-0       71-53    2     2.0       B Newsom                    4,000 +++
126 Sat, Aug 31     DET @SLB  W   6-1       72-53    2     2.5       T Bridges                   1,819 ++++
127 Sun, Sep  1     DET @SLB  L   2-8       72-54    2     3.5       J Niggeling                 5,763 -
128 Mon, Sep  2     DET @CHW  L   1-2       72-55    2     3.5       B Dietrich                        --
129                 DET @CHW  L   0-4       72-56    2     3.5       J Rigney                   27,654 ---
130 Tue, Sep  3     DET @CHW  L   2-10      72-57    3     4.0       J Knott                     2,681 ----
131 Wed, Sep  4     DET  CLE  W   7-2       73-57    2     3.0       S Rowe                     17,710 +
132 Thu, Sep  5     DET  CLE  W  11-3       74-57    2     2.0       A Benton                   18,508 ++
133 Fri, Sep  6     DET  CLE  W  10-5       75-57    2     1.0       B Newsom                   22,566 +++
134 Sat, Sep  7     DET  SLB  W   5-4       76-57    1    Tied       A Benton                   11,219 ++++
135 Sun, Sep  8     DET  SLB  W   5-4       77-57    1    Tied       T Bridges                  24,632 +++++
136 Tue, Sep 10     DET  BOS  L   5-6       77-58    1    Tied       L Grove                     6,634 -
137 Wed, Sep 11     DET  BOS  W  11-7       78-58    1  up 0.5       A McKain                    3,966 +
138 Thu, Sep 12     DET  NYY  W   6-3       79-58    1  up 0.5       S Rowe                     19,272 ++
139 Fri, Sep 13     DET  NYY  W   8-0       80-58    1  up 0.5       T Bridges                  25,514 +++
140 Sat, Sep 14     DET  NYY  L   7-16      80-59    1  up 0.5       M Breuer                   56,697 -
141 Sun, Sep 15     DET  WSH  L   1-6       80-60    2     1.0       D Leonard                  21,613 --
142 Mon, Sep 16     DET  WSH  W   9-2       81-60    2     0.5       B Newsom                    3,917 +
143 Tue, Sep 17     DET  WSH  W   6-3       82-60    1  up 0.5       S Rowe                      5,655 ++
144 Wed, Sep 18     DET  PHA  W  14-0       83-60    2     0.5       T Bridges                         +++
145                 DET  PHA  L   6-13      83-61    2     0.5       E Heusser                  12,757 -
146 Thu, Sep 19     DET  PHA  W  13-2       84-61    1    Tied       F Giebell                         +
147                 DET  PHA  W  10-1       85-61    1    Tied       D Trout                    10,493 ++
148 Fri, Sep 20     DET  CLE  W   6-5       86-61    1  up 1.0       H Newhouser                22,508 +++
149 Sat, Sep 21     DET  CLE  W   5-0       87-61    1  up 2.0       S Rowe                     42,320 ++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Sun, Sep 22     DET  CLE  L   5-10      87-62    1  up 1.0       B Feller                   56,771 -
151 Wed, Sep 25     DET  CHW  W  10-9       88-62    1  up 2.0       B Newsom                          +
152                 DET  CHW  W   3-2       89-62    1  up 2.0       B Newsom                   21,566 ++
153 Fri, Sep 27     DET @CLE  W   2-0       90-62    1  up 3.0       F Giebell                  32,553 +++
154 Sat, Sep 28     DET @CLE  L   1-2       90-63    1  up 2.0       M Harder                   18,346 -
155 Sun, Sep 29     DET @CLE  L   2-3       90-64    1  up 1.0       A Milnar                   27,494 --

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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