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1942 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1941 / 1943)
73-81, Finished 5th in American League
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Scored 589 runs, Allowed 587 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-77
Manager: Del Baker (73-81)
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 580,087 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 108, Pitching - 108;   one-year: Batting - 112, Pitching - 113

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1941 / 1943 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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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 29 99 352 308 24 76 11 0 1 27 4 0 39 17 .247 .335 .292 .627 72 90 9 2 3
2 1B Rudy York 28 153 653 577 81 150 26 4 21 90 3 3 73 71 .260 .343 .428 .771 109 247 16 0 3
3 2B Jimmy Bloodworth 24 137 578 533 62 129 23 1 13 57 2 8 35 63 .242 .295 .362 .657 78 193 13 5 5
4 SS Billy Hitchcock 25 85 310 280 27 59 8 1 0 29 2 2 26 21 .211 .280 .246 .527 44 69 8 1 3
5 3B Pinky Higgins 33 143 579 499 65 133 34 2 11 79 3 7 72 21 .267 .362 .409 .771 110 204 21 3 5
6 OF Doc Cramer* 36 151 682 630 71 166 26 4 0 43 4 4 43 18 .263 .314 .317 .631 72 200 15 3 6
7 OF Barney McCosky* 25 154 680 600 75 176 28 11 7 50 11 5 68 37 .293 .365 .412 .777 111 247 12 0 12
8 OF Ned Harris* 25 121 450 398 53 108 16 10 9 45 5 4 49 35 .271 .351 .430 .781 112 171 6 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 UT Don Ross 27 87 265 226 29 62 10 2 3 30 2 1 36 16 .274 .379 .376 .755 106 85 7 2 1
10 C Dixie Parsons 26 63 202 188 8 37 4 0 2 11 1 0 13 22 .197 .249 .250 .499 36 47 5 0 1
11 SS Moe Franklin 28 48 166 154 24 40 7 0 2 16 0 0 7 5 .260 .301 .344 .645 75 53 3 2 3
12 OF Rip Radcliff* 36 62 155 144 13 36 5 0 1 20 0 1 9 6 .250 .294 .306 .600 63 44 3 0 2
13 SS Johnny Lipon 19 34 140 131 5 25 2 0 0 9 1 3 7 7 .191 .232 .206 .438 20 27 1 0 2
14 SS Eric McNair 33 26 71 68 5 11 2 0 1 4 0 1 3 5 .162 .197 .235 .432 17 16 5 0 0
15 2B Dutch Meyer 26 14 57 52 5 17 3 0 2 9 0 1 4 4 .327 .386 .500 .886 140 26 2 1 0
16 2B Charlie Gehringer* 39 45 52 45 6 12 0 0 1 7 0 0 7 4 .267 .365 .333 .699 91 15 0 0 0
17 C Hank Riebe 20 11 35 35 1 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .314 .314 .371 .686 86 13 1 0 0
18 C Al Unser 29 4 9 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750 105 3 1 0 1
19 OF Bob Patrick 24 4 9 8 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 .250 .333 .750 1.083 190 6 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
20 P Dizzy Trout 27 36 83 75 9 16 3 0 1 7 1 0 4 16 .213 .253 .293 .546 49 22 1 0 4
21 P Hal White 23 34 83 77 7 13 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 25 .169 .200 .182 .382 4 14 1 0 3
22 P Al Benton 31 35 76 67 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 .075 .075 .090 .164 -55 6 0 0 9
23 P Tommy Bridges 35 23 69 63 5 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 12 .095 .162 .143 .305 -17 9 2 0 1
24 P Virgil Trucks 25 28 66 65 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 .123 .123 .138 .262 -29 9 3 0 1
25 P Hal Newhouser* 21 39 58 52 1 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 .154 .200 .192 .392 7 10 2 0 3
26 P Charlie Fuchs# 29 9 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .077 .077 .077 .154 -58 1 1 0 0
27 P Roy Henshaw 30 23 13 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .083 .154 .083 .237 -34 1 0 0 0
28 P Johnny Gorsica 27 31 11 10 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .300 .400 7 3 0 0 1
29 P Schoolboy Rowe 32 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
30 P Hal Manders 25 18 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 36 1 0 0 0
31 P Jack Wilson 30 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.3 156 5927 5327 589 1313 217 37 76 547 39 40 508 472 .246 .314 .344 .658 79 1832 138 19 73
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 6 7 6 7 4 7 5 5 7 7 7 5 6 5
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 Al Benton 31 7 13 .350 2.90 35 30 4 9 1 2 226.2 210 87 73 9 84 110 0 0 5 954 136 1.297 8.3 0.4 3.3 4.4 1.31
2 SP Dizzy Trout 27 12 18 .400 3.43 35 29 5 13 1 0 223.0 214 98 85 15 89 91 4 1 8 965 115 1.359 8.6 0.6 3.6 3.7 1.02
3 SP Hal White 23 12 12 .500 2.91 34 25 7 12 4 1 216.2 212 80 70 6 82 93 5 0 1 933 136 1.357 8.8 0.2 3.4 3.9 1.13
4 SP Hal Newhouser* 21 8 14 .364 2.45 38 23 14 11 1 5 183.2 137 73 50 4 114 103 2 0 2 789 161 1.367 6.7 0.2 5.6 5.0 0.90
5 SP Tommy Bridges 35 9 7 .563 2.74 23 22 1 11 2 1 174.0 164 66 53 6 61 97 4 0 5 742 144 1.293 8.5 0.3 3.2 5.0 1.59
6 SP Virgil Trucks 25 14 8 .636 2.74 28 20 8 8 2 0 167.2 147 64 51 3 74 91 2 1 7 721 144 1.318 7.9 0.2 4.0 4.9 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 RP Roy Henshaw* 30 2 4 .333 4.09 23 2 14 0 0 1 61.2 63 32 28 3 27 24 1 0 0 267 97 1.459 9.2 0.4 3.9 3.5 0.89
8 RP Johnny Gorsica 27 3 2 .600 4.75 28 0 19 0 0 4 53.0 63 31 28 2 26 19 3 0 0 242 83 1.679 10.7 0.3 4.4 3.2 0.73
9 RP Charlie Fuchs 29 3 3 .500 6.63 9 4 3 1 1 0 36.2 43 27 27 5 19 15 1 1 2 174 60 1.691 10.6 1.2 4.7 3.7 0.79
10 RP Hal Manders 25 2 0 1.000 4.09 18 0 11 0 0 0 33.0 39 19 15 4 15 14 1 0 0 146 97 1.636 10.6 1.1 4.1 3.8 0.93
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
11 Jack Wilson 30 0 0 4.85 9 0 5 0 0 0 13.0 20 8 7 3 5 7 0 0 1 63 82 1.923 13.8 2.1 3.5 4.8 1.40
12 Schoolboy Rowe 32 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 10.1 9 2 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 43 1.065 7.8 0.0 1.7 6.1 3.50
Team Totals 27.2 73 81 .474 3.13 156 156 91 65 12 14 1399.1 1321 587 487 60 598 671 23 3 31 6039 126 1.371 8.5 0.4 3.8 4.3 1.12
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 4 7 2 3 2 4 2 2 2 7 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
Al Benton 31 35 62 18 39 5 0 .919 1.63 P
Jimmy Bloodworth 24 136 789 336 431 22 66 .972 5.64 2B-SS
Tommy Bridges 35 23 48 15 32 1 2 .979 2.04 P
Doc Cramer 36 150 0 150 0 374 352 15 7 6 .981 2.45 OF
Moe Franklin 28 39 180 82 92 6 17 .967 4.46 SS-2B
Charlie Fuchs 29 9 15 3 12 0 0 1.000 1.67 P
Charlie Gehringer 39 3 16 7 9 0 1 1.000 5.33 2B
Johnny Gorsica 27 28 35 5 29 1 0 .971 1.21 P
Ned Harris 25 104 0 0 104 179 164 5 10 2 .944 1.63 OF
Roy Henshaw 30 23 16 4 10 2 0 .875 0.61 P
Pinky Higgins 33 137 407 134 243 30 24 .926 2.75 3B
Billy Hitchcock 25 81 377 157 199 21 39 .944 4.40 SS-3B
Johnny Lipon 19 34 199 85 103 11 24 .945 5.53 SS
Hal Manders 25 18 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 0.44 P
Barney McCosky 25 154 145 7 2 365 351 7 7 2 .981 2.32 OF
Eric McNair 33 21 67 27 32 8 6 .881 2.81 SS
Dutch Meyer 26 14 88 31 56 1 14 .989 6.21 2B
Hal Newhouser 21 38 56 10 45 1 3 .982 1.45 P
Dixie Parsons 26 62 324 274 44 6 6 .981 5.13 2 C
Bob Patrick 24 3 0 0 3 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 OF
Rip Radcliff 36 28 6 0 18 90 83 6 1 1 .989 3.18 OF-1B
Hank Riebe 20 11 47 42 5 0 1 1.000 4.27 3 C
Don Ross 27 58 5 0 33 131 94 30 7 4 .947 2.14 OF-3B
Schoolboy Rowe 32 2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Birdie Tebbetts 29 97 527 446 69 12 10 .977 5.31 5 C
Dizzy Trout 27 35 86 24 56 6 6 .930 2.29 P
Virgil Trucks 25 28 36 5 28 3 0 .917 1.18 P
Al Unser 29 4 14 11 3 0 0 1.000 3.50 1 C
Hal White 23 34 67 20 41 6 6 .910 1.79 P
Jack Wilson 30 9 5 0 4 1 1 .800 0.44 P
Rudy York 28 152 1578 1413 146 19 117 .988 10.26 1B
Team Totals 27.9 156 6195 4200 1801 194 358 .969 3.82 11
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 6 6
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1941 / 1943 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics