1939 Detroit Tigers Roster (40-man)

1938 Season 1940 Season

Record: 81-73-1, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Del Baker (81-73-1)

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium

Attendance: 836,279 (2nd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 105
One-year: Batting - 111, Pitching - 110

Pythagorean W-L: 85-69, 849 Runs, 762 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Earl Averill HOF	37	us US	L	R	5' 9"	172	May 21, 1902	11	87	78	87	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	4	0	80	9	0	1.1	$13,000
Beau Bell	31	us US	R	R	6' 2"	185	Aug 20, 1907	5	54	35	54	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	0	0	37	17	1	-0.4
Al Benton	28	us US	R	R	6' 4"	215	Mar 18, 1911	4	37	16	37	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$4,200
Tommy Bridges	32	us US	R	R	5' 10"	155	Dec 28, 1906	10	29	26	29	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.8		All-Star
Mark Christman	25	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Oct 21, 1913	2	6	3	6	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.1	$4,200
George Coffman	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	155	Dec 11, 1910	3	23	1	23	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5	$5,000
Frank Croucher	24	us US	R	R	5' 11"	165	Jul 23, 1914	1st	97	89	97	96	0	0	0	3	0	93	0	0	0	0	2	1	-0.4
Roy Cullenbine	25	us US	B	R	6' 1"	190	Oct 18, 1913	2	75	41	75	48	0	0	2	0	0	0	24	4	19	46	29	1	0.1	$3,600
Harry Eisenstat	23	us US	L	L	5' 11"	185	Oct 10, 1915	5	10	2	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Les Fleming	23	us US	L	L	5' 10"	185	Aug 7, 1915	1st	8	3	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	5	0	-0.4
Pete Fox	30	us US	R	R	5' 11"	165	Mar 8, 1909	7	141	123	141	126	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	126	126	17	0	0.8	$12,500
Charlie Gehringer HOF	36	us US	L	R	5' 11"	180	May 11, 1903	16	118	106	118	107	0	0	0	107	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	5.1	$20,000
Floyd Giebell	29	us US	L	R	6' 2"	172	Dec 10, 1909	1st	9	0	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
George Gill	30	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Feb 13, 1909	3	3	1	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$8,500
Hank Greenberg HOF	28	us US	R	R	6' 3"	210	Jan 1, 1911	8	138	136	138	136	0	0	136	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5.4	$35,000	All-Star
Bob Harris	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	May 1, 1915	2	5	1	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	$3,000
Pinky Higgins	30	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	May 27, 1909	8	132	128	132	130	0	0	0	0	130	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.1	$12,500
Fred Hutchinson	19	us US	L	R	6' 2"	190	Aug 12, 1919	1st	13	12	13	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	$2,917
Vern Kennedy	32	us US	L	R	6' 0"	175	Mar 20, 1907	6	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$9,000
Red Kress	34	us US	R	R	5' 11"	165	Jan 2, 1905	12	51	43	51	45	0	0	0	16	4	25	0	0	0	0	6	1	-0.5
Chet Laabs	27	us US	R	R	5' 8"	175	Apr 30, 1912	3	5	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	0.1	$3,600
Roxie Lawson	33	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	Apr 13, 1906	8	2	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$6,000
Red Lynn	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	162	Dec 27, 1913	1st	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Barney McCosky	22	us US	L	R	6' 1"	184	Apr 11, 1917	1st	147	145	147	145	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	145	0	145	2	0	3.5
Benny McCoy	23	us US	L	R	5' 9"	170	Nov 9, 1915	2	55	45	55	50	0	0	0	34	0	16	0	0	0	0	6	0	1.5	$4,200
Archie McKain	28	us US	B	L	5' 10"	175	May 12, 1911	3	32	11	32	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	$5,000
Hal Newhouser HOF	18	us US	L	L	6' 2"	180	May 20, 1921	1st	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$2,100
Bobo Newsom	31	us US	R	R	6' 3"	200	Aug 11, 1907	9	35	31	35	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.8		All-Star
Dixie Parsons	23	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	May 12, 1916	1st	5	0	5	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Cotton Pippen	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Apr 2, 1911	2	3	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Billy Rogell	34	us US	B	R	5' 10"	163	Nov 24, 1904	13	74	51	74	65	0	0	0	2	21	43	0	0	0	0	4	9	0.1	$11,000
Schoolboy Rowe	29	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	Jan 11, 1910	7	31	24	31	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.5
Merv Shea	38	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Sep 5, 1900	10	4	0	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$2,500
Birdie Tebbetts	26	us US	R	R	5' 11"	170	Nov 10, 1912	4	106	94	106	100	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0.3
Bud Thomas	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Sep 9, 1910	5	27	0	27	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6
Dizzy Trout	24	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Jun 29, 1915	1st	35	22	35	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2.7
Dixie Walker	28	us US	L	R	6' 1"	175	Sep 24, 1910	8	43	36	43	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	5	11	37	5	1	1.0	$10,000
Jim Walkup	29	us US	R	R	6' 1"	170	Dec 14, 1909	6	7	0	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Rudy York	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	209	Aug 17, 1913	4	102	79	102	85	0	66	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	2.7
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Del Baker	47	us US	May 3, 1892	Manager	Apr 18	Oct 1
Gordie Hinkle	34	us US	Apr 3, 1905		Apr 18	Oct 1
Merv Shea	38	us US	Sep 5, 1900		Apr 18	Oct 1
Bing Miller	44	us US	Aug 30, 1894	Coach	Apr 18	Oct 1
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date