1939 Detroit Tigers Statistics

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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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	26	106	377	341	37	89	22	2	4	53	2	1	25	20	.261	.315	.372	.688	70	127	8	2	8		3
2	1B	Hank Greenberg	28	138	604	500	111	156	42	7	33	113	8	3	91	95	.312	.420	.622	1.042	156	311	8	2	11		5
3	2B	Charlie Gehringer*	36	118	487	406	86	132	29	6	16	86	4	3	68	16	.325	.423	.544	.967	139	221	7	1	11		2
4	SS	Frank Croucher	24	97	351	324	38	87	15	0	5	40	2	2	16	42	.269	.303	.361	.664	64	117	10	0	11		0
5	3B	Pinky Higgins	30	132	561	489	57	135	23	2	8	76	7	4	56	41	.276	.353	.380	.733	82	186	14	2	14		3
6	OF	Earl Averill*	37	87	366	309	58	81	20	6	10	58	4	2	43	30	.262	.354	.463	.817	102	143	4	1	11		0
7	OF	Barney McCosky*	22	147	692	611	120	190	33	14	4	58	20	4	70	45	.311	.384	.430	.814	102	263	7	2	9		0
8	OF	Pete Fox	30	141	561	519	69	153	24	6	7	66	23	12	35	41	.295	.342	.405	.746	85	210	13	2	5		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Rudy York	25	102	376	329	66	101	16	1	20	68	5	0	41	50	.307	.387	.544	.931	129	179	8	2	4		2
10	2B	Benny McCoy*	23	55	227	192	38	58	13	6	1	33	3	0	29	26	.302	.394	.448	.842	109	86	4	0	6		0
11	OF	Roy Cullenbine#	25	75	214	179	31	43	9	2	6	23	0	1	34	29	.240	.362	.413	.775	92	74	2	0	1		0
12	IF	Billy Rogell#	34	74	206	174	24	40	6	3	2	23	3	1	26	14	.230	.330	.333	.663	65	58	2	0	6		0
13	OF	Dixie Walker*	28	43	178	154	31	47	4	5	4	19	4	1	15	8	.305	.367	.474	.841	108	73	5	0	8		0
14	MI	Red Kress	34	51	178	157	19	38	7	0	1	22	2	1	17	16	.242	.316	.306	.622	55	48	7	0	4		3
15	OF	Beau Bell	31	54	167	134	14	32	4	2	0	24	0	1	24	16	.239	.358	.299	.657	65	40	6	1	8		3
16	OF	Chet Laabs	27	5	18	16	1	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	.313	.389	.500	.889	120	8	1	0	0		0
17	3B	Mark Christman	25	6	16	16	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.375	.625	53	6	2	0	0		0
18	OF	Les Fleming*	23	8	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0		0
19	C	Merv Shea	38	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
20	C	Dixie Parsons	23	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	35	0	0	0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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
21	P	Bobo Newsom	31	35	102	97	6	18	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	16	.186	.194	.206	.400	0	20	6	0	4		0
22	P	Tommy Bridges	32	29	87	71	11	14	2	0	0	6	0	0	8	24	.197	.278	.225	.504	27	16	0	0	8		0
23	P	Schoolboy Rowe	29	31	69	61	7	15	0	1	1	12	1	1	5	7	.246	.303	.328	.631	57	20	3	0	3		0
24	P	Dizzy Trout	24	35	60	57	7	12	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	9	.211	.224	.281	.505	25	16	1	0	2		0
25	P	Al Benton	28	37	52	44	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	.091	.111	.091	.202	-49	4	3	1	7		0
26	P	Archie McKain#	28	32	49	41	7	9	2	1	2	5	0	0	8	12	.220	.347	.463	.810	100	19	1	0	0		0
27	P	Fred Hutchinson*	19	13	36	34	5	13	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	0	.382	.417	.412	.828	107	14	2	0	0		0
28	P	Bud Thomas	28	27	11	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.111	.111	.111	.222	-45	1	0	0	1		0
29	P	Harry Eisenstat*	23	10	9	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	87	3	0	0	1		0
30	P	George Coffman	28	23	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	-55	0	0	0	0		0
31	P	Vern Kennedy*	32	4	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	43	2	0	0	0		0
32	P	Cotton Pippen	28	3	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	100	2	0	0	0		0
33	P	Roxie Lawson	33	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1		0
34	P	Bob Harris	24	5	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	100	2	0	0	0		0
35	P	Floyd Giebell*	29	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1		0
36	P	Jim Walkup	29	7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	149	1	0	0	0		0
37	P	George Gill	30	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
38	P	Red Lynn	25	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
39	P	Hal Newhouser*	18	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	28.6	155	6113	5326	849	1487	277	67	124	804	88	37	619	593	.279	.356	.426	.782	94	2270	125	16	145		21
		Rank in 8 AL teams				3	3	4	4	3	2		3	3	2	7	4	3	3	3		3		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.6	155	5599	4869	800	1391	270	63	121	765	87	36	593	497	.286	.365	.442	.807	100	2150	109	15	117		21
		Pitcher Totals	28.3	155	514	457	49	96	7	4	3	39	1	1	26	96	.210	.254	.263	.517	29	120	16	1	28		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Bobo Newsom	31	17	10	.630	3.37	35	31	4	21	3	2	246.0	222	100	92	14	104	3	164	2	0	4	1050	144	3.29	1.325	8.1	0.5	3.8	6.0	1.58
2	SP	Tommy Bridges	32	17	7	.708	3.50	29	26	2	16	2	2	198.0	186	87	77	11	61	2	129	6	0	4	840	139	3.03	1.247	8.5	0.5	2.8	5.9	2.11
3	SP	Schoolboy Rowe	29	10	12	.455	4.99	28	24	2	8	1	0	164.0	192	113	91	17	61	8	51	2	0	2	734	97	4.47	1.543	10.5	0.9	3.3	2.8	0.84
4	SP	Dizzy Trout	24	9	10	.474	3.61	33	22	6	6	0	2	162.0	168	82	65	5	74	6	72	4	1	5	716	135	3.55	1.494	9.3	0.3	4.1	4.0	0.97
5	SP	Fred Hutchinson	19	3	6	.333	5.21	13	12	0	3	0	0	84.2	95	56	49	9	51	3	22	0	0	1	391	93	5.26	1.724	10.1	1.0	5.4	2.3	0.43
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Al Benton	28	6	8	.429	4.56	37	16	18	3	0	5	150.0	182	94	76	11	58	5	67	1	0	5	693	107	3.83	1.600	10.9	0.7	3.5	4.0	1.16
7	RP	Archie McKain*	28	5	6	.455	3.68	32	11	12	4	1	4	129.2	120	66	53	6	54	4	49	0	0	1	554	132	3.69	1.342	8.3	0.4	3.7	3.4	0.91
8	RP	Bud Thomas	28	7	0	1.000	4.18	27	0	15	0	0	1	47.1	45	25	22	7	20	1	14	0	0	2	202	117	5.19	1.373	8.6	1.3	3.8	2.7	0.70
9	RP	George Coffman	28	2	1	.667	6.38	23	1	10	0	0	0	42.1	51	36	30	4	22	0	10	1	0	0	201	77	4.98	1.724	10.8	0.9	4.7	2.1	0.45
10	RP	Harry Eisenstat*	23	2	2	.500	6.98	10	2	5	1	0	0	29.2	39	24	23	3	9	0	6	0	0	1	135	70	4.41	1.618	11.8	0.9	2.7	1.8	0.67
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Vern Kennedy	32	0	3	.000	6.43	4	4	0	1	0	0	21.0	25	15	15	4	9	0	9	1	0	0	95	77	5.64	1.619	10.7	1.7	3.9	3.9	1.00
12		Bob Harris	24	1	1	.500	4.00	5	1	2	0	0	0	18.0	18	8	8	4	8	0	9	0	0	2	76	123	5.82	1.444	9.0	2.0	4.0	4.5	1.13
13		Floyd Giebell	29	1	1	.500	2.93	9	0	6	0	0	0	15.1	19	7	5	1	12	1	9	0	0	2	74	169	4.61	2.022	11.2	0.6	7.0	5.3	0.75
14		Cotton Pippen	28	0	1	.000	7.07	3	2	0	0	0	0	14.0	18	13	11	1	6	0	5	0	0	0	69	70	4.09	1.714	11.6	0.6	3.9	3.2	0.83
15		Jim Walkup	29	0	1	.000	7.50	7	0	4	0	0	1	12.0	15	10	10	3	8	3	5	0	0	0	59	66	7.01	1.917	11.3	2.3	6.0	3.8	0.63
16		Roxie Lawson	33	1	1	.500	4.76	2	1	1	0	0	0	11.1	7	7	6	1	7	1	4	0	0	0	50	105	4.89	1.235	5.6	0.8	5.6	3.2	0.57
17		George Gill	30	0	1	.000	8.31	3	1	1	0	0	0	8.2	14	8	8	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	42	61	4.90	1.962	14.5	1.0	3.1	1.0	0.33
18		Red Lynn	25	0	1	.000	8.64	4	0	3	0	0	0	8.1	11	8	8	2	3	0	3	1	1	0	40	58	6.43	1.680	11.9	2.2	3.2	3.2	1.00
19		Hal Newhouser*	18	0	1	.000	5.40	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	3	3	3	0	4	0	4	0	0	3	22	96	3.39	1.400	5.4	0.0	7.2	7.2	1.00
		Team Totals	28.1	81	73	.526	4.29	155	155	91	64	7	17	1367.1	1430	762	652	104	574	39	633	18	2	32	6043	114	3.95	1.466	9.4	0.7	3.8	4.2	1.10
		Rank in 8 AL teams		5	4		3				4	3	4	3	4	4	3	6	4		1
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W