1939 Detroit Tigers Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 81-73
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 927,496, Avg. 13,442
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Del Baker (81-73)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1939 Detroit Tigers Roster
1939 Detroit Tigers Results

The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1939 season with a record of 81 wins and 73 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.

The Tigers tallied 849 runs and allowed 762 runs. Hank Greenberg walloped 33 home runs for Detroit, while Charlie Gehringer and Rudy York swatted 20 or more, too. Hank Greenberg accounted for 112 RBI and topped all regular hitters by hitting .312. Tommy Bridges and Bobo Newsom led the team with 17 wins each, and Bobo Newsom recorded a 3.37 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Del Baker coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Tommy Bridges177.7083.50292621622198.0186877711610129604840
Bobo Newsom1710.6303.37353142132246.0222100921410401642041050
Schoolboy Rowe1012.4554.9928242810164.0192113911761051202734
Dizzy Trout910.4743.6133226602162.01688265574072415716
Bud Thomas701.0004.182701500147.3452522720014002202
Al Benton68.4294.56371618305150.018294761158067105693
Archie McKain56.4553.68321112414129.71206653654049001554
Fred Hutchinson36.3335.211312030084.7955649951022001391
George Coffman21.6676.382311000042.3513630422010101201
Harry Eisenstat22.5006.98102510029.73924233906001135
Floyd Giebell11.5002.9390600015.319751120900274
Bob Harris11.5004.0051200018.01888480900276
Roxie Lawson11.5004.7621100011.3776170400050
Hal Newhouser01.0005.401101005.0333040400322
Cotton Pippen01.0007.0732000014.0181311160500069
Jim Walkup01.0007.5070400012.0151010380500059
George Gill01.0008.313110008.71488130100042
Red Lynn01.0008.644030008.31188230311040
Vern Kennedy03.0006.4344010021.0251515490910095
Totals8173.5264.2930515591647161367.314307626521045740633182336043

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Barney McCosky14769261112019033144582047045.311.384.430.81426372900
Hank Greenberg13860450011215642733112839195.312.420.6221.042311821100
Pete Fox1415615196915324676623123541.295.342.405.746210132500
Pinky Higgins13256148957135232876745641.276.353.380.7331861421400
Charlie Gehringer118486406861322961686436816.325.423.544.967221711100
Rudy York102376329661011612068504150.307.387.544.93117982400
Birdie Tebbetts1063763413789222453212520.261.315.372.68812782800
Frank Croucher973513243887150540221642.269.303.361.6641171001100
Earl Averill8736430958812061058424330.262.354.463.817143411100
Benny McCoy552271923858136133312926.302.394.448.8428640600
Dixie Walker4317715430474541941158.305.367.474.8417350800
Roy Cullenbine75214179314392623013429.240.362.413.7757420100
Billy Rogell74206174244063223312614.230.330.333.6635820600
Red Kress51178157193870122211716.242.316.306.6224870400
Beau Bell54167134143242024012416.239.358.299.6574061800
Bobo Newsom3510297618010700116.186.194.206.4002060400
Schoolboy Rowe316961715011121157.246.303.328.6312030300
Tommy Bridges2987711114200600824.197.278.225.5041600800
Fred Hutchinson13363451310060020.382.417.412.8281420000
Dizzy Trout35605771221020019.211.224.281.5051610200
Archie McKain32494179212500812.220.347.463.8101910000
Chet Laabs518161511020020.313.389.500.889810000
Mark Christman616160420000002.250.250.375.625620000
Al Benton37524454000100015.091.111.091.202431700
Harry Eisenstat10980300000002.375.375.375.750300100
Bob Harris5551200000000.400.400.400.800200000
Cotton Pippen3550200000000.400.400.400.800200000
Vern Kennedy4770200000001.286.286.286.571200000
Jim Walkup7220100000001.500.500.5001.000100000
Bud Thomas271090100000006.111.111.111.222100100
Merv Shea4220000000001.000.000.000.000000000
George Coffman23650000000011.000.167.000.167000000
Floyd Giebell9320000000000.000.000.000.000000100
Dixie Parsons5210000000011.000.500.000.500000000
Hal Newhouser1110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
George Gill3220000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Red Lynn4220000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Roxie Lawson2540000000000.000.000.000.000000100
Les Fleming816160000010004.000.000.000.000010000
Totals1758610653268491487277671248038838619593.279.356.426.78222701251614500


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Rudy York1B1900.015110171.0008.0000000
Hank Greenberg1B13600.01205759108.9939.4120000
Roy Cullenbine1B200.0232041.00012.5000000
Billy Rogell2B200.08512.9296.5000000
Benny McCoy2B3400.079104819.9585.3820000
Red Kress2B1600.02947613.9274.7500000
Charlie Gehringer2B10700.02453121367.9775.2060000
Frank Croucher2B300.05813.9294.3330000
Billy Rogell3B2100.0174043.9342.7140000
Red Kress3B400.07711.9333.5000000
Pinky Higgins3B13000.01402413622.9142.9310000
Mark Christman3B500.04511.9001.8000000
Rudy YorkC6700.02833855.9854.7916000
Birdie TebbettsC10000.0449641610.9705.1308000
Merv SheaC400.01010.500.2500000
Dixie ParsonsC400.020001.000.5000000
Dixie WalkerOF3700.093431.9702.6220000
Barney McCoskyOF14500.0428762.9863.0000000
Chet LaabsOF500.013110.9332.8000000
Pete FoxOF12600.02751293.9702.2780000
Les FlemingOF300.060001.0002.0000000
Roy CullenbineOF4600.081291.9021.8040000
Beau BellOF3700.0734011.0002.0810000
Earl AverillOF8000.0157340.9762.0000000
Jim WalkupP700.012001.000.4290000
Dizzy TroutP3300.032341.867.7880000
Bud ThomasP2700.0210001.000.4440000
Schoolboy RoweP2800.092725.9471.2860000
Cotton PippenP300.010001.000.3330000
Bobo NewsomP3500.083331.9321.1710000
Hal NewhouserP100.001001.0001.0000000
Archie McKainP3200.011520.889.5000000
Red LynnP400.011001.000.5000000
Roxie LawsonP200.003001.0001.5000000
Vern KennedyP400.016011.0001.7500000
Fred HutchinsonP1300.0613011.0001.4620000
Bob HarrisP500.003011.000.6000000
George GillP300.002011.000.6670000
Floyd GiebellP900.01110.667.2220000
Harry EisenstatP1000.038011.0001.1000000
George CoffmanP2300.018001.000.3910000
Tommy BridgesP2900.082832.9231.2410000
Al BentonP3700.062720.943.8920000
Billy RogellSS4300.059901121.9313.4650000
Benny McCoySS1600.0294636.9624.6880000
Red KressSS2500.04869515.9594.6800000
Frank CroucherSS9300.01392562847.9344.2470000
Totals161500.041011654198386.9673.56314000




Statistical data from Baseball Databank, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License



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